59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

Fishing, duck fishing, exchanging money and tickets.

Read, study, drink juice, and learn cooking.

Chen Feng's life has been very fulfilling these days. He often goes to the kitchen of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill to watch Sha Zhu cook.

October 10th is a memorable day for the Chen family.

That morning, Chen Feng did not go to the library or go fishing. He just stayed at home waiting for his parents to come home.

Chen Jianguo even took a special leave and bought two strings of firecrackers.

"Ding Dong!"

"Give way, give way."

"Ouch, a sewing machine!"

"The Chen family's life is getting better and better. They have two bicycles and a sewing machine. A few days ago, Chen Feng was filial and bought Zhou Qing a Shanghai watch. Whoever marries Chen Feng in the future will live a comfortable life."

"Are all the three major items complete?"

"Yes, both father and son are capable, especially the younger one. He can catch wild boars in the mountains and wild ducks in the water. He is very capable."

The voices of aunts and grandmas came from outside the door. Chen Feng, who was holding a dagger and carving a wood sculpture for Chen Li, sat there without moving, but just looked up at the door from time to time.

In Siheyuan today, sewing machines are as rare as bicycles and watches.

Unlike 65 years later, when the national industrial system was completed and the number of industrial products increased greatly, even in Qinhuai Rujia, there were still sewing machines to be operated.

The little girl sat next to him, holding a statue of Sun Wukong in her left hand and a statue of Tang Sanzang riding a horse in her right hand.

He was enjoying the collision of the two wooden sculptures, and a strange "wuwuwu" sound came from his mouth.

I am very happy to entertain myself.

Chen Hao was fighting with He Yushui. The two were evenly matched. There were only a few small animals left, so they had to go into the final battle, and there was a high chance that he would lose.

"Come here, come here, Xiaohao, come and set off firecrackers." Chen Jianguo lured them by holding firecrackers on a bamboo pole.

"Uncle Chen, let me help you!"

He Yushui waved her hand and messed up the chessboard. Without waiting for Chen Hao to get angry, she stood up and went to the door, pretending to help Chen Jianguo light firecrackers.

She is quite courageous.

"Pa bang bang..."

The sound of firecrackers continued.

Chen Jianjun got the sewing machine ticket and finally carried it home.

"It's two cents in total, sir, please keep it." Zhou Qing took out the money and paid the fare to the tricycle driver.

"Big Pot, can I wear new clothes from now on?" The little girl hugged his legs and asked in a tender voice.

Even though the little girl is only three years old, she will only be four next year.

But she already knew that she could show off by wearing new clothes. Unfortunately, there were many people in the Chen family, so Chen Feng's old clothes were left to Chen Hao. Chen Hao couldn't wear them, so they were left to Chen Li.

The unlucky little girl, almost all the clothes she wears are third-hand goods.

Every time the family gets new clothes, the eldest brother is given priority, then the second brother, and finally her turn.

Chen Feng pinched her little face and said, "Lily, do you want new clothes?"

"want!"

Chen Li nodded vigorously and said with grievance: "Mom said she wanted to make new clothes for Da Guo and Er Guo, and the remaining cloth was not enough."

Chen Feng smiled and said, "Don't feel wronged. I'll give you a new dress later."

"I want big floral cloth, like Sister Yushui's, beautiful big floral cloth." Chen Li shouted immediately.

Chen Feng glanced at He Yushui, who was wearing long johns made of red patterned cloth.

He Yuzhu is now alone and lives a comfortable life. He is really willing to spend money on his sister.

A group of women and aunts surrounded Chen Jianjun, Zhou Qing and his wife, carried the sewing machine into the main room, and placed it in the coat room of Chen Jianjun's bedroom.

"Come on, try it now!"

“This thing should be very useful.”

"You can?"

"How can I do that? I don't have this thing at home."

Operating a sewing machine requires skill and coordination of hands and feet. The speed, stitches, direction, etc. all require a certain level of technical content. It is difficult for people who have never used it to adapt at first.

Zhou Qing doesn’t know how to use it either, as only the old lady in the Chen family has used it.

"Daughter-in-law, bring me the pants you haven't finished yet."

Zhou Qing brought over the winter pants prepared for Chen Feng. The old lady looked at the stitches carefully and put the needle and thread on the sewing machine.

He slowly stepped on his feet and started sewing by pressing down on his trouser legs with both hands. Soon the needle moved up and down, making a series of stitches on the trouser legs.

In just a few minutes, one side of a pair of pants was sewn together.

Stop the operation quickly and deal with the loose threads.

On the other side, a group of middle-aged women looked a little jealous.

"It's amazing! It was completed so quickly, much faster than sewing it slowly by hand."

"These are three big items, so naturally they are faster than humans."

After watching, Chen Hao came out and saw Chen Feng still calmly carving wood, and the little girl was sitting beside him playing with her wood carving.

"Brother, grandma is so amazing. She sewed your pants in no time."

Chen Feng thought to himself: "It's time to find a way to get cotton seeds."

Cotton seeds were not difficult to obtain, as they were sold in supply and marketing cooperatives in towns a little further away, but he did not know how to make them into cotton cloth, as this was a blind spot in his knowledge.

He was not in a hurry to plant cotton before, mainly because it was only October and the temperature in Beijing would not start to drop sharply until November.

The temperature in October was quite good, but on the other hand, there was no sewing machine at home, and it was too hard for Zhou Qing and the old lady to do the work.

A group of women who had no proper jobs stayed in the main room and watched the old lady perform "fancy embroidery" on the sewing machine.

In just half an hour, Chen Feng had an extra pair of cotton pants with a golden cloud pattern.

"Xiao Feng, try it quickly."

Zhou Qing happily took the pants and asked him to put them on.

Unable to do what everyone thought, Chen Feng had to go into the room and come out dressed.

This attracted a group of people to flatter the old lady and praise her excellent craftsmanship.

The little girl hugged Chen Feng's thigh and kept touching the cloud pattern on it.

After the commotion, the Chen family's clock struck twelve, and everyone remembered to go home and make lunch.

We agreed to come to Chen's house in the afternoon to learn "embroidery" from the old lady, and then go back home.

In the kitchen, Sha Zhu was busy and having a lot of fun.

Chen Jianguo bought some firecrackers, and naturally he also asked Sha Zhu to cook a good meal.

He used his connections to get some glutinous rice and flour.

The old lady took out brown sugar and asked him to make some cakes as snacks for the three children.

The pastries in Wangfujing not only require pastry tickets, but are also expensive.

Chen Feng took out a dozen pheasant eggs, red dates, corn starch and a pound of peanut oil, which are all necessities for making pastries.

Except for the lack of milk, almost all other main ingredients are present.

“Shandong sticky bean buns are here!”

Shandong sticky bean buns are an old-fashioned pastry and a famous pastry in Shandong cuisine. They are made of glutinous rice flour, red kidney beans (changed into red dates), purple rice (replaced with millet), chestnuts (replaced with apple meat), peanuts, corn, etc. in a golden ratio and are steamed.

Although the main ingredients were incomplete and had to be replaced with other ingredients, the appetite was still very good.

"Eat them while they're hot. There are eight of them, one for each person."

"Fill your stomach first."