Chapter 583: Chapter 583: A Joyous Occasion

“It really won’t be a grievance. As soon as he got back yesterday, he couldn’t wait to take me to see the new house. It’s not far from where we used to live. The house is already renovated, and some new furniture has been placed in. He even asked me what I wanted and promised to add it all.”

This surprised Lin Chuxia.

“Wow, Jia Liang sure moves fast, doesn’t he?”

If I remember correctly, when the two families discussed the wedding before the Spring Festival, he only then proposed buying a house.

“Yes, he bought it right after we returned from our hometown,” Qin Juan confirmed her thoughts.

Jia Liang is a quick mover. As soon as he returned from proposing to the Qin Family, he started organizing to buy a house.

Perhaps he’d planned it all along, because he quickly purchased a small courtyard with four rooms. Although the restaurant hasn’t been renovated yet, he finished renovating his little courtyard first.

“Alright then, I can confidently prepare the dowry for our older sister.”

Lin Chuxia clapped her hands, feeling relieved.

Jia Liang was someone she approved of, and the older sister was family to Qin Yang.

When comparing the two, of course she sided more with her older sister. She didn’t want her sister to be wronged in any way.

There were fewer construction projects in the first lunar month, allowing Jia Liang to find plenty of workers for the renovation.

The renovation at the restaurant progressed very quickly. By the 20th day of the first lunar month, it was almost complete, and the equipment for the hall and kitchen was gradually put in place.

After the renovation, it needed to air out for a few days. Lin Chuxia simply gave Jia Liang some time off, allowing him to focus on wedding preparations.

By the end of the first lunar month, Lin Chuxia also gave Qin Juan time off and brought Qin Jianjun back to Qin’s Restaurant, allowing him to fully manage its affairs, so that the previous two managers could have a perfect wedding.

After Qin Juan’s leave started, Lin Chuxia accompanied her in the city to buy quite a few dowry clothes, which were kept at her place.

Previously, the Jia Family and the Qin Family had discussed it and decided that since getting married from the Qin Family Village was too far, Qin Juan would get married from Yan City.

Once everything in the city was almost prepared, Qin Juan returned to Qin Family Village for a visit.

The family also prepared a lot of dowries for her, and according to their local customs, when marrying off a daughter, a feast is held at home.

On the 30th day of the first lunar month, Qin Yang and Lin Chuxia returned to Qin Family Village to find their home bustling with activity.

Several large stoves were set up in the yard. Some stoves were simmering meat, others were heating oil, and the master chef was frying beancurd puffs and fritters in large batches.

There were also two large stoves with half-person-high steamers, one steaming buns, and the other steaming mung bean jelly.

Don’t ask how Lin Chuxia knew; just passing by the steamer, she caught the aroma of the mung bean jelly.

Lin Chuxia immediately couldn’t take another step.

Ever since she had symptoms of morning sickness, she didn’t enjoy greasy foods much.

But mung bean jelly was something she loved since childhood, and you don’t see it often except at village banquets.

It’s not that it can’t be made normally, but it never tastes like the ones steamed at large gatherings.

Seeing her eyes longingly fixed on the steamer, Qin Yang knew what was going on.

His wife used to enjoy experimenting with food but was never a glutton.

At most, she considered making good food a hobby.

Since becoming pregnant, she’s turned into quite the foodie, craving whatever she fancies at the moment.

If she can’t get it, she really can’t sleep.

“What do you feel like eating?”

Qin Yang glanced around at the busy chefs, then looked at the big pots.

“Do you want stewed meat or fried tofu?”

Lin Chuxia stretched out a finger white as a scallion and pointed to the side steamer, “I want something from inside here.”

“Buns?”

Had his wife’s tastes suddenly become so basic?

The scallion-white fingertips waved, “No, it’s mung bean jelly in here.”

Just then, an auntie walked over, laughing, “Yangyang’s wife has quite the nose. This pot is indeed mung bean jelly, which will be a cold dish at tomorrow’s banquet. But mung bean jelly tastes best hot. When it’s freshly steamed, you can never get enough of it.”

Lin Chuxia swallowed hard and looked at the auntie with sparkling eyes, “Right, right, don’t you think so too, Auntie?”

The auntie, a close relative of the Qin Family, discreetly glanced at Lin Chuxia’s belly and smiled as she asked, “Craving this, are you? It’s almost done. Why don’t you go inside and rest? In a bit, I’ll have Yangyang bring it to you.”

Lin Chuxia wrung her hands and bashfully said, “Since it’s almost done, I’ll just wait here.”

The auntie chuckled at her expression and turned to Qin Yang, “Your wife is just like I was when I was pregnant, craving things immediately. But you’re lucky; today you can get whatever you want, not like back in our day when we couldn’t get what we craved.”

After speaking, the auntie shouted over a few people to the chef in the distance, asking if the steamer was ready.

That chef glanced at his watch and shouted back to the auntie, “Alright, it’s ready to come out.”

The auntie waved Qin Yang over, “Yangyang, give me a hand. Let’s take out two steamers at a time and let them cool on the side so your wife can have some first. Pregnant women do get hungry easily.”

Qin Yang called over Little Zhuangzhuang, handed him the items he was holding, and asked him to take them inside.

He rolled up his sleeves and went to help the auntie lift the steamer trays.

These large steamers were only used during village banquets.

They were common to the entire village.

They were as big as ten-yin pots, and the steamers had handles on both sides, so they could be lifted directly by their handles.

The auntie directed Qin Yang to lift the two topmost layers together first.

They didn’t rush with the rest, smiling at Lin Chuxia, “Go over there and grab some bowls and chopsticks; what’s in these two trays is good.”

Lin Chuxia happily agreed and ran to the side to get bowls and chopsticks.

The auntie took the chance to praise, “Yangyang, you married well indeed. It’s like bringing a golden phoenix into the Qin Family Village, not just marrying a wife. You’re like the parasol tree in our village.”

Qin Yang smiled and nodded, humbly accepting the auntie’s compliment.

When Lin Chuxia returned, the auntie opened the steamer lid, releasing an enticing aroma.

It turned out to be Lin Chuxia’s favorite rolled noodle mung bean jelly.

This mung bean jelly is rolled with noodles and steamed, delicious and easy to carry.

The auntie gave Lin Chuxia an entire strip.

Handing the bowl to Lin Chuxia, she then had Qin Yang help her remove the other steamers from the pot.

By the time Qin Yang and the auntie finished, Lin Chuxia had already eaten half a strip.

The freshly steamed mung bean jelly was hot, but luckily it cooled quickly in the cold weather.

Even so, she was eating while puffing out her cheeks to blow on it.

Qin Yang helplessly grabbed her arm, “Let’s go, eat inside.”

Mrs. Qin and Zhang Guilan were busy preparing the dowry for Qin Juan.

They had already made new bedding for her—two sets each of red and green, both thick and thin.

And various small items were purchased long before Qin Juan returned from the city.

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