Chapter 97: Disputes over Cloth
Translator: Storm in a Teacup
Turning to An Rushuang, Lady An didn’t look contented after eating the food. Instead, she looked somehow upset, as if she was pondering over something.
Seeing this, An Rushuang was surprised. Although An Rushuang wanted to lure her mum to ask about the chef, she didn’t expect mum would have such reaction. Suddenly An Rushuang had two assumptions.
First, mum might have had this kind of food before and she didn’t have a good relationship with the chef. This was what she could think of off the top of her head, but she quickly discarded it. Lady An had never been to the capital before and Mr. Cheng had said Baiwei Restaurant was passed down from his family. They wouldn’t have known each other.
The secondly assumption An Rushuang came up with was Lady An might think the food was really delicious and wanted to employ the chef to work for the An Family. But An Rushuang couldn’t understand why her mother would act like this.
So An Rushuang cautiously asked, “Mum, is this not to your taste? If so, let me ask them in the kitchen to change the dishes.”
Slowly shaking her head, Lady An took a spoon of the gold-ingot-like bowl in her mouth. Her eyelashes hung low, and no one knew what she was thinking. After a while, Lady An took a sigh and smiled bitterly.
“Last time I had this Reunion Cup was 30 years ago......”
Looking at Lady An, An Rushuang was confused, “The chef calls it gold-ingot-like bowl...”
Lady An shook and said, “My girl. No, it is Reunion Cup. Grandfather made it himself...”
Suddenly Lady An stopped talking. Hearing this, An Rushuang became even more confused. The her mother’s ancestral Zhang clan did have a champion scholar, but it gradually declined. However, the broken boat still had three catties of nails, and it was still regarded as a powerful family in Mohe. However, she never heard that there was a cook in the Zhang Family.
“Grandfather’s family originally created this desert? How come I never heard of that, mum?”
Lady An looked rather anxious and forced a smile “cannot like that... your grandfather is a scholar, and a gentleman would never enter the kitchen. Don’t think too much.”
“But, you just said that the gold-ingot-like bowl was created by grandfather.”
Seeing An Rushuang asking, Lady An felt a bit painful and was thinking about how to deal with her when she heard the voice of Mo Zhu outside.
“Lady An, Miss An, Cloth Store has sent cloths. The seamstresses also arrived. Shall I...”
Mo Zhu had intended to ask whether she should ask the Cloth Store to leave cloths as most noble families did to pick up the popular cloths and let the store took the remaining ones back in the evening.
However, the door creaked and was pushed open from inside. Lady An stood at the doorsteps and interrupted her, “Then go invite Lingshan here too. Shuang’er is right here. When Lingshan comes, we can choose together.”
Mo Zhu was surprised but she quickly replied to Lady An and asked the servant at the side to invite Second Miss. Then she went to the gate of the main courtyard to call the head of Cloth Store and seamstresses inside.
The food on the table had already been collected. An Rushuang was still looking at the place where the gold-ingot-like bowl had just been placed with confusion. This must have something to do with mum. Even if not, it should link to the Zhang Family.
But how could a scholar’s family be linked to a dish? Why mum avoid talking about this? That was strange.
She had no idea. Soon, she heard the voice of An Lingshan outside.
“Greetings, Mother An!”
“Greetings, Lady An!”
They were indeed quick.
An Rushuang could only put aside her doubts. After a while, she saw An Lingshan slowly entering the door in white delicate silk clothes. With a jade hairpin simply inserted into hair, An Lingshan looked gentle and obedient. Madam Zhang was also on her side.
When she entered the door, she bowed to An Rushuang with respect, “Sister, you’re also here.”
Madam Zhang also smiled aside, “Miss An, you look pale. Seems you have lost some weight these days... Lady An, you should also take a good rest to recover. Look at your face. Oh, I often hear people say...”
“Now that you’ve come, choose the cloth.” An Rushuang smiled and interrupted.
The she turned to look at the cloths. There were many pieces of cloth sent from this Cloth Store, but the best one was the piece of cloth in front of her. With a slight ray of light shining on it, the cloth seemed to have light waves flowing on it. The colours were different and beautiful, just like water waves.
This cloth was one of the most beautiful and outstanding, and Madam Zhang also noticed it. With her eyes lit up, Zhang smiled with mockery and said, “Hum! Although wave brocade is valuable, it only suits spring. Is there no cloth available in the Cloth Store? Are you trying to look down on the An Family?! I can’t believe you use this kind of cloth to make up for it. ”
An Lingshan remained silent all the time, but when she heard this, she slightly curved her lips slightly. But she quickly withdrew the smile and frowned, “This is really not good. How can this Cloth Store be so... Mum, don’t be angry.”
Of course, An Lingshan was calling Madam Zhang. Lady An couldn’t help frowning on hearing this. If they thought the cloth was inappropriate, they could just neglect it and don’t go for it. They would return some cloths that were not good enough anyways. Their words had set Lady An up. If she didn’t deal with this issue, it would prove that she’s weak; if she dealt with it, she would hurt people on her side.
No matter which side she took, it would not a good situation.
An Rushuang was also angry, but she didn’t show any expressions. With eyebrows slightly raised, she looked at the cloth in front of her and stretched out to hold a corner of the cloth. The cloth was like the wing of cicada. It was extremely thin and cool, unlike normal wave brocade, which was really amazing.
“This is the cloth I want to choose.” She looked up at Madam Zhang coldly with a pair of sharp eyes, “Madam, I respect you as an elder in this family, and you also need to be aware of your identity. Today you came uninvited. Mum said nothing. You should be grateful and cautious. Are you aware you are wrong?”
Madam Zhang’s face turned red, and when she wanted to respond to An Rushuang, she felt she was dragged by An Lingshan. She blushed and gnashed her teeth, “I really don’t know Miss An has been so delicate that you need to wear clothes made by wave brocade in summer to prevent yourself from catching a cold.”
Hearing this, the seamstresses were stunned. Miss An was in such a poor health condition? Everyone knew water brocade was luxurious and beautiful, but it was a bit heavy. But given the hot weather today, even if you wear cicada gauze, you would get sweat all over. How could one wear wave brocade at this time?
If so, it would be hard for Miss An to give birth in the future. Everyone present was shocked while An Rushuang remained calm. She couldn’t help but be amazed at Madam Zhang and An Lingshan. They would never forget to lay a trap for her.
Hearing this, Lady An turned anxious. Madam Zhang’s nonsense, if spread out, would hurt Rushuang’s reputation. That would be a big problem. Thinking so, she hurriedly said, “The Cloth Store...”
Lady An was about to blame it on the Cloth Store when An Rushuang smiled and interrupted her directly, “Mum, this cloth is really what I want. However, Madam Zhang, did you spend too long in the courtyard? I’m afraid there is something wrong with your eyes. It is apparently a flowing cloud silk. Why are you calling it wave brocade? “
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