Chapter 17: Needlework
"It's so cute." Liu Man'er pushed the rocking chair and said.
"yes, look at his big eyes, he looks a lot like you." Ye Yuan sat aside and said.
Liu Man'er smiled, looked at the child carefully, and felt that it seemed to be quite like herself, and at first glance, it seemed to be a little like Ye Yuan.
So she said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "I feel that this kid looks a lot like yours, Ye Yuan, this can't be your illegitimate child with someone else outside, right?" ”
"Don't talk nonsense." Hearing Liu Man'er say this, Ye Yuan lowered his face: "This kid is the son of my comrade-in-arms, I don't want others to slander him, do you understand?" ”
"Hmm." Liu Man'er shook her head and nodded again, "Anyway, whatever you say is what it is." ”
Ye Yuan couldn't tell whether Liu Man'er was joking or serious, angry or not, he just stretched out his hand to rub her head again, and said, "If you put a hairpin in your hair, it should be very good-looking, why didn't you buy it for yourself today?" ”
"My hair is dry and yellow, and it doesn't look good with a hairpin." Liu Man'er said casually.
She knew what she looked like now, her hair was dry, her face was a little chapped, and she was wearing patched clothes, which must be very ugly.
But she's only sixteen years old, and if she takes care of it, she can still raise it well, at least she has earned fifteen years of time in vain, and her skin is almost at the bottom, and she admits it.
"You eat more in the future, I will work hard to hunt, and when the time comes, I will try to let you eat meat every day, and raise you for nothing." Ye Yuan said seriously, "I'll buy you flowers and cloths to make clothes, and buy you silver hairpins, you must be very beautiful when you dress up." ”
"I'm a stupid girl, peasant woman, why do you want to dress up so pretty?" Liu Man'er turned her head and said, "I just want to be fed and clothed now." ”
"Yes, everything will get better." Ye Yuan was very confident in himself.
"Well, I believe you." Liu Man'er turned her head and smiled, her big eyes were full of reverence, her dark eyes were dripping, and Ye Yuan's heart was rippling again, and she couldn't help but stretch out her hand and rub her hair:
"Well, then I have to thank you for believing in me so much."
"Needless to say, thank you for saying it, it's better to take me with you next time you go hunting, okay?" Liu Man'er pleaded.
Ye Yuan had such an idea in his heart before, but during this time, Liu Man'er's performance was good, which made him feel that the big stone in his heart had fallen to the ground, so he didn't want to take Liu Man'er to the mountain.
"You are a woman's family, just do laundry and cooking at home, there are many jackals, tigers and leopards on the mountain, what if it hurts you?" There was some rejection between Ye Yuan's words.
"I'm not afraid of you." Liu Man'er raised her face and made an innocent look, "Qin and Xiaohe are both at home, I don't know anything, and I only have trouble at home, if you are not afraid that I will make trouble everywhere, then even if you are alone on the mountain." ”
"I'm scared of you." Ye Yuan nodded and agreed.
"Don't be afraid of me, I'll just go to the mountains with you for a few days." Liu Man'er said, "My mother doesn't let me go on weekdays, and recently this farm work has been done, so I want to go to the mountains to play, I heard that there are monkeys on the mountain, have you seen it?" ”
"Yes."
"What do those monkeys look like?" Liu Man'er asked.
"Aren't you teaching monkey taming on the street today? Why did you ask me instead? Ye Yuan was a little puzzled.
"No, I just want to know if the monkeys on the mountain are the same as the monkeys on the street, and if so, can we lure two monkeys down the mountain and keep me as pets?"
"It turns out that you hit this idea, I don't know, it turns out that you have so many eyes."
Hearing Ye Yuan say this, Liu Man'er didn't speak, just grinned and smiled, "Are you willing or not?" ”
"I want to, but the problem is that this monkey will only have to go deep into the mountains." Ye Yuan's brows furrowed slightly.
Deep in the mountains, there are many jackals, tigers and leopards.
Liu Man'er had already thought of what he was going to say, and naturally his safety was more important than making money.
So Liu Man'er nodded very obediently, "Then forget it." ”
"I'll show you there tomorrow." Ye Yuan agreed to Liu Man'er's proposal again.
"Are you in danger then?" If it was Liu Man'er in the past, she would definitely only care about herself, but after living a lifetime, she put his safety first.
"Don't worry." Ye Yuan heard Liu Man'er's concern, and his heart was a little warm, he didn't expect this stupid girl to care about herself.
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In the afternoon, Ye He and Liu Fusheng dug earthworms everywhere to feed the chickens, everything in the house was properly cleaned up by the Fang family, and Liu Man'er had nothing to do, so she cleaned up the room at home.
A few days ago, I had packed up all my things, but there were still a lot of tattered clothes, and Liu Man'er thought about taking them out and sewing them up.
Although Liu Man'er is not good at sewing, she has a studious heart for a moment, and it happened that Fang was at home, so she asked Fang to teach her.
Only Liu Man'er is willing to learn, Fang naturally has no words, she is very willing to teach her this, after all, in the past, such a large population of a family had to be patched by her, and she was really a little too busy.
It's just a pity that in the past, Liu Man'er's hands were very clumsy and she couldn't sit still, so let her sew and mend it, and she was able to make the originally good clothes even more shabby.
But today, she sat quietly on the small wooden bench, and her well-behaved appearance made Fang Shi like it more and more.
My family Man'er has been really well-behaved since Yuan'er came back, it seems that this woman still needs a man.
When she thought of this, she thought of her deceased husband a little, since her husband died, she pulled so many children by herself, all these years, it has been extremely difficult.
The gossip of the people in the village almost drowned her out.
There are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, she is cautious in her words and deeds on weekdays, and finally survives until the eldest son grows up, the second son also grows up, and there is a younger son who is studying, although this day is difficult, but she always feels that there is hope for this day.
Originally, because the eldest daughter-in-law was a fool, she was worried a lot, but now, the eldest daughter-in-law is becoming more and more well-behaved, which makes her heart even more gratified.
"Everything will get better and better." Orthodoxy Liu Man'er was sewing, and Fang suddenly spit out such a sentence.
"Yes, you see, is my sewing getting better and better?" Liu Man'er handed the needle and thread in her hand to Fang's to see.
"Yes, the stitches are very fine, you embroider slowly, it will get better and better." Fang nodded and gave Liu Man'er an approving look.
Liu Man'er's heart was greatly intense, it seems that this sewing is not difficult, although her speed is not as good as Fang's, but her craftsmanship is still good.
The two sat for a while, the child cried, Fang found a small basket, divided some needlework and thread for Liu Man'er, and then went in to take the child, and Liu Man'er took these things back to her room to practice sewing.
There were no two pieces of her clothes, and they were sewn quickly, and there was nothing to do when she was idle, so she opened Ye Yuan's box and looked for his clothes to see if there were any scratches, after all, he walked on the mountains every day, and there should be a lot of torn clothes.
Sometimes the Fang clan didn't have time to sew and mend his clothes, so he went out directly in these somewhat tattered clothes, and he didn't care about these anyway.
However, Liu Man'er was just looking for clothes to practice, so she turned out all his clothes, and she thought that just the boxy patches were too ugly, so she also ingeniously cut the rags into the shape of leaves, and then sewed them on the clothes.
Ye Yuan didn't go hunting in the afternoon, but went to work with Ye Qing, although the time of farming had long passed, but the work of the farmer always seemed to be unfinished.
Especially now that it is spring, the weeds are growing wildly, and there are no pesticides or herbicides here, so farmers have to remove weeds from time to time.
When Ye Yuan came back, it was dusk, he washed his hands, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Liu Man'er sitting on the bed and sewing seriously, the light in the room was a little dim, but Liu Man'er was sewing very seriously, and he didn't even notice when he came in.
"What are you doing?" Ye Yuan suddenly made a sound, but he was startled when he saw Liu Man'er, "What are you doing?" It scared the hell out of me. ”
"Does that scare you?" Ye Yuan touched his nose and said with some embarrassment.
He sat down next to Liu Man'er, and the bed creaked instantly, and Liu Man'er felt that the bed board had collapsed a little, so she sat down to the left.
"Look, you're sewing clothes for me." Ye Yuan felt that the clothes in Liu Man'er's hand were a little familiar.
"Yes, I found out all your clothes today, you see, is it suitable?" Liu Man'er hurriedly stood up and took a few folded clothes on the bed.
To be honest, the two of them were sitting alone in such a small room, so close together, she seemed to be able to smell a little sweat on his body, which made her a little nervous.
Ye Yuan also saw Liu Man'er's discomfort, and he picked up the clothes in Liu Man'er's hand from the goodness, spread it out and took a look, and his eyes instantly had a little more strange look:
"You sewed all this garment?"
"yes, how about you take a look?" Liu Man'er felt a little proud in her heart, and in the place of this patch of clothes, she removed it and sewed the leaves or branches again, and now it looked a little maverick.
However, she just liked it, she didn't like the way she stepped on patches, and she couldn't wait to buy new clothes.
It's just that......
No money.
"It's very well sewn." Ye Yuan said a few words stiffly, and then put it aside, although such clothes are still good-looking, he can't wear them.
When Liu Man'er saw his expression, she knew that he was not so satisfied, and sighed, the clothes she sewed with good intentions were not liked by others.
"Obviously it's pretty good-looking, huh? Why don't you like it? ”
"It's good-looking, I like it, and I'm reluctant to wear it." Ye Yuan said and put it away and put it in the box.
"The clothes you sew are very good, and I like them all." Ye Yuan nodded, and said, "Do you want me to take you to the mountain tomorrow, that's why you behave so well?" ”
"yes, yes." Even if it wasn't for this reason, Liu Man'er nodded.
If she goes to the mountains to lure monkeys, and then she tames the monkeys well, she can take the monkeys to the street to make money.
It's fun to think about.