“Here. Here.” Bi Qing showed a big smile, joy all over her body, “Master is in the yard. Young master Zhao, please come in. Ruan Ame, please come in.”
Bi Qing turned sideways to open the door wider.
Zhao Yan also had a smile on his face. He walked in with Ruan Ae following behind him and stuffed a red envelope into Bi Qing. Then she raised her hand and asked the servants outside to unload all the boxes on the cart and move them into doctor Zhou’s yard.
There are nine carts in total. There are two large mahogany boxes on each cart with eighteen big mahogany boxes. It took more than three times to carry all the boxes into the yard.
Bi Qing brews the tea and quickly brings it to them.
On the other hand, Zhao Yan, doctor Zhou, and Ruan Ame already sitting at the table in the courtyard and chatting.
Doctor Zhou looked as the mahogany boxes came in, stroking his half-length beard on his chin, he was smiling widely: “Not bad, not bad. My Mian ge’er is only worthy of such a betrothal gift. You kid is really sincere.”
If it were another man, they would surely be more reserved, but doctor Zhou was not reserved at all. He spoke very proudly. When the servant opened the mahogany box, he was still evaluating the objects placed inside.
He is very fond of Bai Chen now. In his eyes, Bai Chen is priceless. A part of him didn’t really want to marry Bai Chen to Zhao Yan so early, but the two young people were very anxious. Even if he doesn’t want to, he will still follow their will.
And now seeing Zhao Yan’s grand and generous betrothal gift, the dissatisfaction in his heart dissipated a little. Such a betrothal gift, not to mention in Ruan’s Village, even in the town or the county, very few people can compare. It could frighten them all.
In the intricately carved camphor wood box was fine deerskin, soft cloth, exquisite gold and silver jewelry, tea, and other things.
All these things look like they’re worth a lot of money and very rare, doctor Zhou was satisfied. The villagers in Ruan’s Village, who were outside to join the fun, watched with envy and jealousy.
This is the first time this occurred in Ruan’s Village.
Some people look at these rich betrothal gifts that they have never seen before, and secretly regret. Why didn’t they let their ge’er try harder to pursue him in the first place? If these are all for their ge’er. Now it’s their home that is in the spotlight. As long as they take a little betrothal gift, they don’t have to worry about their days at home anymore. They can eat and drink spicy food for the rest of their life.
And just looking at these betrothal gifts, one can imagine Zhao Yan’s net worth. Having such a relative will benefit their whole family.
But now, others get it cheaply.
Those who have ge’er in their family sighed.
Especially Li Lianhua and Ruan Agui, who were hiding in the crowd. They regret so much that their bowels turn green.
Although they don’t know the true value of these betrothal gift, they can see that the price of these things together is even more than 100 silver taels.
If, if they hadn’t agreed to write the letter of breaking off, when Zhao Yan came to propose marriage and they agreed directly, all these things will now be theirs and they are also Zhao Yan relatives. In the future, the whole family can ask Zhao Yan for help.
The two looked at the contents in the boxes with blue faces, white faces, and then their faces burst into red. So colorful and beautiful.
There were a few people around, who didn’t interact with the Ruan family daily, sneered when they saw the ugly faces of the two.
“Haa, some people are just not lucky. It obviously could be theirs but they were rushing to push it to an outsider. Now they can’t even swallow it.”
That’s true. Maybe this is retribution, who makes some people’s hearts so black? Mian ge’er is really lucky. It’s just that his parents don’t know how to cherish him, it’s a pity.”
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Li Lianhua, who was already jealous and anxious, was stimulated by those words. It’s stuck in her chest and wouldn’t drop down. Her eyes rolled, showing the white part, she fainted and fell on Ruan Agui.
“Wife?” Ruan Agui came back to his senses, calling Li Lianhua. After calling a few times but getting no response, he just wanted to shout for doctor Zhou, who was inside, to come out to look at Li Lianhua. Seeing this, those women, who had just ridicule hurriedly surrounded them, saying mightily: “Doctor Zhou’s family have a happy event today, don’t give them bad luck. I can see that Lianhua is fine, she just needs to go home and rest.”
“How fragile is she. Back then, Mian ge’er fell into the river and had a high fever in the winter, about to die, he is alright now. Don’t ask doctor Zhou to see, he doesn’t need to look at Lianhua’s little problem. Brother Ruan, it’s better for you to take her home sooner.”
Some people even said to Ruan Agui peculiarly: “Don’t pretend to faint when you see that Mian ge’er is having a good life. Coming to make trouble on others happy events, you’re not afraid of getting struck by thunder in the future. It must not be a good death.”
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Compared to the shameless Li Lianhua, Ruan Agui still wants some face, although his face is long gone. His face turned dark. Under the chatter of those around, he picked up Li Lianhua, who had passed out, and returned home in embarrassment.
As soon as he got home, he saw Ruan Ayao throwing a tantrum and smashing things. Then, he was angry. Thinking about the generous betrothal gifts that should belong to them, he threw the unconscious Li Lianhua aside and took the broom from the side in the yard and go after Ruan Ayao.
For a time, the Ruan’s chickens flew and dogs jumped1Idiom meaning chaos, the angry scolding was mixed with the voice begging for mercy and bitterness.
After Bi Qing served tea, she ran to Bai Chen’s room. She pressed Bai Chen in front of the dressing mirror that Zhao Yan specially made for him and fixed Bai Chen’s hair for him.
This vanity mirror is different from the bronze mirrors that Bi Qing has seen before that can only reflect blurred silhouettes. This mirror is made of silver. The mirror surface was smooth and bright. It can clearly reflect the face and figure of the person.
Bi Qing originally thought that as a maid that used to serve a big family, she have seen enough already, but ever since she came to served Bai Chen, who she thought was just a farmer with little money, every time she saw something, she had to open her eyes wide in amazement.
Just talk about this silver mirror, she had never seen or heard of it before.
Bai Chen’s hair was a little dry and frizzy, but with these relaxing days, it wasn’t known where Zhao Yan got the hair cream for hair care. After applying some to Bai Chen’s hair and washing it, his hair was not greasy and it even had a light fragrance. These days, Bai Chen’s straw-like hair has become much smoother and darker.
“Young master, today is a big day, you can’t be sloppy. Bi Qing will comb your hair nice and tidy.” Bi Qing was afraid that Bai Chen, who had been looking at the sky, would not cooperate so she quickly struck.
Bai Chen is almost too lazy to dress up daily, he always ties his hair up at will, making Bi Qing, who has good hair styling skill, completely useless. Now that she finally got to use her hair styling skill, Bi Qing was very eager to try. She rolls up her sleeves, getting ready for a big fight.
Bai Chen thought about it, then sat obediently and let Bi Qing do as she liked.
Today is his engagement day with Zhao Yan.
Bai Chen smiled sweetly, his eyes kept looking towards the door of the house, a look showing that he couldn’t wait to go out and sit still.
Bi Qing has also known how much Zhao Yan was attracted to Bai Chen these days. Seeing that Bai chen was obedient, as if he couldn’t wait to fly out, her hands also quickened.
She was also reluctant to make Bai Chen sad.
Really, the person was just outside but he couldn’t see him or throw himself into his arms, acting like a spoiled child. In Bai Chen’s view, this is just sad.
Bi Qing didn’t make his hair too complicated. She knew that Bai Chen didn’t like those complicated hairstyles so she style Bai Chen’s hair into a simple bun, then took out a finely crafted white hosta hairpin from the jewelry box and put it on for Bai Chen.
After getting his hair done, Bai Chen opened the closet and took out a moon-white robe from inside and wore it.
Bi Qing wanted to put some makeup on Bai Chen, after all ge’er and women are almost the same, they like to put powder on their face to make them look better. But Bai Chen doesn’t like these things, and his dressing table also doesn’t have these things. There’s only pearl cream for skin care. Bi Qing could only give up regretfully.
She felt that if Bai Chen put on makeup, he will definitely look better than he is now.
Bai Chen didn’t know about Bi Qing’s regret. He was happy and satisfied when he looked at his reflection, who looked different and better, in the mirror. After Bi Qing hands the jade pendant and other accessories on his waist, Bai Chen couldn’t wait to open the door and run out.
It’s just that he hadn’t even run two steps yet before he was hugged by Zhao Yan, who was waiting outside his door.
Zhao Yan curled his index finger and tapped on Bai Chen’s cute nose, deliberately asking: “What’s so urgent?”
Bai Chen felt the familiar aura and naturally wrapped Zhao Yan’s waist. Those bright eyes were full of joy: “I want to see you sooner.”
He said with a pouty mouth, aggrieved: “I was waiting for you last night. After all, I haven’t seen you for two days.”
“Zhao Yan, I miss you.”
Zhao Yan’s eyes softened, a little distressed: “Waiting for me last night? Didn’t uncle Zhou tell you?”
He has been busy with the betrothal gift lately. At the same time, he also uses this opportunity to slowly get rid of the business that he has developed since he came to this world. He will just be an idler and get some dividends every month. He wanted to spend more time with Bai Chen in the days to come.
He wasn’t an idle person. Although he spends most of his time in Ruan’s Village as an ordinary hunter, his temperament was not content with that kind of ordinary. In addition, his heart was empty until the day he met Bai Chen so he just used the busyness to fill the emptiness in his heart. Therefore, he uses his knowledge from modern times to quietly develop his business empire here.
But now there’s Bai Chen. Zhao Yan just wanted to live an ordinary life with just tea, rice, oil, and salt. He doesn’t want to spend too much time on business. Of course, in order to ensure Bai Chen’s quality of life, Zhao Yan did not let go of everything. He still kept some shares. In the future, even if he is an idler, he will still have a large amount of money.
Bai Chen shook his head, not being squeamish: “I can’t sleep without you.”
Zhao Yan’s heart was sweet but also helpless. He sighed and rubbed Bai Chen’s head: “After today, I’ll have a lot of time with you. You will be able to see me more in the future.”
Bai Chen knew what Zhao Yan had done for a long time, when he heard the words, he was happy: “Really?”
“I don’t want to miss seeing you.”
“I miss you the most.”
Bai Chen hugged Zhao Yan’s waist tightly. He wishes he could be a conjoined twin with Zhao Yan.
