The anxious shouts of his younger brother came from behind. Xia Qingmai stopped, turned to look at him and said, "I still have some fabric left to make clothes for brother and sister Shuyan. I plan to make Baijiayi for the child in the eldest sister's belly." , if you have any scraps, can I make you a money bag?"
Although the tone was inquiring, Xia Qingyuan instantly understood that her second sister had already decided due to his understanding of her.
His eyes lit up with joy, and then he walked happily to Xia Qingmai and answered: "I remember that Baijiayi seemed to be asking many people for old clothes? Leave this matter to me! I still have one there. This shirt that is 70% to 80% new is too small, why don’t you take it and make some alterations for your two nephews?”
"One shirt is not enough." Xia Qingmai then looked at Hu Yuhua who looked embarrassed and Xia Hongjun who lowered his head in silence.
Feeling the second daughter's gaze, Hu Yuhua quickly said, "I also have a few rags there, they are new. I will bring them to you later and you can see if they can be used."
"Old clothes are expensive these days. I'll make some tortillas tomorrow and go out to exchange rags with someone. You can't come here carelessly."
While telling his younger son to be humane and worldly, Hu Yuhua also got up and walked to the couple's small house.
Seeing her mother's actions, Xia Qingmai immediately changed her steps and followed Hu Yuhua to their room.
Behind them, Xia Qingming and his wife looked at each other, not knowing what they were thinking.
Xia Qingyuan looked at his elder brother and sister-in-law and then at his silent father. His eyes rolled and he was making calculations in his mind.
Xia Qingmai, who followed Hu Yuhua to their room on the other side, not only found several usable rags, but also saw several damaged work clothes of Xia Hongjun.
"Your dad's useless clothes. Fortunately, the work clothes are issued by the factory, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to wear them."
Hu Yuhua's sewing skills were not good, and the eldest daughter took after her. Xia Qingmai had been doing all the sewing and repairing at home.
It's just that in the past two years, the second daughter has spoken less and less, and rarely offers to mend their clothes.
In this way, Hu Yuhua kept a few damaged old work clothes in his cabinet.
Looking at these old work clothes, Xia Qingmai was thinking about returning to her hometown in a few days. She looked directly at her mother and said, "Mom, give me these old work clothes too. If you do, I'll make them up and you can keep them." Some of them are really not decent, so I will find a way to mend them and bring them back to give me milk."
Thinking of the powerful mother-in-law in her hometown, Hu Yuhua didn't dare to say any words of rejection.
Thinking that her daughter didn't want to take all the old work clothes back, she nodded in agreement.
Not only that, she rummaged through and gave Xia Qingmai a lot of shabby old clothes that she couldn't bear to throw away.
Xia Qingmai didn't dislike them either. Although these old clothes were worn out, they were all clean. The original owner had carefully washed them bit by bit.
Old clothes can be resized for other people to wear, made into purses, sleeves sewn on, and if they don’t look pretty, they can also be made into shoe soles with starch.
The ingenious little girl Xia Qingmai not only left her with many memories and resentment towards her parents and brothers and sisters, but also these little beauties in life that can be created with her hands.
Seeing the old clothes show new value again through his own hands, Xia Qingmai also gained one satisfaction after another.
Of course, Xia Qingmai also took this opportunity to make himself two pairs of new cloth shoes.
She is Xia Qingmai, but not entirely Xia Qingmai.
Unlike her, even if she wanted to, she wouldn't dare to make clothes or shoes for herself without her parents' permission.
She put in her craftsmanship and time for the old clothes at home, so why can’t she get some reward?
He never takes the initiative to ask for things. In the eyes of others, he is obedient and sensible, but in the eyes of Xia Qingmai, he is stupid.
She is not stupid. She will not give up on the obedient and sensible nature of the original owner.
Facts have proved that Xia Qingmai was right. Even after learning that she made shoes for him, the rest of the Xia family didn't say anything.
Habits are scary, but changing is not that hard.
