59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang

During the day, the family was busy.

Fishing, duck fishing, exchanging money, exchanging tickets.

Reading, studying, drinking juice, learning cooking.

Chen Feng's life was very fulfilling these days. He often went to the kitchen of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill to watch Sha Zhu cook.

October 15th was a good day worth remembering for the Chen family.

That morning, Chen Feng did not go to the library or go fishing. He just stayed at home waiting for the adults to come home.

Chen Jianguo even took a special leave and bought two strings of firecrackers.

"Ding-dong!"

"Make way, make way."

"Oh, a sewing machine!"

"The Chen family is getting better and better. Two bicycles and a sewing machine. A few days ago, Chen Feng was filial and bought Zhou Qing a Shanghai watch. Whoever marries Chen Feng in the future will have a comfortable life."

"Are the three major items complete?"

"Yes, both father and son are capable, especially the younger one. He can catch wild boars in the mountains and wild ducks in the water. He is very capable."

The voices of aunts and aunts came from outside the door. Chen Feng, who was holding a dagger and carving wood for Chen Li, sat still, just looking up at the door from time to time.

Now, sewing machines are as rare as bicycles and watches in the Siheyuan.

Unlike 65 years later, when the national industrial system was completed and the number of industrial products increased greatly, even Qinhuai Rujia still had sewing machines to pedal.

The little girl sat next to him, holding a Monkey King in her left hand and a Tang Sanzang riding a horse in her right hand.

He was enjoying the collision of the two wooden sculptures, making strange "woooo" sounds from his mouth.

He was having fun alone, very happy.

Chen Hao was fighting with He Yushui, the two were evenly matched, and only a few small animals were left, and they were going to the final battle, and he was likely to lose.

"Here, here, Xiao Hao, come and set off firecrackers." Chen Jianguo used a bamboo pole to pick up firecrackers and lured.

"Uncle Chen, I'll help you!"

He Yushui waved her little hand and messed up the chessboard. Without waiting for Chen Hao to get angry, she got up and went to the door, pretending to help Chen Jianguo light firecrackers.

She was brave.

"Pah pah pah..."

The sound of firecrackers continued.

Chen Jianjun finally carried the sewing machine home with the sewing ticket he got.

"A total of two cents, uncle, please keep it." Zhou Qing took out the money and paid the fare to the tricycle driver.

"Big Pot, can I wear new clothes in the future?" The little girl hugged his legs and asked tenderly.

Don't look at the little girl who is only three years old. She will be four next year.

But she already knows how to wear new clothes to show off. Unfortunately, there are many people in the Chen family. Chen Feng's old clothes are left to Chen Hao. Chen Hao can't wear them, so they are left to Chen Li.

The unlucky little girl, almost all the clothes she wears are third-hand goods.

Every time the family adds new clothes, the eldest brother is given priority, then the second brother, and finally her turn.

Chen Feng pinched her little face and said, "Lili, do you want new clothes?"

"Yes!"

Chen Li nodded vigorously and said with grievance: "Mom said that she wants to make new clothes for Big Pot and Second Pot, and the remaining cloth is not enough."

Chen Feng smiled and said, "Don't be wronged. Wait for your brother to give you a new dress in a while."

"I want a big flowered cloth, like Sister Yushui, a beautiful big flowered cloth." Chen Li shouted immediately.

Chen Feng glanced at He Yushui, who was wearing autumn johns made of red patterned cloth.

He Yuzhu is now alone and lives a comfortable life. He is really willing to spend money on his sister.

A group of women and aunts surrounded Chen Jianjun and Zhou Qing and carried the sewing machine into the main room and placed it in Chen Jianjun's bedroom coat room.

"Come on, try it!"

"This thing should be very useful."

"How can you do it?"

"How can I do it? I don't have it at home."

It takes skill to operate a sewing machine. It requires the coordination of hands and feet. The speed, stitches, direction, etc. all require a certain level of technical content. People who have never used it find it difficult to adapt at first.

Zhou Qing also doesn't know how to do it. Only the old lady in the Chen family has used it.

"Daughter-in-law, bring the pants you haven't finished."

Zhou Qing brought the winter pants prepared for Chen Feng. The old lady looked at the stitches carefully and put the needle and thread on the sewing machine.

Slowly stepping on the feet, pressing the trouser legs with both hands to start, the needle soon moved up and down, making a series of seams on the trouser legs.

In just a few minutes, one side of a pair of trousers was sewn.

Stopped the operation quickly and dealt with the thread ends.

Switching to the other side, a group of aunties and women were a little jealous.

"Amazing, it's amazing, it was done so quickly, much faster than us sewing slowly by hand."

"This is three big pieces

, naturally faster than people. "

After watching, Chen Hao came out and saw Chen Feng was still calmly whittling wood, and the little girl was sitting beside him playing with her wood carving.

"Brother, grandma is so amazing, she sewed your pants in a short time."

Chen Feng thought to himself: "It's time to find a way to get cotton seeds."

Cotton seeds are not difficult to get, and they are sold in the supply and marketing cooperatives in towns a little further away, but he doesn't know how to make cotton cloth, which is in his blind spot of knowledge.

He was not in a hurry to plant cotton before, mainly because it was only October now, and the city of Sijiu entered November and began to drop sharply.

The temperature in October was quite good, and on the other hand, there was no sewing machine at home, and it was too hard to rely on Zhou Qing and the old lady.

A group of women who did not have proper jobs stayed in the main room and watched the old lady perform the "fancy embroidery" of the sewing machine.

In just half an hour, Chen Feng had an extra pair of cotton pants with a golden cloud pattern.

"Xiao Feng, try it quickly. "

Zhou Qing happily took the pants and asked him to put them on.

It was difficult for everyone to do so, so Chen Feng had to go into the room and put them on.

A group of people praised the old lady and praised her excellent craftsmanship.

The little girl hugged Chen Feng's thigh and kept touching the cloud pattern on it.

After a lot of noise, the clock in Chen's house struck twelve, and everyone remembered to go home to make lunch.

They agreed to come to Chen's house in the afternoon to learn "embroidery" from the old lady, and then go home.

In the kitchen, Sha Zhu was busy alone and had a lot of fun.

Chen Jianguo bought firecrackers, so he naturally had to ask Shazhu to cook a good meal.

He used his connections to get some glutinous rice and flour.

The old lady took out brown sugar and asked him to make some cakes for the three children as snacks.

The cakes in Wangfujing not only require cake tickets, but are also expensive.

Chen Feng took out a dozen pheasant eggs, red dates, corn starch and a pound of peanut oil, which are all necessary for making cakes.

Except for the lack of milk, the other main ingredients are almost all available.

"Shandong sticky bean buns, here they come!"

Shandong sticky bean buns, as an old-fashioned cake, are a famous cake in Shandong cuisine. They are made of glutinous rice flour, red kidney beans (changed to red dates), purple rice (replaced with millet), chestnuts (replaced with apple meat), peanuts, corn, etc. in a golden ratio.

Although the main ingredients are not complete and replaced with others, the appetite is still very good.

"While it's hot, a total of eight, one for each person."

"Fill your stomach first."