Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 303 Buying Fabric

Lan Qiuhua turned around and asked, "Wen He, what are you going to buy?"

"Go get some vinegar and some cloth. There's nothing else to buy. We'll wait outside the town."

She smiled and nodded: "Okay, we'll be there soon."

They talked and laughed all the way, and when they reached the town, they separated into twos.

Ji Wenhe carried a basket and said, "Xiaoya, let's go get some vinegar first, and then we'll go to the cloth shop."

"Okay, I'll listen to my sister-in-law."

She came to the town to play with us, and had already bought everything she wanted.

After making the vinegar, I went to Qingyu Cloth Shop.

He asked the shop assistant to take out some brightly colored cloth, looked at the people around him and said, "Xiaoya, which color do you like?"

"Me?" Shen Suya looked back at her in confusion.

Ji Wenhe nodded: "Well, which of these colors do you think looks good?"

She pointed at one of the two-colored fabrics and said, "This one looks good. My sister-in-law is young and fair-skinned. She will look good in this."

"It will look good on you too." He said to the shop assistant, "Get her a dress made of fabric that fits her body shape."

"Sister-in-law, are you going to buy fabric for me?" Shen Suya asked in surprise.

"Yes, for your wedding gift, I wanted to give you something substantial. After thinking about it, I think fabric is suitable."

Ji Wenhe pointed at the light green cloth and spoke to the shop assistant who was cutting the cloth.

"Tear up this color, according to the ruler in your hand, and send it to Gu Yan in a while."

The latter sentence was said to Shen Suya.

"Sister-in-law, I..."

He raised his hand and interrupted her: "It's a kind gesture from my sister-in-law, don't refuse it. Help me pick out a few colors and go back to make two sets for your elder brother Rongshan and Uncle Da Nian."

"Sister-in-law, thank you."

"What are you thanking me for? Come on, help me see what this color is like."

When she came to this village, her family helped her a lot, and the two of them had a very good relationship, so a piece of cloth was nothing.

After buying the fabric, Ji Wenhe said to her, "Don't tell your mother about this on the way. I'm afraid she will refuse."

"Well, I understand, sister-in-law." Shen Suya took her arm, "Sister-in-law, I didn't give you anything when you got married."

"It's different. We didn't know each other at that time. Even if we did, our relationship wasn't particularly good."

If the relationship between them was not good, she would not have given her a piece of cloth.

When Shen Guyan got married, she didn't have much money and didn't give her anything. Now she was making up for it.

According to the calculation, her due date is next month. I will go to see her after the baby is born.

The two men came to the outside of the town, found a shady place, one stood and the other squatted, watching the people coming in and out.

"There are a lot of people around our town. I heard from your elder brother Rongshan that in some towns, there are only fields outside and you can't see many villages."

Perhaps because there are mountains here, there are fields outside the town and there are also many villages.

However, the fields nearby all belonged to the wealthy families in the town, and most of the people living in the village were farm servants, with very few original residents.

Shen Suya held her chin with one hand and tilted her head: "I haven't been far away. The farthest I've been is to our town. I really want to go out and see what the outside world is like and whether it is the same as our village."

"It's different. The customs and practices in each place are very different."

Ji Wenhe squatted beside her and the two of them started chatting. To be more precise, she was the only one talking.

Soon, Lan Qiuhua and Shen Rongshan came out pulling a donkey cart and waved at them.

"Let's go, Xiaoya, let's go back."

Shen Suya was still not satisfied after hearing this, so she stood up and chased after her: "Sister-in-law, tell me more."

"Tell me in the car."

It was Shen Rongshan who told her about the customs and habits of different places.

He came back from the battlefield, passed through many places, and saw many things.

She couldn't be told a single word about her past life, that was a secret in her heart.

When entering the village, I met He Yuxiang and Huang Guihua who were returning from the fields. They were walking by the river.

Lan Qiuhua said with a smile: "Yuxiang, Aunt Huang, come to my house for a feast the day after tomorrow and bring all your children."

Several people greeted each other politely.

"Okay, I'll go to your house early the day after tomorrow and wait for you. I'll go home after I'm full." Huang Guihua joked.

"Okay, I'll make sure you guys have enough to eat."

He Yuxiang took over the conversation: "Your family has had many happy events one after another, and your children have started their own families, so the burden on you has been lightened."

"Isn't it? From now on, I don't have to worry about not being able to sleep all night." Lan Qiuhua smiled, "You guys chat, we're going back."

The two nodded.

"Hey, let's go back."

After the donkey cart went far away, Huang Guihua looked at their backs and said, "Yuxiang, Qiuhua's family and Rongshan's family get along well. You said they are looking for someone to raise pigs, why don't they ask Shen Anguo?"

"Shen Liang and Shen Rongshan have loved playing together since they were young. They get along well. Sister Miao's family is in a difficult situation, and I understand why she wants to help them."

She guessed that the pigs at home were being raised well, and maybe they would raise a few more next year. If she were to look for someone else, she would probably look for Shen Anguo.

"That's true. Poor Shen Liang. If he can't find a wife, he will be single for the rest of his life."

"That's not necessarily true." He Yuxiang gestured for her to look towards the foot of the mountain to the west. "Look at Shen Ping. He got married when he was thirty-five or thirty-six, and he even had a big fat boy."

"Shen Liang is not bad at all, it's just that his family is poor. If it weren't for his father's problem, the child would have run away long ago, and it wouldn't have been delayed until now."

Huang Guihua sighed: "This is a calamity destined for me, I can't avoid it."

She secretly hoped that Shen Liang would find a wife, firstly because she thought he was really good.

The second reason is that there are too many bachelors in the village, and people from other villages would think that their village has bad feng shui and are unwilling to marry their daughters into the village.

Several people here went back home.

Ji Wenhe took out the cloth from the basket and wrapped the cloth for Shen Guyan separately.

"Wenhe, should we pour the spare ribs and pork shanks into the pot and stew them together or separately?" Shen Rongshan asked, standing at the kitchen door.

"Put them together."

She originally wanted to give half of it and take it to Zhu Danian's house to stew.

Later I thought that there would be too little if I separated them separately, so I just stewed them together.

She held two pieces of dark-colored fabric and said, "Brother Shen, I'll bring you soup at noon. Bring one of Uncle Danian's old clothes over here, and I'll make him two new ones."

I pulled a little more material, just enough.

"Okay, I'll cook, and you bring me some eggs."

Ji Wenhe went into the house, took a few eggs to the kitchen, carried a wooden basin, and took the newly bought cloth to the river to wash.

Walking at the foot of the mountain, looking at the newly built house, I sighed: "It's finally built."

They are digging the foundation. Shen Wenshan's house should be completed by the end of August.

In order to build the three houses before winter, everyone sped up the work, getting up early in the morning to chop trees, dig foundations, and each was busy with their own work.

When I was halfway through washing the clothes, I caught a glimpse of Lin Yueniang riding a donkey cart into the village. The driver should be her husband.

She was confused, wondering if he was here to find Miao Zhaodi?