Chapter 341 - Chapter 341: Chapter 334 Gold Devouring Ant_1 (2/2)

“Master, are you not going to rest so late?”

Xiao Qing stood at the study door with an oil lamp in hand.

“I need to check some materials on insect breeding, you go to sleep!”

Qin Niu was basically not at home during the day, with Xiao Qing managing everything.

Young as she was, she handled everything both inside and out with great capability.

“Tomorrow is the day of your wedding with the two elder sisters, don’t be too busy too late. If there’s anything, you can call me at any time.”

“Go sleep!”

Qin Niu had never allowed her to wait on him by serving tea or pouring water.

He sat alone in the study reading silently, and the Qin Residence, inside and out, was brimming with festivity in the deep of night.

After tomorrow, this house would welcome two new mistresses.

This family would slowly become complete and flourish.

It seemed that cramming at the last minute was not a good thing, as he continued to search until midnight without finding a single word about the Gold Devouring Ant.

Considering tomorrow was a very important day, he had no choice but to go to bed to get enough rest.

The next morning, as soon as Qin Niu got up, he saw Aunt Hua and the village cooks coming over to get busy.

“Master Qin, the procession to welcome the brides from both directions are going to set off soon. You will go to the Wang Family to receive the bride, and I will take Xiao Qing with me to the Tang Family, to welcome the new bride back.”

All these arrangements were discussed and agreed upon with Qin Niu.

“No problem.”

Unable to be in two places at once, Qin Niu had to manage things this way.

Hopefully, nothing would go wrong on the Tang Family’s side.

As daylight broke, the courtyard gradually became lively. More and more villagers came to help.

“Today is my grand wedding day. I am deeply grateful to all the fellow villagers for your help. There’s plain wine and meals prepared; please eat and drink well. After the procession has welcomed the new brides back, I will have additional rewards for everyone.”

Organizing a wedding was easy as long as there was sufficient money and food.

“Please rest assured, Master Qin, we will surely welcome the new bride back for you, and you just wait for the bridal chamber to be lit with wedding candles!” the suona band masters responded loudly.

Laughter erupted at once.

“Haha, thanks, much appreciated!”

Qin Niu made a gesture of politeness with his hands.

Everyone was satisfied after a hearty breakfast.

Usually in the village, whenever a household held a celebration, everyone could partake in a sumptuous feast. But such abundance as the Qin Family’s was unprecedented.

In the locality, probably only the Yan Family would be willing to hold such an event.

However, the Yan Family never let outsiders interfere in their affairs, whether it was wedding or funeral ceremonies or birthday celebrations.

Because the Yan Family had a multitude of servants of their own.

Using their own servants, they were certainly more at ease.

Qin Niu was a newly emerging nobleman and could not compare to the Yan Family in every aspect of accumulation.

As the auspicious time approached, the opera troupe invited from the city also arrived.

After they greeted Qin Niu upon arrival, they began setting up on the stage outside.

They pulled in several cartloads of items with horse-drawn carriages, and there were even fierce animals in cages, attracting many village children to come and watch.

“Brother Ah Niu, congratulations! Here is a little gift from me.”

Er Dan fished out a wooden carved auspicious beast ornament from his bosom.

It was not very big, and the carving was quite crude.

“Is this a dog you’ve carved?”

Qin Niu asked.

“It’s a tiger, a fierce tiger!”

Er Dan rubbed his hands in embarrassment, his face showing an unusually sheepish expression.

“I heard about your wedding too late, so I didn’t have much time to practice, so the carving isn’t very good. This one was the most tiger-like out of the ones I carved.”

Having never learned carving, Er Dan had done quite well to carve it like this.

To draw a tiger not to scale but like a dog.

He had managed to carve a fierce tiger into a large dog.

“Haha, thank you for this generous gift! I really like it, and it’s very meaningful, symbolizing the friendship between us. I’ve noticed that since I became an Insect Master, we’ve hung out less.”

Qin Niu accepted the gift with joy.

“My father wouldn’t let me come, fearing I’d offend you.”

Er Dan spoke with some grievance.