Little Xue watched Lin Lan curiously. "Auntie Lin, why do you put a towel on the clothes?"
Lin Lan smiled. "This way, you're less likely to damage the clothes while ironing, and it prevents the marks from the seams from showing. Once you've finished assembling the hangers, watch me iron first. Memorize the steps, because you'll be the ones ironing from now on."
"We will!" the two sisters replied dutifully.
After being ironed, the Zhongshan suit looked exceptionally crisp. Lin Lan put it on a hanger, hung it on the clothes rack, and went back to her ironing.
After she finished ironing a set of large and small sizes, Lin Lan started on the Western-style suits. By then, Little Xue and Little Mei had also finished assembling the hangers.
Lin Lan had them set up the other ironing board, then took an iron and a towel from a bamboo basket. She began teaching them how to iron the clothes, telling them the names of each type of fabric.
