Chapter 291 Lu Qi Niang's Preparation

Xiao Yan came back before going to Dr. Hu's house for dinner.

"Qiniang, you promised me that you would think about it for three days. Today is already the third day..." While washing his hands, Xiao Yan whispered to Lu Qiniang with an expectant look in his eyes, "I'll go get some medicine from Lao Hu. I heard it'll be a little painful the first time."

"Don't!" Lu Qiniang stopped him immediately. "I'm not afraid of pain, I'm afraid of embarrassment. Don't yell about it, everyone will know. Every couple has their own problems, why do you have to yell about it?"

You can embarrass yourself at home, but you can’t embarrass yourself by walking around outside.

"Okay." Xiao Yan said, "I'll drink less. Tonight—"

"Go away." Lu Qiniang pushed him out with disgust, "You are really not a good person."

The smile on Xiao Yan's face widened.

Erya came in from outside and saw the two pushing each other. She couldn't help but look at Lu Qiniang jokingly.

Lu Qiniang pretended not to see it, but her face turned red.

After Xiao Yan left, Lu Qiniang said, "I'm going to buy two trays of buns. I won't cook lunch."

Yun Ting went to see Mr. Liu today, and Daya went to the Jiang Mansion. Now that Xiao Yan left, it was only the three of them, mother and daughter, left for lunch.

"Mom, I want mutton buns." San Ya said loudly, "I don't eat vegetarian buns."

She is a pig, but she is a meat-eating pig.

Erya said, "They're so greasy. Who wants to eat mutton buns? Mom, I'll just have a vegetarian bun."

Lu Qiniang glared at her and said, "Don't imitate those suicidal behaviors of Yaoyao Raorao. Don't listen to Dujuan!"

In order to lose weight before getting married, Dujuan is said to only eat one bite with each meal now.

The question is, she is going to marry into a family of officials, and if she has a thick waist, she will definitely be looked down upon.

"If Dujuan says so, wouldn't the Empress have a waist as thin as chopsticks? Then the Emperor might as well just marry a water snake." Lu Qiniang said, "Starving yourself is just a way to make yourself suffer."

"Mom, I get it. Please stop nagging." Erya didn't want to listen.

Lu Qiniang went out cursing and bought eight buns.

Erya ate one vegetarian bun and one meat bun, Sanya ate three meat buns, and the remaining three vegetarian buns were eaten by Lu Qinniang.

"Mom, why are you eating so little today?" Erya asked, "Don't you usually eat eight of these buns by yourself?"

Because the buns were not really that big, and Lu Qinniang did a lot of work, which required a lot of strength and energy.

Lu Qiniang said, "I ate too much this morning, so I'm not very hungry."

She thought that maybe she should lose some weight too.

Thinking of Xiao Yan's gaze scanning her body inch by inch, Lu Qiniang felt unwell.

Tonight.

That's not right!

Lu Qiniang counted on her fingers and realized belatedly that they had discussed this problem the night before yesterday. No matter how they calculated it, it would only be two days and two nights until tonight.

That bastard Xiao Yan took advantage of me because I was not good at math and counted that night as a whole day?

I'll have a good talk with him when I get back.

However, Lu Qi's mother still calmly asked Erya, "Which bath bean is good? Pick one for me and I'll pay for it. I've been feeling itchy all over these past few days, so I need to take a good bath tonight."

"Of course it's the most expensive one." Erya was really generous to Lu Qinniang. She took it out and gave it to her while she was talking. "Don't charge me. Consider it as your reward for helping me today."

She lifted the oil paper, and the snow-blue bath beans shone with an oily luster in the sunlight.

Lu Qiniang gently rubbed it with her fingertips. The fine powder was embedded with crushed plum petals, and the faint fragrance of jasmine drifted towards her nose.

"How much?" Lu Qiniang couldn't help but ask.

"It's a full three taels of silver." Erya's voice startled Lu Qinniang so much that her hands trembled and the bath beans almost rolled to the ground.

She subconsciously wanted to say, who can afford it?

But remembering that today is a special day, I just grit my teeth and bear it.

Xiao Yan bought red paper yesterday and wrote the word "happiness" himself.

He said that it would be difficult to marry her in a grand manner now.

When he recovers, he will definitely give her a lively wedding as a reward.

Lu Qiniang said, "That's not necessary. I'll be so embarrassed with so many people looking at me. If you really want to live a good life with me, just listen to me and don't do those useless things. You might as well save the money and buy me a house and land!"

"Everything will be there." Xiao Yan said softly.

Lu Qiniang actually didn't really want a wedding.

She felt that the bride and groom were like puppets, with their every move being watched by everyone. If it were her, she would probably be so nervous that she would be at a loss.

But Lu Qiniang is a woman after all, and she wants things to be a little different for special days.

For example, a few buns that you eat less, or bath beans that you are reluctant to use.

She still has a new set of unused bedding, and she'll go back and put it on tonight...

Just as I was daydreaming, the cuckoo came.

"Dujuan, why are you here?" Erya was naturally happy to see her friend coming. "Didn't Xin Ji'an come today? Why aren't you at home?"

"Don't call him by his name, that's not good." Du Juan blushed slightly.

"Oh." Arya stuck out her tongue. "Should I call him Master Xiao Xin? What official position does he hold?"

"Warehouse accumulation."

In fact, this is just a small and insignificant official who manages the granary, but Dujuan is very proud of it.

"Becoming an official?" Lu Qiniang was more flattering than Erya. "Then our Dujuan will also be the wife of an official in the future. This is great."

Erya lowered her head and said nothing. She was afraid that if she spoke too harshly, she would be scolded by her mother.

She had told Du Juan before not to worship Xin Ji'an as an ancestor, otherwise she would have to worship him for the rest of her life.

But Dujuan was willing to do so.

There's no way to say that.

"Why isn't Sister Daya here?" Du Juan asked again, "Did she go to the Jiang residence again?"

"Well, I went to take care of my brother-in-law." Erya said.

"I heard that Lord Jiang was injured. I'm afraid he can no longer be the commander of the Black Armor Army?"

There didn't seem to be anything infuriating about this, but after hearing it, Arya felt inexplicably annoyed and said unhappily, "If you can't be the commander of the Black Armor Army, you can always become a civil servant. It won't get you demoted, after all. There are always third or fourth rank officials."

Dujuan looked embarrassed.

Xin Ji'an is not even of the ninth rank.

"Where's Yun Ting? Why isn't he following you today? Come to think of it, I really envy you sisters for having such a great opportunity."

"No, Dujuan, what are you talking about? You say that as if I am going to marry Yunting." Erya was unhappy.

"Okay, okay, I won't tell you." Dujuan said.

Seeing San Ya playing with a spinning top, Du Juan said, "Your eldest sister married so well, San Ya, are you envious?"

"How old is she? What does she know?" Erya said, "Don't tell her that."

"I'm not envious," San Ya said. "My eldest sister married well, and my brother-in-law treats me well. Sister Du Juan, you are envious, but you don't have a sister, and your marriage won't be as good."

Lu Qiniang glared at her and said, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"That's right," Erya didn't know why. She always felt that Dujuan was annoying today, but she laughed at what Sanya said. "What nonsense are you talking about? Dujuan is really jealous of her elder sister, isn't she?"