Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 498: Staring Each Other Down

This couple really isn’t good at teaching kids, and the Li Family’s kid is quite desperate too.

But it’s not something you can complain about, because Ji Jian doesn’t see it that way.

She says, "Fortunately, I’m a lot better than him, and with the teacher’s help, we finally improved the kid’s grades."

The kid’s progress is entirely thanks to the teacher’s excellent teaching and the kid’s own self-discipline and effort, which has little to do with Ji Jian’s couple.

Glancing at her, Yi Chichi picked up the scissors and said, "Learn well, and next time try cutting by yourself."

"Okay, I’ll learn well."

Ji Jian agreed wholeheartedly, then watched with wide eyes as she picked up the scissors and started cutting along the drawn lines with smooth and quick motions, finishing the fabric in no time.

She put away the scissors, "It’s done, take it home and use the sewing machine."

"Thank you, thank you, really thank you so much."

Ji Jian thanked her while packing up the fabric, finally able to change into a new work uniform.

The current one was getting tiring, she’d cut it up to make rags and shoes once back home.

Simply perfect.

"You’re welcome, won’t keep you, hurry back and get some sleep first, those eyes are really unwatchable."

The panda eyes were really too dark, with a face full of fatigue.

Ji Jian was truly tired and sleepy, without any politeness to the mother-in-law, she went home, put the fabric away, and slept immediately.

In the afternoon, the kid came home from school and found his mother snoring loudly in her sleep.

This kid was considerate, didn’t think of waking up his mother to cook, instead took a lunch box to the cafeteria to bring back food.

So Old Mr. Li who came home ate the cafeteria food.

Yi Chichi and Wen’s mother ate coconut stewed chicken in the evening, made too much, couldn’t finish it, and without a fridge at home, it couldn’t stay overnight, so they shared a bowl over.

Father and son ate with smiles on their faces, even thought about leaving some for Ji Jian.

And with that, Ji Jian, who woke up in the middle of the night, ate the coconut stewed chicken and was wide awake, so she got on with the sewing machine.

The next day Yi Chichi looked at her, stunned, "You stayed up late again?"

"I did."

She yawned, sitting listlessly on a small stool, scrubbing the soaked clothes on the scrub board, "I slept too hard during the day, woke up in the middle of the night, drank a bowl of coconut chicken soup, got wide awake and couldn’t sleep, so I made clothes and cleaned the house inside and out, now I’m sleepy again."

This schedule is a bit of a mess, not adjusting it affects sleep a lot.

"Don’t sleep, stay awake till night, or you’ll wake up in the middle of the night again and won’t be able to work tomorrow."

"That’s what I thought too."

She nodded, "Why haven’t I seen Auntie?"

"Gone to the beach."

Wen’s mother has a natural enthusiasm for going to the beach, couldn’t resist rain or shine.

In her words, it’s nature’s gift, not picking it up would make her conscience hurt.

Seafood on the island is worthless, but no matter how worthless, if you don’t pick it up you’ll have to spend money to eat it.

Between spending money and picking up, Wen’s mother chose to pick up.

"Are you going too later?"

Ji Jian shook her head, "I won’t go, have to make use of these sunny days to wash all the quilts and such."

Speaking of this, she looked at Yi Chichi, "Haven’t you washed your quilts yet?"

"Not yet, my mom said there’s no rush, she’ll do it in a few days."

"Call for help if you need."

Not really necessary though.

Just washing quilts, Wen’s mother and Wen Shi can handle it completely.

Just thinking of Wen Shi, Ji Jian said—

"Where’s your Mr. Wen?"

"He went to Yangcheng, will be back in the afternoon."

Ji Jian exclaimed, "Went to Yangcheng?"

Before Yi Chichi could reply, she said excitedly, "Emma knows too late, if I knew earlier I’d have asked him to bring back some stuff."

"What do you need?"

"Want to buy a lipstick."

She twitched her mouth, "Ran out of the previous one?"

"Ran out ages ago."

"I have two more, do you want them? If you do, I’ll trade them with you."

Being pregnant, can’t use it, and even after giving birth won’t be able to use, leaving it there is wasteful, better to deal with it.

"I want it."

Ji Jian stopped washing clothes, opened the hibiscus fence door, and lazily took a shortcut over to look at the lipstick.

It was her favorite color, took both, gave twelve yuan and two liang coupons in total.

Neither gained nor lost, both were very satisfied.

In the afternoon, Mr. He went to the hospital to check if the herbs he wanted arrived and sent He An over.

The little girl can sit still, drawing lines for over two hours before she starts asking to go for a walk.

Wen’s mother, who was sewing soles at the door, thought a walk would be good, so she stood up, "Chichi, let’s go together."

"Alright."

So the three started strolling out.

But there really wasn’t much to see in the yard, He An wasn’t interested, wanting to see the world outside.

Which wasn’t a difficult request, Wen’s mother thought and said, "How about strolling to the port?"

He An looked at Yi Chichi, "Aunt?"

This was asking her opinion.

Yi Chichi nodded, "Sure, we might even bump into Wen Shi coming back."

She just said it offhandedly, who would have thought, as the three of them reached the port, they saw a ferry docking, and a group of men in military uniforms, of various heights, descending from the deck in neat lines.

Wen Shi was leading them.

He An, a quick little one, waved her little hand excitedly and called for her uncle as soon as she saw Wen Shi.

Wen Shi turned his head and looked over, smiling as he saw the three of them.

Then, Yi Chichi saw him chatting with someone next to him, then gesturing to someone behind, and a familiar figure came into Yi Chichi’s view.

Wen’s mother, "??? Chichi, why do I see your Uncle Ning?"

"It’s him."

Wen Shi summoning was Ning Jiandong, and the two who left the team came over quickly, with Ning Jiandong still carrying packages.

Wen Shi, feeling he was too slow, took two parcels from him as they approached.

"Why did you come to the port?"

Coming from the family zone was a bit far, he looked at Yi Chichi with concern, "Are you tired?"

"Not tired!"

Just a bit sore in the waist, but that’s because of the belly’s weight, unavoidable.

After responding to him, she looked at Ning Jiandong, "Uncle, why are you here?"

"Naturally, no visit without something important!"

Ning Jiandong smiled, while Wen’s mother was guarded, warily saying, "Xiao Ning, you know that Chichi can’t embroider right now, you’re not trying to make her work, are you?!"

"I’m not, I’m not, don’t think of me as so heartless, sis."

Ning Jiandong denied repeatedly, no way he’d pressure Yi Chichi, no reason to; it’s not good to offend a highly-skilled Grand Embroider who can earn foreign exchange.

"I’m here to ask her to design embroidery patterns."

The patterns left before are mostly finished, needing new designs.

Plus, a foreign businessman has specifically requested one of her embroidered pieces.

But this matter isn’t urgent; after dealing with the pattern, there’s still time to talk about it.

Wen’s mother didn’t know what he was thinking, and learning it was just to get embroidery patterns from Yi Chichi, she said, "Then let’s head home first, we’ll talk more there."

So, the group of five headed home.

After sending them home, Wen Shi returned to the troops to do report summaries, and He An stayed beside Yi Chichi, having a staring contest with Ning Jiandong.