"Mom, I have enough clothes, but you guys should buy some," Xu Nianhua said with a sweet smile, brushing aside her previous thoughts. "Mom, you are already so good to us siblings. I think you and Dad are the best mom and dad in the world."
Xu Nianhua, with her sweet words, made Ji Ying extremely happy. She said, "Mom, I’ll go to the county tomorrow and buy some cashmere to make clothes for my future little nephews and nieces."
"I also need to get some cotton fabric to make some clothes for the kids myself."
"And we need to get some padded quilts too. They have to be made with new cotton to be warm."
"We need more diapers so we can change them frequently."
Thinking about seeing her grandsons or granddaughters in nine months filled Ji Ying with immense joy.
"Mom, how about we buy a sewing machine?" Xu Nianhua suggested as they looked at the fabrics they had bought. It seemed a bit inconvenient to borrow one from someone else’s home.
Besides making clothes for the child, Ji Ying also wanted to make two pairs of trousers for Xu Qinghe.
Almost instantly, Ji Ying was tempted.
Mother and daughter agreed quickly, and they brought the sewing machine home.
When the sewing machine was carried home, everyone in the village was extremely envious.
A sewing machine cost a good amount of money. Everyone speculated that the Xu family’s financial situation had truly changed from before—it was becoming more prosperous day by day.
When Liu Sanmei heard that Ji Ying had bought a sewing machine, she couldn’t help but sneer, saying disdainfully, "It’s just a sewing machine. What’s so great about it?"
She had completely forgotten that when she first brought home a sewing machine, she couldn’t wait to tell the whole world.
She locked the sewing machine in her room, unwilling to let her daughters-in-law touch it.
In the end, seeing that Ji Ying was quite skilled, the task of sewing and mending clothes and trousers in the family fell to Ji Ying.
"Grandma," Xu Zhihao’s voice rang out.
Liu Sanmei’s eyes instantly lit up, and she said happily, "Has my Zhihao come back?"
"Grandma, I’m back," Xu Zhihao, dressed in a suit and wearing leather shoes, said as he carried liquor and snacks that Liu Sanmei loved.
Xu Zhihao took the items off his bike, his face red from the cold.
"Why didn’t your wife come back with you?"
Liu Sanmei, seeing Xu Zhihao come back alone, was immediately displeased.
"Grandma, Qiuyun is pregnant, and it’s cold outside. She wanted to come, but I didn’t let her," Xu Zhihao explained with a smile. "What if she fell on the way? That would involve your great-grandson."
In fact, Shen Qiuyun didn’t want to come back to the Xu family at all, so Xu Zhihao could only explain it this way.
"That’s true, she’s pregnant and does need to be careful."
Liu Sanmei happily pulled Xu Zhihao back into the house, eagerly asking how his wife’s pregnancy was going and if she was eating well.
"Great, it’s going really well. Grandpa, Grandma, this time Qiuyun also sent some liquor and snacks that you love, and she even bought clothes for all of you from South City. They are really nice."
Xu Zhihao began taking out the items one by one.
"Brother, is this my dress? It’s so pretty!" Xu Jiaojiao immediately spotted a pink cotton-padded jacket with lace, and her eyes lit up instantly. The pink jacket with lace looked particularly beautiful.