Chapter 273 March 3

"Brother Youqi, you don't choose your clothes yourself, right?"

Xie Hui knew why Shen Yuan asked this. She seemed dissatisfied with the things he had picked out in the shop just now. Xie Hui said honestly, "The clothes for the four seasons should all be made with fabrics selected by my father. I usually wear official uniforms. Three or four sets of clothes for each season are enough."

"Your father?"

Xie nodded and paused before speaking, as if he was thinking about how to say this.

"My father...he has a lot of experience in this area."

"Wow! Uncle is really amazing. Brother Youqi, it's a good thing that your appearance is different from your taste in choosing things."

Xie Hui couldn't help laughing. It seemed like this was a compliment to him, but it also seemed like it wasn't.

"I think I have a good eye. I picked Manman."

"It was obviously me who picked you first, and you accepted it passively. No, you didn't want to accept it at first. Do you remember when we were in Shen's Tavern, I asked you about your birthday but you refused to tell me." Shen Yuan started to bring up the past.

Xie Hui touched his nose. If he had known this day would come earlier, let alone his birthday, he should have sent his birth date and horoscope to the Shen family the first time he saw Manman.

"Manman is right. My eyesight is not good."

"Hmph, I'm magnanimous and don't mind you. After all, having one person with good taste in a family is enough."

Xie Hui quickly changed the subject and asked Shen Yuan, "March 3rd is coming soon, are you going out for an outing?"

"Yes, I am going with my sister-in-law and grandmother."

March 3rd is the Shangsi Festival. On this day, people go out of their homes to enjoy the flowers, cook picnics and have feasts.

"I also made new spring clothes, just in time for the March 3rd Festival."

"It must be very beautiful."

"Yeah, of course."

——March 3

"Sister-in-law, look at my new clothes!"

He Ying smiled and said, "Yeah! She's very pretty. Of all the girls on the street today, my girl must be the prettiest. Have you had breakfast? If not, sit down and have something to eat with my sister-in-law."

"I've eaten. I went to my grandmother's yard and ate with her." Shen Yuan said as he sat down next to his sister-in-law. "But I can still eat a little more after eating. Is Sui Sui still sleeping?"

"Well, your brother went to work early in the morning but insisted on going to see Suisui. He woke him up, and he cried for a while and then fell asleep again."

"Then sister-in-law, you should wait for my brother to come back from his shift and beat him up for Shanshan. It takes a bad person to disturb someone's sleep."

He Ying couldn't help laughing, "You're right."

After breakfast, Shen Yuan and his sister-in-law went to their grandmother's yard. Old Madam Shen had been waiting for them for a while, dressed in full dress. But this time she insisted, "You young people can go for an outing on Shangsi Festival, but why do you have to drag an old woman like me along?"

"Grandma, what you said is wrong. Going outing is not a wedding. Why should we distinguish between the young and the old? Besides, even if it is a wedding, you are not old at this age."

"What nonsense are you talking about, girl?" Old Madam Shen reached out and patted her granddaughter on the arm.

"Grandma, let's go. If we go too late, the riverside will be full of people and there will be no room for us."

On the way, Mrs. Shen told her granddaughter, "Your elder sister has written to me again, asking when Grandma will come over. I also want to go and see how she is doing over there. I plan to go over in two days."

He Ying heard this and said, "Why not wait a few days, until the tenth day of the first lunar month, and then let Ah Su take you there."

It was agreed long ago that Old Madam Shen would go to Yanzhou, but the specific date had not been decided.

Madam Shen waved her hands and said, "What's the point of sending someone to Yanzhou? It's very close and the whole way is just official roads. Kang Ge'er has been working hard on duty, and he finally has a day off. Let him have a good rest."

"Grandma, my brother is on duty and is not available. I am free. I will take you there any day you visit."

"You too, what are you sending me? Your father said you want to take the exam for an official position at the Dali Temple, so you should study hard if you have time."

"I've been working hard."

After leaving the inner city, Shen Yuan opened the carriage window and said, "The weather is so nice today, sister-in-law. By this time next year, we can bring Sui Sui out to play, right?"

Old Madam Shen smiled and said, "Isn't it? The child is growing up so fast. If we go out without him next year, I'm afraid there will be trouble at home."

Outside the city, on the bank of a tributary of the Ziyang River, there is a large, flat grassland. I don’t know since when, but this place has become a favorite place for people to go for an outing.

The driver stopped the carriage in the distance. When we got off the carriage, we could see that there were already quite a few people on the river bank. Some of the more sophisticated families had set up tents on the grass. There was also a family with children releasing paper orioles on the river bank.

In addition to the people who come here for an outing, there are also many vendors here. Many people who come out to play will buy some food and drinks. By setting up stalls here, they can enjoy the beautiful scenery and earn some money at the same time. Why not do it?

"You guys can have fun, don't worry about me." Old Madam Shen said to her granddaughter and granddaughter-in-law, "Look here, there are all bright young people, you guys can have fun, I will just sit here at the tea stall for a while."

"Let me sit with you for a while. I'm a little thirsty on the way here, so I'd like to ask you for a cup of tea."

"One more cup, ten cups, or even a hundred cups."

Shen Yuan stood there and looked around, but did not sit at the tea stall. "Grandmother, sister-in-law, you sit down for a while, I'll be there soon."

"Just have fun, there's no rush."

Old Madam Shen sat down, ordered a pot of jasmine tea, and waved her hand to let her granddaughter go and play by herself.

But within a cup of tea, Shen Yuan came back and brought back...

"My God, are you robbing people?" Old Madam Shen looked at the table full of food brought back by her granddaughter, her eyes widened in shock, "Did you not have enough breakfast?"

"You said it was breakfast." Shen Yuan rummaged around on the table, "Well, fresh flower cakes, perfect with your floral tea."

He Ying said nothing, but smiled and took a piece to taste, "It's delicious, grandma, you should try it too, it has a different flavor compared to what we make at home, Manman really knows how to buy."

"Hey, yeah. There's halved pork here! And steamed buns. The halved pork is just perfect for steamed buns."

When Old Madam Shen heard the word "salted pork", her eyelids twitched. She didn't know how the second son raised such a good daughter-in-law that she could even eat salted pork when she went out for an outing. Is there any other noble lady like her in the capital?

But this time, Old Madam Shen really misunderstood her granddaughter. If the brined meat was sold by ordinary people, she would not buy it. This brined meat stall belongs to Miss Zi Yan. Shen Yuan just recognized her and went over to say a few words. Zi Yan said that she wanted to take advantage of the crowds today to let more people know about their brined meat shop and make some money by setting up the stall.

It's great, we are living a peaceful life! Shen Yuan squinted his eyes and ate a piece of halved pig's ear, it was delicious!

"Miss Shen, it really is you. I was afraid I had made a mistake just now."

A girl in blue stood beside Shen Yuan and her friends' table.