Fields of Gold
Chapter 671 - Metropolitan Civil Service Exam
The sun’s rays were harsher in the south and they were out longer as well. Zhu Junya had once written a letter to her lady mother, complaining that she had gotten tanner there. Her mother then sent her a set of brightening skin care items. After using it for less than a year, the effects were very obvious. Not only was her skin brighter but the texture of her skin had also perceptively improved. The other married matrons within her circle all asked her about her skin care routine.
She would have never expected that the mastermind behind ‘Blossoming Beauty’, the blazingly popular shop that all women under the heavens clamored to buy from, was actually a young maiden who hadn’t even reached the age of eighteen. Furthermore, this legendary figure was also going to become her future younger sister-in-law.
Yu Xiaocao was currently helping Pei’er hold onto his box of sweets. The little fellow stretched out a plump little hand and picked out an orange colored gummy candy that smelled of tangerines. He plopped it into his mouth. It was soft with a sweet and sour taste. He immediately fell in love with the flavor of the candy.
When she heard the request, Xiaocao raised her head and carefully observed her future older sister-in-law’s face for a bit before she finally smiled, “Older Sister Junya’s skin foundation is very good as the texture is quite fine and tender. However, you probably didn’t protect it from sun exposure in the past, so your skin is on the duller side. My shop has just made a set of brightening and hydrating skin care items. On another day, I’ll bring it over for Older Sister. Added onto some suitable medicinal cuisine, I guarantee that Older Sister’s skin will become brighter and more tender in less than three months!”
“Will it be as white as Auntie’s skin ah?” Lu Jiapei, who had been preoccupied with eating his new candy, suddenly made his presence known. Third Maternal Aunt’s face resembled a freshly peeled boiled egg and he wanted to feel if it felt as soft and slippery as it looked...
Zhu Junyang’s expression immediately darkened. He reached over and grabbed his nephew’s hand, which was sticky with saliva. He couldn’t allow him to touch his little lass’s tender and fair face, ‘Stinky brat, men and women should not touch when they give and receive things! Only I, your maternal uncle, have the rights to touch her face!’
Yu Xiaocao looked down and pinched the little guy’s bun-like face and grinned, “That’s right ah! It’ll be as white and tender as my own face. Wouldn’t that be great ah?”
When Zhu Junya heard this, she felt her own face. Her future third younger sister-in-law’s skin had to be the best she had ever seen in her life and it didn’t have a single flaw that she could see. In actuality, before she married and was still a young maiden, she often liked to spend a lot of time outside exercising and playing around. Thus, her complexion was often tanner compared to other young maidens. If these products truly were as efficacious as her sister-in-law claimed, then she’d be able to smile happily in her dreams. After all, who else had to endure the pressure of having a husband who was fairer and prettier than herself?
It was very easy for women to become closer to each other when they started to talk about cosmetics and skin care routines. In a short period of time, Zhu Junya now saw her future sister-in-law as a close younger sister and was pouring out all of her thoughts to her.
The little radishes from the Lu Family finished their daily quota of five gummy candies and one dessert under the supervision of their eldest brother. They were all completely conquered by their Third Maternal Aunt’s culinary talents. When they came out to perform the formal greeting, Xiaocao took out her greeting gifts to the children——exquisite little animals carved out of glassy blue jade. The children all loved the carvings and immediately strung them around their necks.
