"I like it. Sister is so kind to Xiaobao. Thank you, sister!" Xiaobao said sweetly.
Looking at Xiaobao's cute little expression, Su Yanke felt an itch in her hands for some reason. She couldn't help reaching out to pinch Xiaobao's chubby baby - faced cheeks.
"Go and try it on. It seems quite suitable. I wonder how it looks on you?"
Su Yanke urged Xiaobao to go and change into the clothes. Then she turned around and rummaged through things, picking out a few plain - colored yet stately clothes.
"Aunt Li, I don't know your clothing size, so I didn't buy ready - made clothes. These fabrics feel very comfortable to me, and the colors are quite suitable, so I bought them all. And these fabrics in steady colors are for Uncle Lao Ji. It'll trouble you to make them into clothes."
Su Yanke took out several bolts of cloth, which left Uncle Lao Ji and Aunt Li stunned.
Aunt Li and the others never expected that Su Yanke would buy clothes for them too. All this money was earned by Su Yanke herself. They were just making money incidentally. Now they all looked flattered.
Seeing that Aunt Li and the others stood there motionless and dazed, Su Yanke stepped forward and put the fabrics into Aunt Li's arms.
Su Yanke paused for a moment and said hesitantly, "Aunt Li, I have a question."
"Sure, go ahead," Aunt Li replied blankly, with her arms full of fabrics.
"Aunt Li, is there anyone in our village who is good at needlework?"
Aunt Li paused for a while and said, "There is one, but..."
Hearing this, Su Yanke's eyes lit up. Hearing the hesitation in Aunt Li's tone, she asked puzzledly, "What's wrong?"
"It's the mother - in - law of the village head's family. We all call her Aunt He. Her position in the village head's family is rather awkward. Although she is an elder in the family, she doesn't receive the treatment an elder deserves. She was married into the family later. By then, the children in the family were already sensible, so they knew she wasn't their real mother. Therefore, they weren't very close to her. But because the head of the family was still around, they still gave her the proper respect and address. But now..."
Here, Aunt Li heaved a deep sigh before continuing, "Now that the head of the family has passed away, the sons in the family no longer care about her. They just left her alone to fend for herself."
As Aunt Li was talking, she recalled the old days.
"In the past, whenever someone in the village got new clothes during the Chinese New Year, they would take them to Aunt He to be tailored. Aunt He's craftsmanship was inherited from her ancestors. With her skillful hands, she could make clothes quickly and well. But now, the harvest has been getting worse and worse. Fewer and fewer people make clothes. They all save money to fill their stomachs."
Sensing that Aunt Li was feeling a bit down, Su Yanke reached out and patted her on the shoulder, saying, "I actually have something I'd like to trouble Aunt He with. I was worried that I wouldn't have the time to do it before. After all, this is a big project!"
"First of all, I'll have to trouble Aunt He to deal with these fabrics of ours," Su Yanke said, holding the fabrics in Aunt Li's arms.
Aunt Li felt a bit comforted in her heart. Now that their family's financial situation had improved, if they could help, they should. The money for making clothes from these fabrics would be enough for Aunt He to get through this winter.
Looking at Su Yanke's smiling face, Aunt Li felt warm in her heart. Their family had met a benefactor!
"Sister, Dad, Mom..." A soft and shy voice sounded. Su Yanke turned around and saw Xiaobao walking out of the back room in a beige - colored dress.
Xiaobao's face was red, whether from nervousness or shyness. He looked extremely cute. Su Yanke felt as if her heart had been hit by Xiaobao's cuteness.
"So cute! How can you be so cute? Wuwuwu!"
Su Yanke squatted in front of Xiaobao, kissing and hugging him. Xiaobao's body became even stiffer, and his face was so red that it seemed to be bleeding.
Aunt Li was also surprised by the way Su Yanke and Xiaobao got along. Aunt Li knew that although Xiaobao looked small, he was actually ten years old this year and was already a big boy.
Obviously, Su Yanke didn't know this. Even if she did, she probably wouldn't care. In modern times, a ten - year - old was still in primary school and was still very young!
But in this world, most children could get married and have children at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Now Xiaobao was obviously not a little kid anymore. That was why Aunt Li was so surprised by Su Yanke's actions.
Uncle Lao Ji was obviously not as sensitive as Aunt Li. Looking at the clothes Xiaobao was wearing, he laughed heartily.
"Hahaha, sure enough, he's my son. He's so handsome! He really has my charm back then!"
Hearing this, Aunt Li gave Uncle Lao Ji a disdainful look and began to bicker with her husband.
Su Yanke was sensible enough not to get in the way of their flirting. She took Xiaobao to the inner room.
"Xiaobao, we'll go to Uncle Chen's house tomorrow. You can learn some knowledge from Uncle Chen first so that you won't be so out of place after you start school. How about it?"
Su Yanke thought Xiaobao would agree, but Xiaobao lowered his head and didn't say a word.
Su Yanke was puzzled. Learning some knowledge from Chen Yonggui first would do Xiaobao nothing but good. Why didn't he like it?
"... Will sister still teach me martial arts in the morning?"
Hearing Xiaobao's hesitant question after holding it in for a long time, Su Yanke almost couldn't help laughing. She suppressed her laughter, stroked Xiaobao's little head, and looked into his eyes seriously, saying, "Definitely! How could sister go back on her word to such a cute Xiaobao?"
Hearing this, Xiaobao finally showed a smile again. Su Yanke was also infected by this pure smile and looked at him with a smile.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment. Every time Xiaobao thought of this night in the future, he would feel extremely painful. Sister still didn't fulfill her promise in the end. But he still couldn't bear to blame her...
This night, Xiaobao was extremely excited in bed. He had new clothes and the candies he never dared to hope for. No one would bully him anymore. He could also go to school. All of this seemed like a dream.
He was afraid that one day the dream would suddenly wake up. So he always refused to go to sleep and stayed awake until his body couldn't hold on anymore. But he would get up before dawn and wait at Su Yanke's door for her to get up. He was afraid that Su Yanke would disappear just like she came.
Su Yanke didn't know that she wasn't carried back by Uncle Lao Ji after he found her, but was found by Xiaobao, who then called Uncle Lao Ji to carry her back.
Xiaobao knew that Su Yanke was not an ordinary person because he had seen how she appeared in front of him.
That day, he had just been bullied by Wang Xinggui and the others. So he hid in the mountains alone, planning to teach Wang Xinggui a lesson on his way home. But suddenly, there was a sharp pain in his back, which made him break out in a cold sweat. Before, his back was just hot but not painful. He thought it was just sweating, so he didn't pay any attention to it. Who would have thought that the heat gradually subsided while the pain gradually increased? Later, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he had to give up the plan and go home to see what was wrong with his back.
But on his way home, when he passed a certain place, the pain in his back actually decreased. He didn't know what he was thinking at that time, but he just felt that this place might be related to his inexplicably painful back. So he walked over. Maybe it was just a psychological effect, but he really felt that the pain in his back had decreased a lot.
After he looked around and found nothing unusual, he was about to go back when something incredible happened. Not far in front of him, a figure gradually emerged.
Yes, it emerged. There was no one there before. He had just walked over and was very sure that there was no one.
Moreover, there was a faint glow around that figure. The glow gathered together, making it difficult for Xiaobao to see the figure clearly at that time. After the light completely disappeared, Xiaobao had an illusion that there seemed to be no feeling in his back at all, as if the previous pain had never happened. Connecting these things together, he had a wild guess. His back pain must be related to this suddenly - appeared figure.
The pain was excruciating. Xiaobao didn't want to experience it a second time. He must find out what was going on and solve the cause of this sudden pain.
So he hid aside and carefully observed the figure. But after a long time, the figure still didn't show any reaction. Xiaobao summoned up his courage and carefully approached the figure. Xiaobao's movements were so light that there was almost no sound.
Xiaobao was holding the thick wooden stick he had picked up before. He steeled himself. No matter what this figure was, he must kill it and never let it have a chance to fight back.
But when he saw Su Yanke, he was stunned. The wooden stick in his hand fell to the ground and hit his own foot, but he didn't even feel it.
At that moment, Xiaobao felt as if he had seen a fairy sister. He had never seen such a beautiful person before and was immediately stunned. The psychological preparation he had made before had long been forgotten.
Seeing that Su Yanke didn't move, Xiaobao was a bit worried. Was this fairy sister sick?
Xiaobao recalled how Doctor Liu had examined patients before. He imitated his movements and reached out his hand under Su Yanke's nose to check. She was breathing. She was alive!
With this realization, Xiaobao felt more confident. He stood up, looked at his small body and then at Su Yanke, sighed, ran to a distance to get some big tree branches and leaves, covered Su Yanke's face with them, and then left to go home and call Uncle Lao Ji for help.
Xiaobao lay in bed, his hand reaching to his back, silent.
Sister was his. He had summoned her. No one could take her away from him!
Just as Xiaobao was thinking this, a circular pattern on his back flashed.
Xiaobao suddenly let out a muffled groan. The familiar sharp pain came from his back again.
At the same time, in Su Yanke's room, Su Yanke suddenly opened her eyes and stared silently at her own hand.