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

Su Banxia glanced at Su Songchuan, then smiled faintly.

"Fourth Uncle, I don't offer credit for candied hawthorns. If you have money, come and buy them; if you don't, then I can't help you."

Su Songchuan glared at Su Banxia.

"What are you saying? I'm your fourth uncle. Do you think I'd be short of your money? Besides, if you hadn't said the wrong thing last time, why would I be begging Miss Li to meet me and groveling before her like this?"

Su Banxia smiled.

“I’m telling the truth. I didn’t make things up. You’re the one who didn’t do a good job and disappointed Miss Li. Now you’re blaming me for interfering.”

Seeing that Su Banxia was unreasonable and wouldn't let it go, Su Songchuan didn't bother arguing with her anymore. So he waved his hand and sighed:

"Alright, alright, I won't argue with you anymore. If you don't have any candied hawthorns, I'll be leaving now."

After saying that, Su Songchuan turned around and was about to leave.

Su Banxia suddenly thought of something, so she quickly grabbed Su Songchuan's arm and said with a smile:

"Oh right, Fourth Uncle, I forgot to tell you that tomorrow is my eldest brother's wedding day. You are the only scholar in our Su family, so you must be there to support us."

Su Songchuan was quite pleased with Su Banxia's flattery, so he raised an eyebrow and glanced at Su Banxia sideways.

"You're smart enough to be there. Since my nephew is getting married, I naturally have no reason not to attend. I'll be there tomorrow, you just need to make sure I have a seat ready."

Su Banxia nodded with a smile.

"That's for sure. Fourth Uncle, you should hurry up and meet Miss Li, lest you be late."

Su Songchuan glared at Su Banxia, ​​then turned and left with a flick of his sleeve.

Lou Wangyue looked at Su Banxia and asked:

"Is this your fourth uncle?"

"Well, he's recently gotten close to the eldest daughter of that rich man Li, and he's been thinking about how to curry favor with her all day long. Now he's trying to get my candied hawthorns as a way of offering himself up. I don't like doing business with him. He makes it sound so nice when he takes them, but it'll be even harder to get the money back from him later."

Lou Wangyue felt a warmth in his heart as he watched Su Banxia busily chatting about her family. This was indeed the kind of life he wanted. Even if he couldn't marry Su Banxia right now, being able to stay by her side like this was good enough.

After Su Banxia finished packing, she said goodbye to Lou Wangyue and took Su Shiyan with her to buy ingredients for tomorrow. First, they needed to buy some meat and some large bones to make soup.

After entering the butcher shop, Su Banxia saw that the pig offal was not bad, but it seemed a bit inappropriate to use it to entertain guests on her wedding day. However, she could keep it tonight to make some braised dishes for the people who came to help. She could also keep the pig intestines to make a vinegar-braised pig intestine dish tomorrow.

So Su Banxia bought all the pig offal and some pork bones to make soup for cooking the next day.

I also bought some pork tenderloin and pork belly to make braised pork, sweet and sour pork, and boiled pork slices.

For this wedding feast, chicken, duck, and fish are indispensable. After leaving the butcher shop, she went straight to the fish stall. She planned to make sweet and sour pork for each table, so she bought twenty carp and twenty chickens and ducks for each table.

The stall owner, seeing that Su Banxia was a big customer, was very happy to serve her. After buying the chicken, duck, fish, and meat, Su Banxia worried that she wouldn't have enough spices for cooking the next day, so she went to the spice shop and bought some of the various spices she needed.

After they finished getting everything ready, it was already getting dark. Su Banxia was worried that Uncle Niu was getting impatient waiting at the city gate, so she quickly called everyone to hurry out of the city.

After everyone boarded the oxcart, Uncle Niu hurriedly drove it towards Su Family Village. Su Banxia called Erzhuzi, Tie Niu, and Uncle Niu to help with cooking in the courtyard. There were many dishes to be made today, so they could fry some of the fryable items tonight and then fry them again tomorrow before serving them with sauce, which wouldn't waste any time.

When Su Banxia arrived home, she saw that Su Hanzhang and Wang Guihua had already borrowed many tables and chairs from the villagers and set them up in the yard. They had also borrowed several large pots and set them up in the backyard for cooking the next day.

After Su Banxia directed the people to unload the goods, she handed the pig offal to Erzhuzi.

"Erzhuzi, go and clean these pig offal. I'm going to make some braised pork offal for everyone tonight."

Erzhuzi happily accepted it, and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, Banxia, ​​I promise I'll wash it all clean. As for any other chores, just let me do them."

Not to be outdone, Tie Niu quickly ran over and said with a smile:

"Banxia, ​​is there any other work you need? Please assign me some as well. I'm not afraid of any dirty or tiring work."

Su Banxia smiled.

"Alright, Tie Niu, go help start the fire."

Seeing this, Uncle Niu also hurried over and said with a smile:

"Banxia, ​​tomorrow is Su Shiyan's big day. Everyone, come and help out. Just tell us what to do."

Seeing that Uncle Niu said this, Su Banxia didn't stand on ceremony. She glanced at the tables and chairs in the front yard, then took a rag and a wooden basin and handed them to Uncle Niu.

"Uncle Niu, then I'll trouble you to help wipe down the tables and chairs in this yard and arrange them neatly according to size. Although the chairs and tables are from different households and vary in size, this will make things look brighter."

Uncle Niu took the basin and said with a smile:

"Okay, don't worry, I'll handle this. After I finish wiping the tables and chairs, I'll sweep up all the dust in front of them."

Seeing that the arrangements at the front were complete, Su Banxia grabbed Wang Guihua's arm and asked:

"Mother, did anyone from my grandmother's courtyard come to help today?"

Wang Guihua sighed.

"No one else came, only Li Ayu came with her baby, saying she wanted to help out. But I thought, how could I let a woman who hasn't even finished her postpartum confinement do all the chores?"

As Wang Guihua placed the broom against the wall, she looked up at Su Banxia and said:

“I didn’t ask him for help. I just urged her to go back quickly. He was holding a baby. I glanced at the baby, who was less than 100 days old. Even compared to other babies of the same age, the baby was much smaller. Perhaps it was because she didn’t have enough breast milk and wasn’t getting enough nutrition, so the baby was growing slowly. It was pitiful to see. I was worried that the baby wouldn’t be able to withstand the cold in the yard. There were so many people coming and going in our yard today. I wasn’t worried that the baby would be unable to stand it. I told him not to go back first. He can just bring the baby to the feast tomorrow. There’s no need for her to sit at the table. I’ll just arrange a place for her and the baby to eat something good.”

Su Banxia nodded.

“Mother, you can handle all these things yourself. It’s just that my grandma is sitting still. Tomorrow is her grandson’s wedding, and she doesn’t even come to help. It’s really infuriating. I’m going to the Su family to call for help. We can’t let them have any peace and quiet.”