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Chapter 137: Chapter 138: The First New Clothes_1
After breakfast, as the rain began to pitter-patter down, Qiao Duo’er took out her needle and thread to sew clothes.
She was still wearing those dirty trousers, no... she simply couldn’t stand the smell in the house.
Before long, Tan Zhenghong had put on the trousers hand-sewn by his wife.
The trousers fit just right, not too big, not too small.
"Wife, you are the best woman to me in this world," Tan Zhenghong said delightedly.
Qiao Duo’er rolled her eyes, "I just don’t want to see you running around the streets bare-assed, embarrassing both of us, it’s not because I’m good to you!"
Tan Zhenghong didn’t mind Qiao Duo’er’s sharp tongue at all.
Was it really so embarrassing for her to admit that she was good to her husband?
But then again, he knew his wife was good to him, and that was enough.
"Anyway, you’re the first person to ever make me new clothes, Duo’er, thank you!"
Tan Zhenghong said excitedly, and if you looked closely, you could see that his eyes were slightly reddened.
Qiao Duo’er swallowed and asked in disbelief, "You mean... you mean you’ve never worn new clothes as you grew up?"
For someone who had never lacked clothes or food, the idea of never having new clothes in a lifetime was sheer fantasy.
So Qiao Duo’er’s first reaction was that Tan Zhenghong was teasing her.
Tan Zhenghong nodded seriously, it was the truth.
In the past, life at his distant uncle’s place wasn’t good; a single man raising two children wasn’t easy, and since he wasn’t his own flesh and blood, he just wore clothes picked up from other people’s homes.
After returning to the Tan Family, he had three older brothers and it was even less likely for him to get new clothes.
"You are really pitiful," Qiao Duo’er said, patting Tan Zhenghong’s head.
Tan Zhenghong smiled faintly, "What’s there to mind? It’s almost the same for children from a landowner’s family; we all wear hand-me-downs. Wearing new clothes is even happier than the New Year."
It’s just that someone his age who had never worn new clothes was unique to Big Willow Village.
At least other people got new clothes when they got married.
"Then you should be satisfied, look, your very first piece of clothing is even made of fine cloth," Qiao Duo’er said as she felt the trousers, which were much more comfortable than coarse cloth.
Tan Zhenghong hugged his wife, "The most important thing is that you made the clothes."
Qiao Duo’er pursed her lips, meaning to scold Tan Zhenghong a few words, but in the end, she swallowed her words.
Given that he had never worn new clothes for so long, she would forgive him this once.
Their life together was quite harmonious, except for the annoying rain.
It seemed never-ending, right?
It didn’t stop until the next morning, but the sky was still not clear, and it looked like it might rain again soon.
The bad weather, though, couldn’t stop some people’s stirring nerves.
This time, it was a young girl who knocked on the door.
She wore a brand-new, lotus root-colored fine cloth blouse and had her face powdered and eyebrows drawn, obviously having taken care to dress up before coming.
Originally from the neighboring village, Qiao Duo had married into Big Willow Village and didn’t know the people here.
After crossing over, Qiao Duo’er hadn’t made much contact with the villagers, sending Sun Erhu on errands instead, so she didn’t recognize this girl.
The girl looked fair and clean, and appeared to be quite fetching.
But Qiao Duo’er didn’t like her, for no particular reason, perhaps just a clash of auras.
Qiao Duo’er silently criticized herself, wondering if now that she became uglier, she harbored an inexplicable animosity towards pretty girls with good figures?
The world is so wonderful, yet she was so narrow-minded, not good, not good!
As a girl on the path to becoming more beautiful, she needed to maintain a calm mindset, which would help nurture her own skin.
