Chapter 16 The best sister-in-law in the 1980s (16)

Xu Yin pursed her lips and snickered.

 “You’re still laughing! You and your father have the same virtues! They’re just as prodigal!”

Xu’s mother looked annoyed when she saw her smiling.

“Okay, Mom, I’ve bought everything, and the supply and marketing cooperative doesn’t want to return it!”

Xu Yin happily pulled her mother to the table.

"And take a look, these are all newly arrived materials from the supply and marketing cooperative, which were not available before. We don't have to buy new fabrics for free when we wait until the Chinese New Year to buy them. They have already been robbed by the people in the city. I call this a preemptive strike. Be strong! Ask your sister-in-law to make new clothes for you and your two elders later. If anyone asks, just say that you are a filial daughter. How honorable!"

Father Xu cheerfully agreed: "Yes! The other day, I asked the branch secretary to smoke a filter. He asked if we had a distinguished guest coming to our house to give such a nice gift. I said no, it was my daughter who bought it for me. . But he is so envious that he wants to trade his daughter with me..."

 “Just go ahead! You’ll know your filter!”

Xu’s mother drove the man to a corner angrily, holding up the fabric her daughter bought, feeling happy and distressed at the same time.

“Tell me, why are you wasting this money? It’s not like your father and I have nothing to wear...”

“Oh, Mom, this is my filial piety to you. When I make more money in the future, I will not only make new clothes out of cloth for you, but I will also build you a big house to live in!”

Xu Yin made Xu's mother smile again with a few words.

 Sister-in-law Xu hugged Little Douding who was sucking the candy and looked at this scene with a smile.

 For some reason, she firmly believed that what her sister-in-law said would one day come true.

 Sister-in-law has this ability.

After Xu's mother was happy, she went into the house to tidy up with the cloth and some durable food.

Xu Yin handed the extra pack of toffee, a pound of red bean paste stuffed shortbread and three pieces of fabric to Sister-in-law Xu.

"Sister-in-law, keep these and take the time to make new clothes for yourself and Doudou. Orders will come slowly and don't be in a hurry. We are already much faster than other tailor shops."

Sister-in-law Xu wanted to give Xu Yin money, but Xu Yin didn't want it.

"Sister-in-law, you are out of town now. Isn't it right for me to buy some food and clothes for my nephew? I will get the report in a few days. I also want to pull a piece of light and breathable fabric for my eldest brother."

 “Everyone has it!”

Xiao Douding suddenly said something.

“Yes!” Xu Yin laughed, “Everyone in our family is wearing new clothes!”

Xiao Douding blinked: "You don't have one."

“Why don’t you have it? Didn’t you just make new pants last month?”

 “There are no clothes.”

“Yes, I have a lot of clothes! I’ll change them later and get new ones.”

 Xu Yin is quite confident in her profession.

Little Douding believed it, clapped her little hands and jumped up and down: "Everyone has it!"

 “Doudou is absolutely right!”

Even though Teacher Qu didn’t ask her when she could finish it soon, Xu Yin guessed that he probably wanted it to be done as soon as possible, so she decided to put him in the queue.

 After distributing the gifts, Xu Yin gave the orders and fabrics received from the school to her sister-in-law.

By the way, I told her that I would work on this princess dress in the next few days and try to finish it before getting the report sheet.

Sister-in-law Xu was pleasantly surprised when she saw the design of the princess dress drawn by Xu Yin: "It looks good! It will look good on a little girl!" Then she thought of what was in her belly. She didn't know whether it was a girl or a boy. If it was a girl, I would give it to her when she grows up. She pulled seersucker and made such a beautiful dress.

Xu Yin didn’t know what she was thinking. If she knew, she would definitely twitch her lips: You don’t need to ask about this baby, you’re a kid if you ask! If you want a daughter, you should look forward to your next child.

But having said that, it seems that there have been signs of family planning in the city for a long time. There is a shortage of labor in the countryside, so the control will not be so strict in the short term, but it is hard to say next year.

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 Lao Xu’s family has been eating well recently. There is no big fish or meat. There is no shortage of eggs and duck eggs for every meal. Scrambled eggs, steamed eggs, braised eggs...

With the suggestion of Xu Yin, an invisible foodie, I can stay the same for several days.

  Occasionally add fried bacon and sausage dishes, and the family looks much better than before.

 The one who has changed the most is Sister-in-law Xu.

 In addition, she has been busy taking orders and making clothes for more than a month, and rarely goes out. When she first appeared, the neighbors next door almost didn't recognize her.

"Cui...Cuihua? I haven't seen you go out for a while. What are you doing at home?"

Li Qiaohong, who married into Xujia Village in the same year as her, was carrying a tub of clothes to wash at the riverside. Passing by Xu's house, she happened to see Mrs. Xu opening the door and coming out.

 Sister-in-law Xu smiled at her.

Her rosy and shiny face, against the backdrop of the morning glow, had a bit of beauty that she had never noticed before. She had not been seen out recently, and her skin had turned a lot whiter.

Li Qiaohong couldn't express what she felt in her heart.

She and Li Cuihua are both from Lijia Village in Houhai. They are somewhat related through ancestors. They married in the same village. The two families are not far apart. It is expected that the relationship between the two will be relatively good.

It was true on the surface, but only she knew in her heart that she did not want Li Cuihua to live well. On the contrary, she wished that she would be tortured by her husband's family and suffer unspeakably.

The old Xu family disliked her having a younger brother and sister, and were worried that she would have to help her natal family after marrying into her husband's family. They rejected the matchmakers sent by her natal family, but instead fell in love with Li Cuihua.

 It is a disguised way of saying that she is not as good as Li Cuihua.

This tone lasted until I got married.

 After getting married, she felt much better after seeing the life that Li Cuihua lived in her husband's family - her mother-in-law and sister-in-law were trying to make ends meet.

So what if Xindao is married to someone who works in a large company in Tongcheng? So what if she gets a fixed salary every month? It’s not like she works as a cow or horse for her husband’s family.

So every time she passed by the Xu family courtyard gate, she would take a few glances in.

I feel particularly good when I see Li Cuihua dragging his tired body and being busy here and there by his mother-in-law and sister-in-law.

Who would have thought that after the busy farming season this year, the old Xu family didn't know what the trouble was. For more than a month, they neither heard the old woman of the Xu family curse, nor did they see Li Cuihua dragging her exhausted body to the village to pick up manure or chop firewood in the backyard.

 Occasionally I met her at the river dock a few times, and when I glanced at her, I saw that there were not as many clothes in her basin as there were in my own basin.

What’s even more strange is that in the past half month, the person who washes clothes in the river has been an old woman from the Xu family.

Li Cuihua doesn’t even need to wash the clothes at home? When did her life become so good?

 Li Qiaohong tried her best to suppress the jealousy in her heart and forced out a smile: "Cuihua, you look really good recently. Could it be that you have a baby?"

 Sister-in-law Xu nodded with a smile: "Yes, so I haven't gone out much recently."

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Li Qiaohong stared at her in disbelief: "Have you really got it?"

 That’s why the old lady of the Xu family is so kind to her? Instead of asking people to do rough work, you also help her wash clothes?

 Then I thought about it: That’s not right! When she was pregnant with Doudou, she didn't seem to be treated like this.

Doudou is still the eldest grandson of the old Xu family, so he can’t have a second child, right?

 Something weird!

 (End of this chapter)