A Farm Girl Traveling Through Time: Raising a Stunning Husband

After washing the dishes, Shen Wu went to check on his younger sister and brother.

In the room, Xiaowei was sleeping soundly with her little brother. Shen Wu didn't dare to disturb him too much. He quietly went out, found a bench and sat on it to bask in the sun.

Gu Zhou went to his aunt's place and would not be back for a while. She had nothing to do here, so she sat down and stood up again to walk around the room to see what she could do.

Shen Wu thought of her previous plan and went to her room to find the remaining cloth. She still had quite a bit left over from making clothes, enough to make a set of clothes for the two children.

Looking through the remaining cloth, Shen Wu picked up a stone and scratched it on the ground.

The remaining material was neat, and she planned to make clothes using the old-fashioned cotton-padded method. She could make a double-breasted jacket for each of them, and then use a piece of cloth as the outer layer, and put some cattails in the middle, which would definitely keep them warm. Although the material was yellowish, it was much better than linen, and it could still be used as long as it was dyed.

According to the data he had memorized before, Shen Wu drew out the pattern of the clothes on the ground, approximated the quantity according to the data, and began to calculate the material to be used.

My younger sister is small, so she didn't need much material because of the 15-meter-wide increase. Gu Zhou is also thin, so even though the increase is large, there is still some fabric left.

Shen Wu calculated the amount and felt that it was not too little, so she felt relieved. She was afraid that it would not be enough for cooking, but she did not expect that there would be some left.

When Gu Zhou followed Aunt He into the yard, he saw her holding a piece of cloth and drawing on the ground. Thinking of the clothes she had made, Gu Zhou naturally understood what she was doing.

Aunt He was in a hurry to give clothes to her little brother. She glanced at Jiang Yu and thought that the child was too young to get rid of his childishness of playfulness, so she ignored him.

Gu Zhou was very interested in her painting, so he moved closer to see it more clearly.

"What is this? Clothes?"

"Ah?" Shen Wu looked up in confusion, realizing that he was asking about what he had drawn, and thought about how to explain it to him: "Uh... I see it's autumn now. I don't see there are many winter clothes at home, so I thought I should prepare first and make some warm winter clothes when the time comes."

Gu Zhou could tell the shape of the clothes from the lines she drew, but he had never seen such a style before, so he asked curiously, "Will such clothes be warm in winter?"

Shen Wu didn't understand what he meant for a moment, thinking he was asking how the clothes were made. Thinking it would take a long time to explain, she was afraid that he would get tired of standing, so she motioned for him to bring a stool over.

Gu Zhou moved a stool and sat down like her with his back to the sun, waiting to see what she was going to do.

Shen Wu stuffed the cloth into his arms to prevent it from falling to the ground, wiped the drawing with his feet, and started telling him from the beginning.

"Look at this," Shen Wu said as he drew a cross, and then drew a vertical line perpendicular to the horizontal line from the left and right sides of the cross.

"The collar is wide, so the clothes need to be made bigger for winter, and cattails or something need to be stuffed inside to keep warm. You also need to wear an autumn shirt inside. If it's too small, it will strangle your neck."

Although Gu Zhou didn't know how to make clothes, he understood what she said next: "You asked Xiang Pu about making warm winter clothes?"

Shen Wu nodded, stopped and looked at him: "I don't know how you guys survived the winter, and I haven't seen any winter clothes. I've seen clothes like this, and they feel quite warm. Although I haven't worn them, they can still be used to keep warm in winter."

"My winter clothes were altered by my mother. I was born in winter and had nothing to keep me warm, so she altered them to make a small quilt for me to wrap myself in." Gu Zhou did not seem sad when he said this, but Shen Wu felt very sad after hearing it.

"Where are your winter clothes?" Shen Wu asked puzzledly.

Gu Zhou actually didn’t want to talk about the past, so he avoided the topic and answered, “I pawned it when I was in trouble.”

Shen Wu's breathing became heavier and he tightened his hand holding the stone: "I'm sorry for reminding you of sad things."

"fine"

Gu Zhou saw her guilt and changed the subject, asking, "Xiangpu, how are you going to make winter clothes? Are you going to make them into cloth?"

Gu Zhou's words made Shen Wu stunned, then he smiled and said: "It's not weaving the cloth, it's sewing it into the clothes, so that the heat will escape slowly in winter and you will be warmer."

"Sew it in? Is it the same as a silk garment?"

"Silk-padded clothes?" Shen Wu didn't understand, and suddenly thought of the ancient cotton-padded brocade robes. Maybe it was similar? So he nodded: "Yeah, almost."

Gu Zhou looked at what she drew and thought that he should start collecting cattails from now on, otherwise the cattails would have to be blown up and he would lose them.

"Then I'll go get it when I'm free today. How much does it cost?" Gu Zhou said as he wanted to get up.

Shen Wu quickly pulled the man's clothes: "Don't be in a hurry!" He pulled the man back to his position and continued: "I don't know how much, but the more the better, anything similar can be used." At this point, Shen Wu suddenly remembered the quilt and asked quickly: "By the way, what do you cover yourself with when you sleep in winter?"

Gu Zhou said as a matter of course: "It's the mattress on the bed at home."

Thinking of that, Shen Wu pursed his lips and said nothing, feeling worried.

It wasn't anything that could keep you warm, just a layer of cloth that felt like straw inside.

Having never seen how the ancients survived the winter, Shen Wu quickly asked Gu Zhou: "It would be freezing, how did you survive the winter?"

"With my parents, we can light a fire in the house and it will be warmer if we huddle together."

Is this how you spend the winter?! Shen Wu had never imagined it would be like this.

"How about this, do you have any cloth bags at home? Or unused backpacks? Let's get some more when the time comes, and I'll make a few quilts and mattresses. Put some under the mattresses and use the quilts to cover yourself. But we're short of cloth, so we have to sell more buns and buy more cloth, and then we can make quilts and clothes." Shen Wu wrote and drew, and wrote a plan list next to the picture of clothes.

"Can't we use some old cloth at home?" Gu Zhou thought that it would be such a waste if he spent all the money he had earned with great difficulty on buying cloth.

Shen Wu explained to him the reason: "The sheets on the bed at home are old and full of patches. If you put clothes and quilts in this way, the things inside will fall out. Don't be afraid of wasting it. When the time comes, I can make them into sheets and you can use them anyway."

Gu Zhou also knew what she meant and thought for a while before saying, "I know a dyeing factory. I've delivered things there before. They sell some old cloth from time to time every autumn. If you want, you can go and have a look."

Shen Wu was extremely happy. He thought it was good enough that he understood the reason. He nodded quickly and said, "Okay, okay. We'll go and have a look when the time comes."

Speaking of this, Shen Wu remembered another thing. He wore tattered cloth shoes in the summer, but he had never seen any shoes for the winter!

"What shoes do you wear in winter?"

"That's it," Gu Zhou pointed to the shoes on his feet.

Shen Wu glanced at the cloth shoes on his feet, which were similar to his own and had obviously been repaired countless times. He sighed helplessly: "How many years have these shoes been there? Do you wear them all year round?"

Gu Zhou shook his head: "If you don't wear it when it's very hot, you will sweat. At that time, you would wear straw sandals."

Shen Wu didn't know what to say... After a long silence, she looked straight into his eyes: "Can you twist hemp thread?"

"Yes, I helped my mother make shoes before, and I was the one who knitted them all," said Gu Zhou.

Shen Wu was really happy to hear this: "You can do this! Okay, I will make cotton shoes then! Please help me twist the hemp thread."

Gu Zhou nodded twice in agreement: "We still have some hemp from previous years at home, we just need to make some thread."

Knowing that they also made cloth shoes, Shen Wu was curious about the shoe patterns at home: "Does your mother cut the cloth according to the shoe patterns when making shoes?"

Gu Zhou shook his head: "Mom said we need to grow taller, so we drew the shoes and clothes on the spot according to the comparison, there is no pattern"

Shen Wu was surprised that there were big guys who could draw without using a model, and he admired him very much: "How amazing! I need a model to do this."

Thinking of this, Shen Wu hurriedly asked: "Is there any extra cloth at home to make shoes? Even the worst cloth will do."

Gu Zhou thought quickly in his mind: "Yes, but it has been stored for a long time."

"! Really! Then are you willing to make shoes for me?" Shen Wu came over with his eyes shining brightly.

Gu Zhou felt very embarrassed when she looked at him like this, and nodded shyly: "Yes, I'll get it for you."