I'm dressed up as the timid eldest daughter, and the whole family has to listen to me!

Chapter 281 It's a waste for me to wear this dress.

After seeing Tie Niu and the others off, Su Banxia returned to the courtyard to get busy. Wang Guihua wasn't feeling well today, so Su Banxia would be cooking dinner.

Su Banxia was thinking that everyone had been eating too well these past few days, busy with Su Shiyan's wedding, and it was time for something light to cleanse their palates. Besides, Wang Guihua wasn't feeling well today and couldn't eat anything greasy anyway.

So Su Banxia took out the salted duck eggs she had previously pickled and made a salted egg and lean pork porridge. She then went to the backyard to pick some green vegetables and made a stir-fried vegetable dish. Thinking that there were men in the family who ate more, it wouldn't be good if there was no meat at all, so she took out a piece of cured meat that she had previously stored in her space and stir-fried it with some chili peppers.

Su Banxia was worried that there would be too many people and they wouldn't have enough to eat, so she pressed down on everyone's heads and gave each person a poached egg, sprinkled with some chopped green onions, and added some soy sauce. It was incredibly delicious.

She even heated up a few fluffy steamed buns to save for the men, since they have big appetites and porridge alone wouldn't be enough to fill them up.

After the food was ready, Su Banxia called Erzhuzi to help her serve the dishes.

Just as the food was served, there was a series of urgent knocks on the door outside the courtyard. Su Banxia frowned. Who would come knocking at this time, right around mealtime?

So he glanced at Su Shiyan and said:

"Brother, go to the door and ask who's here. If they're annoying, don't open the door for them. We're eating right now, and we don't know what they're doing in someone's house at this hour."

Upon hearing Su Banxia's words, Su Shiyan quickly put down the steamed bun he was biting into, got up, and went to open the door.

Who's outside the door?

Hearing Su Shiyan's voice, the lotus flower at the door burst into tears, and said in a sob:

"Brother Shi Yan, it's me. Please open the door for me."

Upon hearing the voice, Su Shiyan recognized Lianhua's voice and, without thinking, happily opened the courtyard gate. As soon as he opened the gate, he saw Lianhua, soaking wet, looking at him with red eyes and sobbing incessantly.

Su Shiyan felt so sorry for Lianhua that he wanted to hold her in his arms immediately, but there were other people in the courtyard, so he couldn't go too far. After all, although he was engaged to Lianhua, they were not married yet, and he had to protect Lianhua's reputation.

So Su Shiyan quickly took Lianhua's hand and led her into the courtyard, closing the gate behind him and asking with concern:

"Lotus Girl, what happened to you? Why are you soaking wet?"

Seeing this, Su Banxia also rushed over to check on the situation.

"Sister Lotus, your clothes are soaked through. You can't keep wearing them. It's windy at night, and you might catch a cold and feel unwell. Come upstairs with me and change into my clothes."

As she spoke, Su Banxia took Lianhua's hand and gave Su Shiyan a reassuring look.

"Brother, don't worry. You take them to eat first. I'll change Sister Lotus's clothes and then bring her down. We can talk about anything else later."

Seeing Lianhua's pitiful state, Su Shiyan felt anxious, but it wasn't good for Lianhua to be soaking wet, and he didn't want to stand outside for too long, so he rushed in blindly. Su Banxia nodded and said:

"Yes, yes, sister, hurry up and take Lotus upstairs to change her clothes, lest she catch a cold and suffer later."

Su Banxia didn't say much, and directly took Lianhua's hand and went upstairs. At first, Lianhua was a little shy and embarrassed to wear Su Banxia's clothes, but Su Banxia insisted on changing her out of them, and looked her over from left to right, smiling as she said:

“Sister Lotus, you are about the same size as me, so you will look good in these clothes. Feel free to wear them, I have plenty of clothes.”

Hearing Su Banxia's words, Lianhua lowered her head to look at herself. It was a new dress without any patches, and the light green color did look good on her, complementing her skin tone well.

Lotus had never worn such beautiful new clothes before. She hadn't expected Su Banxia to give them to her like this. She felt unworthy and was afraid of getting Su Banxia's new clothes dirty, so she looked at Su Banxia timidly and asked:

"Banxia, ​​this outfit of yours must have been expensive. It's a shame to let me wear it..."

Su Banxia smiled, took Lianhua's hand, and shook her head.

"It's not worth much money, it's just a bit new. What's there to regret? Sister Lotus, if you like this dress, I'll give it to you. Besides, I have a whole wardrobe full of clothes."

Lotus blushed slightly upon hearing Su Banxia's words. She felt wronged that she had rashly gone to Su Banxia's door after being wronged like this. People who didn't know better would think that she was after Su Banxia's new clothes.

But Lianhua really couldn't take it anymore. Before she met Su Shiyan, no matter what grievances she suffered, she could swallow them down.

But now Lianhua has Su Shiyan to rely on. Whenever she suffers a little grievance at her parents' home, she wants to see Su Shiyan. Today, it was because Aunt Luo beat and scolded her for an hour and even dumped the family's swill bucket on her. She couldn't bear it any longer, so she ran to Su Family Village under the moonlight. She didn't know how she ran all the way under the moonlight. All she wanted was to see Su Shiyan.

Thinking this, Lianhua took Su Banxia's hand and said somewhat awkwardly:

"Sister Banxia, ​​I'm not after your clothes. Although I've never worn anything nice, I just..."

As she spoke, Lianhua's nose tingled, and she felt like crying again. Her eyes were red, and she sniffed hard before forcing a smile and saying:

"Don't worry, I'll wash your clothes after I wear them, but I can't take your clothes."

Seeing Lianhua's appearance, Su Banxia knew that she must have suffered some grievances at her parents' home, so she didn't want to dwell on the issue of the clothes with her, lest Lianhua overthink things.

Su Banxia immediately picked up the clothes that Lianhua had changed out of, and took Lianhua's hand as they went downstairs.

"Lotus, it's so late, you must not have eaten yet, right? Sit down and have something to eat with us. I'll take this dress to the kitchen to dry."

Su Shiyan was so restless that he had no appetite. Seeing that Lianhua had finally come down, he quickly pulled her to sit beside him and asked with concern:

"Lotus Sister, I noticed you seemed to have been crying earlier. Did someone bully you? Tell me, and I'll definitely avenge you!"

Lianhua glanced at Su Shiyan, then blushed and lowered her head, whispering:

"I'm sorry to have startled you all. I'm fine. I just wanted to see Brother Shiyan. Now that I've seen you, I have no other intentions. I won't eat this meal. My clothes will be dry soon, and then I'll head back..."