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Ger Qiu worked at Lin’s Restaurant. The proprietress of Duji Cloth Shop and Ji Ru came to the restaurant every day. Ger Qiu was afraid it would affect the store’s business, so he asked Lin Lixuan for leave.
Lin Lixuan had no choice but to mind the store himself. He could only watch as all the vegetables and fruits in the store sell out. He really lost the bet with Ger Yan.
It was fine if he lost, but he was afraid that the people in the county town would have the impression that the fruits produced by the Lin family were sour!
Once this opinion was formed, the consequences would be unimaginable.
What if the fruit they grew next year was sweet and someone came to say it didn’t taste right?!!!
That was ridiculous.
As long as he thought this might happen, Lin Lixuan couldn’t help but stroke his forehead and sigh.
At night, he lay on the wooden bed. The wooden bed was made this year. The faint smell of wood still hadn’t faded. There were two thick quilts underneath them. Even if they tossed and turned, it wouldn’t hurt their bones.
There was a lit lamp on the wooden table. The candle flame was dim, and the flame shook in the wind. It flickered under his eyes.
Ger Yan came back after washing his hands. The hair behind him was scattered, and the long black hair reached his waist. The color was a beautiful black like black sesame seeds soaked in oil.
It might be because of his big appetite, and after eating a lot and getting sufficient nutrition, Ger Yan’s hair grew extremely fast. He had to comb it a hundred times before going to bed every night.
He took off his shoes and was about to head to bed, when he was taken into Lin Lixuan’s arms. Lin Lixuan, who had been thinking for a long time, was depressed and said, “Ger Yan, I lost the bet. Tell me what you want me to do.”
Ger Yan pushed back his hair to reveal a smooth and full forehead. He was surprised. “Is it all sold out?”
The corners of Lin Lixuan’s mouth twitched. He pinched a strand of Ger Yan’s long hair and gently combed it for him. “Wait a few more days and it’ll all be sold out. I never would have guessed that the results would be like this. Anyway, the ending is for certain. It’s only a matter of time before one of us wins or loses. Ger Yan, tell me, what do you want?:
Lin Lixuan had been tossing and turning in bed just now, thinking about who would win the bet. After thinking, he kept wondering what his baby Ger Yan would do to punish him.
He was genuinely curious.
Ger Yan sat on the edge of the bed, put his fingers on his chin, and spoke his thoughts out loud, “…I haven’t thought of it yet.”
Ger Yan felt that this win or loss was meaningless. The requirements he usually set for Lin-dage had already been set. He didn’t seem to have any other requirements for the other party.
“Then you can just think of a request and I’ll do it. Otherwise, I won’t be able to sleep peacefully.”
Lin Lixuan didn’t want to give Ger Yan the ability to blackmail him whenever he wanted.
Ger Yan got on the bed and laid out the guilt. Out of the corner of his eyes, he suddenly saw the clothes placed in the corner of the bed, so he suddenly thought, “You’ll do one request, right? Then, Lin-dage, make me a piece of clothing.”
“Huh?” Lin Lixuan thought of many requests Ger Yan could make, but he didn’t expect this one. This was actually Ger Yan’s request. To make him a piece of clothing. He’d never done needlework before.
Ger Yan had been with him for a long time, and would often do things that surprised others.
These days, the things that surprised him were coming one after another.
He took Ger Yan into his arms and wrapped around him like a koala. He whispered in his ear, “Ger Yan, baby, how did you come up with the idea of me making clothes for you? Why are you making things so difficult for me?”
Lin Lixuan had lived two lives, and in both, he’d never even picked up a needle and thread to sew something for himself.
Ger Yan was surprised and confused. “Is this a difficult request?” In their family, not only could he make clothes, Ger Yu could as well. Don’t even mention Zhao Liniang, who used to make money by doing needlework in the county town.
“…” Lin Lixuan was speechless. The only one in the Lin family who couldn’t do needlework was him.
It turned out that Ger Yan wanted him to learn this skill as well?
The most important thing for a family was to be neat and tidy…
“If you can’t do it, Lin-dage, I’ll change the request.” Ger Yan blinked his watery eyes as if to say, “If you can’t do it, then just tell me. I won’t make things difficult for you.”
“No, no, no, no. How could I not do your request when I already promised you? Ger Yan, don’t worry. Just wait to wear the new clothes that I, Lin-dage, made for you.”
Lin Lixuan boasted. He thought to himself, wasn’t it just making clothes? He just needed to use a needle, thread, and fabric. It should be simple! There’s nothing that couldn’t be done.
And so the next day, he asked Ger Yu to teach him.
Ger Yu, who was only 10 years old, already knew how to do needlework pretty well. He had the posture of an older brother. He picked up the needle and thread and demonstrated to Lin Lixuan: Brother-in-law, look. This is how you thread the needle…Tie the knot like this… This is called the back stitch.”
Lin Lixuan only looked once then said, “…It seems simple. Very simple…
Ger Yu smiled. “It is very simple.”
For such a simple thing, you could learn it after seeing it once. Now that he learned it, he could try it.
It was very easy to measure the clothes. Nobody knew Ger Yan’s body better than him. He knew his measurements without even having to measure him.
Lin Lixuan picked up a bolt of red silk cloth. He rubbed his hand over it, then boldly used the scissors to cut it. Cutting fabric was very fascinating, especially for a novice. Doing it for the first time, he thought it was both novel and exciting.
It was easy to thread the thread into the pinhole. He had a good eye, and he was able to do it at the first try. He tied a knot. Good. The knot was perfect.
Threading the needle became very easy. Wasn’t it just sewing and threading? The simple action was repeated, and it was very simple.
No, it wasn’t easy at all.
Lin Lixuan thought this after two hours.
His fingers had been pricked by the needle countless times, especially his right index finger. That was the area that had been hit the most. It didn’t matter if he was pricked by needles. It was normal since the pinhole was small, and he was a manly man who wasn’t afraid of pain. What made him feel more helpless was the knot that could never be untied.
The threat would always somehow get knotted. My lord. When he watched Ger Yan sew clothes, he never saw this happen, so why was it happening now?
The thread was going against him.
Lin Lixuan scratched his ears and cheeks and tried to untie the knot. Ger Yu secretly laughed on the side. Ger Yan, who was hiding by the door, saw this situation and couldn’t help but laugh too. He quickly covered his mouth and ran to find Zhao Liniang and share this matter with his mother.
Zhao Liniang covered her mouth and smiled. “I have made clothes for him for over ten years and he has never made any for me. I’ll have to ask him to make me a set one day.”
Ger Yan quickly nodded.
Zhao Liniang sighed. “Look at his silliness. Haha, it got knotted again.”
This damn knot. It couldn’t be undone. The helpless Lin Lixuan had to cut it with scissors.
After working for several days, he didn’t write or visit the fruit trees he planted. He competed with the pile of clothes and needle and thread all day long until clothes had finally formed. The clothes he made for Ger Yan looked like a piece of clothing. But if you took a closer look, the stitches and length was crooked and twisted. There were also countless leftover threads.
When Ger Yan saw this, he persuaded Lin-dage with a distressed expression. “Lin-dage, don’t do it anymore. The request for our bet will be complete even if you don’t finish it.”
Lin Lixuan put aside the red cloth, needle and thread in his hand, and took Ger Yan’s hand instead. He asked him to sit down beside him. He pinched his tender little face. “Why won’t you let me do it? Wait a few more days and the clothes will be ready.”
“…” Ger Yan glanced at the pile of red cloth and whispered, “The clothes you made can’t be worn, so don’t waste the fabric.”
Ger Yan felt the other party use more force while pinching his face. The pain increased. Lin Lixuan laughed, met his eyes, then said, “Ger Yan, Lin-dage is sad to hear you say something like that. In a normal family, if the husband made clothes for the wife, then the wife should happily wear it.”
Ger Yan said, “Look at the sleeve, it’s twisted. And the waist area… I can’t wear it, so Lin-dage shouldn’t do this work in vain.”
If it couldn’t be worn, why didn’t you say so sooner!!!
Lin Lixuan was depressed as he pressed Ger Yan into his arms and vigorously rubbed his back. “..These days, you three have been watching and laughing behind my back, right? Since you’ve watched enough, you’re finally letting me stop, right?”
“Lin-dage, you knew?”
“I heard my mother talking about me behind my back saying: that silly child is still sewing. I can’t bear to look. My god, he’s ruining the good clothes. It’s hurting my heart.” Lin Lixuan copied Zhao Liniang’s voice and said.
Ger Yan pursed his lips, but his slightly bulging cheeks could reveal that he was trying to cover his laugh. “Okay, Lin-dage, let’s eat.”
“Wait.” Lin Lixuan grabbed Ger Yan’s hand. “The request I promised you has been fulfilled and you tortured me for a few days. Will there be any compensation?”
“Compensation?” You were the one who lost the bet, how can you be shameless enough to ask for compensation?
“You saw me make a fool of myself these days. I got no credit for my hard work, so shouldn’t you compensate me? If you don’t, then I can take the compensation for myself.”
Ger Yan didn’t understand his words at that time. When he was used as silk cloth that night, and a super thick sewing needle sewed through him, he wanted to cry.
Ger Yan got up late the next day. When he opened his eyes, he was already on the donkey cart. The wind was blowing, and he smelled the fragrance of the leaves. The donkey stepped on the branches, causing a crunch.
Lin Lixuan was sitting in front of him. He didn’t notice that he’d woken up. Ger Yan slightly hooked the corner of his mouth. His long hair was scattered around him. He pushed the hair off his lips and remembered how during this time last year, he was with Lin-dage every single day, rushing to the county town early. The scene of the past vaguely appeared in front of him.
A few days later, Lin Lixuan received red clothes, which had been made from the cloth he’d struggled with a few days ago. Ger Yan’s power to turn trash in magic was amazing. Lin Lixuan had cut the fabric according to Ger Yan’s size, and Lin Lixuan was more than half a head taller than Ger Yan. But Ger Yan had changed the size of the cloth to fit him beautifully.
The new fabric didn’t look like it was added later. He was patient and meticulously stitched it to match the original pattern.
In the past year, Ger Yan had made him several pieces of clothing. Lin Lixuan had never been so touched before. He looked at the row of delicate needles and threads, and he could feel the deep affection Ger Yan had for him.
