"Second Aunt, I know." Gu Hui nodded.
She just couldn't understand why women have to get married. Isn't it good to live alone?
Two years ago, an elderly woman in her eighties passed away peacefully in their village. She was the longest-lived woman in the surrounding area.
Gu Hui herself summarized the old lady's secret to longevity: her husband died young.
Her husband died after the old woman gave birth to her second son.
The old lady wasn't even twenty years old back then.
Therefore, men are a very troublesome thing.
If she met someone like her grandfather, that would be great. But if she met someone like her father... oh, sorry, she always felt that one day her mother would be driven to death by her father.
Even her second uncle, who has now reformed, is no exception. If he hadn't reformed, she was sure her second aunt wouldn't have lived long either.
Therefore, Gu Hui really wanted to live alone. She had a lot of money, so when she wanted to find a man to amuse herself, she could spend money to find one, and when she wanted peace and quiet, she could just kick the man to the curb.
"Mom, Sister Huihui, you two go ahead with your work. I need to think about how to make some lip rouge." Gu Nian stopped what she was doing and went over to the homemade experimental equipment next to her, which was almost heated up.
"Niannian, how many colors are you planning to get?" Cai Xiaolian knew that Gu Nian was thinking about lipsticks.
But her academically gifted daughter was so focused on her studies in her past life that she rarely wore makeup and couldn't even distinguish between different lipstick shades. She had even asked her about color before.
"For now, it's just red and pink. But I've never done this before, so I'll have to give it a try," Gu Nian said.
"Okay, you focus on that. We'll take care of the shampoo and conditioner set." Cai Xiaolian lowered her voice to avoid disturbing her daughter who was studying the product.
The other three sisters of the Gu family also stopped chatting and focused on doing their own things.
...
In the evening, Gu Hui and Gu Si went home, and Gu Shouxin had already prepared dinner.
I did it again, following the same steps Gu Nian did at noon.
Stir-fried okra with eggs, blanched asparagus, shredded pork with garlic sauce, steamed broccoli with eggs, and boiled a few sausages.
"If I keep eating like this, I'll become a fat old woman sooner or later!" Cai Xiaolian exclaimed after finishing her meal.
"No, Mom, we need to do our morning exercise. If you don't eat enough tonight, you won't have the energy to exercise in the morning," Gu Xin said.
“Mother, you’re actually quite thin. You’ll look better if you gain some weight. Women are always better off a little plump,” Gu Shouxin said.
“Haha, Dad, when you mentioned the word ‘plump,’ I thought of my third aunt’s sister. Zhou Yuan said she was as fat as a winter melon. She said her mother said that women are more beautiful when they are plump.” Gu Nian couldn’t help but laugh.
“That’s why reading is so important! If you don’t read, you won’t even understand the meaning of words. Is that what you call plump? Your third uncle is the same; he doesn’t even tell his family such an important word. Mother, don’t listen to Niannian’s nonsense. You’re already very thin, and you’re busy with your business. You should eat more.” Gu Shouxin advised again.
"Dad, are you saying I'm too thin?" Cai Xiaolian asked, pursing her lips.
“No.” Gu Shouxin shook his head without hesitation. “You’re beautiful whether you’re fat or thin. I’m worried that you won’t eat enough and will get dizzy after walking a few steps. Our Great Zhou Dynasty isn’t an era that values thinness. Our emperor still has his own aesthetic standards.”
Gu Shouxin thought of his dynasty, where thinness was considered beautiful, so it was no wonder that people would get tired even after walking just a few steps.
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