Chapter 34

Hu Xianglan is not a particularly good mother-in-law, but she is definitely not a bad one. However, at this moment, she seems to be possessed by a villain and is determined to target Xu Ning.

“It’s because I don’t know how to use it that I asked you to teach me~” Xu Ning was not angry at all, but was extremely friendly. “I would be satisfied if I could learn half of your skills, so that I can make small clothes for my children in the future.”

The word “child” instantly hit Hu Xianglan’s vital point, and most of the words she had planned were useless.

Forget it, I’ll just consider this money as spending on my beloved grandson!

It’s worth it!

Xu Ning smiled as she watched Hu Xianglan take out a small dozen Da Tuanjie cigarettes from her pocket, but she hid the smile in her eyes so well that Hu Xianglan didn’t notice.

Hu Xianglan slowly placed the money on the sewing machine table and was reluctant to take it away for a long time. It was two hundred yuan!

But Xu Ning was very concerned about the money, and if she didn’t give it to her, she wouldn’t know what would happen.

For the sake of her future grandson, she slowly withdrew her hand and said, “I got this money back from Hu Xianglan. She did secretly embezzle 200 yuan.”

“Isn’t this a scam? Mom, have you told her address to other people who have been cheated so that they can also ask her for money.” Xu Ning is a money-grubber, she knows it very well, so when she saw the twenty big unity bills, her heart rate did not drop below 140. She understood a little bit the feeling of getting rich overnight.

Those were just polite words. After all, you can’t just take it and leave. The false relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law still has to be hypocritically maintained.

No, from today on, there will only be sincere feelings between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. How can a mother-in-law who can give her 200 yuan not be a good mother-in-law!

Hu Xianglan couldn’t help wanting to take the money back and count it, but she felt that there might be one more bill, so she absentmindedly lied to her, “I told you, but I think Qian Sanhong will definitely move away, and it will be even harder to find her in the future.”

“Anyway, our family’s betrothal money will be returned.” Xu Ning had never expected to get it back. It seemed that the last time she acted out at the police station was in vain, and Qian Sanhong was still at large.

As a victim, she could report the case, but after reporting the case, she would definitely not be able to stay in the He family. It was true that she wanted to do good things, but it would not be okay to harm her own interests.

Hu Xianglan felt a lot of emotion. She was deceived at such an old age and suffered heavy losses.

“I must be more careful when dealing with people I don’t know in the future. Who would have thought that Qian Sanhong, who looked so kind, was actually a big liar.”

“That’s true! You can judge a person by his appearance but not by his heart.” Xu Ning put the cloth in his hand on the sewing machine, took the two hundred yuan and put it in his pocket, and said calmly: “Come, teach me how to hold the scissors.”

As she said this, she held the scissors in her hand and asked her mother-in-law to see if her posture was correct.

She didn’t show any modesty at all? Would it be considered as even giving her one or two tickets as hard work money?

Hu Xianglan originally wanted to make Xu Ning angry. Once she got angry, she would deduct half of the money on the grounds that Xu Ning was unfilial and disrespectful to her elders. However, she did not expect that Xu Ning had such a good temper. She was not angry even when she spoke to her in such a bad manner.

Since squeezing the money didn’t work, she hoped that Xu Ning was thin-skinned and perhaps was too embarrassed to take it?

Even if I take it, maybe I would feel embarrassed to take it all?

In the end, none of them were guessed correctly. Xu Ning took the money without any hesitation, and his hand was very smooth!

“Do you have insurance for this much money? Otherwise, I’ll keep it for you?” Hu Xianglan was unwilling to give up and wanted to warn her, hoping that she would understand what she meant.

Xu Ning’s pocket for money was on the other side, deliberately not on the side close to Hu Xianglan. She moved her body to the side to hide the pocket further away. “Mom, it’s so convenient to deposit money at a credit union now. Isn’t it safer than keeping it at home? I’ll go deposit it tomorrow.”

Seeing her leaving her alone, Hu Xianglan couldn’t help but say sarcastically, “You even know about the credit union~”

“Mom, look at what you said. I came from the countryside, not from the underground. There is a credit union in our town.” Xu Ning held the scissors in her hand and cut the other large piece of cloth along the small side. “Can you see if I cut it correctly?”

Hu Xianglan didn’t say anything until she finished cutting a circle before she spoke: “It’s crooked. Now the other piece is small and this piece is big.”

Xu Ning compared it and said, oh, it’s true!

Then try again and cut the bigger piece a little more, repeating this process over and over again until the two pieces of cloth are exactly the same size.

But there wasn’t much cloth left, just enough to fit the puppy next door.

The sewing machine was Hu Xianglan’s treasure. She was reluctant to let Xu Ning destroy it, so she sat beside her and supervised her.

Xu Ning stepped down, and she felt so distressed, “Step lightly, don’t use so much force!”

Xu Ning was walking backwards, and she was disgusted, “Don’t keep walking backwards, follow the rhythm of the machine, don’t study blindly on your own.”

No matter how many obstacles there were, Xu Ning managed to create a pseudonym.

Because she cut the fabric too much, the original sleeves were too big to be installed and could only be made into a vest.

The success of the vest boosted Xu Ning’s confidence, but she was reluctant to practice with the three pieces of clothing, and shamelessly went to He Beian to ask for a piece of clothing that he couldn’t wear.

Xu Ning tried on a blue and white striped short-sleeved shirt and found it was long enough to be used as a skirt.

You can try to make some changes. If you succeed, that’s great. If you fail, just take it as experience.

She can operate the sewing machine and cut fabrics, so what else can stump her?

Hu Xianglan sat on the sofa beside her and ignored her. She said that she disliked her for being stupid, but she was actually quite surprised. Xu Ning was better than her. She was not so fast when she learned to sew with a sewing machine. It took her two days to figure it out.

Xu Ning studied from day until it was dark outside, from the afternoon until He Wanjiao got out of school, and from after lunch until he had no time for dinner.

Sew and then take down, sew again and take down again.

The fabric couldn’t stand it after being torn apart so many times, and small holes visible to the naked eye appeared in some places.

What to do if there is a hole? Just move the seam inward a little, and inadvertently move it in quite a bit.

When the skirt was finished, the size was much smaller than Xu Ning’s original measurement. She was not willing to give up and sneaked back to her room to try it on.

She could fit into the dress, but the loose-fitting style became slim-fitting, especially the waist area, which stuck tightly to her body, making her already thin waist look even thinner.

After all, it was the result of her hard work for most of the afternoon, and Xu Ning wanted to show off. It wasn’t too cold outside, so she trotted into the kitchen in her skirt.

Seeing that she was busy, He Wanjiao did not disturb her when she came back from school and stayed in the kitchen with Hu Xianglan.

The kitchen door was opened, and everyone in the kitchen turned to look over. Hu Xianglan, He Wanjiao, and He Beian who was washing his hands…

There was no way to stop the words from coming out of her mouth. Xu Ning heard herself proudly and happily asking, “How is it? Doesn’t the skirt I made look good~”

“It looks good, sister-in-law!” He Wanjiao was particularly supportive. As soon as Xu Ning finished speaking, she replied excitedly.