Chapter 382 - I’ll Think Of You When I Have Time (2/2)

Seeing that she had something to do every day, Huo Jinyao noticed that Xiang Caiping seemed to be in good spirits.

The effects left from Su Chenghui’s visit were nowhere to be seen anymore.

He couldn’t help but marvel — sure enough, moms knew their daughters best. Su Qingsang and Xiang Caiping had only gotten to know each other as mother and daughter for the past two months, but their relationship was already so deep-rooted.

As she busied herself for the sake of her daughter, there was no need to worry that Xiang Caiping would feel bored.

He told all this to Su Qingsang. Su Qingsang felt slightly guilty, yet she was incredibly touched. It was a simple suggestion, but Xiang Caiping’s eagerness had truly left her speechless.

She secretly decided that she would treat Xiang Caiping better when she returned to Lin City — even better than before.

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Xiang Caiping didn’t want anything in return for treating Su Qingsang well. She just wanted to make up for the motherly love that she had been deprived of giving over the years.

In the next whole week, besides making smoked sausages, bacon and dried beef slices, which all happened to be Lin City’s new-year specialties, Xiang Caiping had completed knitting the two other sleeves on Qingsang’s sweater.

The white sweater looked crisp and clean. Xiang Caiping even stitched a few mulberry leaves on the front of it — the stitching looked fantastically intricate. After completing it, Xiang Caiping thought that it was missing something.

The sweater didn’t have a high collar. She was afraid that her daughter might still be cold when she was in Rong City.

Giving it some thought, Xiang Caiping decided to buy some wool the next day and knit a scarf for Su Qingsang. Not just for her — she could make one for Huo Jinyao too.

Huo Jinyao has treated her well all this time. Xiang Caiping wasn’t someone who would take that for granted.

Huo Jinyao was very nice both to Su Qingsang and to her. Besides treating Su Qingsang as her daughter, she also treated Huo Jinyao as her son-in-law wholeheartedly.

Knitting a scarf was easier — she had her mind set on doing it. Xiang Caiping left the house early in the morning the next day to buy some yarn.

Lin City had undergone a massive change compared to the time when she left twenty years ago. If Su Qingsang hadn’t brought her to shop around for a few times in the past, Xiang Caiping was afraid that she might not have been able to find her way.

Xiang Caiping planned to head home after she purchased the wool. However, when she walked past a very popular mall, she stopped short.

She was looking at a display item in a grand-looking jade store located next to the mall.

It was a jade Buddha. Men would usually wear the Guan Yin, and girls would usually wear the Buddha. She thought about how her daughter was always in the hospital — if she wasn’t around sickly patients, she would be around pregnant women.

She was also constantly socializing and on the move. Making up her mind, Xiang Caiping decided to buy the jade Buddha for her daughter as a gift.

She entered the store. It was big. The jade accessories were organized by type and exhibited on a few counters.

There were jade bangles, jade pendants, and jade décor items.

Xiang Caiping’s eyes swept across the store. Then, she made a beeline for the counter specifically displaying jade pendants. She requested the shop assistant to bring out the jade Buddha.

The shop assistant gave Xiang Caiping’s attire a once-over, hesitating for a good few seconds. “Ma’am, this piece is the most treasured and expensive item in the store. Its price isn’t affordable at all.”

Xiang Caiping stared back at the shop assistant, unfazed. “Miss, at my age, I might very well be your mother. Do you think I’m just wasting your time?”

“Ma’am, it all depends on how you see it. I didn’t mean it in that way.”

The shop assistant was a little embarrassed after Xiang Caiping’s statement. She turned around meekly to retrieve that jade Buddha, still a little reluctant.

The jade Buddha wasn’t big at all — it was just slightly bigger than a pigeon’s egg. It was a two-faced Buddha — a Buddha with a big heart. This piece of jade was quite well done in terms of quality and its intricacy of design.

As she was inspecting it, the shop assistant placed her hands on the counter in an untrusting manner. Soon she thought that she was being too obvious with her actions and proceeded to clear her throat.

“Ma’am, please handle it with care.”

Xiang Caiping ignored her and flipped the jade piece from front to back repeatedly. She had seen her fair share of luxury items when she did some business during her youth, and she knew that this jade piece was the real deal. “How much do you ask for it?”