Chapter 20 - Chapter 20: Chapter 20: Welcoming All Comers (1/2)

Chapter 20: Chapter 20: Welcoming All Comers

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“Mother, did you bring me some delicious food back from the Kitchen? I want Chestnut Cake, Green Bean Cake, fermented glutinous rice balls, and soup dumplings. Just bring me some of whatever tasty things there are; I’m so craving them.” Su Wenyue didn’t say she was hungry to avoid Han Yu worrying and her parents feeling distressed; she merely said she was craving something.

Even so, Master and Mrs. Su, as well as Han Yu, all saw through it. Han Yu knew that these two meals were cooked by the Second Sister-in-law, which meant less oil and average taste. His wife, used to eating well, could hardly stomach it and ate very little each meal.

He felt a bit of heartache but, living with a large family where everyone ate the same, he couldn’t easily make special requests. He didn’t want to give Mother any reason to take issue with his wife. Both Sister-in-law and Third Sister-in-law had their eyes wide open and were watching; neither of them were easy to deal with, and he couldn’t do anything for his wife even if he wanted to. Continuing like this was no solution; he would have to think of something when he got back. He, Han Yu, might not be very capable, but he couldn’t let his wife go hungry.

“We’re about to have Lunch. If you eat so much now, you’ll not have room for lunch. Regular meals are more important. How about I bring vou vour favorite Chestnut Cake to tide you over?”

“No need, just bring me a basket of soup dumplings filled with a mix of three delicacies,” Su Wenyue craved something greasy, and soup dumplings were definitely tasty.

“Mother, have the kitchen make more Green Bean Cakes. I’ll take some back home. The cooks at home are skilled, and no one there knows how to make it.” Su Wenyue never hesitated to ask her parents for things, thinking of taking more cakes back with her. When hungry, these could tide her over. Plus, such foods could be kept for longer without spoiling and would last her several days.

“Right, and make me some tasty little snacks too. I have a few little nephews and nieces back home who will definitely love them.” Su Wenyue hadn’t forgotten the little ones at home. Due to her experiences in her previous life, she had a particular fondness for children, including Mrs. Liu’s two daughters—she bore no dislike for them.

Thinking of this, Su Wenyue also planned to search the study room at home to find the Hundred Family Surnames or the Three Character Classic for Baofu’s enlightenment. She had intended to buy them in the market once in The City, but if they were available at home, there was no need to spend the money. In these times, books were quite expensive. She should also take some extra paper and ink from home—they were never in short supply there.

Seeing Su Wenyue act in such a manner irritated her concubine sisters Su Cai and Su Yun, filling them with disdain and a sense of superiority they had never felt before. Surely, they had come back at the right moment. Su Wenyue’s life seemed so pitiful now, fussing over a few cakes and wanting to take them from her mother’s family—how embarrassing!

They had initially thought the Queen Mother had provided Su Wenyue with a significant dowry, but now it seemed questionable. Otherwise, with Su Wenyue’s proud nature, she would rather spend her own money than lose face in front of them. It must be that Su Wenyue was short on funds and was thus planning to take things from her mother’s family to bring back home.

Feeling the gaze of her two concubine sisters, Su Wenyue was well aware of it.