Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 633: Chapter 633: A Slimmed-Down Miao Cuihua (Request for Monthly Tickets)
 

Upon learning that Nan Tianzong was returning, Liu Sisi diligently checked the accounting of the bookstore, the wine-house, and the Silver Pavilion for the past few days, only to find a large sum of silver had been unaccounted for, which racked her brain.

Afterward, she headed to the small town to check the situation of the bookstore. For quite some time, she had not been focusing on the affairs of the bookstore.

Ever since Liu Sisi finished her confinement, Liu Zhi’er returned to work at the dumpling shop.

Seeing that Second Sister wanted to be independent, Liu Sisi did not stop her, but instead called on everyone to support her more. However, since she was already in the small town, Liu Sisi naturally wanted to take a look.

Before entering the shop, she saw a considerable number of people sitting inside, and Liu Zhi’er was busying herself in front of the stove. She was also greeted hastily and had a light-hearted smile on her face.

Da Mao, the kid, was also in the shop at the moment. He was sitting on the counter with a brush-pen in hand, writing and drawing, not knowing what he was writing.

It seemed that Second Sister’s small business had gradually gotten back on track, and she could now rest assured.

Without disturbing her, she quietly left for the bookstore. Miao Cuihua and another newly hired clerk were now managing the bookstore.

After a few months, Miao Cuihua had noticeably lost a lot of weight, and her once round face had now become much thinner. Her double chin disappeared, and after thinning down, her squinted eyes now revealed double eyelids, making her look much slimmer.

And the most significant change should be her spirit.

At the moment, she was wiping the counter while humming an out-of-tune opera. Along with her wiping movement, it was especially harmonious. After wiping one row, she turned around and immediately saw Liu Sisi standing by the door, and her eyes lit up.

“Sisi, why didn’t you come in when you arrived? Come on, we were just eating watermelon, do you want to have a couple of slices?”

Miao Cuihua happily greeted her.

She did not become distant with Liu Sisi at all despite her change in status.

Liu Sisi smiled and walked a few steps closer to her.

“I’ve just arrived at the door of the shop, and I haven’t seen you for months. You…have lost so much weight. It took me quite a while to recognize you. I never thought you’d look so much prettier once you slim down! This change is just so enormous!”

Liu Sisi sincerely praised her!

Hearing this, Miao Cuihua suddenly froze and then jumped up, taking a mirror and constantly looking at her reflection from the left and right.

“Really? Sisi, do you really think I’ve lost weight? I don’t feel any different. How do I look now? Hehe, but my clothes do feel a lot looser now.” Her eyes were filled with joy she couldn’t hide.

“It’s true! After you slimmed down, I can see that you’re actually a great beauty. Especially your eyes, they’re so beautiful!”

Liu Sisi sincerely praised her.

The beauty of Miao Cuihua was not the delicate type. Her whole body was sturdy and tall, full of energy at first sight. With the fat now gone, the once wrinkled and round face had its features spread out, revealing the outline of a tall beauty from Shandong.

Liu Sisi couldn’t help secretly sighing in her heart: such an overwhelmingly beautiful woman was actually despised by a man like Shou Hou. It was really speechless.

“That’s great! Finally some progress! Wuuu… I’m so happy! This is amazing!”

Miao Cuihua almost jumped up, waving her fists: “I’ve decided! I’ll treat myself to a good meal tonight, rewarding my stomach which I have subjected to bland food lately. I want to eat braised pork, sweet and sour pork, spicy chicken, and what else…”

“Hold on! By eating like this, you want to gain back all the fat you lost over the past few months, in just one night?”

Liu Sisi hurriedly stopped her.

“Ah – is that really possible?”

Miao Cuihua barely thought about it when she painfully howled, “My braised pork, my sweet and sour pork, my spicy chicken, they’ve all flown away…”

She had a pained expression on her face and was anxiously tugging at her own hair.

What is Fatty most afraid of?

Ask Miao Cuihua, and her answer would naturally be going hungry!

To lose weight, to slim down, and to win Shou Hou’s heart back, she had endured not eating oily and fatty food for several months in a row. She thought she could finally eat now, but Liu Sisi’s words sent her back to reality. How could she not be depressed!

This kind of depression in Miao Cuihua was really rare.

Liu Sisi hurriedly comforted her, “To lose weight, you need to persevere. You have made progress now, and you can eat some meat. But if you can’t control your own gluttonous nature, in less than two months, your body weight will shoot right back up. You’ve spent so much time and effort to lose weight, only for it to come back in an instant, wouldn’t that be a waste of effort? Why do that to yourself?”

Miao Cuihua’s spirit was still not very high, and she nodded weakly, “Yes, you’re right. I know everything you’ve said…” She suddenly changed her depressed look, her eyes shining as she stared at Liu Sisi, “Sisi, if I were as thin as you, that would be great. If I were as thin as you, I could…”

With your height, if you were as skinny as me, would you still look human? Wouldn’t you become a pole?”

Liu Sisi retorted rudely.

“That’s true, haha!”

Miao Cuihua obviously imagined herself being as skinny as a lightning bolt and burst into laughter!

“I’m going to be as thin as a lightning bolt, so everyone can see how slim I am…”

Such a conceited and smug person!

As the two were talking and laughing, a child ran in from outside. It was none other than Miao Cuihua’s son, Little Fatty.

“Mom! I’m hungry! Do you have anything to eat here?”

Little Fatty went straight for food as soon as he entered the door.

Little Fatty was obviously taller and thinner, and even his squinted eyes seemed to open up a bit. It seemed that while Miao Cuihua was on a diet, Little Fatty had also eaten his share of vegetables.

This made Miao Cuihua so angry that she didn’t know what to do. How could he bring up this subject at this time!

She immediately put her hands on her hips and scolded, “What could there be to eat? Don’t you know your old mother is on a diet these days? All you think about is eating, eating, eating!”

“But mom, I’m hungry!”

Little Fatty rubbed his nose and insisted.

“Even if you’re hungry, you’re not allowed to eat until you lose half a pound in a day, as promised!” Miao Cuihua said with a hardened heart.

No wonder she lost weight so fast, that’s how it was!

“Children are growing, even if they need to lose weight, they need to do it gradually. Be careful not to hurt their stomachs. That would be more loss than gain,”

Liu Sisi hurriedly stopped her.

“Sisi, you don’t know, the older Fatty gets, the more he eats. He can eat twice the amount of food as I did when I was young. Looking at him now, I think about when he grows up to my age, subjected to all the discriminatory looks of others, and my heart is just…”