Chapter 3 - 003 The Favored Original Owner
"Granny, I want to eat vegetable rice cakes and vegetable soup dumplings. I want Granny to make them, not Mama," Tian Sisi stood up to help Granny Zhao put on her cotton pants, acting spoiled after having slept through the night, the original host's memories gradually emerged like a movie, and Tian Sisi also came to understand that although the original host's adoptive mother Zhu Aiqing was very kind to her, Zhu Aiqing's cooking was not really commendable.
"Okay, whatever Ah Nan wants to eat, Granny will make for you. I have already washed the vegetables, and Granny will start cooking now. You can eat after you wash your face. Ah Nan, you need to eat more, seeing you being sick and losing weight on your face is truly distressing!"
Granny Zhao smiled with her eyes nearly closed, greatly enjoying her granddaughter's act of spoiling. Among her many grandchildren, only Tian Sisi was raised entirely by her hand, and also because this granddaughter's appearance was good and she had a fortunate energy, Granny Zhao treated Tian Sisi even better than her biological granddaughter, Tian Lili (the younger daughter of Tian Aiguo, 11 years old).
Tian Sisi wore a bright red hooded ski sweater, considered the most fashionable attire now. From the host's memory, she knew that this sweater was a New Year's gift to her niece from her uncle, Tian Mantong, who brought it from the province. Underneath the ski sweater was a light yellow fleece sweatshirt, and her pants were self-made dark red corduroy pants, also lined with fleece. She wore a pair of red nylon socks and a pair of red homemade cotton shoes padded with lots of cotton fabric, very warm.
Granny Zhao originally wanted to help Tian Sisi put on her shoes but was refused. It was okay for Granny to help her dress, but Tian Sisi really couldn't accept having an old lady kneel in front of her to put on her shoes, and Granny Zhao let it be, just braiding Tian Sisi's pigtail braids. Granny Zhao's hands were very gentle, not painful at all when braiding, unlike her mother from a past life, Zhong Juying, who used to make her cry every time.
"We wear cloth shoes at home, and you can wear the red fur shoes your uncle bought for you when we go out," Granny Zhao said while braiding her hair.
There was a reason Granny Zhao said this; the original host was quite a spirited young girl, very fond of dressing up and never liked wearing the cloth shoes made by Granny Zhao, deeming them rustic. However, Tian Sisi liked them. In later times, this kind of handmade cloth shoe sold for a lot of money. She glanced at the red fur shoes under the bed planks, which were square-toed boots a bit like Martin boots of later times, but of course the leather shoes now were not as nice looking as those in later times, so Tian Sisi genuinely disliked these boots, which others considered very fashionable.
"Mm, the cotton shoes made by Granny are comfy," Tian Sisi's words made Granny Zhao very happy, as Ah Nan had become much more sensible after falling sick. Previously, she would never have said that Granny's shoes were comfortable; she would only call them rustic!
Granny Zhao tied two pigtails for Tian Sisi and attached two red hair ties, saying happily, "My good Nannan is indeed beautiful," then went out to cook vegetable rice cakes for her granddaughter. Tian Sisi stepped off the bed from the plank placed under it; she slept in an old-fashioned carved wooden bed, very high, typically with a long wooden plank placed under it for climbing up and down the bed and also for keeping shoes.