Survival rules for restaurants: cooking and eating melons at the same time

Chapter 446 Preparations before the 5th day of the first lunar month

Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Qi Ning'an spent half the night picking out a dress. In the afternoon, Gu Qingyun brought Qi Ning'an a blue glazed fishtail hairpin.

Colored glaze was a rare commodity in ancient times, let alone this kind of colored glaze, which was crystal clear and sparkling in the sun.

Such a precious thing might not be possessed by many saints in the palace, so Gu Qingyun held it in his hand and handed it to Qi Ningan.

Seeing Qi Ning'an's shy face and stuttering, "I found this. It looks very suitable for you. I was thinking of giving it to you at the Lantern Festival tomorrow, but I can't wait to give it to you today if you match it with a dress tomorrow."

Qi Ning'an had never thought that the man in front of him was so good at saying sweet words, and he was stunned by his sweet words every day.

"I didn't think you were smooth-talking before, but now you are becoming more and more..." Qi Ning'an couldn't continue. He just lowered his head slightly and didn't want to say anything.

"It's not that I used to be smooth-talking, it's just that you like to talk nonsense to me." Gu Qingyun never argued with Qi Ningan in the past few days, but he had endless things to say about this sentence.

Qi Ning'an laughed out loud, took the hairpin and wanted to put it on her hair right then and there, but when she saw that she was wearing a dress that was neither red nor purple, it really didn't match her, so she put the hairpin away.

Gu Qingyun watched Qi Ningan's movements and thought that it was inconvenient for Qi Ningan to put her hair in the pin. When he saw her stroking her hair, he felt itchy in his heart and wished that he could help Qi Ningan put her hair in the pin.

Qi Ning'an blushed when he looked at her, and she thought that this matter could not be hidden for much longer.

However, after just a few days of getting along, I didn't feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, I was always itching. If we could live like this for the rest of our lives, it wouldn't be a bad idea.

Before going to bed at night, Qi Ning'an, who had spent half the night picking clothes, couldn't help but look at the glass fishtail hairpin towards the moon. It was sparkling in the moonlight and was incredibly beautiful.

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The next morning, Jin Xi Jin Bao came into the house with water for washing face. They were stunned to see their young lady sitting beside the bed.

Qi Ning'an has liked to stay in bed for a long time, and the two people serving her are naturally aware of this. But today, for some strange reason, the young lady actually got up by herself.

"Miss, what's wrong...did you have a nightmare? You woke up so early."

Jinbao always realizes things late. At this moment, he really felt that Qi Ningan did not sleep well, so he woke up so early.

Jin Xi lowered his head and said, "Today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. It's a good thing to wake up early."

Qi Ning'an was still a little confused, and he spoke directly with sleepy eyes, "Jin Xi, stop making fun of me."

As soon as these words were spoken, the three people in the room all held their breath.

Qi Ningan: What did I just say? I didn't say anything, so I guess...

Jinxi: Miss, I didn't say anything. You let it slip yourself, so you can't blame me.

Jin Bao:? What did Jin Xi say just now? Why? Miss said not to make fun of her? What did she make fun of?

Qi Ning'an coughed twice, pretending nothing happened, and stretched, "Didn't I make an appointment with my brother to go to the Lantern Festival tonight? It is said that this lantern festival will be very lively. It would be great if I could choose a good one for my future sister-in-law."

. . . . . .

Qi Ningliang has been listening to An Yonghou's words these days and has met many people in various ways.

Gu Qingpei of the Gu Mansion married the woman he loved, and many families in Kyoto Prefecture became active. They originally thought that Gu Qingpei would never marry, but it turned out that he already had a woman in his heart from another family.

In contrast, Qi Ningliang, who was about the same age as him, became the object of competition among the unmarried women in Kyoto Prefecture.

Qi Ningliang thought that he could just reject them all as before.

But who would have thought that this time An Yonghou would not agree with him and insisted on forcing him to go and look around. After looking at several houses, he still couldn't find any one he liked.

It was hard to find someone he liked. At his age, he should have married a second wife. The legitimate daughter of a good family would not have married off until she was 18 or 19 years old. All the legitimate daughters had been picked, and the only ones left were concubines and the ladies who had been engaged to some extent.

It’s not that the An Yong Marquis’s Mansion looks down on concubine’s daughters, but after looking at many families, Qi Ningliang refused to give in.

Marquis An Yong was so anxious that he asked Qi Ning'an to find out, for he was afraid that another daughter of a traitor would pop up one day and he would not be able to survive.

But Qi Ningliang always looked at the two of them with clear eyes and then denied it. There was really nothing you could do with him.

. . . . . .

Jin Bao naturally didn't take it to heart, he just smiled and said, "That's right, the young master is so old, it's useless for the old master to worry for many years. If he can find his ideal partner through this lantern festival, it will be a good story."

Qi Ning'an smiled. Fortunately, Jinbao was always insensitive to these things, otherwise it would have been exposed earlier.

Jin Xi said nothing, looking at the clothes piled in the baskets and boxes with a complicated expression. She looked up again and found that even the door of the top cabinet could not be closed.

The young lady tossed and turned for half the night last night. I wonder how long she tossed and turned after she and Jinbao went out.

"Miss, have you decided what to wear today?"

Jin Jubilee could only look at the shelves and ask.

At this point, Qi Ning'an became excited, "Look at this aqua blue dress, doesn't it match this hairpin very well?"

Before Jin Xi could speak, Qi Ning'an picked up another smoky purple dress and said, "This one seems to be more gentle, what do you think?"

Jin Bao Jin Ji had never seen such a scene before.

Jin Xi:...Sure enough, young ladies will always be like this as long as they have a young man they like. She didn’t take it seriously when she heard her sisters in Beppu talking about this before, but now she has seen it for real.

Jinbao: It seems that this year's Lantern Festival is really lively. The young lady has prepared so seriously. It seems that it will be a grand banquet. It will be great if I can go with her to see the world.

Qi Ning'an was still rummaging through the boxes, feeling that each set was not good enough and he couldn't make up his mind.

Jin Xi picked up the aqua blue dress she had worn at the beginning and said, "Miss, I think this is the one."

The material of this dress was a gift from the Empress Dowager. It is a soft and tender color. Wearing such a dress in winter does make one look a little cold, but the fishtail hairpin must be matched with such a refreshing color to look good.

Qi Ning'an looked at the dress carefully and put it on directly. Jinbao was shocked. The young lady had finally let them help with her dressing up during this period of time. If she started to act independently again, wouldn't they be useless?

Without putting down the basin, he hurriedly said, "Miss, Jin Baolai."

As she spoke, she took the skirt from Qi Ning'an's hand without hesitation.