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Chapter 4 Tweed

After the relationship with Wei Nian eased, Chen Xuan's life in the Wei family was still the same as before. In addition to preparing three meals a day with his sister-in-law Li and washing and tidying at home, he was just making needles and threads. He did it for the old ladies and old masters at home, and also for his uncle Wei Shi and Wei Nian.

Old Mrs. Wei also specifically instructed Li, "You teach your brothers and sister-in-law. In our Beijing city, we must make shoes and socks in Beijing style, which is different from those in the countryside."

Chen Xuan understood that people in the capital pay attention to everything, not to mention that all the men at home have to support their business outside and wear it carefully. Fortunately, they only make some clothes and shoes and socks inside. Most of the clothes on the Wei family men are made from tailor shops.

Chen Xuan had been doing it for more than ten years in her previous life, doing it every day and every night, how could she not know this? Seeing that she got it very quickly, Li said, "Young and sister-in-law are so clever."

Old Mrs. Wei sat on the kang in front of the window, laying the sun that came in, squinting her eyes and feeling drowsy. Hearing this, Li said, "Your brother and sister are used to doing work in the countryside. You think they are all as coquettish as you."

Li said this for no reason, so it was hard to say anything else.

Chen Xuan knew that her mother-in-law had always been so tricky, but nowadays, most of the mother-in-laws are like this and have to stop talking.

Chen Xuan and Li took the sole of the shoe. Wei Jin was packing things back to his mother-in-law in the compartment. As Wei Nian said, Tianda's daughter-in-law could not pass the twenty-three, which means that before the twelfth lunar month, the daughter-in-law would have to go back to his mother-in-law's house to prepare for the New Year. Wei Jin had always been empty when he returned to his mother-in-law's house, and when he returned to his mother-in-law's house, there were still some cleaning up now. However, soon, Wei Jin's voice came from the compartment, "Second brother and sister, you are very strong, come and help me move the box."

Wei Yin was making a cheongsam, with the embroidery laces stretched out. He replied, "Sister, you still have to move our old Wei family's box to Lao Zhao's."

"Isn't this a lot of things? It's easy to put in boxes and is neat. After the Chinese New Year, I'll bring it back." Wei Jin shouted again, "Second brother and sister, come and help me carry it."

Chen Xuan had to put down the soles of her shoes and went to help Wei Jin carry the box. The compartment made Wei Jin tumbling like a bandit just passed by. Wei Jin stood empty-handed and pointed at a pitch-black wooden box next to the wall. Her fat and round fingertips with golden rings drew a line in the air, pointing to the outside, "Move outside."

Chen Xuan was used to farm work in the countryside, and she was moving. However, seeing Wei Jin's hand-off manager, she was unwilling to move. Chen Xuan didn't say anything, leaned down and lifted it a few times, only to be unable to lift it, and then she let out her hands, "This box is so heavy, so how can I lift it. Why not wait for Brother A Nian to come back and let him carry it to the elder sister."

Wei Jin pulled Chen Xuan casually, and wrote it on his face, "I don't say that you can even use a ox cart at home, but you are very strong, so you can't lift it anymore. You're such a petite lady."

Wei Yin talked to the old lady's house, "If you don't be mean, you should carry it yourself, why do you use your second sister-in-law?"

Seeing that his sister actually helped Chen Xuan, Wei Jin shouted angrily, "Who are you close to?"

"I'm right, whoever cares, I'm close to anyone." Wei Yin snorted, poked the embroidery needle in his hand on the embroidery shed, and shouted to the compartment, "Second sister-in-law, come out, you can't help my elder sister, and she doesn't know your relationship."

Chen Xuan went out, Wei Jin was so angry that he stamped his feet in the house and scolded, "Damn girl, turn her elbow out."

Chen Xuan continued to go back to the old lady's house to put on the soles of her shoes. Wei Yin told her, "Don't care about her eldest sister, she's just like that."

Chen Xuan smiled and said, "I am a hundred kinds of people, and I am also a sister of my parents. Wei Jin is so mean, but Wei Yin is fair in everything. Chen Xuan has always liked and envied Wei Yin. Seeing that Wei Yin's lace was almost embroidered, she said, "My sister's needlework is so good."

"This is the new popular cheongsam style. When I finish it, I will wear it for my second sister-in-law." Wei Yin is beautiful in life, skillful in hand, and can dress up. Chen Xuan nodded, "That's great."

When Mrs. Wei heard this, she curled her mouth and showed a disdainful look, "What kind of cheongsams are not cheongsams? They are all people in Beijing to do whatever they want. I want me to tell you that this coat looks good and is comfortable to wear. Do you have to wear such a thin body? Is it tight? Is it so thin that it is not uncomfortable to wrap it?" Although the Wei family is rich, Mrs. Wei is the pump in the coat. Chen Xuan has heard that Mrs. Wei has not been with Mrs. Wei in Beijing at the beginning.

It was later that the Wei family made a fortune. Old Mrs. Wei was kidnapped by bandits in the countryside. Since then, she was scared and hurried to Beijing City with her family. The coat that Old Mrs. Wei mentioned is what Chen Xuan wore. She is wearing big and fat and she has no style. She is knee-length, and then the legs of her trousers inside are exposed. This is often worn by women in the countryside, but in Beijing, it is worn by rich families like this.

Sure enough, Wei Yin said, "Mom, who can go to the lab coat all day long? The wife of the shopkeeper Li's house wears cheongsams. Our landlord's wife and concubines wear cheongsams. You even asked us to wear lab coats all day long, but it's terrible. Second sister-in-law, when my clothes are ready, you will do this kind of outfit. If you go out, you will wear cheongsams."

Chen Xuan smiled, "Okay."

Old Mrs. Wei glanced at Chen Xuan, "Your second sister-in-law didn't have the material to accompany her, what are you doing?"

Chen Xuan immediately stopped talking again. The Wei family gave a lot of money to hire, which was 20 yuan. However, my aunt kept telling her that the family was not easy, and the uncle and aunt bought the dowry for her. As for how much they bought, they had to take more, and at least, they took less. Chen Xuan was not picky about food and clothing, but unexpectedly, less than a week after she entered the door, the old lady had figured out her dowry.

Wei Yin casually said, "Marry a man and marry a man and dress and eat. Since the second sister-in-law married into our Wei family, she will make clothes in the future. Is it not as good as the second sister-in-law?"

Old Mrs. Wei is an old-fashioned person. When she heard that her little daughter even said "marrying a man", she was so angry that she stood up and cursed, "You are a big girl, you dare to say anything! You are all learned from those crazy girls outside!"

Wei Yin snorted and stopped talking.

Wei Jin picked up the curtain and leaned against the door frame and asked, "Mom, where is the piece of British tweed material in front of me?"

"What? I said I'll keep a coat for your father to wear. The material is so good. I heard it's cashmere, it's crisp and thick." said Old Mrs. Wei.

"Oh, what are my father wearing tweed clothes? The lake silk in our shop I brought before was not good, it is as thick and smooth. It is so honest to use that silk to make two thick jackets for my father to make solidly." Wei Jin smiled and sat on the edge of the kang, leaned against the old lady, shaking the old lady's arm, showing a pleasing look, "Mom, give me the tweed material, I will make a new coat for your son-in-law. Wear it in the New Year to kowtow to you to wish you a New Year, and it will be brilliant."

Old Mrs. Wei shook her head and sighed, "It's really a daughter and three thieves. I know that I've moved things from my parents' home, and I never saw you subsidize my parents' home."

Seeing that the old lady was not opposed, Wei Jin went to the old lady's cabinet and flipped through the materials, while saying, "Our family still needs me to supplement it? But my in-laws' shop is worse than the same day. My mother-in-law, you don't know that you are thinking about your brother-in-law, making your son-in-law not eat like food or clothes not look like clothes." After finding the materials, Wei Jin patted it, and his heart was happy, and his eyes were filled with laughter, "Mom, I took it away?"

"Let's go." Old Mrs. Wei waved her hand, Wei Jin clamped the material into her arm, and walked out. Before leaving the door, he said to Li again, "By the way, I want to eat mutton cakes tonight. Sister-in-law, don't forget to buy some mutton in the afternoon."

Li said softly, "I understand."

Wei Jin continued to go to the compartment to clean up the salute he brought back to his in-laws' house.

Because Wei Jin ordered dishes, he baked the mutton patties at night. The mutton patties from the Wei family were honest and pure mutton and green onion stuffing. Even if he looked at the cake again for two lifetimes, Chen Xuan felt that it was very luxurious.

Li's children are many because it is the twelfth lunar month, so there are many things. Not to mention that the Wei family men's coats are made in tailor shops, and women's clothes are made by women themselves. Li's two sons and one daughter, and this is the New Year, each person has to wear new clothes. After Li bought the mutton back, Chen Xuan took the initiative to take care of the work of kneading the noodles and chopping the meat filling, "I can't mix the filling, my sister-in-law will teach me later." In fact, I was used to mixing the filling in my previous life, but I was afraid that Li would be embarrassed, so Chen Xuan said so.

Li also felt that this sister-in-law was easy to get along with, and she responded with a smile, "Okay."

During dinner, Chen Xuan did not eat mutton pie, but she wanted to eat it very much. However, she had just come from the countryside and felt that the meals of the Wei family were so oily. She ate mutton pie for the first time in her previous life. She felt uncomfortable all night. Later she realized that she was afraid that it was because she first came to the Wei family and had a poor meal. Therefore, she ate vegetarian pie now. When Mrs. Wei saw that Chen Xuan did not move the meat pie, she only chewed with the vegetarian pie. She was very satisfied and thought that the country girl was just frugal.

Bitting the squeaky mutton patty, Wei Jin said, "Dad, I'm packing up my things. I'll ask A Nian to take me back tomorrow."

Wei Nian was the most disagreeing with his elder sister, and said immediately, "I have a big business. I am busy in the New Year shop and my feet are not stuck in the ground. You are not a new wife, so why should I send you back to my mother-in-law? I went to the alley to call a rickshaw and took Afeng and Ayu, and took the bus back. At worst, I can help you pay for the car."

Wei Jin immediately raised two broom eyebrows, "I have brothers and parents' home, why do you go back by yourself! Dad, don't you talk about A Nian! My parents' home have brothers, so how can I go back by myself!"

Old Master Wei picked up the porridge and took a sip and said, "A Nian, take your elder sister back to her in-laws' house early in the morning, and then go to the shop."

Wei Nian was reluctant, but he was a little afraid of his father, so he had to snort.

After dinner, Chen Xuan and Li cleaned the dishes and chopsticks. The Wei brothers went back to their own houses. The children also had their own places to go. Mr. Wei leaned on the kang in his old house and asked Mrs. Wei, "A Nian or live in the West Pairhouse?" Because Wei Nian was unwilling to marry, his former house was cleaned up into a new house. When Wei Nian came home, he was only willing to go to the West Pairhouse to sleep.

The old lady Wei remembered, "Yes, didn't you say you're going to be with your wife? Alas, this kid, tell me that he's going."

Old Master Wei nodded.

So, after finishing the kitchen, Chen Xuan was packing up the kitchen and when she returned to the house, she unexpectedly saw Wei Nian. Chen Xuan was a little surprised, widened her eyes, and stopped her feet and did not walk forward. Seeing her appearance, Wei Nian was a little embarrassed and scratched her head, "What, my parents insisted on me coming. It's okay, don't be afraid, I'll deal with it all night on the ground."

Chen Xuan looked at the green brick floor and sighed, "Don't be too careful, this kang is long. I sleep on the east end, and you sleep on the west end. It's the twelfth lunar month, and even if you sleep on the ground, you have to freeze even if you put three quilts on the floor, let alone there are not three quilts on the floor in our house."

Wei Nian scratched his head again, "That's good." He put Zhang Xiao's kang table in the right direction. Even after many years, Chen Xuan felt both sad and funny when she saw this scene. Sorrow was the years of her previous life, and it was funny because Wei Nian did not need to be wary of her. After all, she was a woman's family, and she could not be stronger than Wei Nian.

After packing up the thoughts in his heart, Chen Xuan took water to wash. Wei Nian might also feel that he was a little cautious in this move, so he supported the small kang table with his right elbow, and wanted to apologize for the small kang table. He said to Chen Xuan, "You have not made your clothes in the New Year. I took back a piece of British tweed material. Now, people outside use such tweed materials to make Western coats. Don't be so energetic when wearing them. Let's do two clothes, one of me, and one of you, how about it?"

Chen Xuan wiped her face with a towel and said, "Isn't that kind of coat worn by men?"

"There are also women's styles. They look good and warm, and they don't need to wear cotton jackets inside. Nowadays, people wear such tweed coats in winter, but who can wear such a bulging big cotton jackets and trousers?" Wei Nian is a new-style man and is handsome in life. When talking about the trendy situation outside, he talks endlessly.

According to Chen Xuan's temperament in her previous life, she refused to say that Wei Jinminger had to take her tweed material to her in-laws early in the morning. Chen Xuan was honest by nature and was not such a talkative person. But today, somehow, or she had endured herself for too long in the Wei family, and she had to endure herself until she died in her previous life. This time, she refused to endure it. Chen Xuan went out to take the wash water out of the old Chinese toon tree in the yard, and then turned around and said to Wei Nian, "Your idea is good, but you don't think about it anymore. Today, I saw my elder sister-in-law take a piece of tweed material from the old lady's house and put it in a box, saying that she would go back to make clothes for her brother-in-law to wear."

When Chen Xuan talked about this, Wei Nian was so angry that she jumped up from the kang. Wei Nian was angry, "It's outrageous! That was the one I found for an American! "I was going to get the material back now.

Chen Xuan hurriedly grabbed him and advised him, "You go down now and ask your father to know, but you can't scold you. It's too late, why bother to find this unhappy?"

Sure enough, Mr. Wei was Wei Nian's nemesis. Wei Nian sat back on the kang and continued to breathe, "You can't put anything in your mother's place in the future, otherwise, you will ask her to steal it back to her in-laws' house!"

Although the fabric was not returned, Wei Nian got up early the next morning and went out, and he didn't even eat breakfast at home, let alone sending Wei Jin back to his mother-in-law's house. Wei Jin was so angry that he not only talked about Wei Nian in front of Mrs. Wei, but even Chen Xuan was implicated, because Wei Jin said, "I said yesterday that I asked my second brother to take me back to my mother-in-law's house, and my second brother and sister listened. He was going to go out, why didn't the second brother and sister stop him?"

Chen Xuan looked honest and honest, "My aunt said, "My husband is doing things, and he just said it, and he didn't say it or asked me to ask more questions, for fear that Brother A Nian would be unhappy."
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