Taohua County —
Treasure Pavilion.
The young woman, her hand resting on her swollen belly, carefully sat down on the soft stool.
"Madam, these sets of jewelry are all the most fashionable styles in our establishment. Whether you wear them or give them as gifts, they will be extremely elegant."
The shopkeeper noticed that the visitor was dressed in fine clothes, and that the Shu embroidery was only available in Nanjing. He assumed the visitor was a distinguished person from Nanjing and therefore personally received him.
The woman smiled gently upon hearing this, her beautiful eyes sweeping over the jewelry and ornaments, and she nodded almost imperceptibly. Then she turned to the man by the window and asked:
"My lord, which one do you think looks better?"
"My wife can choose whatever she wants; I don't know anything about these things."
The man turned around, and there stood Qingshan, who had grown a bit of a beard.
As the saying goes, "Clothes make the man, and a saddle makes the horse," and after years of doing business, Qingshan has grown into a qualified businessman.
With a wife and daughters at home, he became more mature and deliberately dressed himself up to avoid women throwing themselves at him.
Little did they know, everyone has their own preferences.
The more he acted this way, the more manly he became...
Da Xue glared at her husband reproachfully, then pretended to be deep in thought again.
Come over here!
Qingshan covered his mouth and coughed lightly. The couple had been married for almost five years, so he naturally understood his wife's meaning with just a glance.
As he approached, he pointed to two sets of jewelry and said:
"These two, please."
"My lord, it's my second brother's wedding. One piece is enough for us. Why choose two?"
Despite the heavy snow, before they set off, their mother had instructed them that as the elder brother and sister-in-law, they only needed to buy a set of jewelry; the rest of the betrothal gifts and dowry would be paid for by the family.
Her question wasn't about the extra money spent on the jewelry, but rather her concern about going against her mother-in-law's instructions.
Qingshan smiled, gesturing to the shopkeeper to wrap everything up. After the shopkeeper left, he took his wife's hand and explained:
“Mother quietly instructed me that one pair was chosen by us, as the elder brother and sister-in-law, for my second brother’s wife, and the other pair was chosen by Mother for you, the eldest daughter-in-law.”
"This~"
Da Xue's eyes reddened slightly upon hearing this. Her mother always understood her, and even in matters like this, she still considered her feelings.
"I knew you would be so moved you would want to cry, so I didn't say it to your face, afraid you wouldn't accept it."
Qingshan quickly took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and personally wiped away his wife's tears.
Sometimes he gets jealous of his mother. His wife and daughter get along very well with his mother!
Sometimes, my daughter would climb into her mother's bed in the middle of the night and wouldn't sleep with her husband and daughter-in-law!
Well, now that their daughter is finally a bit older, he and his wife are thinking of having another child, boy or girl, so they'll have a sibling.
"Mom is so good~"
Da Xue sniffed. Her grandparents had passed away peacefully in the past two years, one after the other. Before they died, they told her to cherish her blessings, to be grateful, and to be filial to her mother-in-law in the future...
After she married into the family, she never did any heavy, dirty, or tiring work!
Every girl in the village was green with envy for her!
Such a wonderful mother-in-law deserves her to spend the rest of her life taking care of her!
"My second brother and sister-in-law are getting married in Jinling. I plan to take you and Wan'er with me."
Having experience before, Qingshan was more than capable of taking care of his wife during her pregnancy.
He now owns twelve hot pot restaurants, each with a manager who has signed a life-long contract to take care of them, so he doesn't have to worry about them.
Can I go too?
Da Xue exclaimed with delight that she had never left Taohua County before. If it weren't for this opportunity to buy a gift for her future younger brother and sister-in-law, she might not have left the village at all.
"Of course! I'll drive slowly, and I'll put out plenty of cushions in the carriage. You, your mother, Yao Yao, and Wan'er can all sit inside..."
Qingshan nodded. As the elder brother and sister-in-law, they naturally had to prepare for their younger brother's wedding.
Secretly, he wanted to take his wife and daughter to see the bustling and prosperous Jinling Prefecture.
"Yes, I'll listen to my husband."
......
After paying, the couple left the Treasure Pavilion and got into the carriage, with the Ye He and Ye Hua sisters flanking her on either side.
"Grandma, please sit tight."
"Why."
The two women usually only listened to their mother-in-law, but this time it was her who told them to stay with the couple and protect her...
Although they called themselves servants, Da Xue never regarded them as servants, but treated them as little sisters.
"Oh, by the way, these are a few beaded flowers I bought at the pavilion. Knowing that you sisters like lotus flowers, I'm giving you these two as gifts."
"Thank you, Grandma!"
The two sisters thanked her in unison, accepting the beaded flowers with obvious delight. They then asked their grandmother to help them place them in their hair.
"Is it pretty, Grandma?"
"Beautiful~"
"Am I pretty?"
"Mmm, it looks good too~"
......
"Giddy up!"
"Da da da~"
The carriage moved slowly along the road. Upon hearing his wife's cheerful laughter, Qingshan thought to himself, "My mother sent the Ye He and Ye Hua sisters not to protect my wife, but clearly to make her laugh..."
He was extremely grateful to the two sisters, and if they ever found their Mr. Right, he would definitely present them with a gift of gratitude, ensuring they had a grand and dignified wedding.
Fangfang was adopted as Ge Tidian's goddaughter. After considering many factors, the two families exchanged letters and decided to hold a wedding in Jinling Prefecture first, and then the newlyweds would hold a banquet in Wujia Village afterwards.
Tianyao has an open-minded culture, and marriages are conducted in accordance with the three letters and six rites, with the guarantee of official matchmakers.
The people in the old house heard this and did not object; no one thought it was inappropriate.
When Jiang Yue said that everyone in the family except Qingyun was going to Jinling to prepare for Qingsong's wedding, the two younger children burst into tears.
Everyone was astonished. What's with the crying on such a joyous occasion?
"Waaaaah, I don't want to be separated from my sister~"
"Waaah, I...I want to play with...my sister~"
Well, the two grandsons of the eldest son's wife are asking for trouble.
"But my older sister often bullies you!"
"So, you still want to play with your older sister?"
Old Mrs. Zhou almost burst out laughing. Were her great-grandchildren too thick-skinned? Had they forgotten how their older sister used to bully them?
"No, I like my older sister!"
"I like my older sister too!"
The two brothers sat on the ground hugging each other and crying, the kind of crying that no one could comfort.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiaodie took out a feather duster from the house and used it to scare her sons.
"Mommy's so mean! I want to go home with Third Grandma!"
"I'm with my brother~"
Oh dear, it would have been better if I hadn't been scared. The two little idiots started crying even harder.
Madam Zhou laughed uncontrollably, deliberately making a loud "disgusting" sound:
"Third sister-in-law, I can't keep these two grandsons anymore. Why don't you take them home?"
She could get rid of these two foolish grandsons; they were completely "turning their backs on her."
"Sister-in-law, you're joking, right? Having that little devil in my house is bad enough!"
Jiang Yue sighed. Wan'er was so well-behaved when she was little, but her personality gradually changed.
At only three and a half years old, she can already command children several years older than her to run errands.
He would pinch his cheeks and arms at the slightest provocation from his two younger cousins...
It can be said that he was openly bullying his two younger cousins.
When you try to educate her, she can spout very reasonable things.
"You should bully your younger brother while you're young. If he grows up, it will be harder to bully him."
Um~
That makes so much sense, I'm speechless.
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