After the Midyear Festival, the weather gradually cooled down, and because Lin Kangping was not at home, Ziqing wanted to do something, but no one cared about it, so he opened the wool that had been turned over before, smelled it, and there was no peculiar smell, and the effect was not bad.

Ziqing sent Lin An to Baitang Village to find Ziqing's second uncle and third cousin of the eldest uncle's family, but I didn't expect it to be really spun into wool, as for how to spin it, this Ziqing didn't follow to learn, after all, his energy is limited, and he only does what he is good at.

Ziqing was happy, and sent Lin Shan Lin Feng to the back mountain to trim the wool of those sheep again, and there were dozens of sheep raised in the orange orchard, which were cut and harvested together, and then cleaned up according to the previous method, steamed, boiled, and dried, and it took seven or eight days to get better.

The wool test came out, but unfortunately the color is yellow or not, and the white is not white, and it has to be sent to dye, and the wool is spun for the second time There are more than 20 catties, and Lin An sent it to Anzhou City, dyed red, blue, green, and pink in four colors.

In the evening, Ziqing began to teach Xiaoqing Xiaolan to knit sweaters, and when Xiaoqing heard this, her eyes narrowed into a thread and asked, "Grandma, can you really teach us to learn this?" ”

Ziqing looked at her excited appearance, and still didn't understand it, and deliberately replied: "What, don't you want to learn?" ”

"Where, grandma, I watched my grandmother poke around with two bamboos, and she could weave such a beautiful dress, I wanted to learn it for a long time, but grandma didn't say it, and the slave didn't dare to speak." Xiaoqing has been following Ziqing for a long time, and knows that Ziqing's personality is more casual, so she gradually let go of her speech, and is no longer a slave. Xiaolan has always been more stable than Xiaoqing, so most of Ziqing's family affairs have been handed over to her, and now, she has also become Ziqing's good helper.

Seeing Ziqing teasing Xiaoqing at this time, she couldn't help but pull the corners of her mouth up, and Ziqing knocked her with a bamboo needle when she saw it. said: "What are you secretly enjoying yourself?" Everyone is happy to say it. ”

"Grandma is making fun of the two of us again, we are slaves, and the happiness of the master is the happiness of the slave." Xiaolan said.

"It's boring. Duscicity. Ziqing pouted.

"Grandma, teach us quickly." Xiaoqing said.

"Okay, teach you. You have to learn by heart, I can say first, knit a sweater, if I pass the inspection, you can get three hundred dollars. ”

"Ah, pay back? That's great. I'm going to be able to earn money again. Xiaoqing jumped up and said.

"Grandma, what if you don't qualify?" Xiaolan asked.

"Ah, and the unqualified?" Xiaoqing wilted.

"If you don't meet the requirements, you have to put a little more effort into it and learn well. Because this is not more than embroidery to spend eyes, long nights, we just knit wool, gossip, otherwise. It wasn't a good night. Ziqing stretched.

From how to hold the needle, how to pick up the needle, how to wrap the finger with the thread, Ziqing showed them carefully, maybe it is the nature of women, and the two learned it quickly. At least it's more decent than Ziqing's first time learning.

Ziqing first knitted Zeng Ruixiang and Shen's, using the wool brought by Lin Kangping, Ziqing felt that the quality was still stronger than what she was tinkering with, mainly because the feel was thinner. This time Lin Kangping went out, Ziqing asked him to bring back more wool, especially how much fine velvet he wanted.

On this day, Ziqing helped Xiaoqing back to her parents' house early in the morning, and Shen said: "You stay for dinner today, your second aunt and father sent a duck over, and their festival gifts are delivered early this year." ”

"Huh? No, it's only the end of the month, and the Boxing Gift is coming, so there won't be anything else, right? Ziqing asked.

Since Tian's birthday, Ziqing has not seen Chunyu and Xia Yu, and Qiuyu's belly is not small, so she basically hasn't moved. It stands to reason that this festival is generally about five or six days in advance, how can it be sent half a month in advance, and it is not far away, and it is rare to see each other several times a year.

"I see that your second aunt is a little worried, so, I asked, it is your second aunt who is not very well, it seems to be related to your aunt, I heard that your aunt's Gui Ying is going to get married in October, maybe your aunt opened her mouth to borrow money from your second aunt, your second aunt did not agree, your aunt said a few ugly words, your second aunt fell ill again, no, your second aunt hurriedly came to find Dr. Zhou, wanted to grab a few patches of medicine and go back, so he gave the festival gift."

"How can there be such a way to grab medicine, even the patient can catch the medicine without looking at it? My second aunt and second aunt are too confused. ”

"Huh, what's the solution? Your second aunt doesn't dare to live here for a long time now, for fear that she will be suspicious and spend your grandma's silver, your aunt has paid those three taels of silver a year, day and night, and she can't nag ** again, where is she a tolerant person? Your grandmother's side may not be very rich. ”

Ziqing thought about it, no, Zhou's three taels of silver, plus Zifu, Zilu and his own three taels, should also have six taels of silver, and there are no other big expenses, two old men, how much can they eat? You basically don't have to buy rice and noodles, just eat some meat, how can you not be rich?

"Mother, it's not a big deal for me to be horizontal and vertical, it's better to send someone to pick up the second aunt over, so that Dr. Zhou can take the pulse, if there is a delay, but the gain outweighs the loss." Ziqing thought for a while and said.

"This matter, it's not easy to do it here, you have to reach out to her, I'm afraid that your aunt will go to your second aunt to borrow money, she probably thinks that we can't leave your second aunt alone, your second aunt's temperament is similar to your father, soft-hearted, she has nothing to do with your aunt's family, so she doesn't know what to do?"

"Then take it first, you can't delay the second aunt's treatment because of these things, I think the second aunt is also a person who knows what is good, and she can't take our silver to supplement the eldest aunt's family, otherwise, she won't be angry this time." Ziqing thinks of Xia Yu's personality, there is still something worthy of sympathy, at least, every time she sends a gift to her mother's house, she will send one or two ducks to the Shen family or a little dried vegetables made by herself, there are not many things, she always has this heart, besides, the makeup gift that Ziqing gave when she got married is really not thin.

"Okay, just do as you say, and save me from worrying." Shen Shi breathed a sigh of relief and said.

As he was talking, Chen came in and asked, "Mother, I just plucked this duck, it's just that those small fine fluff are not easy to clean up, Yongsong is awake, I want to feed the child, so I have to let Xiaoqing help clean it up, sister, don't you mind?" ”

Shen replied, "Got it." ”

After Chen went out, Ziqing suddenly remembered that this little fine fluff was not the raw material for making down jackets? I remember that I saw that there was a heroine who invented a down jacket in the crossing, and she could make wool by herself, and the down jacket was simpler, and she was idle, and she raised so many ducks and white geese at home, so you can't waste resources?

Thinking of this, Ziqing hurriedly went out and said to Xiaoqing: "Be careful, keep all those small fluffs for me, I will be useful." ”

"Grandma, how much can this have, what is enough? It's a hassle to pick. Xiaoqing pouted and muttered.

"This little hoof is getting more and more presumptuous, I will do whatever I want you to do, and I will keep our duck feathers in the future. However, you reminded me that I will send Lin An to collect some outside tomorrow. Ziqing said with a smile.

Ziqing thought that southerners love to drink duck soup in summer, saying that Qinghuo, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, everyone basically wants to kill ducks, this Lin An happened to be idle, Ziqing asked him to go out and collect a lot of duck feathers back, only picked those fine duck down, steamed, boiled and boiled, dried and kept, ready to make coats. Of course, that's an afterthought.

At noon, Ziqing stayed and drank two bowls of duck soup, after the meal, Shen took Ziyu out, Ziqing stayed and teased Xiao Yonglian for a while, so that the child called Auntie, the child's appearance They said that they followed Ziqing a few points, very white and delicate, big eyes flickering, less than two years old, can say a lot of words, but will not be called "aunt", Ziqing taught for a long time, a mouth, that is: "Dudu", Ziqing fiddled for a long time, the child was obviously a little impatient, open his hand to Liu to hug it.

"I said, the child is too, our Yonglian should also take a break, it will be a fuss for a while, it's not easy to coax." Liu said with a smile.

"I see that my brother-in-law has gone out again, why hasn't my sister moved here this time? If you want me to say, let's talk in one place and be more lively, and your brothers are not at home, you have to come over, and you can enjoy the fun of taking the children in advance. Chen smiled.

"Come on, second sister-in-law, if you want to coax me to come over as a nanny, just say it, and enjoy the fun of taking care of the child in advance. By the way, second sister-in-law, how is your restaurant? ”

"I bought a shop next to it, expanded a few private rooms, and the courtyard behind it is still idle for the time being, my father and mother said to keep it for us to live in the future, and your second brother will go to school in the state for two years, see how he talks about it in the future." Chan said.

"My brother and sister are really capable, and in less than two years, I can actually get back all the money invested, I don't think your family's livelihood will have to worry about it in the future." Liu said.

"Where can I take it all back, the whole yard cost five hundred taels of silver, plus some other expenses, a total of more than seven hundred taels were spent, and now it is only three or four hundred recovered, thanks to my sister's help. My sister-in-law is different from me, your mother's sister is about to leave the cabinet, and she is going to marry a big family in Anzhou City, and your brother is a good person, I'm afraid that it won't take next year, and he is also a showman. You also know the situation of my family, I am an eldest sister, it is rare that my mother does not mind, I can help them, and it will depend on their own creation in the future. Chan sighed.

"What kind of big family is that, it's just a small landlord living in the city, I don't think it may be able to have the conditions of our family." Liu explained.

"What did the second sister-in-law say about this? At the beginning, the conditions of my family were not also from poverty, as long as you have the heart and are willing to work, can you still be afraid that there will be no good life? Ziqing persuaded.

"That's not the case. By the way, Ziqing, I heard that you have spun a lot of wool, this time, what duck feathers do you want to keep? What do you want to toss? Liu asked suddenly.

As he was talking, Shen took Ziyu into the door. (To be continued)