usatvline Chapter 102 Sewing Clothes
Chapter 102 Sewing Clothes
She took out two palm-length steel bars from her pocket and handed one to Anjiu.
"This is what I left behind when I worked there. No one knows about it. Look at the tip in the front. I spent a lot of time grinding it."
The Hive has very strict management of controlled weapons, and selling and exchanging them are prohibited.
Ji Zhenzhen was taking a great risk.
If Anjiu betrayed her, she would be expelled from the hive and left to fend for herself in the wilderness...
But it shouldn't.
Ji Zhenzhen quietly watched her grandmother sorting her clothes. An Jiu had concerns, so she would not stab her in the back.
While Ji Zhenzhen was secretly pondering, An Jiu had already carefully examined the steel bar.
The tip is sharp and the overall size is small and easy to control. The key point is that even if the honeycomb finds it, it will not suspect other aspects.
After putting the steel bar away properly, Anjiu asked, "Have you eaten?"
She took out the three rice balls she bought from Pu Huai and placed them in front of Grandma and Ji Zhenzhen respectively.
In fact, this is a means to bring them closer. Ji Zhenzhen is willing to take the risk and give her the weapons she made, which also shows her sincerity in wanting to make friends.
Anjiu naturally wants the same return.
A relationship will only be stronger if it is carefully nurtured, no matter what kind it is.
"I've eaten lunch, and I still have a rice ball at home. You can keep this one, and I won't waste it." Ji Zhenzhen shook her head and refused to take it.
But this behavior made her happy and she became bolder. She licked her lips and told the real purpose of her visit.
"Grandma, could you please help me sew my clothes? I'm clumsy and the needle is too thin. It will be crooked if I pinch it."
Even though she is a girl, she is not good at this kind of delicate work. Once when she sewed clothes, her left index finger was pierced with bloody holes.
"Girl, grandma doesn't have any needles or thread at home, so I really can't help you." Seeing that she couldn't help, grandma felt a little guilty.
"It's okay, it's okay. I have some at home!" Ji Zhenzhen stood up and looked at her expectantly, "Then I'll go back..."
Grandma nodded, "Okay, go get it."
Ji Zhenzhen left happily.
While the two were talking, Anjiu sat beside them and ate rice balls in silence. When she and her grandmother were the only ones left at home, she smiled and joked, "Grandma told me to be careful before, why are you helping others sew clothes today?"
"How can these two be the same?" Grandma glared at her, "This girl works with Captain Pu. I see her all the time. I heard she's in charge of driving, so she's more or less a skilled worker.
"I don't know what level that person is from, and I don't know his background, so I have to persuade you a little. Don't let him deceive you and go astray."
Having said that, grandma couldn't help but say a few more words.
"You can make friends, but you have to know in your heart what kind of people you can't touch. We are people who live a down-to-earth life. It's best for everything to be safe and smooth..."
Anjiu peeled off some of the thin paper around the rice ball and ate it slowly in small bites while listening.
If it were in the past, she would have been very impatient with these nagging, but after losing him, she realized how precious these words were.
Only love and care will cause worry and repeated reminders.
Seeing that she had listened to everything, grandma felt comforted and kept praising her for growing up and becoming sensible.
Anjiu paused chewing, feeling a little sad at the tip of her heart - the price she paid for her growth was too high.
There were sounds of anxious running in the corridor, and grandma stopped talking and said to her, "It must be that girl who is back, Xiaojiu, what's her name?"
"Ji Zhenzhen."
"Oh oh."
As they were talking, Ji Zhenzhen appeared outside the iron gate. She almost couldn't stop herself and crashed into the wall, startling her grandmother so much that she quickly shouted to slow down.
"It's okay, I have thick skin, it doesn't hurt!"
Ji Zhenzhen was holding several pieces of clothes in her arms. She lowered her head to wipe the sweat off her face, then smiled innocently.
"..."
Anjiu refreshed his understanding of her - this was a carefree, somewhat silly, but mechanically proficient girl.
Under her grandmother's arrangement, Ji Zhenzhen placed the four or five pieces of clothes in her arms on the bed.
She took out a palm-sized needle and thread from her pocket and said shyly, "Grandma, several of my clothes are torn. Can you help me sew them? I don't have anything good at home. I only have this piece of peach cake left. You can keep it and eat it."
Ji Zhenzhen took out a paper bag from her other pocket. After being kept for so long, the oil on the peach pastry had seeped through the paper.
"This was given by Captain Pu last time. I didn't want to give it away. I still had food to eat at that time, so I kept it... Anyway, you can keep it for yourself, grandma!"
Seeing Ji Zhenzhen close her eyes and utter the last sentence, An Jiu couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Grandma was also at a loss as to what to do, but food was so precious that she refused to take the peach cake no matter what.
"Take the food back and eat it yourself. I would like to borrow your needle and thread to sew some clothes for Xiaojiu."
Ji Zhenzhen nodded repeatedly, "All right, all right!"
So Anjiu also took off his coat and put it in line behind Ji Zhenzhen's clothes.
The two men stood by their grandmother, one on each side, watching her thread the needle and sew the clothes bit by bit with fine stitches.
None of the three spoke, enjoying the moment.
Grandma has the magical power to slow down time.
It's amazing.
Grandma picked up a bra vest with only a thin string holding the shoulder straps together and muttered, "That won't do. What if it breaks halfway through the journey?"
She took another piece of long thread, folded it in half, and wet the end of the thread. Facing the light outside, she squinted her eyes to aim at the needle hole, and after two tries she managed to thread the thread through the needle.
"I didn't expect that my eyes were still good enough to see clearly."
Drink wine and smile.
After mending this one, grandma picked up another one and shook it open. There was only one long sleeve on it, and the other side was empty, with a long tear, and only a small knot tied to fix it.
When I changed into another pair of pants, I found that the knees of the pants were worn out and the elastic band on the waist had no elasticity. They were so loose that a person weighing 200 pounds could easily wear them.
"These two pieces are not important for now, grandma, I need to wear this one urgently."
Ji Zhenzhen found a pair of pants of unknown color from the remaining clothes.
"The crotch line broke when I squatted down, and there was a hole at the knee. Oh, both knees are torn. Grandma, can you tighten the waistband? I was swaying when I put them on, and I was always worried that they would fall down!"
She held up her pants and gestured, and grandma listened carefully, but Anjiu's smile gradually faded.
Although the family was poor, grandma never let Xiaojiu wear such tattered and tattered clothes, and she would do whatever she could to mend them.
But as for Ji Zhenzhen, it's obvious that no one cares about her or loves her.
No wonder she was nervous and at a loss when she saw her grandmother. After all, Ji Zhenzhen was a child who lacked love and didn't know what to do when she saw an elder who fulfilled her imagination.
Anjiu stood up and took a sip of water to suppress his thoughts.
Ji Zhenzhen also stood up. She looked at the dead branches and the stove placed against the wall and asked curiously, "You dug the soil a few days ago just to make this, right? What's the use of it?"