When Manman was just born, Su Ting was worried every time she saw her. She was afraid that the wrinkles on her skin would not go away, and that the redness on her face would fade and her skin would turn dark and yellow.

At that time, she thought that it would be enough for the girl to have half the skin of her brother.

But as she watched day by day, Su Ting's heart gradually settled down. The little girl changed day by day. On the third day, her skin became like a peeled egg, looking white and feeling smooth.

The military wives who came to visit also said that Manman was growing up well and they held the little girl tightly in their arms and refused to let go. Among them, Chen Shaomei was the most exaggerated. One day, she suddenly had an idea and proposed to arrange a marriage between her youngest son and Manman.

Su Ting said angrily: "My daughter has just been born, you have enough!"

Chen Shaomei said confidently: "If a child marriage is not arranged from the time the child is still a child, what is the point of calling it a child marriage?"

Su Ting asked back: "You also know that this is a child marriage? It's a new society now, and the old arranged marriages are no longer popular."

"What's wrong with an arranged marriage? My child's father and I were also in an arranged marriage, and we are living well now, aren't we?" Chen Shaomei still didn't give up, "I really like your daughter."

Su Ting refused sternly: "I don't care much about your son."

"Why do you dislike my son so much?" Chen Shaomei thought his son was a good person and said, "Give me a reason."

Su Ting thought there were too many reasons. First of all, Chen Shaomei's husband was not tall, and her son's height was not outstanding among his peers. He might not be able to pass the 1.7-meter passing line in the future.

Secondly, her husband is not very good-looking, and her son looks like his father, so it is difficult for his appearance to improve significantly in the future. Although she is choosing a son-in-law, she still has to consider his appearance;

Finally, her son was too naughty and not mature at all. Although it is difficult for a five or six-year-old to be mature, as the old saying goes, a child's future can be seen at the age of three, so her son might not be able to mature in the future.

In summary, Su Ting did not want Chen Shaomei's son-in-law.

Of course she didn't agree to Chen Shaomei's proposal. The most important reason was that she couldn't accept a child marriage. Her daughter had just been born and it was hard to say what her personality would be like in the future. It was too terrible to decide her whole life now.

But some words are too blunt and can easily hurt feelings, so Su Ting only half-jokingly said: "He is too old, and he may be tempted by the young."

"What do you mean by old cow eating young grass? My son is only five years older than your daughter," Chen Shaomei said with a roll of her eyes. "If we talk about old cow eating young grass, no one can compare to your Lao He. He must be six or seven years older than you."

Su Ting was stunned. She had never thought about the age gap between her and He Dongchuan.

It’s mainly because of their age, it’s hard to calculate.

Although she is young in this life, only 22 years old this year, six years younger than He Dongchuan, she was almost 30 before she traveled through time, and is one year older than He Dongchuan now. But if you count her age in her previous life, she was still born in the 90s, and He Dongchuan, who was born in the 1940s, is half a century older than her.

When you calculate their ages, it's like a Russian nesting doll: one is older than the other and the other is younger.

Moreover, they were both quite mature and there was no age gap between them, so she had never considered these things before. But now that Chen Shaomei brought it up, she just said, "Could it be that I, the young grass, was eaten by the old cow? Can't my daughter find another young grass to chew on in the future?"

Chen Shaomei didn't expect Su Ting to actually admit it. She laughed for joy and never mentioned the child marriage again.

However, she seemed to be enjoying the excitement and waited for He Dongchuan to come back before she started to talk about the whole thing: "Your Su Ting said that you and her were a pair of old men eating young grass!"

Su Ting: "Chen Shaomei!"

Chen Shaomei said "eh" and without waiting for Su Ting to speak, she ran away, making an excuse that something happened at home.

She left cleanly, but Su Ting still had to face He Dongchuan's gloomy face alone: ​​"An old cow eating young grass?"

"I said she wanted her son to have an affair with a young girl!" Su Ting said, "Do you know what she just said to me? She actually wanted our daughter to be engaged to her son!"

He Dongchuan's brows wrinkled instantly: "Then?"

"Of course I refused outright! But she loved my daughter so much that she was unwilling to give up and insisted that I give a reason. Actually, there were many reasons, but it was too hurtful to say them out loud. So I picked a harmless one, saying that there was a big age gap between them and she wanted her son to have sex with a young girl. Guess what happened?"

Before He Dongchuan could answer, Su Ting said bitterly, "She actually turned black into white in front of you! It hurts my heart so much!"

He Dongchuan then rebuked Chen Shaomei: "She's going too far! Isn't this alienating us? In my opinion, you should stop associating with her in the future."

"No..." Su Ting originally wanted to say that it was not that serious. She knew Chen Shaomei well. She was a man of her own will, but it was not the case that she had any bad intentions.

But when she met He Dongchuan's dark eyes, she shuddered and said, "You are right. If she doesn't show her sincerity and apologize to me again and again, I will definitely draw a clear line between us in the future."

He Dongchuan nodded reluctantly: "Yeah."

Su Ting breathed a sigh of relief, finally getting away with it.

But Su Ting thought she had fooled him. He Dongchuan still felt a little concerned, but he didn't pursue the matter further to save face. He only asked Shi Cheng the next day when he met him, "Am I old?"

Shi Cheng was a little irritated and asked unhappily, "You are not even thirty yet, and you are asking for trouble by asking me this question?"

He Dongchuan felt relieved: "It seems so."

Shi Cheng: “…” He realized that He Dongchuan was looking for a fight. If he could beat the opponent, he would definitely drag everyone to the playground to fight.

Okay, he endures it!

He Dongchuan continued to ask: "How many years older are you than your sister-in-law?"

"Two years old, what's wrong?" Shi Chenggang asked, and then he changed his mind and smiled wickedly, "Why? Does your wife dislike your age?"

He Dongchuan glanced at him and said stiffly, "No."

Shi Cheng laughed in his heart and didn't believe him at all. "Revenge" said: "How old was your sister-in-law? 52, 53? Oh, the age difference between you two is quite big."

As he spoke, he saw He Dongchuan's narrowed eyes, and his expression seemed to indicate that if he dared to say anything again, he would drag him out for a fight. Shi Cheng's heart skipped a beat, and he tried to make amends by saying, "But, I don't think this is a big problem. Although you are much older than my sister-in-law, you look younger. Not to mention the people in our camp, except for the 17 or 18-year-olds, everyone in their twenties looks older than you. When you stand with my sister-in-law, you look like a couple."

If he were to say, having good looks is an advantage, as it allows one to age slower than most people. Unlike him, who is in his thirties but has a face that looks like that of a man in his forties.

Ugh, he doesn't look as good as He Dongchuan, but he doesn't look that old either. If he tidies up, he'll look... quite young.

Shi Cheng pondered in his heart, reached out and touched his rough face, then looked at He Dongchuan...Okay, the premise is not to compare with this guy.

He Dongchuan listened to the good words and still found fault: "What do you mean by looking like a couple? We are already a couple."

Shi Cheng: “…”

Otherwise, they should just have a fight!

…

Although Shi Cheng's consolation was useful, He Dongchuan did not forget to summarize the key message - he looks young.

Because he looks young, he and Su Ting look very compatible when standing together, and they look like a couple.

He Dongchuan never thought that one day he would feel lucky for having a good-looking face.

Even though people now exaggerate He Dongchuan's appearance, when he was in his early twenties, this face brought him more prejudice than convenience.

When he first entered the military academy, everyone called him a pretty boy behind his back. They all thought he was just a show-off. When the team won a battle, everyone thought it was others who contributed, and he was just carried away by his teammates.

During training, it was useless for him to do better than others just once; he had to do better than others every time. If he failed to do well even once, people would murmur behind his back, saying that he was being given special attention by the instructor.

When he joined the special forces, his comrades were suspicious of him the first time they saw him. Later, when he proved his ability, the people he rescued also looked suspicious when they saw him during missions, and they could not easily trust him.

So when he was in his early twenties, He Dongchuan didn't like people talking about his appearance, and he didn't care much about whether there would be scars on his face after getting hurt. At that time, he felt that a man's appearance was secondary, and what was important was his character and his ability.

But after meeting Su Ting, his thoughts gradually changed.

In fact, having a good face does have advantages. If he didn't have a good face, Su Ting wouldn't have designed to rely on him, and they wouldn't have been able to reconcile so easily later.

Su Ting: She admitted the second half of the sentence, but it was not her who did such a thing as blaming him for his face!

In short, after taking a shower that night, He Dongchuan went into the master bedroom, and while Su Ting was not paying attention, he put the vanishing cream that she bought for him years ago into his palm, took it to the bathroom and smeared it all over his face, and then hid the vanishing cream in the drawer of He Yan's bookcase.

He Dongchuan thought he had done these things without anyone noticing, but he never expected that his son had such a keen nose.

The next day after lunch, when He Yan went to the master bedroom to see his sister, he suddenly remembered this incident and said softly, "Mom, I'll tell you a secret."

"Do you have any more secrets?" Su Ting was suddenly excited. She didn't expect that He Yan, who never showed his true face and usually looked silly, actually had a little secret.

He Yan, who had no idea what kind of image he had in front of his mother, said: "It's not my secret, it's my father's secret."

Su Ting was even more puzzled: "What secret does your father have?" And He Yan knew it, but she didn't.

"Dad, he..." He Yan just raised his head, and as if he remembered something, he glanced at the door of the room, then tiptoed out and looked around.

Seeing his guilty look, Su Ting was very upset and reminded him, "Your father is in the military camp and is not at home."

"That's right." He Yan suddenly realized, turned around and walked to the bedside, lowering his voice and saying, "Dad secretly wears perfume at night."

This……

Su Ting turned her head to look at the dressing table and found that He Dongchuan's bottle of vanishing cream was indeed gone. She believed what He Yan said, but was a little curious and asked, "Did you see your father applying vanishing cream?"

When asking this question, Su Ting felt like laughing.

Before she gave birth, He Dongchuan would ask her to do it before he would "reluctantly" apply some vanishing cream. She thought it was not good to always make things difficult for him, so she stopped applying vanishing cream because the weather had become warmer at the beginning of the year and his face had stopped chapped.

From then on, He Dongchuan put vanishing cream and lipstick in the cold palace and never touched them again.

As a result, now he actually secretly applies vanishing cream.

But then again, what is there that He Yan can see but she can't?

He Yan put his hands to his mouth and made a trumpet shape: "I didn't see it, but I smelled the scent of the vanishing cream on Dad's face."

Su Ting was stunned, and after a moment she burst out laughing.

There were few skin care products for women in those days, and there was no concept of men's skin care, so since He Dongchuan had dry skin, she could only pick out a less fragrant one from among the many vanishing creams for him.

But no matter how light the scent was, one could still smell it when it first applied to the face. He Dongchuan might have thought that he had done it secretly enough, but he didn't expect to fall into He Yan's trap.

Hahaha!

Su Ting held her stomach and laughed non-stop. As she was laughing, she suddenly thought, something is wrong. He Dongchuan hates people with sticky things on their faces so much, why is he suddenly applying lotion?

There is a situation.

…

When He Dongchuan returned home in the evening, the first thing he did was to go back to his room to see his wife and daughter-in-law.

Of course, the two of them hadn't changed since he went out in the morning. Su Ting was still wearing the same clothes, and she was still as good at sleeping as before. If you count carefully, the number of times He Dongchuan had seen her close her eyes since she was born could be counted on two hands.

But there was no other way. He went out early and came back late, and he couldn't sleep with his wife and daughters-in-law at night.

He is so miserable.

Feeling very miserable, He Dongchuan hugged his wife, lowered his head and kissed her hard, then kissed the girl on the cheek.

Just after the kiss, He Dongchuan heard his wife ask: "Has your skin become smoother recently?"

He Dongchuan paused and asked, "Is there?"

“I think so.”

This is pure lies. The effects of skin care products in this era were not as famous as those in later generations. Vanishing cream basically has only one function - moisturizing.

Moisturizing well can indeed slow down the aging of the skin and make people's skin look no older than people of the same age. But it is a pipe dream to think that a 30-year-old's skin will look like a 20-year-old's through moisturizing.

Not to mention vanishing cream, many high-end skin care products in later generations may not have this effect. The vast majority of celebrities who look like they are 30 years old at the age of 50 rely on medical beauty and photo retouching.

After He Dongchuan applied vanishing cream a few years ago, his skin seemed to get better, but that was just an illusion. The real situation was that it was moisturized enough, his skin was not so dry, and it no longer peeled, revealing the true condition of his skin.

But it was too easy to fool He Dongchuan, a straight man who was only 28 years old and was forced by Su Ting to apply lotion for a period of time.

Su Ting said so, and he believed it, and was a little proud in his heart, until his wife changed the topic and said, "By the way, when I was looking for something today, I found that the vanishing cream on the dressing table was missing. Did you take it?"

He Dongchuan paused in shaking the girl, but only for a short time. After a while, he calmly asked, "What are you looking for? Did you find it?"

"I'm looking for the handkerchief that Manman used. I found it a long time ago." Su Ting brought the subject back to the topic. "You haven't answered me yet, did I see the vanishing cream?"

"I have some impression," He Dongchuan turned his daughter around and asked, "Do you think the vanishing cream is useful?"

Su Ting lied, "I ran out of my old vanishing cream. I didn't buy a new one because I was pregnant with Manman. Now that Manman is born, I can continue to use the vanishing cream. And since you don't like to use it, I wanted to find it and continue using it."

He Dongchuan hummed and said pretentiously: "Let me think about where I have seen it before."

After saying this, he walked around the room as if thinking about something.

Su Ting leaned on the bed and watched him act. She almost laughed out loud several times. When He Dongchuan carried her out slowly, she couldn't help it and pounded the bed twice silently, then returned to normal when he came back.

He Dongchuan held the lady of Lijia in one hand and handed the vanishing cream to Su Ting. He said without shame, "Xiao Yan must have thought it was fun and took the vanishing cream to his room."

He Yan, who was doing homework next door: "?!!"

After being stunned, Su Ting took the vanishing cream and said meaningfully: "It turned out that Xiao Yan took it away."

He Dongchuan nodded calmly: "Probably."

Su Ting opened the lid of the vanishing cream, took a look and said, "Why is there so much less? Did Xiao Yan secretly apply the vanishing cream?"

He Dongchuan was a little confused. He remembered that he didn't make too much last night. How come it was so little all of a sudden? But in order to get over it as soon as possible, he agreed, "Maybe."

"This is for adults and is not suitable for his skin at all," Su Ting sat up seriously, "No, I have to have a good talk with Xiaoyan about this." As she said that, she was about to get out of bed.

He Dongchuan quickly held Su Ting down and said, "No need for that. He probably only used it a few times. We just need to put the things away and not let him get them."

"How can that be possible? Our house is so small and there's no lock on the room, where can we put things?" Su Ting said seriously, "Before applying anything to the face, you should check the ingredients and skin type. Children's skin is delicate and has a thin stratum corneum. If they apply too much, they may have allergies. This matter cannot be ignored!"

No matter how smart a person is, he or she has blind spots in knowledge. What Su Ting said is He Dongchuan’s blind spots in knowledge. Because he really doesn’t understand, he can only believe whatever Su Ting says.

But he knew that He Yan had not touched the bottle of vanishing cream, so he tried to calm things down and said, "It shouldn't be that serious, isn't Xiao Yan okay?"

"It's easy for you to say it's okay, but when something happens it will be too late! That's not right, you are not such a nonchalant person usually, why today..." Su Ting stared at He Dongchuan for three seconds and uttered the final word, "You are not right."

He Dongchuan: "…What's wrong with me?"

"There's something wrong with you." Su Ting put the vanishing cream in front of He Dongchuan, "Tell me the truth, who used the vanishing cream?"

"yes……"

Su Ting interrupted He Dongchuan: "Don't lie, I'm very smart."

Faced with Su Ting's determination, He Dongchuan could no longer be stubborn and said, "...I did use it once."

Su Ting smiled secretly in her heart, but said angrily, "You can use it if you want. Lai Xiaoyan, why are you so annoying? How can you be such a father? But how did you suddenly come to your senses? Didn't you refuse to apply the vanishing cream before?"

He Dongchuan coughed lightly and said, "My skin has been a little dry lately."

"Are there any?" Su Ting leaned in to look at He Dongchuan's face. "It's not peeling."

"I used vanishing cream last night."

Su Ting said "Oh——" and then changed the subject to ask: "Is it just because of dry skin, not because Sister Chen said you are an old cow eating young grass?"

He Dongchuan turned his head suddenly and met Su Ting's crooked eyes, which were full of sly smiles. He understood everything in an instant: "Did you know that I used the vanishing cream?"

"Yes." Su Ting admitted with a smile.

He Dongchuan frowned: "Then if you ask me, I am..."

"I was just teasing you, but I'm not satisfied with the result," Su Ting said with a serious expression, poking He Dongchuan's chest with her hand, "Comrade He, you're not being honest."

"I was wrong." He Dongchuan admitted his mistake quickly.

"It's no use just admitting your mistakes," Su Ting snorted, looking very embarrassed. "Tell me the truth, why did you suddenly start using vanishing cream? Don't tell me it's because your skin is dry, or you'll be guilty of lying."

He Dongchuan didn't really want to tell the truth, as he still wanted to save face in front of his wife.

But the daughter-in-law was determined to get to the bottom of it, and she refused to tell the truth... He Dongchuan sighed and said, "I admit that I used the vanishing cream because I didn't want to look like an old cow."

When Su Ting heard this, she immediately distanced herself from the matter and said, "That was what Sister Chen said."

Things have changed, and now it's He Dongchuan's turn to bring up the past. He asked with a half-smile, "You really didn't say that?"

"Really...Okay, I admit that I did say that following Sister Chen's words," Su Ting finally couldn't resist He Dongchuan's understanding gaze and admitted her mistake, but she didn't forget to make amends, "But I had no choice. If I didn't say that, what if she still wanted to arrange a marriage with our daughter?"

He Dongchuan's eyes were slightly cold: "She is dreaming about arranging a marriage for a child!"

Su Ting took the opportunity to take credit: "Yeah, I think so too, so I rejected her."

He Dongchuan continued to go over the past: "What did you say at that time?"

"I didn't really say anything, I just mentioned it casually, but in my heart I never thought of you as an old cow, nor did I think of myself as a young grass."

For the sake of family harmony, Su Ting fed He Dongchuan with sweet talk like it was free: "And I think you are very handsome, calm, and have a good temperament. There is a saying that goes, some people have different tastes at different ages, just like wine, the more you taste it, the mellower it becomes. I think you are such a person. Those young people in their teens and twenties can't compare to you at all. I won't even look at them if I see them on the street."

He Dongchuan was drunk and looked very happy. Aunt Wang asked curiously, "Why are you so happy today?"

"Am I happy?" He Dongchuan asked in surprise.

Aunt Wang thought to herself, your lips are about to stretch to the back of your head, and you still have the nerve to ask this question, but she said nothing in the end. In this situation, giving him a look is equivalent to giving him a chance to show off.

She is old, so she should stop looking for excitement.

…

After Su Ting got the vanishing cream, she didn't really apply it on her face. She was still breastfeeding and didn't dare to use it. Anyway, the temperature had risen and her face wasn't very dry recently, so it didn't matter whether she applied it or not.

After Su Ting explained the benefits of vanishing cream, He Dongchuan no longer used it.

The vanishing creams at that time were actually quite thick. It was cold in winter, so it didn’t matter if they were a bit thick. Besides, he could tolerate the discomfort with his wife helping him apply it.

But it is summer now, and the vanishing cream feels a bit stuffy on the face. Besides, Su Ting didn't see that his face was peeling, so she was too lazy to do it. Besides, it was useless, so he was not very willing to apply it.

So the bottle of vanishing cream went around in circles and finally landed in Aunt Wang's hands.

When Su Ting gave the vanishing cream to Aunt Wang, she was still muttering: "I am so old, why do I still need vanishing cream?"

After wiping for two days, Aunt Wang's attitude changed and she would wipe in front of the mirror for a long time every night.

However, Aunt Wang was a little shy when it came to dressing herself up. She would always avoid Su Ting when applying lotion. Once, when she came back to the room after washing her face, Aunt Wang hadn't finished yet. When she saw her in the mirror, she hastily put away her things.

After that, Su Ting would always stay in the second bedroom for a while after washing up, giving Aunt Wang enough time to wipe her face.

Su Ting stayed in the second bedroom. The happiest person was not He Dongchuan, but He Yan.

Their family members have a bathing order. It is not certain who bathes first, but He Dongchuan is definitely the last one to bathe. At this time of the day, He Dongchuan is basically bathing and washing clothes, so He Yan can only stay in the room alone, which is very boring.

Of course, He Yan wouldn't find it interesting when He Dongchuan came back to the room after washing clothes, because the first thing his father said when he entered the room was always to urge him to go to bed.

Moreover, his father only urged him to go to sleep and didn't tell him bedtime stories. Sometimes he really couldn't fall asleep and could only close his eyes and count sheep.

When his mother goes to the second bedroom, she will tell him stories gently, and his father will postpone his bath time so that the three of them can sit on the bed and chat.

Sometimes mom would bring my sister over to her, but my sister was very sleepy and would still sleep even when mom brought her over.

He Yan thought his sister was truly amazing. How could she sleep so soundly even though she slept all day long?

For someone like him, even if he has a day off on Sunday, he can only sleep until seven or eight o'clock at most, and once he wakes up, he can never fall asleep again. He feels uncomfortable lying in bed all the time.

But my sister didn't seem to feel uncomfortable at all.

Su Ting was talking to He Dongchuan when she turned around and saw He Yan sitting cross-legged next to her daughter. He was holding his face with his hands, looking deeply at his baby sister in the cradle. He even stretched out two eager fingers to touch his sister's nose.

Su Ting asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"

He Yan said solemnly: "Mom, do you think my sister is a transformed pig?"

Su Ting was even more confused: "Why are you asking this suddenly?"

"When I go to bed at night, she is sleeping. When I come back from class, she is still sleeping. When grandma feeds her milk powder, she is still sleeping," He Yan said, counting on his fingers. "My sister can sleep a lot, like a little pig. She sleeps so much every day. Doesn't she feel tired?"

"She probably doesn't know that much." Su Ting thought for a moment and said, "Besides, all newborn babies can sleep this long. Didn't Grandma Wang say before that you could sleep this long when you were little, too?"

He Yan actually remembered what Aunt Wang said, but he didn't remember that stage, and he couldn't imagine himself sleeping so well, so he always forgot about it.

It was not until Su Ting mentioned it again that he remembered it and sighed, "When will my sister grow up?"

Su Ting said: "That depends on how old it is."

"How about growing up to my age?"

"It will take seven years."

He Yan was shocked: "Doesn't that mean my sister will have to wait another seven years before she can play with me?"

Su Ting asked in confusion: "Children can speak at the age of two or three, so why did your sister need seven years to play with you?"

"Because two or three-year-olds run slowly and cry a lot, they are not fun. Only when my sister grows up to my age will there be more games for her to play."

He Yan thought it over. Although he didn't like playing with girls, Man Man was his sister. If she was as old as him, he would still be willing to take her to play.

Hearing this, He Dongchuan couldn't help but ask: "Do you think you will never grow up?"

He Yan didn't quite understand what his father meant: "Huh?"

He Dongchuan said: "You are seven years old this year. It will take seven years for you to grow up to your age. After seven years, calculate how old you are."

He Yan was already a sophomore, so single-digit addition and subtraction were no problem for him. Within two seconds, he mentally calculated the answer: "When will I be fourteen?"

As soon as I asked, He Yan exclaimed: "Yes, when my sister is seven years old, I will be fourteen years old, a bigger child."

So the question is, when he becomes a bigger child, should he bring his sister, who is still a big child, to play with him?

If I take care of my little sister, will she be able to play the games that I, who is already a bigger kid, play? But if I don’t take care of my little sister, will she be sad and upset?

Sad~

He Yan was faced with a difficult decision and sighed for several days. Su Ting thought he had encountered some difficulties and asked him about it when they went to the second bedroom to talk at night.

He Yan did not hide anything and expressed his thoughts, hoping that his parents could give him good advice.

After hearing this, Su Ting and He Dongchuan were silent: "..."

I haven't even turned seven yet and I'm already worrying about my fourteenth year. I still don't have enough homework!