This relaxed and harmonious way of getting along as a couple increased her affection for Cheng Qingyan even more.
How many men are not afraid of their wives and let their wives make decisions in front of outsiders?
Many men make decisions without considering whether their wives like them or want them.
There are also many instances where the wife likes something, but the husband forbids her from buying it.
Even her own husband is often a chauvinist and finds it difficult to put himself in her shoes.
Just like her conscientious shop, Cheng Qingyan appears especially precious against the backdrop of these male chauvinists.
She sensed that her relationship with Ye Lingyu was different from that of others when they first came to her shop.
After several more times, she gradually came to understand that there really is no way to compare people.
If her stubborn son had even half the consideration and respect that Cheng Qingyan showed her, she would cry tears of joy.
It's a pity, their stubborn husband is just too stubborn. If he lost his stubbornness, he wouldn't be her husband anymore.
She can learn from and admire how other couples get along, but that's about it.
She understood that some things simply couldn't be compared to others.
After Ye Lingyu carefully checked the recorded items, she said to Cheng Qingyan, "Ayan, why don't we order the cotton wadding from Manager Ning as well?"
"Alright, my lady, you can make the decision yourself. If there's anything else that needs to be added to Spruce Workshop, just tell Manager Ning."
"Then let's buy some coarse cloth shirts. We can't always wear these clothes when we go to the fields."
"Alright, my wife's word is final. But our shoes have to have thick soles!"
Ning Yu took the ledger and added the cotton wadding and other items that Ye Lingyu needed.
"My lord, my lady, are we buying so much cotton this time? But the weather is already so hot!"
After saying that, Ning Yu suddenly realized that she and Cheng Qingyan and the others were not yet close enough to have casual conversations.
He quickly added, "Please forgive me, sir and madam. I spoke without thinking. You don't need to answer this unimportant question."
Ye Lingyu, however, smiled and said to her, "Manager Ning was just being kind by reminding us, and we don't have anything we can't say."
"We've built a new house, so we need more quilts this time. But we'll have to trouble Manager Ning to have them delivered to our house."
"Madam Cheng, what are you saying? You've bought so many things here, as the shop owner, we should deliver them to your residence."
With this matter settled, the two things I needed to do in town today are considered done.
Ning Yu only needed to do what Ji Ren did: deliver the cotton wadding and other items to Cheng Qingyan's house at the agreed time.
After these two main matters were resolved, it was already past noon, and past lunchtime.
There's no reason to go back hungry, and it's also a good opportunity to check on the current situation of Liu Baisheng's Wanfulou.
Since Luo Ji and Liu Baisheng went to Wanfeng County, they have met twice, but neither time was long.
The two even made a special trip back after the magistrate of Yuanning County was replaced.
However, the shop in Wanfeng County had only been open for a short time and needed constant care, so we only had a brief meeting.
Liu Baisheng has now hired a manager to run Wanfulou, while he himself has gone to Wanfeng County with Luo Ji.
It wasn't mealtime, so there were only a few customers in the restaurant.
The waiter saw several more customers enter through the door and hurriedly came to greet them.
"Please come in, gentlemen. Would you prefer to sit in the main hall or a private room?"
"Just find a quiet corner in the lobby bar."
"Okay~ Please come in~"
The waiter led the person to a corner of the lobby and wiped the table.
"What would you gentlemen like to eat?"
Although Jiang Jiang had eaten her way through the trip, she hadn't had Wanfulou's dim sum in a long time.
"Three servings of each of the following: water chestnut cake, chestnut cake, golden roll, auspicious cake, eight-treasure cake, and seven-treasure pastries, to be packed up."
When the waiter heard Jiang Jiang announce the names of the pastries, he immediately looked at Cheng Qingyan.
He needed Cheng Qingyan's approval before he could record these things and have the kitchen prepare them.
He couldn't listen to a child; he needed the child's parents' approval.
Cheng Qingyan shook his head helplessly: "Please make a note of it for her, waiter. We can bring the snacks over when we leave after we finish eating."
"As for the dishes, I'd like a mutton soup, a duck stuffed with tangerine peel, a cold shredded chicken salad, a pipa shrimp, a stir-fried lotus seed salad, and some rice."
"Wife, Hongyu, see if there's anything else you'd like to eat, and order some more."
Seeing that Hongyu didn't seem inclined to speak, Ye Lingyu smiled and said, "You've already ordered what I like, so let's add a fish for Hongyu too, she loves fish."
Hongyu quickly waved her hand: "My lord, my lady, there's no need to order any more. This is enough. There's no need to order any more fish."
Ignoring Hongyu's suggestion, Cheng Qingyan confirmed the menu with the waiter and ordered another fish.
"Alright~ Please wait a moment, gentlemen, your dishes will be here shortly!" After writing down the order, the waiter took the order to the kitchen.
After the waiter left, Cheng Qingyan said to Hongyu, "Hongyu, you've been with Jiangjiang for so long, but you haven't learned even a little bit of Jiangjiang's essence."
“Look at her, she just asks for whatever she wants without ever being shy.”
"If my wife hadn't mentioned that you love fish today, I wouldn't have known you liked fish even after all this time we've known each other."
“You and your wife are like sisters. Ever since you recognized each other, we have considered you as family.”
"Besides, we're not in the days when we couldn't even get enough to eat anymore. I can't guarantee that we'll be rich and powerful in the future, or that we'll have delicacies every day."
"But you will also have what your wife and Jiangjiang have."
Since Hongyu reunited with Ye Lingyu, both Ye Lingyu and Cheng Qingyan have taken great care of her.
They no longer treated her like a servant, but showed her the utmost respect, like family.
This time, a room was reserved for her in the new house in advance, and now, fish was specially ordered for her during the meal.
The main thing is that Ye Lingyu actually remembered that she loved to eat fish.
She herself was almost forgetting.
Since leaving the Ye family and being sold to Wang Tiezhu, she has never eaten fish again.
Hongyu almost burst into tears: "My lord, my wife, I... I'm so touched! I never expected that my wife would remember such a small thing."
Not only did she remember these trivial things, but Cheng Qingyan and Ye Lingyu were also very kind to her.
I bought her clothes and gave her pocket money.
The allowance I received was even more than when I was at the Ye residence.
Ye Lingyu patted her hand: "Alright, Hongyu, remember we're family now. I've been so busy before that I haven't had a chance to go out much, and I'm sorry you had to go out."
“This is no grievance, Madam is joking.”
Compared to the grievances I suffered before, this is really nothing, it's practically insignificant.
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