Chapter 1382: Chase away people
Lin Yuan tried to pull her back but failed to grab her. However, Lan Hua had just reached the door when she turned back, scratching her head somewhat sheepishly, "Hehe, um, I saw that your family’s table is covered in plenty of sunflower seeds and candies. Do you have any more? If there’s an excess, you could give them away as gifts, and then even if they leave, they won’t say anything."
Lin Yuan burst into laughter. She knew it! Why else would Lan Hua come back so suddenly if not because she felt awkward about asking people to leave?
But Lan Hua’s words did remind her. Before coming back, she had indeed asked Yin Xing and Shui Xian to buy lots of fruits and pastries to share with the children in the village. And now, these could be conveniently given away as gifts.
The fruits and pastries were all wrapped in oiled paper and tied with hemp ropes, making them easy to carry.
With these, Lan Hua would find it much easier to usher people out.
Out of curiosity about how Lan Hua would handle the situation, Lin Yuan followed her inside. Upon entering, Lan Hua glanced at Lady Liu with an expression of great difficulty, "Auntie, Lin Yuan sent me to ask you, since it’s almost noon, should we invite everyone to stay for lunch?"
Before Lady Liu could open her mouth, the roomful of women’s eyes lit up, and they all falsely began to decline, saying they wouldn’t eat, yet not a single person turned to leave.
It was clear to Lady Liu what everyone was thinking, and with a wry smile, she nodded to Lan Hua. To tell the truth, not only were there many people Lin Yuan didn’t recognize, but Lady Liu herself didn’t know many of them in the room.
Lan Hua inwardly sneered and twirled her fingers, feigning difficulty, "But Auntie, you’ve come back so suddenly, we don’t have enough grain at home. Lin Yuan mentioned that if we go to the town to buy it now, by the time we come back and cook, it will be afternoon. How about this?"
She turned to her own mother and asked, "Mom, I remember we still have half a bag of flour at home, should I go fetch it now?"
Being her own daughter, Aunt Wang very well understood what Lan Hua was getting at. On the other hand, Sister-in-law Changqing was clueless.