Crossing Over to Yamada Love

After settling her second aunt in, Qiu turned back and saw Liu Yue'e still standing there dumbfounded. She shouted, "What are you still standing there for? Are you waiting to be kicked out? Didn't you hear my mother tell you to get out? Hurry up and leave, don't embarrass yourself here, you shameless thing. Come on, sister-in-law, let's eat quickly, don't lower yourself to the level of those ignorant people." Qiu glared at Liu Yue'e, then picked up chopsticks for her and urged her to eat.

Liu smiled at Qiu, took the chopsticks, and started eating.

"Go if you want to leave, do you think I care about coming? Bah, next time you can invite me in a sedan chair, I won't come." Liu Yue'e lost all face after being slapped twice. Although she was angry, the people who hit her were her mother and the Marquis's sister, so she couldn't retaliate and had to suffer in silence.

She turned around and walked to another table, pulling her daughter Zhou Huan'er along and begging her to come with her. No matter how thick-skinned she was, she still found the laughter of the people around her grating.

"I'm not leaving. I haven't had enough to eat yet. There's so much delicious food. If I leave, I won't be able to eat anymore." Zhou Huan'er shook off Liu Yue'e's hand and refused to leave. She had been taught by her mother to be lazy and greedy. With so much delicious food, how could she possibly leave?

"What are you eating! All you know is eating, are you a pig reincarnated? Your mother has been bullied to death, are you blind? You didn't even come to help me." Liu Yue'e was furious and had nowhere to vent her anger, so she yelled at her daughter.

"The people who hit you are my grandma and my future grandma. How can I help you? Do you expect me to beat them up? Just put up with their bad temper. Once I marry Erlang and take charge of the household, I'll deal with them and get revenge for you," Liu Huan'er said nonchalantly. The people around her grinned, unsure whether to call this girl clever or foolish.

"Silly girl, what nonsense are you talking about?" Liu Yue'e hurriedly covered her daughter's mouth. These were things she had said secretly at home; even if they were what her daughter was thinking, she couldn't say them in front of others.

"What's there to be afraid of! Once I join the Mo family, they'll all have to listen to me. At that time, they'll all be under my control. I'll also give birth to a healthy baby boy for the Mo family, and all the gold and silver in the Mo family will be mine. They'll have to fawn over me, and I'll avenge you. You can just wait and enjoy the good life with me." Liu Huan'er said with an air of magnanimity, making the people around her gasp.

Actually, Zhou Huan'er isn't stupid. It's just that her mind is constantly being instilled with such words by her mother, and she's also a bit inflexible in her personality, saying whatever comes to mind regardless of the occasion or place. Anyway, no one takes her seriously.

“My silly girl, let’s go. Let’s talk about it at home. We don’t care about their food. I’ll make you something better.” Liu Yue’e coaxed her daughter. She couldn’t let her daughter continue like this; her daughter still needed to find a good husband.

"Really? You're kidding me, right? Do we have such delicious food where we live?" Liu Huan'er asked, somewhat disbelievingly.

“Really, when has your mother ever lied to you? Your mother would never lie to you. Tell your mother what you want to eat?” Liu Yue’e pulled her daughter up and asked her.

"I want to eat braised pork knuckle, chicken, and fatty pork. And meatballs too. Can you make them for me?" Zhou Huan'er said, looking at the dishes on the table.

“Yes, you wait here.” Liu Yue’e pulled her daughter up, looked at the dishes on the table, and quickly picked up a plate of braised pork knuckle and a plate of steamed pork belly, carrying one in each hand.

She winked at Zhou Huan'er, who immediately snapped out of her daze and picked up the bowl of chicken from the table. Shouting, "Mom, wait for me!" she followed Liu Yue'e outside. She was overjoyed; nothing was as comfortable as eating alone. The chicken, the pork knuckle, the meat—it was all hers. Her mother was truly amazing.

"Hey, what are we going to eat if you take all this away? Are we starving ghosts reincarnated? Haven't eaten in eight lifetimes? How could you do this?" The women at the table finally reacted and shouted in dissatisfaction. They had never seen anyone like this before.

"What's all the fuss about? Just take it away, it'll save you the trouble. You wait here, I'll go talk to the host and ask them to give us two more dishes on this table." The person accompanying the guests stood up, said this to everyone, and then went to the kitchen.

Seeing the mother and daughter leave, Qiu and the others breathed a sigh of relief. They could just have more food if they ate less; it wouldn't make a difference if they ate two more plates of food. The mother and daughter were really annoying; as long as they could get rid of these two plagues, that was enough.

After Liu Yue'e and her daughter left, the courtyard became lively again with people eating, but this time there was a new topic of conversation: Liu Yue'e and her daughter. Mo Lan, however, was unaware of what was happening outside, as she was not seated at the table but instead in the bridal chamber with her sister, Mo Mei.

Besides the two sisters, there was also a sister-in-law from the Chen family and a personal maid of Madam Jiang in the new house.

Mo Mei sat on the bed the whole time, without moving an inch, which made Mo Lan feel exhausted. She didn't know if she would be able to sit like that on her own one day.

Mo Lan felt a little hungry. She thought Mo Mei must be even hungrier. She wanted to eat, but she was afraid people would say something if there were other people around. So she asked the other two people in the room to go down and eat. But no matter how much she asked, they just shook their heads and refused.

Mo Lan stopped trying to persuade her and picked up the plate of pastries on the table, walking towards Mo Mei.

"Young lady, the new bride can't eat now. She has to wait until all the guests have left, the groom has lifted her veil, and she's drunk the nuptial wine before she can eat," Chen's sister-in-law hurriedly called to Mo Lan, trying to stop her from going.

"Okay. I'll eat it myself." Mo Lan replied, picked up the plate, sat on the bed, put a piece of pastry in her mouth, and then secretly handed another piece of pastry to Mo Mei.

Mo Mei's face was covered by a veil, so she couldn't see anyone, but she could hear voices. She was very flustered, but luckily her younger sister was with her. She saw her sister's outstretched hand, which held pastries. She first heard a woman's voice, as if she was told not to eat, but who cared? Her sister had given them to her, so why wouldn't she eat them?

Mo Mei reached her hand out from her wide sleeve, took the pastry, and ate it under her veil.

Mo Lan ate in small bites. Eating too fast is bad for her stomach and can cause her to choke. She ate slowly, just enough to keep her from getting hungry.

Mo Mei ate two pieces, and Mo Lan ate three pieces, leaving Chen's wife and the little maid speechless. Chen's wife tried to persuade them twice, but they wouldn't listen and kept eating. Chen's wife was too lazy to lecture them anymore. Instead, she watched the two eat and kept swallowing her saliva. They were hungry too, but they couldn't eat pastries like the two sisters without any manners, so they could only swallow their saliva.

After finishing her meal, Mo Lan placed the plate on the table, smiled at the two women, and they quickly returned the smile. Mo Lan then took a small cup of tea, tested the temperature, and brought it to her sister, giving her a drink. After she finished drinking, she handed her a handkerchief to wipe her mouth.

After Mo Mei finished cleaning up, Mo Lan also gulped down a cup of tea, let out a long sigh, and her stomach finally stopped acting up.

"Sister-in-law, Xiao Lian'er, would you like some?" Mo Lan asked the two of them, pointing to the pastries on the table.

"No, thank you." The maid named Xiao Lian'er hurriedly waved her hand to decline. Chen's sister-in-law had originally intended to eat, but upon hearing the maid's words, she could only shake her head as well.

Mo Lan smiled and stopped trying to persuade them. They weren't as unruly as her sisters, but what good was being rule-abiding? They'd just go hungry.

"Sister, when it's my wedding day, remember to prepare some snacks for me on the table. Don't make tea, just get me a pot of warm water. Warm water is more comforting." Mo Lan returned to the bedside and spoke to Mo Mei.

"Yes." Mo Mei smiled and nodded slightly.

Sister-in-law Chen curled her lip. This girl is pretty, but unfortunately she's shameless. She can even casually talk about marriage. No wonder she can't find a husband.

“Sister…” Mo Lan started chatting with Mo Mei, the topics were light and warm. She knew that her sister must be flustered at the moment, so she had to calm her down and not let her panic. She wanted her to think about today and feel good, instead of being afraid.

"Mm." Mo Mei listened attentively, occasionally chiming in with a few words. Her heart calmed down with her sister's words, and she no longer felt that time was dragging on.

Not long after, voices could be heard outside the door, and soon several women entered, some from the village and some relatives of the Chen family.

"You must be starving. We've finished eating, you can go and eat. This meal will be over soon." The person invited Sister-in-law Chen and Lian'er to go and eat.

"New bride, you'll have to wait a bit. You won't get any food until this feast is over," the person said to Mo Mei.

"It's alright, Auntie, please sit down. My sister isn't in a hurry," Mo Lan said with a smile, inviting them to sit.

The group sat down with smiles. The women in the village chatted with Mo Lan, while the Chen family's relatives were all sizing up Mo Lan, some even considering arranging marriages for themselves or their relatives.

After a while, several more people came in through the door, including the matchmaker and Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan stepped forward and lifted the veil, revealing Mo Mei's blushing face, which drew gasps of amazement from those inside the room.

Mo Lan nodded in agreement. Her sister looked truly beautiful at that moment, radiating happiness and joy from within, which was captivating.

Looking at her sister's blissful face, her brother-in-law staring intently at her, and listening to the auspicious words spoken by the matchmaker, Mo Lan withdrew. There was nothing more for her to do. Her sister had to drink the wedding wine with Chen Xuan, eat, serve tea to acknowledge her relatives, and cook dinner. None of her family members could interfere with any of this. She should go back with her grandmother and mother.

When Mo Lan went outside, most of the people had left, and the tables were covered with leftover food. Several women from the village were cleaning up the tables. She found the Wang family and their relatives.

"Haven't you eaten yet, little girl? What would you like to eat?" Madam Wang asked her granddaughter with concern.

Mo Lan smiled, glanced at the noisy Chen family, and decided she didn't want to eat there, finding it too chaotic.