Su Mingyu sniffed and caught a familiar scent in the air. So she simply didn't bother to open her eyes. "Why are you here?"
A cold yet slightly teasing voice sounded. "I came to see if someone is really serious about making a dowry for her younger sister."
At the mention of this, Su Mingyu lost her temper. "You don't know. This Su Yueyue even asked me to prepare the brazier for her wedding."
"At first, I prepared an ordinary ceramic brazier. She actually said that ceramic is fragile, which is a bad omen, so ceramic can't be used."
"Then I went to find a bronze brazier for her. In the end, she still disliked it, saying that the color was not nice. On a wedding day, no color other than red should be seen."
Su Mingyu let out a long sigh. "I'm almost driven crazy by her."
Seeing Su Mingyu living such a miserable life, Gu Ruobai stepped forward and pinched her nose. "So what did you do later?"
Su Mingyu grabbed Gu Ruobai's hand and placed his slightly cool hand on her face to cool down. Then she pouted and said, "I found a stone brazier and had someone paint it red."
Stone? Gu Ruobai let out a snort of laughter. His big, well - jointed hand gently massaged Su Mingyu's temples, hoping to relieve her irritation.
"You're quite resourceful."
Gu Ruobai's voice was very deep. Coupled with the comfortable pressure of his massage, Su Mingyu fell asleep while talking to him.
Hearing Su Mingyu's breathing, Gu Ruobai withdrew his hand. Then he looked at Su Mingyu with heartache. "Girl, you've worked hard. I'll take care of all the preparations for our wedding banquet later."
As if hearing this in her sleep, Su Mingyu pursed her lips and softly murmured "um", then fell back asleep.
Perhaps Gu Ruobai's arrival had a soothing effect. When Su Mingyu woke up, it was already bright.
She was just about to go out when there was a crazy knock on the door. "Miss, Miss, something bad has happened."
Su Mingyu reluctantly walked over and opened the door. Then she frowned at the maid and asked helplessly, "What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Um... Someone accidentally set the red lanterns that were decorated yesterday on fire."
Su Mingyu rubbed her temples. "Then go buy some more. What's the big deal?"
"But..." The maid looked a bit ugly. "Second Miss said that she only wants the lanterns from that one shop. Lanterns from other shops aren't good enough for her."
So that's why they came to her for such a small thing. It turned out that Su Yueyue was causing trouble again.
Su Mingyu let out a silent sigh. "Alright, I'll figure it out. You guys go clean the places I assigned yesterday first."
The maid originally thought she would be scolded. After all, Su Mingyu didn't have a good reputation in the mansion before.
She remembered that there was a maid named Zhizhu by Su Mingyu's side. Because she was bullied by Cui'er, when Su Mingyu came back and found out, she directly took revenge for Zhizhu and beat Cui'er up.
Now that she had done a bad job, when the maid was pushed to come to Su Mingyu, she was really scared.
But she never expected that Su Mingyu didn't say a single word of blame to her from beginning to end. Thinking of this, the maid couldn't help but compare Su Mingyu with Su Yueyue.
In comparison, Su Yueyue was just like a harsh landlady. She would beat or scold people at the slightest dissatisfaction.
Su Mingyu didn't know what the maid was thinking. Seeing her in a daze, she felt a bit helpless. "What's wrong? Is there anything else?"
The maid came back to her senses when Su Mingyu called her. "No, this maid will go to work now."
Watching her bouncing back as she left, Su Mingyu rubbed her temples irritably. This Su Yueyue really knew how to cause trouble for her.
It was just a lantern. She didn't believe that Su Yueyue could really tell the difference. Since she specifically asked for the lanterns from that shop, she would go and buy them.
But when Su Mingyu finally found that shop, she found that it was closed. It seemed that something had delayed them and they wouldn't open for a few days.
Now Su Mingyu finally understood why Su Yueyue insisted on their lanterns. So this was her trap!
Su Mingyu looked around. There were all lantern - selling shops. So she randomly picked one and walked in. "Boss, I want to buy two red lanterns."
As soon as the boss saw a customer coming, he immediately greeted her. "What price range of lanterns do you want?"
Su Mingyu looked around. Some lanterns looked thick and of good quality at first sight, while some were clearly just made of paper casually, and even the bamboo used for weaving was uneven in thickness.
"Boss, I want the kind of lanterns from the shop opposite." Su Mingyu said and pointed to the closed shop.
The boss was first stunned, then suddenly realized. "You fell in love with the calligraphy on their lanterns, right?"
Su Mingyu frowned and nodded pretending to understand. "Yes, their calligraphy is very good."
"That's because the boss of their shop used to be a scholar." The boss said while rummaging through the pile of lanterns. "Since he didn't pass the highest imperial examination, he came back to make lanterns. So their calligraphy is the best on this street."
So that's the reason. Su Mingyu leaned towards the boss. "Boss, can you make one like theirs for me?"
"My little sister is getting married these days. She really likes the calligraphy of the opposite shop, but they are closed. I can't let my little sister wait for them to come back before getting married, right?"
"Don't worry." The boss said and continued rummaging. Just when Su Mingyu was about to ask what he was doing in confusion, the boss came over with two lanterns.
"The scholar's lanterns are really well - made. Most of the lanterns on this street are made in his style."
Then the boss handed the two lanterns to Su Mingyu. "These were originally for display."
"Now seeing that you really need them, you can take them first. I'll buy some from the scholar when he comes back."
Su Mingyu didn't expect the boss to be so nice. She was a bit surprised as she took the lanterns and thanked him. "Thank you, boss."
Then Su Mingyu took out two pieces of broken silver from her bosom. "This is for the lanterns and also a token of my gratitude. Please accept it, boss."
The boss didn't expect Su Mingyu to give so much silver. He was surprised and sized Su Mingyu up and down again.
Only then did he notice that although Su Mingyu was dressed simply, the material of her clothes was very exquisite. On closer inspection, it could be seen that it was extremely expensive fabric.