Qian Yixiu did not dare to let Cheng Yue come out, afraid that the shock might affect her pregnancy.
Qian Sangui entertained Lin Qing and Old Foreign Li with a meal in the outer courtyard, accompanied by the younger siblings and Qian Hua as well.
Old Foreign Li was not adept with chopsticks, so they gave him a spoon. He was especially fond of the sweet and sour ribs and the lotus root cake made with golden lotus root powder infused with osmanthus. As he ate, he kept giving Qian Sangui thumbs-ups and said in broken Daqian language, "Good! Good!"
After the meal, Qian Yixiu had servants bring out the ten rolls of jacquard silk damask and twenty rolls of soft satin she had bought in the capital and the ones gifted by the Liang Mansion, and ten sets of colorful quilted fabrics. She also fetched two embroidery pieces that her little mother had stitched from the Wangjiang Building.
