Chapter 5 - 4: Change
This was last year when my brother went out to carry timber for two months and earned money to buy her fabric without consulting her first.
After returning, Mom scolded brother a lot, but he didn’t get angry, just smiled sheepishly, "My sister has grown up, and hasn’t worn many new clothes from childhood to now. Girls should dress up."
Usually, what Lin Wan wore were mostly clothes leftover from others that had been patched up again and again, or clothes that mom altered smaller for her to wear.
At that time, Lin Wan was just happy for herself and didn’t notice that at home, when brother was saying those words, he was also wearing patched clothes.
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Lin Wan stir-fried the potatoes and bean sprouts. She prepared four dishes and two cold dishes, cucumbers and carrots.
She didn’t have much money now to buy expensive bean curd and kelp, so she could only make do with lowering costs.
She put the coal into the stove and lit it. After lighting the stove, she placed an aluminum basin on top, half with bean sprouts, half with potatoes, she was reluctant to use oil, only brushing a layer in the pan when stir-frying.
It’s not that she was stingy, she truly didn’t have much money to buy oil now; she plans to use more oil once she makes money in the future.
After the dishes were ready, Lin Wan placed the risen dough on the wooden rack, leaving a small cutting board beside the pan and other places with some condiments.
Seeing that there was nothing else missing, she tied an apron and sleeve covers, pushing the cart outside.