Chapter 44: Don’t look at her thin arms and legs, her little butt is bulging!

“What?! What talent?!” Tang Feng didn’t quite understand, but the moment she heard Jiang Wan’s name, she instantly got annoyed. She casually threw the quilt off the kang bed and sat down on it. “What, what do you mean by that?”

Yuan Meilin got angrier and more irritated as she spoke, “Oh, don’t you get it? This time’s report performance is when the leaders come over, right? They’re looking to recruit talents—if they like someone, they’ll give them special training and arrange a job!”

“Director Zhao begged Jiang Wan to go, and she actually agreed! Said she can dance… pfft!”

“In past years, there wasn’t any dancing! I only saw people twisting the yangko dance! I dance yangko so well! When I told Director Zhao I wanted to go, she didn’t even let me!”

Tang Feng’s eyes were like they had sparks flying out: “Why wouldn’t she let you go? We’re old villagers here, and Jiang Wan is just an outsider, a young, delicate girl. Why is Zhao Ying so eager to curry favor with her?!”

“Tch, who knows what she’s really up to,” Yuan Meilin said, flopping down with a thud, turning over angrily on the brick kang bed, which shook dust and dirt loose.

“Village committee… village committee…” Tang Feng frowned, got up to go back to her room. As she walked to the door, she mumbled to herself. Then suddenly slapped her thigh and came back, grabbing Yuan Meilin by the collar and shaking her.

“Ah, Meilin! How could we forget this! Look at my memory!”

“In the village committee’s women’s association, Sister Zhou handles the finances and is close to Director Zhao! That Sister Zhou has her eye on your aunt’s cousin and wants her son to date your cousin!”

“Your cousin’s been close to you since childhood, so she’ll definitely help you out!”

“Tomorrow we’ll bring some farm eggs to her house! Meilin, my good daughter! I’m really proud of your effort! Don’t worry, I’ll support you all the way! Humph, what’s so special about dancing some stupid dance? The leaders are here to see our rural customs! Maybe they’ll even think it’s too fancy!”

“We’ll just wait and watch this city girl make a fool of herself!”

—When Jiang Wan was walking to the village bathhouse with Fu Jingchuan, she was nearly out of breath. She really hadn’t expected the village to be small but with winding, tricky roads. At night, there were barely any streetlights. If it weren’t for Fu Jingchuan guiding her, she might have been scared.

At the bathhouse window, Fu Jingchuan bought tickets. The old man selling them looked at him with some curiosity. Then he glanced at Jiang Wan, eyes wide in surprise.

After buying the tickets, Fu Jingchuan gave the ticket for the women’s bathhouse to Jiang Wan, telling her not to rush—he’d finish first and wait for her at the door. He was trained in the army and quick at everything; a bath would take just a few minutes.

Jiang Wan, excited to finally bathe, took her ticket and entered the women’s bathhouse. But as soon as she entered, she was instantly stunned by the sight of so many bare bodies!

She’d been too happy to remember that the communal bathhouse meant washing together with many naked women!

But shame was nothing compared to feeling dirty. Jiang Wan sniffed her own scent, bit her lip, stamped her foot, and went to check the locker. She took a key and a lock, found an empty locker, and peeked inside. It was lined with newspaper, and looked fairly clean.

No time to hesitate!

Jiang Wan thought this had to be dealt with quickly. She’d be living here eventually and needed to get used to it.

Without hesitation, she stripped off her dirty clothes, held the soap and other items wrapped up with the key tied in a bow, and entered the bathhouse.

Once inside, it wasn’t so bad. The taps were spaced far apart, and the boiler produced plenty of steam, so no one could see clearly.

She turned on the tap, and with her long, dark curled lashes lowered, she began to carefully wash herself.

When the hot water poured over her head, she couldn’t help but sigh with comfort.

However, Jiang Wan had underestimated the gossip-loving nature of these rural women.

She squinted and enjoyed her bath thoroughly—it lasted almost an hour.

During that time, every woman who came in couldn’t help but stare at her.

Jiang Wan was polite and avoided looking at anyone, keeping her gaze down, but her skin was so fair it looked like it had been soaked in milk. After the hot water, her tender smooth skin glowed a subtle pink from within, especially her delicate white neck, which turned red and warm.

Her black hair was like seaweed, wet and spread out behind her.

Her delicate and refined face was stunningly beautiful.

Though slender, she had curves in all the right places.

Even though they were all women, looking at such a beautiful figure made them blush.

Meanwhile, Fu Jingchuan, while purposely lingering a bit during his shower, finished in about ten minutes.

He felt like the skin on his hands was about to prune, frowned, and sniffed himself. His body carried a faint scent of soap.

Relaxing his brows, heat flushed the back of his neck as he secretly thought Jiang Wan wouldn’t complain about him not being clean anymore. Definitely clean! He’d never smelled so good before—he’d lathered himself three times, smelling as fresh as a woman!

Fu Jingchuan felt awkward standing at the bathhouse entrance, since many women were coming and going.

So he stood under a big tree diagonally in front of the bathhouse, gazing down the long dirt road, his mind drifting.

Just then, a few women who had just come out of the bathhouse passed by, covering their mouths giggling.

They didn’t notice who was standing under the tree in the dark spot.

Heads close together, they whispered:

“Hey, did you see that young lady just now? I’m not mistaken! She’s the new wife of Battalion Commander Fu!”

“Oh my gosh, what on earth did she grow up eating? Does she drink milk instead of water? Her skin’s spotless—no scars, no marks, so white it dazzles! You can’t even see her pores!”

“Hahaha, Aunt Gao, you really know about pores?”

“How would I not know pores? I read about it in medical columns in the newspaper! Tsk tsk, Battalion Commander Fu is really lucky! This young girl… don’t be fooled by her thin arms and legs, that little butt’s so round! And those breasts…”

“Mmm!!”