Chapter 50: It's Good to Have You
Especially after hearing the system's prompt sound in my long-lost head, I was even more happy.
"Congratulations to the host for completing the Clothing Beginner Task: sewing a piece of clothing with fine stitches and earning bonus points1. The host is currently:
Clothing: 0 points for level 1
Food: Level 1 0 points
Live: 0 levels 0 points
Line: 0 level 0 points
2 points available, (points can be distributed at will for the above options)
Finally got this point in hand.
Mei Xiaotong suddenly confidently stretched out her claws to another pair of pants.
I don't know if I found the feel, or if I really have talent, Mei Xiaotong felt that the next sewing was simply trivial, and the flying needle was sewn up in two clicks.
The second one is much stronger than the first, not to mention the fine stitches, and even the wiring is straighter.
Mei Xiaotong became interested, so excited that she couldn't stop, pinched Xiao Duo's little face, and excitedly rushed into Mrs. Li's house to find torn clothes to sew.
Mrs. Li doesn't look at people as spicy, but in the countryside, people are also exquisite, and their clothes are clean and tidy.
Any damage to the clothes on weekdays was all left by her to Wen to be repaired.
Mei Xiaotong rummaged through boxes and cabinets in the house for a long time, but she didn't find a single one that needed to be sewn up by herself.
I walked out a little depressed, and I just saw that Xiao Duo had been waiting for her aunt for a long time, but she was still in the house and didn't come out, and the child couldn't sit still, so she jumped off the chair and wanted to go to play with her aunt.
The person has short calves, and he accidentally planted a heel, and the corners of his clothes are still caught in the cracks of the chairs.
"Snort-" with a loud tear.
Mei Xiaotong's eyes lit up, isn't this the training experience sent to the door.
stepped forward to help Xiao Duo up first, and patted the ash on his body.
Although Xiao Xiaoduo fell, the children of the Zhuang family were solid, and they didn't even have red eye circles, so they rushed at Mei Xiaotong: "Auntie-"
Mei Xiaotong rubbed the little guy's hair, brought water to wash his hands and face, put the little guy on the chair with one hand and sat down, and the other hand had already gone to find the thread.
"It's okay, sit down, my aunt will sew your clothes for you." As he spoke, he put on the thread, took the needle, and planned to mend the clothes on the little one's body.
Just when Wen cleaned up the stove house and came out, he was scared into a cold sweat: "Little sister, stop-"
Three steps and two steps rushed over, first looked at his little son, fortunately, unharmed, the little guy didn't know what was going on, thinking that his mother was playing with him, and he was happy to shake his little short legs quickly: "Mother-"
Wen saw at a glance that the clothes on Xiao Duo's body were torn, and then saw that the sister-in-law was holding a needle and thread, and knew that she wanted to mend her son's clothes.
For a while, her face was a little embarrassed, ashamed of her villain's heart, and a little embarrassed, she took off the clothes on Xiao Duo's body while teaching Mei Xiaotong: "Little sister, the rules handed down by our ancestors are that you can't use needlework and thread on living people, especially the clothes you wear on your body, you must take them off if you want to sew them." This is a taboo and must not be committed! ”
Seeing that Wen said so solemnly, Mei Xiaotong secretly wrote it down in her heart and reminded herself that she must not forget.
The way Wen pounced just now, it was estimated that he thought he was going to hurt Xiao Duo, it seems that Mei Xiaotong left a bad impression on them too much before, even if he has been trying to change subtly, not to mention others, at least he has always released kindness to Wen, I thought that Wen should have some faith in himself, but at the critical moment, Wen remembered Mei Xiaotong before.
It seems that if you want to really change your image, you have to accumulate over time, not a day and a month.
Thinking about it like this, Mei Xiaotong calmed down, nodded, said that she remembered it, and was happy to ask: "Is there any origin of this taboo?" ”
Wen was also worried that her sister-in-law would lose her temper, but it can be seen that her sister-in-law didn't seem to be aware of her vigilance and vigilance against her at all, and asked curiously about taboo things.
Wen breathed a sigh of relief, and while taking out a rag head from the sewing basket and cutting off a small piece with scissors, he explained: "I don't know, anyway, since I touched the needle and thread, my mother told me so, and it has been passed down from generation to generation." ”
Mei Xiaotong nodded, then watched Wen cut the strip of cloth, and gestured on the clothes that Xiao Duo had taken off, and began to sew them.
It was very studious to ask: "Third sister-in-law, why do you have to cut strips of cloth to mend clothes?" ”
Wen was already ashamed, and he couldn't wait to find two words to talk about it, to alleviate the embarrassment in his heart, and when he saw his sister-in-law asking, where would he hide it, he also carefully taught: "Xiaoduo is still young, the child likes to move, and the skin is delicate, if you just sew it up with a thread, it is easy to tear it again, and come, the thread is easy to grind the child's skin, use a strip of cloth to patch it, the thread is exposed outside, it will not grind the child's skin, and it is not easy to tear it up." ”
It turns out that there is still this kind of exquisiteness, and Mei Xiaotong said that he has been taught.
Seeing that Wen's three or two clicks, he quickly mended his clothes and put them on for Xiao Duo.
Mei Xiaotong handed over the two pants she had mended: "Third sister-in-law, this is the pants I mended for my fourth brother, can you take a look?" ”
Wen took the pants, looked at them twice, and was very surprised, his sister-in-law didn't expect to have the talent of a female celebrity.
Two pants, one of which can be seen that the stitches are still a little crooked, but the second one has been greatly improved.
Wen's is already a handicraft of embroidery and sewing, but Xiaoque really can't sit still, she would rather go to hunt pigweed and collect firewood than touch these, plus she has her own plans in her heart, and she can't teach Xiaoque during the day, and at night, the black light is blind, and she can't teach if she wants to.
She once learned from her mother how to judge whether a person has the talent for embroidery, but unfortunately, Xiaoque did not inherit her mother's talent.
She also thought that there was no successor to her craft.
My mother is such a girl, Xiaoque doesn't learn, even if she learns, it's useless if she has no talent!
This craft must not be lost in your own hands?
The Wen family was almost about to accept his fate, and looking at Mei Xiaotong at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a little hope.
If you can train your sister-in-law, not to mention that you are half a master, you can teach your sister-in-law a craft that is not passed on, and you will definitely be able to please your mother-in-law.
Over the years, because of her own persistence, she knew the wordless struggle between herself and Mrs. Li.
When she was young, with one breath, in order to persevere, for her mother's last words, even if she was tired and tired, she did not soften her body.
But now, when I am older, sometimes I am at a loss, is there any point in my persistence?
Is it worth it for this persistence and involving my three children?
Seeing Xiaoque's disappointed eyes yesterday made Wen not sleep all night.
Thinking about going for a night, she was already a little wavering, and after seeing her sister-in-law's talent, she finally gave up completely.
So the most important thing at the moment is to please your mother-in-law by teaching her skills, so that the life of Sanfang at home will not be so difficult in the future.
Not to mention, the craftsmanship passed down by his own mother will not be inherited by no one.
No matter how you calculate it, it's a win-win situation.
Mei Xiaotong was uncomfortable by Wen's sudden burst of surprise eyes, and scratched her hair: "Third sister-in-law, you, what do you want to do-"
Wen grabbed Mei Xiaotong's hand, and he couldn't say anything for a while: "Little sister, I'm ...... My mother ......."
Mei Xiaotong was confused, what does this have to do with Wen's mother?
Xiao Duo next to her saw that her mother grabbed her aunt's hand, and thought they were playing, so she pounced happily, and put her two little hands on Wen's and Mei Xiaotong's hands, giggling.
Wen Shi calmed down and said cautiously: "Little sister, I see that you are very talented, I don't know if you are willing to learn embroidery?" My embroidery craft is with my mother to learn, my mother used to be a big family embroidery, and then my mother was old, so she redeemed herself, married my father, listen to my mother said, her hand embroidery, is with a very powerful embroidery girl learned, what is called Xu family needle, used to be very famous, and then my mother's master eyes were broken, embroidered things, only to accept my mother and a few other apprentices. I also heard my mother say that their master's stitching method is famous in Kyoto, embroidered up to the screen ornaments, down to the clothes, shoes and handkerchiefs, and the dignitaries are rushing to buy. ”
"My mother only learned two or three percent of her master's kung fu, and she was very valued in the master's house back then, my qualifications were dull, my mother's craft, I only learned a little fur, but it's not that I boast, my little fur is also one of the best in this ten miles and eight towns, little sister, do you want to learn?"
was asking in his mouth, but his hand was tightly grasping Mei Xiaotong's hand.
This posture is that if you don't learn, you won't be allowed to go.
Mei Xiaotong didn't know, it turned out that Wen's good embroidery work had this origin, no wonder the handkerchief and the purse proprietress all received that day.
However, Wen's proposal is not bad, he already has four major system tasks to complete in food, clothing, housing and transportation, and since the task of sewing and mending clothes has been released, it is not far to think about embroidery or something.
Besides, as a studious student, when she used to scroll through Weibo, she saw someone upload a video of how to cleverly sew clothes without seeing the thread, and she was also ready to move, and she felt very magical and fun.
But for various reasons, I couldn't learn, and now I can get in touch with it in person, and I can learn more advanced and better embroidery, so the fool doesn't agree to it.
What's more, at this moment, the voice of the system sounded in his head: "Congratulations to the host for mastering the most basic needlework and thread use and completing the primary task, I hope the host will make persistent efforts to become a female celebrity master." Quest released: Make shoes for your family and get good reviews from your family. (Mission progress: 0/13), and after completion, you will receive 5 points. ”
"By the way, congratulations to the host, because the host takes the initiative to trigger the task, such as agreeing to learn female red embroidery, will be rewarded with points 1. And open the private money achievement branch, the host earns his own private money, reaches ten taels, rewards points 1 point, private money, reaches 10 reward points of one hundred taels, and so on, may I ask the host, agree to learn female red embroidery with Wen's, complete the task? ”
Mei Xiaotong was excited, this system released two tasks at once, and it is easy to earn points if there are more tasks, not to mention, this task of agreeing to learn female red embroidery is simply giving points for nothing!
How could it be disagree!
Mei Xiaotong nodded happily: "I want to learn!" Thank you third sister-in-law, you will trouble the third sister-in-law in the future! ”
"Congratulations to the host for completing the task of agreeing to learn female red embroidery, and reward 1 point. Please check with the host. ”
At this moment, the information on the system panel in my mind has changed to:
The host is currently:
Clothing: 0 points for level 1
Food: Level 1 0 points
Live: 0 levels 0 points
Line: 0 level 0 points
3 points available, (points can be distributed at will for the above options)
Mei Xiaotong said she was very satisfied.
Although Mei Xiaotong doesn't understand some of the habits about inheritance in this era, in the society she lived in before, many ancient skills were lost.
Wen can generously propose to let himself learn embroidery, so that he can still get points for nothing, and he has to accept her love.
Wen is also happy, I can finally pass on my mother's skills, if my sister-in-law is talented, maybe I can continue the glory of Xu's acupuncture.
One of the two sisters-in-law is willing to learn, and the other is willing to teach, and they hit it off.
Wen suddenly wanted to teach Mei Xiaotong everything he knew.
However, I managed to suppress my impulse, calm down a bit, and start teaching from the basic needlework of patching clothes.
For example, what kind of tears on the clothes are suitable for patching, what kind of direct sewing is suitable for direct repair, how to make the stitches fine and straight, and how to save needlework fabric.
didn't hide it at all, he couldn't wait to break it open and crush it and stuff it into Mei Xiaotong's brain.
But fortunately, Wen still remembers that when he was a female celebrity, his mother's teachings were based on the gourd and taught to his sister-in-law.
I only taught some tricks and methods, and I demonstrated it a few times in person, and I saw my sister-in-law holding the needle and thread, and seemed to be in deep thought about the fabric, Wen was very relieved.
Occasionally, Mei Xiaotong was reminded to get up and take a walk, and look into the distance with his eyes, otherwise he would keep staring down, hurting his neck and eyes.
The most important thing for an embroiderer is a pair of hands and eyes, but you have to protect them.
In the evening, the Mei family knew that Mei Xiaotong was going to learn needlework and embroidery from Wen.
Mrs. Li is simply overjoyed, now that girls are married, in addition to the dowry should be rich, if girls can have one more skill, it is a very long face and a matter of increasing value.
The girls in the Zhuang family almost all know how to needle and thread, sew and mend clothes, make shoes, and the countrymen are not particular about wearing clothes, so they try to sew bigger, especially children, so as not to grow too fast and the clothes can't keep up.
And to make shoes, it takes a bit of effort to contain the soles.
It doesn't take much skill.