Yan Hong and Zhang Ying were heartsick. Such good food being wasted on the face, they thought, was better off being eaten or given to their parents and siblings to improve their health. They sighed, wondering why people could be so different.
Su Xiaowan didn't pay attention to their expressions or hear Yan Hong and Zhang Ying's complaints. She glared at Peng Cuiling and said, "The last thing I want is to have a big face like you. I'm doing this to whiten my skin."
Peng Cuiling was taken aback. "Whiten?" she replied. "What is that?"
Shen Jiadan and Nie Yunmei were also clueless, so they asked, "What do you mean by 'whiten'?"
Then, Su Xiaowan explained with a laugh, "We've been in the sun all day. Look at our faces. They were so fair in the morning, but now, they're starting to darken. I heard this can help lighten the skin. Otherwise, after the military training is over, we'll all look like dark maidens."
