The cold wind blows, bidding farewell to October and welcoming early winter.
Su Wantang and Jiang Yi's wedding date was set for November 10th, an auspicious date chosen by the Ministry of Rites.
The Jiang family was busy and bustling. Marrying the princess was no small matter. Every detail had to be taken care of and no mistakes could be made.
However, ever since the two of them got engaged, Meng Wanjie and Tao Yi have been busy making preparations. By November, everything was almost ready, with only some minor details left to be finalized.
When Jiang Ling has nothing to do on weekdays, she goes back to the Jiang family to help.
Although they said they were helping, no one dared to let her get tired. At most, they could help choose the patterns and try out the cakes for the wedding banquet. The rest of the time, Jiang Ling would just joke with them, which was quite entertaining.
"Your belly looks a little bigger than it was a few days ago," Tao Yi asked. "It's been seven months, right? Are you getting used to it?"
Jiang Ling swallowed the sweet-scented osmanthus cake in her mouth and nodded. "She's just seven months old. It's just that walking and other things are a little more inconvenient now, but the rest is fine."
Meng Wanjie was calculating on an abacus, not even looking up. "When I was pregnant with you, you became more and more fussy as time went on. I think it was around eight months. I was so fussy for a while that I couldn't eat. I lost a lot of weight."
She looked up at her and said, "It gets harder the further you go."
Jiang Ling smiled and asked, "What about my brother? How was it when mom was pregnant with him?"
Meng Wanjie grinned, "He's been playing tricks in my belly for several months, almost without a moment of rest."
Tao Yi smiled and said, "That's why Xiao Yi has always been a playful person since he was little. He never has a single day to rest."
Everyone laughed. Jiang Yi walked in with laughter and said cheerfully, "Grandma, Mom, what are you laughing at?"
He automatically stood beside Jiang Ling, reached out and picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and started eating.
Meng Wanjie was counting on an abacus in her hand as she said with a smile, "I laughed at you for being naughty in my belly, and you've been naughty since you were born."
"How could I?" Jiang Yi complained. "I'm obviously very well behaved. But Ling'er, who has been climbing trees and swimming in rivers since she was a child, is much more noisy than me."
Jiang Ling was blamed and waved her hand, refusing to take the blame. "Brother, please don't frame me. I'm the most sensible and obedient child."
"It's my job to taste the cakes, don't take it from me," she snorted.
Jiang Yi curled his lips, "How can you be like this? I've been busy all day and just came back, and I haven't even had a sip of hot tea. You're so disgusted with me when I eat a piece of cake."
His words made everyone laugh non-stop. Meng Wanjie asked him after she finished laughing, "Where's the shopping list? Give it to me quickly. It's time to settle the bill."
Su Wantang was frail, and Jiang Yi felt sorry for her because she always had trouble sleeping at night. He heard from somewhere that rosewood could calm the mind and help sleep, so he went to another place to find it and made a new bed.
He is busy with this matter today.
Jiang Yi stuffed the osmanthus cake in his hand into his mouth, clapped his hands, took out the bill from his pocket and handed it to Meng Wanjie.
"That mother..." Jiang Yi touched his nose, "The carving master said that the pattern of the crabapple flowers and leaves required more work and would cost extra. Ahem, Yunyi likes crabapple flowers, so I took the initiative to add some silver..."
Meng Wanjie glared at him, then looked down and saw that the bill was indeed more than ten taels more than the original budget. However, it was not a big deal. She smiled and joked with him, "Okay, why not? You love the princess, and we are so happy."
"Yes, my brother talks about my sister-in-law all the time now, and my ears are almost getting calluses." Jiang Ling pretended to rub his ears, as if he really had calluses.
Jiang Yi blushed, stammered and couldn't utter a word to refute, and fled in panic, causing others to laugh again.
Usually at this time, Jiang Ling would go back to the Jiang family, and Zhou Jing'an would go with her.
Several female relatives were chatting, and it was inconvenient for him to stay with them, so Jiang Lianshan pulled him to play chess to relieve his boredom.
Jiang Lianshan has suddenly become obsessed with playing chess recently. In Meng Wanjie's words, after spending most of his life using violence, he suddenly wants to use his brain.
Things that I didn’t want to learn when I was young, I started to like them when I got older.
He enthusiastically invited Zhou Jing'an to the study, took out the chessboard and chess pieces, and looked in a very good mood.
This set of chessboard and chess pieces was found by Zhou Jing'an and given to him. Both the materials and craftsmanship are very precious. Jiang Lianshan loves them very much.
Zhou Jing'an was a man of many talents. He was proficient in the six arts of a gentleman: rites, music, archery, charioteering, calligraphy, and mathematics. In addition, he was also good at chess and playing the zither.
However, there is no need to show off one's talent when playing chess with the father-in-law. The right thing to do is to have fun with him.
But this time Jiang Lianshan spoke up and set the rules: "Did you give in to me last time?"
Zhou Jingan followed suit and shook his head: "How could that be?"
Jiang Lianshan, however, didn't believe it and snorted, "I've heard that your chess skills are as good as the emperor's. How could you lose to me? And three times at that?"
He didn't listen to his explanation, waved his hand, and said with a serious face: "Okay, don't let me go this time. I am a real man and will never get angry out of shame."
Zhou Jing'an was a little embarrassed, but seeing how serious he was, he had no choice but to agree.
A quarter of an hour later, he rubbed his fingers helplessly, secretly annoyed that he shouldn't have been so careless, and believed that his father-in-law would not be angry.
He looked at Jiang Lianshan's gloomy face and felt very uncomfortable.
"Actually, Dad..." He was about to say something, but Jiang Lianshan interrupted him with his hand, staring at him coldly and saying, "Go to the training ground and compete with me."
After saying that, without waiting for his consent, she stood up and walked out, adding at the end: "Don't let me."
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