"I heard that there is a Kongming lantern show on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Let's go back and do one, okay?"
Su Shuiche saw that some passersby were holding materials to make Kongming lanterns, so she excitedly suggested this to Lin Siyao.
Lin Siyao nodded with a smile. As long as she liked it, there was nothing he couldn't do.
Afterwards, the two of them compared the items that Su Shuiche had written down on a piece of paper and bought them one by one.
"Shuiche elder sister … Shuiche elder sister …"
Su Shuiche and Lin Siyao turned around together and saw Xi Cui panting heavily as she ran towards them from the intersection of the street dozens of meters away.
"Xi Cui?" Su Shuiche puzzledly looked at Xi Cui, who was bent over and gasping for air.
Shouldn't she be handing in the embroidery?
"Shuiche elder sister … phew, so tired …" Xi Cui finally caught her breath and happily reported to Su Shuiche, "Shuiche elder sister, you don't know, but the embroidery shop was very satisfied with the Phoenix Seeking Phoenix. The lady boss even gave me an extra tael of silver.
Here, this is yours.
If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have been able to complete it. "
As Xi Cui spoke, she took out two taels of silver from the pouch that was sewn on her belt and handed it to Su Shuiche.
"Silly girl, I already said that I would help. How can I accept your money? You should keep these for yourself. You need to prepare your dowry." Su Shuiche shook her head with a smile and told her to take back the money.
"Okay, there are too many people here. Quickly take it back."
"But …" Xi Cui hurriedly shook her head and insisted that Su Shuiche accept it, "I … How can I accept so much?
I didn't finish it alone.
If it wasn't for you … "
"Okay, if you continue like this, you can't come to my house next time." Su Shuiche pretended to be angry and threatened Xi Cui.
However, in her heart, she was much more courteous to this girl. Compared to the past, she was much more sincere in befriending her.
In the past, she wasn't good at socializing, but that didn't mean that she didn't want to make friends.
Now that she had abandoned the halo of being the granddaughter of the first wife of the Su Family, she was naturally willing to make friends with girls of the same age as her.
"Sister Shuiche …" Seeing that there were a few more onlookers around, she could only shyly put away the two taels of silver in her hand and sincerely expressed her thanks, "Thank you, Sister Shuiche."
He thanked her for giving up the first three days of her marriage to help him. He thanked her for not caring about the gains and losses. Just because she had promised to help him, she would not accept any more money.
These were things that he was far from being able to do.
Xi Cui clenched her fists tightly.
Since he was determined to learn from her, these were things that he had to pay attention to in the future.
"We're friends, aren't we?" Su Shuiche said with a smile, "At least that's what I think."
"En." Xi Cui was overjoyed and nodded vigorously.
She treated him as a friend.
It was an honor!
"That's right, we still need to buy some things. What about you?
Is there anything you want to buy? "Su Shuiche thought of the task that he hadn't completed yet.
"My mother came with me. She should still be at the meat stall, so I'll go find her first."
When Xi Cui heard Su Shuiche's question, she remembered that Aunt Lao was waiting for her at the meat stall, so she didn't continue to chat with Su Shuiche. She hurriedly left the two of them and ran towards the meat stall.
"Xi Cui is a good girl."
Su Shuiche looked at Xi Cui's back and said with a smile. She hoped that she could find someone who would love her for the rest of her life.
Just like the man next to her.
She turned her head and secretly glanced at Lin Siyao who was next to her. He was handsome and tall, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes. He attracted all kinds of women who passed by without him knowing.
Thinking of this, Su Shuiche curved her lips and said softly, "Ah Yao, let's go."
"En."
Lin Siyao replied with a smile. He tucked a few strands of hair behind her ear and tightly protected her as they walked to the next destination.
…
They went to the cloth shop to buy two bolts of thick cotton cloth for sewing winter clothes.
One was black. She had chosen it for him.
Although she didn't want him to wear too dark, it was winter clothes. A darker color wouldn't get dirty.
Also, she couldn't deny that black was the most appropriate and natural color for him. It was as if this dark color was made for him.
The other was yinghong. He had chosen it for her.
It was like a ripe cherry. He couldn't help but think of the fruit on the tall cherry tree in front of his house. It could be considered the medium that allowed him and her to have such a good marriage.
The corner of his lips curled up.
Then they went to the grocery store to replenish the various colored balls of thread that were missing colors. They also added a few thick needles that were enough to sew fur.
Lin Siyao had already told her about the use of the fur that was being peeled off to dry. He said that it was for her to use as a waistcoat and knee pads to pass the winter.
She happily accepted it and planned on making a set for him as well.
However, this meant that she was going to be busy for quite a while.
The plan to go to the embroidery shop with Xi Cui had to be delayed for a few more days.
Thinking of the ten or so taels of silver left at home, it should be enough for them to pass the winter and smoothly enter the next year.
Once spring came, the two plots of land under the residence's name would need to be plowed and sowed. This meant that in the coming year, the two of them would have plenty of food and cotton to make clothes. Of course, this still depended on the kindness of the heavens.
If there was a natural disaster like a flood or drought, their hopes would be dashed.
Su Shuiche remembered what Lin Siyao said about not being able to pass the Mid-Autumn Festival and not being able to try mooncakes. She pulled him to the pastry shop.
She wanted to buy some mooncake fillings to try making mooncakes herself.
She didn't want the shop to only sell mooncakes and not fillings.
They also said that every woman could make the fillings. The only difficult thing to make were the mooncakes that needed to be baked.
If they didn't have an oven at home, they wouldn't be able to make them.
Su Shuiche felt that what the pastry shop's waiter said made sense. Then she thought about how she and Lin Siyao didn't even know how to make mooncakes, let alone have an oven that specialized in baking mooncakes.
Who knew if Aunt Lao and the others made it themselves? Perhaps they also bought land.
She might as well buy nine of them. There were three kinds of fillings: red bean paste, jujube paste, and mixed nuts.
She also weighed a catty of osmanthus cake and a catty of nut cake.
In total, she spent more than one tael of silver.
Her desire to personally learn how to make these rice cakes and pastries became even more urgent.
Finally, she went to the rice flour shop and measured fifty liters of rice and fifty liters of flour.
Lin Siyao easily picked up two bags of rice flour that Su Shuiche felt were impossible to lift with one hand. He walked to the end of the street, put his arm around her, and ran home.
… …
"Hey, isn't that …" Su Shuiche and Lin Siyao had just left the street when a purple-clothed woman walked out from the corner. She suddenly stopped and looked at the two people who were gradually walking away.
"Hurry up, Sister Wan. If we don't leave now, the place beside Young Master Wang will be taken by those two brats from the Fang family."
A few meters away, a similarly exquisitely dressed young woman in beautiful clothes turned her head and called out anxiously.
Looking at the rising sun, it was almost time for the poetry club's dinner.
If they didn't leave now, they would miss the opportunity to have a close interaction with the mayor's son.
Lu Wan'er finally came back to her senses. That's right, she, the daughter of the Lu family, Lu Wan'er, had once again met this ice-cold man who made her fall in love with him at first sight.
This direction led to the outside of the city. Could it be that he was just a farmer in a nearby village?
No wonder she couldn't get any information about him even after repeatedly asking around.
However, looking at his cold and handsome face that almost drove her crazy, as well as his tall and straight body that made her heart surge with emotions and desire to melt under him, he didn't look like an ordinary farmer at all.
Besides, so what if he was a farmer?
Didn't her own father come from some Flowery Town?
At most, she would let him marry into the Lu family just like her father.
After making up her mind, Lu Wan'er raised the corners of her delicate lips, completely ignoring Su Shuiche who was beside Lin Siyao.
In her heart, there wasn't a man who didn't love her proud figure and beautiful face.
Moreover, her Lu family was a wealthy family. There would be no man, especially a farmer in the countryside, who would reject her request.
This was impossible.
She was once again filled with certainty.
(To be continued.
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