Chapter 10 Master

The next day, she slept until the meal was almost ready as usual, washed and took care of her skin in the room, and tied her hair into two braids.

The three siblings of the Xia family all had flat backs of their heads due to the careful sleeping of Li Dongmei. Thanks to Li Dongmei's mother for not paying attention to them, the backs of their heads grew freely, round and full. With a high forehead and a perfect hairline, they look good even with two braids.

She has underwear of all sizes in her store, which are more comfortable and close-fitting than the ones I have now, so I had no intention of buying new ones. I found the right size yesterday, washed it, and hung it out to dry. Today I can wear new clothes from the inside out.

The grey sweater and white shirt she bought yesterday are both basic styles. The trousers were originally straight-legged, so she made some slight modifications by narrowing the lower leg of the trousers, tucking the shirt into the trousers, and then putting on her newly bought leather shoes. She looked particularly energetic and beautiful!

Xia Zhizhi is good-looking, but her face used to be pale and listless, and the clothes she wore were those left over by Xia Lanlan.

Xia Lanlan was a size bigger than her, and the clothes looked old and torn on her, loose and dangling.

Now that she has a different body, Xia Zhizhi no longer has the timid and submissive demeanor of her previous life. This kind of inferiority complex that comes from the bottom of her heart is not easy to learn. She can only try her best to restrain herself from being too ostentatious.

I have eaten and drunk enough these past two days, and I even drank a glass of spiritual spring water yesterday. My face no longer looks sickly pale. I feel like a gardenia after the rain, fresh and pleasant.

Everyone was walking around the house, washing, and running around.

As soon as she opened the door, no one else paid much attention to her. However, Xia Lanlan had been keeping her eyes on her since she came out, looking her up and down.

Xia Zhizhi walked up to her and said sarcastically in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Sister, I'm pretty, right? There's no point in being jealous. It's natural. Even if you dress up, you'll never be as pretty as me. You'll never be able to catch up with me in your lifetime."

Seeing that Xia Lanlan was about to change her expression, Xia Zhizhi hurriedly grabbed her hand and said, "Although you are not good-looking, have no aesthetic sense, and don't know how to dress up, you look like a female monkey sticking out her butt when you dress up, but who makes you my sister? I am the only one who doesn't despise you. When I come back tonight, I will teach you how to dress up. Although you won't be as pretty as me, you will definitely be better than you are now."

Xia Lanlan was jealous of her good looks, but also angry that she belittled herself. She also kind of hoped that she would help her dress up as she had asked. Her face changed all sorts of expressions. She wanted to get angry but didn't. Her little head was so confused that it was smoking.

When she sat at the table, facing the various looks from the family, Xia Zhizhi spread her hands and showed herself generously: "I guess the money my mother gave me yesterday was not wasted. I'll look better if I dress up!"

Everyone nodded with mixed feelings.

Xia Zhizhi then said to Li Dongmei, "Mom, look at my towel, it's in tatters and my toothbrush is unusable. I'm getting married soon, so you have to prepare an enamel basin, washbasin, towel, and blanket for me."

She would never let Li Dongmei refute her: "I don't want any of the three major items of betrothal gifts given by the Lu family. I'll leave them all for my eldest brother to marry. But you have to prepare a set of dowry for me, otherwise I will go there empty-handed and people will look down on you, my father and my eldest brother. This will have a bad reputation, and it will definitely affect his promotion. Wouldn't this hinder my eldest brother's future?"

That makes sense, but... Li Dongmei struggled desperately, "Don't worry about these. When you get married, your father and I will arrange it for you."

"It will be too late to make arrangements after we get married. Mom, you don't think I am greedy for pleasure, do you?" Xia Zhizhi looked at her in disbelief: "I have used that towel for three years and that toothbrush for two years. What's the big deal if I use it for another half a year?"

"I am thinking about our family. You see, I am planning to leave all my dowry to my family. When I go there wearing tattered clothes and carrying two newly bought towels, people will think you are selling your daughter. If you are selling your daughter, then it will be a piece of cake. If our family has something to ask for help from the Lu family, and they are willing to help us, then they will definitely think we are poor relatives who come to ask for money. It is too far away to support them!"

Xia Zhizhi continued to deceive: "Only if they feel that you truly love my daughter, can they truly treat you as their in-laws. Only in this way can they treat you well. When we have something to do, we don't have to come to their house. They will directly handle it for us."

Seeing that Li Dongmei seemed to be persuaded, Xia Zhizhi continued to add fuel to the fire: "Mom and Dad, if you don't agree, just pretend that I never said this. Anyway, I will suffer for only half a year at most. After I get married, I won't be able to eat anything delicious or wear any nice clothes. But when the time comes, Lu Weiguang will say that my parents sold me out and didn't let me support my parents. I won't be able to say anything, right?"

Originally, Li Dongmei and Xia Ruhai's plan was to marry her off, accept the bride price, find a job, and do some business. They never expected her to support her family, but she ate too many cakes in the past two days and inevitably had some unrealistic fantasies.

Even if he spends more money on Xia Zhizhi, he can spend some money. Then he can let her talk some nonsense and arrange jobs for Xia Lanlan and Xia Fangfang. Then the money he spends will be returned many times over, right?

Cash received today - 50 yuan.

The money was there, but the tickets were not enough, so Xia Ruhai agreed to find someone to think of a solution.

Xia Zhizhi agreed reluctantly and mercifully gave him two days' extension.

At the dinner table, except for Xia Zhizhi who was eating happily, everyone else had no appetite. Xia Zhizhi had earned 90 yuan in the past two days, but with Carrot hanging in front of them, apart from occasionally saying a few sour words, they didn't do anything excessive, and it didn't hurt Xia Zhizhi at all.

After finishing her meal, she threw away her bowl and chopsticks, wiped her mouth, and said like an old lady: "Mom, starting from tomorrow morning, you have to cook me an egg every day to make up for it."

Li Dongmei's mouth twitched and her eyelids twitched: "It's not that mom is reluctant, but who can eat like this? How can they live?"

"Isn't this all for our family? You give me an egg every day. After I get married, I will tell them that I will eat eggs and drink milk every morning. This is how I eat at my parents' house. Marry a man, marry a man. The clothes and food you wear will definitely be better after you marry. Look at my small body. I definitely can't eat that much. I will save it and secretly bring it back for my parents to eat!"