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Chen Afu clicked his tongue twice, hugged Chen Dabao, kissed him twice, and praised, "Oh, Dabao is already beautiful, but now that he puts on his new clothes, my mother can't even recognize him. He looks like a handsome boy walking out of a painting. Oh my, when my son grows up, I don’t know how many girls will like him.”

Dabao's little face flushed with joy, and he said insincerely, "My son is so embarrassed when my mother praises him like this."

Chen Afu said with a smile, "From now on, if my mother praises her son like this every day, he will not be embarrassed." After that, he put a cannon on him.

Chen Dabao quickly got off the kang, put on his straw sandals, and ran to the outhouse. Wu and A Lu happened to get up. When they saw Dabao wearing new clothes, they praised him without hesitation, which made Dabao go crazy with joy.

He wanted to go outside and show off, especially to show off to his good friends Xiao Shitou and Sixi Zi, but looking at the rain and mud outside, he held back and had to walk around in circles in the house. Because the crotch of my pants fell too low, I had to lift my pants up from time to time.

He muttered, "Oh, it's raining so hard that I can't even go out for a walk."

It made the other people happy.

Today was Chen Afu’s first time cooking, and he didn’t let Mrs. Wang do it. She cut the pickles again, very slowly, not daring to shred them, so she could only slice them. The cut pickles are washed with water and mixed with some crushed rock sugar and minced garlic. It's a pity that there is no chili oil or sesame oil, otherwise it would be more fragrant.

Unlike Mr. Wang who boiled a white egg for Chen Ming in the morning, he steamed it into egg custard, added some lard and chopped green onion, and the fragrance spread far and wide.

When the meal was served, the brown rice porridge was thicker than usual. Except for Mrs. Wang who was a little worried about spending too much food, everyone else was happy.

A Lu took a bite of the pickles and said, "The pickles made by my sister are really delicious, not salty, and very fragrant."

Dabao was so excited, as if he had done it. Listening to my uncle's praise, his eyes and eyebrows were filled with smiles. While eating pickles, he couldn't help but echo, "Well, well, my mother is so smart that people can't believe it. Grandpa, try it, grandma, try it." Return it to Chen Minghe Wang's pickles.

Chen Ming also used a small spoon to scoop out a spoonful of egg custard for each of them, and said with a smile, "Have a try, Ah Fu is very handy, and the steamed egg custard is much more fragrant."

Mrs. Wang was also overjoyed, and she pretended to be angry and said, "I also know that it will be delicious, but this is the condition at home."

Chen Afu pulled Mrs. Wang's sleeve and said coquettishly, "Mom, my illness is cured, and our family's life will be better and better. In the future, I will earn more money and cook more delicious food."

In fact, Mrs. Wang was only four years older than Chen Afu in her previous life, but Chen Afu truly regarded her as his own mother in this life.

Chen Dabao saw his mother coquettishly acting coquettishly with his grandma, and was so proud that he helped persuade her, "Grandma, don't be angry. Look at how lovely my mother is."

Chen Dabao's words not only amused Chen Ming and A Lu, but also Wang Shi laughed, nodded his head and said, "The most annoying person is you."

The family was thinking about the different sewing baskets and sewing kits they had made, and they all had a lot of expectations for the future, looking forward to June 19th coming soon. Especially Alu, he dreams of getting his leg cured so that he can work more in the future, be strong-armed and protect his family.

After the meal, the rain not only did not stop, but also became heavier and heavier.

There was no way to go to the county town to buy medicine today, so Wang went out in the rain anyway. She was going to Guqiao Village to buy some meat for Chen Ming to replenish his body. Chen Ming was working hard during this period and needed to eat better.

Chen Afu diligently chopped chicken food, and then took his coir raincoat to the backyard to feed the chickens. Chen Mingze continued to weave baskets. The weather turned cold and windy today, so he put on his long coat and a hat and sat in the kitchen to weave.

Alu and Dabao were studying in the east room. After Chen Afu got better from his illness, he was given a lot of work to do. It was stipulated that the two boys must read for an hour in the morning and half an hour in the evening.

After Chen Afu finished feeding the chickens, he returned to the east room. There are more than twenty finished sewing baskets piled in the room. Once the sewing baskets are finished, Wang will take them to the east room and put them there, so as not to be seen by the occasional visitor.

There are round and square sewing baskets, large and small, most of them are made of cattail, and a few are made of thin wicker. The inside and edge of the basket are sewn with fine cloth. The cloth inside the basket is sewed with small flowers and grass made of rags, and the edge of the basket is sewn with two slightly larger flowers made of webbing.

After looking at the sewing basket, she took out two more sewing kits from the kang cupboard and looked at them, smiling even more.

Sewn on one side of the rectangular sewing kit are three lotus flowers and several lotus leaves made of Xijuan. One side of the semicircular sewing kit is sewn with a cartoon dog head made of brocade, with two round black eyes, a black nose, and a red tongue sticking out of the smiling mouth. It is so cute.

The other sides of both sewing kits are the same, with several chrysanthemum buckles woven from cloud satin. The buckle is extremely exquisite and is the finishing touch of the sewing bag. Moreover, this kind of buckle does not exist in this era.

It was also when Wang was making pan buckles before that Chen Afu learned that the pan buckles of this era were relatively simple, which were one-word buckles twisted with strips of cloth or webs and abacus knots made of cloth.

Chen Afu knew that even in the long history of previous lives, the flourishing development of Pankou began in the Qing Dynasty. From one-character buckles to large flower plate buckles imitating animals and plants, and auspicious character buckles coiled into characters, they are becoming more and more exquisite and complex. Later, the buckle was no longer a single button, but also an exquisite decoration. Especially during the Republic of China, the buttons on cheongsam were even more beautiful and varied.

In her previous life, when she was in college, she liked buttons and wrote a paper on buttons. She also looked up a lot of information and looked at many pictures. But she had never done it, because it was very difficult to make exquisite buttons. Not only did she need to be skillful, but she also needed to spend a lot of time and effort, which was more laborious than making a set of clothes.

Although Chen Afu could not make buttons, she had seen them and could say that there was an embroiderer like Wang who was skillful at home. So, she had a new idea. Not only did she want to make different needlework kits, but she also wanted to let the button reform of the Dashun Dynasty start from her family.

Wang was indeed a senior embroiderer. Not only did she quickly understand the essence of needlework kits and buttons, but she also carried them forward and integrated them into the aesthetic characteristics of this era. The things she made were finely crafted and well-matched, and they looked better than those designed by Chen Afu. Chen Afu was very self-aware. Even if he recovered, the things he made could not catch up with one-tenth of those made by Wang.

The fabrics of the needlework kits were all made of brocade. When the first exquisite needlework kit was born, it sparkled the eyes of the whole family.

It's just that making this kind of sewing kit is too time-consuming. I only made six in more than two months. There is only more than half a month until June 19th, and I can make two at most.

Chen Afu has already thought about it. The money thread basket is more popular and will not be priced high, but these sewing kits must be sold at a high price. Because it is not only a sewing kit that women cannot do without, but also a beautiful luxury, and a great revolution in buttons.

This time I only made chrysanthemum buttons. I can make more money by making other buttons in the future.

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