I Became the Favorite of Big Bosses

Chapter 391: Hands-on instruction

 Originally, I planned to remove the stitches on the clothes and then try to sew them back according to the original marks.

 You don’t have to worry about wasting cloth, and you can practice your skills.

Now that he has a sewing machine, Wei Lan has new ideas.

　　I took out the old clothes that I had dug out before, smoothed the corners of the clothes and put them under the needle.

 An old-fashioned Butterfly sewing machine with a lacquered red table top and black body. It is a foot-operated sewing machine.

Wei Lan carefully stepped on the pedal under the table. Suddenly, several "chirps" came out, and a dense and neat stitch appeared on the corner of his clothes.

"How about it?"

Hearing the commotion, Gu Chao walked over, shaking the water in his hand, "Can it be used?"

 “Look!” Wei Lan directly showed him the dense row of stitches.

  The stitches produced by a sewing machine are neater and denser than those produced by hand. The most important thing is that once you learn how to control it, it will save more time when you want to sew or repair something.

Gu Chao glanced at it and said solemnly: "As long as it can be used."

“It can be used, but I don’t know how to make clothes yet. I plan to take this piece of clothing apart and tie it up again with a sewing machine. If there is no problem, I will try to cut the cloth to make clothes.”

Upon hearing this, Gu Chao lowered his head and took another look at the light blue coat in his hand.

 The clothes are 60% new, the fabric is soft and pure cotton.

Even so, its value is still there.

A dress like this, no matter how many people want to buy it, they can’t afford it.

"Just use cloth." Gu Chao folded the clothes and put them beside the bed. Looking back, he saw Wei Lan pouting unhappily.

"A foot of cloth only costs a few cents, and these clothes cost more than ten or twenty yuan." Gu Chao's index finger and thumb gently pinched her small red mouth where the oil can can be hung, "If you insist on taking apart the clothes, then Just tear mine apart.”

 His clothes are almost torn anyway, so he can still exert the last bit of effect by practicing with Wei Lan, so he won't feel bad.

 “How annoying!” Wei Lan muttered while pursed her lips and glared at Gu Chao dissatisfied.

But after thinking about it, I felt that Gu Chao was right.

 “Then use yours!”

 Just do it, Wei Lan took Gu Chao back to the room and moved the things on the box at the end of the bed.

　　Opening the box, Wei Lan stuck her head inside, took out the few clothes Gu Chao had and threw them on the bed.

Counting Gu Chao's clothes, there were six clothes in total, four single coats and two pairs of trousers.

Gu Chao is wearing the best clothes. Wei Lan stuffed them with cotton before, so he must not be able to move at this moment.

Other clothes on the bed were either patched on the shoulders, or on the hems and hips, and some even had patches piled on top of each other.

 Gu Chao used to wear these clothes in the summer, and he didn't feel poor or disgraceful at that time. Now that they were in front of his eyes, Wei Lan suddenly felt a little bit indifferent.

 Could it be that she just stared at Gu Chao's face before?

Wei Lan blushed in embarrassment, coughed dryly, and chose the old patched coat, "You, you can pack the clothes on the bed yourself! I'm going to get busy!"

Wei Lan rushed out of the door. After returning to her room, she couldn't help but reach out and pat her hot cheek.

 Be more serious! Yan Gou is destined to have nothing!

 What you are interested in is Gu Chao’s character, yes, that’s character!

Sighing with a sigh of relief, Wei Lan sat down in front of the sewing machine, spread out her gown and prepared to remove the stitches. The sewing machine is next to the table where I usually write, and it is located near the window. The light is good and will not hurt my eyes.

  Cloth tickets are hard to get, and cloth is even harder to buy. Although all the clothes are in tatters, Gu Chao still cherishes them very much. The tattered coats are usually roughened and worn with heavy goods.

It is precisely because of this that the thin threads stitched on the shoulders, because Gu Chao once carried or carried them through the middle of the day, fell very tightly to both sides.

Wei Lan carefully picked out the broken threads with scissors. She couldn't complete the task of removing the stitches quickly, so she could only slowly pick them out with the tip of a needle.

 And the fabric is already very old, and the stitching areas have been tightened and loosened over the years, and the fabric will be damaged faster than other places.

When you use the needle tip to pick up the thread, the fabric that has been bound by the thread is suddenly liberated. In an instant, the severely worn areas begin to take off the thread.

  Can't be used.

Wei Lan bit her lower lip lightly and frowned. She shook out the gown and looked back and forth. She simply gave up on removing the stitches and went straight to the scissors to save as much usable fabric as possible.

  After a fierce operation, Wei Lan was still shocked when she saw that only four palm-long square pieces of fabric were left in a gown.

 That's all there is left?

 That’s all there is left!

Angrily putting all kinds of cloth away, Wei Lan finally pulled out three feet of brand new cloth.

 Prepare notebooks and pens, and under the guidance of Grandma Gu, clumsily measure the dimensions.

Grandma Gu had already kept it in her mind when Gu Chao measured her body. She did not tell Wei Lan directly, but only let Wei Lan feel around with a ruler. If the measurement was wrong, she would give a few words.

Just at this time, Gu Chao's shoulder width was 48, and Wei Lan measured it as 37.

 It’s understandable if it’s just a little bit off, but it’s a slap in the face!

 Where are you making clothes for Brother Chao?

Grandma Gu shook her head and sighed: "If he were a girl, he might still be able to wear it when he makes it."

Wei Lan turned back to look at her grandma, with an innocent and puzzled expression on her face. She neither raised nor put down the measuring ruler in her hand, "Grandma, what's the problem?"

Grandma Gu held Wei Lan's hand hand in hand, raised the size and placed it on Gu Chao's back shoulder.

 Gu Chao had muscles on his body, all the way down his neck, and the muscles were bulging. The ruler was pressed flat, so Grandma Gu pressed Wei Lan's hand and pressed the ruler down, "Try a little harder, this ruler won't break."

Wei Lan was a little scared at first, but now after hearing this, she exerted force on her hand, and the ruler was bent immediately, and part of it was missing near her left shoulder.

The total length of the ruler is 40 centimeters. It was not enough to measure the width of Gu Chao's shoulders all day long. Only then did Wei Lan realize what was wrong with her.

What a shame!

But fortunately, we are all our own people.

After comforting himself in his heart, Wei Lan's instinct to hit a snake with a stick came out again. He pouted his little mouth and acted coquettishly at Grandma Gu, "This is not the first time for me! Grandma is also serious, if you had told me earlier. ”

"I told you earlier? If I didn't let you discover the problem by yourself, you would have to deal with it later." Aunt Gu snorted.

Wei Lan didn't listen anymore, and she was as high-spirited as if she had been beaten to death. She waved her ruler and said plausibly, "I don't believe it anymore. Grandma, let's wait and see."

If she hadn't felt so sorry for the cloth, Grandma Gu would have really wanted to see Wei Lan make a whole piece of clothing, but found that Brother Chao couldn't wear it at all.

　　I was so angry that I would jump to my feet, and then I would have to hide under the quilt and cry for who knows how long.

Thinking of this, Grandma Gu felt funny again, "Okay, then I'll just wait and see what kind of golden knot you can get out of it."

After finishing speaking, Grandma Gu turned to look at Gu Chao, "Just give her the three feet of cloth. If it's cut, it will be ruined. But don't let her let her think that whatever she says is what she says."

 (End of this chapter)