Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 486 - 0460: Chai Eying Delivers the Dowry (2)
The Princess Consort Luling anxiously knocked on the table with her hand.
Li Xingsheng, "..."
"Hehehehe—" Guoguo suddenly laughed, grinning and revealing a few small white teeth as she laughed at Li Xingsheng.
Li Xingsheng’s face darkened, "Guoguo!"
Guoguo quickly ran to hide behind the Princess Consort Luling, peeking out with half of her head, still smiling cheerfully.
"No more New Year lucky money for you." Li Xingsheng continued with a dark face, reaching over, twisting her around, and lifting her up.
Guoguo snorted, turning to look at the Princess Consort Luling.
The Princess Consort Luling took Guoguo back in her arms, "Alright, alright, why are you arguing with Guoguo? Go on, go have dinner and think carefully about tomorrow’s arrangements after eating."
Li Xingsheng hung his head, "Got it, mother."
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Mu Yuanxiu and Li Yuzhu spent half a day fixing up the house on the mountain, and by evening, they came together to the Li family kitchen for dinner.
Things were progressing smoothly, and the marriage arrangements for two of the three daughters were settled. The Prince Luling announced the family’s plans to marry off the daughters.
Of course, it was explained using the pre-discussed excuse.
He said the Princess Consort Luling had done a fortune-telling for the three sisters, and if they weren’t married by the end of the year, there would be a calamity next year.
Uncle Gui and Nanny Jiang ate dinner with their family, and upon hearing this news, both were startled.
Uncle Gui asked in surprise, "Mr. Li, it’s less than a month until the New Year, it might be hard to find a good match in such a short time."
Uncle Gui was aware of the situation with the Li family’s daughters; only the third daughter’s situation was not worrying, but the marriages of the second and eldest daughters might need urgency.
The Prince Luling said, "Yuzhu and Yuanxiu, Yu Wen and Mr. Pei, their marriage arrangements are settled, and Yu En’s matters are being prepared."
Uncle Gui realized and congratulated Prince Luling and his wife with a smile.
Nanny Jiang said with a smile, "Mr. Pei and Yuanxiu are naturally reputable, since the head has decided, shouldn’t the banquet supplies be prepared already?"
The Prince Luling said, "Tomorrow I’ll look for the village chief and ask him to host the wedding. As for the wedding supplies, let the eldest arrange them."
Sitting beside him, Li Xingmao replied, "Understood, father."
During dinner, Uncle Gui and Nanny Jiang were cheerful, but the Li Family, despite smiling, were somewhat forced.
Li Xingmao carried their family of four’s dinner to the South Courtyard Main House.
He also told Chai Eying about the sisters getting married.
"Is mother worrying too much? The fortune-telling shouldn’t be fully trusted." Chai Eying adjusted her heavy body and sat up straight.
Li Xingmao took a cushion, placed it behind her, and let her rest against the seat.
He said, "Mother is very worried, anyway, it’s better to believe than not, and besides, the sisters are grown, sooner or later they have to marry, if there’s a suitable match, then go ahead."
"As for Yuanxiu, his character needs no further mention, and Mr. Pei’s character is also very good, it’s just... his health is not well." Chai Eying worried about the Great Princess.
Speaking of Pei Shenyan, Li Xingmao said, "Both of them agreed, so father and mother can’t oppose. His family isn’t short of money, and he doesn’t need to work hard, with servants handling matters if his health is poor."
Chai Eying gave him a sideways glance; was she talking about not being able to work?
She was clearly referring to something else, does this man not understand or is he pretending?
Really!
Chai Eying pulled him closer and whispered a few words into his ear.
Li Xingmao raised the corner of his lips and smiled, "Whatever, they can handle it themselves. You, as the sister-in-law, worry too much." He patted Chai Eying’s stomach, "Better worry about this little one."
The child in Chai Eying’s stomach was nearly seven months old, and was lively, causing strong fetal movements especially at night, so much so that Chai Eying was startled awake from a deep sleep by a sudden kick.
When she woke up, Li Xingmao also awoke.
The couple hadn’t had a good night’s sleep in several days.
Chai Eying stroked her belly, smiling, "In two months, he won’t bother my stomach like this."
Li Xingmao laughed, "He’ll bother our ears."
Chai Eying laughed, "A child’s crying is what’s lively."
Just as she finished speaking, Li Jing, who was sitting nearby having dinner, suddenly exclaimed "Ah—" while Guoguo shouted loudly, "Shut up!"
"Aunt Chai said, crying is lively fun." Li Jing stated solemnly.
Guoguo said with a stern face, "Silly."
Chai Eying and Li Xingmao watched the two little brats arguing and laughed together.
The couple, after eating with the two children, took the dishes to the kitchen.
Chai Eying walked over to the pile of chests by the bed, opened the lid of one, took out six brightly colored fabrics, and opened a small box in the chest to take out three sets of jewelry.
When Li Xingmao came back, she pointed to the fabrics and jewelry on the bed and said, "These are wedding gifts for the sisters, prepared in haste, I hope they won’t mind." These were part of her dowry.
Chai Eying’s jewelry was all gathered by the Eldest Young Master Chai from various places. Although not as good as the jewelry in the Treasure Pavilion of the Capital, it was considered top-notch in the county and the village.
Li Xingmao laughed and said, "How could they mind? They don’t have much jewelry either, and these are better than what they have."
Chai Eying smiled and said, "The hour is still early, I guess they’ve just finished dinner and returned to their rooms. You should take these to them. Each gets one piece of red fabric, one piece of green fabric, and one piece of jewelry."
"Alright." Li Xingmao gathered the fabrics and jewelry and headed off to the sisters’ room.
The three sisters, having finished dinner, returned to their bedroom together.
They were chatting.
Li Yuzhu asked the Second Princess about her gains at the market today. The Second Princess only said the business was better than usual and mentioned nothing else.
The Great Princess had received a piece of fine red silk from the Princess Consort Luling, which was sent by the County Magistrate’s Wife. This afternoon, she had already cut the fabric and could start sewing tonight.
Her marriage was progressing the fastest. She patted the Second Princess on the shoulder, "I’m making a wedding dress, want me to make yours too? Don’t worry, this time I’ll be generous with the fabric."
In the past, the Great Princess had made clothes for the Second Princess and found that the Second Princess used twice as much material as she did, leading to complaints from the Great Princess.
This time, since it was a wedding dress, the Great Princess did not scold her.
"But I haven’t found a match yet." The Second Princess looked troubled.
"Better to be prepared than not, in case there isn’t enough time, and you sew so slowly anyway." The Great Princess said with concern, in a good mood.
The Second Princess thought about it and agreed.
Better to prepare the wedding dress so that when she found a good match, she could directly proceed to the wedding ceremony.
After finishing talking about the Second Princess, the Great Princess turned to Li Yuzhu, "Third Sister, want me to help you?"
In a rare moment of generosity, Li Yuzhu was very grateful and laughed, "No need, thanks a lot, Big Sister. Someone else is making my wedding dress."
The Great Princess’s face fell, "Li Yuzhu, according to tradition, you should make your own wedding dress, or at least have it done by family. How could you let someone else do it? You’re such a lazy girl! Mu Yuanxiu should also tell you off!"
Li Yuzhu raised her brows proudly, "Mu Yuanxiu is making my wedding dress, why should he say anything?"
The Great Princess was shocked, "What? Mu Yuanxiu is making your wedding dress? Can he even sew?"
Li Yuzhu pointed to her outfit, "Look, it’s all made by him."
The Great Princess was even more surprised, "Ah? Didn’t you buy these? They’re all made by him?"
Li Yuzhu nodded, "Yes, they’re all made by him."
The Great Princess was jealous and snorted, "I should ask Pei Shenyan if he can make a wedding dress. If he can, I won’t have to."
The Second Princess said, "I haven’t heard that Mr. Pei can make wedding dresses, but I’ve heard he’s good at cooking and even wrote a cookbook. I asked him for it last time, but he hasn’t come over in a while, probably forgot about it. When he was here, he discussed other things and might have forgotten about the cookbook completely."
The Great Princess glanced at her, "Your focus is always unique, only inquiring about a cookbook?"
"Food is the most important thing for people, eating is a major affair, Big Sister," the Second Princess retorted, "Big Sister, when you see Mr. Pei again, ask him about that cookbook, please, I want to have a look."
"Not a chance." The Great Princess turned her head, went back to sorting her fabrics.
Though she said she didn’t care about food, she secretly thought, oh, so Pei Shenyan can cook too.
So it turns out Pei Shenyan is not completely useless.
Since she didn’t like cooking, it would be perfect for Pei Shenyan to do it in the future.
As the sisters were talking, Li Xingmao came in carrying the things Chai Eying had sent.
The door was wide open, so he walked straight in.
"Come and see, these are dowries from your big sister-in-law, three sets, all the same." Li Xingmao said with a smile.
Chai Eying was considerate not to show favoritism, perhaps to avoid the sisters getting jealous of each other.
The three sisters happily walked over together.
Li Yuzhu smiled and said, "Big Brother, thank our sister-in-law for us, we like them very much."
