Feng Jin said lightly, slowly rose from her chair, and went to prune the plum branches with scissors.
"Madam, do you really not want to manage it?"
They were also worried that after the young general got angry, he would take his anger out on the madam, which would be a disaster.
"Why bother managing him? Can you manage someone else's anger by managing heaven and earth? Don't worry, there's no need to worry at all."
She knew Ling Mo Han's character too well, yet he still had the nerve to throw a tantrum and get angry. Only someone like Ling Mo Han could do such a shameless thing.
To be honest, she felt extremely embarrassed when she saw it, and her contempt for Ling Mo Han grew.
"Yes, Madam."
Chu Qing said faintly. Since Madam had spoken, her worrying was of no use. She figured... she figured that what she had imagined wouldn't happen.
After all, who in the entire estate didn't know that the young general was afraid of the madam? There was no need to worry.
"By the way, where is Cai Qing? Why haven't I seen her?"
Cai Qing was truly busy now, like a dragon that only shows its head but not its tail, impossible to find.
She didn't know where Lu Shi had abducted her to, or if he had taken her to the bottom of a cliff to live like a wild person.
"Sister Cai Qing was taken away by Master Lu early in the morning. He said he wanted to get some new clothes..."
Chu Qing was extremely helpless with the two of them. Master Lu had been knocking on the door incessantly, and she hadn't even had a chance to sleep well. She could only quickly send Cai Qing away and send the two of them off so she could have a peaceful sleep.
"She's really quite busy. She's been busy for a few days, and it should be almost done by now."
It was true that Lu Shi was a complete fool. He was indeed very proactive in preparing things for the wedding, but had he forgotten that the wedding date had not yet been set?
If all this busy work was done in vain because the date wasn't chosen well, wouldn't it all be for nothing?
"It should be soon. Sister Cai Qing said yesterday that most of the things are almost ready."
Chu Qing recalled Sister Cai Qing's complaints to her yesterday afternoon and unconsciously said it.
A faint smile hung on Feng Jin's lips. Lu Shi was quite fast this time, but he had forgotten the most important thing. It was indeed quite amusing.
"Madam, what are you smiling about?"
Why did she feel that Madam's smile was so strange, yet she couldn't quite pinpoint why, only that something felt very wrong.
"It's nothing. Go back and rest. You don't need to wait on me here."
Feng Jin waved her hand, urging Chu Qing to go down and rest. They had both not slept well the entire night, so she couldn't keep Chu Qing here any longer.
"Madam, then this servant will leave. If you need anything, please call for me."
Feng Jin nodded slightly as a sign of agreement, then let Chu Qing go down to rest quickly.
...
"These are almost enough. What else do you want to buy?"
Cai Qing looked at the horse-drawn carriage full of things. They had prepared almost everything, and she couldn't think of anything else they needed to buy for now.
But Lu Shi seemed to be addicted to shopping, always feeling that something was missing.
"I still feel like something is missing. Why don't we go around one more time and see what else we need?"
"No... no, we don't need anything else."
Cai Qing quickly waved her hand, refusing Lu Shi's suggestion. She felt like she was going crazy, wanting to buy everything she saw. She wanted to buy it all, regardless of whether it was useful or not.
Moreover, her legs were so sore they felt like they were about to break. She just wanted to find a place to sit and rest.
"But..."
"No 'buts'. The most important thing is to send the things back. The carriage is almost full."
Lu Shi glanced at the carriage, which was packed to the brim with no space left. Even if they bought more things, it would be difficult to fit them in.
"Then let's go back first."
"Hurry up!"
Cai Qing got into the carriage as quickly as possible. It was fortunate that Lu Shi had some conscience and left her a place to sit, otherwise even going back would be a problem.
On the way back, Lu Shi saw a vendor selling osmanthus cakes and stopped the carriage to buy a few.
"Here, try these osmanthus cakes. They're still warm."
"Why are you buying things randomly again? All the money you've saved will be spent!"
Cai Qing complained a little about Lu Shi not knowing how to manage money, spending it on useless things. Besides, she could make osmanthus cakes herself, and they tasted no worse than the ones sold. Why waste money?
After they got married, there would be expenses for firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea. Why wasn't he saving some money? He really didn't know how to live.
"It's okay, it's just two osmanthus cakes, it doesn't cost much. As long as you're happy eating them."
He just remembered that Cai Qing liked osmanthus cakes and bought them without thinking much. If he angered Cai Qing over these few pastries, it wouldn't be worth it.
"Forget it, I'll try them first."
She was too lazy to lecture him anymore. Besides, the pastries were bought for her. If she continued, she would hurt Lu Shi's feelings. Coincidentally, she was hungry, so she would eat a couple of pastries to stave off her hunger.
"Are they delicious?"
Seeing Cai Qing eating with relish, his mood also lifted, and the smile on his lips never faded.
Cai Qing swallowed the pastry in her mouth and said lightly, "They're okay, but mine are still better."
Then she picked up an osmanthus cake and put it into Lu Shi's mouth: "You try it too."
"Delicious, but yours are still better."
Cai Qing laughed at Lu Shi's silly expression and glanced at him: "Let's go back first. I'll make you osmanthus cakes when we get back."
"Okay, let's go home first."
Going back to their home, Lu Shi happily drove the carriage forward.
Upon arriving, he stopped the carriage steadily and carefully helped Cai Qing alight.
Cai Qing walked into the courtyard. After alighting from the carriage and looking around the entire courtyard, her eyes never stopped showing surprise.
"Is this the courtyard Madam gave us?"
Didn't Madam say the courtyard wasn't big? But how could this courtyard not be considered big? It was probably seven or eight hundred square meters. It was too large.
Moreover, there were only the two of them, so they couldn't possibly live in such a large courtyard. Even if they had children in the future, it would still be too big.