After dinner, Shanzi took Chen Daya and Wu Xiaoqing to Lu Garden. Chu Lingyan took a nap, while Chen Afu sat under the window making her wedding dress, and Xia Yue was also helping to make socks.
Chen Ahfu made four wedding dresses in total. The wedding dress for the ceremony was mostly done, with only some embroidery left. The outer garment, red veil, and embroidered shoes were not new, but were the style of the time. The red satin jacket with gold embroidery and the red satin skirt with scattered flowers were the only things that were new and exaggerated, with twelve pairs of large mandarin duck flower buttons.
Chen Ahfu did the cutting and sewing himself, but Wang was the one who assisted with the embroidery, and it was not finished yet. One reason was that Chen Ahfu's embroidery skills were not good enough, another was Wang's passion for embroidery, and another was that Wang wanted her daughter to be the most beautiful bride.
The red bellyband was already made. Wang was too embarrassed to interfere with it. Chen Ahfu did all the cutting, sewing and embroidery herself. She only embroidered a pair of lotus flowers on it, instead of the more realistic pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water. It was really too difficult to embroider mandarin ducks wearing flowery clothes. Moreover, compared with the flowers embroidered by Wang, she herself blushed. However, she still pinched a circle of lace around the bellyband for decoration, instead of the pressing edge of this era.
The undergarments and underwear were cut according to the pajamas and pants she wore in her previous life. They were made of bright red soft satin and were cut to fit her body well. Only a few small flowers were embroidered on the neckline and cuffs.
The other three sets of brides' dresses were also being made, and she had made some improvements to the styles, making them newer and more beautiful. She had cut the dresses and paid an embroiderer to sew and embroider them at Luyuan.
She was embroidering small flowers on the collar of her pajamas.
It was probably around 3 p.m. when Lu Garden finally calmed down. Except for Old Lady Chen and the eldest wife, all the guests had left.
Dabao's excited voice came, "Mom, hurry up, my son can't carry it anymore, grandpa gave us so much meat."
Chen Ahfu looked out the window and saw Dabao rushing into the yard, holding a piece of pork and some ribs in his hands. He raised his little arms high to avoid getting the meat dirty by dragging it on the ground. When Zeng Laotou reached out to take it, he dodged and ran straight to the upper room.
Chen Afu quickly put down his clothes, walked out of the room, and took the meat from his hand.
Dabao said excitedly, "Grandpa sold a big fat pig for a total of 2 taels and 5 cents of silver, and he also kept one big fat pig for himself..."
As he was talking, Chu Lingzhi also ran into the yard, holding a piece of pork in his hand, and said, "This meat was sent to our family by Uncle Chen. My grandfather said that we were all having dinner at Fuyuan, so he asked me to bring it to Sister Chen."
Chen Afu took it with a smile and said to go into the kitchen to rub salt on the meat and let it cool under the eaves so that it can be kept for a long time.
Dabao quickly grabbed Chen Afu and said, "Mom, I haven't seen the pigs we raise yet. Let me see them before applying salt." He added, "Grandma asked you to go to Luyuan. She said she has something to discuss with you."
Chen Ahfu was a little puzzled. She didn't have much contact with the eldest wife now, and she didn't know what they wanted to talk to her about. She put the meat in the basin and went to Lu Garden.
Arriving at the upper house of Luyuan, Old Lady Chen and the family of the first wife were all sitting inside. Chen Ahfu greeted them with a smile, and Chen Ahju even grabbed a handful of peanuts and stuffed them into Chen Ahfu's hand, saying with a smile, "Sister Ahfu, have some peanuts. These are the small red peanuts that my family grows. They are delicious."
Chen Afu was a little disheveled, so why did Chen Aju suddenly become so friendly and amiable?
After a while of talking, the old lady sent Hu, Chen Aju, Chen Agui and others home. Hu was still unwilling, but Chen Ye glared at her and she had to get up and leave.
Only Chen Ming, Wang, Old Lady Chen and Chen Ye were left in the room.
Old Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "My daughter Aju will be fifteen years old at the beginning of next year, but she hasn't found a suitable family yet. My eldest son and I are very worried."
Chen Ming comforted her, "Big brother's family is doing better now, and Aju won't have trouble finding a husband."
Chen Ye said helplessly, "But that damn girl is obsessed with Hu Wei..." He looked at Chen Afu and said, "We thought that since my second brother is a relative, it would be difficult to ask him, so we wanted to ask Manager Luo to help mediate. Hu Laowu has been trying to curry favor with Manager Luo every day, and he will definitely agree if Manager Luo says so."
After saying that, he looked at Chen Afu eagerly.
Chen Afu was in a dilemma. Last time, she agreed to let Manager Luo help Chen Aman to get along, based on the good impressions of both parties. But this time, Hu Laowu had made it clear that he didn't want Chen Aju to be his daughter-in-law, so how could she let Manager Luo pressure her again?
If it were her, she would not like Chen Aju to be her daughter-in-law. There is a saying in the past life that if a woman marries the wrong husband, her life will be ruined; if a man marries the wrong wife, three generations will be ruined.
Chen Aju is lazy, willful and not smart. Although she has corrected some of her bad habits now, the roots are still there.
Hu Laowu had seen Chen Aju at her worst, so he certainly didn't want his only son to marry such a girl. Although Chen Ye's family was getting better and better, Hu Laowu also got in touch with the county magistrate through Luo Guanshi, and got his son to work as a minor official in the county government. He definitely wanted to find a girl with a good family background and personality for his son, so that he could make further progress.
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "I heard that Hu Laowu rejected Ah Ju. If she is forced to marry into the Hu family, Ah Ju will suffer."
Old Lady Chen said immediately, "See, Ah Fu also said so. Ah Gui and I have already said that the Hu family is not a good family. They are all cunning as rats. Only one of them is stupid, and yet he married you. If a girl as stupid as Ah Ju really married into the family, she would be bullied to death. Besides, that boy Hu Wei is good at nothing except for his good looks. He studied for so many years but he didn't even pass the examination to become a student. What good is that?"
Chen Ye took two puffs of his cigarette and said angrily, "That damn girl is so desperate, and her mother indulges her... I was thinking that our family is different now. With Ah Fu's support, Hu Laowu and his son dare not do anything to Ah Ju."
Old Lady Chen continued, "If you want to punish someone, there are many ways to punish them so badly that they can't even say anything. Hu Laowu specializes in doing bad things, so he has even more ways to punish people. Ah Ju is stupid. She was sold and still had to count the money for others. Ah Fu couldn't help even if he wanted to."
Chen Ahfu was amused. The old lady said everything she wanted to say. She nodded and said, "Grandma is right. The Hu family is not a good place for Ah Ju. A forced melon is not sweet. Their life is not easy, and Uncle is also upset."
When Chen Ye heard what Chen Ahfu said, he knew she would not help, so he had to give up the idea. Without Chen Ahfu's support, his family was nothing. He said, "Okay, I'll go home and make them stop thinking about it."
Chen Afu talked to them for a while, then got up and returned to Fuyuan.
As soon as I entered the yard, I saw Chu Hanyan and Dabao squatting looking at the pork in the basin.
Chu Hanyan saw Chen Afu coming back, looked up and smiled at her, "Auntie, I now know why the meat at noon is so delicious, it turns out it was the pigs that my brother fed."
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