Fu Chen'an knew that no one would believe him, but he was telling the truth. He even thought that having a plump wife was good.
Her hands were soft and pleasant to touch, very squeezy. Also, being plump and fair was a blessing in the famine years. It showed that her family treated her well. There was nothing wrong with it.
While his thoughts wandered, Fu Chen'an finished his meal and went to his post to take over the patrolling duty.
As the night deepened, Yao Zhi suddenly woke up due to a stomachache.
She clutched her stomach and let out a painful groan. Her forehead was covered with a layer of cold sweat, while her face turned pale from the pain. Feeling the sharp pain in her abdomen, she rushed toward the toilet.
This time, Yao Zhi no longer had any time to feel disgusted. The moment she pulled down her pants and squatted on top of two planks, an atomic attack was launched, followed by the thunderous sound similar to a machine gun.
Yao Zhi squatted in the toilet for half an hour and felt dizzy. It was as if half of her soul had come out of her buttocks. When she was done, she searched for the wooden stick to clean herself.
After she was done, she walked unsteadily to the well. Before sleeping, she had prepared a bucket of water for washing up.
She used plant ash as soap and rubbed her hands clean before rinsing them with the well water. Although it was not as clean as using hand soap, it was better than nothing.
When she was done, she was too weak to do anything else and returned to her bed. The moment she lay down, she closed her eyes and fainted.
The next moment she woke up, the day had already brightened.
Perhaps due to the diarrhea, Yao Zhi woke up feeling lethargic. As she opened her eyes, her nose was assaulted by a sharp, foul scent. The smell was worse than the toilet.
Sitting up, she looked around to find the source of the smell before realizing that it was coming from herself. Lowering her gaze, she saw a thick layer of black goo covering her skin. Even the bedsheet was stained with it.
Although she didn't know how she had become like this, she gritted her teeth and went to get water for bathing. As soon as she opened the door, she raised her hand to block the bright sunlight.
When the neighbors saw her, one of the women couldn't help but say, "The sun has already risen so high, and some people, ah, are just waking up. No wonder she ends up looking like that."
Yao Zhi heard her sarcastic remarks but didn't take them to heart. It wasn't worth wasting her time caring about unrelated people's opinions. As long as she could live her life well, she didn't care about how other people looked at her.
Ignoring the neighbors, she went to get a wooden tub used for bathing. Unlike modern times, ancient people used to bathe inside their rooms. So, she dragged the bathing tub into her room and filled it with water.
The wooden tub was large, and it took her almost an hour to fill two-thirds of it.
After filling the tub, she locked the door and prepared a set of clean clothes. Only after she added three drops of spiritual spring did she undress and get into the tub.
As she soaked in the water, she let out a sigh. After working for almost an hour, she was finally able to enjoy her bath. Using a coarse cloth, she rubbed her body vigorously.
At first, she thought it would be hard to remove the black goo. Unexpectedly, she only needed to rub it twice to get rid of it. Judging by how thick the dead skin and dirt on her body were, she wondered how long the original soul had gone without a bath.
"Didn't ancient people take baths every five days and wash their hair every three days? Just how lazy was the original owner?" she muttered with a frown.
She bathed for forty minutes before finally rubbing her body clean.
When she came out of the bathing tub, the water had changed color. If one didn't know better, they might have thought the tub was filled with cappuccino instead of bathwater.
Yao Zhi clicked her tongue as she put on her clothes. Since her yard was too dry, she didn't throw away the bathwater and used it to wet the yard. The yard was too dusty, and wetting it would lessen the dust.
The neighbors watched her busying herself with doubtful gazes, but no one offered to help.
When she was done, the sun had risen to three poles high. Thanks to the diarrhea yesterday, Yao Zhi was feeling hungry now. The perk of living alone was that she was free to do as she pleased.
Without anyone staring at her, she went to the kitchen and took out three slabs of fat meat from her spatial bag. Today, she planned to extract some lard for cooking.
After cleaning the iron wok, she poured two ladles of water into it. Then, she cut the fatty meat into smaller pieces before putting them into the wok. As the water boiled, the fat was extracted slowly.
She continued to stir the meat while muttering, "Open the auction platform."
The next moment, a blue screen appeared in front of her. She clicked on the auction tab and looked at the auction results.
"A single bronze coin can be sold for 1,300 points? What a bargain!" Yao Zhi exclaimed in joy.
Since the coins could be sold at a high price, she quickly auctioned all of them. There were a total of twenty-seven coins, and she had just sold one. If she could sell the rest, she would have enough points to buy daily necessities and food.