I Became the Favorite of Big Bosses

Chapter 393 Trying to be a prospective son-in-law

The idea was finalized. If Wei Lan had some divine help, his speed would speed up a lot.

She spread out the fabric and smoothed it out. She bent over, holding the ruler in one hand, and holding a pencil in the other hand to draw lines along the ruler.

 The pencil marks on the navy blue cloth are not obvious and can be seen clearly even if you look closely.

 In order to prevent the remaining fabric after cutting from being too fine and unable to be reused.

Wei Lan was very careful in his operation. The ruler was compared against the edge line of the fabric.

After finishing the cutting and tracing the outline, Wei Lan sat back in the chair and slowly cut along the shallow pencil marks with the scissors in her hand.

The room was very quiet. The two of them were sitting almost side by side, but they were both busy with their work and no one spoke.

He usually listened to Wei Lan's accustomed to him. Suddenly, Gu Chao was a little uncomfortable.

The pen in his hand scrawled "Wei Lan" on the paper for the thirty-second time. Gu Chao couldn't help it anymore and looked sideways at his side.

At this time, Wei Lan was sitting next to him, with his head lowered and busy quietly. Two strands of black hair hung softly from the corner of his forehead, making his palm-sized face become whiter and more delicate, and his lips became more and more delicate. .

Beautiful and demure, just like the people in the painting.

 She is making clothes for him.

 Such a scene, Gu Chao had never dared to think about, but it just happened.

These are all facts. She not only cooks for him, but also knits sweaters and makes clothes for him. She also kisses him intimately, hugs him, and asks him to hug him...

The feeling of satisfaction that the impossible became possible filled Gu Chao's entire chest in an instant.

Gu Chao's deep pupils were shimmering faintly, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

Wei Lan suddenly frowned and rubbed the loose hair from his forehead impatiently with the back of his hand, as if he felt itchy.

 I rubbed it two or three times, but still couldn't get the strand of hair away.

Gu Chao rubbed his index finger and thumb, stretched out his hand to help her, and tucked the strand of hair behind her ear.

Wei Lan raised her head and looked at Gu Chao. Her dark eyes were clear and cute, and her smile was so sweet that she said, "Thank you, Brother Chao!"

 Then he lowered his head and continued to struggle with the few feet of cloth in his hand.

Gu Chao smiled and shook his head, withdrew his gaze and continued to write Wei Lan's name one stroke at a time.

 …

In the evening, while Wei Lan was finishing the finishing work on the clothes, Jiang Lihua came over holding a sweater with a mournful face.

The sweater in her hand was only knitted to the width of a palm, and the stitches in the middle section were wrong, making it look a little twisted. However, she only found out after knitting a large section, and now she couldn't bear to take it apart.

Jiang Lihua looked forward to Wei Lan, "Is there any way to save this?"

 The distance between them is only two inches. In Wei Lan's words, it would not be troublesome to take it apart and reweave it, but Jiang Lihua felt that was not possible.

Lin Qing and the others were quick to get started and weaved quickly and well. Jiang Lihua was slow to weave and could easily make mistakes if she was in a hurry. Although there were some mistakes in this part, she was reluctant to take them apart.

　　　Why did you knit it yourself?

Wei Lan was amused by her words, and the sweater she had just checked for problems returned to Jiang Lihua's arms, "In this case, can you just keep knitting? Why don't you come to ask me if you can help me?"

"I'll weave it myself, but if word gets out, how can I compare it with Lin Qing and the others? Aren't others still laughing at me?" Jiang Lihua blushed anxiously, "Alright, Wei Lan, just help. Help me!"

Wei Lan stopped talking, stood up from the sewing machine, opened the cabinet door, pulled out about half a meter of black cashmere thread from her own roll, and cut it off.

As soon as Jiang Lihua entered the room, she saw the sewing machine by the window. She knew that sewing machines were expensive. She didn't say how rare this thing was, but she was definitely curious.

As soon as Wei Lan walked away, Jiang Lihua sat over, staring curiously and touching this and that, "Did you buy it? Or did Gu Chao buy it for you?"

"I bought it." Wei Lan paused and turned around to see Jiang Lihua reaching out to touch the needle for tying the thread. He was afraid that she would accidentally step on the pedal and pierce herself. Wei Lan hurriedly said: "Why don't you come over and watch? Next time If this problem occurs again, I won’t help you.”

 “Here it comes, come right now!”

Jiang Lihua was afraid that Wei Lan would really ignore her, so without saying a word, she held the stool and sat down in front of Wei Lan.

Wei Lan had a box of one-character cards. She took out a one-word card and put cashmere thread on the card.

Using a card as a needle, she found the place where Jiang Lihua knitted the fabric and picked it up. The place that she could have made just now instantly turned into a slightly raised pattern.

“This method can pick out simple patterns and can be used even if the weaving is not damaged.”

Wei Lan explained to Jiang Lihua while neatly picking out a circle of patterns to cover the damaged areas.

  Picking a needle is simple, just those few movements, but Jiang Lihua learned it quickly, quickly mastered it, and applied what she learned. After returning home, she followed Wei Lan's instructions and continued to pick out patterns in other locations, such as collars, cuffs, etc.

Although the pattern is simple, it also makes the sweater unique. Although Jiang Lihua was the last one in the educated youth spot to finish knitting the sweater, she was still very happy.

Because Lin Qing and the others held the sweater she knitted and looked at it for a long time, and they all praised it.

Jiang Cheng put on the warm sweater and felt warm in his heart. He would praise everyone he met in the educated youth center about how good his sister's craftsmanship was, and how fashionable and warm the sweater was.

The other male educated youths are jealous.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the male educated youth are also thinking about it. They are clumsy and cannot knit, so they privately ask the female educated youth for help to see if they can help knit them too.

　　Knitting sweaters is time-consuming and laborious, and of course it cannot be done in vain. The male educated youth and the female educated youth worked together and finally decided that the male educated youth would pay for the wool, while the female educated youth would be responsible for the knitting, and would be given an extra dollar as a reward.

 A large meat bun in a state-owned restaurant costs 12 cents each. It is made from fine grains and contains meat. By comparison, one yuan is not much for young and old, and it is much more cost-effective than the usual straw rope.

The female educated youths suddenly had more work to do, while the male educated youths needed wool and felt that cashmere yarn was too expensive, so they finally made a unanimous decision and asked Gu Chao to help buy ordinary wool.

 The family has a bicycle, and Gu Chao goes to town every day to buy goat milk and deliver milk rolls, and he also buys wool by the way.

The woolen yarn originally cost 80 cents, but since several people wanted it, the total amount was three or four kilograms. Gu Chao thought about it for a moment, and then casually said a discount to Shantao, the man who picked up the yarn.

Shantao was very happy because he had recently made a lot of money by selling milk rolls again, so he readily agreed to give Gu Chao seven cents for every two woolen threads.

When Gu Chao left, Shanyao still followed two steps behind, "Brother Chao, come back tomorrow! Milk..."

Shantao has made a lot of money recently, and his face is glowing. The men around him who are doing this business have also noticed it, and they have been asking about it privately in the past two days.

Fearing that if he spilled the beans and they knew about it later and would come to compete with him for supplies, Shantao quickly changed his tone and said, "As much as you want! I'll be waiting for you!"

 The people around him were confused, but Shan Yao knew that Gu Chao understood what he meant.

After delivering the goat milk rolls, Gu Chao bought yarn and kept Wei Lan's instructions in mind. There should be a reply from the capital in the next two days.

 Before going home, he rode his bicycle to the post office.

 Don’t say it, it really does exist.

Gu Chaoyi handed over Wei Lan's household registration book. The staff at the window took it and took a look at it. He immediately smiled and said: "The letter has been here for two days. The director said yesterday that if no one comes to pick it up today, , but you have to ask the postman to make a trip in person."

The staff member handed the letter to Gu Chao, "Comrade, keep it." "Thank you." Gu Chao thanked him softly. He was still a little confused at first, but when he saw the red seal with the word "troops" on the corner of the envelope, he immediately Everything is understood.

 Gu Chao put the letter away and rode his bicycle non-stop towards home.

 When he got home, Wei Lan sat in front of the sewing machine, studying how to tie the pants.

The top I made for Gu Chao a few days ago was a success. The stitches on the sewing machine were neat and dense. Grandma Gu was full of praises when she saw it. She even claimed that she underestimated Wei Lan, but Wei Lan seemed so proud.

 After the first practice, Wei Lan quickly plunged into the second practice.

The cutting of the trousers is not as straight as the top, with curved corners. Wei Lan studied for two days before cutting out the fabric with scissors.

Just as I was thinking about where to start the needle, a yellow kraft paper envelope was handed to me.

"You're back?" Wei Lan raised her eyes and smiled lightly at Gu Chao. She took the envelope and brushed the red military stamp with her slender fingers. "It's a reply from my father."

She tore open the seal and lowered her eyes to read it carefully.

 “Yeah.” Gu Chao nodded and sat down next to her.

After Wei Lan had finished reading, he asked in a hoarse voice: "What did uncle say?"

Gu Chao's shoulders were slightly bulging, his big hands were clenched into fists, and his palms were nervous and sweaty.

“Dad asked us not to rush back to Beijing.”

After Wei Lan finished speaking, Gu Chao's body froze suddenly, and he was silent for a moment. He nodded gently and said, "Okay."

 He had thought about this result and thought it was acceptable, but when he heard it, he had a different feeling in his ears.

Gu Chao had an inexplicable understanding in his heart, and it would be difficult for Wei Lan's parents to admit it.

 But he won't give up.

After a moment of depression, Gu Chao's gloom was swept away. He looked up at Wei Lan with a deep voice and tender fighting spirit in his eyes. "Are you tired? Don't sit in the room all the time. Your neck can't bear it."

His big hands gently rubbed the back of Wei Lan's neck.

His purpose of buying a sewing machine was not to keep Wei Lan at home making clothes, but just to pass the time when she was bored.

Wei Lan has been paying attention to Gu Chao's expression. When Gu Chao was in a low mood just now, she felt the loss and her heart almost broke.

But when he saw Gu Chao quickly regaining his confidence and fighting spirit, Wei Lan pursed her lips and couldn't help but let out a sigh.

 They have all grown up, and Gu Chao’s growth is the most obvious.

He is no longer like before, because of his low self-esteem, he keeps shrinking and confining himself in a world that cannot be touched by others and is not allowed to be touched by others.

 He became more mature and steady without her knowing it...

　　It seems to form another kind of intoxicating charm, attracting her to want to be close and rely on.

　　“I won’t bother you anymore, you can see for yourself!”

Wei Lan put the letter into Gu Chao's hand, dragged the chair back to the sewing machine, and muttered: "When I tie the thread, you will have new pants. If there is no problem, I will make two more." strip."

 Gu Chao shook his head and sighed, "I'll just buy it later. You've been working on it for several days, and it's not hard enough."

 “What I made is worse than what I bought?”

Wei Lan pouted and glared at Gu Chao, suddenly getting horny.

"No, I'm just afraid of the hard work for you." Gu Chao explained with a dry cough. He was afraid that Wei Lan would continue to investigate, so he touched his head and lowered his head to read the letter.

At this sight, Gu Chao's deep eyes suddenly filled with shock, "Nanny, nannan?"

Wei Lan smoothed the cut fabric and put it under the needle. He stepped on the pedal and heard a regular "chirp" sound from the sewing machine.

 “What are you doing? Are you so happy?”

Looking sideways at Gu Chao, seeing Gu Chao's pair of deep eyes widening, Wei Lan couldn't help but slightly raise the corners of her mouth, pretending to be unhappy and said: "Forget it if you don't want to go, I'll go back alone later."

"Go, of course I want to go, let's go together!" Gu Chao suddenly pulled Wei Lan into his arms, his chin lingered on the top of her hair and rubbed gently, his voice was hoarse and excited, "I have been waiting for this day for a long time. I have been waiting for it. Jingshi, I will have a showdown with uncle..."

 He wants to marry her.

Gu Chao's heart has never been so hot as when he thought about it.

 He thought that Wei Lan's parents did not approve of their being together, so they opposed him going to Beijing.

They didn't expect that it was because they knew the population of the Gu family and knew that if Gu Chao and Wei Lan went north, only Grandma Gu and You Lan would be the only ones left in the Gu family on New Year's Eve.

The home was too deserted and lacked the atmosphere of the New Year. Wei's mother and Wei Xueliang sympathized with the Gu family's situation, so they wrote a letter specifically to ask them to return to the capital after the New Year.

 The people in the Wei family are all like Wei Lan, kind and considerate.

 And he thought of them that way just now...

Gu Chao felt ashamed of the dark thoughts he had just had in his mind. After repenting, he felt more confident.

 This is the opportunity thrown by Wei Lan's parents, he must seize it!

Wei Lan was tired of being in Gu Chao's arms for a while. She didn't let go of Gu Chao's arms for a long time, and she was still giggling.

Wei Lan gradually pushed Gu Chao, "If you have nothing to do, go practice calligraphy! I'm still busy!"

 After sewing the trousers, I still have to knit a sweater…

I had planned to knit sweaters for Mother Wei and the others to bring back during the Spring Festival, but now that I have to go back later in life, I have to knit the sweaters in advance and send them back to the capital before the end of the year.

　　If they take it back after the New Year, it will be out of season within two days.

The Chinese New Year is just over a month away. Wei Lan wants to finish knitting three sweaters in the past half month and send them back to Beijing. The weather is cold, so Wei's mother and the others can wear them.

She has been in the countryside for so long and has had no chance to fulfill her filial duty. Now she can only do her best in such small things.

Gu Chao: From today on, you must learn to be a qualified and outstanding prospective son-in-law. When you go to Beijing, you can win over Wei’s father and Wei’s mother in one fell swoop!

Wei Lan: After knitting the trousers, I have to knit a sweater, and after knitting the sweater, I have to make trousers... Brother Chao is good-looking, and she must highlight all his advantages. Then her parents will definitely just applaud him!

 She needs to hurry up.

 Wei Lan withdrew from Gu Chao's arms.

Gu Chao thought about the woolen yarn and was about to go to the educated youth center. Wei Lan was busy with her hands without raising her head, "Don't they all come over in the evening? I'll just give it to them then. It won't be long before now."

Since that day when Lin Qing and others were learning to knit sweaters from Wei Lan, they discovered that the Gu family had a TV. From then on, they came almost every night. At first, Lin Qing, Fan Zhu and the others, and later Yu Tingyi, Li Wenwen and others also came.

The main room was bustling with more than a dozen young ladies and young men. Perhaps they felt embarrassed because they had come so often. When they left last night, Lin Qing gave Wei Lan a dollar, saying it was because the educated youth wanted to impress everyone.

 (End of this chapter)