The Evil Man’s Lazy Lady Chapter 47 (Part 1)
Chapter 47: Older Sister’s Wedding Night (1) Original translation is from tenderflower's blog.
On May 17th, the Shu family sent Shu Wan’s dowry, including the exquisite Qiangong bed specially ordered by Qin Ruhai from the county town, a set of pure gold head ornament from the eldest aunt Zhu-shi’s, and a sheep-fat jade Ruyi from the second aunt Liu-shi’s, as well as the four maids and two old women personally selected by the old madam. The contracts of slavering of these servants were in Shu Wan’s hands. They would live in Cheng’s residence tonight to help arrange the bridal chamber.
(T/N: here is a picture of an example of that kind of bed.)
Qin-shi’s mood was very complicated. She was happy her daughter was married to a good family, but she was also sad her well-behaved and sensible daughter was going to marry in the blink of an eye. She could no longer rely on her to play and joke like she used to. Shu Maoting’s expression was more natural than hers, but looking at the busy figures inside and out, there was also reluctance in his eyes.
The one who was most reluctant to marry Shu Wan off was naturally Shu Lan.
Ever since she realized she could no longer live in the same room with her older sister after she married, Shu Lan had been by her older sister’s side every day. Like the four or five-year-old children in other people’s houses were the most sticky to their brothers and sisters. When she was a child, she only knew how to sleep, but now she seemed to want to make up for the time she once wasted.
When Shu Wan woke up, she followed her and went wherever Shu Wan went. When Shu Wan embroidered, she followed to embroider. No matter how others tried to hook her to play, she would not be moved. In the past, Shu Wan couldn’t make her do work even if she tired her mouth, but now she just said it once, and Shu Lan did it obediently. With her cute and obedient appearance, Shu Wan could not wait to pack her younger sister away with her.
In the festive and reluctant atmosphere of the Shu family, Xiao Lang had a very uncomfortable life.
Not to mention Qin-shi and Shu Maoting often stay at home, Shu Lan stuck to her older sister’s side all day long, and Shu Zhan stared at him all day like a thief so that he didn’t have the slightest bit of chance to hook the lazy girl away, touch her small hands and kiss her small mouth. He could only see her during the days and couldn’t touch her. It really made him uncomfortable. Especially after the new year, the lazy girl had grown a lot taller. Her small mouth and face were more attractive. Every time he saw her sitting quietly on the heated-brick bed embroidering, her eyes lowered, and she looked at the needle and thread in her hands very seriously, Xiao Lang wanted to jump up and kiss her.
Feeling uncomfortable at home, he secretly ran into the mountains, hunted prey, and carried it to Baishui Town, which was far away to sell. Then, he put the money he had saved into a sealed money jar and buried it in a place where no one else could find it. He started preparing to marry the lazy girl. Even if he wasn’t as rich as Cheng Qingran, he wanted her to live comfortably and kept her fat and white.
Xiao Lang was away from home all day. Shu Maoting and Qin-shi didn’t know what he was busy with. For a child of his age, it was impossible to restrain him from going out. Even if you didn’t let him go, he would slip away when you were busy. They let Shu Zhan watch. Xiao Lang ran very fast and it didn’t take long for Shu Zhan to fall far behind. After chasing and running for a few months, it made Shu Zhan stronger.
Seeing Shu Wan was going to be married tomorrow, Qin-shi left her husband and went to the sisters’ room with the quilt. As soon as she entered the door, she saw one big and one small lying side by side, pillows next to pillows, talking softly. At that moment, Qin-shi’s tears welled up.
“Mother, you’re here!” Shu Wan got up and helped Qin-shi to spread the quilt on Shu Lan’s left, so her younger sister could sleep in the middle, and would not be left out by talking for a while.
Taking advantage of the bright moonlight outside the window, Qin-shi scrutinized her daughter’s beautiful eyebrows carefully, and suddenly it felt like a dream. She still remembered her daughter’s appearance when she was just born, her shaky calves when she was just walking, and in the blink of an eye, the little baby of the year had grown into a big girl to be married...
Taking back her thoughts, Qin-shi took off her shoes and got on the heated-brick bed. She covered herself with a thin quilt, half propped up, and looked at Shu Wan: “What are your sisters whispering, tell your mother too.”
Shu Lan lay on her back, looking at her older sister and her mother with wide eyes. She just thought it would be nice if it was like this for the rest of her life, “Mother, my sister asked me to help you with more work in the future to save you from too much hard work. She told me to read and write with my brother, and I will write to her when I miss her in the future.”
Qin-shi couldn’t help laughing. It was only seven or eight miles apart. If you really missed it, you could just go and see it. Why bother writing letters? Knowing that the eldest daughter wanted her younger sister to study obediently, she didn’t tell the truth and talked to the two sisters casually. The topic always revolved around the interesting stories of the sisters when they were children.
In the quiet night, they were accompanied by the croaking of frogs one after another outside the window.
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