Educated Youth in the Countryside: She is the Village's Embroidery Queen!-Chapter 479: Big Head, Small Body

Aunt Ma wasn’t home, and neither was the team leader, only Nuonuo and her mother were there.

After being invited into the house, Yi Chichi saw Nuonuo with a needle and thread, raising her eyebrows in surprise, "Nuonuo, you’re not going to class today?!"

"I scored double hundreds, and Mr. Ouyang gave me a day off."

The little girl put down her needle and thread and happily took out her certificate to show off. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Yu Ritang saw the certificate and burst out laughing.

"Why is this certificate still drawn by hand?"

That’s right, the Youth Corps Courtyard issued certificates to students that were all drawn by hand.

These people were craftsmen, and after borrowing Yi Chichi’s paint, they managed to create highly realistic certificates.

The writing was done by Bai Chen.

His penmanship was the best.

Besides that, they also prepared notebooks, candies, and other items as rewards for the students.

Though it’s just a small class, thanks to the community members’ support, the Youth Corps managed to run it much like a real school.

They teach things the school doesn’t, and everything the school teaches, they teach too.

They are quite responsible and also act as playmates and psychological counselors.

The kids all like them.

Hearing Yu Ritang’s words, Nuonuo immediately explained, "Aunt, don’t laugh. The school stopped classes, we are in the small class."

The school is too cold; every year during this time, it stops classes and resumes in spring.

"The teachers are the youth from our village, and without certificates, they can only draw them by hand."

Before she finished, she took out three hard candies from under her pillow, "These were my rewards from the teachers, Auntie, have one!"

She stuffed a piece of candy into Yu Ritang’s hand and also gave a piece each to Yi Chichi and Tang Ruoqing.

She was eagerly offering them the treats.

But she was drooling a bit herself.

Yi Chichi and the others laughed, being adults, they couldn’t eat a child’s candy.

Feeling a bit shy.

Yu Ritang pulled out a pound of White Rabbit candies from her bag and handed them to her along with the hard candies, "Auntie is all grown up, you keep these for yourself."

Yi Chichi and Tang Ruoqing also returned the candies.

Tang Ruoqing also brought a gift for Nuonuo, a pair of exquisite and delicate butterfly hairpins, clearly from the Friendship Store.

Not cheap.

Only Yi Chichi came empty-handed.

But she was thick-skinned and didn’t feel embarrassed; instead, she casually picked up Nuonuo’s embroidery to examine it. Niu’s mother leaned over, "I feel Nuonuo’s embroidery is getting better."

"Mom, your feelings don’t matter, only Aunt Chichi’s opinion counts."

Previously, they called her sister, but since Nuonuo and Qin Jiu started playing together, they changed the title.

Yi Chichi’s focus wasn’t on this but rather—

"Nuonuo, your bird’s proportions are off."

The little girl was embroidering a sparrow design she drew herself, simple in pattern, with a sparrow perched on a bare branch, featuring few colors and a straightforward design.

She captured the vitality of the bare branch well, but the sparrow’s proportions were wrong.

"Huh?"

Nuonuo was a bit stunned, looking at the sparrow, she said, "I, I stitched it according to the pattern."

Yu Ritang leaned over to take a look, hitting the nail on the head, "Your sparrow’s head is too big for its body."

"Nuonuo, bring out the pattern for your aunt to see."

"Oh."

She responded, taking out the pattern to show Yu Ritang. Four heads gathered together for comparison, but Yi Chichi didn’t join in; she knew her design well.

She didn’t need a comparison to see the problem.

As time passed by, finally, the three adults and one child understood.

Niu’s mother apologized, "Sorry, Nuonuo, it’s all mom’s fault. If it weren’t for me misguiding you, you wouldn’t have embroidered the sparrow with such a big head and small body."

Nuonuo waved her hands, comforting, "It’s not mom’s fault; it’s my lack of focus that led to poor embroidering."

Tang Ruoqing widened her eyes, could a child of Nuonuo’s age actually say something like a lack of focus?

Looking at Nuonuo’s sensible appearance, she lamented, "Why isn’t Nuonuo my niece? She’s so much more obedient, sensible, and well-behaved than my older nephew."

The most critical thing is, this child is even learning embroidery.

And Yi Chichi is teaching her.

Once she masters it, she won’t worry about making a living in the future.

Yu Ritang wasn’t fond of these words, nor did she like Tang Ruoqing’s apparent disdain for her nephew, giving her a glare, "It’s fine to say things like that here, but it could cause issues outside."

There was a deeper meaning in her words.

Yi Chichi glanced at Tang Ruoqing and noticed her expression was somewhat peculiar. Perhaps feeling her gaze, she looked back, "Don’t look at me like that, my family’s situation is a bit complicated."

She didn’t elaborate on how it was complicated, but Yi Chichi could see from her expression that the problem likely stemmed from a parental issue causing sibling discord.

As it pertained to Tang Ruoqing’s privacy, she didn’t intend to ask, instead laughing to change the subject, "Nuonuo, your sparrow’s head has to be taken apart and re-embroidered."

"That’s too troublesome; can’t it be re-embroidered?"

Tang Ruoqing was the first to express her opinion, Yi Chichi remained silent, instead motioning for Nuonuo to explain herself.

The little girl was in a tooth-changing phase; when she smiled, two dark gaps appeared on either side of her front teeth, evenly spaced and quite funny.

But she didn’t care at all; growing up surrounded by love, she was sunny, cheerful, and confident.

That’s what Nuonuo was like, she cheerfully said, "Re-embroidering wastes thread and fabric. Aunt Chichi gave me cotton thread and cotton cloth, which you can embroider, take apart, and re-embroider, saving both thread and fabric."

This was the truth, silk and silk thread were too expensive, and before mastering it, Yi Chichi didn’t dare let her use them.

First, because she feared making mistakes and ruining materials.

Second, the cost would be too high, placing a heavy burden on the team leader’s family, and income wouldn’t come quickly.

Upon learning this reason, Tang Ruoqing acknowledged, "No wonder the threads are frayed."

"It’s normal; frayed threads are nothing to worry about during practice."

At this moment, Nuonuo’s mother came over with tea and some nuts like pine seeds and sunflower seeds to entertain them, "Will you head back tonight?"

"No we won’t!"

Yu Ritang laughed, "Sister-in-law, we’ll have to bother you once again."

"It’s no bother; my mom wishes you could come every day."

Her mother-in-law truly adored this niece.

Of course, she also liked her husband’s cousin, who was generous.

She never came empty-handed.

"You all sit tight, I’ll go call mom to catch a chicken."

Before she finished speaking, she scurried out like a rabbit, and Nuonuo happily pounced into Yu Ritang’s lap, "Aunt, why don’t you just stay?"

Yi Chichi instantly understood this child’s desire—Yu Ritang’s stay guarantees meat for dinner.

She looked at Yu Ritang and saw her face filled with understanding and couldn’t help but laugh.

Nuonuo’s wish was destined to fail.

As expected, Yu Ritang pinched her cheek, "Stop dreaming; Aunt is married and can’t leave your Uncle by himself."

"But we can let Uncle stay in our house too!"

The team leader, just entering, heard these words and said, unable to contain his laughter, "Your Uncle needs to work to earn money to support the family."

No one would skip work, with a perfectly good job, to stay with relatives unless they were out of their mind.