A car accident, our family of three crossed

Chapter 245 Sun Jiabao's Sister

Song Ning just watched the affairs of He Dazhu's family as a fun event. She did not even see the end of the event and left first. However, she heard later that He Li was picked up by her family members.

Song Ning walked with Shi Tou Niang, and when they passed by Sun's house, they went in and sat down.

In the yard, a young girl was doing needlework. When she saw Song Ning coming, she shyly called her sister-in-law and then got up and went back to the house.

This girl is the daughter of the Sun family, named Baomei. She is very introverted and doesn't like to go out. She hides when she sees people. Song Ning has been in this era for so long and is very familiar with the Sun family, but he has only seen this girl twice.

"Hey, this damn girl, I don't know who she inherited this temper from." Aunt Sun looked at her daughter's back and sighed.

Song Ning smiled and tried to smooth things over, "The little girl is shy, and it's inevitable that she will feel embarrassed when she meets someone she's not familiar with."

"She's not from anywhere. We're all from the same village." Aunt Sun was also worried about her daughter's personality. "You know, no one in our family is like this. I don't know who this girl takes after."

Song Ning thought about it, it was true, Aunt Sun was straightforward and lively, she could talk to anyone in the village, and Qinglai of their family took after her. Uncle Sun was honest and simple, a farmer, and the eldest son Sun Xilai took after him.

But he is just an honest and decent person, not like Sun Baomei, who is shy and wants to hide when she sees people.

Song Ning couldn't make any comment, so he could only change the subject, "I remember that Baomei got engaged at the beginning of the year, right? Which village is she from, and when was the date set?"

"It's the family in Xiatang Village next to our village. The date is set for late August." Aunt Sun clapped her hands, her face almost blooming with joy.

Speaking of her daughter's marriage, Aunt Sun finally put down a big thing in her mind. Because of the girl's temperament, she had always been worried about her marriage, fearing that her husband's family would dislike her dumb temperament. Fortunately, it has been decided, and Qinglai is the only one left to worry about. Now Qinglai is going to learn a craft from Shuisheng, so his marriage is not so worrying.

"That day is coming soon." It is now June and very close to August.

Shitou Niang nodded and said, "That's right, my sister-in-law has been hiding in the house embroidering wedding dresses recently!"

"What is the character of that family like?" Song Ning couldn't help but ask.

"That family has three brothers. The eldest is married. The one my sister-in-law is talking about is the second oldest. We have asked someone about him and they said he is a good worker and an honest person."

Shitou Niang continued, "The third child in their family hasn't gotten married yet, but he's a scholar! It's a good thing to have a scholar in the family. If he's good at studying and can pass the imperial examination and become a scholar in the future, then Baomei and her husband can also benefit from it."

Song Ning didn't want to discourage them. How could it be so easy to pass the examination and become a scholar?

Moreover, this family reminded her of Chen Laoer’s original family. In a family with many brothers, whoever is honest will have to suffer.

Baomei is an introverted person with a good temper. If she marries an honest man who only knows how to work, and if the parents of that man are also partial, I am afraid that they will be like Chen Laoer and his wife in the future, bullied by brothers and sisters-in-law until nothing is left of them.

However, in this case, as an outsider, Song Ning couldn't say anything. Everyone has his own fate. I hope that the two elders in that family are well!

The noises of their conversation in the yard were quite loud. Sun Baomei went back to her room and sat by the window embroidering a handkerchief, but she could still hear them talking about her marriage outside. Her little face was as red as an apple.

She stayed in the room for a long time, mentally preparing herself for the moment, before she finally mustered up the courage to open the door and go out.

The three people in the yard saw her come out, all three of them were surprised and stared at her. No one spoke first, just wanting to see what she was going to do.

"Um, sister-in-law, sister-in-law..." Her voice was very soft, but fortunately people could still hear clearly what she said. It was obvious that she was calling Song Ning sister-in-law, because she always called Shi Tou Niang sister-in-law or sister-in-law.

Sun Baomei stood in front of Song Ning, her little face flushed red, and the handkerchief in her hand was about to be wrung out of water.

The girl's timid nature made Song Ning think more and more that she should marry a stronger man who can protect her. Otherwise, if she married an honest man, that man might not even be able to protect himself, so how could he protect her?

Song Ning guessed that she must need his help, seeing that she was hesitant for a long time and didn't tell him the purpose, so he asked: "Bao Mei, is there anything you want me to help you with?"

Sun Baomei nodded and said timidly, "Sister-in-law, I want...I want you to help me draw some patterns, can you?"

Song Ning had previously traced the pattern for Shi Tou Niang. After Shi Tou Niang brought it back, she showed it to Sun Baomei. The little girl liked it at first sight. At that time, Shi Tou Niang also gave her two pieces for her to embroider herself.

Now, her wedding is approaching, and in addition to embroidering wedding clothes, she also has to embroider some pillowcases, handkerchiefs, purses, etc. The pillowcases are for her own use, and the handkerchiefs and purses will be given as gifts when she gets married.

"Of course." Song Ning agreed readily, and then asked her, "What do you want to embroider? I'll draw it for you."

The designs usually used for weddings are mostly festive ones, such as mandarin ducks playing in the water and good things come in pairs.

Shitou Niang said, "Sister-in-law, do you want to embroider some pillowcases and handkerchiefs?"

Sun Baomei nodded, "Yes! The pillowcase, handkerchief, and purse, I, I didn't draw them well myself, I want to ask my sister-in-law to draw them for me."

"The pillowcase is for weddings, right? Then draw a picture of mandarin ducks playing in the water, what do you think?" Song Ning pondered for a moment and said, "As for the handkerchief, it's for giving as a gift, right? I'll draw some flowers, plants, magpies, etc. for yours, and some fish patterns on the purse, to indicate that there will be plenty every year."

After listening to her say so much, not only Sun Baomei, but even Shitou Niang's eyes lit up, and they couldn't wait to see her draw those patterns.

"Have you prepared the fabric? Show it to me!"

Before Sun Baomei recovered from the patterns Song Ning had described, Aunt Sun urged her, "What are you doing? Go and take them out to show your sister-in-law Shuheng."

After being reminded by her mother, Sun Baomei came to her senses and ran back to the house to get the red cloth she had cut to make a pillowcase.

Song Ning touched the cloth. It was much softer and smoother than cotton. It was ordinary silk fabric. People in the countryside would only spend a lot of money to buy such cloth when they got married, although it was just a relatively common type of silk.