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Twenty minutes later, Xu Yan finally understood the entire process of making a pair of cloth shoes.

Cut the shoe pattern, piece the scraps of cloth together with glue, and then sew the soles stitch by stitch with hemp rope, because such shoes can be worn longer. The uppers are relatively easier to make, but it is not easy for Xu Yan either.

"Just lock the edge and then sew the upper to the sole," said Li Aihua.

"Ah," Xu Yan nodded beside him.

"As for the hemp rope," Li Aihua said, "you've seen it before. People sell it at the big market, and the supply and marketing cooperatives also sell it."

never seen it.

Have it?

Xu Yan recalled carefully, but didn't find anything, and the original owner had never made shoes.

As for her, let alone her, she has never worn cloth shoes since she was a child.

"It's the hemp stalks growing on the ridges of our fields," Li Aihua said. "Jute."

"Ah," Xu Yan pretended to be suddenly enlightened and exclaimed "Ah" with emotion.

"Cut the stalks, dry them in the sun, soak them for a few hours, peel off the skin and twist them into ropes, which are hemp ropes," said Li Aihua. "Our team planted less this year, so we probably won't have enough hemp stalks to share. We have to buy more."

Xu Yan still couldn't understand what kind of hemp she was talking about, but he remembered the general name.

He helped Li Aihua draw the shoe pattern, and then cut it along the drawn lines. The two of them chatted for a long time.

Finally, Li Aihua said she would take Xu Yan to the market.

"Didn't you say before that you wanted to make clothes?" Li Aihua had already stood up and stood at the door, and turned back to say, "You can go find Xiao Xue, the tailor. His craftsmanship is really good."

Xu Yan really wanted to find someone to make some clothes for him recently.

Dabao and Xiaobao have grown a little taller recently, and their old clothes probably can’t be worn when the weather gets cold because they are too short.

And there is Xie Zhuo.

This man didn't feel sorry at all when spending money on her and was even a bit extravagant, but he was like a stingy person to himself and only had the same few pieces of clothes.

Even the shorts he wore to sleep at night had several patches on them.

Judging from the craftsmanship, she did all the mending herself. She is quite skillful in cooking, but not so good at holding a needle and thread, and the sewing is very abstract.

"Okay, sister-in-law," Xu Yan smiled at Li Aihua, "Then come and call me, and I'll go with you."

Li Aihua said "Oh" and responded.

Niu Meihua was sitting under the elm tree at the gate, staring at them. When she saw Xu Yan smiling at Li Aihua, she immediately said sarcastically, "As expected, people look for people they like."

However, Xu Yan and the others ignored her.

Niu Meihua was so angry that she ran over and pinched her grandson's arm.

The child suddenly burst into tears.

When Xu Yan heard the noise, he looked towards them, met Niu Meihua's gaze, and frowned.

Is this person probably ill?

"Ignore her," Li Aihua said, "She has conjunctivitis."

"Ah?" Xu Yan was stunned. "Are you really sick?"

As soon as she said this, she felt something was wrong.

Sure enough, Li Aihua looked at her, was stunned for a moment, and laughed out loud after a few seconds.

"Oh, you think she's sick too, hahahaha."

Sister Li has a very hearty laugh.

Xu Yan pursed his lips a little embarrassedly.

"It's okay," Li Aihua said, "Everyone in the brigade knows that she has conjunctivitis."

"Pink eye?" Xu Yan didn't react for a moment. "Is it contagious?"

This time Li Aihua laughed even louder, and she covered her stomach while laughing, "Hey, hey, hey, I can't take it anymore, my stomach hurts from laughing so hard."

Xu Yan looked at her.

Niu Meihua, who was not far away, stared at the two of them.

"It's not a real illness," Li Aihua stopped laughing after a long while, glanced at Niu Meihua, and said, "It's just red eye disease that can't stand seeing other people live a good life."

Xu Yan: “…”

Li Aihua was happy for a while on the way home. When Xie Zhuo met her with Dabao and Xiaobao, he looked at her more.

As soon as Xu Yan walked in, Xie Zhuo came back with his two little guys.

The small courtyard, which had been quiet for a while, became lively again.

"Aunt San, look what we brought you!" Dabao shouted and rushed to Xu Yan.

"Your lung capacity is really good," Xu Yan poked his little cheek, then looked at Xie Zhuo behind him, "What did you bring?"

"Flower!"

Before Xie Zhuo could speak, Xiao Bao also shouted.

"Okay, okay, I got it. If you keep shouting, Third Aunt will really go deaf," Xu Yan also poked him on the face.

The two kids immediately lowered the volume.

The main reason is that I’ve been too happy lately and I can’t control myself!

Xie Zhuo went out and brought back a bouquet of flowers.

Small wild flowers on the ridge.

In the middle is a small sunflower.

Looking at this somewhat mismatched bunch of flowers, Xu Yan suddenly remembered the flower that Xie Zhuo had inserted on the haystack in front of the entrance to the educated youth site that morning.

It's also a sunflower.

"It looked pretty on the way," Xie Zhuo said with a smile, "I'll bring it back for you to see, too."

Xu Yan glanced at him, took the flower, and smiled, "Thank you, it's beautiful."

Xie Zhuo was a little embarrassed at first, but after hearing Xu Yan say "thank you", that embarrassment disappeared completely. He frowned and said, "No need to say thank you to me."

Xu Yan raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, "Are you sure?"

Of course.

What is there for a couple to thank directly?

You’re so polite!

Xie Zhuo had countless answers to reply to her question, but looking at the smile on Xu Yan's face, he suddenly seemed to understand something. He quickly lowered his head to glance at the two kids who were staring at the flowers, and his Adam's apple moved.

“Not sure,” Xie Zhuo said.

Xu Yan was amused by his words and laughed for a long time.

Dabao and Xiaobao thought that Third Aunt was happy because of the flowers, so they said that they would bring her flowers every day.

Xu Yan really likes them so much, they are simply angel babies!

Just when she was about to find a vase to put the flowers in, Xie Zhuo pulled her wrist again.

"Huh?" Xu Yan turned around.

"I have something else to give you," Xie Zhuo said, pulling out a small box.

"What?" Xu Yan stared at the box.

If in the future, if the man suddenly took out such a small box, it would most likely contain a ring, but in the countryside of this era...

She was a little uncertain.

"Birthday present," Xie Zhuo said, "I was planning to give it to you last night."

He didn't continue talking.

Why didn’t you give it?

Did you forget it when you were making love?

Xu Yan looked at Xie Zhuo again, then slowly reached out and took it.

Unexpected.

It's an anklet.

There were a few red and green beads on the thin golden chain. Her skin was fair to begin with, and the chain made her ankles look much thinner.

Xie Zhuo could hold it with one hand.

Then drag it over...