Chapter 126: Looking at Each Other
Shen Fugui and Wang Guizhi sent Shen Shoutian to the commune early in the morning to cut three pounds of pork belly and also bought an old hen with much effort from the village.
Lv Qinlan and Su Xiaomei didn’t go to work today; they were busy washing and cleaning around the house. They had also started stewing the old hen early, just waiting for the younger sister-in-law to bring the people over.
Uncle Guai was driving the cart ahead. From a distance, he saw a row of houses, among which a newly built house with blue bricks and large tiles stood. While the courtyard gate did not look big, looking into it revealed a rather spacious courtyard and a beautifully built house. He thought to himself, as he had heard before that Shen Meng’s parental home was building a new house, it must be this one.
Juying also noticed the new house, but as they approached it, she became increasingly nervous, even holding Lu Xiangxiang’s hand tighter. On the contrary, Lu Xiangxiang was much more relaxed. After all, it was just a matchmaking meeting. When she was still ill, her second sister-in-law brought over some cousin’s son, and she almost cried when she met him.
That man, that man... wasn’t even as tall as her legs, and how he worked at the blacksmith’s shop was beyond her, probably just a pot-stirrer.
Shen Fugui and Wang Guizhi were likewise very nervous, but they trusted their daughter and son-in-law, surely it would be a good girl, otherwise, they wouldn’t have recommended her, but hearing that there was a troublesome sister-in-law in the family still made them somewhat uneasy.
"Here they come, isn’t that Xiao Meng?"
"Look at me, in this cold weather, Qin Lan, guests are coming, quickly pour some hot water, oh, and also bring out the sugar cakes and fruit."
Lv Qinlan untied the apron around her waist and gave it a good stretch.
"Mom, don’t worry, let the guests come in first, so when we serve water and bring things out, they’ll see how much we value them. They haven’t arrived yet, if I bring things out now, they’ll think it’s just for us, making it awkward to serve guests."