Chapter Forty-Eight: Making Shoes
, the fastest update of the latest chapter of the pet farmer little girl! After the meal, Father An and the others got up to leave, An Xiu'er wanted to keep them for a while, but Father An said that he would take advantage of this time to rake the field, but also to fertilize the farmland, and after a while, it was time to plant seedlings.
Zhang Zhenan was a little reluctant to go, so he said that he wanted to help Daddy An and others harrow the field, but Daddy An refused, he said: "Our family doesn't have much land, and the two of us will be able to finish the matter this afternoon, without your help." ”
It was raining, and Zhang Zhenan had nothing to do, An Xiuer still pushed him to help Father An and others, and he and Liang were making shoes at home.
Two days ago, she was still halfway through the shoes, but it rained, and the shoes were not made, and today with Liang's presence, she could finish the unfinished shoes.
Liang went to the village to find someone to borrow a small saw blade, and sawed the lines one by one on the wooden bottom, so that she was not afraid of slipping, and when she sawed these well, An Xiuer used sandpaper to polish around the shoe, and after grinding it smooth, she applied a thin layer of wax, replaced it with fine gauze and continued to polish, and the sole was barely formed.
"Xiu'er, I'll punch you." Liang saw that An Xiuer was holding a long needle and didn't know where to start, so he took over the job.
These wooden shoes are no better than a thousand layers of soles, but An Xiuer didn't have the strength to use a needle to pass through the wooden soles, so she handed over the next thing to Liang from the sidelines, and she watched from the sidelines.
This job is not easy, and Liang also took a lot of effort, two pairs of soles were done, and even the long needle was broken, but this step was finally done.
An Xiuer pasted a layer of suede on the wooden bottom, then stapled it to the hole that had just been made with a needle and thread, took out the cotton insole that had been prepared in the morning and put it on it, and then sewed it up, and the sole was completed.
Finally, she took out the suede upper that she had prepared in the morning, sewed it on, trimmed the thread slightly, and the shoe was completely ready.
"How?" An Xiuer showed the shoes to Liang.
"Of course my daughter's shoes are good." Liang was also full of praise when he took the shoes, and after admiring them, he handed the shoes back to An Xiu'er, and said, "Xiu'er is becoming more and more skillful now, and my mother is really reluctant to marry you." ”
"Mother, how can you boast about your daughter like this, and you are not afraid of other people's jokes." An Xiu'er's pretty face flushed, but she pushed the shoes to Liang again: "You take these shoes for your father to wear, and when I am free, I will make you a pair." ”
"How good is this, you better keep it for your uncle." Liang said hurriedly.
"Aren't I doing it in my hands, and it will be done in a while." An Xiu'er raised the other pair of soles in her hand and said: "This shoe is made by myself anyway, it doesn't cost money, it can be regarded as my heart, this shoe is leather, and it won't get into the water when worn in this season, I specially made a double-layer sole, but it's comfortable." ”
Liang saw the shoes made by An Xiu'er, and even helped herself, so she naturally knew how hard An Xiu'er made these shoes, she pinched the soles with her hands, and really felt extremely soft.
"The soles of your wooden shoes are even softer than the mille-feuille soles, which is really careful." Liang was slightly amazed and put his shoes into his arms.
"I put some cotton in the soles of my shoes." An Xiu didn't need to hide it from Liang, so she got up and took out a pair of cotton insoles from the house, handed them to Liang, and said, "Well, it will definitely be more comfortable to put on this insole." ”
Liang took the insole and said, "You girl is so good to your father, my mother is going to be jealous." ”
"Mother, don't be angry, I'll do it for you in a few days, I'll be fine at home anyway." An Xiu'er looked sideways at Liang.
Liang was a little embarrassed when he heard this, "My mother is joking with you, are you still serious?" You don't need to make any shoes for me, I have a lot of shoes, I see that your house is tattered, and there are many things that cost money, although it only takes a little effort to make these shoes, but this fabric does not cost money. ”
An Xiu'er smiled and didn't say anything about this matter, but turned her head to make another pair of shoes, Liang saw that she was doing it seriously, so she didn't bother her, and after watching it for a while, she found a mallet to help An Xiu'er tidy up the house.
After being soaked in the rain overnight, many parts of the house became a little muddy, and Liang helped her use a wooden mallet to hammer these muddy places again, and wiped the dirty boxes and tables for her, so that it barely looked like a bedroom.
"I'll level this house for you, these days, you pay attention, don't step on it." Liang advised.
"Got it." An Xiu'er raised her head, smiled at Liang, and continued to move in her hand, although her daughter responded, but Liang was still worried in her heart, and she didn't know what she said, whether she heard it clearly, Liang shook his head when he saw this, and didn't say much, but said: "Then you are careful at home alone, I'll go first." ”
The rain was loud, An Xiu'er focused on the needle and thread in her hand, but she didn't hear it, so Liang looked at her from the side, and looked around to see if there was any work in the house that needed her help, and cleaned up everywhere, and then put on her coat and left with a hat.
"Hey, mother, why did you leave?" When Liang walked into the courtyard, An Xiu'er realized it later, hurriedly stood up, and said, "I'll leave after dinner at home." ”
"No, I still have some things to do when I get home." Liang shook his head and said, "If you have anything in the future, you can come to the house and call someone, don't feel ashamed, we are all a family." ”
"Hmm." An Xiu'er stood on the side of the corridor, and Liang saw that her daughter was delicate, afraid that she would be wet by the rain splashing outside, so she didn't let her send it, but waved her hand and said, "Go back." ”
Liang walked out of the courtyard and helped her close the courtyard door, but An Xiu'er stood by the corridor for a long time.
It's really a sin, she didn't even think of making a pair of shoes for her mother before, although she didn't say it, but she will inevitably feel a little sad and uncomfortable in her heart, she used to think of her father and mother when she had any good things, but now she thinks of her husband and father.
A little reluctant in her heart, An Xiu'er turned around and went back to the room, seeing that the original muddy ground had become smooth, remembering the sound of the wooden mallet from the house before, An Xiu'er couldn't help but feel a warm heart, and then felt a sour nose, Liang knew that she was not good at this, and dealt with these for her, but she was so good to her, she felt more and more unable to repay it.
In this village, after no one gets married, they still have to bother their mother's family, and their brothers and sisters-in-law are reasonable, otherwise, they will have to be talked about.
With a sigh, she opened the box and put away the shoes she had made in the cage, thinking that if she didn't help Liang make a pair of good shoes, she would never give her shoes to Zhang Zhen'an to wear.
Thinking that she rummaged through the two boxes for a while, and turned out some rags, not to mention, she also remembered that Zhang Zhenan bought this piece of flower cloth for herself not long ago, although she also liked this flower cloth, but this time her mother and others helped her so much, she should always repay one or two, this fabric is tender in color, although it is not suitable to make clothes for her mother, but it is good to make clothes for the two girls in the family.
Thinking that when she was at home in the past, she still wore new clothes, but the eldest girl and the second girl rarely wore new clothes, often wearing old clothes that were changed from adults to small ones, and the most worn must be their own old clothes.
Thinking of the two little nieces, An Xiu'er felt two points of pity in her heart, thinking of simply taking out the fabric, finding a ruler to measure it, and making clothes for the two girls, so that they could be happy.
But thinking that the eldest girl and the second girl in the family had their own gifts for them, but their nephew did not, they decided to make him a pair of shoes to make him happy.
In this way, An Xiuer is busy, and she has to make clothes, shoes, embroidery and tie the two money-making jobs can't be put down, although it is raining, but her things are not decreasing but increasing, and she has no free time all day.
Zhang Zhen'an only lives by fishing on weekdays, this is raining, the river is very panting, Zhang Zhen'an can only temporarily avoid the edge, rest at home, he also went to help the An family two days ago, but the work of the An family is not much, now a rain down, just waiting for the sunny day to farm, Zhang Zhenan knew that he was redundant, so he did not go again.
He doesn't have any hobbies other than drinking on weekdays, An Xiu'er saw him sitting next to her with a wine jug all day long and doing nothing, and even a little worried, last time she wanted to let him go up the mountain to cut down more trees, so that even if it rains, he can chop firewood and not be idle, who knows that he hasn't had time to do it, and the rain will fall.
Originally, An Xiuer also thought that the rain would only fall for a day or two, who knew that this year's rainy season seemed to come earlier, and the rain fell for half a month, but fortunately, her father and mother helped repair the roof, otherwise, she would have to sleep in the firewood room for half a month.
Of course, it rained for half a month, Zhang Zhenan didn't go fishing for half a month, and the family gradually became a little stretched.
Finally, the rainy day passed, the sky cleared again, and the farmers couldn't wait to farm, they were afraid of delaying this good time for farming, Zhang Zhenan couldn't wait to go to the river to fish, and in the next few days, he used An Xiuer's private money to sell grain, but he felt very ashamed.
Before, he thought that it was not a problem for him to raise her, and he would give it to her if others had, but in the blink of an eye, life gave him a hard slap, but he didn't expect that he couldn't even support a woman, and even had to raise a woman, if he let others know, he would definitely be surprised that even his eyes fell.
But in fact, this is the case, thinking of seeing the needle eye in An Xiu'er's hand last night, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed.