Chapter 3: Disappointment

  With great difficulty, Song Jie pulled out the jade pendant from the thick down collar and examined it carefully for a while. From what she remembered, there was an almost imperceptible flaw on the jade pendant, which this one also had, confirming that it was indeed the same piece of jade.

  Can it be confirmed that her rebirth is related to this jade pendant? If so, then the origin of this jade pendant must be extraordinary.

  This jade pendant doesn't look particularly valuable and the material is quite ordinary, it's the kind that most people can afford to wear, there's nothing special about it.

  The pattern on the jade pendant is a twisted lotus, only Song Jie's fist-sized now, with a single emerald green lotus flower in the middle, connected to it are some whitish branches and leaves, looking like a piece of jade carved according to its color, at first glance, there's nothing wrong.

  Is this jade pendant really extraordinary? Will it have space? Is it Golden Finger?

  For a moment, Song Jie's heart was excited and disturbed, her heartbeat "thumping" rapidly, her small apple face flushed bright red. She both hoped that her wishes would come true and feared the result would be disappointing.

  Finally, Song Jie decided to give it a try and take a chance. No matter what the outcome was, she had at least fulfilled her long-held wish.

  It's going to be bloody according to the law of traversal, a small bun who is not big enough has turned the whole house upside down from top to bottom, from kitchen knife to scissors, and finally found an embroidery needle with his butt up in the cupboard.

  Put the jade pendant on the table, Song Jie's small package face wrinkled and bulging, holding an embroidery needle, eyes narrowed to a line. They say that ten fingers are connected to the heart, it hurts to prick once, can't bear to put it down.

  She steeled herself, aimed at the right spot with her eyes closed and stabbed hard. The tip of her finger throbbed as a big drop of blood suddenly emerged. Song Jie opened her eyes and gasped, afraid that the drop would fall off, she used another hand to hold it in place and pressed it onto the jade pendant.

  He carefully held the jade pendant with both hands, one minute passed, five minutes passed, ten minutes passed, and the jade pendant did not react at all.

  Song Jie threw the jade pendant on the table in frustration, also blaming herself. She really thought that after reincarnation, this world would become a theocratic one, doing all sorts of inexplicable things, it's really stupid.

  As she thought about it, she couldn't help but burst out laughing again, finding herself quite amusing. When did she start having these unreliable thoughts? Not wanting to rely on her own efforts, just thinking about getting something for nothing. Is there anyone in the world who understands the idea of self-reliance better than an orphan? She's really lost her mind.

  She put the jade pendant on the table and ignored it, thinking that her mother would be back soon. She couldn't even steam a mantou by herself, so Song Jie went to study the earthen stove with a flourish.

  She didn't notice that the bloodstains on the jade pendant were slowly being absorbed at an imperceptible speed, leaving only a dry blood stain, and the emerald in the middle seemed even more vibrant.

  "Hey, hey!" Song Jie panted and put the Wotou (steamed corn bread) and sweet potatoes into the pot. Another look, no good, can't burn the earth stove, what to do?

  Only saw a round and round little bun around the pot stage, stepping on short legs in a hurry, with dust on his face but unaware.

  As soon as Zhao Juan opened the door, she saw her own daughter, like a little flower cat looking for food, quickly turning around. "Hehe" couldn't help but laugh out loud.

  Song Jie just realized someone had come home and looked pitifully at Zhao Juan.

  A little bun, covered in dust all over her face, big eyes full of tears looking at you with a wronged expression, as if crying but not quite, this is still her own daughter, Zhao Juan's heart has softened into a puddle of water.

  She walked up, hugged the little poor thing: "Yo yo, what's wrong with you? Look at the poor thing, it's all like a small flower cat. Are you hungry? Mom will cook for you now, wait."

  She picked up the towel and wiped Song Jie's face, then brought out a small apple and gave it to Lu, "smack" and applied a mouthful of saliva to her face, taking the opportunity to admire her daughter's awkward little expression, Zhao Juan was delighted.

  After tidying up for her daughter, she was about to start cooking. She picked up the pot lid and suddenly froze. The rice in the pot had already been packed... At this moment, Zhao Juan's heart felt like it was blocked by something, extremely sour and astringent, and tears almost fell out unintentionally.

  It turned out that her daughter was not looking for food by the stove, but wanted to cook for her mother. She was still so young and hadn't even reached the height of the stove, it must have been very difficult for her to do all this, she really was an unqualified mother. Zhao Juan blinked hard, but a tear still fell into the pot.

  Song Jie, who was standing aside, had already noticed her mother's abnormal behavior and felt uncomfortable in her heart. In fact, single mothers are usually more sensitive than others. She could only pretend not to see it and couldn't let others know that she understood everything.

  "Mommy, Nini is hungry, wants to eat sweet potatoes, hurry up and make some for Nini." Xiaobao quickly shifted his gaze.

  After listening to her daughter's words, Zhao Juan secretly wiped away tears from the corner of her eyes and quickly made food for the child, she couldn't let the child go hungry.

  "Song Jie also secretly wiped away the cold sweat on her forehead and let out a sigh of relief."

  Just before dinner, Zhao Juan's mood had already improved. Seeing the jade pendant on the table, she thought it was just a child playing and put it back around Song Jie's neck.

  She's no longer as moved as she was just now, and starts to lecture Xiao Baozi, telling him that from now on he's not allowed to get close to the stove, not allowed to play with fire, and has to keep a distance from the kitchen knife.

  Song Jie nodded non-stop, holding a large sweet potato in both hands, her head almost knocking against the sweet potato. Seeing her daughter being scolded like that, Zhao Juan couldn't help but feel sorry for her and let her off, with such a little cotton-padded jacket, she truly loved her to death.

  After dinner, Zhao Juan still had to go to the fields to do some odd jobs. The winter wheat in the fields had already been planted, and the remaining trivial matters were not what anyone wanted to do. Every time, Zhao Juan was eager to sign up, just to earn a few more work points.

  When she left, she didn't lock the door and let Nini go to Aunt Li's house next door to play. Aunt Li had a granddaughter named Xiaoyan who was two years older than Song Jie, and the two of them played together every day.

  Song Jie was reborn without inheriting the original owner's memories, and everything outside was unfamiliar to her. However, since she was still young, she could slowly adapt and wouldn't give people a sudden feeling. The door was something that had to be exited, and she needed to get familiar with her surroundings as soon as possible.

  As they walked out of the door, their home was just at the entrance of the village. Behind the village were thousands of miles of continuous mountains. Looking south, there was a piece of newly sprouted emerald green wheat field. Occasionally, one or two farmers worked in the fields, and pedestrians were rarely seen.

  Aunt Li's home was right next door, with the two houses being adjacent to each other and made of the same brick and earth. The gate wasn't closed, and it swung open with a push.

  As I walked in, only Aunt Li and Little Yan were at home. Aunt Li's son had long been married and moved out to live elsewhere, usually leaving his daughter in the care of her grandparents.

  Nini has arrived, Aunt Li picked her up and the two of them nodded their heads, happily saying: "Nini is here, you must have missed Little Swallow, your Little Swallow also misses you, you guys play well, Swallow, Nini came to find you to play." As she spoke, she put Song Jie down on the ground and sent her in front of her granddaughter.

  Little Swallow saw Nini coming and her eyes lit up. She pulled Song Jie's hand and they went out the door, hearing Li Aunt shouting "Don't go too far" from afar.