novelraw Chapter 217 : Women's Clothing
Chapter 217 : Women's Clothing
When going up the mountain, they had taken the back door from home, but when coming down, they took another route that led directly to the commercial street on the other side of the mountain.
The group spent nearly an hour accompanying grandfather through the market on the commercial street. Then grandfather stingily wouldn't allow them to take the private three-wheelers, so by the time they slowly walked home, it was almost noon.
Grandfather hurriedly ran off to make lunch, and Lin Nan also returned to her bedroom, planning to take a nap before eating.
However, upon entering the room, she saw her mother organizing large and small bags.
"You're back?" Mother had been waiting for quite some time. "Are you leaving already?"
Lin Nan entered the room and asked with some concern, "Won't the factory be too tiring?"
"No, I'm not a production line worker. Your grandfather has connections. He arranged for me to be a small-scale manager." Mother smiled and beckoned to her. "Come here, look at the clothes."
"What clothes?" Lin Nan asked in surprise. "Aren't you taking these clothes with you?"
She had thought these were clothes her mother had organized to take to the factory dormitory.
"Take them with me for what? I specially went to the street to buy them for you. Four sets of clothes that cost several hundred yuan."
Lin Nan was completely bewildered. She had thought that by not going shopping for clothes with her mother, she could avoid this situation. But her mother had gone and bought them herself?
Watching her mother pull out a long dress from one bag, Lin Nan's expression immediately darkened.
"Look! This is my favorite dress! Take a look?" Mother excitedly held up the princess dress. "Why don't you try it on? I even got you matching white stockings!"
Lin Nan stepped back two paces and firmly shook her head.
This dress was somewhat similar to the so-called Lolita style. It wouldn't be revealing or anything, but it was ornate in a way that was hard to accept, and it was still a dress.
My mom actually likes this style of clothing?
"How about this one?" Then mother picked up a sailor outfit.
"Mom, I suspect you're planning to freeze me to death."
Mother thought this made sense, folded the clothes neatly and put them back, then took out another set of women's clothing that was somewhat acceptable to Lin Nan.
This was a gray small business suit with black wide-leg pants. An outfit that would typically appear on professional women around thirty. Mother had always quite liked this kind of dress, and unexpectedly had now arranged it for her too.
Perhaps because of the foundation set by those previous two outfits, Lin Nan surprisingly didn't feel much aversion to this set of clothes.
"Will you try it on?" Mother noticed her expression had obviously improved somewhat.
"I'm sleepy, I want to take a nap..." Lin Nan turned away, still somewhat resistant.
"Try it on then take a nap?" Mother coaxed. "How about if you wear this outfit, I'll double your New Year money?"
Lin Nan was shocked. "I can still get New Year money?"
From childhood to adulthood, Lin Nan had never even heard this term. Supposedly all the New Year money from before had been taken by her parents. She had never received a penny.
Mother explained somewhat awkwardly, "Before, weren't you young? We were afraid you'd spend it carelessly."
Lin Nan had seen this kind of talk plenty online, but this was the first time hearing her mother say such things.
She smiled bitterly and stepped forward, taking the small business suit from her mother's hands.
It wasn't about the money, but grandfather really couldn't stand Lin Nan's current neutral styling. A day or two would be fine, but over time, she might end up being disliked.
It really had nothing to do with money.
Lin Nan carried the clothes out of the bedroom and headed to the bathroom to change.
Mother's wallet had been quite tight before, but now that Lin Nan's surgery was completed, the borrowed money could all be returned, and the money earned no longer needed to be saved through scrimping. It could be spent entirely on Lin Nan.
The problem was, Chen Yao had given 200,000 yuan as bride price. According to local customs, she should at least provide a car worth over 100,000 yuan as dowry.
This bride price and dowry were usually given directly to the couple as startup funds for their small family. Usually the dowry couldn't be too much less than the bride price, otherwise locals would gossip.
She frowned worriedly, calculating how to handle this dowry of over 100,000 yuan. If Lin Nan's father was willing to give her the money from the house, that would be fine. Otherwise, she couldn't possibly borrow money for Lin Nan's dowry, could she?
When the bedroom door was pushed open, she immediately hid the worried expression on her face and looked up at Lin Nan entering the room.
Lin Nan's face was slightly flushed at this time. Perhaps because she had worn women's clothing twice before, this conservative outfit now couldn't arouse too much shame in her.
The small business suit on her body matched her figure well. Buttoning the single button at the waist, the fitted suit outlined the curves of her waistline. Combined with the rise and fall of her chest, her upper body figure was graceful and exquisite. Her originally thin frame was also supported by the small suit, no longer looking gaunt.
This small suit worn on Lin Nan, a girl who still retained some masculine qualities, made her appear heroically spirited and quite handsome.
Lin Nan felt she could use this outfit to attract lesbian girls. The black wide-leg pants on her feet weren't worth elaborating on, loose and quite comfortable.
"Quite pretty." Mother walked forward in surprise, helping Lin Nan adjust the clothes while exclaiming, "Look at you, just casually wearing women's clothing and you can be this beautiful. Why do you insist on wearing men's clothes?"
Mother leaned quite close, kindly reaching out to help adjust the collar and cuffs, but Lin Nan felt particularly uncomfortable.
Perhaps due to being treated coldly before, Lin Nan always felt there was still a deep gap between herself and her mother, making her unable to accept close contact with her mother.
If it were children from other normal families, they probably wouldn't mind having their sleeves adjusted.
After the adjustments, mother looked her over and nodded with satisfaction. "Not bad, your figure can be considered a clothes hanger. You won't look bad in anything."
"Mm." But Lin Nan couldn't feel happy.
"You should keep wearing this outfit. For pants, match them with black ones. Inside this jacket, just wear dark sweaters. The jacket doesn't need much washing..." Mother stepped forward again to help cut the clothing tags, chattering as she did. "When New Year comes, I'll take you to buy two more outfits. Are you really not planning to wear those two dresses?"
"I'm not planning to, and besides, it's the middle of winter. Who wears dresses in this weather?"
"I bought you pantyhose, they're very warm."
Mother threw the cut tags into the trash can and picked up another shopping bag. "Look, I bought you several fleece-lined pairs. When you wear them, they're like pants and won't be cold. Why don't you try them?"
Lin Nan had already despairingly taken off the small business suit and flopped onto the bed, lying there with no intention of getting up.
"Can you try them on?"
"No." Lin Nan rolled around on the bed. "I want to take a nap now, I can't get up."
If she really tried them on, the next step would probably be getting put in the sailor outfit, right?
Although Lin Nan had worn short skirts before, wearing them in front of strangers versus wearing them in front of her mother and relatives was another matter entirely. The shame level would skyrocket.
That princess dress was quite pretty though...
Her gaze couldn't help but look toward the bag containing the princess dress. After hesitating for a moment, she still suppressed her inner thoughts.
It's all Lilith's fault for distorting my aesthetic sense!