Li Xiu is a very gentle woman, although her face is only delicate, the softness between her eyebrows and eyes makes people feel very beautiful. Her personality is very easy-going, and she doesn't fight for anything, otherwise she wouldn't have left the Dong family and been driven to live in the north of this inaccessible village.

Hua Qingyan and Li Xiu quickly became ripe, and Li Xiu, as a neighbor, came to the door for the first time and brought them some vegetable seeds. I heard that she was going to plant flower balls, although she was puzzled, she didn't ask, and directly rolled up her sleeves to help the two. Li Xiu doesn't look very thin, but the work is very fast, and when Hua Qingyan and Bi'er finally finished planting a bunch, Li Xiu has already finished two furrows by himself. Looking at Li Xiu's neat side, evenly spaced one by one, and then looking at her crooked side, Hua Qingyan and Bi'er felt a little ashamed.

Li Xiu looked at the appearance of the two of them and smiled: "I'm used to doing it on weekdays, so it will naturally be better." If only you were skilled. ”

At lunchtime, Hua Qingyan left Li Xiu with her. Li Xiu thought about it for a while and agreed, anyway, her father-in-law was out to pick up goods, and she wouldn't come back until the evening, and there were only her and her daughter at home. Li Xiu went back and brought her daughter over.

Li Xiu's daughter is called Dong Qingqing, she is also thin and small, and the clothes on her body look a little big, obviously changed from adults' clothes. Hua Qingyan looked at the mother and daughter, and knew in her heart that the Dong family's life was not easy.

While eating, Li Xiu looked at the dishes on the table with a surprised expression, three dishes, and one soup, and she had never seen those dishes! Not only that, Li Xiu also saw a large piece of meat from a dish! Although it is red meat, it is already very good in a farmhouse where you don't see oil stars all year round! She had heard about Hua Qingyan and knew that they were also having a hard time. She just did a small favor and entertained her with such a good thing, which really made her a little unhappy! Li Xiu sat down and stood up again, looking a little uneasy: "Qingyan, are these ......?"

This table of dishes was made by Hua Qingyan, green fried cauliflower, made a mushroom meat slice, steamed egg custard with eggs sent by Mrs. Hu, and a bowl of mushroom soup. She knew that this table was usually difficult to eat in the farmhouse, not to mention the meat, even the eggs were scarce. Eggs are a luxury in the countryside, and every time the chickens lay eggs, the villagers would pick them up and collect them, and then take them to the market to sell, but it was a lot of money.

Hua Qingyan patted Li Xiu's shoulder with a smile, and then looked at Dong Qingqing, who had been holding the corner of her mother's clothes, and was a little panicked, "Sit down and eat, it's not in the way." The meat was bought during the last big set, and if you don't eat it again, it will be bad. The eggs were given by Mrs. Hu, saying that they were for us to replenish our bodies. You've done us a great favor today, and I won't lose anything by asking you for this! He pressed his hand and pressed Li Xiu on the stool and sat down.

Li Xiu saw that she couldn't resist Hua Qingyan and had to give up, at this time, Xiao Wuwu ran over and grabbed Dong Qingqing's hand, raised her head and said in a milky voice: "Sister, sit down, my mother's cooking is delicious." ”

Dong Qingqing is five years old, and Li Xiu and Dong Xianglang teach people very well on weekdays, polite and sensible. Dong Qingqing looked at Xiao Wuwu, and then looked at the hands that were smaller than herself, and she was a little at a loss. Xi'er, who was originally sitting on the stool honestly, watched his brother's movements, slipped off the stool and staggered over, grabbed Dong Qingqing's other hand and shook it. Looking at the two pairs of big watery eyes, Dong Qingqing was even more at a loss.

Li Xiu looked at her daughter's cramped appearance, and pulled her to sit down beside her with a smile, "Sit down and eat, don't starve the children." ”

Bi'er started to serve egg custard to the three children, waited for Hua Qingyan to sit down and sit in her place, and then handed Hua Qingyan a multigrain cake. In the past two days, they have eaten multigrain cakes, although Hua Qingyan now has money in his hands, but if he eats better than before when he just moves out, it will definitely attract criticism, so Hua Qingyan Tuo Hu Langzhong bought some miscellaneous grains and came back, mixed some white flour and made cakes in it to eat. Not to mention that although the texture is a little rougher, the taste is not bad.

There is no such thing as the rules of eating in the countryside that large families do not talk or sleep, so a few people chatted while eating. Hua Qingyan was very interested in Li Xiu's husband's running goods, and couldn't help asking: "Sister Xiuxiu, what does Brother Dong buy on weekdays?" ”

"It's just a little thing that you use every day." Li Xiu replied casually, took a bite of the cauliflower, and the peculiar but fresh taste made Li Xiu can't help but take another bite. She had already recognized that this was the flower ball she had planted for Hua Qingyan in the morning, but she didn't expect Hua Qingyan to be able to make the flower ball into food, and it tasted very good. But although she was curious, Li Xiu didn't ask, just ate silently, "There are some of them, small bottles, small jars, rouge gouache, beaded flower head ropes." It's all small, and those who walk the streets and alleys on weekdays can't run with large items. ”

The things Li Xiu said can only be sold in the village, and I am afraid that they cannot be sold at all in the town or county. Hua Qingyan understood the reason why the Dong family was still living a poor life although they were doing business. Seeing that Li Xiu has been a vegetarian, she couldn't help but put a few pieces of meat into her bowl: "Eat more, it's hard to have a hard time now." ”

Li Xiu looked at the slices of meat in the bowl and unconsciously reddened his eyes, their family was out of the house, and the Dong family's old house didn't give them anything except the dilapidated old mansion. When I first separated, the days were very sad, there was no meal every day, not to mention meat, even the green vegetables were less, and the dishes on my face were after a long time. Fortunately, Hu Langzhong saw that they were pitiful later, and lent them some money, so that her husband became a runner, and this life was counted.

Hua Qingyan looked at Li Xiu's expression, and knew that Li Xiu had thought of something sad, sighed and didn't know how to comfort her, so she had to change the topic: "I see that the head rope on Qingqing's head is quite simple, has Sister Xiuxiu ever thought about doing it herself?" In this way, you can also save some money on purchases. Speaking of this, Hua Qingyan's eyes lit up, she used to do handicrafts at home when she was fine, and she had a soft spot for ancient beaded jewelry, and she designed and made a lot of them. Now, if you pick it up again, you might be able to make some money.

Hua Qingyan thought about losing the dishes and chopsticks and ran back to the room, and took out the satin clothes that she had worn before and had not been snatched away by Hua Panpan and ran back to the hall. Bi'er saw Hua Qingyan suddenly run out, and turned out her previous clothes a little puzzled: "Sister, what are you looking for these clothes?" I can't wear it now, I'll catch a cold. ”

"No, I'm not going to wear it, you look at these fabrics, isn't it good? We dismantled it, and then made it into beads, and sold it to Brother Dong, so that it could also help Brother Dong save some purchase money! Hua Qingyan said as she spoke, and saw Bi'er and Li Xiu's eyes light up.

Hua Qingyan's clothes are often worn by girls in the capital, so the fabric is soft and bright, and it is very light. But they are all worn in summer, and now they can't be worn in this weather. And Hua Qingyan thought that she would not have a chance to go to the capital in the future, and she was afraid that she would be criticized for wearing these in the village. So instead of letting them press the bottom of the box, it's better to take them out and make a contribution.

Most of the women in the village are popular, but they only do embroidery and sew clothes on weekdays. Especially the clothes and materials that Hua Qingyan took out were so good that Li Xiu was a little reluctant. However, seeing Hua Qingyan's excited face, it was not good to say anything.

The Hua Qing Yan family does not have scissors and needlework, but the Li Xiu family does. She went back and came back quickly, not only brought needlework scissors, but also brought some bead flower head ropes that Dong Shanglang sold on weekdays, saying that it was for Hua Qingyan to make a reference. The bead flowers sold by Dong Shanglang are the kind brought by the women in the village, and they are basically made according to the style of the flowers, because the fabric is not good, so the color is a little faint, and it is not good-looking. The head rope is even more rudimentary, which is made of a strip of cloth. Looking at these goods of Dong Xianglang, Hua Qingyan was full of confidence in her handmade works.

There are three sets of clothes used to make hair flowers, one is pink and white, one is goose yellow, and one is light blue, and the colors are very soft and easy to match. Hua Qingyan cut several pieces of pink fabric, cut them into the shape of five-petal flowers, and then sewed them together with white embroidery thread at the edge of the petals, and then sewed them together with pink embroidery thread.

Looking at the fabrics in Hua Qingyan's hands, which slowly turned into layers of delicate flowers, Bi'er and Li Xiu were amazed. However, Hua Qingyan frowned, the flowers came out, but they couldn't be fixed in their hair, and the beads and flowers they used to make were all silver and had hairpins. Hua Qingyan thought about it and decided to do this first, and wait until tomorrow to find some peach wood to come back and make hairpins.

"Miss, this is so beautiful!" Bi'er held the flowers made of cloth and admired them for a while.

"Yes, Qingyan, this is better than the ones sold in my house, and it will definitely be sold for a price!" Li Xiu echoed.

Hua Qingyan cut some more fabric, and said while doing it: "This is only a semi-finished product, wait until tomorrow to get some peach wood to make a hairpin, and then find a way to fix the flowers on the hairpin, and it will be done." Hua Qingyan suddenly thought that the peasant women were carrying clips made of bamboo chips, which were tough, maybe better than peach wood, "Or go get some bamboo chips tomorrow." Now I'll teach you! ”

Bi'er and Li Xiu are used to embroidery, and this flower is not difficult to do, Hua Qingyan taught both of them to learn it. So the three of them made beads in the hall, and Hua Qingyan also took the time to make a few head ropes out, beckoned Xi'er and Dong Qingqing to come over, and tied the two little girls to their heads. The tender yellow head rope is dotted with a few small pink flowers, which makes the two little girls very cute.

Hua Qingyan looked at Xi'er who kept touching the head rope with her hand while playing, and said in her heart, she would make more gadgets for Xi'er in the future, maybe she could make Xi'er happier.