"You made the dress Chen Lu wore in your family, right?" Sister Fang said and went into the main room with Zhou Mei and sat down. Chen Wan went back to the bedroom first, giving them room to chat.

"Come on, eat Hudou, I fry it now." Zhou Mei greeted, she was a little surprised when she heard Sister Fang's words, "I didn't make clothes for Lulu, did I?"

"Hey, Chen Lu came to look for the dress that Huihui was wearing yesterday afternoon. Didn't you make it?" Huihui lives in the same yard as Sister Fang's family, and Sister Fang was there when the two little girls were playing yesterday. Are the clothes newly made? The ones are still worn, she can tell at a glance.

"Oh, what did you say?" Zhou Mei put Hudou on the stool, "I didn't make that dress, it was Lulu's uncle."

Since Zhou Mei bought the sewing machine, she has never touched it, let alone made clothes, except for sewing a rag to show the curious villagers the day before.Probably because Chen Lu didn't speak clearly, which caused Sister Fang to misunderstand.

"Chen Wan made it?" Sister Fang obviously didn't believe it. She knew that Chen Wan was smart and learned, but she had never heard of Chen Wan making clothes.

"Yeah." Zhou Mei said with a bit of pride, "I bought a sewing machine and sent a book, and he learned from it. He even made one for me, and I'll get it for you."

Zhou Mei quickly took out her mid-length padded jacket, and unfolded it in front of Sister Fang, mother and daughter: "Look at it."

Ding Chunyan leaned over and carefully looked at the workmanship of the padded jacket and the buttons on it: "This padded jacket is really beautiful!"

Zhou Mei deepened her smile: "Our family's new clothes this year are all made by Chen Wan, which made the three children very happy."

"I'm very happy to see you." Sister Fang finally returned the clothes to Zhou Mei reluctantly, turned her head and said to her daughter, "I asked you to study hard at the beginning, but you didn't listen. Watch someone Chen Wan, after finishing school You can learn to make clothes by reading books in high school.”

"That's because Chen Wan is smart. It's not that I don't want to learn. What can I do if I can't learn?" Ding Chunyan retorted in a low voice, her eyes glued to Zhou Mei's padded jacket, and she gently pushed Sister Fang's arm.

"I remember it, but I haven't forgotten it." After being reminded by her daughter, Sister Fang explained her reason for coming to Zhou Mei. Dress up in a new dress."

In this day and age, as long as there is no disagreement between the two parties after seeing each other, it is basically equivalent to preparing for marriage. Therefore, both the parents and the person they are looking at pay great attention to this.

"You should dress up well." Zhou Mei understood what they meant, "Does Sister Fang want Chen Wan to help Yanyan make clothes?"

"Yes, it's not this girl. I've finished buying the materials, and she thinks the clothes made by Tailor Zhao are not good-looking." From Sister Fang's behavior, it can be seen that she is not reluctant to spend money for her daughter, but after buying the cloth, she If the money in hand is not enough, go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy ready-made clothes.

The mother and daughter went to Tailor Zhao with the materials, but Ding Chunyan was not satisfied with the samples given by the other party.Tailor Zhao is an old tailor in the village, and the clothes he makes are basically the same style, nothing new.

In the early years, everyone's conditions were not good, and it would be nice to have new clothes to wear. Who cares so much.Now the days are getting better and better, and the original clothes can no longer satisfy young girls' pursuit of beauty.

Sister Fang didn't say anything, but she also felt that Zhao's tailor's craftsmanship was not good enough for her good materials.It just so happened that Chen Lu went to Huihui wearing new clothes yesterday, and was attracted by the novelty of the clothes that they had never seen before.

It has to be said that the bow tie is an element that is easy to be liked by girls no matter what time it is.

Zhou Mei's expression was a bit perplexed. Of course she was happy when someone praised Chen Wan for making clothes well, but it's okay to make clothes for her own family, and helping others will inevitably affect his studies.

"Da Mei, don't worry, we won't let Chen Wanbai do it, we will pay Tailor Zhao whatever he charges." Sister Fang saw Zhou Mei's hesitation, took out her money, and prepared to pay the deposit on the spot.

"Then let me ask for you." Zhou Mei didn't refuse outright, it still depends on Chen Wan's wishes.

Sister Fang thanked her repeatedly, Zhou Mei knocked on the door of Chen Wan's room, entered the room and briefly recounted what happened just now.

"If you think it's troublesome, we won't do it. My sister-in-law will help you refuse." Zhou Mei looked at the open book on Chen Wan's desk, and the book next to it was filled with notes. Although she didn't understand, she could understand the hard work of studying. .

No trouble, no trouble, where is the trouble of making money.

Chen Wan's eyes were full of excitement. He obviously didn't have any big ups and downs in his heart when he received millions of high-end orders in his previous life, but now a small business of one or two yuan made him extremely excited.

"It's okay sister-in-law, all I can do is to accumulate experience." Chen Wan coughed lightly to suppress the expression on his face.

Ding Chunyan looked expectantly at the direction Zhou Mei was leaving. After a while, the two of them came out of the room. The moment they saw Chen Wan, Ding Chunyan suddenly lowered her head.

"Ms. Sheng." Chen Wan's eyes stopped on Ding Chunyan for a second, then turned to Sister Fang.Sheng is Sister Fang's surname, and Chen Wan has called her Aunt Sheng since she was a child.

"Oh, Chen Wan is getting taller and more handsome." Sheng Fang smiled kindly, and praised Chen Wan from head to toe, "Damei, the threshold of your house may be stepped on by a matchmaker in the future."

Sheng Fang seemed to have anticipated the grand occasion of Chen Wan's kiss, and the look in Chen Wan's eyes became more and more rare.

"It's still early, Sister Fang, what kind of material did you buy for Yanyan?" Zhou Mei turned the topic back to making clothes, "Does Yanyan have any styles you want to make?"

When mentioning the fabric, Sheng Fang felt a little heartache. For the sake of her daughter, she went all out and asked someone to buy good fabric from the city, which cost almost half of the fabric ticket in her hand.

The reason why I didn't buy ready-to-wear at that time was because the price of buying clothes directly was twice the price of fabrics, and I was afraid that the size I bought was not suitable. If I couldn't get a refund, it would be a lesson for me.

Facing Zhou Mei's question, Ding Chunyan made gestures for a long time before describing the dress she had seen, but from Zhou Mei's bewildered expression, it can be seen that Ding Chunyan's description was rather abstract.

"I see." Chen Wan picked up a pen and quickly drew a rough pattern on the notebook, "Is that so?"

Ding Chunyan kept nodding: "That's right! Chen Wan, you draw really well."

She stood close, and Chen Wan took two steps back indistinctly: "Sister-in-law, please take her into the room to measure the size."

Chen Wan had taught Zhou Mei how to measure the size and what data to record. Zhou Mei measured the size of the Chen Xing sisters.After all, Chen Xing will soon be a 16-year-old girl, even if Chen Wan is her uncle, she should be careful to avoid suspicion.

Zhou Mei took a tape measure and led Ding Chunyan into the house. Sheng Fang stood up and said, "I'll go back and get the fabric!"

Chen Wan's sketches gave the mother and daughter confidence that he would be able to make clothes that suit them.

Sheng Fang moved quickly, and not long after Zhou Mei finished measuring the size, she came with the fabric and paid the deposit by the way.

Tailor Zhao charged two yuan for a winter coat, Sheng Fang paid one yuan first, and asked when it would be ready.

The 22nd of the twelfth lunar month is only a few days away. Chen Wan thinks about it and asks them to come back in three days.

"How is the man's condition? You are so good, Yanyan, you must be matched with someone better." After finishing the business, Zhou Mei started chatting with Sheng Fang.

"The man is a soldier in the army. There is an elder brother and a third younger sister in the family. They are both married. My parents are farmers like us. They are from the Lianhe brigade. I heard that they are well-known capable people." Sheng Fang also talked to Zhou Mei carefully. As for the plan, Zhou Mei knew better than her about the army, "Da Mei, can the family members at the company level join the army?"

Chen Jianjun is the head of the regiment. According to Zhou Mei's understanding, only battalion-level cadres in the army are allowed to accompany the army.

"The conditions are not bad. How old is the man?" Sheng Fang said 24, and Zhou Mei smiled and looked at the shy Ding Chunyan next to her. You can't join the army at the first rank, but 24 is still young, and it will be a matter of time before you get promoted to the battalion rank."

Sheng Fang had obviously inquired about it, and she nodded after listening to Zhou Mei's words: "That's what I told Yanyan, as long as the other party is hardworking and self-motivated, it's fine for the two of you to work hard together."

"That's the reason." Zhou Mei agreed with Sheng Fang's statement, "The Lianhe Brigade is not far from us, and Yanyan is not considered a faraway marriage."

The son travels thousands of miles and the mother is worried. The reason is the same when the daughter gets married. The family can help if they are close to each other. If they marry far away, they may not be able to go home once in a year or so.

For example, Zhou's family is in the third brigade. Zhou Mei wants to go back to her natal family during the holidays or during normal times. She can leave after making arrangements for the family affairs. The three children can also visit their grandparents, uncles and aunts during winter and summer vacations.As for Chen Wan's second and fifth sisters, they were married to the provincial capital, and the transportation was inconvenient. They came back twice a year at most during the Qingming Festival and the Spring Festival.

Of course, the premise is that except for the distance, other conditions are the same.If Ding Chunyan looked at the workers in the provincial capital and the farmers in the neighboring team separately, with such a gap, the factor of distance can be ignored.

"I remember that Chen Wan seems to be one year younger than Yanyan. How do you plan?" Sheng Fang didn't lower her voice. Chen Wan heard her words in the room, and immediately went to the back of the door and put her ear on the door, trying to know Zhou's words. May's answer.

But don't say that you have the idea of ​​showing him.

"How else can I plan? Chen Wan will take the college entrance examination in half a year, and there are still four years to go to college after the exam. He has to wait until he finishes college." Zhou Mei is not worried about Chen Wan's marriage. She feels that Chen Wan's conditions , absolutely no worries about marrying.

Yes, yes, yes, after finishing college, Chen Wan wanted to applaud Zhou Mei behind the door.

"It's my fault that I forgot, Chen Wan really doesn't need to worry." Sheng Fang peeled a soybean and put it in his mouth, chewing it with a crunch.

"By the way, do you have any photos of the man?" Zhou Mei didn't mean to judge people by their appearance, but just out of curiosity.

"There is one." Sheng Fang slapped Ding Chunyan's arm, "Take it out and show it to your Aunt Zhou."

Two red clouds flew up on Ding Chunyan's face, and she took out the man's photo from her purse coyly, Zhou Mei took it and looked at it: "This kid looks Zhou Zheng, worthy of our Yanyan!"

Sheng Fang smiled and exposed her daughter's truth: "You don't know. I told Yanyan several times before, but none of them succeeded after I met her. I asked her why she didn't tell her. Now I know it well. Parents don't look good."

"Mom!" Ding Chunyan refused, and Sheng Fang laughed even harder: "Look, don't let people talk about it."

"What's wrong with liking good-looking people? Didn't you follow you? Didn't you choose him because your old man is good-looking." Zhou Mei teased Sheng Fang. The two married into Ping'an Village one after another. He is less than a year older than Zhou Mei, and he is used to speaking like this on weekdays.

"Your mouth, I really can't speak for you." Sheng Fang blushed, "I won't tell you anymore, I went back to make red tofu, have you made red tofu this year, if you haven't, I'll send you some later ?”

"I did. I also made fermented soya beans. Would you like to dress it up?"

Sheng Fang waved her hand and refused. Making red tofu and tempeh is a winter tradition in the village. As long as the women in the family are not lazy, they will basically sit in a jar or two, enough to eat for the next summer.

The mother and daughter left contentedly. Chen Wan went out of the house and opened the bag that Sheng Fang had brought. Inside was a kind of fabric similar to woolen.

"Sister-in-law, this is the deposit that Aunt Sheng gave me." Chen Wan handed the one dollar to Zhou Mei, and Chen Wan felt very sorry for spending their money all the time.

"How can I collect your money, you just keep the deposit for you." Zhou Mei pushed the money back, "I don't want it."

In terms of money, Chen Wan couldn't compete with Zhou Mei, so the one dollar went into his pocket after all.Chen Wan secretly kept Zhou Mei and the others' kindness in her heart, and will pay back slowly in the future.

Chen Wan was not in a hurry to cut the cloth. He first supplemented the design drawing based on Ding Chunyan's figure, and added details on the sleeves, collar and pockets.The more difficult thing was the belt. He didn’t have the right accessories and couldn’t make it with a buckle. The fabric itself was too hard, so it was inconvenient to tie it directly into a belt. He needed to find a way to increase the softness.

Ding Chunyan has a typical pear-shaped figure with an excellent waist-to-hip ratio, but Chen Wan does not intend to magnify this advantage.In today's era, it is easy to be scolded by people who highlight big butts and thin waists too much.

Sexy isn't a good word these days.

It's true that the butt is good for giving birth, but in Chen Wan's view, it is unnecessary to praise a woman for giving birth, or even use it as a bonus for marrying a wife.

Ding Chunyan's biggest shortcoming was her short neck. Chen Wan designed the collar in a V shape, visually elongating her neck.

After drawing the last design draft, Chen Wan moved his sore neck left and right, and Xu Kongshan in the yard carried back the basket full of medicinal materials: "Liu'er, I dug up a lot of medicinal materials!"

Chen Wan walked out quickly, and Xu Kongshan put down the basket to share his gains with him.

Uncle De didn't go up the mountain in recent years, and the medicinal materials in the mountain went crazy. Xu Kongshan returned with a full load with almost no effort.

"Brother Shan is great!" Chen Wan gave Xu Kongshan a thumbs up, and raised her hand to remove the dead leaves stuck to his hair.

In Xu Kongshan's back basket, besides the medicinal materials, there were three hares, two large and one small, and a small rabbit the size of a palm pricked up its ears in fear when it heard the movement.

"Little rabbit!" Chen Lu jumped over with surprise on his face, "Brother Dashan, did you catch this?"

Xu Kongshan nodded, and put the gray red-eyed rabbit in Chen Lu's hand.

"Give it to me?" Chen Lu almost lost her voice in surprise, "Sister, I have a little rabbit!"

The cute little rabbit captured the girls' hearts of Chen Xing's two sisters. Chen Lu held the rabbit in both hands, and Chen Xing found a small basket covered with straw as a nest for the rabbit to live in for a short time.

After putting the rabbit away, Chen Lu trotted to the kitchen and got a carrot to feed it.

"Little uncle, why doesn't it eat carrots?" The little rabbit sniffed and moved away uninterestedly.

Chen Wan looked at the juicy white radish and thought about what went wrong. Didn't the little white rabbit say in the nursery rhyme that he likes to eat radish and green vegetables?

"Maybe what it likes to eat is not white radish but carrot." Chen Wan suggested to the two sisters, "Try some of the dishes in the kitchen, and maybe you will find something it likes."

Chen Wan watched the two little girls run to the kitchen in unison, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, Xu Kongshan took out the big dead rabbit: "Little rabbits don't have much meat, Lulu doesn't like this kind of little things very much." Well, I brought it back for her. The pheasants in the trap have all escaped, next time I will catch two stews for you to drink."

Xu Kongshan looked annoyed, as if he felt guilty for not bringing something to Chen Wan.

"It's okay, Brother Shan." Chen Wan helped Xu Kongshan pack the medicinal materials that he took out for the rabbit at the bottom, and while there was no one around, quietly whispered to the man's ear, "You are enough for me."

Xu Kongshan's ears turned red all of a sudden, and he was powerless against Chen Wan's offensive of love words.

"I'll send the medicinal materials to Uncle De first." Xu Kongshan hurriedly picked up the backpack again, "I'm not sure if I picked the right ones or not."

"I'll go with you." Chen Wan pulled down Xu Kongshan's sleeve, Zhou Mei was picking vegetables in the vegetable field, he told Chen Xing, and followed Xu Kongshan out of the yard.

On the way, Xu Kongshan narrated today's experience in detail, and he planned to continue entering the mountain tomorrow.

When it came to medicinal materials, Xu Kongshan showed great interest, and his eyes seemed to be shining.

"That's right, it's all right." Uncle De checked Xu Kongshan's herbs and was amazed at his talent in this area.He still remembers the first time he went to the mountain to collect herbs, and he made mistakes several times even after being taught by his master.

Uncle De thought about it, his lips moved a few times, but he held back.

After delivering the medicinal materials, Chen Wan leisurely walked back with Xu Kongshan. The setting sun shone on them, dragging out two long shadows, which overlapped head to head on the ground behind them.

Both Zhou Mei and Chen Qianjin supported Xu Kongshan's act of collecting herbs and selling them. It was much easier than chopping firewood. As long as he was careful, he would not encounter any major danger.

Under the eaves, Chen Qianjin made a cage for Chen Lu's little rabbit, but the big hare disappeared. Xu Kongshan thought that Zhou Mei had taken it to the kitchen, but he went to the kitchen to see if it was there, so he asked.

"I put it in a jar for you, in case you are bitten by a rat outside, people won't buy it." Zhou Mei pointed to the bottom of the cupboard, "I boiled bath water for you in the pot, and you can ask Liuer if you want to wash it by the way." , if you want to wash, I will boil the water a little more, and you two will mix it yourself later."

"Aunt Zhou, I won't sell the hare. I'll kill it and keep it for us to eat." Xu Kongshan lifted the lid of the crock pot, "Liu'er should be washed."

Chen Wan loves to be clean. Before Xu Kongshan lived in Chen's house, he had never seen a person who could take a bath every other day in winter. Xu Kongshan also increased the frequency of bathing, otherwise he would be ashamed to go to Chen Wan's bed.

"There is meat in the house, and there is no shortage of your two rabbits." Zhou Mei heated up the fire even more, "You should sell it for money."

Xu Kongshan lifted the rabbit out and put it in the basin, and took down the kitchen knife from the shelf: "I'm going to kill the rabbit."

The child!Zhou Mei turned her head in shock, but she had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​persuading Xu Kongshan: "Remember to ask Liu'er to take a bath quickly."

When Chen Wan took a bath, Xu Kongshan had just killed two rabbits. The peeled rabbit skins were hung on the wall, and the pot was filled with light red meat, which was a bit bloody. It must be delicious to cook rabbits who loved sports when they were alive. .

When Xu Kongshan came out with a dripping head, Zhou Mei had already prepared dinner. The rabbit meat was chopped into small pieces and stir-fried with pickled ginger and pepper. Was choked and sneezed.

Chen Wan was so hot that she took a deep breath, but she couldn't bear to stop her chopsticks, a thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead, and her lips were red and swollen.

"Is it still spicy?" Xu Kongshan took two bowls and repeatedly poured boiling water to the temperature that can be eaten.

"Spicy." Chen Wan took a sip of warm water, only to feel the spiciness on the tip of her tongue become more obvious.

Xu Kongshan frowned, looking helpless at Chen Wan's pitiful appearance, he knew that he had told Chen Wan to eat less.

I thought so, but Chen Wan ate so deliciously, Xu Kongshan must not be able to say it.

After about ten minutes, Chen Wan finally recovered. He stared at Xu Kongshan's unchanged lips: "Don't you think it's spicy?"

Xu Kongshan shook his head. In fact, among the seven people, only Chen Wan lost his composure.

In the past, Zhou Mei used sun-dried chili peppers to enhance the aroma, and the spiciness was relatively low.The Pickled Pepper Rabbit was different. It contained wild peppercorns and spicy millet, which was obviously not within Chen Wan's tolerance.

The mouth is no longer hot, but the redness and swelling of Chen Wan's lips will not dissipate for a while, as if he looked just after the kiss, Xu Kongshan's heart felt hot when he saw it.

It was dark outside, and the lights were turned on inside.Even though he had taken a bath, Chen Wan still soaked his feet before entering the house. Xu Kongshan poured out the footwashing water, moved a stool and sat at the desk to learn how to read with Chen Wan.

The hand-copied medicinal materials became the textbooks for the two of them. Xu Kongshan copied Chen Wan's handwriting, writing with great care.

Chen Wan's posture was a bit awkward. He turned sideways, with his elbows resting on the desk, looking down, he could see his knees bent.Going down from the knee, the part in front of the ankle is hidden in Xu Kongshan's clothes.

His two feet were resting on Xu Kongshan's stomach.

Through a thin layer of autumn clothes, the warmth from Xu Kongshan's body spread to Chen Wan's feet.

As soon as Xu Kongshan finished today's calligraphy task, he felt his stomach move. Chen Wan hooked his toes and scratched it gently.

"What does this word read?" Chen Wan's face was natural, except for Xu Kongshan, no one knew that there was chaos under his feet.

Xu Kongshan's throat tightened and he forgot to answer.

"What does this word read?" Chen Wan repeated, the scratching of toes turned into rubbing.

Xu Kongshan took a deep breath and regained consciousness: "Chuan."

"Correct answer." Chen Wan changed the word, "This one."

Xu Kongshan pressed Chen Wan's ankle: "Continue."

"Brother Shan got the answer right again." Chen Wan leaned back on the back of the chair, making it easier for him to move his legs.

Xu Kongshan answered ten of Chen Wan's questions correctly in a row, and slowly moved his feet on his abdomen to his waist.

Chen Wan's voice was hooked: "This is a reward for Brother Shan."

Xu Kongshan found that Chen Wan's feet were as tender as his palms.

The warm water brushed against Chen Wan's feet, and Xu Kongshan's rough fingertips rubbed the soles of his feet. Chen Wan couldn't help laughing out, "Brother Shan, itches."

Chen Wan couldn't bear Xu Kongshan's gentle movements, and raised her feet after shaking in the water twice.Xu Kongshan wiped off the water stains on his feet, and pulled the quilt to cover him.

This time Xu Kongshan poured the water almost silently, and their absurdity just disappeared in the gurgling water.

The author has something to say: Chen Wan: One dollar!huge sum of money!

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