"You can call me whatever you want, even just my first name."
Lin Xuanjiao nodded. "Then I'll call you Sister Yan. How could you faint? You were alone. If I hadn't been here, you would have collapsed to the ground."
An Yan smiled bitterly: "My head was dizzy at the time, and I may have fainted without paying attention. Thank you so much!"
Lin Xuanjiao looked at An Yan's thin face, wondering if she had hypoglycemia. "Did you have lunch today?"
An Yan answered honestly: "I ate it."
"Are you full then?"
This question silenced An Yangan. Who could have a full meal now? It was good enough for them to be able to eat until they were 70% full.
Seeing An Yan's appearance, Lin Xuanjiao knew that this person must not have eaten enough, and might have fainted from hunger.
Thinking of this, Lin Xuanjiao took out a cup that she had never used from her wooden box, washed it, scooped three spoonfuls of malted milk into it, and then poured boiling water into it. The air was immediately filled with a sweet smell.
When An Yan smelled the sweet smell, her mouth couldn't help but secrete saliva. She swallowed the saliva in her mouth. The smell was really fragrant!
An Yan could smell that the smell was malted milk because her husband brought a bucket of malted milk for their son when he came back from the army for the Chinese New Year last year.
The smell was really tempting. Every time An Yan made tea for her two sons, she wanted to taste it. However, this was something her husband specially brought for her two sons. As their mother, how could she snatch something from her children!
An Yan hadn't thought that this cup of malted milk was made for her. After all, they had just met, and who would make malted milk for someone they just met? Making sugar water was a rare opportunity.
So when Lin Xuanjiao brought the cup of malted milk to An Yan and motioned her to drink it, An Yan didn't react at all.
After realizing what was happening, he was reluctant to take the cup of malted milk. "How can this be possible? This malted milk is so precious, how can you let me drink it! You should drink it yourself! My body is fine and I just need to rest. There's no need to eat such a delicious thing."
Lin Xuanjiao didn't take back the cup after hearing An Yan's words: "No matter how precious it is, it's not as precious as your own body. If I give you a drink, then drink it. If you didn't catch my eye, I wouldn't give you a drink!"
Even though Lin Xuanjiao's attitude was firm this time, An Yan had no intention of compromising. How could she drink such precious malted milk? She couldn't just take advantage of a girl because she was kind-hearted. An Yan felt that she was not capable of such a thing.
Seeing that An Yan was reluctant to drink, Lin Xuanjiao felt that her hands were tired from holding the cup, so she stepped forward and touched the rim of the cup to An Yan's lips. The boiling water was not too hot anymore, the temperature was just right, and Lin Xuanjiao was not worried at all that it would scald An Yan.
Lin Xuanjiao tilted her hand slightly and poured the malted milk into the cup. Even if An Yan didn't want to drink it, she could still taste the sweetness in her mouth. This sweetness made An Yan swallow it subconsciously before her brain could react.
When An Yan felt the sweet malted milk passing through her throat, her body stiffened. What should she do? She actually swallowed it even though she had clearly said no before.
Seeing An Yan take a sip, Lin Xuanjiao put down the cup that was touching An Yan's lips. Seeing An Yan's stunned expression, Lin Xuanjiao said, "Now that you've already taken a sip of malted milk, I won't drink the rest. If you don't drink it, I'll just throw it away. What a waste!"
Hearing Lin Xuanjiao's words, An Yan quickly picked up the cup of malted milk and said, "I'll drink it, I'll drink it. Don't pour it out. It's such a waste."
Seeing that An Yan finally took action herself, Lin Xuanjiao stopped caring about it and said, "It would be a waste if you don't drink it."
After saying that, Lin Xuanjiao sat down on the wooden chair that matched her desk. Looking at An Yan drinking malted milk in small sips, Lin Xuanjiao felt extremely satisfied. It would have been better if it had been like this earlier. Why did she have to go through so much trouble before she was willing to drink it obediently?
An Yan finally tasted malted milk. This was the first time she tasted such a delicious thing. It was not given by her parents, nor by her husband, nor by her relatives, but by a little girl she just met.
Thinking of this, An Yan's eyes couldn't help but become moist. What on earth was the purpose of her life? She had to get up early and work late every day, doing both farm work and housework. Her two adopted sons didn't even get close to her. They were all brought up by their grandmother and they were no longer close to her.
She worked so hard all her life, but in the end she couldn't even have a full meal. She fainted on the road alone. If it weren't for this kind-hearted educated youth who happened to pass by, she didn't know how long she would have lay there.
Just now, after An Yan told her age, she could clearly see the shock on the face of the female educated youth. Although she didn't ask, An Yan probably guessed what she meant.
Looking at her rough hands holding the cup, An Yan felt a little uncomfortable. She was only 25 years old, so how could she have become like this!
She used to be the most beautiful girl in her village, and no one could compare to her. But after only six years of marriage, she has wasted her time and ended up looking like an old woman.
An Yan felt a little lost when she thought about the women of her own age. She was obviously a pretty girl before! Why did she change so quickly after getting married?
What went wrong? As for work, she used to work at home and ate almost the same as here, so why is she aging so fast here?
An Yan couldn't help but feel envious when she saw Lin Xuanjiao's fair and tender skin. What good skin! Even when she was a girl, she didn't have such good skin. The only ones who could compare to this female educated youth were probably babies who were just a few months old!
An Yan drank the malted milk in small sips and finished it slowly. She might never taste malted milk in her life. This was the first time and maybe the last time. She savored it carefully and remembered the taste, so that she could be considered someone who had drunk malted milk.
Seeing that An Yan had finished drinking, Lin Xuanjiao kindly asked, "There's more! Do you want to drink some more? I think you fainted because you didn't eat enough. You can eat as much as you want with me."
Seeing that Lin Xuanjiao was still planning to make more malted milk for her, An Yan quickly hugged the cup in her hand and said, "No, no, I feel much better after drinking this cup. No need to make more malted milk for me. Thank you so much for this time."
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