Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 311: Watching the Beauties

"Might need to go hunt wild boars."

This response caught Yi Chichi off guard, but she still asked with concern, "Are there wild boars around here?"

If there were, she had to be careful, or she’d be the unlucky one to encounter them.

After all, the medicine she carried with her only worked on people, not on large beasts like wild boars.

"No, it’s a bit farther from here."

Wen Shi didn’t specify where exactly, and Yi Chichi didn’t ask further, knowing it wasn’t nearby.

Since she had no interest in wild boar meat, Wen Shi didn’t continue the topic.

After washing the dishes and cleaning the table, he opened his arms to hug Yi Chichi, "Honey, I’m off to work, be good at home."

His tone was gentle, like coaxing a three-year-old, almost handing her two candies.

Yi Chichi laughed and agreed, then saw him off and prepared to go inside. Qi Xiaohui and Qi Jia, the brother and sister duo, came out the door, each carrying a schoolbag and a big pancake.

"Auntie!"

Seeing Yi Chichi, the siblings ran over with surprise and started chatting with her.

"Auntie, what did your family make last night, why did it smell so good?"

"Stewed goodies."

Yi Chichi patted the siblings on their heads, "Hurry to school, you can eat it when you come home tonight."

Qi Xiaohui looked surprised, "Do we get some too?"

"Of course, I’d forget anyone but you two."

The siblings laughed instantly, and Qi Jia even took out a White Rabbit candy from her pocket, "Auntie, you treat us to good food, I’ll treat you to candy."

"Me too."

Qi Xiaohui also took one out, and Yi Chichi accepted them without being polite, "How many did your mom give you?"

"Two."

Speaking of this, little Qi Jia felt wronged, "Dad bought a lot, but mom won’t let us eat more, saying we’ll get cavities."

"Am I wrong?"

Before Yi Chichi could speak, Sister-in-law Qi roared like a lion, "You two should hurry to school, if you delay any longer, you’ll be late for class."

The siblings were so startled, they said a quick goodbye to Yi Chichi like frightened rabbits and ran off.

Passing by houses with kids, the siblings shouted out.

Soon, a group of children with schoolbags and food like steamed buns and pancakes ran out of their houses, joining the school-going crowd.

The once quiet residential area became lively thanks to these energetic children.

Afterward, it was time for the adults to go to work too.

Sister-in-law Qi, also among those needing to work, yawned and said, "So sleepy."

Ji Jian, who came out with a belly, heard this and teased, "At your age, you’re not young anymore, you can take it easy at night."

The pace was so fast that Yi Chichi felt the wheels roll over her face.

Sister-in-law Qi rolled her eyes and retorted, "Easy, my foot. I was purely tempted by the stewed flavors from Xiao Yi’s house."

Yi Chichi smiled with guilt, "You won’t be tempted tonight."

Sister-in-law Qi acknowledged this, rubbed her eyes, and bid farewell.

Before leaving, she reminded the two, "Don’t wander around unnecessarily today, it’s said that the performance group will be arriving."

Yi Chichi and Ji Jian eagerly nodded, and after she left, the two huddled together to chat.

"The performance group!"

Yi Chichi looked thrilled, and Ji Jian, unable to understand her excitement, raised a brow and asked, "Why, want to watch the show?"

"I want to see the people."

What’s there to see in performances, she’s watched grand military galas before, even had been forced to sing on stage.

However, the atmosphere during performances was indeed lively.

There were no chaotic and messy hair-pulling events.

"Wonder if Comrade Bai will come."

Ji Jian understood this as wanting to see what Wen Shi’s previous admirer looks like.

She sized up Yi Chichi and provided an honest evaluation, "Not as good-looking as you, not taller than you, temper not so good, quite prideful."

Yi Chichi, "??? This can’t be right, I heard Yang Qing say Comrade Bai is strikingly good-looking, famed as the White Jasmine."

Ji Jian’s forehead was full of lines, "Have you heard anyone describe a pretty girl as a jasmine? Isn’t it usually stunning as peach and plum, face like a silver plate? Jasmine, at best, is just plain and elegant."

Saying this, she criticized Yang Qing’s taste, "Besides, Yang Qing’s eyesight is unreliable."

Lucky for Yang Qing being absent, or there would be a few back-and-forths between them.

"I still want to see."

Ji Jian looked at the time, "According to usual practices, they usually arrive on the island on the ferry that comes around ten. If you want to see, I can accompany you."

"Let’s join the fun."

Yi Chichi, full of enthusiasm, left Ji Jian no choice but to comply.

But it’s still early, over two hours until the performance group’s arrival.

So, Ji Jian decided to go back to have breakfast first, while Yi Chichi, having nothing else to do, sat at her embroidery frame to work.

Ji Jian came back to keep her company after eating, her mouth never stopping.

Yi Chichi gossiped and worked, and when she finished embroidering a water droplet, Ji Jian fell silent.

Turning around, she saw Ji Jian staring at the embroidery cloth with her mouth agape like she was dumbfounded.

"Wake up."

Yi Chichi waved her hand, pulling Ji Jian out of her shock over the embroidered water drop, robotically turning her stiff neck to Yi Chichi, "My gosh, how did you embroider the water drop to look so real?"

Yi Chichi, "..."

How should she reply? Just embroidered it like that?

She’d be scolded for being too modest.

"You watched me embroider it."

Ji Jian fell silent, not understanding how some people’s hands could be so skillfully creative.

Looking at Yi Chichi’s hand, and then her own, and finally the water drop on the tiger eyes, she retracted her gaze and said blankly, "Let’s go, accompany you to see the beauty."

"Let’s go!"

Yi Chichi got up, tidied her clothes, and, excited, went out with her.

However, she was destined to miss the beauty.

Because not long after arriving at the port, a fishing boat docked, and two men got off carrying oddly shaped objects.

The purchasing agent, seeing these, asked, "What did you catch?"

Hearing this, Yi Chichi, supporting Ji Jian, turned her head out of curiosity.

And then—

"Whoa!"

She couldn’t help but exclaim, catching Ji Jian’s attention, who was more interested in the ferry from afar, wondering, "What’s that?"

"Don’t bother with the beauty."

Yi Chichi, needing to explain, supported Ji Jian away from the crowd, just when they heard a rough man’s voice with a hint of gloom, "Don’t mention it, couldn’t catch any fish, just these weird things."

Turning back, Yi Chichi saw a man reaching out to take a look and urgently shouted to stop, "Don’t touch that thing."

Her voice was so loud, urgency evident, piercing everyone’s ears.

The crowd was startled by her shout, turning in unison to look.