Chapter 354: Chapter 353: Sister-in-law Jiang
"It doesn’t matter if you don’t. Usually, if some classmates don’t come to class at night, there’s no need to specifically go to school to ask for leave unless they haven’t come for a week and there’s no news. Then the teacher might ask nearby classmates to check up on them."
"Okay."
In the middle of the night, the temperature suddenly dropped. The next morning, I got up and saw that there was frost on the ground.
The sky was gloomy. Luckily, when Lin Wan came, she had brought a knitted cardigan. Wearing a cardigan at home is fine, but if you’re going outside, you have to wear a wool coat to look good.
If the temperature drops some more, I’ll have to wear a thin cotton-padded jacket.
When Han Yi left in the morning, he said he might not come back for lunch and told her not to wait for him.
Lin Wan was fine, wearing clothes and sitting on the kang knitting a scarf. Sister-in-law Zhang came over after a while and dragged her to visit Jiang Ailian’s house, which was the second house in the row in front of them.
The layout was the same, and the tables and cabinets were the type uniformly distributed by the team, so there was nothing to compare here.
Jiang Ailian’s home was very clean. When Director Shen was at the camp, she was the only one at home. Usually, when there’s nothing to do, she’d only find someone to chat with. Women together always talk about domestic affairs to pass the time.
When they arrived, Jiang Ailian was making shoes at home.
"Saozi is already making cotton shoes." Lin Wan couldn’t make shoes, her mom could, but she only made single shoes, not these particularly thick northern ones.
They bought cotton shoes to wear in the winter.
"I’m just idle, might as well make a few more pairs at home. In winter, the men wear out shoes easily. They often get wet with snow, so I prepare a few more pairs for him." Jiang Ailian laughed and invited them to quickly get on the kang.
"That’s right." Only then did Lin Wan notice that Sister-in-law Zhang was holding a shoe sole.
"Xiao Wan, are you starting to knit a sweater again?"
At this moment, Lin Wan was holding the yarn, already halfway through.
"No, it’s a scarf."
"Speaking of sweaters, I’ve been knitting one for Brother Shen these few days, but I’m slow at it, and it’s still just a piece now." Last time in the city, she specially bought several pounds of yarn home.
Jiang Ailian said as she took out a half-knitted sweater from the wardrobe.
She stopped making shoes and kept Lin Wan company by knitting the sweater.
"Last time, Xiao Wan taught me to knit a sweater, and in the spring I knitted one for each of my two kids. I didn’t even knit one for myself. Next month’s paycheck, no matter what, I have to knit one for myself."
"We women always care too much for our men and kids, reluctant to eat or wear anything good. We work hard and turn ourselves into yellow-faced women. In the end, the men even look down on us. So, we must be a bit kinder to ourselves."
Jiang Ailian’s words made Lin Wan secretly give her a thumbs up. "Saozi, you’re absolutely right."
"By the way, there’s a local market this morning. Let’s go take a stroll. We don’t have many groceries left at home these days," Sister-in-law Zhang suddenly suggested.
"Sure, let’s go now," Jiang Ailian was bored at home, even if they didn’t buy anything, a walk would do.
Lin Wan thought about the few things left at home and nodded. They each went home to get baskets.
There was a basket in Lin Wan’s yard. She took ten yuan when she left.
Lin Wan didn’t feel like eating meat anymore. Apart from some leftovers at home, there wasn’t much else.
"Isn’t the market every morning? How come it’s starting in the afternoon too?" The three of them walked over, and Lin Wan curiously asked along the way.