Seeing his mother's expectant look, Lin Man began to understand. The focus now might not be on curing the paralysis. After all, it was a whole course of treatment, and there was no need to rush. The most important thing now was to make his mother "radiant" in the shortest possible time.
She asked her mother, "Mom, what specific requests do you have?"
Chen Yu was sure that her daughter did have that ability, and she immediately became very happy. She said a little embarrassedly: "It means that there will be fewer wrinkles, the skin will not be so rough and dull, and the white hair can turn black..." As Chen Yu said this, she also felt that this might be a little unrealistic, so she changed her words and said that it didn't need to turn black, but it just needed to become smoother. Now her hair was like grass, and even if she combed it a hundred times, it would still look dry and messy.
Lin Man understood. She recalled the photo of her mother when she was young and beautiful, and then saw that her mother looked like she was in her early fifties even though she was only forty years old. She felt very sorry and heartbroken.
Just change to look like the one in her mother's photo. She grabbed her mother's hand. Her fingers were rough, the knuckles were wide and deformed, and the nails were gray and cracked. Although her mother had been taking medicine and eating better since she had the space, the hard work of the past few years could not be covered up by just a few months of rest.
She held her mother's palm in her own hands, and her spiritual power covered and roamed over every finger and every inch of her skin. After a while, she opened her hands and looked. The skin was indeed not as dry and rough as before, and seemed to be a little whiter. Even the nails had a little luster.
Lin Man was overjoyed, and so was Chen Yu. No woman could tolerate aging too quickly, especially since she had once been truly beautiful. But in the face of survival and health, everything else seemed insignificant. She had thought she no longer cared about her appearance, and that simply being alive was enough.
The news about her husband had suddenly awakened her like a stinging pain, but her daughter's ability had restored her confidence and hope. Now that basic survival was no longer a problem, she could also pursue more luxurious things.
The mother and daughter started researching beauty and whitening in the space, almost forgetting their original intention and immersed themselves in this great cause.
After beautifying her hands, she beautified her face. After beautifying her face, she beautified her neck. As time went by, Lin Man's spiritual energy was gradually consumed, and she had to borrow it from Guan Guan continuously to get the results.
In this way, Chen Yu's skin became whiter little by little, and the deepest wrinkles and the most obvious spots gradually smoothed and faded. The loose skin gradually tightened and glowed. The yellow spots in the eyes gradually faded away. The eyes were no longer turbid, but clear and full of brilliance again.
Chen Yu was changing all the time. Lin Man also helped her wash her hair, using plenty of shampoo and conditioner. He stroked her sparse hair that looked like hay over and over again with his hands until it gradually became warm, straight, and smooth under the effect of spiritual power, and then was loosely tied behind her head.
Within a few hours, Chen Yu looked at least three or four years younger, and his overall condition was completely different from what it had been in just a few hours.
Of course, this was only limited to the parts of her body exposed outside her clothes. Due to time constraints, Lin Man had no way of helping her with full-body care and could only do some superficial work first.
It wasn't until the steward reminded him that dinner was about to start outside that Lin Man stopped and said quite complacently, "I've discovered that the greatest use of this spiritual power is probably beauty. I can definitely make a living from this in the future."
If ordinary people possessed spiritual power, they would never waste it like this. Those with healing abilities never considered this aspect either. They barely had enough energy left, and wouldn't even use it to save lives, so why would they resort to cosmetic surgery? Are they crazy? So, this use, this promising career, was discovered by Lin Mantou first.
"Then let's continue in the evening. I have a lot of cloth here. I'll ask Grandma Wu and the others to help me make a set of clothes in the evening." It was indeed a bit inappropriate to wear clothes that were full of patches and pieced together.
"Don't bother Grandma Wu. Where is the fabric? I can make it myself tonight." Chen Yu said with a smile. She was in a good mood and no longer had the worries and inferiority complex she had before.
"It's hurting your eyes if you do it alone." Lin Man said.
"It's okay. Take me into the space again at night. The light here is so bright. I won't get hurt or tired." She now felt full of energy.
"Okay." Lin Man showed the linens to his mother. Seeing her touching the fabric with interest, he took her out of the space, opened the door and walked out.
Lin Cheng, on the other hand, had done all the activities he could, and even used the water from the puddle to bathe, cleaned himself up and prepared dinner, the staple food being roasted sweet potatoes, steamed corn, and mashed potatoes.
The sweet potatoes are baked until crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, with a slightly oily skin; the corn kernels are crystal clear, and their unique sweet fragrance is appetizing. The mashed potatoes are steamed until soft, mashed into a paste, mixed with salt and sprinkled with chopped green onions. If you like spicy food, you can sprinkle chili powder on it yourself.
Besides the staples, there were also many other dishes. A whole pot of sweet potato vines filled up. Garlic was growing in the fields, so I sautéed the garlic roots and chilies until fragrant. Then I added the sweet potato vines and stir-fried them over high heat. Sugar and salt were added, and the dish was delicious. Originally, there wasn't any sugar, but Lin Cheng and his companions had brought a small amount of white sugar.
There was also a large pot of cabbage soup, stir-fried greens, cauliflower, cabbage, wild vegetables, steamed eggplant, boiled edamame, and so on—basically, every vegetable from the fields was served. The wooden table was filled with plates of various utensils, leaving the five people, including Lin Cheng, stunned.
As far as they could remember, they hadn't eaten such sumptuous food in at least the past five years. Especially since they didn't know how these ingredients were grown, each one smelled so delicious that the smell kept wafting into their noses, making their mouths water before they even started eating.
In fact, it wasn't just them; the survivors at the Peace Base hadn't really started eating anything from the fields yet. The occasional bite they did get was through finding new crops or seeds in the mountains, or exchanging them for firewood. This was to ensure fairness, as the scale of their cultivation was limited and the staple foods weren't yet ripe, so there wasn't enough to share.
They were envious when they saw the whole table full of food, but when they thought about the luncheon meat, eggs, and other things that Lin Cheng had given them, they felt more balanced. After all, they had no way of getting luncheon meat, while these vegetables and grains were still growing in the fields, so they would always have a chance to eat them in the future.
So they just watched for the novelty, and when it was time to actually eat, they all dispersed, lest the five of them feel uncomfortable. At this time, Lin Man, as the host, of course had to come out to accompany them. She came out of the room, closed the door behind her, walked over with a smile and said, "Don't be polite, these are all prepared for you, sit down and eat."
"You guys come eat together, and Mrs. Lin too," said Lin Cheng.
They just ate better and fresher food in the space, including pink and tender eggs.
Lin Man told them to eat and not to bother with them. Lin Cheng thanked them and asked everyone to sit down. He smiled and said that if he had known there were so many ingredients here, he should have brought some seasonings. The only seasonings for these dishes were salt and sugar, as well as garlic, onion and ginger from the ground. It was a pity to waste such good ingredients.
Even though it was not perfect, the four of them started yelling after taking a bite of the dish: "Oh my god, how can this dish be so delicious!"
Then there was a mad rush to grab food, and the three staple foods were put aside. They now only liked to eat things with green leaves.
Lin Cheng reached out and took a corn first. He peeled off the innermost layer of corn husk, and the crystal clear corn kernels appeared before his eyes. The corn cob was still a little tender. When he bit it, it was not very sticky, but tender and juicy, and the taste was quite good. Lin Cheng's eyes lit up. After eating another roasted sweet potato, he looked up and asked Lin Man: "Is this where those sweet potatoes are taken out?"
It just seems that the scale of cultivation is not large at the moment, and Lu Youjie is said to have more than a thousand kilograms, plus those that came later, how did Lin Man come up with so many?
Lin Man smiled and neither said yes nor no.
Grandma Wu felt sorry for the unripe corn, so she only broke off ten cobs, two per person. Lin Man had already had enough steamed and grilled corn, so he didn't touch the other corn. He scooped himself a small bowl of mashed potatoes and savored them slowly. The mashed potatoes were delicious, as were the green onions. Just a sprinkle of salt gave them a unique flavor, far superior to the smell outside the restaurant at the Nanming base.
After tasting this, Lin Cheng suddenly felt that the potatoes he had distributed to the people here during the day were simply the ones he had dug out from the garbage dump. There was no comparison at all. Eating that was necessary to survive, but eating this was a pleasure.
He was confused. Was this place particularly good? Why didn't other places have this kind of situation? Or was it because of the girl in front of him?
Lin Cheng added, "The growing conditions here are very natural, so you can all save seeds for these grains and vegetables, right?"
Seeing that he finally asked this question, Lin Man did not hide it and nodded. Anyway, this matter could not be concealed: "Yes, both are fine."
Her mother, because of her shabby appearance, was so nervous about meeting her father. Lin Man thought about it for a long time and felt that on the one hand, it involved self-esteem, and on the other hand, if the difference between the two sides was too great, even if they were close relatives, they would probably not be very comfortable getting along.
This principle applies to herself. She is now facing a promising young man from a large base, and will soon face the father of one of the leaders of the large base. If she has no ability at all, can she stand in front of them with her head held high just relying on a blood relationship?
Her father said he had been looking for them, and from his voice he sounded concerned about them, and that she didn't want another child. But what if it was just out of guilt or something? If he looked back and saw how bad the mother and daughter were, would his attitude become colder?
Even her mother cared about the issue of dignity. Lin Man felt that she needed to show her abilities and advantages, and these crops were undoubtedly one of her advantages, which could not be matched by any large bases. She felt very proud when she thought about it, and when she thought about the fact that she had space as a backup, she felt so proud.
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