Xia Youyou yawned and went to the bathroom in the back. She was about to take out her cleaning bag, but she found a bucket full of hot water, still steaming. Remembering Cao An had just left, she guessed he had brought it to her.
Well, this brother didn't admit his mistake! He knew he had dug a hole for her and still helped her get bath water.
She unloaded the bathtub from the space and poured hot water into it, along with the water from the cleaning bag. She soaked herself in the hot water and sighed in comfort, the fatigue of a busy day finally easing away. She glanced at her sallow skin, missing her own fair, rosy complexion. She quickly washed her dry, graying hair and applied a hair mask.
She dug out a whitening lotion she used in her space and poured it into the water. The air was instantly filled with the sweet scent of apples. It was a familiar scent she used often. She then took out the facial machine and placed it on her face, slowly enjoying it for a while. Afterward, she scrubbed herself clean and touched her shrunken breasts. When would they grow? You know, she used to be almost a D cup. This one wasn't even an A cup! Even Cao An's was bigger than hers!
I covered my face with my hands, wanting to cry but unable to! How shameful!
After soaking in the hot water for too long, her heart began to falter. She quickly stood up, but she staggered as soon as she stood up. She held onto the edge of the tub to prevent herself from falling. This body was really too weak!
She dried herself, pulled out a set of clothes, and quickly put them on. Thanks to her flat chest, she didn't even need underwear! She scrubbed the clothes in the tub water and initially thought about throwing them into her space, but then thought about what would happen if her mother asked about it tomorrow. She had no choice but to go out in the dark and hang the clothes on the hanger by the well. She returned to the bathroom, dumped the water, tucked the tub into her space, and then pulled out a bathrobe and put it on.
When I passed the main hall and returned to my room, I glanced at Cao An's room. There was no movement and it was dark. I wondered if he was asleep.
Never mind, she was very sleepy and had just taken a long bath, she had to go to sleep.
In order to improve her skin quickly, she forced herself to take off all her clothes again, rubbed body lotion all over her body, and finally fell asleep exhausted on Qiangong's bed!
It’s so hard to be a woman!
A dreamless night.
Xia Youyou was awakened by the noise from the kitchen. She looked around the room. This was her new home. She no longer lived in the wild.
After rolling around on the large bed, she heard low voices coming from the kitchen. It must be her mother and brother getting up. She didn't want to lie in bed anymore, so she got up, quickly put on her clothes, opened the door, and went out.
"Mom, brother. Good morning."
Cao An was lighting a fire, and Liu Hui was cooking porridge. They both looked at the pretty girl standing at the door, and smiles appeared on their faces.
"Youyou, why are you awake so early? Did we wake you up?"
"No." Xia Youyou walked to her side, took her hand, and leaned on her shoulder. "You should have woken up."
"Why do I feel like you've become paler?" Liu Hui touched her face, wondering if it was an illusion.
"Is it whiter?" She also touched her face. Was it because of the facial last night? "It's whiter, it's good!"
"Yes, it's better to be white. And you need to gain some weight. Only when you are white and plump can you look like a girl."
"Mom means that you don't look like a girl. Look at you going to the black market every day. How can you look like a girl at all?" Cao An threw a piece of firewood into the stove.
"No one will think you're dumb if you don't speak!" Liu Hui picked up a vegetable stalk and threw it at him.
Someone stepped forward to challenge Xia Youyou, raising her chin proudly, "No one thinks you're dumb!"
Cao An didn't dodge or evade, letting the vegetable stalks fall on his head. "I'm not wrong. Don't go to the black market again. Mom, you're not allowed to go either."
"No, there was no one there when I went there yesterday."
"Either you move to another place, or once the storm has passed, you'll start over here." Cao An analyzed it for a moment, then looked up at Xia Youyou, "I'll go arrange a school for you today. You're only 16, so you need to go to school."
“…” She is about to graduate from college and comes here to study again!
"What's that expression on your face? Don't want to?"
Liu Hui also looked at her. What could Xia Youyou say? "No, just go!"
After breakfast, Cao An went to work as usual. Xia Youyou stayed home with Liu Hui to tend to the vegetable garden. There was a patch of land next to the kitchen where they had previously grown some vegetables, and now that winter had arrived, they were planting winter vegetables. Liu Hui forbade her from lifting anything heavy, so she was left to water the plants. She found a little pleasure in watering the crops one by one.
"Now that we're done, let's go out for a walk. I'll take you to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some clothes." Liu Hui took the scoop from her hand and went into the house carrying the bucket.
"I have clothes, no need to buy."
Liu Hui pointed at the clothes she had hung out to dry and said, "Look at what you're wearing. It's so black and so small. Where did you get that robe? Monk robes aren't even like this!"
Xia Youyou felt guilty for a moment. This was something she'd wear after a shower; it was just for convenience. Because of her height, the hem of the dress only reached her knees, but now it covered her ankles. The clothes underneath weren't too small; she was just small. She used to wear tight clothes that showed off her curves, but now they fit her perfectly on this child's body.
It was hard to explain this to her. "I just picked up some clothes and wore them." I didn't dare let her ask further questions. Picking up clothes these days was a strange thing. I changed the subject and said, "Let's go."
The mother and daughter locked the door, and Xia Youyou thought about what happened to Lao Zhao yesterday. "What happened when my brother went to see Lao Zhao yesterday? I forgot to ask him."
"Your brother said he just scared me and didn't do anything."
Xia Youyou raised her eyebrows, he must not be telling the truth.
As they walked down the street, they talked about what they wanted to buy. Liu Hui asked her, "What kind of clothes do you want?"
"Just keep it simple, it doesn't have to be too nice." Don't buy her a flowery cotton-padded jacket!
"First, buy you two sets of ready-made clothes, then buy some fabric, and we'll go home and make them ourselves."
"Mom, you can do it yourself? That's amazing!"
Liu Hui squeezed her hand, feeling a bit proud. "I made all the clothes your brother has worn since he was a child. They're no worse than ready-made clothes out there."
"Then let's just buy some fabric. The clothes I'm wearing are all wearable, so there's no need to buy ready-made clothes. I've been to the supply and marketing cooperative, and I didn't like any of the clothes there." He thought back to the day he came to buy a backpack and saw all shirts and pants. "How about this? Let's buy some fabric, I'll draw the pattern, and Mom will make it for me."
"You can also draw patterns?" Liu Hui looked at her in surprise.
She pursed her lips and began to lie again, "I saw some discarded by others when I was rummaging through the garbage." Her guilt surged again. It was not her will to always lie.
I don't know if Liu Huixin believed it or not. After hearing her excuse, she stopped talking. Xia Youyou glanced at her cautiously, but didn't see anything, so she stopped talking.
The two of them looked around the supply and marketing cooperative. Liu Hui bought everything she needed, including a lot of fabric. She also wanted to buy ready-made clothes, but seeing that Xia Youyou really didn't like them, she gave up. The ready-made clothes were generally more mature in style, not suitable for this little girl.
After shopping, the mother and daughter came out of the supply and marketing cooperative and passed by the intersection of the scrap yard where they bought the bed yesterday. Xia Youyou had an idea.
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