Sophie said: "But, Jin Yao, have you ever thought that even if it is for the sake of the eldest sister, you can't try to get along with Brother Changliang?" ”

"Didn't I get along well with him?" Su Jinyao was a little confused. She also knows how to be hospitable, and she is not rude.

Of course, in addition to rejecting Wang Changliang at the dinner table, it was just to have less contact with him, eat more and faster, and then get off the table early, and then didn't send Wang Changliang away. But none of this was what Sophie meant.

Hearing Su Jinyao say this, Su Fei'er tugged at the corner of her clothes again, and held back for a long time before she said: "Eldest sister wants to say, if Brother Changliang really likes you and asks you to marry him, you can't marry for the sake of the eldest sister?" In our village, we really can't find a better man than Brother Changliang. is the same age, has a good family background, looks good, and has a ...... body."

Su Jinyao hurriedly stopped Su Fei'er's words, and did not let her continue, but asked: "Eldest sister, what you mean by this is really strange, are you still scheming, if I can marry her, you will just marry with you?" ”

"Jinyao, can't you see that Brother Changliang really likes you, and he has a lot of thoughts about you. He is willing to make a good career for you, but such a man can't be found with a lantern. The eldest sister doesn't have this blessing, and Brother Changliang's mind is not on me. But the eldest sister and you are sisters, the eldest sister is looking forward to borrowing your light and getting some blessings from you? ”

After Sophie finished speaking, she pulled Su Jinyao's sleeve, and said with a hint of pleading: "Jinyao, don't worry, even if I am the eldest sister at home, if I really marry together, when I get to my mother-in-law's house, it will naturally be my husband's opinion." Whoever Brother Changliang asks to be big will be big, and I won't fight with you. ”

After Su Jinyao heard this, she felt a wave of nausea flooding her heart. Hurriedly pulled his sleeve out of Sophie's hand and said, "Eldest sister, you still haven't understood what I advised you yesterday." I let you get along with Brother Changliang, just to let you pull his mind to you, don't expect me to be a dowry. Don't say I don't like him, if I really like Brother Changliang, if I marry him, I won't let you marry him. Not only you, but I will not allow other women to share a husband with me. In the future, the person I want to marry must be able to agree to me on the condition that I will be 'a couple for the rest of my life', and there cannot be any other woman besides me. That's why I said, eldest sister, if you have the intention of marrying with me, don't think about it. ”

"Huh?" Su Fei'er was stunned by Su Jinyao's words. After pondering for a long time, Ai Ai said sadly: "Jin Yao, do you want me to break off my mind of robbing you?" The eldest sister has said that she will not compete with you for favor. I just want to have a chance with Brother Changliang, I don't want to marry those flat-headed boys in the village. ”

"No one asked you to marry the flat-headed boy in the village." Su Jinyao really hated that iron could not become steel, so she pulled Su Fei'er and shook her vigorously, wanting to shake her awake, and said, "It's not wrong that you like Brother Changliang, you should work hard to fight for it." I said that I wouldn't like him, and I wouldn't marry him, and whether you can marry him or not depends on your own ability. And I also advise you that only a man who brings you well wholeheartedly is worth marrying. Don't have the idea of compromise, don't get used to men messing with flowers, marrying wives and taking concubines. ”

"Jinyao, what are you thinking?" On the contrary, Su Fei'er was frightened by Su Jinyao's words, shook her head and said, "Aren't all capable men all three wives and four concubines?" The most capable person in the world is the emperor, isn't there still 3,000 beauties in the emperor's harem? Although I have never seen any big rich families, but among the famous families in our village, which man in charge of the family has not all married concubines? If a man doesn't take a concubine, he can't afford to raise it because his family is not good, or he is a tigress in the family and doesn't abide by women's morals. We can't learn this. ”

"Go, go, it's not good for you to learn this." Su Jinyao glared at Su Fei'er, and directly gave a death order: "You are my eldest sister Su Jinyao, you will give me a hard breath, straighten your waist and be a man." We don't want to be tigresses, but we can't allow the men in the family to mess around. If you marry someone in the future, whether you marry Wang Changliang or Chen Liuniu, he dares to take a concubine, and I will reason for you. ”

"Jinyao......" Su Fei'er was frightened, and looked at Su Jinyao in a daze, not knowing how to persuade her.

"Okay, eldest sister, let me tell you, there are many good men in the world, don't hang yourself from a tree. Even if the emperor wants to marry me, I still have to pick and choose. Either I think he's old, or I think he's too many women. Unless it's a dragon and phoenix in a person, and he is devoted to me, I will nod and marry him. ”

"Poof, Jinyao, I see that your brain is still not clear." Sophie poked Su Jinyao's head and didn't say anything else.

Su Jinyao pursed her lips, knowing that Sophie's terrible thinking would not change for a while, so she had to change the topic and ask if she had done anything about clothes.

Hearing Su Jinyao ask about her clothes, Su Fei'er's face changed, and she was a little unsightly, but she squeaked and refused to say it clearly.

Seeing Su Fei'er's performance, Su Jinyao knew in her heart that there must be something wrong with the fabric, so she asked, "Eldest sister, what else can't you and I say directly?" Is there not enough fabric? Or Sister Qiuhong can't make the style you want? ”

"Well, there's not enough fabric." Sophie said slowly: "Sister Qiuhong said that the material of the dress is shorter, and the skirt can't pinch a few pleats." The clothes can be coated with a variegated collar and cuffs, but if the skirt is less pleated, it won't look good. ”

Su Jinyao frowned when she heard this. When she bought the fabric, she deliberately asked Wu Guihua clearly, these two pieces of material must be enough to make clothes for Sophie's figure. Unless the tailor's craftsmanship is not good, the seam is too large, or the thread is crooked, it is definitely not enough.

Su Jinyao said directly: "Eldest sister, has the fabric been cut?" If you don't cut it, I'll take it back, and I'll ask someone else tomorrow. ”

"It's not cut, but I put it at Sister Qiuhong's, so it's hard to get it back and say it's not going to do it." Sophie said with a look of embarrassment.

Su Jinyao thought for a while and asked, "What did Sister Qiuhong say?" Let you come back and ask me? ”

Sophie said: "Well, Sister Qiu Hong said that it may not be that you deliberately bought less for the sake of cheapness." Probably because the cloth seller is not kind, the measuring ruler is biased, and the one or two inches less can not be seen, but it is not enough when cutting. ”

When Su Jinyao heard this, her heart was blocked. She hadn't seen that Sister Qiuhong, but she had seen Wu Guihua. In addition, the dishes that Sister Qiu Hong sold to Su Fei'er before were all rotten, and Su Jinyao's impression of Qiu Hong was not very good. Therefore, now Su Jinyao would rather believe in Wu Guihua, who had done business with her, than in that Qiu Hong.

Su Jinyao asked again: "Did Qiu Hong say what to do?" Can I make clothes without it? If you can't do it, why do you leave the material with her? ”

"Sister Qiuhong said she could do it." Sophie nodded vigorously and said, "Sister Qiuhong said that she still has a piece of cloth at home, which is similar to the material of my clothes, and she can add it to me." But ......"

"Before the fabric, right?" Su Jinyao thought of this directly.

Sophie nodded and said, "Sister Qiuhong said, she won't count me expensive, just use it as the price of the cloth." Her piece of material was two and a half feet, and when she said that when she bought it, it was 35 yuan per foot, and she gave it to me according to 25 yuan. I don't want half a foot, just count it according to two feet, and let me give fifty yuan. ”

Su Jinyao's brows furrowed as she listened. She asked the price of the fabric, and the beautiful color of the homespun fabric was only twenty-two yuan a foot, and although she didn't ask about the mid-range fabric, it was only thirty or forty yuan a foot. But that's not how the cloth is counted at all, and it's basically sold in pieces.

It's like the fabric Su Jinyao bought, the two good pieces of fabric she picked for Sophie are only one hundred and twenty yuan, and they add up to ten feet, and it is enough to make a dress for her. Calculated up, a foot of cloth is only about ten cents.

But this Qiu Hong is only two and a half feet in a piece of cloth, so let Sophie give her fifty yuan, isn't it too unkind?

Although she calculated it clearly in her heart, Su Jinyao did not have an immediate seizure. Instead, he asked Sophie: "What about the handmade money?" She has to pay for the handwork to make clothes for you. ”

Sophie said: "Sister Qiuhong and I have a good relationship, so I won't overcharge." She said that it takes three days to make a garment during the day and at night. The skirt has to be pleated and the waist has to be raised, which is also quite laborious, so it will take two days. In the past five days, she still has to light an oil lamp at night, and it costs her eyes and oil, so she said that she can calculate the lamp oil money for me, and let me give her 110 yuan. ”

Su Jinyao sneered secretly when she heard this. This Qiuhong sold a two-and-a-half-foot piece of cloth to Sophie for 50 yuan, and the handiwork cost of this set of clothes was 110 yuan, which is not expensive. But the price is definitely not cheap.

Think about Sophie's laundry, and only earn dozens of dollars a month. Qiu Hong's one piece of clothing can be worth Sophie's clothes for three months. If this is the case, then Sophie will not be able to wear a new dress at the end of the year.

Su Jinyao said simply: "Eldest sister, haven't my father and Xiaocheng'er's clothes been made yet." In this way, you go to Qiuhong's house tomorrow and ask for the fabric back. I found a tailor with good craftsmanship and made three sets of clothes together, and the price was cheaper. ”

"This ......" Sophie looked embarrassed and said, "I told Sister Qiuhong that if this dress is ready, she will also ask her to make the other two." If you take it back now, it's not good. ”

Su Jinyao stalked for a moment, and saw that Sophie didn't know what to say. With her temperament, why is she still dying to save face? I can't guarantee that Qiuhong deliberately asked her to be so expensive because she knew that Sophie would be like this.

"Forget it, eldest sister, I'll go tomorrow." Su Jinyao didn't plan to embarrass Sophie, but she didn't want to suffer this dumb loss, knowing that people were expensive and still sticking it up, did she think it was too much?

Su Fei'er was a little anxious, and pressed Su Jinyao's hand and said, "Jinyao, Sister Qiuhong and I have always been good, don't you ...... Don't embarrass her. ”

Su Jinyao was stunned, and then she understood what Sophie meant, probably Sophie thought that she was going to use force?

Su Jinyao couldn't help laughing: "Hehe, eldest sister, I'm not such an unreasonable person." I don't know Qiuhong well, and I don't have any grudges, so I won't fight with her. It's just to get our own fabric back, and when the price is negotiated, we will do it with her, and if it's not suitable, we will take the fabric back, which is a matter of course, how can it be difficult. ”

When Sophie heard this, her face changed, and she muttered: "So, do you think Sister Qiuhong is expensive?" ”

"It's just expensive." Su Jinyao simply didn't go around in circles, anyway, she and Sophie were a family, could they still trick her. Su Jinyao said: "Although I don't know how much it costs to make a dress, this handiwork is more expensive than the money to buy fabrics, which must be unreasonable." That's why I said to ask someone else, even if it's a purchase, and shop around. ”

Sophie heard this, and had no words to refute it at all. But looking at her face, I probably think that I agreed to Qiu Hong to make clothes today, and asked Su Jinyao to ask for it tomorrow, which is very shameless.

Su Jinyao didn't speak anymore, but said, "Sister, it's not too early, I have other plans tomorrow morning, you're tired for a day, go to sleep." ”

"Well, good. Let's all sleep. After Sophie finished speaking, she got up from the edge of the kang and turned to go out.

Su Jinyao went out with Sophie, went to the back shed and moved a small bathtub over, poured water and took a simple bath, and then prepared to sleep.

Su Jinyao was lying on the kang, tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, so she suddenly remembered Gu Xuebin's clothes that were still hanging outside the back window. After estimating the hour, although it was already night, Gu Xuebin should not have come so early.

Su Jinyao simply opened the back window and leaned on the windowsill to look out. She didn't know why her heart was like growing grass, and she was looking forward to the short and thin figure coming from the mountain soon.

The moonlight was a little dim tonight, not as bright as the previous two nights. The wind blew through the mountains, making a small "rustle" sound, and there was a bit of vastness in the loneliness.

Su Jinyao held her chin and kept looking, but she didn't see half a figure in the moonlight. Looking at the big stone where Gu Xuebin had sat before, it was also empty.

"Not here yet? Or do you have to wait until your clothes are dry? Su Jinyao glanced at the clothes on the clothes pole, they were only half-dry, so they definitely couldn't be worn yet. I wondered, is Gu Xuebin not coming tonight?

Suddenly, Su Jinyao was stunned, and found that why was her mood so troubled and lost? He will come, if he doesn't come, he won't come, just say "clothes hang in the backyard", why is he so worried about it, remember it in his heart.

Thinking that she might have really put her mind into it, Su Jinyao's heart was pounding, and her face was secretly feverish, but she forced herself to calm down.

"Su Jinyao, Su Jinyao, haven't you been in love, and your heart is itchy? Even if you really want to fall in love, you can't ...... Find a little brat. I'm not as tall as you, and my hair hasn't grown all. While belittled Gu Xuebin, Su Jinyao closed the window tightly, re-covered the window with her torn clothes, and forced herself to lie down and stop thinking nonsense.

But he clearly wanted to take his mind back, but he paid more and more attention to the movement outside. The wind was blowing a little louder, and she had to distinguish the sound of the branches swaying.

As a result, Gu Xuebin didn't show up all night, and Su Jinyao didn't fall asleep all the time. Until a glimmer of dawn came through the crack in the window, Su Jinyao suddenly ripped off the torn clothes that covered the window, pushed open the window and saw that the clothes hanging on the clothes pole were still there.

"Cut, ragged, aren't you going to ask for it? Don't forget it, just dress my brother just right. Su Jinyao didn't know where her anger came from, leaned out of the window, and reached out to tear the clothes off the clothes pole. Shake it off at will twice to relieve a bit of anger, roll up the clothes, throw it on the kang slightly, close the window with his hand, cover his head and go to sleep.

This sleep was finally sound, and he slept until Xiaocheng'er pushed Su Jinyao violently, and shouted vigorously: "Second sister, second sister, wake up, the aunt of the Li family is coming to you." ”

"Huh? Who? Su Jinyao only opened a slit with sleepy eyes, and she didn't hear who was looking for her in a daze.

"Aunt Li." Xiao Cheng'er lowered her voice and said to Su Jinyao: "Second sister, hurry up, the Li family's aunt seems to have something to say, and her face is stupid." ”

Su Jinyao rubbed her eyes, her mind was still messy, and she didn't even realize which one the Li family's aunt was for a while. After a while, Xiao Cheng'er was still shaking her arm, and Su Jinyao slowly sobered up, and asked again, "Aunt Li?" The one I went grocery shopping? What are you looking for me for? ”

"I don't know, I've been here for a while, so I said I was looking for you, and I didn't say what it was. The eldest sister accompanied her to talk in the courtyard, and urged me to come and tell you to get up. Xiao Cheng'er said as she pulled Su Jinyao down to the ground, and put her shoes on Su Jinyao's feet.

Su Jinyao hurriedly took it and said, "Okay, okay, I'll wear it myself." You bring a basin of water for my sister, and I will wash my face. ”

"Hey." Xiao Cheng'er agreed, turned around and went out.

Outside the door, there was also the voice of Xiaocheng'er greeting the Li family's aunt: "My second sister is up, and she will come out immediately." ”

Su Jinyao shook her head again, this time she was completely awake. She sat on the edge of the kang and pondered carefully, thinking about why the Li family's aunt came to her.

After thinking about it, Su Jinyao guessed, could it be because of Chunniu?

Seeing the spring girl like that yesterday, I really want to go home. But he also told her, saying that this matter could not be relied on by lying, and that it had to be considered in the long run, so he persuaded her to go back. But now that I think about it, Chun Niu is a straight person, and it's hard to guarantee that she won't have any other thoughts in a hurry.

Just as he was thinking about it, Xiaocheng'er came in with a basin of water. Su Jinyao washed her face in the basin and shook the water, and wiped the cloth towel out of the house casually.

"Aunt Li, are you looking for me?" Su Jinyao asked while tying her braids.