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Chapter 505: Chapter 508 Haven’t Grown Eyes?_1
Because he got up late in the morning, Tan Zhenghong knew he definitely wouldn’t make it back by noon, so he simply took two steamed buns with him up the mountain.
Qiao Duo’er thought about making some dried meat for him. Otherwise, how uncomfortable would it be to just gnaw on dry steamed buns?
Tan Zhenghong had suffered his fair share before, and she had to make it up to him.
After Tan Zhenghong went up the mountain, Qiao Duo’er also locked the courtyard door and headed for Sun Erhu’s home. Near Erhu’s house, she saw Xiao Lingchuan again.
This time, Xiao Lingchuan was much more restrained, but the hatred in his eyes was impossible to hide.
"Sister-in-law, I was just about to call for you to go with me to the street to shop for things. I didn’t expect you to have already come," Sun Erhu said with a naive smile.
Qiao Duo’er asked in a low voice, "Did Xiao Lingchuan just go to the Tan Family’s place?"
"He probably did. I wasn’t paying much attention today, but Xiao Lingchuan has been visiting the Tan Family quite often lately. I heard he recommended a wife for Big Brother Tan from Lin County," Sun Erhu replied.
Qiao Duo’er nodded, "Who in the world is so blind as to even think of marrying their daughter to that scum!"
Sun Erhu expressed deep agreement, affirming that marrying Tan Zhengyuan would indeed be worse than death.
The two gossiped briefly and then forgot about it, after all, it wasn’t their family’s business, and whether it would happen was still uncertain.
Before long, they were driving the ox cart to the town.
According to custom, they should prepare six betrothal gifts: wedding cakes, four kinds of sweets, cloth, three livestock, wine, and jewelry.
The three livestock included pairs of chickens and geese and a pig’s head; the first two could be bought from Old Lady Huang’s house, while Butcher Chen could bring the pig’s head when delivering meat tomorrow. As for the rest, they had to purchase everything themselves.
"Sister-in-law, don’t try to save money for me. Pick the good stuff and buy it!" Sun Erhu said generously. This was the only time in his life he was getting married, and he couldn’t let Chao Lian be wronged.
Qiao Duo’er nodded, "Alright, just don’t regret it if I spend too much later."
But that was just what she said. When it actually came time to buy, she was somewhat calculating. She needed to choose the good stuff for Chao Lian and Erhu, while just getting by with appearances for the Lin Family was enough.
After all, with Jiang’s Clan’s disposition, no matter how fine a thing she bought, they would still find fault with it.
Qiao Duo’er and Sun Erhu first went to the Cloth Shop.
Before Qiao Duo’er could step in, someone bumped into her forcefully. If it hadn’t been for Sun Erhu lending a hand, she would have inevitably become intimately acquainted with the ground.
The perpetrator was a rich young lady. Seeing her mistress at a disadvantage, the maid immediately spoke up.
"What’s the matter with you? Don’t you have eyes?"
The maid sized up the people in front of her, clearly seeing they were villagers who didn’t belong, hoping they hadn’t dirtied the young mistress’s clothes.
Sun Erhu said with a dark face, "It was clearly you who suddenly ran out. How did it become our fault for not having eyes?"
"Isn’t it because you were blocking my mistress’s path?" the maid retorted haughtily.
Sun Erhu rolled his eyes in disdain, using power to bully others!
"Let’s go inside, don’t argue with them," Qiao Duo’er tugged at Sun Erhu’s clothes.
They had a lot to buy that day, and it wasn’t worth the delay for such classless people.
The rich young lady said with disgust, "We’ll let it go this time. Next time when you go out, bring your eyes with you. It’s not everyone you can afford to bump into, you’d better walk away quickly, the cloth here isn’t for just anyone to buy!"
Qiao Duo’er knew this woman; she was the one in the portrait in Brother Fan’s study, whom she had seen him gaze at with infatuation several times.
So this must be the woman Brother Fan was smitten with.
No, she had to drive this woman away. She absolutely couldn’t let Brother Fan see her! 𝘯𝑜𝑣𝑝𝑢𝘣.𝑐𝑜𝑚
Otherwise, all her efforts over the past few days would have been for nothing!
