"Sixteen." said Achou.
"You're only sixteen when you get married?" Grandma Chen looked Ah Chou up and down in surprise, shook her head and sighed, "Girl, if you hadn't said it yourself, I would have thought you were only twelve or thirteen years old."
Grandma Chen was telling the truth. Normal girls usually get pregnant at the age of twelve or thirteen, but Ah Chou was sent to the palace to suffer hardships since she was young. She was not well-nourished, and she was short and skinny. Her hair was an unhealthy yellow. She looked like an undeveloped little girl. Now she has only gotten pregnant at the age of sixteen, which shows that her life is really hard.
"Grandma, what exactly is a hair loss?" Ah Chou asked anxiously, "Is it a disease? Is it serious? How much money will it cost to cure it?"
"Ah!" Grandma Chen sighed and went over to hold Ah Chou's hand. "Girl, come with me into the room and I'll tell you in detail."
At that moment, Achou followed Grandma Chen into the bedroom.
When Chen Qingxuan came out of the study with a cup of tea, he caught a glimpse of the glaring scarlet on the cushion. He was startled. His face immediately turned red. He was so busy that he turned around and went back to the study, not even thinking about drinking tea. After a while, Chen Qingxuan came out again quietly. After looking around and making sure that no one was there, he quickly walked to the main hall. He turned the stained cushion over, turned it over, and then sneaked into the study like a thief.
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When Ah Chou came out of Grandma Chen's room again, the linen skirt she was wearing had been replaced with a pleated skirt with scattered flowers. Ah Chou walked out awkwardly with a red face. Grandma Chen followed behind her. Seeing her walking posture, she couldn't help laughing and said softly, "Girl, it's okay. Don't be so nervous. Just be like usual."
"Oh!" Ah Chou agreed, but his face became even redder, and his walking posture became even more awkward.
Grandma Chen didn't want to say anything to her anymore, so she asked Ah Chou to go back to the main hall and sit down. She went into the kitchen to make ginger and brown sugar tea for Ah Chou.
Ah Chou sat on the chair again. Just now, when she saw the dirt on her skirt in the room, she was worried that the cushion would be dirty, but she didn't expect the cushion to be clean. She breathed a sigh of relief and sat on it carefully.
No one had ever told Ah Chou about things like virginity. She had lived in the laundry department with Madam Xiang in the same room. How old was she at that time? How could Madam Xiang think of telling her about this? Later, when she went to the Yanxi Palace, the maids around her were all older than her. She remembered that those maids had virginity, but no one would make such a secret public, so Ah Chou still knew nothing about it. Until today, she learned from Grandma Chen what virginity was, and she had become a grown-up girl.
His stomach still hurt, but not as badly. Ah Chou sat in the main hall feeling shy and uneasy, staring at the tightly closed study door.
Mr. Chen must have known about this, it's so embarrassing.
If Zhong Mingwei knew...
Forget it, don’t let him know!
But he is already a grown man in his thirties and has married several wives. He must know about this matter, right?
Thinking of this, Achou became unhappy again and subconsciously rubbed her skirt with her hands. After a long time, she suddenly let go of her hands and was busy smoothing out the wrinkled skirt.
This skirt was left by Grandma Chen when she was young. It is kept so tidy, which shows that she likes it very much. We can't damage it. We have to wash it and return it to Grandma Chen tomorrow.
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After a while, Grandma Chen came out with a bowl of thick ginger and brown sugar water, handed it to Ah Chou, and said, "Girl, drink this while it's hot. Your stomachache will go away after you drink it."
"Oh, thank you, grandma." Ah Chou picked up the bowl obediently. It was indeed very hot, and the smell of ginger was particularly pungent. However, under Grandma Chen's concerned gaze, Ah Chou still gulped down the whole bowl of ginger and brown sugar water.
"How is it? Not feeling so bad now, right?" Grandma Chen asked with a smile.
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