Early the next morning, Meng Jiuan came out of the room with dark blue eyes under his eyes, as if he hadn't slept well all night.
There was a large handbag made of cloth on the dining table, bulging as if it contained something.
Yu Changle came out of the kitchen with the newly made omelette noodles. Seeing Meng Jiuan staring at his purse in a daze, he said smoothly:
"Didn't I lend you money and tickets before? Count them, are they correct?"
As soon as these words came out, Meng Jiuan's already gloomy expression became even worse, and he replied in a dumb voice:
"No one is urging you, so there is no need to rush to pay it back."
Yu Changle didn't notice anything strange about him, and smiled and put his face in front of him:
"I'm not used to being pressured to repay money. As the saying goes, if you borrow something, you must repay it. It's not difficult to borrow again!"
She was still in the mood to joke, but Meng Jiuan's mood was inexplicably at rock bottom at the moment.
"You eat slowly, I have an appointment with Sister-in-law Li, so I'm going out first!"
Looking at Yu Changle's back when she went out, her excitement seemed to be revealed. Meng Jiu'an didn't know what was going on, but felt panicked.
It wasn't until he smelled the aroma of the bowl of omelette noodles in front of him that his expression softened.
Forget it, it’s not that he wants to eat it, he just can’t waste food!
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Li Mei is at home here, and she has been waiting eagerly for Yu Changle to come to her door.
Just as she was impatiently waiting, a chubby girl appeared at the entrance of the courtyard and greeted her from a distance:
"Sister-in-law Li, I'm here!"
Li Mei happily welcomed her out and took the big and small bags from her hand:
"You said you had so many things, so I went to your house to help you get them. You are sweating from the effort!"
Yu Changle smiled heartily and said, "I'm trying to lose weight, so I'll just do weight-bearing training."
Li Mei couldn't understand the words she said, but she understood that she thought she was fat and hurriedly advised:
"Why are you so fat? You are beautiful only if you are plump and round. Listen to me, don't do those useless things!"
Yu Changle chuckled and didn't bother to explain to Li Mei. He just knew that she was doing it for his own good.
After looking around for a while, he changed the subject: "Where's Lili? Haven't you gotten up yet?"
Li Mei laughed at her: "There's probably no one in this courtyard who gets up later than you. You've already gotten up, but who hasn't gotten up yet? Lili went to school early in the morning!"
Yu Changle stuck out his tongue and thought, "You don't know, there is really someone who got up later than me today!"
After chatting, Yu Changle took out the pattern and planned to start with the simplest skirt.
Li Mei also studied very seriously. She already had a good foundation, but it was her first time encountering modern sewing techniques. With a little guidance from Yu Changle, she quickly got started.
"Changle, I really admire you, how did you come up with this sewing method?!"
After Yu Changle's teaching on the stitching, the sewn fabrics are smooth and flexible. Unlike the fabrics sewn before, which were always square and square, the lines have become much softer and more vivid.
The skirt sewn in this way is much softer and more elegant than the original sewing method!
Yu Changle just smiled, this was just the most basic thing.
When she teaches Li Mei how to make ruffles, and then teaches her how to create more than a dozen different ruffle techniques on the basis of ruffles, Li Mei's jaw will be shocked!
Most of the patterns painted by Yu Changle are simple and elegant, which is also a choice based on the background of the times.
As the country started reform and opening up in 1978, various places were gradually liberalized, and people's minds were gradually affected by the wave of reform and opening up and gradually opened up.
But this is still the early stage of reform and opening up, and it has not yet fully reached the time when a hundred flowers bloom. There are still many dangerous whirlpools under the wave.
At this time, Yu Changle still chose to move forward steadily, taking too long a step, which could lead to accidents.
In just one morning, Li Mei learned to sew the skirt she designed under the guidance of Yu Changle. If she didn't have to make lunch for Lili, she would have wanted to start making another one right away to deepen the impression.
Yu Changle smiled and declined Li Mei's lunch invitation. After the stew last night, if she had another stew at noon, she would not lose weight.
Although she refused the stew, she did not refuse to pick some fresh vegetables from Li Mei's yard.
Loofah, bitter gourd, tomatoes, these seasonal vegetables that have not been sprayed with pesticides are all good in fat-reducing meals.
When picking tomatoes, Yu Changle paused and picked a few more.
When Yu Changle returned home, as expected, the house was empty. Meng Jiuan should have returned to the army.
Looking at the clean and tidy kitchen, Yu Changle raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said to himself:
"Good."
The tidy environment made her feel lighter, and she decided to make herself some tomato scrambled eggs and loofah soup at noon today.
They are all quick dishes, and they come out of the pot in a few seconds.
Yu Changle had a delicious meal, and after finishing the meal, he began to calculate the accounts.
The total money and tickets spent to return Meng Jiu'an totaled fifteen yuan and seventy-two cents. In addition to the money spent on buying face stamps and food stamps, an additional fifty cents was included in the interest.
It cost fifty-six yuan to buy cotton cloth and cloth tickets. This expense reminded Yu Changle that buying cloth at the supply and marketing cooperative requires tickets, which is still expensive, so he has to find a more cost-effective way to purchase fabrics.
After spending everything like this, Yu Changle didn't have much money left in his hand. He still had a total of thirty-five yuan and sixty cents.
She touched her shriveled purse and reminded herself that she was still in the entrepreneurial stage and had to tighten her belt!
In the next few days, Yu Changle stayed in the courtyard with peace of mind and taught Li Mei how to make several patterns in the order.
Fortunately, Li Mei is an experienced person and is particularly passionate about sewing. Although she is learning and making at the same time, her speed is not slow.
After finishing all the orders from Sister Liu and Sister Wang, Yu Changle also made two trips to the city to deliver goods.
The two eldest sisters loved the clothes so much after they received them. After trying them on immediately, they couldn't bear to take them off. They walked around the family area wearing them and unintentionally placed two small orders for Yu Changle!
At present, no matter how big or small the order is, Yu Changle welcomes it most.
Busy time always flies by, and in a blink of an eye it’s time to pay the rent at the beginning of the month.
After Yu Changle explained the details of the clothes he wanted to make today to Li Mei one by one, he put his money in his pocket and got on the bus into the city.
According to the time agreed with Liu Bo, I got out of the car and walked to the backyard of Zhang Dapeng's house.
Before she got there, she saw someone waiting for her on the roadside from a distance. It was Liu Bo, whom she hadn't seen for a while.
Liu Bo was still the same enthusiastic spirited person. When he saw Yu Changle from a distance, he waved to her:
"Changle, here it is!"
Yu Changle laughed when he saw him and waved his hands vigorously like him:
"Here it comes, Brother Bo!"
Liu Bo was dressed particularly smartly today. In order to help Yu Changle sign the contract as a witness, he had specially arranged to take a break a few days in advance.
Speaking of which, he has never played such an important role as a guarantor, and he seems to be even more excited than the buyer, Yu Changle!
