Chapter 171 He's stopped liking butts and started liking faces?
Lin Baozhu picked up a flower and examined it closely. The velvet petals were layered and spread out, the stitches were fine and even, and a touch of bright yellow thread was cleverly attached to the stamen. Her eyes were full of admiration: "Mother, your craftsmanship is absolutely amazing! This hair flower is so exquisite and beautiful! With your skills, if the leaders of the county garment factory saw it, they would probably be scrambling to hire you as their master!"
Lin Baozhu was never stingy with praise for her family. Besides, the hair ornaments her mother made were indeed much more exquisite than those she made.
Lin's mother couldn't help but smile as she was praised, and she straightened her back a little. The pride of a craftswoman was impossible to hide on her face.
“My mother has loved needlework since she was a child! When I was seven, my grandmother sent me to work as an apprentice for a embroiderer for five years.”
Her voice was warm with reminiscence, "That master was incredibly skilled! She was proficient in all kinds of embroidery, tailoring, and garment making... My mother learned almost everything from her."
At this point, the light on her face suddenly dimmed, and her voice became low and suppressed:
"Later...the beasts from the Blood Kingdom invaded...They not only occupied our land and robbed our things, but also specifically harmed our female comrades...their methods were...inhumane..."
Lin's mother's body trembled almost imperceptibly, as if the cold wind had penetrated her bones.
Lin Baozhu's heart tightened, and she asked softly, "Mother, what about your master..."
"she……"
Lin's mother clenched the hair ornament in her hand, the bright red silk twisting and deforming between her fingers.
Her eyes instantly became bloodshot, and her voice, as if squeezed out from between her teeth, carried an excruciating pain:
"To protect us apprentices... she... she lured the Japanese away all by herself... until we... until we found her..."
Her breathing became rapid, each word heavy as a thousand pounds: "Her stomach... was ripped open by those beasts... her body... had no cloth left to cover her shame..."
Lin's mother's voice was broken and fragmented, her immense grief and indignation rendering her almost speechless. "She was such a clean and respectable person... and in the end... in the end... she ended up like this."
Lin Baozhu felt as if her heart was being clenched by an icy hand. She had never imagined that her cheerful and capable mother harbored such a tragic past.
It's easy to imagine that if her respectable master hadn't drawn the enemy away, her mother would likely have met the same fate...
Her heart clenched, and her nose stung with tears. She stepped forward and gently embraced her mother's trembling shoulders, her voice incredibly soft: "Mother, it's all over... those beasts have all been driven away!"
She tried to soothe Lin's mother's pain with a more powerful statement: "Look how good our country is now, getting stronger every day! One day, that tiny, harmful land will be punished! The sea will flood in, the volcanoes will erupt, the earth will shake... Heaven will not let them off the hook! The sins committed by their ancestors will be paid for by their descendants with countless lives! Their country will be completely destroyed!"
This deep-seated hatred is etched into the very bones of every Chinese person! The heinous crimes committed by the Blood Nation will eventually, bit by bit, exhaust their fortune!
Lin's mother trembled violently a few times, finally resting her head on her daughter's shoulder, sobbing uncontrollably. After a long while, she slowly calmed down, raising her sleeve to wipe away the tears on her face, her voice hoarse but with a hint of relief: "So many years have passed... I don't know why, but today I suddenly remembered these old things... My heart feels so heavy... I had to cry... I feel better after crying..."
Feeling her mother's trembling gradually subside and her breathing become steady, Lin Baozhu slowly released her arms, but still looked at her with concern.
"Mom, if you're free tomorrow, just stay home and make your hair accessories. I'll go to Auntie's place."
"Okay." Lin's mother nodded in agreement.
Lin Baozhu quickly washed the two little ones, Hu Zi and Tian Tian, until they smelled wonderful. Since their father had injured his leg, their mother would definitely have to take care of him tonight, so the task of putting Hu Zi to sleep naturally fell to their third brother, while Tian Tian slept with Lin Baozhu.
With the little one by her side, Lin Baozhu didn't go into the space tonight.
She slept soundly through the night. The next day, as dawn broke, Lin Baozhu quietly got up, slung her bamboo basket over her shoulder, picked up her wood-chopping knife, and prepared to go out.
Squeak—
The courtyard gate opened, and in the dim morning light, a tall and upright figure leaned against the earthen wall outside the gate.
It's Qin Haifeng.
He was wearing oversized work clothes, but he didn't look bulky at all. Instead, they perfectly accentuated his broad shoulders, narrow waist, long legs, and straight back.
Hearing the door open, Qin Haifeng turned around abruptly. The moment he saw it was Lin Baozhu, he straightened up like a javelin, coughing lightly to cover his reaction, his voice slightly hoarse from the morning:
"Cough... I heard you say yesterday that you were going up the mountain."
His gaze drifted elsewhere, a blush crept onto his ears, and his heart pounded like a drum in his chest. "I...I also wanted to go for a walk in the mountains."
After he finished speaking, Lin Baozhu did not respond. Qin Haifeng cautiously raised his eyelashes to look—
Lin Baozhu was staring at him intently, her gaze fixed on him, with a hint of barely perceptible bewilderment.
He subconsciously touched his cheek. He had shaved specifically for this day, and his face was spotless... Could it be...?
A slightly excited thought popped into her head uncontrollably: Does she love his face more than her own butt?
[I can't take it anymore! The author has had the flu for several days and is feeling terrible, so I really can't write. My head is also spinning. Dear readers, please stay safe.]
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