Chapter 23: Three More Years of Patching and Mending

But she had already blocked him, could she really retreat?

Xu Jiaojiao simply ignored the man and went straight into the kitchen.

The kitchen was bustling with activity, like it was New Year’s Eve.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, a large pot of chicken and mushroom soup was brought out.

The aroma that wafted out made everyone swallow involuntarily.

It smelled so good!

Soon, the chicken soup was divided up.

There were many people in the family, and one chicken only provided each person with a bowl of soup and two or three pieces of chicken.

In no time, the pot of soup was empty.

The wild chicken wasn’t fat, and there wasn’t much oil or water. Xu Jiaojiao blew on the soup before taking a sip.

It was only seasoned with salt, but it was incredibly delicious.

Xu Jiaojiao sighed in satisfaction.

High-quality ingredients only needed the simplest cooking methods.

“It’s so good!”

Erhu couldn’t help but say, and he started picking at the chicken meat in his bowl.

The chicken was still hot from the pot, and Erhu was scalded, making him grimace, but even so, he wouldn’t let go.

He wolfed down a piece of chicken, bones and all.

The other children were similar. They rarely got to eat chicken, and they were all famished.

They wouldn’t even spit out the bones if they could chew them.

“I want more chicken, I want more!”

Suddenly, a voice came from the quiet room, it was Yao Hu.

As soon as she heard his voice, Xu Jiaojiao reflexively frowned.

Sure enough, she saw Liu Zhaodi looking at her three daughters.

But her three daughters had already learned her tricks. As soon as the chicken was divided, they ate it all.

Where could they possibly have any left?

Glaring fiercely at her daughters, Liu Zhaodi turned back to coax her youngest son.

“Mom has some here, it’s all yours.”

Yao Hu beamed with joy, grabbing the chicken and stuffing it into his mouth.

They say you can tell a person’s character by the time they are three.

Xu Jiaojiao could imagine what Liu Zhaodi would be like when she was old.

Without looking at them further, she lowered her eyes and quietly drank her soup.

The mushrooms in her bowl were fresh and sweet, so delicious that she wanted to swallow her tongue.

The meal was satisfying.

When Xu Jiaojiao returned to her room, she suddenly remembered what she had told Ding Xiujing at noon.

After hesitating for a moment, she retrieved her torn vest.

She hid it among her other clothes.

She was about to go find Ding Xiujing.

But as soon as she went out, she ran into someone, and she was still holding a needle and thread.

Xu Jiaojiao: …

She suddenly felt a strange sense of emotion. What was going on?

“Where’s the clothes? Hurry up, let me sew it.” She looked energetic and impatient.

How could she take this thing out to be sewn?

Xu Jiaojiao quickly pulled her into the room and closed the door.

Then, she slowly took out her torn vest.

Pointing to the hole, she said somewhat embarrassed, “I don’t know how to sew this.”

When she was seven or eight years old, the orphanage had been rebuilt.

Since then, she had never been hungry or worn torn clothes.

Naturally, she didn’t know how to sew.

She thought Ding Xiujing would laugh at her, but she looked like she had seen it all before.

She took the vest, glanced at it, and started sewing.

Her movements were nimble and skillful.

While sewing, she said, “This hole isn’t big, sew it up, and you can wear it for another two years.”

Xu Jiaojiao: …

She suddenly remembered a saying: “New for three years, old for three years, patch and mend for another three years.”

It seemed that things really were like that in this era.

In Ding Xiujing’s skillful hands, the vest was quickly sewn up.

“Here you go.”

Xu Jiaojiao took it.

She saw that Ding Xiujing had simply embroidered a flower over the hole, and you couldn’t even see the patch.

She couldn’t help but give her a thumbs-up.

“That’s amazing!”

“Of course, you should know what my grandma does for a living.”

Xu Jiaojiao: …

Sure enough, everyone had a skilled person in their family these days.

Holding the sewn vest, Xu Jiaojiao praised her sincerely.

She praised Ding Xiujing until she was beaming with joy before sending her out.

Back in her room, Xu Jiaojiao suddenly remembered that the hole was in the wrong place.

She unfolded the vest in her hand and saw that the flower was blooming brightly on the left side.

Seeing the awkward and suggestive position, Xu Jiaojiao felt like she was about to collapse.

How could she wear this?

Holding the vest in her hand, Xu Jiaojiao was about to cry.

She had only wanted to have it sewn, but she had embroidered a flower on it.

She bit her lip, about to put the vest away.

The next moment, she saw that tall figure standing at the door.

The vest was still in front of her, and Xu Jiaojiao felt like she had been struck by lightning.

She frantically hid the small piece of cloth behind her.

“You, you walk without making a sound!”

Her voice was sharp with anger, and her little face was flushed, she didn’t know whether it was from anger or embarrassment.

“I’m sorry.” Qin Shuo’s face was also a little uncomfortable.

Xu Jiaojiao didn’t want any apologies, she was absolutely sure that this man was her nemesis.

In her entire life, she hadn’t lost face as much as she had in the past few days.

Especially with this vest in her hand, it was the same one he had seen when she first arrived.

The thin fabric couldn’t hide anything.

“Get out!” Xu Jiaojiao turned away, refusing to look at him.

Seeing her embarrassed and flustered appearance, Qin Shuo’s fingertips curled slightly.

After a moment, he turned and walked out.

Hearing the sound of his receding footsteps, Xu Jiaojiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Her face was still burning.

Looking at the vest in her hand, she threw it on the bed in frustration.

It was all the dog system’s fault! It had made her travel to this era.

Not only did she have nothing to eat or wear, even her vest was torn.

On the other side, Qin Shuo’s face was also a little unnatural.

He went straight to the river after going out.

“Where’s the third son going?” Wang Fengmei had just gone out when she saw her youngest son rushing out.

“To take a bath in the river, right?”

The men in the Qin family usually bathed in the river. At this time of day, if he wasn’t going to bathe, where else could he be going?

Hearing this, Wang Fengmei frowned.

He was going to bathe so early? Didn’t he usually go at dusk?

However, she didn’t say anything else.

He was a grown man, he couldn’t get lost.

On the other side, Xu Jiaojiao’s face had just cooled down, and she was about to tidy up her clothes.

She discovered that her pants were also torn!

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Just destroy it! Hurry up!