Skillful Wife of Military - C17

“She dares! If you ask me, when their Xiao family married such an capable and virtuous wife like you, who doesn’t know what kind of high incense they burned in their hearts? With Granny Da Yong’s mouth, who in the village wouldn’t know, it would be a pity to marry that person with such a good character, but Da Yong is a good person, if you have the ability to weave cloth, you will definitely lead a good life! ” Aunt Wei comforted Xu Hui.

Xu Hui smiled and nodded, “Aunt is right, life will get better sooner or later!”

Xu Hui knew that Aunt Wei was really thinking for her sake, so she was not stingy when it came to people who treated her sincerely. Although she knew that Aunt Wei did not necessarily believe that she could weave cloth, as long as she weaved it, she would buy her own family and her brother’s yarn.

Xu Hui had always believed that as long as both sides shared the same goals and interests, they could work together. Aunt Wei was a smart person. She knew how to speak and how to do things. Her father-in-law was also a village elder, and her family had a good relationship with the villagers, but also had the ability to speak. Xu Hui needed such a person to help her get to know the relationships in the village as soon as possible. She also needed such a person to help her fight the Xiao family.

In this era where filial piety governed the country, Xu Hui had no choice but to cherish her reputation like a swan cherishing its feathers. She wanted to live a good life, not only making money, but also holding the highest moral status.

No matter how bad the Xiao family was, she couldn’t let Xiao Da Yong carry the notoriety of being unfilial and disobedient. This was an era where he could be punished for being unfilial. Now, regardless of whether they were building the cellar room or opening fire on their own, or discussing the payment of the money at home, these things were detrimental to the interests of the rest of the Xiao family. If Xiao Li’s disease and He’s were to go out and speak carelessly, it was very likely that they would ruin Xiao Da Yong’s reputation.

It was not that Xiao Da Yong and Xu Hui were disloyal, it was that the elders of the Xiao family were not kind enough to force them to such a state!

That was why Xu Hui had gone to the jewelry store to sell bracelets in front of Aunt Wei today.

When she married Xiao Da Yong, she did not think of living with him. This marriage was just a means for Xu Hui to help Xu Jingan escape from the prison.

It was more obvious to smart people that things would progress beyond their control. However, Xu Hui had yet to realize the change in her heart, which would pave the way for their relationship in the future.

Of course, this was in the future. At the moment, Xu Hui was focused on the pressing issue of life.

After selling a pair of bracelets for two or six silver coins, Xu Hui bought some sesame oil and some plate oil.

The sesame oil was the sesame oil and it was very expensive, so Xu Hui mainly bought the plate oil. After buying it, she would cut it into pieces and place it in a hot pot to slowly fry. When the weather was cold, it would turn into a white paste, and when cooking, he would put in some very fragrant dishes. When Xu Hui was young, the dishes she ate at her maternal grandma’s house were all fried with lard. Later on, because the pigs were changed into feed and raised, he ate very little because she said that lard was easy to eat with high blood lipids.

The leftover fried pork meat was naturally pollution-free and delicious. Xu Hui bought a large piece of plate oil directly due to her wealth.

As for the dishes and the eggs, Aunt Wei had said that they could be sold to Xu Hui for a cheaper price. Naturally, Xu Hui was grateful and decided not to buy them in the town. There was also cotton for Niuniu. Aunt Wei had said that the cotton clothes and pants they had when they were young could also be worn by Niuniu. Xu Hui quickly agreed. She realized that Auntie Wei was surprised at how much money she had spent. She had to give up on the idea of buying other things.

When they got home, Xu Hui gave Auntie Wei a hundred yuan as a deposit to buy yarn from her brother. Aunt Wei was happy that Xu Hui was so straightforward. She went back and gave the yarn to Xu Hui first.

The loom had already moved into the cellar room. Xiao Da Yong was worried that the newly built house would be damp and cold, but Xu Hui felt that this kind of temperature and humidity weaving was extremely appropriate.

Although the yarn in Aunt Wei’s house was not thin enough, it could still be said to be over. Xu Hui wrapped the yarn well and began weaving for the first time.

Xiao Da Yong and Niu Niu watched Xu Hui’s hands flutter across the loom like butterflies, the white yarn slowly turning into fine white cloth. They could not help but open their eyes wide to witness this miraculous scene!

When Xu Hui found out that she was sitting in front of the loom, she was very calm and happy. She thought about how Qiao Jieer had been learning weaving at her uncle’s house since childhood.

It was very easy for Xu Hui to weave this kind of plain white cotton cloth with no patterns. She had weaved enough cloth in less than two to four hours. She wanted to make Xiao Dayong a set of clothes with the cloth she weaved for the first time.

After sending him back to the gate tomorrow, Xiao Dazong would return to the battlefield. It was up to the heavens to decide whether or not he would be able to survive. Xu Hui felt that she should at least prepare something for him.

Xiao Da Yong and Niu Niu carefully touched the thin cotton that Xu Hui had knitted. Xiao Da Yong sighed and said, “Truly smooth! My wife, you’re too amazing. None of us here have managed to weave such a good piece of cotton!”

“In the future, I will make better cloth and sell it for a lot of money. Don’t risk your life just for the silver s. You have to protect yourself well!” When Xu Hui thought about how Xiao Dayong was only nineteen years old, he felt a little upset. The battlefield had no eyes, and it was possible that he would never see Xiao Dazong again.

Xiao Da Yong could not explain to Xu Hui that only those who were not afraid of death could win on the battlefield. However, he was very touched by Xu Hui’s worry.

Xu Hui smiled and motioned Xiao Dazong to pass the scissors to him. She picked up the scissors and cut off the yarn, took off the cloth from the loom and shook it: “I’ll make you some clothes with this!”

After the wedding, Xu Hui tidied up her things and realized that besides his army clothes, Xiao Dayong only had a few pieces of old clothes. Even the clothes he wore when he married were actually modified using his third uncle’s wedding clothes.

Xu Hui thought, she used the cloth that she made for the first time to make a set of clothes for Xiao Da Yong.

Xiao Da Yong’s eyes turned red. He never thought that Xu Hui would be in such a rush to finish the cellar room and weave the cloth for him. Of course, Xu Hui did not think that way, but Xiao Dazong had already decided that he was very touched. Ever since his mother passed away, he had not worn clothes made by his family for a long time.

It was getting late, so Xu Hui let Xiao Dazong take the cloth and led Niuniu back to her room.

The new stove was not yet dry, and it would have to be dried tomorrow before it could be used.

However, they had not eaten dinner yet. Xu Hui asked Xiao Dazong to build a simple stove with a piece of scrap brick. She stuffed the firewood into the fire, scooped some water from the water jar in the corner, carefully cleaned the new pot twice, and put it on the stove to add some water to heat.

She then took out an oily paper bag from the shelf that had been made from an old table. Inside the bag was the steamed bun she had bought from town, afraid that the Xiao family would not cook for them without waiting for them to open fire.

As expected, Xiao Li’s disease had instructed him not to eat with the three of them from this afternoon onwards. Xu Hui could not help but rejoice that his cold and emotionless judgement of the Xiao family was indeed accurate.

After heating up the steamed buns, Xu Hui took out three eggs from the basket. After thinking for a while, she took out two more eggs, which were given to him by Aunt Wei. She kept more than twenty chickens in her house and ate five or six eggs a day.

The meatbuns with white noodles and the poached eggs with white sugar. This was a delicious dish that Xiao Dayong and Niuniu didn’t even dare to imagine.

After Xu Hui set up the table, she noticed that both Xiao Da Yong and Niu Niu were looking at him without eating. She could not help but frown, “What’s wrong? You don’t like it? ”

“No, it’s not that. Wife, I’m a boorish person. You just need to eat some bract rice. You and Niu Niu will eat this poached egg bun!” Xiao Dazong could only eat meat and pancakes after winning a war. He had never eaten anything as delicious as this at home. When he thought about how his wife used dowry money to buy this, how could he eat it?

Xu Hui was angry. “You can eat whatever you like if I tell you to eat. You can even eat a few meals at home. Even if you don’t eat me and Niuniu, you won’t eat!” Niuniu held her finger and looked at Xu Hui and then at Xiao Dayong with a greedy look on her face.

Xiao Dayong hurriedly lifted up his bowl. “I’ll eat, I’ll eat, my wife, don’t be angry!” Saying this, he hurriedly stuffed the entire poached egg into his mouth, puffing out his cheeks and smiling at Xu Hui as she tried to curry favor with him.

No matter how angry Xu Hui was, she could not vent out her anger on Xiao Da Yong. She did not say anything else and used her chopsticks to chop the egg into small pieces for her to eat.

The three of them had eaten and drank to their heart’s content. As tomorrow was the third day of their marriage, Xiao Dayong and Xu Hui discussed their return trip.

Xu Hui also wanted to explain the situation of her family to Xiao Da Yong. Unlike other families, she did not have Feng’s disease and Xu Qiaozhu to deal with, so if she did not explain things to Xiao Da Yong, she would be tricked.

Xu Hui smiled bitterly as she thought about it. She and Xiao Dayong did not have any family connections, so she was better than Xiao Dayong. At least her father and younger brother were better, and Xiao Dayong only had a little sister, so he still had to count on him.

After carefully sizing Xiao Da Yong up, Xu Hui quickly cut him out and began to sew clothes for him.

Xiao Dazong looked at Xu Hui, who was bent over making a new set of clothes for him, and felt warmth overflowing from her heart. He could not help but stretch out her arm to hug Xu Hui, then moved closer. Xu Hui was shocked and hurriedly said, “Don’t move, the needles will pierce me!”

Xiao Da Yong let go of Xu Hui and Niu Niu hooked her finger on his face. It was so embarrassing that it made Xiao Da Yong feel like he was acting in front of Niuniu. What he did just now was indeed a bit uncontrollable.

Xu Hui sewed some clothes for Xiao Da Yong as she talked about her family’s situation. She had told Xiao Da Yong about what Feng’s disease and Xu Qiaozhu’s personalities were like without reservation.

Xiao Da Yong originally had great respect for Xu Hui’s family members, but when he heard that Feng’s disease was actually her stepmother and Xu Qiaozhu was actually that kind of person, he could not help but be shocked. However, when Xu Hui told him about these matters in detail, she felt warm inside as she was afraid that he would be deceived. This was exactly the kind of man who treated him like her husband and her family, the daughter-in-law who would live the life they shared a heart and soul with each other!