C14 Preparations for the New Year(1)
C14 Preparations for the New Year(1)
"Let's eat." Tang Xuemei said in a flat tone.
"The child's mother sold a total of 35 taels and 15 wen today. She spent a total of 14 taels of 514 wen. This is the remaining 24 taels of 501 wen."
After the meal, Lin Kaishan handed the rest of the silver coins to Tang Xuemei. The originally calm Tang Xuemei could clearly see that the corner of her eyes had become moist the moment she received the silver.
"This is the first time I have obtained so much silver!" The excitement in her words was vividly displayed.
"Take these five taels and return it to Dr Lin tomorrow. As for the rest, his father will give you two taels and one hundred copper coins. If you need anything, buy some. Zhize, come here. Although two hundred copper coins aren't much, you can still buy some things. "
After that, Tang Xuemei wanted to keep the remaining silver coins.
Mom, what about mine? " Lin Miaoting heard Tang Xuemei distributing pocket money and hurriedly asked. Although she had two taels of silver, if she bought something, it would inevitably make people suspicious.
"Yo, look at our Keer. Every good thing cannot be left to her. Look." At this time, Lin Kaishan, who had already put the silver in his pocket, teased her.
Even Lin Zhize, who was sitting beside Lin Miaoting, teased her, "Why don't I give it to you too?"
"Humph, you all bully me."
Tang Xuemei looked at her daughter's angry little face and felt that it was funny. She thought that the silver money was earned because Lin Miaoting heard about the idea of hunting and was generous.
"Here, here you go. This is the hundred and one wen for you. Save it for the flowers!"
Tang Xuemei smiled and pushed the hundred and one copper coins in front of Lin Miaoting. Then she put the seventeen taels of silver into the cabinet and locked it on the cabinet. The remaining one hundred wen of silver was put into the pocket of her clothes, thinking that the merchant would come to buy something in a few days.
After distributing the silver, Lin Miaoting and her family covered themselves with blankets and prepared to sleep. Lin Miaoting touched the tattered quilt on her body.
"Mother, let's use the newly bought cotton to make a new quilt!" Lin Miaoting said as she lay under the blanket.
Tang Xuemei, who was lying beside her, thought for a moment. "Okay, let's make a new blanket."
It was the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the third day before the new year. According to the custom, on this day, every household only needed to wait for twenty-nine steamed buns. Basically, there were no other workers.
Lin Kaishan left the house early in the morning to return Dr Lin's money. Speaking of Dr Lin, he was the only doctor in the Li Family Village on the other side of the two villages and Mountain Mang. His name was Lin Bowen. Because he was the only doctor in the village, he was highly respected.
Lin Bowen was originally a foreigner who lived in the village. Later on, because of his medical skills, he was left behind by the village chief to treat the villagers. Later on, his name was changed to his current name. As for Lin Bowen himself, he still lived alone in a house in the northernmost part of the two villages. Usually, he would not interact with outsiders except for going out to see a doctor.
Lin Miaoting looked at Tang Xuemei who was sitting beside her and saying that she was going to see a doctor. In her heart, she made a preliminary judgment for Lin Bowen, which was that he was very cold, and he was also the God of High Cold in the High Cold Realm!
Not long after Tang Xuemei's face was reconciled, Lin Kaishan came back. She only heard him complain a little.
"Dr Lin's house. It's the Lunar New Year. It's really cold and cheerless."
"What's wrong?" Tang Xuemei asked.
"I saw Dr Lin's house was cold and empty. His family didn't prepare anything. There are still a few days until the new year. " I wonder how Dr Lin is going to live? "
"If I were to say that Dr Lin alone is quite pitiful. At such an old age, he doesn't even have a person who knows how to be cold and warm." Tang Xuemei placed the cooked noodles in the kitchen and said along with her husband.
"Sigh," Lin Kaishan sighed helplessly.
"Dad, if you feel that Dr Lin is lonely during the Lunar New Year, why don't you call him over to our house to celebrate the Lunar New Year?" Lin Miaoting, who was sitting on the brick bed, said casually.
"Yes, Dad. What Sister said makes sense. This way, I can ask Dr Lin some words that I don't know." Lin Zhize really wanted to ask something. After all, Dr Lin was a knowledgeable person.
Lin Kaishan was a little troubled. At this time, Tang Xuemei put away the noodles and went back to the house.
"That's fine. One more person can't eat much food during the Lunar New Year. Moreover, Dr Lin had helped his daughter so much when she was sick. It was only right to invite him. " It's just in time for the new year to be lively. "
Lin Kaishan nodded when he heard Tang Xuemei's words. It made sense. "Alright. I will go and ask Dr Lin's opinion in the morning. If he comes, "Someone has been drinking with me." Lin Kaishan chuckled.
Lin Miaoting did not know. Because one of her proposals today will involve her in a bloodbath. At the same time, it also connected her fate with someone.
Because last night, Tang Xuemei had already promised Lin Miaoting to cover herself with a new blanket during the New Year. So in the afternoon, the four families of Lin family did not leave the house. Instead, they busied themselves in the house - making a new blanket.
The father and son of the Lin family followed Tang Xuemei's request to cut a certain standard of cotton and coarse cloth. After they finished cutting, they covered the coarse cloth evenly with cotton. However, they had to leave a certain boundary and then cover the coarse cloth with a seal.
After that, Tang Xuemei used needles and needles to stitch horizontally and vertically. This way, a square pattern of the same size appeared on the back.
Lin Miaoting was very puzzled, "Mother, isn't it fine to stitch the edges of this back handle? Why do you need to stitch horizontally in a row?"
"Silly girl, if you just sew the edge, when you are going to sleep and kick the quilt, the cotton under the blanket will soon run under your feet. How will you use it in the future? If you do that, you can fix the cotton in a position. No matter how hard you kick it, it will not break."
Lin Miaoting nodded her head in understanding and continued to do the task Tang Xuemei gave her to put the cloth together. Then, she waited for Tang Xuemei to sew it. It was not that Tang Xuemei did not let Lin Miaoting sew but after seeing Lin Miaoting sew two pieces, she could only give up.
The cloth that Lin Miaoting's family bought were all small pieces of cloth. Each piece of cloth weighed about five to six pounds and was about twelve to thirteen meters. The width of each piece of cloth was about 1.4 meters.
The first thing Tang Xuemei made was Lin Miaoting's blanket. A blanket used up nearly four meters of coarse cloth to make the inner skin, two meters of cotton cloth and a whole bag of broken cloth to make a coat.
With a blanket, there was not much left of the five kilograms of cotton that she had bought. As for the idea of making the other blankets, she could only give up. She would wait for Lin Kaishan to go to the town tomorrow and buy some more cotton as Tang Xuemei requested.
At night, Lin Miaoting's hands caressed her newly made quilt back and forth. Her happy mood could not be described otherwise. The quilt was pieced together with different ends of cloth. Although it looked a little gaudy, it was also very unique.
"Have you touched enough? "Have you touched enough?" Wang Yao asked. "Yes," Wang Yao said. " In the future, you will have plenty of opportunities to touch it. " Tang Xuemei suddenly said.
Lin Miaoting could only reluctantly lay the new blanket on the brick bed and the original mattress on it. Because Tang Xuemei told him that this new blanket would only be stronger if it was compressed and it would not be easy to walk on cotton.
A good night's sleep.