Chapter 151 Dinner
After Ji Youran and Zhu Xueya went far away, Ling Yao and Lu Qingyun came out from the corner.
"Did you see Ji Youran's face? It really made me laugh to death." Ling Yao laughed without restraint.
Lu Qingyun gazed at Ling Yao's brilliant smile with tenderness and doting eyes, and seemed to be infected by her happiness. The corners of his mouth rose involuntarily, "Aren't you afraid that she will come back to trouble you?"
"I'm not afraid even if she comes back. Let's go to the fourth floor to buy bedding." Ling Yao put away her smile and pulled Lu Qingyun to the fourth floor.
Coming to the fourth floor, Ling Yao and Lu Qingyun walked around and found that there were indeed quite a few counters selling bedding, but basically they only sold single items such as sheets and quilt covers.
Ling Yao was a little disappointed, but she had expected it. After all, it was only the 1980s, and it was normal that there were no four-piece sets like in later generations. It seemed that they could only cut the cloth and make it themselves.
The two came to the cloth counter on the first floor, only to see a lot of people gathered in front of the counter. They were asking the waiter about the price while choosing the cloth they liked.
Times are different now. Unlike in previous years, not only did you need cloth coupons to buy cloth, but the colors of the cloth were also very limited, mostly in black, white, gray, bright red and bright green. Now, the colorful and dazzling fabrics are dazzling, and the most popular ones are the ones with polka dots and small floral patterns.
"Wait for me here, I'll be there soon." Ling Yao said to Lu Qingyun and walked towards the cloth counter. She knew that Lu Qingyun didn't like crowded places, and most of the people who bought cloth were young girls and wives, so physical contact was inevitable.
"Yeah." Lu Qingyun nodded and walked aside to wait for Ling Yao.
Ling Yao came to the cloth counter, squeezed into the crowd, and after a careful selection, she finally chose two pieces of plain and elegant cotton cloth.
"Hello! How much is one meter for these two pieces of cloth?" Ling Yao pointed to the two pieces of cotton cloth in front of her and asked the salesperson for the price.
The waiter glanced at them and said, "One piece and a half per meter."
"Then cut me 20 meters each." Ling Yao planned to make two more sets of four-piece suits so that she could use them alternately in the future.
"Little girl, what are you cutting so much cotton cloth for? Although this kind of cotton cloth is soft and comfortable, it doesn't look good when used to make clothes, and it is easy to wrinkle. In my opinion, you still have to choose other fabrics, such as this Dacron, which is very good. It is breathable and crisp and stylish. It makes you look energetic and beautiful when you wear clothes made of it." The old lady standing next to Ling Yao said enthusiastically, pointing to the smooth and bright Dacron cloth placed in front of her.
"Thank you, ma'am!" Ling Yao smiled gratefully and handed the two pieces of cotton cloth she had chosen to the waiter. "Please help me cut these two pieces of cloth. I want 20 meters each."
"Are you sure you want to cut 20 meters each?" The waiter looked at Ling Yao in surprise. Nowadays, it is very rare to buy cotton cloth in large quantities like her. People generally prefer to choose fashionable and novel Dacron fabrics that are not easy to deform.
"Yes, I'm sure." Ling Yao smiled and nodded.
"Wait a minute!" The waiter took the cotton cloth, skillfully picked up a ruler and carefully measured the size of each piece of cloth, and then picked up a sharp pair of scissors and began to cut it carefully.
It didn't take long for the waiter to finish cutting the cloth. She neatly stacked the cut cloth and handed it back to Ling Yao, "The total is sixty yuan."
Ling Yao paid the money and squeezed out of the crowded crowd with the cloth.
"What a silly girl!" The old lady pouted and continued to choose cloth.
Ling Yao carried the cloth and walked back to Lu Qingyun, "We've bought everything, let's go back."
"Okay!" Lu Qingyun smiled faintly, reached out to take the cloth from Ling Yao's hand, and walked out with her side by side.
As soon as Ji Youran got home, she couldn't wait to cry to her mother about how Ling Yao had set a trap for her, and she kept exaggerating, "Mom, tell me, how could she be so excessive? We are cousins, and she actually treated me like this, sob sob sob..."
Ji's mother looked at her daughter's tearful appearance with distress, patted her back gently and comforted her softly: "Okay, baby, don't cry, mom will go and vent your anger for you later."
In Ji's mother's heart, Ling Yao was just a wild girl from the country, and it was easy to deal with her.
Hearing that her mother was going to stand up for her, Ji Youran immediately burst into laughter, hugged Ji's mother and acted coquettishly, "Mom is so nice!"
There was a smug smile in her eyes. Ling Yao, just wait! I will definitely make you return me double the money you paid me today, and I will also make you look disgraceful at tonight's banquet.
The Ji family is very lively today, with bright lights and full of guests. Not only members of the Ji family are here, but also all the major families in Beijing have sent people to attend tonight's banquet.
When Ling Yao returned home, she found out that today was not a family dinner, but a dinner specially prepared for her by her father, with the purpose of announcing her identity to everyone and announcing her return.
When she found out, she was really moved, moved by her father's attention to her, and thanked him for all he had done for her.
In the hall, glasses were clinking and guests were greeting each other.
"Have you heard? The daughter that the Ji family adopted is a country girl. I heard that she is ugly and unfashionable."
"Why is what I heard different from yours? I heard that she is not only very beautiful, but she has also obtained a marriage certificate with the one from the Lu family."
"No way? The one from the Lu family never gets close to women."
"I heard that the one from the Lu family will come tonight as well. We will know then."
At this moment, the originally noisy hall suddenly became silent as if it was cast by magic.
People stopped talking at the same time and cast their eyes in the same direction.
Lu Qingyun was wearing a black suit with exquisite tailoring and smooth lines. He was as tall as a pine tree and his steps were steady and powerful.
Beside him, Old Master Ji was smiling and in high spirits.
Father and Mother Lu followed closely beside them, both of them were well-dressed and elegant.
Lu Qingshuang and Lu Qingyu followed behind them.
All the important figures of the Lu family were present, with a strong aura that made people look at them sideways.
"It's Master Lu, why is he here at the dinner? The rumors can't be true, right? Master Lu really married the daughter adopted by the Ji family?"
"Master Lu and Master Ji have always had a good relationship, so what's so strange about him coming to the Ji family's dinner?"
"The one from the Lu family is here, but he never attends any dinners."
Under the gazes of the crowd, Lu Qingyun slowly walked up to Ji Yanting and Old Master Ji, bowed slightly to them, and then respectfully called out, "Grandpa! Dad!"