"Jiang Qi, you are very good. Don't underestimate yourself. Don't compare yourself with others. You have your own strengths. You are gentle, patient, have strong hands-on skills, a good personality, and are good-looking too."
"Second sister-in-law, are you talking about me?"
Jiang Qi felt her face getting hot. Was she the person her second sister-in-law was talking about? Did she really have that many good qualities?
"Of course it's you. Why would I talk about someone else? I don't even know her. Jiang Qi, you have to believe in yourself. You are the best."
Mu Yi'an showered Jiang Qi with compliments, making her face turn as red as a monkey's bottom, but a smile appeared in her eyes.
The two women chatted and laughed until Shao Ming returned from school. They were both bothered by the children and stopped talking about anything else.
Shao Ming told his mother, aunt, and younger siblings about his experiences at the academy. He had been attending the Wan Juan Shu Tang (Ten Thousand Scrolls Academy) for some time now, adapting well and genuinely enjoying it. He liked what the teacher taught, the music lessons, and even the martial arts instructor. He especially loved learning to cook, feeling that it was quite admirable for a man to know how to cook, and even felt a little proud of it!
"Shao Ming, take your younger siblings to wash their hands. We'll be having dinner soon. Today, we'll have your favorite sweet and sour pork ribs!"
"Okay, Mom, Shao Yun, Chu Yue, your brother will take you to wash your hands. After you wash your hands, we'll go eat ribs."
"Brother, brother..."
Chu Yue stretched out her chubby little hands to pull her brother, and Shao Yun, holding Shao Ming's hands on either side, skipped and hopped to wash her hands.
Mu Yi'an and Jiang Qi, standing behind, looked at the three children with smiles of relief.
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