"Wow, you have such good skin!" The woman stared at her two best friends' faces with surprise and envy.

With a cheerful smile, she asked directly, "Are you girls from the south?"

Li Sisi looked up at him in surprise: "Ah? How did you know?"

The woman smiled brightly, "Just look at your clothes and you'll know! No one here likes wearing such brightly colored clothes. No wonder you like this red plum waistcoat!"

She blinked at Li Sisi and said, "Don't worry, I won't compete with you. Marseilles is still a few days away! I can wait a few more days and it's fine. Are you guys buying new clothes for the Marseilles too?"

Li Sisi asked doubtfully, "Marseille? We just arrived here. Is the Marseille you mentioned some special event? Where is it held?"

"You don't know?" the woman explained enthusiastically. "This horse race is a ceremony held every autumn. Men here come of age at sixteen, but they can only be considered adults after taming a wild horse during the horse race."

Li Sisi understood and asked, "So the men here are all good at horse riding?"

The woman raised her eyebrows, her face full of pride: "That's right! Not only the men, our women's riding skills are no worse than theirs!"

This was something Li Sisi had never expected. She thought that the status gap between men and women was huge in this era, and women would be brought up to be gentle and virtuous.

Isn’t this the custom in Dong’an City?

Li Sisi pressed on, "Does a woman also have to tame a wild horse to be considered an adult?"

The woman shook her head and explained, "Not really, but we've been learning to ride horses since we were young. Several of my friends practice riding with their older brothers, and they're all very good riders."

"By the way, do you want to join us on the day of the horse race? Can you ride a horse?"

Li Sisi was eager to try after hearing this, but she didn't know how to ride a horse and only learned to drive a horse carriage a few days ago.

She picked up the red plum waistcoat on the counter and stuffed it into Shen Baiying's hand: "My sister and I can't ride a horse, so you can buy this waistcoat!" She smiled sincerely and said, "I hope to see you training a horse on the day of the Marseille."

"I don't want the waistcoat anymore." Shen Baiying stuffed the waistcoat back into Li Sisi's hand, looked at Li Sisi shyly and said, "Actually... I have something I want to ask you."

"What is it?" Li Sisi said cheerfully, "If it's something we can do, we'll try our best to help."

From what the girl said, she and her friends all knew how to ride horses, and she just wanted to learn how to ride horses.

"Actually, this shouldn't be a big deal for you guys. It's just that you southern girls all have really good skin, so fair and tender. How do you maintain it?"

Li Sisi looked at her sincere eyes and was surprised that she asked this?

That’s right, which girl doesn’t want to have beautiful and hydrated skin!

"Do you usually apply agar?" Li Sisi felt that she really didn't take care of herself in this world. Apart from the agar commonly used by the original owner, the only skin care product she had was probably the facial mask developed by Nian Nian.

"Used," Shen Baiying asked, "Is the agar from your south better?"

Seeing that the two were chatting enthusiastically and had no intention of ending the conversation, the waiter interrupted and said, "Ladies, who wants this waistcoat?"

Shen Baiying said, "Give it to them!" She looked at the waiter and instructed him fiercely, "You have to leave the next batch for me!"

"Okay, I'll definitely keep it for you." The waiter looked at Li Sisi and said with a smile, "Miss, a total of four taels of silver."