Chapter 69 Can't Tell the Time
"Lin Shu, here I come!" Lin Haiyan ran into the Lin house excitedly holding a bundle of wool.
Liu Xiao'e was cutting a pot of melon and walked out of the kitchen. She greeted with a smile: "Haiyan is here. I just cut the melon and took a piece to eat."
"Thank you, aunt. ”
“Milk, I want to eat it too”
"Grandma, there is me."
When they heard that there was food, Zhuang Zhuang and Xiao Jun, who had no idea where they were hiding to play, ran out and couldn't wait to get the melon from the basin.
Lin Haiyan first gave them two pieces, and finally took one piece for herself and took a bite. "Wow, aunt, the melons grown at your home are so sweet. My mother also planted ten of them in her private plot. A few trees, they just started to bear melons now, I think It will take a while before I can eat melons.”
“The youngest in my family wants to eat melons, so I planted them early, so I only planted twenty melons. There were too many things to plant in the private plot, so there was room for twenty melons. It’s pretty good to give it to her,” Liu Xiao’e said with a smile.
In this era of land collectivization, private land is allocated according to population, and the land is limited. In addition to vegetables, many families also grow sorghum, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, soybeans and other coarse grains on their private land. .
Farmers of this era had a deep affection for the land, and they cared for each field with care. The hard work involved was incomparable to the use of herbicides and fertilizers in later generations.
Lin Shu came in from the side door, "Haiyan, you are here."
"Well, my mother bought me a bundle of wool. I asked you to help me sort out the bundle of wool. "
Lin Shuzao saw a bundle of big red wool in her arms, "You Mom bought this yarn to knit a sweater for you?”
“Yes, I saw that the sweater you knitted was so beautiful last time, so I asked my mother to buy the yarn for me too, taking advantage of the opportunity. Nothing happens after that, so I will knit slowly, and I should be able to finish it when the weather gets colder in autumn.”
In rural areas, anyone who owns a sweater is something worthy of showing off.
Red is very eye-catching. I think Aunt Niu should consider that Haiyan can wear it when she gets married. Otherwise, how could she choose bright red for no reason.
Lin Shu took the large bundle of wool from her, untied the bundled wool, found the end of the thread, and asked Haiyan to fix the wool with both hands. She quickly helped to curl the wool.
Later generations of enterprises paid attention to appearance, and the wool was neatly packed in cardboard boxes in bundles of one, two, and one. However, this era focused on practicality. Basic wool was tied in bundles. If you want to weave, You also have to curl the sweater yourself.
“Lin Shu, this red sweater should be very beautiful, right?”
Lin Shu looked at the thickness of the wool and said with a smile: "If this sweater of yours is knitted, you won't have to be afraid of the cold this winter."
This is thick wool, and the sweater knitted is very thick. Aunt Niu is Really practical.
Lin Haiyan looked forward to it: "I have never worn a sweater since I was a child. This is the first sweater in my life. I must knit it well, and you must teach me when the time comes."
“Okay, no problem.”
“Is the piece you are knitting almost finished?”
The sweater Lin Shu is knitting now is a men's sweater. It is knitted according to Gu Jiu's size. Her mother asked her to knit it, saying that it was given to Gu Jiu when she got engaged.
“It’s still early, we haven’t knitted to the armpits yet, the wool is not as thick as yours, the progress is too slow.”
Lin Haiyan asked when she didn’t understand this, “Do you understand? Knowing that fine wool is difficult to knit, why did you still buy such thin wool?”
Lin Shu’s lips twitched: “My mother bought it.”
The main reason is that the men’s sweaters are too thick on the outside. If you put on clothes again, your upper body will not look good.
According to Gu Jiu's stinky temperament, why would he like to wear a sweater that is too thick?
"You haven't knitted half of it yet. Is it too late to wait for the engagement? When does your partner say that he will make the appointment?"
"I don't know yet. When he makes arrangements, he should come. Notify home." Lin Shu hasn't entered the county town for almost two months, and she doesn't know what Gu Jiu is doing.
"You have a partner now, and you have nothing to worry about. During this time, my mother knew that you had a partner, and she always urged me to find a partner." Lin Haiyan frowned.
Lin Shu smiled: "You can't force this kind of thing. If you are just looking for a partner for the sake of a partner, what if this man is not suitable in the future? Wouldn't that make you suffer for the rest of your life?" "You said Yes, that’s what I meant, but my mother didn’t listen.”
Young people sometimes really can’t influence the thoughts of the older generation.
The two of them were chatting while rolling the yarn. When the yarn was almost rolled, their hands were sweating a lot. Touching the yarn in summer made it feel hot just by touching it.
"Mei Zi, the sun is so bright outside, why did you come here?" Liu Xiao'e's voice came from outside.
Hearing this, the two girls looked towards the door and saw Lin Mei coming in with Liu Xiao'e carrying a basket.
Lin Mei saw Lin Shu, Haiyan and the wool on the table next to them, and said with a smile: "I just came back from Jiejiawan in the morning, and I brought back a lot of fresh peanuts from their house, so I thought of sending some to you. Boil fresh peanuts It tastes good with some salt. I'll let my aunt cook it later and you both can taste it."
Lin Haiyan was curious about what it would be like for someone who was engaged to go to her future husband's house, and asked, "Go and find out. Did you go home alone, or was it your mother? I went with you? Is Xie Chunlei treating you well at Jie's house?"
Lin Mei glanced at Lin Shu with a proud expression: "The Jie's house is in the next village, why do I need my mother to accompany me? Let's go together. Besides, I went to Jiejia for I have established a relationship with Brother Chunlei, so he is naturally nice to me. These peanuts were dug by Brother Chunlei from his own land and asked me to bring them back."
Lin Shu rolled his eyes secretly, not knowing what she was doing. What a show off.
Lin Mei raised her wrist and glanced at her watch, then asked: "Lin Shu, your partner hasn't come back with a gift to get engaged to you? It's been two months since he left on the Dragon Boat Festival, wouldn't he? Are you scared away after visiting the countryside once? ”
"You look scary? Otherwise, how could he be scared away after just one visit." Lin Shu said calmly.
"If you don't succeed with your partner, don't rely on me. I didn't do anything." Lin Mei glared anxiously.
With this little courage, he still dared to come and provoke her. Lin Shu snorted coldly and did not argue with her.
Lin Haiyan noticed that Lin Mei had raised her wrist three times since entering the door, and knew that she was showing off her watch to others.
“Hey, Meizi, this is the engagement gift from Jie Chunlei to you, right? This watch is so beautiful, may I ask what time it is now?”
As soon as Lin Shu heard the question, she couldn't help but want to laugh. If she remembered correctly, Lin Mei couldn't tell the time at this time.
It’s not entirely her fault to say that she can’t tell the time. She only studied in the first grade and hasn’t had time to learn to tell the time.
Lin Mei raised her wrist and glanced at her watch, "Two o'clock."
"How long is it after two o'clock?"
Lin Mei raised her wrist again, "Two o'clock." Forty-five points.”
"Pfft!"
Lin Shu glanced at his watch. It was clearly already three-ten.
Lin Mei turned to look at Lin Shu, frowning displeased: "Why are you laughing?"
"I'm sorry, I couldn't help it." Lin Shu waved his hand and did not expose her. .
However, if Lin Shu didn’t expose her, Liu Xiao’e, who was sitting on the threshold, couldn’t help it. She looked at the sunlight on the ground outside the door with suspicious eyes and said, “That’s not right, Meizi, the sunlight used to shine on me. It should be already past three o'clock on that rock. How come it's only past two o'clock?"
Before there were watches, old men and women in rural areas would judge the time by looking at the shadow of the sun. Lin Mei was trying to show off, but she didn't expect Liu Xiao'e to expose her.
"Auntie, you may have remembered it wrong. Well, I have something to do at home, so I will go back first."
When Lin Mei left with the empty basket, Lin Haiyan poked her gently. Lin Shu asked, "What's going on? Could it be that Mei Zi’s watch is broken and has stopped?”
Lin Shu chuckled: “I just checked, it’s three eleven, and her watch has not stopped.”
"That"
"She doesn't know how to tell the time." Lin Shu told the truth ruthlessly.
(End of this chapter)