Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 216 Making a Quilt

"When will you do it? I'll go help."

"Tomorrow, I'll make two thick quilts, weighing eight kilograms. With your help, I can finish them in one day."

"Okay, I'll go tomorrow, you guys chat, I'm going home first."

Several people nodded.

After Feng Xiayun and the others walked away, they whispered, "Rongshan and Wen He have been married for a long time, but why is there no sign of pregnancy?"

Lan Qiuhua turned her head and looked at her: "Aunt Feng, didn't we say before that they don't plan to have children right now, and will wait two years before deciding."

"Didn't you say you didn't have any money before? Now I see you have saved quite a bit of money. You two are not young anymore, it's time to have a child."

"Aunt Feng, whether or not to have a child is a matter between the couple. We outsiders can't say anything. We can't force them to have one."

"That's right." Zhou Xiaoyu pulled her arm and said, "Mom, please don't say that in front of them. It's up to them whether to have a child or not. If you say it, it'll annoy them."

"I know, but I won't say it in front of them."

"Don't tell them in front of others. What if they hear about it? Especially Niu Guilan. She has a big mouth and can't keep secrets."

It's fine if you can't keep secrets, but sometimes you even exaggerate what you say.

"Mom, go home and have a rest. You've been pulling weeds all morning and your back and waist are sore."

Lan Qiuhua urged, "You all should go back and rest. We can get together and talk when we are free."

"Okay, you two are busy, we'll go back."

"Hey."

"Aunt Feng, Aunt Zhou, take care." Shen Suya handed the soapberry to her mother.

After washing the mat, scoop water to rinse the stones by the river clean and put them on the mat to dry in the sun.

"Mom, I'm going home."

Lan Qiuhua put on her shoes and said, "You go back. I'll go walk around the fields."

After lunch, Ji Wenhe, Shen Rongshan, and Shen Yuanshan went to the river to wash cloth.

"Hey, this should be the mat from Aunt Lan's house."

Looking up, she was standing on the edge of the field, looking at the rice seedlings.

"Wen He, don't go into the water. Go to the shade up there." Shen Rongshan pointed to a rock up there, "Sit there."

She didn't want to stay at home.

Ji Wenhe took out the cloth from the basket and threw it to them: "I'll wash the small ones right on the shore, without going into the water."

"Then be careful not to fall into the water."

"Don't worry, I'm not a child."

Soak it in water and beat the soapberry. If it is not thousand-year-old ash, you don't need to rub it hard.

After washing the cloth, the two of them carried it back to dry.

When Ji Wenhe saw Lan Qiuhua coming over, he stopped and waited for her.

"Aunt Lan, I just turned the mat over. It needs to be exposed to the sun for a while before it can be completely dry."

"Leave it there and come get it later." No one in the village steals.

She walked onto the wooden bridge and caught a glimpse of Zhao Sanniang coming in from the village entrance: "Your Aunt Zhao has gone to Zhaojia Village."

"I don't know. Doesn't she have a bad relationship with her family? If they treat her like that, why would she go back? Just go and give her a gift during the holidays."

Besides, it’s Chinese Valentine’s Day, so it’s impossible for me to go back and give gifts.

Lan Qiuhua shouted, "Sanniang, you are going back to your mother's home."

The two men stood in the middle of the road waiting for her.

Zhao Sanniang smiled and shook her head, and her right hand unconsciously stroked her belly.

"Is your Aunt Zhao pregnant?"

The way she touches her belly looks very similar.

"I don't know. I've never been pregnant."

Lan Qiuhua glanced at him and said, "You'll know when you get pregnant."

Zhao Sanniang walked over and said, "I went to see the doctor."

Ji Wenhe asked: "Aunt Zhao, are you feeling unwell?"

"No, the doctor said I'm pregnant."

"Really? Congratulations to Aunt Zhao."

"Your Shen Ping must be very happy." Lan Qiuhua touched her belly, "Be careful in the first three months. When will your Shen Ping come back?"

"I don't know. He didn't say. I guess it will be at the end of the month."

When I left, I told her that I would come back to see her after I finished the work.

"Then why don't you ask someone to tell him to come back and take a look?"

Zhao Sanniang hesitated for a moment, then shook her head: "It's hard to find a job in town, so let's wait until he comes back and tell him."

"That's fine. If you have any inconvenience at home, come and see me."

She agreed with a smile. She had given birth to two children before, so she knew what to do and what not to do when pregnant.

I am very grateful for their concern.

Ji Wenhe returned home and told them the good news.

Shen Yuanshan said: "I thought Uncle Ping would be a bachelor for the rest of his life, but I didn't expect him to get married and now he has a child. Uncle Ping must be so happy to come back that he can't stop smiling."

"That's right. I didn't expect that sometimes people can't be stubborn to the end. They should change when it's time to change."

But Shen Ping is a good person, he just has a bad mouth.

A few days ago, Zhao Sanniang came to the shed to talk, and she mentioned that Shen Ping wanted a son.

I hope this pregnancy will be a son as he wishes.

Early the next morning.

After finishing his meal, Ji Wenhe came to Lan Qiuhua's house: "Aunt Lan, I'm here."

"It's in this room. You've come just in time. Come and help me carry the bed over."

She couldn't move the wooden bed by herself.

After dinner, Shen Suya went to Li Chunhong's house.

"Aunt Lan, why are you moving the bed?"

She stood at the end of the bed: "Put two beds together and sew a quilt. The floor is too dirty, even if we put a mat on it, it won't work."

"Come on, lift that end, then tilt the bed to the door and you can carry it out."

Ji Wenhe followed her instructions, walked to the door and turned the bed sideways: "Aunt Lan, I'm really sorry to bother you."

"Wen He, don't say polite words to me in the future. I don't like to hear them."

"Okay, I won't say it anymore."

"That's true."

The beds were carried into Shen Anguo's room and put together.

There were two beds, so people could only walk sideways in the room.

"Wen He, go to Xiaoya's room and bring over two mats."

"Okay." Ji Wenhe nodded.

When he came out with the mat, he met Wang Erfeng coming over. She was holding a piece of cloth in her hand, and no one knew what was wrapped inside.

"Wen He, I'll help your family sew the quilt. With your Aunt Lan and I, we can finish it in one day."

"Then I'll have to trouble Aunt Wang."

She smiled and pushed open the gate: "No trouble."

Put two mats together on the bed, then spread the dried cloth, then weigh the weight with the scale at home and spread the cotton evenly.

Ji Wenhe took the cotton and spread it on the surface, and suddenly remembered: "Aunt Lan, Aunt Wang, don't we need to fluff the cotton?"

Wang Erfeng replied: "You bought new cotton, which is fluffy and soft. You don't need to find someone to fluff it."

"Generally, the family will only look for someone to fluff the cotton after they have disassembled their cotton quilt or cotton jacket and remade it."

"If cotton is used for a long time, it will become hard and strong. You have to find someone to play with it. You don't need that."

So that's how it is. She didn't quite understand. Since they said they didn't want to play, then they didn't have to play.

"Aunt Lan, Aunt Wang, sew two more lines in the middle of the quilt to prevent the cotton inside from moving around."

"Sure." The two nodded.