Chapter 58, Borrowing a sewing machine "Xiao Min, stand up. I will measure your clothes first and then cut them for you."
Inside the house, Chen Guohua took a ruler and started cutting clothes for the little guy.
Chen Xiaoyue and Chen Xiaomei next to them stared with wide eyes.
Even the three Hu Derong siblings looked at it curiously.
There are many aunts in the courtyard who know how to cut clothes. This is one of the survival skills of many women in the context of the times.
Regardless of the fact that they are just full-time housewives, they seem to have no skills.
In fact, this is not the case. They know many skills.
Washing and cooking, cutting clothes, coaxing children, etc., these seem to be ordinary things that everyone can do.
In fact, many men cannot do it.
Chen Guohua is an exception. He can actually cut clothes.
I saw him holding chalk, writing and drawing on the cloth, and soon drew the shape of pants and clothes.
Then pick up the scissors and start cutting.
Then use a sewing machine to sew all parts together.
In less than an hour, a fresh set of clothes was finally released.
"Here, you put it on and try it on to see if it fits you."
The youngest immediately hugged his clothes and pants happily and went to the next room.
In the yard outside, Jiang Yuanchao and the other little brats were all watching eagerly.
With new clothes to wear and meat to eat, why is the Chen family’s life so good?
Soon, Chen Xiaomin, who had changed her clothes, ran back with a face full of surprise.
"Brother, second sister and third sister, do I look good?"
As she spoke, she spun around in circles.
When it comes to zither, you have to look at Chen Xiaomin!
Xiaoyue and Xiaomei both exclaimed, touching the youngest again and again.
The three Hu Derong siblings were full of envy. While they were very happy for Chen Xiaomin and the others, they also hoped that their eldest brother Hu Dexiang could also buy cloth for them.
All little kids are like this, they want everything.
Chen Guohua looked at it and confirmed that he didn't make it too big, and it barely looked suitable.
Practically speaking, it's a bit looser than a fitted fit.
At the door, the neighbor next door, Jiang Tangshi, suddenly appeared, and she said with a smile: "Guohua, are you cutting clothes?"
"Yes, look, aunt, these are the new clothes my eldest brother made for me just now, do they look good?"
Before Chen Guohua could speak, Chen Xiaomin had already trotted over to show off.
Jiang Yuanchao, this little kid, pulled his grandma's clothes and said coquettishly:
"Grandma, I want new clothes too!"
After all, he was her good grandson, so Jiang Tang quickly coaxed him.
He also said that Chen Xiaomin's clothes were too tight and could only be worn for a while.
When she gets a little older, it won't fit anymore.
Clothes should be loose-fitting, so you can still wear them when you are two or three years older.
It seemed that Jiang Yuanchao felt better after saying this, so he stopped acting coquettishly.
After stabilizing Jiang Yuanchao, Jiang Tang said to Chen Guohua:
"Guohua, you are so awesome. No one in our hospital has ever bought a sewing machine."
"Look, we are all neighbors. Can I borrow your sewing machine from now on?"
When the latter saw Jiang Tangshi, he already knew what the other party wanted to do.
In other words, he had already guessed that this would happen when he made up his mind to buy a sewing machine.
In this season of [-], everyone was actually quite poor.
The main reason is that wages are low, and many families support five, six, seven or eight people on one person's entire capital has a population of more than 600 million, and the number of workers must have exceeded [-]. Including government agencies, etc., there are not a few working families.
However, most people who have jobs do not live in large courtyards.
In the entire No. 98 Courtyard, Aunt Jiang's family is currently the only two-income family.
Even if Aunt Jiang's family wants to buy something as big as a sewing machine, they may have saved enough money, but sewing tickets are most likely difficult to obtain.
Watches, bicycles, radios, sewing machines and other large items are things that are difficult for many families to own in this era.
Starting in the 60s, these large items will gradually become popular.
"Aunt Jiang, I'm afraid it won't work for the time being."
Chen Guohua chuckled and said: "I just bought this sewing machine. Our family will be using it recently."
"It will take a while. We won't need it at home. You can just come over and use it."
"But you have to prepare the needles and threads yourself, I won't provide them here."
He is not poor and generous, and will give up anything in order to have a good relationship with his neighbors.
When Jiang Tangshi heard this, she was naturally overjoyed and agreed.
Later, Aunt Wang, Aunt Jiang, Aunt Fang and others also came to Chen Guohua and asked if they could borrow a sewing machine.
It seems that every household has damaged clothes that need to be mended.
All gathered together, as if waiting to be used.
Chen Guohua didn't find it strange at all.
In this era, borrowing things from neighbors is a habit and a manifestation of interpersonal communication.
The old saying goes that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and at this time, it is vividly reflected.
It's not like the later generations. There is no contact between neighbors at all. You don't even know the name of your neighbor or what he looks like.
In addition to borrowing sewing machines, these aunts also complained about Guan Zhiping in the front yard.
After all, this happened at noon today.
And if they want to borrow the Chen family's sewing machine, they must be siding with the Chen family and complaining about Guan Zhiping.
Time flew by, and at 03:30 in the afternoon, Chen Guohua went out.
Outside Chaoyangmen, Guanghua Road, Accessories Factory.
When Chen Guohua arrived, Bai Lichun was still in the office.
When the latter saw Chen Guohua, he asked him to wait for a while before going to the meeting together.
Sure enough, it was the reward conference that Jiang Ruolin and the others discussed in the morning, and many leaders came.
But there are not many workers.
Although I don’t quite understand why not all workers attend such a meeting together.
But Chen Guohua still truly felt that this era was different.
Maybe the production task is more important than anything else, right?
People who come to this conference, among other things, basically get awards.
Chen Guohua also won the advanced individual award from the design department for his seat belt design.
Apart from a piece of paper, the most affordable thing in this reward is a pound of yellow mutton ticket.
He didn't even expect that there was such a reward?
Yellow mutton, this is a very nourishing meat.
Each yellow sheep weighs about kilograms, and its meat yield is only about [-]%.
In other words, the one-pound meat ticket that Chen Guohua received was already a lot.
The second in command, Xue Yajun, just said that these were five yellow sheep sent from a factory in the north.
The maximum meat produced by five yellow sheep is about 140 kilograms.
(End of this chapter)
