The mother-in-law has an old-fashioned sewing machine at home. Although the furniture has been updated several times and the furniture has been updated several times, this old object has never been abandoned by the mother-in-law. Because it has been with her mother-in-law for 53 years, she has been repaired several times during the period, but now it is still a good helper for her mother-in-law to do needlework.
Mother-in-law brother and sister 5 people, her mother has been in poor health. As the eldest daughter in the family, she has been responsible for the needlework of the whole family since she was a teenager. The mother-in-law is skillful, no one goes to teach her needlework, just look at the craftsmanship of the neighboring aunt, she will be able to do it. Throughout the year, the single clothes, jackets, cotton coats, shoes worn by several people in the family, and then the quilts and mattresses used on the bed were all made by herself.
In the 1960s, as the main labor force in the family, it was necessary to work in the fields during the day to earn work, and only at night could you free up time to do needlework. In order to let the whole family change clothes in various seasons, the mother-in-law often stays up late to sew and mend. At that time, my mother-in-law wanted to have a sewing machine.
Fortunately, the mother-in-law's wish was quickly fulfilled. In order to make his daughter's burden lighter, in 1969, in order to make his daughter's burden lighter, in 1969, he took great pains to buy a sewing machine for his mother-in-law. The sewing machine was a rare object at the time, and her mother-in-law said that her sewing machine was the only one in the village at that time. Therefore, the mother-in-law cherishes it very much, and every time she uses it, she will cover it with a piece of cloth.
In 1970, my mother-in-law married with this beloved sewing machine. The father-in-law's family is not rich, and there are two unmarried brothers in the family. "The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother", the mother-in-law took up the needlework of the in-laws. The mother-in-law said that at that time, there was no money, so she changed the torn clothes worn by the fifth uncle (the fifth brother of the father-in-law) to the sixth uncle (the sixth brother of the father-in-law) to wear them, and changed the torn clothes worn by the uncle (the mother-in-law's eldest brother) to the younger brother-in-law (the mother-in-law's little brother) to wear... In this way, under the "persecution" of life, the mother-in-law practiced a "good craft".
A few years later, the family added three children, including a sister and husband. At this time, the material was already richer, but the mother-in-law was still busy making clothes for the children. Because of the existence of sewing machines, the mother-in-law will also dress up her children in different ways. The most memorable thing about my husband is that when he was a child, his mother-in-law made him a fashionable suit, exactly the same as the one bought in the store, and even many parents of classmates asked him where he bought this dress, ready to buy a set for his children. The husband will sigh now when he says it: this is the mother sewn out of a stitch, and the clothes in the store cannot be compared with this.
Time passed, and her mother-in-law's hair was white, her eyes were spent, and her waist was bent, but she still sat in front of her beloved sewing machine all day to sew and mend. Sew pants for your grandson today, and make cotton clothes for your grandson tomorrow. Sometimes, relatives and friends who are not very good at needlework will come to her and ask her to help make cotton clothes and quilts for the children of the family, and the mother-in-law always readily agrees.
Nowadays, her family will always advise her that when she is older, she should not do it if she can't do it, or she will eliminate the sewing machine and replace it with a new one. But the mother-in-law will always say that this is what she cherishes the most, who touches her and who is anxious.
The relationship between the mother-in-law and her beloved sewing machine, we young generation do not understand much. But I can feel from the needlework done by my mother-in-law that she sews with a sewing machine is a love for life and selfless love for her family, and she weaves a simple life with love.
