Farm Girl's Manor
Chapter 1214 - 383: Shadow, Scalding_2

Chapter 1214: Chapter 383: Shadow, Scalding_2

Shengsheng was quite tempted by the seemingly fun activity, and she nodded repeatedly. After washing her hands clean in a basin filled with fresh water and wiping them dry, she imitated Mo Yan and carefully wrapped a small ball of dough around the lotus paste and egg yolk.

But Shengsheng probably really didn’t have the knack for such delicate tasks. As she rolled the dough back into a ball and reached for the mold beside her to put it inside, the dough brushed against the edge of the mold and, with a plop, it fell to the ground.

Now, Shengsheng truly felt like crying. She stared blankly at the "corpse" of dough on the ground, then back at her empty hands, blinked, and her eyes instantly reddened.

This look of on-the-verge-of-tears was absolutely heart-wrenching, and Mo Yan and Xin Er felt very sorry for her. One quickly put down the dough, and the other quickly put down the salted egg, comforting their sister, whose tears were already glistening on her eyelashes, from both sides.

"Wu wu—I, am I really useless, can’t even, even do this little thing well, and keep on, keep on causing you guys trouble!" Shengsheng said, even more upset as her two sisters comforted her, letting her tears fall as she sobbed.

"No no no, Shengsheng, you’re great, you’re amazing, you’re just not practiced. After a few more tries, you’ll get it!" Xin Er, faced with her little sister’s teary eyes, wished she could present all the beautiful things in the world to make her happy.

She stretched out her hand and continued, "Look at your sister’s hands. When I first learned embroidery, I pricked my fingers until they swelled like radishes every day, but I haven’t pricked them since. It’s only because I embroidered many handkerchiefs that they’re like this. Once you get practiced, you’ll definitely make the best mooncakes."

Shengsheng looked at Xin Er’s slender white fingers, seeing not a single pinhole, and gradually stopped sobbing, "Really? If I practice more, I can really make them well?"

Xin Er nodded emphatically, "Yes, definitely!"

But Shengsheng lacked confidence; she looked down at her own chubby little hands and suddenly felt that the reason she couldn’t do anything well was that these hands were so clumsy. But she couldn’t exactly chop them off and get a new pair!

With this thought, the tears that had just stopped started to pour out again, "I’m so dumb, so dumb! It’s because I couldn’t do anything well that Mrs. Song didn’t like me, always badmouthing me to dad, and dad also started to dislike me. Wuwu, my foster father is soon to marry my stepmother, and when she sees how dumb I am, she definitely won’t like me, and then foster father won’t like me anymore either!"

At these words, Xin Er, who didn’t know much about the history of Yun Zhao Yun Sheng siblings, was completely stunned, and Mo Yan hadn’t expected Shengsheng to remember her childhood at the Mu Family. She had always thought that under their family’s care, the little sister had forgotten all her past misfortunes. It turned out these were just her own assumptions, and Shengsheng had not forgotten at all.

No wonder she had recently been trying to do all sorts of tasks, always envying Xin Er for embroidering beautiful screens to gift to Auntie from Cui Family, and having frequent nightmares... The root cause lay here.

Seeing Shengsheng cry so hard as if she was breaking down, Mo Yan, not bothering to wash her hands, immediately held her in her arms and comforted her with all the gentleness she could muster, "Shengsheng, Sister loves you, your Sister Xin Er loves you, Zhenzhen loves you, my dad loves you too, and so do your brother, Grandfather Li, Aunt Li, they all like you very much... You’re pretty, you’re adorable, you’re kind, you’re everyone’s little angel, their cheerful delight... With so many people loving you, you are really great just as you are, there’s no need to try to please anyone; Aunt Cui will definitely like you too."

Shengsheng was, after all, a simple child who easily took to heart what others advised. After hearing her sister’s words, hope sparked in her eyes, and she clung tightly to Mo Yan’s clothes, asking cautiously, "Sister Yan, is that true? Will the stepmother that foster father is marrying also like Shengsheng?"

Mo Yan stroked her little head and affirmed with a nod, "Trust me, she definitely will."

Lacking confidence, Shengsheng turned her gaze to the other sister, her big eyes flickering and revealing her deep-seated insecurity.

Xin Er, mimicking her sister, stroked Shengsheng’s head and softly said, "Definitely, Auntie from Cui Family will surely like you."

Having received assurances from the two sisters she trusted most, Shengsheng’s tears turned to laughter. She hugged both sisters, wiped the tears from her face, and started making mooncakes again, "I will make the best mooncakes and give them to my stepmother tomorrow. If she praises me for making them tasty, then she definitely likes me."