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    Hearing Xin Hu¡¯s intention.  Aunt Liu and Aunt Zhang both laughed. Aunt Liu said: "This is not easy. Now that I have some free time, I will teach you how to make women's clothes. Otherwise, there will be no one in your big family who can sew and mend."  Bar."

    "How old is Ah Hu? When I was as old as her, I couldn't even hold a needle steady." Aunt Zhang said disapprovingly.

    She was born as a eldest lady, so needlework is just a specialty that she should learn. Of course, it doesn¡¯t matter if she can¡¯t learn it. Anyway, her family naturally has servants who specialize in needlework.  But she still learned it for a long time, because if a woman doesn't know this skill, she will be looked down upon.  Therefore, her needlework is not very good, but she can still make clothes and shoes.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Girls like Xinhu¡¯s age need to learn slowly before they can master it.  People have been learning for a long time, and by the age of thirteen or fourteen, they can basically do needlework.  At this time, you can start to prepare the dowry and make some necessities for yourself to get married. However, a poor family like Ahu does not even have a parent, let alone a woman to teach her, so it is normal for her not to know how to do it.  Moreover, for poor families, where there is no dowry to embroider, it would be nice to have a red wedding dress.  She believed that Xinhu only needed to learn from Aunt Liu for a year and a half. How could he not learn ordinary sewing and making shoes?

    "The quality of an ordinary woman's beauty depends only on whether she does it quickly and whether her feet are even.  Only those top embroiderers need more time to learn embroidery and various stitching techniques.  But let alone families like Xinhu's, even most ordinary families rarely have embroidered clothes. Everyone only needs to dress appropriately and have two decent clothes, not clothes covered with quilts.  Who cares whether there are any patterns embroidered on the clothes, whether they are exquisite or not.

    Only rich families can embroider this or that.  In such a family, the master does not need to do anything, and most of the work is not done by the embroiderer.  There are very few people who say that our ladies are good at embroidery.

    "I have to learn. There are a lot of mending at home. I have been laughed at by Dalang and Heping'er many times." Xin Hu said seriously.

    She didn¡¯t plan to learn very well, but at least she had to know the basics and be able to make clothes and shoes for herself. It didn¡¯t need to be too elaborate, but it had to be presentable.  Otherwise, if I don¡¯t know how to do this poor method myself, how could I still hire someone to do it?  And for a family of four, not to mention making clothes, even shoes are needed all year round.  Clothes can be worn for a while, but shoes can't be worn as they break down quickly.

    ¡°For example, Da Lang only has a new pair of shoes left, and Ping¡¯er doesn¡¯t even have a new pair of shoes.  Only Dabao had two new pairs left, but they were boots.  Next spring, when the weather warms up, all four people in the family will need shoes.  So as a top priority, she planned to learn to make shoes first.

    Although Aunt Zhang can't get up to work, she is actually very bored lying in the house every day. Now that Xin Hu is talking to her, she is in particularly good spirits.  Under the guidance of Aunt Liu, Xin Huxian took apart all of Xin Hu's clothes, including the front piece, back piece, and two sleeves, and spread them on the kang.

    Then, the three people worked together to start splicing.  In order to be as perfect as possible, Aunt Liu and Aunt Zhang spent a lot of effort to put it together. During the process, they also cut out the irregular places again. Then, everyone took two pieces and started sewing. Xinhu Level  The worst, of course, is sewing small pieces.  Then, the small pieces that were sewn separately were spliced ??together again. The last stitching was completed by Aunt Liu.  Really, Xinhu¡¯s stitches are so speechless.

    Even Aunt Zhang couldn't bear to look at Xin Hu's clumsy way of holding needle and thread. She even taught her the most basic needle techniques for a while before she managed to pass.

    The first time I sewed the sheets, because those clothes were more worn out and had too much wear and tear, Aunt Liu simply cut them off. In this way, one sheet was spliced ??together, and the amount of work was not small.  However, if it takes three people and only requires the simplest method of using needles, Xinhu can also help.  This old bed sheet is quick to sew.

    Aunt Liu and Aunt Zhang didn¡¯t have any extra clothes or quilts at home, otherwise they would have given her one.  The two of them couldn't bear to look at this sheet that looked like several patches.  The sewn sheets are composed of multiple small pieces. Although they are not beautiful, they are practical.  Therefore, Xinhu didn¡¯t dislike it at all.

    She said cheerfully: "Finally I have a bed sheet, so I don't have to get covered in grass every day."

    After hearing what she said, Aunt Liu and Aunt Zhang felt uncomfortable and quickly started sewing quilts.  Sewing the quilt is a little more troublesome than this old sheet, and the quilt is larger and pinched.  Xin Hu's craftsmanship seemed particularly out of step with him.  But because of the seams and experience of the previous sheets, this time XinhuThe speed is still slowly increasing.

    However, Xin Hu still chose two small pieces to sew.  By the time she finished sewing, Aunt Liu and Aunt Zhang had already sewn two large pieces.  The final work was still done by Aunt Liu.  After finishing this thin quilt, the day was basically over.

    There were also a lot of scraps of cloth, which Xin Hu collected together. Aunt Liu said, "I'll teach you how to sew two pairs of socks with these scraps tomorrow."

    Originally, she wanted to make shoes for herself. After listening to Aunt Liu and looking at the cloth wrapped on her feet, Xin Hu blushed and said with a smile, "Can I make shoes?" She wanted to learn how to make shoes first, but it was really difficult.  Shoes are definitely more troublesome and take longer than socks.

    But Aunt Liu said: "It can't be done now. It's just two pieces of old cloth. How to make it? You also have to paste the shell and put the sole on it. And to make shoes, you still have to use new cloth to make the upper, so that it can be worn a little. This  Use the old cloth to make two pairs of socks.¡±

    "That's fine. Then I'll come back to study tomorrow. I'll go back and cook today." Xin Hu moved her feet in embarrassment. The socks she was wearing were hardly socks at all. They were pieced together by herself.

    Having been busy for a long time, Xin Hu couldn¡¯t bear Aunt Zhang to be burdened, and Aunt Liu also had a lot of things to do, so she took the sheets and thin quilt and went home.

    After she left, Aunt Zhang sighed: "Oh, poor children."

    "It's just that it's not easy for these four children to survive." Aunt Liu was also very sad.

    She naturally understood better how hard Xinhu¡¯s family of four children worked and how difficult their life was.  But even so, she also knew that the life of Xinhu's family of four was much easier than that of many people.  During this difficult time, how many children must have starved to death, froze to death, or even been sold by their parents for food.  Everyone knows what happens to these children who are sold. Some of the children are even bought back by others to eat.

    Xinhu came back with the quilt that had been sewn. Dalang asked curiously: "Is this quilt really sewn?"

    "Of course, with the help of Aunt Liu and the others, why can't the sewing be done well? The sheets look a bit like quilts." Xin Hu said cheerfully, feeling very accomplished.

    Dalang opened the quilt, looked at the large pieced quilt, nodded, and said, "It's not bad. If I had known earlier, I would have taken off their big robes, so that I could sew a thick quilt." As for  It really looked like a patched sheet. The corners of his eyes twitched and he put it down wordlessly.  With the current conditions at home, there is really nothing we can do, so let¡¯s make do with it for now.

    ??Thin quilts, used in this season, can't keep out the cold at all, but they are somewhat useful. At least they are not like the big clothes you wear now, or the big clothes I wear now, where someone is completely exposed at every turn.  With this thin quilt and thick clothes, sleeping will be much warmer.

    "Nonsense. How dare you use clothes like that." Xin Hu said.

    She shivered in disgust at Dalang's words.  But after saying that, I remembered that when they picked up the treasure that time, weren't the bodies of those men stripped of their clothes?  Obviously, those clothes were stripped off and used to wear.  I have to say that the clothes on a dead person are also clothes.  Besides, I don¡¯t have any clothes or quilts to use.

    Sure enough, Dalang sneered and said: "How can people who escaped from the dead care about this? Not to mention peeling off a big robe from the dead, even the food stained with blood was still robbed."

    In fact, there are some women's clothes at home. For example, Dalang also left a few pieces of his mother's clothes and brought them with him, as well as the clothes of Dabao Niang that he picked up. These clothes are relatively much better, but he plans to keep them for Xinhu to change.  It was too small to wear, after all, she didn't have a change of clothes.  And especially the clothes of Dabao's family, the quality is very good. Xinhu will have to have a few clothes to support his appearance in the future. Besides, these clothes are really not worth replacing with bed sheets, and quilts are not very cost-effective.

    As for Heping'er Dabao's clothes, it's good if he can wear them himself, and there is no extra to use as bedsheets or quilt covers.  Xinhu also had no intention of using these clothes to make quilts and sheets, nor did she want to keep them for herself like Da Lang.  She just felt that it was not cost-effective to dismantle good clothes. She knew very well that with their current conditions, even if these clothes were pawned or exchanged, they would still have to be exchanged for some money.  Although Dalang said he had some money, Xinhu knew that their family needed a lot of money.  Who knows what Dalang can do with the money in his hands.

    "Okay, okay. What are you talking about?" Xin Hu laughed and went to make dinner.

    At home, Ping'er and Dabao played with the little stones for a long time. The children didn't have to go out to work. In fact, they just picked up a few small stones and no toys at all, but the three children still had a lot of fun.  In their eyes, not working but still having food is a happy life.  Therefore, no one will complain about the lack of toys or even delicious food.  Including Xiao Shitou, he has quickly accepted this kind of life.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)alive.  Therefore, no one will complain about the lack of toys or even delicious food.  Including Xiao Shitou, he has quickly accepted this kind of life.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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