The next day, after lunch, Zhou Shuren took the calligraphy and paintings and headed for the antique shop, not returning until the afternoon.
Zhulan was altering a cloak, having received a better one from the Qian family. She found her own and Zhou Shuren's old cloaks and started to alter them for the children to use; Zhou Shuren's, once altered, fit Chang Lian and Chang Zhi perfectly.
As for why not give them to the eldest and second eldest, they couldn't fit into Zhou Shuren's size!
Zhulan's were altered for Xue Han and Xue Mei. As for the daughters-in-law, well, there were three in the house, and she could only alter two cloaks—there weren't enough to go around, so it was better to give them to her own daughters.
She had barely worn her own cloak; ahem, mainly because she was such a homebody. In the winter, she stayed cozily indoors and scarcely went out, so her cloak was almost like new.
