Chapter 78: Meeting Aunt-in-law

 

Chapter 78: Meeting Aunt-in-law

While eating, the old lady discussed with Lu Erbai, "Now that you've come back, we need to arrange for Er Ya's marriage too. It just so happens that our eldest daughter-in-law and her children are also coming back from her mother's place tomorrow. Let's have a gathering and invite some people over. Lao San, after you finish eating, go to our eldest son's house and tell them we're coming. Don't disappear again tomorrow."

Lu Sanzhu buried his head and slurped his noodles, nodding vaguely in agreement, "Got it."

As long as there's food, running errands is not a big deal.

The old lady couldn't bear to see him like this and quickly shifted her attention to Lu Erbai, "And your fourth sister's family, I've already sent someone to talk to them. It's the same with Da Ya's family. It's been a long time since we've seen her. When she comes back tomorrow, let her stay here for the night, so she can rest at home instead of going back and working again, and don't tire out the children."

Thinking of how hard Da Ya's life was, Ruan shi lost her appetite even with the delicious noodles in front of her.

However, Lu Erbai frowned, "It's good to have Da Ya stay, but we only have two rooms at home. I'm afraid we won't have enough space."

It was one thing when it was just them, but now that Er Ya had come back, and Da Ya had married and would be staying, they couldn't just kick Zhang Shu out.

But the old lady had an idea, "Why won't there be enough space? I'll go stay at Eldest Son's house, and Eldest Ya and Er Ya can stay here. The two sisters can catch up. As for Zhang Shu, the two families aren't far apart. He can just go back."

When San Ya heard this, she quickly raised her head, swallowed the noodles in her mouth, and said, "Me too three sisters should talk together."

Da Hu was about to speak, but realizing he wasn't a sister, he sighed dejectedly and went back to eating his noodles.

The old lady smiled, "Good, you three can talk all you want."

She used to feel a bit guilty towards the Zhang family and Zhang Shu, thinking that it was Da Ya's fault for not having children yet. But now that she had been brainwashed successfully by Shu Yu, she believed that it was definitely Zhang Shu's problem since they had been married for two years without any children.

Even though Zhang Shu was honest and hardworking, the old lady still found him somewhat unappealing.

She gave a cold snort, and Lu Erbai didn't say much more. He also hoped that Da Ya would come back and rest well.

So that was decided, and the old lady was satisfied as she carried the empty dishes back to the kitchen.

However, when it came to the issue of accommodations, Shu Yu remembered the need to build an additional room.

This was a pressing matter that needed to be addressed as soon as possible.

The recognition of relatives would end tomorrow, and they could start working on it..

That night, the family went to bed early. With fewer worries on their minds, they all looked much better.

So the next morning when Lu Dasong came with his wife Li Shi to help, it had been several days since they had seen Ruan Shi. She was clearly taken aback.

It had only been a few days, but although she was still thin and weak-looking, she seemed different. Her complexion was radiant, and she looked like a flower. It seemed that with Er Ya back, the second household was going to be quite different.

This was Li Shi's first time seeing Shu Yu. She looked at her fair and tall figure, with a face like jade, and knew she had been pampered. Li Shi felt a pang of jealousy.

Now, of all the members of the Lu family, Er Ya was the most beautiful. 

(End of chapter)

Terminology 

In Chinese, "lao san" (老三), "laoda" (老大), and "laoer" (老二) are terms used to refer to the oldest brother, middle brother, and youngest brother, respectively, within a family or a group of siblings. These terms are commonly used in informal settings or within close-knit communities to address or describe the birth order of siblings or individuals. "Lao" (老) means "old" or "elder," and the numbers "san" (三), "da" (大), and "er" (二) correspond to "three," "big," and "two" respectively.