Chapter 13 Sewing
In the afternoon, Zhang Zhen'an went out to fish again, and An Xiu'er was doing housework at home alone, she swept the yard, put some things in a clear category, cleaned up the room, wiped the tables and chairs, washed the cups and saucers, and then turned out some of Zhang Zhen'an's clothes in the cabinet.
An Xiuer felt that he was not a sloppy person by looking at his appearance, but he didn't know how to manage his clothes, his clothes were all thrown in a mess in the cabinet, An Xiuer turned them out one by one, checked them one by one, put aside those with holes and patches, and put the others back in them.
Zhang Zhenan can't sew clothes, so those patches are crooked and ugly, and An Xiu'er plans to re-open them and help him sew them again.
In the past, if he didn't have a wife, others wouldn't say anything, but now that he has a wife, the clothes he wears are crooked, and even the patches on his clothes are crooked, and when the time comes, others will definitely laugh at him, and they will even say that she is not.
But there are a lot of these clothes, seeing that it is not early, she only sewed one or two pieces, thinking that Zhang Zhenan will come back next, she is afraid that he will have no food, so she put down her clothes and hurriedly went to cook.
At noon, she had already cooked rice, and at night it was just hot and hot, but as for the dishes, it was simple, she still fried a wild vegetable, and found two eggs to fry it, and the two simple dishes were ready.
She was actually very curious about what Zhang Zhenan ate on weekdays, and she felt that there were no vegetables at home except for fish, not even a jar of sauerkraut.
This is not good, this is the time when the green and yellow are not harvested, there is no sauerkraut, and it is not good to eat wild vegetables every day, she plans to go to the mountains tomorrow to dig some bamboo shoots and come back, and she has to ask Zhang Zhen'an, if there is any land at home, if there is, it is time to hoe and sow seeds, otherwise there will be no vegetables to eat at that time.
Keeping these things in mind one by one, after dinner in the evening, An Xiuer said to Zhang Zhenan, "Xianggong, do we have a vegetable plot at home?" ”
After Zhang Zhenan heard An Xiu'er's words, he shook his head, "No." "In the past, he had one person, one boat, and one thatched hut, which was enough, but now that he has a wife, he doesn't even have a vegetable patch, and he is a little ashamed to say it.
"Then what do you eat on weekdays, Xianggong?" An Xiu'er frowned slightly, "Could it be that you eat fish every day?" ”
"That's not it." Zhang Zhenan shook his head and said, "Sometimes when I go to the town, I will buy some vegetables by the way, or when the surrounding villagers want to eat fish, they will also bring some green vegetables to exchange with me." ”
"I see." An Xiu'er thought for a while, and said: "But it's a waste of money to go to the town every day to buy it, and it's not very convenient to wait for others to come and change it with you, I think we still need to have our own vegetable plot, it doesn't need to be very big, but at least there is, so that we can grow what we want to eat, how convenient it is." ”
"You're right." Zhang Zhenan nodded and said, "After a while, when I save money, I will go and buy a piece of land to grow vegetables." ”
"Not really." An Xiu'er smiled slightly and said, "I just saw it, isn't there a vacant lot in our backyard?" We can reclaim it ourselves, so we don't have to spend money, and we can have vegetable fields. ”
"That's a good idea." Zhang Zhen'an bowed slightly, and said in his heart that this idea is good, but unfortunately I am not a good farmer, it seems that I will have to learn to farm in the future.
"Then we'll settle it." An Xiu'er's eyes were full of longing, and said: "When the time comes, the fence of the yard will be wider, and let's raise a few more chickens, what do you think?" ”
"It's good." Zhang Zhenan replied that in fact, he was not good at this way, and he didn't have the heart to do this.
"In a few days, we'll start cultivating the vegetable fields." An Xiuer is a person who does what she says, and she wants to make this home slowly become warm.
Zhang Zhenan saw that she was very interested, and she looked full of expectations, and she didn't want to say some frustrating words, so she just silently went to mend her fishing nets.
If it weren't for the sake of good sales, he wouldn't use a net to fish, just a fork, how convenient it was.
An Xiu'er saw him go to catch fishing nets, watched for a while, and then went to work on her own business, cleaned up the kitchen, then boiled water, washed her face and bathed, and after cleaning herself up, it was dark, and it was still early before bedtime, so she lit the oil lamp and took out the clothes that had not been sewn in the afternoon to sew them again.
At night, Zhang Zhen'an mended the fishing nets, cleaned up his body, sat at the door for a while, and estimated that An Xiu'er should have been asleep, so he pushed the door and walked in.
"Why don't you sleep so late?" Zhang Zhenan walked over and asked.
An Xiu'er lowered her head and bit off the thread with her teeth, then raised her head and said, "I want to finish things before sleeping, you work hard during the day, you can sleep first." As she spoke, she was about to get up from the edge of the bed and sit down on the stool.
Zhang Zhenan stretched out his hand to stop her and said, "It's okay, I'm not sleepy." So saying, he sat down on his stool.
poured himself a glass of water and drank it, Zhang Zhenan played with the cup in one hand, although his eyes were looking out of the window, he was always attracted intentionally or unintentionally by the woman who was serious about sewing clothes for him.
Obviously, he is a little photophobic, but probably this light is dim, not strong, but dim color, which makes people feel warm and want to get closer.
This was the last piece of clothing, and there was already a large pile of clothes around her, and she saw that she carefully cut and removed the threads on this dress, and then re-stitched them, stitch by stitch.
Zhang Zhenan paid attention to this clothes, he was a little ashamed, he was not a person who could sew clothes, but sometimes the clothes were unintentionally torn, and he didn't want to buy them, so he sewed them casually, and now he looks at the place where he sewed them is really ugly.
An Xiu'er sewed very seriously, the stitches were fine, and the thread of the same color was used, if it weren't for his good eyesight, he wouldn't have been able to see that it had been broken here, his eyes moved from his clothes, to her needle hand, the ten fingers were white and tender, and she should be a pampered girl at home.
Looking up further, I saw her white neck and slender chin, she looked extremely serious and focused, until he looked at it for a long time, she raised her head, he reacted very quickly and looked away, An Xiuer noticed that he had just looked here, remembered that his eyes were injured and he couldn't see the bright light, so he said, "Is the light too bright?" Then I'll make it smaller. ”
So saying, he took out a needle from the sewing box, and pressed the lead under the lamp oil, leaving only a little lead outside, and the room was instantly much darker, and the shaking lamp was like a bean, as if it was going to be extinguished at any moment.
"Is it okay to be so bright?" She looked up and asked him, and if he said no, she would make it smaller.
"That's enough, the lights don't hurt." Zhang Zhenan replied: "It doesn't matter if you dial it up a little more. ”
Seeing that she ignored him, he said again: "If it's too dark, it's not good for your eyes." ”
"You're caring about me?" An Xiu'er's eyes shone brightly, and she said: "It's okay, my eyesight is very good, I can see, anyway, it's just a little bit on my hand, it doesn't matter." ”
So saying, she wiped her needle with a handkerchief, and put it back in her basket.
The light was too dim by her, and there was a shadow when she took the needle, An Xiuer had to be careful and careful, and the speed slowed down, Zhang Zhenan felt a little helpless when he saw her like this, he walked over, took out the needle from her basket, and picked out a large section of the wick.
The firelight jumped out at once, Zhang Zhenan hurriedly looked away, and when he looked at it again, he felt that his eyes didn't seem to be as uncomfortable as before.
"What's wrong with you? Why did you suddenly turn the lights on so brightly? An Xiu'er was afraid that this light would not be good for Zhang Zhen'an's eyes, so she quickly stood up, stretched out her hand to block his eyes, and said: "Don't be reckless if your eyes are not good, I can see it, your eyes are injured, and you still want to adjust it so brightly, what if your eyes are really blind, then what should I do?" ”
Her tone was anxious, with a hint of reproach, Zhang Zhenan saw that she was really concerned about herself, and she couldn't help but feel a little more moved in her heart, so she reached out and pushed away her hand that was blocking his eyes, and said, "This little light, it's okay." ”
"How can it be okay, you have to pay attention on weekdays, so that you can get better quickly." An Xiu'er picked up the needle and turned the light down again.
Zhang Zhen'an saw her bending down to play with the lights, and only felt a faint warmth slowly soaked in his heart, and when she turned around and sat down, he asked: "If I'm really blind, then what should you do?" ”
"What should I do?" When An Xiu'er heard him ask, she laughed and said, "Why do you ask like that?" You're blind, it's not that I'm blind, I still eat and wear, I can still see the world, but you, what will I do in the future? You can't see the world, even if I take care of you, there will definitely be a lot of inconveniences. ”
Saying that, she smiled again and said, "So you must usually pay attention to protecting your eyes, you know?" Of course, you don't have to worry too much, you wear a black veil and a hat on weekdays, and when you come home, I will remind you, so you won't be blind. ”
Seeing that she said a lot of things, Zhang Zhenan quickly extracted a sentence from her useless words that he wanted to hear, "You just said that if I am blind, you will take care of me?" ”
When An Xiu'er heard this, she replied as a matter of course: "Of course, I am your wife now, I don't take care of you, who else will take care of you?" ”
"However, you can choose to divorce me and remarry." Zhang Zhenan said again, his voice low.
"It turns out that you are worried about this, then don't worry, I am not that kind of person, even if you are really blind, I will not abandon you." An Xiu'er soothed: "Don't think about it, don't become violent because of your low eyesight, think that the world has failed you, in fact, this is not the case, there are so many people who are worse than you, and they are also living well." ”
Zhang Zhenan listened to An Xiu'er's words, although he felt that she was a little nagging, but he knew that she cared about herself, and his tone became gentle, "You're right." ”