That day, Su Ci was reciting poetry to the baby in her belly for prenatal education. When she recited, "A loving mother's hand-stitched thread, for the clothes upon her wandering son's back. Before he leaves, dense stitches she weaves, fearing he might be slow to return," she suddenly realized that she hadn't made any baby clothes for her little one yet.
Filled with enthusiasm, she began rummaging through cabinets and chests to look for fabric, needles, and thread, getting ready to show off her skills.
To her surprise, deep inside a cabinet, she found a pink twin-lotus sachet, and right beside it lay a string of Buddhist prayer beads.
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