Tian An followed Madam An to her bedroom, sat in front of the dressing table, and patiently let the old lady take off the pearl flowers on her head and untie her original bun.
Then he used an exquisite sandalwood comb to comb her hair, and then skillfully combed it into the same bun as the previous statue.
She also asked her personal nanny to get a jewelry box from the box.
The jewelry box was huge, filled with all sorts of accessories suitable for a girl of Tian An's age: head flowers, pearl flowers, small hairpins, earrings, bracelets, etc.
All of them are exquisite, but the styles are a bit old-fashioned and not the latest styles in the capital.
Although Tian An didn't pay attention to these things, he knew a lot from being with Gu Jinyan and other legitimate daughters.
Madam An asked Tian An to pick out some jewelry. Tian An took a look at the jewelry box, then looked at Madam An with a smile and said, "Let me choose for you, mother-in-law! Your bun will look good only with the headdress you choose."
Old Madam An smiled kindly, reached out and scratched her small nose, and said, "What a clever little girl." Then she really started to choose from the jewelry box.
After a while, she picked out three pink and white peach blossom hairpins and inserted them into Tian An's bun, then regretfully put down the earrings of the same style.
Tian An playfully stole a glance at her, and exaggeratedly boasted in front of the silver mirror, "Grandma's craftsmanship is really good. Such a simple peach blossom hairpin looks so good with this bun! I feel like I'm even more beautiful than before.
Hmm... She's indeed prettier than the girl in the portrait!"
Old Madam An looked at Tian An with a smile on her face, not paying attention to her choice of words.
He couldn't help but reach out and trace her eyebrows and eyes, so gently, as if her face was a treasure.
It felt like I was looking at her, but also not, like I was looking at another person through her.
Another person? Tian An was stunned, thinking of the time when the old lady called her Wan'er when they first met.
So the old lady is missing her daughter. Then this bun, this peach blossom hairpin and the box full of jewelry should all belong to Aunt Wan, whom she has never met.
Could it be that she really resembled Aunt Wan so much that the old lady was so fascinated by her?
Tian An quietly let the old lady miss her daughter through her face, unwilling to interrupt a mother's longing for her daughter.
Fortunately, the old lady finally woke up not long after.
She looked at Tian An embarrassedly and said, "It was my mother-in-law who was rude."
Tian An laughed and waved his hand, saying, "It's okay. Mother-in-law is probably missing Aunt Wan! If you miss her in the future, just send someone to call me over."
"Aunt Wan?" Madam An paused before realizing that Tian An was talking about An Wan. She smiled bitterly in her heart, "Silly child, that's your biological mother!"
But he still pulled her gently and said, "Okay, this is what you said. Don't find me annoying when the time comes."
"That's definitely not the case."
The two of them continued to cut paper-cuts at the table. Mrs. An was very skillful, and Tian An learned a lot of new tricks.
During the chat, Mrs. An asked Tian An about her biological mother.
Tian An thought for a moment and said, "I was only seven years old when my mother passed away, and I can't remember many things until now.
I only remember that it was after my father went to the army that my mother discovered that I had a younger brother.
At first, Second Aunt would help my mother with some housework, but later Wang asked Second Aunt to go to the mountains with Second Uncle to work, so my mother had to do the housework alone.
Afraid that Mrs. An didn't know who the second aunt and Wang were, Tian An explained, "Wang was my grandfather's second wife. She was a wicked mother-in-law and had a burden named Li Dazhu.
Li Dazhu is older than my father. When he came to our family, he was the eldest brother. My father was the second child, and my current second uncle was the third child. The third child was the child of Wang and my grandfather.
Later, we split up the family and removed Li Dazhu's family from the family. My father became the eldest son, and the third son became the second son, so now I call him Second Uncle."
Old Madam An didn't care about the affairs of other members of the Tian family, but she was particularly concerned about Tian An's mother. She asked nervously, "How can your mother do all the work for the whole family by herself?"
Tian An thought for a long time before saying, "I vaguely remember that my mother worked all day long. She only had time to wash her face once a day. She would fall asleep as soon as she came home at night. Sometimes she would even fall asleep while standing."
Tian An said with some embarrassment: "My mother was busy with work and had no time to take care of me. I didn't know anything myself, so I was very sloppy at that time.
If my mother-in-law saw me at that time, she would definitely be disgusted to death."
Old Madam An's eyes were filled with tears as she hugged Tian An into her arms. "Nonsense, grandma loves you so much! How could she dislike you?"
Tian An let her hug him and rubbed his head comfortably against her shoulder.
Although she felt sad to hear it, the old lady was still eager to know more, more about her own daughter and Tian An.
Then he urged: "What happened next?"
"Later..." Tian An tried hard to recall.
"Later, because my mother didn't get enough rest and recuperation during her pregnancy, she was too weak during childbirth and suffered heavy bleeding.
Fortunately, she finally gave birth to her younger brother, but her body was injured and became weaker.
When my younger brother was born, he was so skinny, like a kitten. Everyone in the village thought he wouldn’t survive, but my mother raised him until he was one year old.”
"Later, my mother was too weak. One day, when she went to the river to wash clothes, she fell into the river and died..."
"Later, it was my turn to take care of my younger brother and do housework."
Tian An raised his head and joked, "I'm awesome! I can take over my mother's job at the age of seven."
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