Chapter 182: Will It Happen?
She didn’t rashly ask Qin Xiangnuan if she understood embroidery, or who she learned it from, because they were not yet familiar. She could sense that the child maintained a certain distance from others, and she was afraid that if she asked too much, the young girl might start overthinking.
Children of this era have a lot more on their minds compared to their time.
Qin Xiangnuan had some understanding of why Old Madam Sun was looking at her; she had heard from Mr. Sun that Old Madam Sun came from a scholarly family and was a lady from a prestigious family during the Late Qing. Moreover, her family had an ancestral tradition of embroidery. It was unknown how much of the skill was lost with Old Madam Sun and how much was mastered.
Her own embroidery work was very unique, which she knew well. On the Tang suit she had embroidered for Mr. Sun, she used no fewer than four different embroidery techniques. If Old Madam Sun was knowledgeable about embroidery, she would have recognized this at a glance, and perhaps that was why she didn’t ask further.
Indeed, people of high standing knew that some things should not be inquired about, and she would not take the initiative to speak.
Of course, her first impression of Old Madam Sun was very good. Such a person of high quality truly stood apart.
Granny Lu was simple and unrefined; Old Madam Sun was wise. She liked such elders and of course also wished to draw her heart a little closer to them.
She then made another scallion pancake for Mr. Sun, who happily took it. He and Old Madam Sun sat together, eating side by side, bite by bite, with a sense of time flowing like an endless sea or carving stone – a sentiment that seemed to live within them.
Life is just like that, fleeting in just a few decades. To encounter someone who truly understands you and stays with you for life is extraordinarily rare.