In the end, Su Qingluan won the competition, so Xiaoman had to lose something to Su Qingluan in the end.
Su Qingluan had been joking before, so she naturally wouldn't really ask the little girl for any precious items. She just smiled and said, "Just give me something as a gift between friends."
Tian Xing'er was unconvinced: "Then the rest of the people are not friends?"
Su Qingluan secretly laughed at Xing'er's competitive nature, always wanting to compete for everything. She shook her head helplessly and said, "Why not just let Xiaoman be the representative?"
"No, this is my first gift to a new friend, so it can't be too shabby!" Tian Xing'er was straightforward and didn't notice that her words unintentionally made Xiaoman feel uncomfortable.
Su Qingluan couldn't pretend she didn't see it, so she patted Tian Xing'er gently and said, "Friendship is about the heart. If you only care about money, then you're going to find the richest man in the world to be your friend."
Although Tian Xing'er was impatient, she didn't have any bad intentions. After hearing what Su Qingluan said, she nodded and said, "That's true. Friends are based on feelings, not money."
When Xiaoman heard this, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief - after all, she was not as well-off as Tian Xing'er and Liu'er, and she did not have any valuable small items on her.
But before she could think of a gift, Su Qingluan spoke first: "The decoration on your head is very unique - is it made from those flowers on the roadside?"
Xiaoman hadn't thought about Su Qingluan asking about the flowers on her head. She just nodded slightly and said, "I picked these flowers by the river this afternoon. I used them to make a headdress. It's not a valuable thing."
Su Qingluan smiled and pointed: "I think that headdress is very unique. I want to see it, is that okay?"
"Of course, but..." Xiaoman hesitated and took off the hair accessory, "I've already worn it."
"It doesn't matter. I like this flower very much." The color of the flower is similar to sapphire blue, which complements the lake green skirt she is wearing very well.
Tian Xing'er suddenly came over and said, "So Daya likes wild flowers? Tomorrow I'll take you to a place—you're sure to like the wild flowers there!"
Su Qingluan put on the hair accessory with a smile and looked at Tian Xing'er: "I would like to go out and play tomorrow, but I still have to go to the town to set up a stall."
"Then when you pray for skill later, don't forget to make a wish to the Weaver Girl, asking her to bless you to earn more money and get rich quickly!" Tian Xing'er suggested seriously.
Upon hearing this, Que'er chuckled and said, "Why is Lady Zhinu intervening in business matters?"
"What if it works?" Tian Xing'er was unconvinced.
Su Qingluan also nodded: "What if the Weaver Girl and the God of Wealth are neighbors? Then she can also pass on a message to the God of Wealth, right?"
The girls had never thought about how Su Qingluan came up with this brilliant idea, so they stared at her blankly, which made Su Qingluan laugh out loud first -
"Do you guys have anything else you want to 'fight' for? If not, should you pray to the Weaver Girl and make a wish?"
Several girls said that it was unbelievable that their new partner Su Qingluan had not allowed them to win even once today, and they would definitely choose another way to compete with each other.
"Three times is enough!" Tian Xing'er held up three fingers, "Let's have a final fight!"
Then Su Qingluan was handed a piece of colored paper and a pair of scissors. This time they were going to compete in cutting colored paper.
Su Qingluan stared at the scissors in her hand in a daze. If it were anything else, she might have felt a little guilty, but playing with scissors...
So it was no surprise that Su Qingluan was first again.
"You're lying!" Tian Xing'er was unconvinced. "You said you never participated, but you turned out to be so awesome!"
Su Qingluan cried out in injustice, "I'm really not good at knitting—my mother does all the sewing at home. I'm just better with scissors."
"Why is Daya so good at using scissors?" Que'er was also very curious. She seemed to have never seen someone who was good at using scissors but not good at knitting or needlework.
Su Qingluan casually placed the scissors in her hand and played with them. "Actually, what I'm really good at is cooking, and the trimming and carving of many dishes requires the use of scissors and carving knives. Over time, I've become very familiar with it."
Although Su Qingluan still couldn't match the level of a true paper-cutting master, the paper-cutting that she competed with the little girls in was much simpler than the dishes she had made in her previous life that required complex and exquisite shapes.
When they heard the word "cooking", several girls showed great interest, especially Tian Xing'er and Xiaoman. They agreed with Su Qingluan that she would teach them how to cook delicious food when she was free another day.
Su Qingluan readily agreed, but Que'er joked, "If Xing'er goes into the kitchen again, I'm afraid her fair face will turn black as charcoal!"
"Sister Que'er!" Tian Xing'er stamped her feet. "That was an accident, just an accident!"
The girls played around for a while, and Chunhua pointed at the moon and whispered, "It's getting late. We've paid our respects to the Weaver Girl, so let's go back and get some rest."
After all, apart from Su Qingluan who has to open the stall tomorrow, everyone also has work to do tomorrow - raising a child in the countryside, not to mention boys and girls, both have to work, otherwise they will face the fate of starvation.
The altar prepared by Liu'er's family was of limited size. If two people knelt in front of the altar to pray, it was still spacious enough, but it would seem a bit crowded for three people, not to mention there were more people.
So Su Qingluan suggested that two people should worship the Weaver Girl in a group. In fact, she could secretly observe how others performed the ceremony so that she could imitate them and avoid making any big mistakes.
With this in mind, everyone first used colored lines to draw lots to decide the groups. Su Qingluan and Tian Xing'er happened to be in the last group, so they watched the "demonstrations" of the first two groups carefully from the back.
When Su Qingluan arrived, she and Tian Xing'er each took three incense sticks and bowed to the Weaver Girl and prayed for blessings.
Although the other girls made very sincere wishes, hoping to marry a good husband, seeking marriage had no appeal to Su Qingluan at the moment.
So she couldn't help but think: "If the Weaver Girl really lives not far from the God of Wealth, I can ask the Weaver Girl to tell the God of Wealth how to make me rich overnight."
Of course, this nonsensical thought only flashed through her mind and she didn't take it seriously. However, another thing aroused her curiosity.
It turned out that when the blessing was over, Tian Xing'er suddenly handed Su Qingluan a palm-sized wooden box with exquisite carvings, and told her to open it after dawn tomorrow. Then she took out her own and said, "We all have one. I was afraid you didn't have one, so I brought you one too. Don't worry, it's alive and kicking!"
"..." Su Qingluan didn't take the box seriously at first, but after hearing some of Tian Xing'er's adjectives, she couldn't help but become curious: "What's in it?"
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