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  Grandma Zhai knew that she would definitely treat Miao Jing extremely well as long as Miao Jing became her daughter-in-law.

  It didn’t matter that Miao Jing had no parents since her birth. She and Old Zhai would treat Miao Jing like their biological daughter to make it up to her.

  “We bought a lot and spent a lot of money,” Miao Jing said in a small voice in embarrassment. What she had spent was not her money but the Zhai family’s.

  “No, it wasn’t a lot at all.”

  Grandma Zhai understood from a glance that there was no way they had bought a lot from what Miao Jing was carrying. “But Miao Miao, will this be enough?” In her opinion, this was too little.

  Grandma Zhai turned her gaze to Zhai Yaohui. He was the one who had brought Miao Miao out. It was entirely his fault that Miao Miao hadn’t bought enough.

  Zhai Yaohui didn’t feel upset at being blamed. After all, it wasn’t Miao Jing who had suggested doing this in the first place. It had been his parents. Could he possibly settle the accounts with his parents?

  “It’s enough. Definitely.”

  Miao Jing, who had never had any new clothes to wear, had not only gotten a new outfit but also some fabric to continue making more clothes.

  Three sets of new clothes!

  Even Miao Lanlan would never have the chance to get three new sets of clothes in a year!

  She had never thought a day like this would come where she would live a better life than Miao Lanlan!

  Grandma Zhai grabbed hold of Miao Jing’s hands. “Remember to let me know if you don’t have enough. Don’t shortchange yourself. If your dad hadn’t saved Old Zhai twice, my family would be in ruins. It’s only right that we’re good to you. Don’t think too much about it or feel burdened. Child, I know you’re a good child and you’ve been through a lot.”

  Miao Jing sniffled. She didn’t want to have too drastic of a response and only nodded stiffly.

  She didn’t mind the suffering she had gone through.

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  The only thing she minded was never having the chance to meet her parents and not knowing how they looked like.

  She would never get the chance to do so in this lifetime.

  Although the technology of photography had been around decades ago, Father and Mother Miao had never had the means to take photographs for memory’s sake.

  Knowing that she would never be able to make up for this regret, Miao Jing never mentioned it. After all, it would only add to her own as well as others’ trouble. “Auntie, do you have a sewing machine at home?”

  “Yes, I’ll take you there.” Grandma Zhai stood up and brought Miao Jing to the sewing machine. “Are you planning on making your own clothes?”

  “Yes.” Miao Jing nodded.

  “Do you know how to do it? Do you need me to teach you?”

  Miao Jing shook her head. “There was an elder sister who had a sewing machine back in my village. She taught me and I know how to use it.”

  “Alright. Take your time with it. If you need any help, you can look for me or the auntie, alright?”

  “Yes.”

  A sewing machine was expensive, and Miao Jing had not gotten many opportunities to use one back in the countryside.

  Now that she had one in front of her, Miao Jing’s eyes lit up and she was eager to give it a go.

  Unfortunately, Miao Jing was dumbfounded when she finally had the chance to use it.

  She knew how to use the sewing machine, but she had no idea how to cut the fabric into a proper shape.

  It wasn’t that the Miao family never made their own clothes, but similar to how they never got Miao Jing to cook, Second Auntie Miao was afraid that Miao Jing would ruin their clothes. As such, she never got Miao Jing to help make their clothes.

  It was terribly easy to cut the fabric and she could do that herself. It was better that she did it in case that jinx stole her fabric.

  Because of Second Auntie Miao’s actions, Miao Jing knew only how to sew and not to cut the fabric.

  Thinking back to what Grandma Zhai had told her earlier, Miao Jing hesitated for a while before sneaking off to look for that ‘auntie’ for help.

  The Zhai family’s caretaker had already gotten instructions from Old Zhai and knew not to offend Miao Jing. The Zhai family already regarded Miao Jing as part of their family.

  Although she was just a young lady from the countryside, her status was much higher than hers since she was only a hired help.

  Without hesitation, the caretaker skillfully cut the fabric into the right shape and size for Miao Jing.

  At that time, there were many people who were already used to either buying fabric and getting someone to make their clothes or doing it themselves.

  That was undoubtedly the cheapest way. As such, many people were able to tailor their own clothes.

  After taking some measurements for Miao Jing, the caretaker cut the two outfits’ worth of fabric without much wastage.

  “Thank you. I’ll continue from here.”

  The caretaker nodded and didn’t ask anymore, leaving Miao Jing alone to work in the room.

  While Miao Jing was happily making her own clothes in the room, the family of three was gathered in the study to talk about Miao Jing. “Yaohui, I’ve already told you about the entire situation. We’re not heartless people. I’m sure you know how you should treat Miao Miao.”

  Hearing Grandma Zhai’s stern tone, Zhai Yaohui didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “Am I not treating her well?”

  “I want you to treat her even better. Do you understand?” Treating her well didn’t account for much. They wouldn’t be able to return Miao Miao’s parents to her that way. Neither would they be able to give Miao Miao a happy and blissful childhood by treating her well.

  They couldn’t do anything!

  “Yaohui, everything you have is all thanks to the Miao family and Miao Miao’s sacrifice. We have to have a conscience.” Without the Miao family, the mother and son would be the ones living miserable lives.

  “Mom, do you have to be so serious?”

  “Of course!” Old Zhai slammed the table. “Tell me right now. Do you really want to get married to that young lady from the Shi family? I’m telling you that I won’t agree to it. Even if you don’t get married to Miao Miao, you can’t get married to Qi Minlan from the Shi family. Your mom is softhearted and only gave birth to a son like you. That’s why she foolishly treated Qi Minlan like a daughter. But that young lady from the Shi family is too complicated and ambitious. She isn’t suitable for you. Your mom and I will be driven to our graves by her if you two get together.”

  Old Zhai had no idea that he would live a good life with his wife in their old age even though Zhai Yaohui never married Qi Minlan in the end, but that wouldn’t stop Miao Jing from being tortured by a nightmare that was Qi Minlan.

  Hearing Old Zhai’s words, Grandma Zhai seemed to want to speak up for Qi Minlan.

  She knew that Old Master Shi wasn’t that great of a person, but Qi Minlan was pretty good. After all, she had seen Qi Minlan grow up.

  Even though Grandma Zhai didn’t think that Qi Minlan was that bad, she trusted Old Zhai much more than Qi Minlan.

  Thus, Grandma Zhai chose to keep her mouth shut and didn’t insist.

  She had no choice. She didn’t think that Qi Minlan was a bad girl, but she did agree that Miao Jing was good too!