Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

In the following days, Han Zhaozhao listened to her grandmother and stopped running to the mountains.

I rested quietly at home for two days. I slept one day and helped my grandmother make the quilt and quilt covers and made cotton-padded clothes the next day.

It's really not easy for women in this era. Their hands are always busy all day long.

Let’s not talk about the women in the countryside, just talk about her grandmother, who goes to work and goes home on time just like the men.

After work, the men would sit there, make a pot of Gaomo tea, roll a cigarette and start smoking, waiting for dinner like a master.

After work, the women would go to the kitchen first and busy themselves with things like boiling water and cooking.

After cooking, I have to act like a waiter, wiping the table and benches, carrying plates and bowls, and placing them on the table one by one.

If a man wants to drink, you have to pour him a glass of wine and put it in front of him. If it is winter, you have to warm it up in advance with a wine warmer.

The men and children started eating, and the women were almost busy at the table.

After finishing their meal, the men and children pushed their bowls forward and left the table. Those who needed to go out and brag did so, while those who needed to go out and have fun did so.

Those who have daughters can help clean the table and wash the dishes, but those who don’t have daughters have to do it themselves.

After finishing the work in the kitchen, my hands cannot be idle. I either sew shoe soles or twist hemp thread, or do sewing, mending, and washing.

Anyway, there is work to do at home and outside, and I will never stop until I can no longer do it.

Just like Grandma Han, although there are few people in her family, there is no big family waiting for her to serve. She only takes one day off a month, but there is still a lot of work waiting for her to do at home!

First of all, making quilts and cotton-padded clothes are her jobs. On the surface, Han Zhaozhao is not able to do such delicate needlework.

Secondly, the old lady had to go out and ask people about buying food. Han Zhaozhao was still young, and it would be difficult for her to gain people's trust if she came forward.

It must be said that when the old lady takes charge, she is very efficient!

She went out for a walk before dawn and returned home before seven o'clock. She secretly told her granddaughter that she had already ordered 200 kilograms of food.

Just wait until dark, take the money and go directly to the meeting place to weigh the grain and transport it back home.

After breakfast, the old lady swept the yard clean, spread out two sorghum straw mats, wiped them with a wet rag, and the grandparents and grandchildren put the washed, folded, and neatly pressed boards on the quilt.

Then I put the quilt cover on and finally the quilt cover, and then I started to sew the quilt.

Han Zhaozhao was sewing the needle beside her while she was sewing her breasts.

The old lady wrapped the four edges first, and then began to sew along the pattern of the quilt cover.

Wrapping the four sides and the four corners is more delicate. The old lady explained it carefully to her granddaughter while sewing, but did not let her do it herself.

After the sides and corners were sealed, the old lady began to delegate the task and let Han Zhaozhao sew the other side, with the two of them sewing towards each other.

"Put your left hand under the quilt and hold the needle with your right hand. When you sew, you cannot sew straight up and down, but sew diagonally and up to sew the quilt cover, cotton and quilt lining together.

Yes, make sure the stitches are as neat as possible and of the same size. Hold the quilt loosely with your left hand and be aware of where the needle will come out. Move your fingers away in advance to avoid pricking your hand. "

The old lady taught in detail and Han Zhaozhao learned seriously, and the two of them made the quilt quite quickly.

The cotton cover was freshly made, so there was no need to stuff it bit by bit. In one morning, I not only finished making two quilts and a mattress, but also stuffed the cotton for the cotton-padded jacket.

After lunch, the old lady continued to make the cotton-padded jacket. Han Zhaozhao did not start this work. She was not so smart as to learn everything without any instruction. That would be scary!

Her grandmother wouldn't let her leave either. She asked her to just stand by and watch while the old lady worked.

After the old lady had finished quilting the cotton, she put a piece of old newspaper on it to press it down, then began to roll up the front and sleeves. Then she took it out from the back piece, flattened it, took out the newspaper again, and then she could sew.

When sewing a cotton-padded jacket, you should first sew the front and back pieces, then the two sleeves, and finally the collar.

After sewing the cotton-padded jacket, you have to sew the buttons, which is also a delicate and tiring job. The stitches have to be extremely small, and it is considered successful only if you can't see the stitches at a glance after sewing.

Han Zhaozhao: This buttoned design looks nice, but it takes too much time. If you ask her to do it, just put on a zipper directly!

As for making cotton-padded jackets and trousers, Han Zhaozhao learned how to do it when she was a child, but later she bought them all to wear, and she had long forgotten everything!

But she still has an impression in her mind and it is not difficult to learn. She thinks so, but now even if she is given a cotton jacket, she really doesn't dare to do it.

This job is too delicate and each person has their own expertise. If there is even a slight mistake, the cotton-padded jacket will not fit properly when worn.

At first glance, there is no difference, but you can feel the difference when you wear it.

A well-fitting cotton jacket is comfortable to stretch your arms and bend your waist. An ill-fitting cotton jacket will either get stuck in your armpits or be tied up. If you are thin, it will easily split and your daily activities will be restricted. If you are fat, it will leak air and not be warm.

Han Zhaozhao thought to herself that her cooking skills were not good enough to be exhibited outside, and since her grandmother was around, she decided not to try and embarrass herself.

“Since I haven’t made any new clothes this year, I won’t teach you how to cut them.

Wait for next year’s. You’re growing so fast, you’ll definitely need new clothes next year. I’ll teach you how to cut them then.

You should practice sewing now. You can't do delicate work. I will teach you how to sew socks tomorrow when I have time.

It doesn’t matter whether the socks look good or not when they are hidden in the shoes. This winter, you can sew more socks and insoles at home! "

The old lady decided her husband's fate with just one sentence. What can Han Zhaozhao do?

Needlework is too delicate and a waste of time! She doesn't like it.

"Grandma, there are only two of us in our family, why would we need to sew socks? Department stores sell foreign socks now, why don't we buy some and wear them?"

"What? Buy foreign socks? Zhaozhao, we can't spend money like that just because we earn a little money.

Those foreign socks cost more than ten yuan a pair. Are you crazy to buy them?"

The old lady stared at her granddaughter in shock. She felt that this child was too unreliable. She wanted to squander the money she had just earned. She really needed to take care of her!

Han Zhaozhao was even more shocked than her grandmother. Ten yuan a pair? She was so scared that she screamed like a groundhog: "How much? How much do you say?"

"More than ten yuan! Don't you know? How dare you buy foreign socks without knowing how much a pair costs?"

Han Zhaozhao is depressed!

Because she later found out that the nylon socks sold in the department store were imported products. The cheapest ones cost five or six yuan, and those with slightly better quality cost more than ten yuan a pair. They were equivalent to luxury goods in later generations, and ordinary people definitely could not afford them!

She didn't know, she really didn't know, that the country didn't have the ability to produce nylon socks yet!

Ordinary people want to wear nylon stockings, and some are waiting.

But Han Zhaozhao was unwilling to wear the hand-sewn cloth socks she made at home. They were good for feet, but they were not elastic and would always slip down the soles of her feet when she wore them.

Wearing cloth socks in winter, you have to pick at the heels of your shoes and pull up the socks several times all day long. It's so embarrassing!

She actually stored a lot of socks in her space, from major domestic brands, pure cotton, raw yarn, camel hair, cashmere, velvet, glass fiber...

Tights, stockings, high socks, mid-length socks, low-length socks, boat socks... we have everything!

But, there are no nylon socks!

Who in later generations still wears nylon socks? They are not good for feet, they are not breathable, they don’t absorb sweat, and most importantly, they make feet smell!

Tsk, tsk, tsk! The smell of those stinky feet was even stronger than the smell of stinky salted fish that had been stinking for five years. It was so pungent that it choked my nose even from miles away. It was really unbearable.

If she had known that nylon stockings were so valuable in this era, she would definitely wholesale at least a container of them. As long as she sold them, she would be a millionaire!