He Jiuniang and Lu Guilan both followed Sun. Qin took Lianhua's hand and gently placed it on Leizi's hand.

"Leizi, my second aunt has given you the lotus. You have to take good care of her in Fucheng. Once we have taken care of things here, we can go to Fucheng to see you soon." ."

Mrs. Qin smiled gently. She had already planned to open a gambling house in Fucheng. Although it would be very difficult, it was rare that she had something she was interested in, so she wanted to try it. It’s better than just taking care of the kids at home all day long.

In the past, she always felt that women should stay at home to support their husbands and raise children, and let men go out to do business.

But after escaping from famine, seeing what the three siblings did along the way and after settling down in Jingzhou, the whole family prospered.

Even so, the dog was still well-educated by the three younger siblings, and he was the smartest and most sensible among the group of children.

And because the three younger siblings are capable and have set an example for the children, they are much more perseverant in doing things than before.

Later, the elder sister-in-law also opened her own restaurant, and now the younger sister is going to Fucheng to open a jewelry shop. Even the mother-in-law has the urge to do it herself, and if she doesn’t act, she will pursue her completely. Can't follow in their footsteps.

"Don't worry, Second Aunt, I will definitely take good care of Lianhua."

Not to mention how bright the smile on Leizi's face is, if he had known that he would be able to express his feelings to Lianhua He should have taken action earlier to get engaged, so as not to let those people covet the lotus for so long.

From today on, Lianhua is his fiancée, and no one wants to think about her anymore.

Lianhua blushed with embarrassment and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, we are waiting for you in Fucheng. When we get back, I will help find a better location for the gambling shop and buy it first."

"Okay, you can take care of it when the time comes, but you have a lot of things to do, so you'd better do your own thing first, don't worry about the gambling house."

Ms. Qin smiled happily. , finally felt that I had something in common with them.

　“Hey!”

Several people went out chatting and laughing. There were already many guests outside. Although I don’t know what I was thinking, but looking at it now, There was a smile on everyone's face.

Naturally, you have to bring gifts when you come to a banquet. It is rare that you can give gifts to the Lu family openly and openly. Everyone gives them with great effort, for fear that the Lu family will not look down on them if they don’t give enough.

Lu Baichuan had known for a long time that something like this would happen, so he asked people to count the gifts on the spot and check the packaging inside and outside. If there was any private goods, he would take it out and return it to others.

Naturally, gifts cannot be given openly.It was too expensive, but it was too simple to stuff some small gold bars, banknotes and the like inside. They gave it away quietly, and the Lu family quietly collected it without anyone noticing.

Since people are short-handed, when they encounter problems and ask for help, the Lu family will naturally help them.

They asked for nothing more.

But the Lu family is so cruel. They started checking in front of so many people and returned everything except gifts. They showed no mercy at all.

The smiles on everyone’s faces could not be maintained. No one cared about who was being laughed at, so they all went to Lu Baichuan to intercede.

"General, we have no other thoughts, we are just thinking about the engagement between Master Lei and Miss Lianhua. We can't give you any expensive gifts, so we will send some gifts to make it fun!"
< br />　"Yes, yes, our county is a small place and we can't buy anything good. I don't know what Master Lei and Miss Lianhua like, so we can just let them buy it by themselves."

"We are just sending some blessings to the two children within the scope of our ability. General, just accept them!"

　...

It is rare for enemies to be in love with each other when they meet. Such a unified voice, even the tone of speaking is the same to please.

It was no longer appropriate for Lu Baichuan to check the gifts in public. At this time, he could no longer be cold-faced. When facing these people to please and intercede, he also showed a smile and said: "My lords' thoughts, Our Lu family understands it, but the two children are still young and are not so lucky to receive such a big gift. We ask the adults to take it back. Today is the day for the two children’s great joy. Please don’t worry about these trivial matters. , just eat and drink as much as you want."

After saying that, he turned around to entertain the guests in the village, without giving these people a chance to say anything more.

It was the first time for the guests in the village to see so many officials. They were all frightened and cowered at the table, not daring to express their anger. They were afraid of offending these big shots and not even knowing how they died. have no idea.

Fortunately, the Lu family was kind and did not ignore them. The eldest brother Lu and the second eldest son Lu always stayed with these guests in the village, so that they would not be so helpless.

Just at this time, the Zhang family and the Liu family arrived.

Others’ gifts come with their hands, while the Zhang’s and Liu’s have their gifts carried by others. Of course, the Liu’s have more gifts.

This scene attracted everyone’s attention. Even if they had small gift boxes, they would be investigated by the Lu family. Those two county magistrates were so high-profile that they couldn’t be investigated thoroughly?

The county magistrate was richer than them, and he didn’t know how much he had hidden. They immediately felt relieved and stood aside to watch the show tacitly.

At this time, Mrs. Sun went to the backyard to pull out He Jiuniang and Lu Guilan.

It would be better to let He Jiuniang handle this kind of situation.

However, He Jiuniang felt that they had thought too much. If it were such a valuable thing, the two county magistrates would not have dared to give it away so blatantly. Wouldn't this be jumping into a pit of fire?

Liu Yuexiang took the initiative to step forward, saluted, and said proactively: "These are gifts specially prepared by my daughter and cousin for Miss Lianhua. They are all things my daughter's family likes to use. They are not worth a lot of money. Please also ask Madam to accept it for Miss Lianhua."

She knew that the Lu family somewhat listened to He Jiuniang's words, and getting He Jiuniang's approval meant getting the Lu family's approval, and He Jiuniang was an extremely smart person. She didn't dare to play tricks in front of He Jiuniang, so she might as well be sincere.

He Jiuniang smiled and nodded. She felt that Miss Liu was really a smart person. The words "something my daughter's family likes to use" showed the relationship. This was given to Lotus by them and had nothing to do with the Lu family.

But everyone else had checked them, and it was unreasonable for them to bring so many without checking them, so they opened them for inspections as well.

It is true that they are all things that my daughter uses at home, such as skirts, jewelry, rouge, fans, etc., as well as some exquisite and small vases, some cloth, and embroidery.

Things are very exquisite, but not very expensive.

After checking, no private goods were found.

Others had stern expressions, but the Lu family showed sincere smiles. The Lu family would not treat anyone poorly if they could prepare gifts for Lotus with such care.

It happened that Lianhua and Leizi also came out. They were a little touched when they saw the gifts the cousins ​​had prepared for themselves.

She could feel the kindness radiating from the two sisters. It was strange to say that although they had not had much contact with each other before, it made her feel that they had known each other for a long time.

She smiled knowingly and thought it would be nice to have two good friends of the same age.