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Chapter 49

After half an hour of pushing myself to the limit, I lay on the floor gasping for air. My shoulders and biceps hurt. I wanted to stay like this for a few minutes, my sweat was already forming a puddle underneath me.

I groaned and stood up after resting.

"Here's a towel."

"Thanks, honey."

I took the towel she gave me and started to wipe my sweat.

"It's already noon, you can use the bathroom to take a bath if you want." She reminded me.

There were only two bathrooms in this house. Most of the time they were occupied.

"Do you want to go with me?"

"Yes, I want to take a bath too."

"Me too! Mommy, I want you to wash my hair, it is frizzy and I hate it."

"Yes, baby."

It seemed that the three of us wanted to take a bath.

We went downstairs and as expected, there were no people in either bathroom. We decided to use the closest bathroom.

"Just give me a few minutes, I'll get the water." I handed the towels to Penelope.

The water in the basin was not enough. It needs at least two gallons of water to be filled for us to take a bath.

"Hm, don't worry, I'll wash Sophia first," Penelope started to take off Sophia's clothes.

I nodded and went out with a two gallon containers in my hand.

As you might expect, I have to pump water with my hands. It took almost five minutes to fill two gallons. I pumped faster to make sure Sophia and Penelope had water.

When I returned, Penelope was washing Sophia's hair.

"Sophia, stay still. You don't want the soap to get in your eyes, do you?"

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"No, Mommy. That would be painful." She obeyed her mother's command. After all, soap in the eyes is stinging and painful.

"Here's the water."

"Thank you, honey."

I poured the water into the basin and filled it. Then I began to take off my clothes, except for my shorts.

Men wash their bodies faster than any woman. We only need to wash our armpits, balls, ass, and face thoroughly. Of course, we can wash them in any order.

People say that men use only one soap to wash their balls, ass, and face. I don't know about other people, but that's how I do it. There was no such thing as face wash. Hell, I don't even know a single face wash product for men.

"Honey, can you help Sophia wash up? I'm going to wash my hair."

"Okay."

After rinsing my body with water, I kneeled and washed Sophia. The little girl giggled and kicked as water poured on her skin, she really was too mischievous. Now I understand why Penelope has to remind her to sit still.

Unlike me, Penelope took a long time to wash her hair. By the time she finished washing her hair, Sophia and I had already finished taking a bath.

"Honey, take Sophia to her room first. We don't want her to get cold."

I used a small towel to dry Sophia and then put her clothes on. I put her clothes on carefully, afraid I might hurt her. I know my strength and I know that at Sophia's age she was still fragile and weak.

Fortunately, we didn't have a problem.

"Then I'll take Sophia to the room first."

"Yes."

I carried Sophia back to our room and played with her to spend some time with her. A few minutes later, Penelope returned with wet hair.

"How's Sophia?"

She asked me and I pointed to Sophia who was holding her 'Pwincess Aria'.

"Mommy!" She cried happily and ran forward to hug Penelope's legs.

"Aww, my sweet baby~ Hm, you smell nice."

"Hehe."

Penelope sniffed her, her nose almost touching Sophia's skin. Sophia giggled because she was ticklish.

"How about lunch? There are leftovers and we can heat them up."

Penelope combed her hair.

"I want fried chicken."

"We'll see about that."

Fried chicken was one of the most eaten dishes last night. I'm not sure if there are any leftovers.

After fixing our appearance, we went downstairs again, but this time our destination was the kitchen.

"Oh, looks like you're playing well with your toys."

Penelope was surprised to see Roman and his cousins playing yo-yos.

"Thanks for the presents, Auntie, I like them a lot," Billy said happily.

"I'm not the one who picked out your toys. You have to thank your uncle for buying them for you."

"Thanks, Uncle Keith."

"It's okay. I'll buy more toys next year."

Penelope looked at me.

If things go well, I have decided to visit Dagupan, Pangasinan every year. I know my wife misses her hometown.

"Kids, do you want to eat? I'm going to heat up some food. Just tell me what you want to eat."

"Yes, Auntie! I want goat stew."

"Pork adobo!"

They were excited to hear Penelope's approval. I helped my wife start a fire. Unlike gas stoves, the flame from firewood was difficult to control.

But because Penelope had experience cooking with firewood. She didn't have any trouble with the fire.

A few minutes later, the food was on the table and the children were salivating as they held their plates.

"Then let's eat."

Penelope reheated only a few portions, it seemed there were a lot of leftovers from last night.

Penelope served them with rice and let the children choose what they wanted to eat.

Roman ate with his cousins while Penelope fed Sophia and ate at the same time. She really could multitask.