Chapter 273 is missing.
My daughter is a very capable person!
Old Man Lu gazed into the void, muttering, "Saintly Healer Sect... Saintly Healer Sect..."
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After hearing Lu Yun's account of the situation outside, Lu Qingqing left behind some working capital and bought five thousand taels of soybeans through the Wan family.
She knew this hadn't really begun yet.
Hibernating in the cold winter, storing up resources and waiting for the right time.
She needs to make thorough preparations.
Then the Lu family began preparing for Lu Yun's wedding.
The eldest sister-in-law actively prepared the betrothal gifts. The Lu family was not what it used to be, and she wanted to provide Lu Yun with something better.
But Lin Zhuang came and said that there was no need to prepare so much. The Lu family had saved the lives of the brother and sister. Their family didn't have much money and their dowry was small, so they didn't need so much betrothal gift.
If we give them too much, they will feel uneasy.
Lu Qingqing said, "Anyway, we're all family, there's no need for these formalities. Let's just have a token gesture. We'll help each other out in the future anyway."
“Exactly, exactly. Just like a normal wedding in the village, nothing out of the ordinary.” Lin Zhuang grinned.
He said he was helping out, but how could he possibly help the Lu family? His little sister found such a good family, he was so happy he'd be laughing in his sleep. He didn't need anything else!
Lin Zhuang looked at Lu Yun: "Call me 'brother' first?"
Lu Yun: "Behave yourself, you can only call me that after you're married."
Hey, you're getting picky now! I just don't want to shout!
Let's just wait and wait, it's bound to happen sooner or later anyway!
Lin Zhuang and his sister have no relatives, so their marriage is easy to arrange. Because things are not stable right now, they are willing to expedite the process and set it for a month later.
Feng Xiaowan and Old Man Lu discussed and gave each other fifty taels of silver, plus fine cloth, rice, flour, sake, geese, and other betrothal gifts.
Lu Yun called Li San and Liu Erzhu over, and together they polished the walls of his room until they were smooth.
Liu Erzhu joked, "Even mosquitoes can't stay on it."
I also bought a landscape painting from a calligraphy and painting shop and hung it on the wall.
Lu Qingqing said he was just pretending to be refined.
After they get married, will the couple lie in bed and enjoy the scenery?
So she plans to hire an artist to paint a "wedding photo" for the two of them to hang up on their wedding day.
Old Man Lu has started ordering new furniture again.
The whole village knew that Lu Yun and Lin Ye's marriage was settled.
All the acquaintances came to congratulate her, and many more expressed their envy that Lin Ye had found such a good husband.
The Lu family is now the big boss in the village. They also have a doctor in the family, and Lu Yun is good-looking. Everyone thinks that Lin Ye, who has no parents, is very lucky.
However, Lu Yun replied, "What do you know? Lin Ye has real skills; you'll find out later!"
He told Lu Qingqing, "Lin Ye learned embroidery over there and participated in a competition with her work. Although she didn't win first place because she hasn't been learning for long and her techniques aren't yet proficient, many embroidery shop owners are eager to hire her, which means she just needs more practice..."
He looked quite proud, as if he were the one who was amazing.
He suddenly stopped talking, pursed his lips, and his eyes darted left and right.
Lu Qingqing turned around and saw that it was Lin Ye coming over.
"Qingqing, I made some clothes for the family."
Lin Ye pursed her lips, shoved the clothes into Lu Qingqing's arms, and ran away.
Lu Yun stared wide-eyed, "You're already engaged, why are you running off so fast?"
"Then why weren't you looking at people just now?" Lu Qingqing mocked.
Lu Yun snatched the clothes from her hands and turned them over and over.
Well, besides the women's version, there's only one men's version. The men's version looks old-fashioned and is obviously for the father!
Why don't you make one for him?
Lu Qingqing smacked her lips.
Touching the embroidery on the clothes, she exclaimed, "It's truly beautiful! The colors of the flowers are layered, the auspicious clouds are so graceful and lively, and the character '福' (fortune)..."
Lu Yun was even angrier.
Holding her head high, trying to save face, she said, "I'm not in a hurry. Once she's in my house, I'll have her make me new clothes every day!"
Lu Qingqing looked at him as if he were an idiot: "You're really something."
"Don't be jealous."
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Evening arrived quickly.
Lin Zhuang rushed to the Lu family, his face full of sarcasm: "Lu Yun, where is my sister? She's only been here for a few days. Don't go too far. Let her out quickly. Madam Wan sent someone to deliver gifts."
"What are you saying! Do you think I'm that kind of person?" Lu Yun said angrily.
Then he frowned: "Isn't Lin Ye home?"
"He's not home. Didn't I come to deliver clothes to you?"
"She delivered the clothes an hour ago! She left right after she finished!"
Lin Zhuang was stunned.
Did my little sister go visiting someone else's house again?
"Then I'll go check on Brother Zhang's house."
Lin Ye didn't have any particularly close sisters in the village. Besides the Lu family, she could only find Li Meng.
"Lin Zhuang!" Lu Yun called out to him, a sense of unease rising in his heart.
He looked around the village.
It's too cold now, so apart from able-bodied men who need to work to support their families and women who work in workshops, very few men, women, and children come out.
Without a cotton-padded coat, you'll freeze to death if you go out.
Cotton is not widely cultivated now, only grown in southern Xinjiang. The yield is too low, the price is too high, and it is now difficult to transport it.
Many families didn't even have a single cotton-padded coat. In the past, they would gather firewood early in the morning to prepare for winter, and then heat the kang (a heated brick bed) once a night. They would lay out thick straw and hemp quilts, and the women and children would stay on the kang all winter long.
This year, Liuyun Village is doing very well. At least dozens of families are working in workshops and have purchased quilts and cotton-padded clothes early on.
Because Liuyun Village was in a better situation than other villages, many people from other villages came here to beg or to sell their wares.
Two beggars came to the Lu family's house to beg for food in the afternoon!
"Beat the gong! Beat the gong to gather all the villagers together!"
"No need, I'll go look for it first."
"Stop looking! Don't you know your own sister? How could she not be home this late!"
Lin Zhuang's expression changed.
"You mean, something happened to Xiao Ye?"
"I don't know! But a lot of outsiders have come into the village recently. Go and bang the gong to see if anyone has seen anything. I'll go to the village entrance to check!"
Lu Yun also hoped that she was being too suspicious, and that someone wanted to learn embroidery, so she forgot the time.
But why is my heart so uneasy?
Lin Zhuang still hesitated, "Let's look for her first. Won't making a big fuss damage Xiao Ye's reputation?"
Lu Yun kicked him angrily: "Is your life more important or your reputation! Let me tell you, when we came back from the south, we saw human traffickers dealing with the women they had kidnapped... Forget it, I'm not talking to you anymore. Go find them, go find them! I'll marry Lin Ye no matter what his reputation is, okay!"
"Okay, okay, okay!"
Lin Zhuang panicked and ran to the center of the village to bang on the gong.
Lu Yun ran to the pharmacy first and told Lu Qingqing.
After seeing off the patients, Lu Qingqing also sensed that something was wrong.
Lin Ye couldn't possibly go to Li Meng; she knew Li Meng was working in the workshop.
Besides, in the dead of winter, everyone is huddled up on the kang (heated brick bed), so she wouldn't go to other people's houses!
"Brother, don't worry, don't worry, I'll call Mo Lang back!"
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