Li Yue'e originally wanted to come over and teach Su Mo how to make cotton-padded jackets. When she saw her watering the ground, she helped her water the rest of the ground first.
After handing over the land, Su Mo quickly welcomed Li Yue'e into the house, took an enamel vat and made a cup of brown sugar water for Li Yue'e.
There are three 2-pound cans of old brown sugar in her space, and she took out one can yesterday.
When Li Yue'e saw that it was brown sugar water, she was a little surprised, but at the same time she felt good in her heart, but she still said: "You are old and unfaithful, my family, there is no need to drink brown sugar water. Brown sugar is expensive, you can keep it if you need it later." It’s time to drink.”
The third family is nice, and they are willing to treat their old guys, but they feel a little too lavish.
"It's okay, just buy it after you drink it. Mom, you have worked hard for the autumn harvest, so you should replenish it. When you go back later, you can put some back." Su Mo said with a smile.
"Hey, we farmers are used to it. We don't need brown sugar to supplement it. We will come back after a break. You can keep it and drink it by yourself. Or if someone comes, it would be nice to have a drink."
"Good things should be given to your own family. No matter how good others give them, they only need a word." Su Mo said.
Li Yue'e really agreed with Su Mo's words, and looked at Su Mo more closely.
Since the beginning of the commune, her family has always been the home of the party secretary. Lu Boming and Lu Qing'an are both relatively selfless people, so Li Yuee has suffered a lot and often gave away good things to others.
Li Yue'e, who was often criticized for sacrificing herself for others, also decided to be selfish for a while.
"What you said is right. Mom won't be polite to you anymore. When you go back later, put some back and give them to your father and grandfather." Li Yue'e said with a smile.
It's been a long time since she drank brown sugar water, maybe a year.
Brown sugar tickets are rare, and I usually save them to give to my daughter-in-law during her confinement period.
"Okay." Su Mo also smiled and nodded.
Li Yue'e rested for a while, drank a few more sips of brown sugar water, and said, "Okay, Mom will teach you how to make a cotton-padded jacket now. Have you ever been able to make ordinary single clothes?"
Su Mo shook her head.
"Okay, then I'll teach you from the beginning. Among other things, my mother is the best at making clothes in the whole brigade."
Li Yue'e's father used to be a tailor. Although skills are passed down from male to female, she often watched her father and her brother make clothes when she was a child, and she learned a lot. It's a pity that her father and her brother were killed by the invaders for the sake of revolution during the difficult days of occupation.
Thinking of those days, Li Yue'e's eyes were a little moist, but she soon recovered. She is now a nurse, and her life is stable now, which is good.
Her father and her brother will also feel relieved that they are still in heaven.
Li Yue'e taught in great detail, starting with measuring the dimensions, then how to cut and save fabric, to how to hem, how to run thread, how to lay cotton, and how to sew hems, all explained while doing it.
Because she had a sewing machine and was quite familiar with it, Li Yue'e worked very quickly. By noon, the cotton-padded clothes were roughly ready. All that's left is to run the thread one more time at the seam and a few more times in the middle.
"It's getting late. I have to go back and cook for you and your father. I'll come over after dinner to teach you how to make pants." Li Yue'e said.
"Mom, don't make the rice. I'll cook it together here, and you can take it back later. You've been tired all morning, so you can take a rest." Su Mo said, "I still have the steamed buns I steamed yesterday. I'll heat them up. Just fry some green vegetables and make some egg drop soup."
Li Yue'e thought about the smell of yesterday's buns, and her body nodded before her thoughts.
"Then it's hard on you. I'll tell you first when I get back, so that your father won't think anything is wrong when he comes back and has nothing to eat."
"Okay." Su Mo nodded fiercely.
As soon as Li Yue'e left, Su Mo immediately took eight or nine steamed buns stuffed with chives and put them in a steamer. He boiled water in a pot, heated the steamer and served them up.
Then he took out two tomatoes, two eggs, and made some tomato and egg drop soup. I washed another handful of green vegetables and started frying them.
When Li Yue'e came over with the basket, she saw that Su Mo had already started frying vegetables, and secretly thought that the third daughter-in-law was quite efficient at work.
After Su Mo fried the vegetables, she first shoveled three-quarters of the vegetables into the bowl that Li Yue'e brought over, and then shoveled the rest into her own bowl.
Then he poured more than half of the egg drop soup into the covered enamel basin that Li Yuee brought over, then took another bowl and filled it with 6 steamed buns.
"Oh, you don't need so many, just three buns." Li Yue'e said. There was still some big lump porridge left in the morning, which was enough for three buns.
"It's okay, Mom, I still have eight or nine left, and I can't bear to let them go today."
Li Yuee saw that there were indeed eight or nine left, so she accepted them.
When Li Yue'e went back, Lu Guihua was also cooking. Seeing her coming back with food from the third child's house, she couldn't help but curl her lips.
The new daughter-in-law needs to show off and give her food every day. She wanted to see how long the third child's family could last.
*****
While Su Mo and Li Yue'e were making cotton-padded jackets, far away on the border, Lu Changzheng was leading a team of people lurking deep into the area. Because of the major events that occurred in mid-September, border relations between the two countries are very tense at the moment.
After Lu Changzheng arrived in the county yesterday, he received another call from the army, asking him to go directly to the city and a helicopter would pick him up. Therefore, he left home in a helicopter for only three or four hours.
A group of people arrived at the designated place and stopped to take a rest. Lu Changzheng bit into the hard food, thinking about what his wife was doing now.
Lu Changzheng took out Su Mo's solo photo from his underwear pocket. After looking at it, he was ready to put it back.
The comrades on the side had sharp eyes and asked after seeing it: "Captain, is this your partner? She's so beautiful."
"No, she's my wife."
"When did you get married?" The comrade was shocked.
"Two days ago." Lu Changzheng said.
The comrade was silent. He didn't know what to say for a moment, and it took him a while to hold back the word "congratulations."
