I trade in both worlds

"Okay." Xu Xu agreed readily.

"That's settled then. Let me see what I need to prepare for the video." Xu Ziqing picked up his phone and started searching.

Xu Xu remembered that the embroidery work she had taken on was already completed and it was almost time to hand it over: "I have to go to the embroidery pavilion to hand in the embroidered screen tomorrow. Do you want to come with me?"

"Yes, yes, yes." Xu Ziqing nodded eagerly, turned around and took out a bag of cloth and said, "I bought two pieces of cloth online to make clothes, but you were raising seedlings the past few days, so I didn't take them out. What do you think of using these two pieces of cloth to make clothes?"

Xu Ziqing bought three pieces of cotton cloth, one beige, one light grey, and one white. When she watched TV dramas before, she saw that the inner clothes of those people were all white, and she saw that Xu Xu's inner clothes were also white, so she just bought the white one.

Xu Xu took the cloth in his hand, unfolded it and looked at it, then asked, "Do you have a style you like?"

"Yes." Xu Ziqing took out his phone and opened the picture he had saved before to show Xu Xu: "I looked it up online and saw this one, which is pretty good. Do you think it looks good?"

The dress in the picture is an off-white jacket with a light gray skirt underneath. The jacket looks a bit like a jacket with a front-opening collar, but it is also a little different. This dress has a stand-up collar, not the common straight collar.

The front is buttoned, there are no slits on the sides, the waist is trimmed, the sleeves are narrower than wide sleeves, but wider than narrow sleeves, the lapel and cuffs are not hemmed, but with a circle of green cloth, which looks much more elegant.

"This dress is so beautiful." After saying that, Xu Xu began to tailor clothes for Xu Ziqing.

Seeing her busying around, Xu Ziqing couldn't help much. After thinking about it, he went to his grandmother's room to put away the sewing machine. He tried to operate it and found that it was quite smooth. However, he didn't know if it could still be used normally after installing the thread.

I piled a large box of pagoda thread and a box of bobbin thread bought online on the sewing machine and pushed them to the door. After Xu Xu finished cutting, I carried them together to the utility room for Xu Xu's daily use.

In less than an hour, Xu Xu had finished cutting the coat, skirt and pants. Xu Ziqing took Xu Xu to the utility room and opened the sewing machine tutorial that he had downloaded in advance for Xu Xu to learn.

In order to become proficient in the use of the sewing machine, Xu Xu brought all the remaining scraps of cloth from home and followed the tutorial, starting with attaching the thread. She learned how to use the machine step by step and used the scraps of cloth to sew a skirt for Xu Tiantian that was the same as Xu Ziqing's.

It was just that there were too many pieces of fabric to stitch together, so it looked a bit strange, but it wasn't too ugly. After Xu Xu became proficient in using the sewing machine, he began to make clothes for Xu Ziqing.

Operating the sewing machine seemed to be addictive. Xu Xu was so obsessed with it that she forgot to eat and sleep. She had the takeout ordered by Xu Ziqing for lunch. She kept on operating the sewing machine until the evening. When she finished the clothes, Xu Ziqing took out the iron and taught Xu Xu how to iron clothes.

When Xu Xu saw Xu Ziqing wearing Hanfu, her eyes lit up and she said with a smile, "Sister Qing, you look so beautiful."

"Really? Really?" Xu Ziqing laughed so hard that no slits could be seen in his eyes.

After a careful inspection, Xu Xu saw that the clothes fit well and the stitches were tight, and there was no need for modification. He nodded and said, "This dress is just right. No need to modify it."

Just as he finished speaking, he saw the slippers on Xu Ziqing's feet. He was stunned for a moment, pointed at the slippers and said, "I forgot my shoes."

"Shoes?" Xu Ziqing lifted her skirt and looked down at her feet, then immediately turned around and ran to the door: "I'll go change my shoes."

She bought a pair of Chinese-style soft-soled cloth shoes for mothers online. They were beige and embroidered, and they matched her clothes very well.

After changing into shoes, Xu Ziqing nodded with satisfaction and gave her a thumbs up: "Xu Xu, you are amazing."

Xu Xu smiled shyly.

At night, thinking about going shopping in ancient times the next day, Xu Ziqing was so excited lying on the bed that she could hardly sleep. She remembered that she had tried to trick her brother into coming over but was rejected, so she picked up her phone to capture some video clips of her time travel and send them to Xu Ziqi.

Xu Ziqi, who was on night shift again tonight, received the video and thought Xu Ziqing was watching some weird video again.

I curled my lips and wanted to ignore it, but after thinking about it, I clicked it and saw that the protagonist of the video was Xu Ziqing, and the background was still the storage room of my hometown.

After watching the video, Xu Ziqi sent a voice message back: "Your video editing is pretty good. When did you learn how to do that? But, it's late at night, can you please not post this? Although I'm not afraid, it does affect my mood."

As soon as I sent it, I received her voice message: "I said I can travel through time, do you believe it?"

Xu Ziqi: “…”

Xu Ziqi: "Did you get your forehead pinched? Or did water get into your head? I think you should come back quickly and don't stay there alone. I'm afraid you'll get sick if you stay there for too long."

Xu Ziqing rolled his eyes and said angrily: "If you are sick, I will not be sick."

Xu Ziqi: "Look at what you just posted. If you go out and tell people that you are not sick, I don't think anyone will believe you."

Xu Ziqing: "This is true. When are you on vacation? I'll take you through time and space when you come back."

Xu Ziqi: "Who are you? Why did you steal my sister's WeChat? And imitate her voice."

Xu Ziqing: "Ah..."

Xu Ziqi: "You should take medicine."

Xu Ziqing felt pain in his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys: "Wait, you will regret it."

Xu Ziqi: "I don't know if you regret it or not, I just know that you look very sick."

After listening to the voice message, Xu Ziqing decided not to pay attention to him. He simply turned off the phone screen, threw it next to the pillow, and went to sleep.

Xu Ziqi waited for a long time but got no reply, so he sent another message: "When will you come back? Don't stay there alone all the time, it's easy to have psychological problems."

Xu Ziqing saw the message and rolled his eyes angrily: "I want to sleep and don't want to talk to you. If you send it again, I will block you."

Xu Ziqi looked at his phone, wondering if he should take his leave early and go pick up Xu Ziqing, lest anything go wrong if he stayed too long.

When he got off work in the morning, Xu Ziqi still clicked on the video and watched it over and over again. After pondering for a while, he decided to go back after a few days of vacation.

The next morning, Xu Ziqing changed her clothes and went to Xu Xu's house. After having breakfast with her, Xu Xu first sent the children to Xu Jizong's house. Then, carrying two bags of dried mushrooms and embroidery works, she and Xu Ziqing went to the market to catch a bus.

There was no market today. The whole market was deserted and there were not many people. Xu Xu and Xu Ziqing were waiting for the bus at the intersection leading to the county town.

Xu Ziqing looked around curiously and saw that there was not much difference between the ancient rural areas and the remote and poor mountain villages of today. The houses were mostly made of earthen bricks. The roofs of the better-off houses were covered with tiles, while those of the less well-off ones were covered with thatch.