Chapter 112: Chapter 112
When Feng Minghua and Liu Lingling arrived at Bai Ruxue’s house, they had already started working.
Today, both Bai Ruyun and Bai Ruxue had taken the day off, and Bai Ruyun began working as soon as she got the measurements.
She said she wanted to make a couple outfit for the two of them, using black and red, and decorate the cuffs and collar for both.
Bai Ruxue didn’t mind her, as she trusted she could do it well.
Helping her grandma and her mom, Wang Cuihua, with the bedding.
"Mom... Sis, you guys started already? Walking over just slows us down! Why didn’t you wait for us?" Liu Lingling remarked as soon as she entered and saw the three people on the northern kang making bedding.
The two children were placed on the southern kang and were already asleep, so the northern kang was used for making bedding! The fabric was spread all over the floor as they stuffed the cotton.
"You’re here! Come warm up first! Sit!" Wang Cuihua called out coolly.
Not talking wasn’t good either, so she had to greet them nonchalantly.
"I’ll go get you some water!" Bai Ruxue resignedly got up to fetch water.
But they didn’t have the same treatment as grandma; no tea or sugar water, just plain boiled water!
"Oh... there’s a sewing machine at home? Cuihua, your life must be really good!" Feng Minghua, not as simple as Liu Lingling, went around observing.
She noticed the bicycle and saw the watch on Bai Ruxue’s wrist, so when she entered, she first looked at the wrists of the family members in her sister-in-law’s house, finding no watches, but she did see Bai Ruyun making clothes at the sewing machine.
Amazed, she exclaimed.
"Sis-in-law, lower your voice, the two little nephews are sleeping!" Liu Lingling said, pointing to the two kids on the southern kang.
Because she noticed Wang Cuihua’s face instantly turned unpleasant.
"Ah! My big voice! Sorry, sorry!" Feng Minghua apologized immediately, but her eyes remained glued to the sewing machine, watching Bai Ruyun making clothes without blinking.
"Xiao Xia... are those clothes for your uncle and aunt?" Feng Minghua simply stood up and walked over to Bai Ruyun to take a closer look.
"My name is Bai Ruyun!" Bai Ruyun replied softly yet blandly.
"Oh, so you’re the sister? Big sister-in-law can’t even recognize you, you two look so much alike."
Bai Ruyun pursed her lips. Had they seen the two of them before? Couldn’t even recognize them; they look so similar.
She replied blandly once more, "I’m the older sister!"
This left Feng Minghua thoroughly embarrassed, standing there with her mouth open, not knowing what to say.
"Aunt, have some water!" Bai Ruxue returned with the water for the two of them.
"Oh!" Feng Minghua then found a stepping stone, quickly walked back, picked up the cup, and regardless of the heat, brought it to her lips to mask her embarrassment.
At this moment, the two children woke up, crying as soon as they did.
"Sis, you comfort the kids! I’ll take over making the bedding!" Liu Lingling, being observant, quickly went over to replace Wang Cuihua.
Bai Ruxue also came over to help hold the kids, leaving Feng Minghua with no time to observe Bai Ruyun making clothes, having to get busy with work too. Google seaʀᴄh novel[f]ire.net
If they had known these two would help with the bedding, Bai Ruxue would have sent the fabric and cotton over in the morning.
She figured Wang Cuihua couldn’t come over because of the kids, so she had brought grandma back.
"Mom, when we got married, we didn’t have it this good. Although Yongsheng is getting married a bit late, his treatment surpasses even what the two of us together received! Right, Lingling?" Feng Minghua said smiling, but her words were unpleasant to hear.
"Big sister-in-law, third brother got lucky! This was all given by sister to the young couple?" Liu Lingling added, "When we got married, sister couldn’t afford anything nice!"
Liu Lingling implied that now sister can afford it, but she only gave it to the third brother, leaving them out.
Li Xiuying listened to her two daughters-in-law chatting, unable to say anything, as they hadn’t explicitly asked for anything, leaving her with nothing to say. She simply sped up her hands, hoping to finish up quickly and take these two away, sparing her daughter any trouble.
"Cuihua! Isn’t this fabric and cotton expensive? The fabric looks sturdy; I’ve never seen such good fabric!" Feng Minghua became even more brazen, seeing her mother-in-law remain silent.
Wang Cuihua was busy with the kids, unable to respond, but Bai Ruxue, holding Bai Rucai and comforting them, had the opportunity to speak.
"I say, Aunt, whether this fabric is expensive or not, it’s our intention. My mom, being the elder sister, gave clothes and bedding; you two are the brother and sister-in-law, eldest brother like father, eldest sister-in-law like mother, what are you going to give?" This left Feng Minghua stunned.
Her original intention was to make Wang Cuihua feel embarrassed so that when they left, they would gift them something too, but she did not expect to get herself involved.
"I... I..." Feng Minghua stammered, unable to speak.
"And you, second sister-in-law, as the second sister-in-law, what have you prepared for your younger brother-in-law’s wedding?" Bai Ruxue clearly heard everything. Although the second sister-in-law didn’t exclaim like the first, she was secretly causing trouble too. Can’t leave her out.
"Xiao Xue, your third uncle’s wedding was sudden; we only found out yesterday afternoon, so we didn’t have time to prepare. Can’t even go to the supply and marketing cooperative, but we’ll make it up to him later!" Liu Lingling said with a smile.
However, inwardly, she blamed the big sister-in-law for being tactless with her words; she was just short of directly asking Wang Cuihua, was it any surprise people got upset.
"No need to make it up later, isn’t the wedding tomorrow? Although we can’t afford to invite the whole village for a feast, there are quite a few relatives on both sides, and we need to prepare for five or six tables. Preparing six dishes per table isn’t cheap; if you have any dried vegetables at home, bring some over, and if they can make up two dishes, that’s enough! Sauerkraut, dried beans, anything goes!"
Bai Ruxue did not hesitate to ask; unlike the two of them, she simply asked directly to see if they would give anything. Just asking for some sauerkraut and dried beans, every household prepared dried vegetables for winter; I don’t believe you didn’t prepare any.
She wasn’t sure about weddings here, and the original owner had never attended one either, but she heard from her mom last night that usually there are four dishes: sauerkraut, potatoes, dried beans, tofu with soybeans.
So, she decided to help prepare six dishes to stand out, and it wasn’t too much to ask for two dishes from her two uncles.
"Alright! We still have plenty of sauerkraut at home; I’ll bring some over!" Liu Lingling agreed before Feng Minghua had a chance to react, still upset and remorseful.
Since a protruding head would get cut and a retracting head would too, she simply agreed; she was in charge at home, and besides, it was for Shusheng’s brother, who wouldn’t have any objection.
The most crucial point was that it’s already spring, and sauerkraut would spoil in a few days, while dried beans can last until summer, so she quickly agreed to send the sauerkraut, thus preserving the dried beans at home.
She did these things intending to favor the big sister-in-law; now that their lives were getting better, considering how well she treated her in-laws and younger brother-in-law, she expected them to think of her more in good times, right?
"Then big sister-in-law can contribute the dried beans! Two dishes solved, Grandma, do we have potatoes and cabbage at home?" Bai Ruxue asked Li Xiuying.
"We have plenty, potatoes, cabbage, turnips, lots!" Li Xiuying quickly replied.
"Great, we have black fungus at home; later we can order two plates of tofu from the Gao Family to make six dishes? Our family will provide the grain! We still have relief grain at home! In a while, you can grind the corn into meal! Just in time to bake cornbread tomorrow!"
Without waiting for Feng Minghua to refuse, Bai Ruxue had already arranged everything, making it too late for her to say no!