Back to that night, she flirted with the cold-faced rough man

Chapter 28

Sewing a quilt?

Winter is over, why are you still sewing a quilt?

Bai Ying didn't hide her inner doubts and turned her head to look at Chu Xianglan, "Mom, why are you still making a new quilt in spring?"

Chu Xianglan poked Bai Ying's head and scolded her with a smile, "Silly child, this is to prepare your dowry. Even a daughter's wedding needs a new quilt. It's still so cold now, and I can't let you live a hard life on the farm, right? At the very least, I have to prepare two new quilts for you, one for sleeping and one for covering yourself."

Hearing this, Bai Ying felt warm in her heart and her eyes became a little moist.

Chu Xianglan really had nothing to say about her adopted daughter.

How could she return to the Lin family in her previous life because she was afraid of bringing trouble to her parents?

The grace of giving birth to her is great, and the grace of raising her is no less. When she came to the Bai family, she was still in her infancy. It was Chu Xianglan who worked hard day and night to raise her little by little!

"Sister Zhang," Chu Xianglan said with embarrassment, "I was planning to take Yingzi to the commune to buy cloth this afternoon..."

Hearing that Chu Xianglan was busy, Huang Xia, who had been dawdling at the table, suddenly perked up. She quickly stood up and said, "Mom, you're busy, but I am! I'll take my sister-in-law to the commune to buy some cloth this afternoon. You can help sew a quilt with Aunt Zhang. I don't know how to sew quilts, so I can't help much."

Chu Xianglan thought about it and nodded to Huang Xia, "Okay, you and Yingzi go to the commune together this afternoon. Remember to go quickly and come back before dark. It's not safe for two women to walk at night."

Huang Xia patted her bulging chest and assured: "Mom, I'm with you, are you still worried?"

Chu Xianglan's mouth twitched. She was worried because Huang Xia was following them!

Huang Xia has been married into the Bai family for more than seven years. She has long understood the character of her eldest daughter-in-law very well. In other families, mothers-in-law always make things difficult for their daughters-in-law, but in her family, Huang Xia is almost the head of the family. Even the eldest son can't control his wife.

Only in front of the second brother could Huang Xia behave herself for a while.

"Sister Zhang, wait a minute, I'll be there soon."

Chu Xianglan said something to Aunt Zhang again, then pulled Bai Ying to the corner of the yard, stuffed the money and cloth coupons she had prepared long ago into her pocket, and whispered to her, "Don't care what your sister-in-law says, don't give her the money, and don't listen to her about what kind of cloth you want, just pick what you like."

Her eldest daughter-in-law is lazy and greedy, and she will not do anything that is not beneficial.

She was so diligent today in wanting to go to the commune with me. Maybe she was eyeing the ticket and money to buy cloth for Bai Ying. If she really gave the money to Huang Xia, she might be buying cloth for Huang Xia to make new clothes when she comes back.

"Mother, I know."

Bai Ying guessed that Huang Xia was likely to cause trouble today, so she planned to take advantage of the situation and see what Huang Xia could come up with.

Afraid of trouble?

She was very timid in her previous life, which led to her living a cowardly life. She couldn't do anything she wanted to do, but she forced herself to do a lot of things she didn't want to do.

After living her life again, she finally understood that if one wants to live comfortably in this world, one cannot be afraid of troubles, but can only be afraid that troubles will not come!

"But... I have money on hand to buy clothes, so use it to prepare my dowry. I'll take the cloth coupons." Bai Ying returned the wrinkled twenty yuan to Chu Xianglan. As soon as she saw that it came from her family, she knew that she had saved it for a long time by living frugally.

These days, neighborhood relationships are much closer than in later generations.

Anyone who can help out at weddings and funerals will do so, and families whose daughters are getting married will also help each other sew quilts, without having to spend any labor costs.

But I have to buy the cotton and cloth myself, which is a considerable expense. Plus I have to buy dowry items such as washbasins and thermoses, so twenty yuan is not enough.