When Su Qingluan returned home, although it was only noon, she was already starving.
There was no way around it. Although discussing the outer packaging didn't take up too much energy, Mu Xingzhi's night pearl had given Su Qingluan such a big scare that she was still frightened even after returning home.
Su Qingluan felt a little scared: Fortunately, she happened to rub her eyes, and fortunately, Mu Xingzhi happened to ask her.
If it weren't for a series of coincidences, Su Qingluan happened to discover the night pearl, then Mu Xingzhi didn't know how long he would have to stay in the same room with such a powerful weapon.
What's more, the night pearl was the size of a tennis ball. Such a huge radiation source probably had a considerable radiation range. She herself, who often went to Mu Xingzhi's place, would probably not be able to escape the bad luck.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan couldn't help but feel relieved again.
Su Xueyan's penetrating laughter, a child's, could be heard from afar in the yard of her neighbor Sun Guixiang. Su Qingluan muttered in her heart: Aunt Guixiang's belly is getting bigger and bigger. Although the little sister is a warm-hearted little angel most of the time, she also has a restless and monkey-like personality.
I hope Aunt Guixiang won’t be too tired.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan decided that since she was at home most of the time, she could just take Su Xueyan with her. It just so happened that the child was lively and active, so it would be boring to keep her locked up in the yard all the time.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan walked towards Sun Guixiang's house.
When she got closer, Su Qingluan finally understood why Su Xueyan was laughing so happily - it turned out that Sun Guixiang had taken out a kite from somewhere.
Although she couldn't take the little girl to run around the yard, it was obvious that as long as the child had a new toy, even if she was not good at it, she could run around and have fun by herself.
However, it is obvious that a child under four years old, although vaguely knows that the way to play with a kite is to "pull the string and run", it is obvious that such a young child does not know the key points.
So Su Qingluan saw this scene in front of her: Sun Guixiang was sitting in a rocking chair under the eaves, doing needlework with her head down, occasionally looking up at Su Xueyan who was laughing and playing in the yard with a loving smile on her face; and the little girl Su Xueyan was running forward "da da da" while she was shedding strings of cheerful and energetic laughter - followed by a half-dead kite that was almost dragging on the ground.
If all things have spirits, Su Qingluan believes that the inner thoughts of the kite must be very interesting.
Su Qingluan really couldn't bear to see her little sister trampling on other people's Zhiyuan again. Zhiyuan really didn't deserve such a crime.
She quickened her pace and walked into the yard: "Auntie, please help me look after my sister!"
Su Xueyan was having a great time when she saw Su Qingluan coming. She trotted over with the kite in her hand, hugged her waist, and showed off happily, "Sister, sister! Look at the kite I found for me! Isn't it beautiful!"
Su Qingluan bent down and touched her sister's face: "Auntie gave you such a beautiful kite to play with. Did Xueyan thank you?"
"Yes, thank you!" Su Xueyan puffed out her chest proudly upon hearing this. "Auntie praised San Ya and gave her some fruit!"
Sun Guixiang, who was sewing nearby, smiled and bit off the thread as she heard this. She said, "Qingluan, don't worry. The third girl is lively, but very well-behaved and sensible. I see she's in a very good mood too. You just came back from outside, and your face is flushed from the heat. Auntie will get you some fruit."
As she said this, she was about to get up to get something to eat for Su Qingluan, but Su Qingluan quickly walked over and held her back: "Auntie, please don't be so busy! You should keep your body together and be careful not to hurt your waist!" Su Qingluan was frightened by the action of her trying to stand up all of a sudden.
As she got closer, Su Qingluan saw the dress in Sun Guixiang's hand - it was so small, obviously sewn for the unborn baby.
However, what made Su Qingluan curious was that this dress was not made of a whole piece of cloth, but was pieced together with pieces of cloth in black, gray, azure, white, tan... all the common colors she could think of.
Each piece of cloth was about the size of an adult's palm. Su Qingluan saw that the clothes were made up of at least thirty or forty such pieces of cloth.
At present, only one sleeve of the dress was left to be sewn on, and there were still many scraps of cloth and needles and thread in the basket at Sun Guixiang's feet.
Su Qingluan was puzzled: Although the Li family was not particularly wealthy, they would not let their unborn child wear clothes made of such rags, right?
But she was afraid that asking this question would be too rude, so she only hinted: "Auntie, your little dress is really special, colorful."
"This is called 'Hundred Children's Clothes'. It's still missing one sleeve. I have to sew a few more stitches while it's still daylight, otherwise I won't be able to see clearly when it gets dark. I don't know why, but ever since I got pregnant, my eyesight hasn't been as good as it used to be."
Su Qingluan's heart moved when she heard this: From what Aunt Guixiang said, this dress is deliberately like this? But the problem of declining eyesight...
Su Qingluan watched Sun Guixiang struggling to thread the needle against the light, and smiled, comforting her, "Don't worry, Auntie. Pregnancy can cause discomfort, but you'll recover after giving birth if you take good care of yourself."
Deep down, Su Qingluan knew that pregnancy would have various side effects, some temporary and some lifelong. There were many reasons for vision loss during pregnancy, such as complications from gestational hypertension or gestational diabetes, or blurred vision caused by increased intraocular pressure due to swelling.
However, firstly, telling such things to others would not be of any benefit to the pregnant woman, as it would only increase the psychological burden. Secondly, these things could not be explained in a few words, so Su Qingluan simply smiled and comforted the other party, asking her to relax - after all, mood is also one of the important factors affecting pregnancy reactions.
Sun Guixiang smiled and nodded when she heard this: "Auntie knows, everything will be fine after the baby is born - everyone has gone through this."
Su Qingluan didn't know how to explain to her that "a series of tests only begin after giving birth," so she simply changed the subject: "What's so special about 'Bai Zi Yi'? It's a very common name."
"Yes, Sister Yang said that you had a high fever and didn't remember anything about the past, so it's normal that you didn't know about the 'Hundred Children's Clothes'." Sun Guixiang squinted her eyes and tried to pass the thin thread through the needle hole at the end of the sewing needle. "These scraps of cloth are the underwear of children who grew up safely in other families, especially those who have recovered from smallpox. And they have to be unwashed."
Su Qingluan suddenly understood: So that's why it's called "Hundred Children's Clothes".
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