Chapter 571 - 581 Recalling Past Events
By the time she finished squandering the modest fortune left to her by the Yu Family and Du Family, let’s see where she could go to cry.
"Oh, that’s right!" Jie Residence’s second young master suddenly remembered something and asked the Du concubine, "You should have learned the full embroidery from the Yu Family, right? Your concubine mother passed away when you were very young. Before Madam Du passed away, she was the one who took care of you. You learned embroidery when Du Xintong was learning it, didn’t you?"
"Me?" The Du concubine’s gaze shifted away, and she continued washing Jie’s second young master’s feet with her head lowered, saying, "I learned a bit, but I’m too stupid, always not as good as elder sister, and eventually I stopped learning."
Jie’s second young master was silent for a moment, then snorted and said, "That was her own mother; naturally, she learned better than you. Aqing, it isn’t that you’re too stupid, but rather that Madam Du didn’t teach you seriously."
He took out a crudely made little tiger sachet embroidered in the full style from his waist. The embroidery work was awkward and really left much to be desired.
He was only six when his mother died, crying inconsolably. With no women in the Jie Residence to take care of him, Madam Du brought him to stay at the Du Residence for two days.
During those two days at the Du Residence, he kept himself locked in his room, refusing to see anyone. It was Aqing who coaxed him out with that little tiger.
From then on, he remembered the little girl holding the little tiger.
"It could only be Aqing’s craftsmanship that could make this tiger look like this. It may be ugly, but it’s particularly endearing. Hmm, it seems Madam Du wasn’t wrong to call you clumsy, otherwise, how could the renowned embroidery of Zhuzhao turn out like this?"
His eyes remained fixed on the terribly embroidered little tiger, but he didn’t notice that the woman washing his feet had turned deathly pale.
After a long while without a response from the Du concubine, he put away the little tiger and looked down to ask, "Why aren’t you speaking?"