Chapter 410: Chapter 410: Full Calculation Chapter 410: Chapter 410: Full Calculation Yesterday, Mrs. An went to the market and bought meat and vegetables. In the morning Su Yunjin also sent over wine, chicken eggs, and fish. Mrs. Chu was cooking in the kitchen, and besides the second sister, Gu Hengniang, who went to help, both the eldest sister-in-law and the fourth sister-in-law did not go to help. The eldest sister-in-law and the fourth sister-in-law had always been lazy.
When the Gu Family had not yet divided their household, neither the eldest sister-in-law nor the fourth sister-in-law liked to cook. Now that the households were divided, they were even less willing to help. Both waited to eat until the food was ready.
In the morning, just after she had got up, Su Yunjin did help out for a while, but then Wan Ruyan arrived, and there was a gathering of all the finest people outside, so Su Yunjin hid and did not go out.
After all, there were not many people eating at the Gu Family’s today. Counting some children, there were just about enough for two tables. Mrs. Chu and the second sister Gu Hengniang, between them, could handle preparing food for two tables of people, which did not require too much help.
By noon, two full tables of dishes were ready, with both vegetables and meat on the table. It was a rare feast. Mrs. Zhang and the others, always dodging work during cooking, seemed to vanish, but when it came to eating, they were the quickest to the table. The dishes had just been served when Mrs. Zhang and the others were already seated.
Wan Ruyan did not sit down, just waiting for Gu Yan to come out. When the time came, Gu Yan would sit first and she would see which table he chose and sit at the same one.
Mrs. Zhang saw Wan Ruyan standing alone and deliberately walked over to chat with her, “Yanyan, why are you standing there by yourself? Come, sit with your sister-in-law.”
Without waiting for Wan Ruyan’s response, Mrs. Zhang pulled her over to choose a table to sit, and Mrs. Zhang also chose carefully, picking the table with the most dishes.
As Mrs. Zhang pulled her to a seat, Wan Ruyan subconsciously tried to stand, “Eldest sister-in-law, the elders haven’t come yet. Isn’t it improper for us to sit down first?”
“Yanyan, we’re all family, why so formal? Anyway, we’re going to eat soon, so it’s fine if we sit down first,” Mrs. Zhang deliberately referred to Wan Ruyan as family.
She even said, “Yanyan, back then, you almost became my sister-in-law. How wonderful it would have been if you had become my sister-in-law, Yanyan!”
Wan Ruyan herself couldn’t wait to marry Gu Yan and replied, “Eldest sister-in-law, don’t talk nonsense! Gu Yan is a married man now, you shouldn’t say such things.”
As she held Wan Ruyan’s hand, Mrs. Zhang put on an earnest expression.
“Yanyan, I speak from the bottom of my heart! You are so intelligent and charming, anyone who sees you would like you. I truly wish from the bottom of my heart that you could become my sister-in-law!”
Mrs. Zhang’s words struck a chord in Wan Ruyan’s heart.
Wan Ruyan was overjoyed.
Mrs. Chu called Su Yunjin and Gu Yan to come eat. As she stepped out, Su Yunjin saw Mrs. Zhang and Wan Ruyan talking together, but she didn’t know what they were saying.
Mrs. Zhang was smiling with calculation on her face.
Wan Ruyan, on the other hand, was smiling with a shy expression.
Instinctively, Su Yunjin felt that whatever Mrs. Zhang and Wan Ruyan were discussing must be related to her husband Gu Yan.
Otherwise, why would Wan Ruyan have such an expression?
Gu Yan had not noticed Wan Ruyan and Mrs. Zhang, but following the direction his little wife was looking, he saw the two of them.
What was his little wife looking at so intently?
Gu Yan raised an eyebrow.
“Yunjin, what is so interesting about those two?”
Su Yunjin was not purposely staring at them.
However, as they were seated in the courtyard, they were within view as soon as one came out.