However, the skin under the scab hadn't fully grown yet. If she tore it off, the flesh underneath would be pink. It would be best to wait for it to fall off naturally.
But with the dry scab sticking to her face, she couldn't help wanting to scratch it off or touch it.
She had originally planned to buy a bronze mirror.
In modern times, mirrors are made by applying chemical silver plating to the surface of glass, which is both cheap and clear. In ancient times, without such advanced technology, there were only bronze mirrors.
Bronze itself isn't cheap, and to make a bronze mirror, even a small one, would be the size of a palm.
She had wanted to buy a mirror for a long time. Even an inexpensive one would cost about one tael of silver. In order to save money, she had thought about it many times, but hadn't bought it yet.
Whenever she wanted to see her reflection, she either peered into a water jar or used a basin filled with clear water.
