Chapter 54: Ask for Help
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"You don't know, now Man'er is very powerful, and she will go to the town to do business, now, I am a little envious of Ruyi's good fortune, and now she is really satisfied." Aunt Chunhua said.
She lives not far from Liu Man'er's family, so she knows Liu Man'er's family quite well, after all, yesterday, Ye Yuan borrowed a wheelbarrow from her family.
"Really?" The woman said, "I haven't seen your daughter-in-law for a long time. It looks white. ”
Liu Man'er smiled at her: "Hello aunt." ”
"Yes, my family Man'er is quite capable, she used to have a bad brain, and then once, I quarreled with my family's Yuan'er, knocked on a stone, and touched her head, who knew that she became smart." Fang Clan explained to everyone.
"Ah, and this thing, that's really a blessing for you." Another woman also said: "I said that in the past, your family Man'er liked to walk around the village, the east family to see, the west family to see, but now I haven't seen her in the village for a long time, during this time I always feel that there is something missing in this village, it turns out that your daughter-in-law is missing." ”
When they heard what she said, they laughed together.
Liu Man'er heard them laughing, and she didn't care, the original owner used to like this, and the original owner at that time was mainly to see if there was anything delicious in other people's homes, so as to steal some food, but those were all gone.
Smiling at them, Liu Man'er walked over and picked up the fabric and began to cut, while cutting, she said, "Let my mother call all the aunts and sisters-in-law over today, mainly to ask you to do me a favor." ”
Liu Man'er folded the cut fabric in half, then told them the work they were asked to do, and took out another sample, "Well, it's good to make it like this, I'm going to make some sachets, so the stitches must be fine." ”
"Don't worry about this." One of the women said, "We're used to doing that." The women had brought their own needles, and Liu Man'er remembered this, if they hadn't brought them, she really wouldn't have been able to find so many needles.
Liu Man'er knew that it must have been Fang's asking them to bring it, so she looked at Fang's, and sure enough, Fang's nodded at her, and Liu Man'er also smiled at her.
"Then there will be a few troublesome aunts here, if you don't know, ask my mother." Liu Man'er cut a large stack of fabrics, and distributed them in front of them, saying:
"This time I want a lot of sachets, this is a delicate job, so I also ask your aunts to help, with snacks, and after the completion of the next time, I will pay five cents for each person, and I will rummage through the house to see if there is any extra fabric, so that everyone can bring a piece back."
Fabric is a precious thing, and every household has to use it, but a foot is five cents, so ordinary people are reluctant to buy it. But this fabric must be used, so this patch also needs fabric.
Hearing Liu Man'er say that she would give them money and fabrics again, these people were a little embarrassed, and said repeatedly: "No, no, we are here to help." ”
"Don't be polite, a few aunts, I must pay this salary." Liu Man'er smiled, "As for this fabric, I'll wait and see if I can find it." ”
When the women heard Liu Man'er's words, they also understood what she meant, and she wanted to say that if she did it well, she would be able to find the fabric, and if she didn't do it well, she might not be able to find it.
"By the way, Ruyi, your family is now your daughter-in-law?" One of the women couldn't help but ask.
"yes, yes." Hearing this man's question, Fang Shi replied while starting to sew this thing: "My family is poor and white, and there is nothing to take care of, and now the things in the house, including the clothes I am wearing, are all earned by my family's Yuan'er and Man'er. ”
"Ah, your son and daughter-in-law are amazing, you are going to be happy." And they praised.
The recent changes in the Fang family are also obvious to everyone, at least Liu Man'er and the others have become white, not as dry as before, and the Fang family and others occasionally go out and wear new clothes, and they have bought so many poultry in the house, in the eyes of the villagers, they have raised pigs, chickens and ducks, and they are considered a good family.
If there are more cattle in the family, it will be a first-class family.
It's just a pity that in the entire Dawan Village, there are only two families raising cattle, one is naturally the Li Chang's family, and the other is Uncle Tiezhu, and the cattle he raises are mainly used to give away, so that he can also make a little money.
Also, in the past, Liu Man'er's family ate wild vegetables and sweet potatoes every day, but recently they eat white rice and meat every day, but the water is better.
Liu Man'er listened to them, cutting the fabric, and when she was almost done, she put down the scissors, stood up, and took the small cloth bag they had sewn in.
The people Fang Shi found were all people she thought were quite good, and they had dealt with her before, so naturally they wouldn't say those inappropriate words, everyone was talking together and sewing cloth, and they seemed to be happy.
Time flies quickly, and Liu Man'er goes out from time to time to see if they need help, to see if the fabric they cut is enough, and then takes in the small cloth bags they have made by the way.
With nine people sewing together, Ye Yuan was not as easy as before, but his speed was just enough to catch up, but Ye He and Liu Fusheng, who were making tassels, were gradually a little too busy.
Liu Man'er helped them make a lot of tassels, and then went to cut the fabric, took the cloth bag they had made, wrote a six-character mantra on the sachet made by Ye Yuan or painted a simple orchid or lotus, and occasionally when she was interested, she would also write a few Buddhist proverbs.
In short, these people temporarily formed a small workshop, and Liu Man'er was the hub that united them, she was more like a spinning top, constantly spinning on both sides.
She still has a great sense of accomplishment when she looks at the sachets she has made, and she feels that the sachets she made are very good-looking, and they will definitely sell well tomorrow.
But the problem is that it can only be sold for one day, and it would be good if these sachets could be sold smoothly in the future, so that she could really open a small workshop and try it, which could be regarded as bringing some opportunities for these women to make money.
Liu Man'er thought that after the temple fair tomorrow, she would make some sachets to sell in the town to see if anyone bought them, and if there was a market, she could make these sachets when she had nothing to do, which could be regarded as pocket money.
When busy, time always flies very quickly, but in the blink of an eye, it gets dark, and a few women want to go home to cook, and one after another they take their leave, and Liu Man'er goes out, settles the wages of five cents to them, and then cuts them a foot of linen cloth and gives it to them, and these women get the money, and get the linen, and go home happy.
There were also some young daughters-in-law who continued to help here, so Liu Man'er found some cheesecloth in Fang's room, cut them each a foot, and when they left, Liu Man'er brought the cotton cloth to them.
They naturally knew the difference between these two kinds of fabrics at a glance, and naturally they were also happy in their hearts, originally they were just looking at Fang's face to help them do it for a while, but now they didn't expect that getting the fabric was better than them leaving earlier.
However, some of these people who left early were their mothers-in-law, so they didn't have anything to say.
"The previous sackcloth is no longer in the house, so I turned out some cotton cloth, and then you go back and tell your mother-in-law, don't say that I favor one over the other." Liu Man'er said as she gave them the things.
"No, no, how could it be." The young daughters-in-law said again and again.
It's too late for them to be happy, anyway, they are idle at home, this cotton cloth is a good thing, at least six or seven yuan, plus five yuan of wages, this afternoon they are equivalent to earning ten yuan, but not happy.
"I've worked hard for you today, and next time I have something, I'll ask your sisters-in-law to help." Liu Man'er said with a smile.
"It's not hard, just call us next time you have something." The women walked out as they spoke.
Liu Man'er sent them to the gate and turned back, she was also a little tired after a busy day today.
The Fang family was already cooking, Ye Feng also came home, and when he saw that there was something at home, he also came over to help, after Liu Man'er saw it, he didn't say anything, anyway, there was not much work, let them finish it quickly, and it would be over.
Ye Qing went to the restaurant today, I heard that she was going to live there, and she wouldn't come back if she had nothing to do, and now that there is one less person in the house, Liu Man'er is still a little unaccustomed to it, you know, she usually has to talk to Ye Qing every night, but now this young man is stubborn and left.
Liu Man'er also felt a little guilty, she was such a big person, she had nothing to do with a teenager, she knew that Ye Qing's personality was a little stubborn, she originally wanted to make him succumb, who knew that not only did he not study, but he didn't even stay home, so he went directly to the restaurant outside.
With a sigh, Liu Man'er pushed Ye Tianchen in the cradle and sang a nursery rhyme.
This Ye Tianchen had already woken up, but he didn't cry, Fang gave him urine, Liu Man'er fed him rice soup again, and after feeding, he put him in the cradle, and looked at him from time to time, he was all looking left and right with his eyes open.
"Call my mother." Liu Man'er teased.
Ye Tianchen didn't speak, just giggled at her, Liu Man'er's heart softened, and she said to Ye He and Liu Fusheng, "In the future, you will have nothing to do with Tianchen and have nothing to talk to, he is such a big person, it is time to learn to walk and talk." ”
"Got it." The two of them nodded hurriedly in response.
Liu Man'er continued to tease Ye Tianchen again, she felt that it was not good for him to lie in the cradle all day long, so she took him out of the cradle and put on tiger shoes for him, she wanted to teach him to walk, but the child couldn't even stand, Liu Man'er put him on Fang's bed and let him climb by himself, but he climbed quite vigorously this time, but he disturbed Ye He and them a little again.
Liu Man'er picked him up again, put him back in the cradle, and said to him, "You are obedient, I will go and get busy first, and when I am free, I will play with you, talk to you, and teach you to walk." ”
Such a big child, who can't walk or stand steadily, makes her sad when she thinks about it.