Chapter 287: Chapter 287

"Grandmother, my wrist still aches now." Miss Chai stretched out her hands, complaining again, "Look, it’s still red."

Old Mrs. Chai grabbed Miss Chai’s hand, seeing the red marks on the fair wrist, she was so angry that her face turned dark.

"Where’s your elder brother? What did he say?" Old Mrs. Chai asked again.

"No, I didn’t see elder brother." Miss Chai cried, "Oh, elder brother also drove Seventh Uncle and Fifth Uncle away, saying they were neglectful of the siblings."

"Ha, is Dalang trying to learn from his sister and cut ties with the family?" Old Mrs. Chai sneered, "The two uncles went to send a marriage gift, which already gave them a lot of face, and they still said they were neglected? Is this the kind of thing an educated person says?"

Miss Chai felt smug when she heard Old Mrs. Chai scold Chai Eying and her brother, "Grandmother, how could you forget? They lost their parents since childhood, and they didn’t listen to father’s teachings, where would their upbringing come from?"

Old Mrs. Chai thought about how Chai Eying married without inviting her, and felt even more displeased.

"On the third day after the wedding, I will go to the old house. Erniang, you should go too," Old Mrs. Chai said to Miss Chai.

"Yes, grandmother." Miss Chai said eagerly.

The old lady going personally, Chai Eying is surely doomed!

Confronting grandmother in public is extremely disrespectful!

Surely, Chai Eying and her brother wouldn’t dare be too impertinent.

On the third day of Chai Eying’s marriage to the Li Family, early in the morning, Eldest Young Master Chai sent Granny Zhou, who was guarding the house, and Coachman Uncle Gui with gifts to pick up Chai Eying for a visit home.

After meeting Prince Luling and his wife, they went to the South Courtyard to see Li Xingmao and Chai Eying.

Chai Eying had her hair styled like a young married woman, wearing a gold hairpin with pink pearls, matching earrings, and a rose-red summer blouse, her face was flushed with a smile around her eyes.

Li Xingmao was dressed in a light crimson cotton shirt, sitting with her, they appeared quite well-matched.

"We were just preparing to go back, and here you came." Chai Eying laughed, "Granny Zhou, Uncle Gui, is elder brother, elder sister-in-law, and nephew all fine?"

Granny Zhou smiled and said, "They’re all good. They bought some good wine yesterday, just waiting for Miss and Sir to return early."

She remembered the instructions from her family’s Eldest Young Madam, secretly observing Chai Eying’s complexion.

She noticed that Miss had a great complexion, always smiling when she spoke.

The two children from Li family’s eldest son’s previous marriage were cuddled next to her.

They seemed fond of her.

Li Dalang was holding a fan, fanning mostly towards his own daughter.

It appeared that Miss’s newlywed life was quite pleasant.

Li Xingmao also said, "We were just preparing to go back, discussing which carriage to take, and here you are."

"Eldest Young Master asked me to bring Miss’s mule carriage. You can take the mule carriage home." Uncle Gui laughed.

Chai Eying nodded with a smile, "That’s just perfect."

Outside the main room door, Li Yuzhu came over with a smile, "Elder brother, sister-in-law, the gifts are ready, it’s time to leave."

Li Lixing also squeezed his little head in, "Can I go play with you?"

If not allowed, he might cause trouble, Li Xingmao agreed, "Alright, you can follow along, remember, no messing around."

"Of course, of course, I’m very well-behaved." Li Lixing laughed cheekily.

Three days after the wedding, he couldn’t take the two children along.

Chai Eying returned Guoguo and Li Jing to Princess Consort Luling.

Guoguo looked straight at Chai Eying with hopeful eyes, almost on the verge of tears.

Chai Eying’s heart softened, she walked over and hugged her again, "I’ll be back soon, Guoguo must listen to grandmother."

Guoguo hugged her back, then turned to Princess Consort Luling, appearing sensible.

Xiao Guoguo was easy to pacify, but Li Jing was not.

He clutched Chai Eying’s skirt, asking continuously, "Father, where are you sending Aunt Chai?"

"Mm, she’s going home to visit your uncle and aunt." Li Xingmao patted his son’s shoulder.

"When will she return?" Li Jing sighed and asked, "Last time she went home, it took many days for her to return."

He counted on his fingers, "Went one day, two days, three days..." Then finding that two hands were not enough, he was anxious to the point of almost crying, "Not enough fingers to count."

Li Yuzhu laughed and said, "This time, Aunt Chai will be back after just half a day, she’ll return this afternoon and have dinner with you."

Li Jing looked up suspiciously, "Really?"

Chai Eying nodded with a smile, "Really, my clothes and shoes are in the room at the South Courtyard, your father and I are just going out for a while, we’ll be back soon."

Li Jing immediately said, "Right, right, you won’t have any clothes to change into if you don’t come back, remember to come back early."

Chai Eying was very touched. Although Li Jing hadn’t learned to call her ’mother,’ he was very attached to her. Just this was enough.

After handing the two children to Princess Consort Luling, Li Xingmao took Chai Eying to sit at the entrance of their house.

They rode in Chai Eying’s donkey cart. Just now, Granny Zhou and Uncle Gui had come to pick up Chai Eying and brought her donkey cart over.

Li Lixing rode behind their donkey cart, followed by two government officials sent by the county magistrate, guarding behind him.

The Li family stood at the door of the house to see them off.

Li Xing’an wanted to follow to play and repeatedly begged Li Xingmao to take him along. For origınal chapters go to 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖·𝙣𝙚𝙩

Li Xingmao laughed and said, "Sure, I’ll take you. Bring your third sister along; the more, the merrier."

Li Xing’an was even happier and pulled Li Yuzhu along, sitting in the donkey cart with Chai Eying and Li Xingmao. Inside the cart, Nanny Jiang also sat.

Uncle Gui and Granny Zhou sat at the front of the cart.

The Great Princess, envious, snorted, "I also want to visit relatives."

Princess Consort Luling pulled her into the house, "It’s enough for the two of them to go. Too many is not good."

The Second Princess shook her head, "Big sister, third sister is young, that’s why big brother is taking her out. You’re already grown up and still want to go rushing to visit relatives?"

The Great Princess lightly snorted, "Third brother is two years older than me, and he went along too."

The Second Young Master smiled, "Big sister, if the third brother went along, big brother will definitely have him carry things. If you go, can you carry anything?"

The Second Princess said, "Big sister doesn’t want to carry things; big sister just wants to go out and play, right? Big sister?"

The Great Princess coldly laughed, "Not at all, I just said it casually. I don’t really care about visiting relatives; I’ll go learn embroidery."

The Second Princess also said, "Ah, I’ve been busy playing these few days; I need to go make cakes. Tomorrow, we’re going to the market." She lifted her skirt and ran into the house.

The Second Young Master shouldered a hoe and went to the fields to check the crops for Li Xingmao.

The group walked toward Taohua River Village, with onlookers along the way.

Because they saw two government officials surrounding the donkey cart.

Granny Zhou and Uncle Gui were from the Chai family, whom everyone recognized. Someone also recognized Li Lixing, and they immediately understood that this was Chai Eying’s third-day return home after marriage.

Someone whispered, "Just now, I saw Old Mrs. Chai also went to the Chai family’s old house. Are they reconciling or about to argue?"

Another person said, "Hard to say, let’s go see the excitement."

"Come on, let’s go have a look."

A few idle villagers followed the donkey cart towards the Chai family’s old house.

Chai Eying’s donkey cart arrived at the old house, and Uncle Gui noticed another carriage already parked at the entrance.

The coachman was half-lying on the front seat, closing his eyes to rest.

Granny Zhou recognized the visitor, coldly snorting, "It’s someone from the grand house in the village."

Uncle Gui patted the cart’s side and said to those behind him, "Young Mistress, Young Master, someone from the grand house has come; a carriage is parked at the entrance."

Chai Eying lifted the curtain and looked outside. She said coolly, "Let them be. My big brother and sister-in-law will host them well."

The donkey cart stopped in front of the house.

Nanny Jiang and Granny Zhou got off to help Chai Eying.

Li Xing’an came to assist Li Yuzhu.

Li Lixing sat on his horse, looked around, and jumped off. The two government officials dismounted, one to check their horses, the other closely following Li Lixing.

There were many people, causing quite a commotion, and soon someone from the house came out.

The maidservant, Chuntao, from Chai Eying’s sister-in-law’s side, smiled and said, "The eldest young master was just mentioning, and now Young Mistress and Young Master have arrived. I’ll go announce it."

She ran into the house with a smile.

Soon, Chai Eying’s brother and sister-in-law both came out.

Chai Eying walked over, calling out "Big brother, sister-in-law," Li Xingmao bowed, "Big brother, sister-in-law."

The couple was startled for a moment to see Li Lixing had also come and bowed together.

Li Lixing, acting mature, waved his hand, "Ah, no need for formalities, no need for formalities."

The Eldest Young Master Chai invited everyone into the house.

Chai Eying glanced at the carriage and quietly asked her sister-in-law, "Sister-in-law, who came from the family?"

Chai Eying’s sister-in-law coldly laughed, "The old lady brought the second young lady, looking like they came to demand an explanation."

Chai Eying raised her eyebrows, "Demand an explanation? Who offended them again?"