Take the space supermarket to farm

Chapter 24 Getting along

Simply wash and mend, use a normal piece of material to cut and sew to make clothes, or make soles for shoes, cut uppers, etc. You can find several women in any household in Beiguan Village who can do this.

But transform one or two old clothes into a new one with no discernible features; or embroider the holes to make the patches look less like patches; or even use silk threads to embroider beautiful pieces on good fabrics.

pattern...

This kind of craft is far beyond the skills of ordinary village women.

Xia Daohua was overjoyed to learn that Mrs. Jiang had such an ability.

She recalled it carefully, and finally remembered that when the original owner was very young, before Linghua was born, Jiang often did embroidery work, such as shoe uppers, handkerchiefs, purses, etc.

Go to the embroidery shop in town to sell them.

But when she got the money, she had to hand it over to the public school, and Ms. Jiang had to put fabrics and embroidery thread inside. As time went by, Ms. Jiang felt more and more frustrated and panicked, and gradually she refused to do it anymore.

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Later, Linghua was born, and Ms. Jiang had to take care of her children and her family, and she didn't have the time to think about this.

Now that the family has been separated, it is time for Jiang to start making embroidery again.

Xia Daohua happily pondered over several plans.

Eating, drinking, hunting, medicinal herbs, embroidery, there are many ways to make money...

Of course, at present, the plans are relatively rough. But for more detailed planning, we have to wait for market feedback!

Xia Daohua was lost in thought when her ears suddenly hurt. Lihua's voice almost broke her ears: "Daohua, I've been telling you for so long, what were you thinking about? Your ears are about to fall off your feet!"

Xia Daohua couldn't help but stretched out her hand and wiped her mouth. If she cut it, the pear blossom would scare people! The corners of her mouth were obviously dry and refreshing, where did the irritation come from?

"You're still not convinced, are you?"

Lihua said while twisting Xia Daohua's ears.

Although she didn't exert much force, Xia Daohua still felt a lot of pain and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Sister, sister, I was wrong! I won't dare to do it again!"

Lihua let go of her hand and said, "Do you think I have nothing to do and leave it here to tease you? I will teach you how to cut and sew. These are all skills! You will come in handy when you grow up!"

Xia Daohua said seriously: "Sister, you are right, I was wrong. I will study hard next."

Xia Daohua doesn't have much talent in making clothes.

But the clothes of this era require neither three-dimensional tailoring nor precise pattern making.

Especially when it is made by peasants for their own families, they don't have to think about how to modify their figure, how to highlight their advantages, how to cover up their flaws, etc.

Both cutting and sewing are much simpler than those of later generations.

The main problem facing Xia Daohua now is that she has never done any needlework at all.

As soon as you pick up the needle, the secret will be revealed.

Fortunately, it's still the first month of the year, so I can't easily move my needle and thread.

Seeing that Xia Daohua looked worried even though she sincerely admitted her mistake, Lihua also lost her enthusiasm to continue teaching. She folded Jiang's summer shirt and put it in the box:

"Just be lazy! You will have to endure hardships in the future!"

Wulang leaned close to Xia Daohua's ear, lowered his voice, and whispered:

"Don't be afraid, Daohua, I have remembered everything our sister said. I will teach you again later."

The gentle comfort from Wulang made Xia Daohua a little touched and a little funny.

Becoming a master of craftsmanship and learning labor skills such as female beauty was not originally part of Xia Daohua's plan. But for the sake of these new family members who sincerely care about her, she is willing to change.

Xia Daohua found Lihua, admitted her mistake to Lihua sincerely, and promised that she would work hard to learn all Lihua's skills.

Lihua touched Xia Daohua's half-inch-long stubble of hair and sighed softly. Her originally irritable mentality also relaxed a lot:

"You are still a child."

She took Xia Daohua into her arms and patted her back very gently:

"Sister, I know that you have forgotten a lot of things, maybe even how to hold a needle. Let's not be in a hurry, just learn everything slowly. Now that you are in the first month of the year, you can neither use scissors nor needlework. If you are in a hurry,

It’s no use!”

With this last sentence, I don’t know whether she was trying to persuade Xia Daohua or herself.

Lihua slowed down her progress, and Xia Daohua's learning process became much easier.

She quickly "re-recognized" the various clothes worn by ordinary people, as well as the names of various parts of clothing, and also learned a little bit about fabrics and colors.

The days in the four rooms of the Xia family were peaceful and warm.

After several days of observation, Xia Daohua discovered that the relationship between her parents seemed pure and light on the surface, but secretly it had a hint of honey mixed with oil.

Xia Youtian always looked honest and dull in front of outsiders. But when there were no outsiders and only in front of Jiang, he was very smart.

This greatly exceeded Xia Daohua's expectations.

Ms. Jiang has a gentle temperament and a kind heart. She also attaches great importance to etiquette, especially looking good, and does not want to be laughed at by outsiders. But if you want to say that she can completely ignore her own family for the sake of face, it is not the case.

The more Xia Daohua gets along with the people in the fourth room of the Xia family, the more she feels that they each have their own cuteness. She wonders if it is affected by this new body and the blood connection between the four rooms and these people.

The four rooms of the Xia family are all in harmony, but the other rooms are not so happy.

The main house did not bring back the maid and the wife, so Ms. Liu had no choice but to take care of the family herself.

Originally, Jinhua and Yinhua could have been allowed to work with her, but Xia Youcai and Mrs. Liu were both preoccupied with getting Jinhua to marry into a wealthy family.

Except for embroidery, she was reluctant to let her do almost anything, for fear that her hands would be roughened and it would not look good.

As for Yinghua, she is still young after all. She is a bit clumsy and has very little eyesight. She is just like the beads on an abacus, flicking and moving.

Even if Mrs. Liu is willing to let her do it, there won't be much work she can do.

Ms. Liu was used to living a pampered life in the town, so she was naturally unhappy when she returned to this state. After serving the whole family for a few days, it was inevitable that she would feel a little angry.

Originally, Mrs. Liu could have manipulated her mother-in-law and ordered her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhu, to work without any scruples.

But it can’t happen now—Zhu is one month old, and she is wobbling when she walks, which makes people frightened. How can they dare to ask her to work?

In these cold weather, the ground is hard and slippery. If Mr. Zhu accidentally falls and hurts his grandson, wouldn't it be a huge loss?

Ms. Liu was feeling angry in her heart, so her words were inevitably bad, and her movements were a bit rough.

Xia Youcai was sleeping on the kang, snoring loudly. No matter how much Mr. Liu threw and beat him, it could not affect him.

Xia Dalang felt annoyed, so he took the book and went out.

It's snowing in Beijing. Small snowflakes are flying outside the window, and the world is quiet and gentle.

(End of chapter)