The habit of living and growing up in the countryside always likes to wear bigger clothes, which is inseparable from my childhood experience. Children are at the age of gluttony and can grow taller in a few months. Wear the right clothes this year, and you will be small next year. Conditions were limited in the past. In order to make children wear clothes for a long time, they often make their clothes a few sizes larger, so that they won't waste cloth for a longer time.
The clothes worn by rural people are generally heavy, which is also for this reason. In the past, agriculture was the main means of livelihood in rural areas. Fat clothes are more convenient to work, but they are easily pulled when they fit too well. Everyone in the village dresses like this. It doesn't matter whether it's beautiful or not. Although it looks baggy, it is practical first. Now you can wear fat clothes, whether fat or thin, even if it is cold, just put a sweater in the room.
In the past, the clothes of rural families were all made by women by hand. Although they are not professional tailors, they are particularly proficient in needlework. There is a saying in the countryside that "shoes are different and clothes are not bad." This is also about making clothes that suit you. It can barely be worn within the error, and it will be uncomfortable to wear it outside the error, or it will not be worn.
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In the era of material scarcity, there is a saying that people dress for three years and sew for three years. Aunt Dalang has spent most of her 45 years sewing for her family. Come and see her old buddy, the old sewing machine.
Blowing an electric fan and listening to the pedal sound of sewing machine, this summer, carefree time was spent with grandma and aunt Xiao.
Aunt Xiao of Da Lang Neighborhood Committee: "I use this sewing machine now. Just after liberation, bicycles and sewing machines are very popular."
The sewing machine that has been used for 45 years has traces of time everywhere. Aunt Xiao clearly remembers that sewing machines were supplied by ticket, and this one was hard to come by.
Aunt Xiao of Da Lang Neighborhood: "You think you have to draw lots to get you now. Later, someone happened to have a ticket and a sewing machine (index), and I wanted to buy it again. My mother said it was so hard to get tickets, so I bought this sewing machine 135 yuan. "
Since then, Aunt Xiao has started her tailoring career in the Liu family. This dress for my granddaughter is what they think is the most "fashionable" shirt.
Da Lang resident Xiao Yi: "We used to wear this when we were young. This cloth is vertical like this and this is horizontal. When making clothes, make sure that the clothes are vertical (hanging down). "
As the saying goes, "clothes are not bad, shoes are not bad." However, Aunt Xiao didn't specially learn tailoring skills, and she also learned needlework from her mother first. Moreover, in that era of material shortage, the sewing of clothes for the whole family was more sewing.
Xiao Yi, a resident of Da Lang, said, "A person only has eight feet of cloth a year, which is enough to make clothes, but not enough to make pants. If the shoulder position is rotten, he will mend it with a piece of cloth. At that time, patches were added, which means that the old and the new are worn like this. "
Skilled in many skills, Aunt Xiao has more and more "works", and this baby hug made of 1972 has been preserved to this day. At that time, there was very little cloth, so she had to sew with rags. All her intelligence and expectations for the birth of her first child are poured in here.
Aunt Xiao of Da Lang Neighborhood Committee: "These cloths were used to make clothes when I was a child, so I picked up other people's rags, took a piece of paper myself, cut them into triangles and sewed them together. We should sew them together carefully. (Do you still use it now? Yes, all my children and all my grandchildren are using it now. "
This quilt has become the warm cradle of every new life in the family. Today, Aunt Xiao's children are married and their lives are getting better and better. Although they moved several times, the sewing machine and baby quilt have never been willing to throw away. If it rusts, add some oil. If the thread is loose, mend it.
Aunt Xiao, a neighbor of Da Lang, said, "This thing communicates with you, and it is a big baby. It seems unlucky that you lost it. If it's not good, stay. Keep it. I'm leaving. They know whether they want it or not. I don't want to lose so well (manually), I don't want to lose. I hope Abin will regenerate one, which is useful to me. "
Every era has its own unique imprint. No matter how the times change, the trend of seeking truth remains unchanged.
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