Reborn in the 80s: Everyone Falls For Me-Chapter 56 - 55 Blind Date 2

won’t we be pressed for time?”

With the matchmaking meeting the next day, Yang Cuihua didn’t want others to look down on her daughter.

Seeing her daughter dressed in coarse clothes, Cuihua felt a wave of sorrow.

Xu Niannian hurried to reassure her, and after some persuasion, Cuihua agreed to let her buy fabric and make her own clothes.

The owner of the dressmaking shop was a woman in her early forties.

From the moment Niannian walked in, the woman’s eyes lit up several times.

The woman, running her own tailor shop, had a say at home and wielded great authority, and she was someone who cared about face.

With only one son in the family, she hoped to find a beautiful daughter-in-law, so she could have face when visiting relatives.

She bombarded Xu Niannian with questions, and hearing that Niannian wanted to make her own clothes, she wasn’t upset but grew even more satisfied with her.

“Miss, how much fabric do you need?” she asked.

The clothes her family wore were all worn and tattered, so naturally, Niannian wasn’t just going to buy fabric for herself.

She ordered six bolts of cloth in total.

All of them the most expensive kind available.

The tailor, Fourth Mother, was immediately stunned, “Miss, all together, that will be almost thirty dollars.”

Thinking the purchase was for herself, Cuihua assumed her daughter really liked these things.

Now that her daughter could earn money, she didn’t feel the pinch and generously agreed, “Buy.”

Yang Cuihua’s generosity shocked Fourth Mother.

In her line of work, she had developed the ability to gauge the status of her customers by their dress and the way they spoke.

Because Niannian’s appearance was so stunning, Fourth Mother had sized her up when she walked in.

Supposing she was probably from the countryside with average means.

But now, she realized she had misjudged.

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Thirty dollars’ worth of fabric was purchased without hesitation.

That’s thirty dollars, after all!

In the county town, someone with a job might only make about thirty a month.

Even with her own business, earning around a hundred a month, she wouldn’t casually throw away thirty dollars.

What Fourth Mother thought, of course, was unknown to Xu Niannian; she just wanted to hurry and take the fabric home.

Yang Cuihua thought the same as she feared they wouldn’t have enough time to make the clothes.

Without hesitation, Xu Niannian counted out thirty dollars and handed it to Fourth Mother, “Owner, here, can you please put it in a bag for me?”

Fourth Mother took the money, stunned, and mechanically packed the fabric for Niannian.

Only after Xu Niannian and her mother had walked away did she remember she hadn’t had the chance to ask if the girl was already promised to someone.

Back at home, under Yang Cuihua’s supervision, Xu Niannian reluctantly entered the room.

After taking her own measurements, she shook off her previous dejection, and with excitement began making the clothes.

Although she had no interest in the matchmaking, she was very interested in dressmaking.

Especially since they were for her own wear—what girl doesn’t want to dress herself pretty?

She had bought rose pink and off-white fabric, expensive but of high quality, smooth to the touch, perfect for the weather.

Although it was the era of reform and opening up, most people still wore a uniform palette of black, blue, and gray.

The times were conservative, and Niannian dared not be too ostentatious.

With the off-white fabric, she made a form-fitting, long-sleeved top with a V-neck and lantern sleeves on the arms.

A simple yet attractive style, not too revealing, and with the rose pink fabric she crafted a pleated skirt that fell to her ankles.

Both pieces were simple.

A set of top and skirt, Niannian finished in about an hour.

Eager to try them on, she put them on right away.

Standing before the mirror, she saw the woman reflected inside and her mouth fell open in surprise.

This was…

simply stunning.

She couldn’t help swallowing hard.

It’s said that clothes make the man, or in this case, the woman.

Even in plain coarse clothing, Niannian was the focus of attention.

Wearing bright, colorful clothes made her look even better, dazzling to the point that even she was taken aback when she saw herself.

Suddenly, Niannian regretted buying such conspicuous clothes—what if someone took a fancy to her and wouldn’t leave her alone?

No, no, it would be better to wear her old clothes to the meeting.

She had just made up her mind when Yang Cuihua pushed the door open.

Cuihua caught sight of the clothes Niannian was wearing and was so shocked she couldn’t close her mouth, “Baby Nian…” Yang Cuihua’s unusual tone drew the attention of the entire family.

As everyone beheld Niannian in her current attire, their eyes widened.

Xu Dawei thought: His daughter was so beautiful.

How had he managed to have such a lovely daughter?

Xu Zhiqiang thought: Sister looks so beautiful.

Xu Duoyu and Xu Zhicheng had no idea, only that Sister now looked just like the fairy-like girl people often talked about.