After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 28 Sun's Visit
Su Xiaoxiao now truly understands how difficult it is to be a single-parent family.

Even if he could stop the villagers from bullying them and stand up to them fiercely, he still couldn't replace the role of a father in many aspects of life.

Xiao Bao was also woken up by the noise. He came over and clung to Sanlang's arm, calling out sleepily, "Daddy..."

Sanlang also looked surprised, and he looked up at Su Xiaoxiao with a bit of embarrassment.

Su Xiaoxiao had no choice but to put Xiaobao back in bed. "Xiaobao, be good. This isn't your daddy. Go back to sleep."

Da Bao was pulled back into bed by Su Xiaoxiao, and she said to Sanlang somewhat awkwardly, "Don't mind me, okay?"

"No, the children are all very cute. I actually like them quite a bit."

Su Xiaoxiao smiled.

After spending these past few days together, although the origins of this amnesiac Sanlang are unknown, it's not so bad. Su Xiaoxiao thinks he's not a bad person and is quite cute. As for other things, he can slowly recall them on his own. When he remembers them one day, he may really have to leave this family.

The next day, Su Xiaoxiao was busy starting a fire and cooking as usual. She had just finished breakfast when a voice came from outside the door.

Is Su Xiaoxiao home?

Huh, who's calling me from outside the door?
These days, Su Xiaoxiao has encountered many people who have kicked open her front door and barged in without any politeness. Some have come to sell her and her two children, while others have come to cause trouble and hurl insults.

Su Xiaoxiao felt a little uncomfortable that someone was so politely calling her from outside the door.

She wiped the water off her hands, pushed open the door, and walked into the yard. The fence was low, and she saw a woman peering into her yard from outside the door.

I was a little too far away to see her face clearly.

In fact, Su Xiaoxiao had already unlocked the gate in the morning, and could have easily pushed it open to enter. However, this person still knocked on the door very politely and did not barge in abruptly.

Su Xiaoxiao thought, "They probably didn't come here to cause trouble, right?"
Su Xiaoxiao opened the door, and standing outside was a middle-aged woman who looked very uneasy. She was carrying a vegetable basket containing potatoes, radishes, and some wild vegetables.

When she saw Su Xiaoxiao come out, she quickly said, "Su Xiaoxiao, I am Sun Shi, don't you remember me?"

Su Xiaoxiao quickly replied with a smile, "Sister Sun, what brings you here? Please come inside and have a seat."

It turns out that this was the woman with a different surname whom Su Xiaoxiao had picked up on her way back from the market a few days ago. She came today specifically to thank Su Xiaoxiao for her help that day.

Su Xiaoxiao was very happy and invited Sun Shi into the house.

When Sun entered the house, she saw a man sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed). She assumed he was Su Xiaoxiao's husband and quickly came over to greet him.

Su Xiaoxiao was a little embarrassed and quickly explained, "Sister Sun, he is actually not my husband."

If only there was a living room at home, but Su Xiaoxiao's house only had two rooms: an inner room with a kang (heated brick bed) and a kitchen for cooking and eating.

Sister Sun also felt quite embarrassed, "It's okay, I rescued him from the mountain a few days ago."

Su Xiaoxiao also felt there was no need to hide anything, and Sun seemed quite open-minded.

“My husband went to the battlefield on our wedding night, and a few days later we heard the news that he had died in battle, so I don’t have a husband now.”

Sun hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, sister, I've only been in this village for a short time, so I don't know much about some things here."

Sun sighed as she spoke, "Speaking of which, there are quite a few people with the surname Liu in Baihua Village. They don't seem to be very accepting of people with different surnames."

Su Xiaoxiao didn't object to this; these people did indeed have a bit of a xenophobic attitude.

When Sun saw the needle and thread that Su Xiaoxiao had laid out on the kang (a heated brick bed), it seemed as if she was sewing clothes for the two children. However, it looked like her needlework wasn't very good; the stitches were all crooked and uneven.

Sun laughed. In fact, after getting to know her, she was much more cheerful than Su Xiaoxiao, and sometimes she gave people a heroic feeling.

She was also a size larger than Su Xiaoxiao. She casually picked up some clothes and thread from the kang (a heated brick bed) and said to Su Xiaoxiao, "Little sister, I don't think you're very good at sewing, are you?"

Upon seeing this, Su Xiaoxiao hurriedly said, "Indeed, Sister Sun, do you know these things? Please teach me!"

Sew a button on a garment; it may seem like a simple task, but it's actually not that easy.

Su Xiaoxiao had never learned this kind of needlework before. She had just tried to sew up the ripped parts of Da Bao's clothes, but she made a mess of stitches, making them look like an ugly centipede. She felt ashamed of herself.

At this moment, Sanlang said to Su Xiaoxiao, "I'm going to take a walk outside for a while."

He took the two children out for a walk in the yard so that they wouldn't make noise inside and disturb Sun's instruction of Su Xiaoxiao in needlework.

Sun took apart the clothes that Su Xiaoxiao had sewn and then sewed them back together.

The moment the person picked up the needle and thread, Su Xiaoxiao could tell that this person was an expert.

Sure enough, Sun quickly sewed up the tear in Da Bao's clothes. After it was sewn up, Su Xiaoxiao could hardly see any trace of the sewing from the outside.

"Wow, Sister Sun, you're amazing! It seems I really need to learn needlework from you from now on!"

Su Xiaoxiao greatly admired Madam Sun, who smiled modestly.

"Oh, not at all. I'm clumsy too, but this is a skill that every woman must learn. We have to learn it from a young age, otherwise it will be hard to find a husband when we grow up."

Su Xiaoxiao blushed slightly upon hearing this.

"I've really never learned this before. By the way, Sister Sun, can I ask you for a favor?"

Su Xiaoxiao's eyes suddenly lit up. Sister Sun's needlework skills were truly impressive; it would take more than ten years of practice to learn to do that.

Even if Su Xiaoxiao starts learning now, she won't be able to catch up with others. Besides, she really doesn't have that much patience. Sitting in the room all day learning needlework is very tiring.

She'd be better off going out into the mountains to hunt some game or catching some fish in the river.

If she stayed indoors studying these things for no reason, Su Xiaoxiao would feel like she was sitting on pins and needles.

"Sister Sun, could you make me some clothes for my child?"

Su Xiaoxiao was preparing to make a quilt cover and bed sheet from the fabric she bought at the market a few days ago.

However, seeing how tattered Da Bao and Xiao Bao's clothes were these past few days, she couldn't bear it, so she temporarily put aside making new quilt covers and decided to make new clothes for the children instead.

Upon seeing this, Mrs. Sun said, "You want to make new clothes for the two children, right? No problem, I happen to have nothing to do."

Ms. Sun readily agreed, and she said that she could make these things very quickly, basically two children's clothes a day without any problem, and it wouldn't interfere with the housework.

Su Xiaoxiao was overjoyed to hear this.

She grabbed Sun's hand and shook it, saying, "Sister Sun, we really need to trouble you with this matter."

(End of this chapter)