Chapter 271 Preparation
Yan Chi and Yan Yang walked out of the yard, feeling a little hopeless.
"Do you think what the general asked us to prepare is a betrothal gift?" Yan Yang asked.
Yan Chi shook his head, "Given the importance the general attaches to Miss Qingyi, he will definitely not use these small things as betrothal gifts. I think these should be gifts prepared for Miss Qingyi."
"But do you need to prepare so much to give a gift?" Yan Yang looked at what was written on the paper.
Women will indeed like rouge, gouache, clothing and hairpins, but the cups and bowls also have their meanings written on them, and there are four big characters written at the end, "It needs to look good."
"Perhaps the general wants to make up for all the gifts he owed before?" Yan Chi was not sure either.
"...This bowl of food, as well as this pillow and quilt, Miss Qingyi doesn't lack these!" Yan Yang didn't understand what Qin Yuchuan wrote about what he needed to buy.
Yan Chi came over to take a look, and was a little confused, "How about we ask the general if he wrote it wrong?"
At this moment, Qin Yuchuan suddenly walked out, "I'll go with you. You two can't choose anything good-looking."
Qin Yuchuan took the mansion's carriage and went to the street with Yan Chi Yanyang. The carriage stopped at Changning Street.
The shops on Changning Street were next to each other. Qin Yuchuan quickly entered one and when he came out, Yanchi Yanyang already had a lot of things in his hands.
However, after visiting three shops, Yanchi Yanyang couldn't hold it anymore and had to put the purchased items on the carriage first.
"Could it be that the general wants to evacuate all these shops in Shengjing?" Yan Yang said.
Yan Chi sighed, "If the general wants to, what can we do?"
Yan Yang: "Okay, hurry up and move things."
The three of them spent the afternoon browsing shops. If Qin Yuchuan hadn't gone to pick up Feng Qingyi from get off work, Yan Chi Yanyang felt that he might not even miss the shop selling rice and noodles next door.
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Ever since Qin Yuchuan came back from the battlefield, he would pick up Feng Qingyi from get off work on time every day.
As usual, Qin Yuchuan stood downstairs in the company waiting for someone.
At a few minutes after five o'clock, Feng Qingyi walked out of the company.
"So early today?" Qin Yuchuan asked.
Feng Qingyi: "Because I work very efficiently! I can get off work early after finishing my work today. What do you want to eat tonight?"
"Is there anywhere you want to go?" Qin Yuchuan asked.
Feng Qingyi looked around and said, "There is a Western restaurant in front. Let's go check it out together."
"Didn't you like going to places like this before?" He remembered that she said before that she didn't like Western restaurants.
Feng Qingyi said: "That was before. If I went with you, I think it would be very good."
"Okay, it's all up to you." Qin Yuchuan said.
After dinner, Feng Qingyi held Qin Yuchuan's hand. The two of them strolled down the street.
As they walked, the two passed by a luxury store selling diamond rings.
Qin Yuchuan suddenly stopped. Feng Qingyi saw that he was not leaving, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's okay. How about you go to the General's Mansion with me for dinner tomorrow night?" Qin Yuchuan said.
Feng Qingyi thought for a while, "Okay! Then you can pick me up tomorrow night."
Qin Yuchuan nodded, "Okay."
"The car is still at your house. We can only take a taxi back today." Feng Qingyi said suddenly.
Qin Yuchuan: "Let's go buy a car."
"...Buy a car? Now?" Feng Qingyi suspected that he heard wrongly.
Qin Yuchuan nodded very solemnly, "Let's go now."
"How much money do you have left?" Feng Qingyi asked.
Qin Yuchuan shook his head: "I don't know, it's stuck with you."
Feng Qingyi suddenly remembered that the bank card, ID card, and household register were given to her along with the real estate certificate that day.
"We can't spend money recklessly. This car is not a necessity. We can get that car back when we go to Guang'an."
Qin Yuchuan said: "I can buy a few more cars and you can drive them instead. I have the money."
"...I know you have money, but there is really no need to buy so many things like cars. When you learn to drive, I will buy you another one. We can leave now. The car I ordered has arrived. "
Feng Qingyi pushed Qin Yuchuan into the car and sat in it himself.
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The next day, the general's mansion was very busy.
In Qin Yuchuan's yard, Yan Chi and Yan Yang directed everyone to place all the things they bought yesterday.
On the table under the crabapple tree, there was a row of red candles, with a few petals falling on them.
Yan Chi looked at it and said, "Isn't this too simple?"
"It seems a bit simple indeed. I don't know what the general is thinking. He wants to eat in this courtyard and asks us to prepare candles. You said the candles will be extinguished if the wind blows at night." Yan Yang said.
Yan Chi: "It's true, it's going to be summer soon, and lighting candles attracts mosquitoes."
"...Have you seen the general?" Yan Yang asked.
Yan Chi shook his head, "The general came back in the morning and told us to decorate the place, and then left in a hurry."
Yan Yang: "The general has been so mysterious lately that he doesn't know what he wants to do?"
"Place the things over there. The general also asked us to bring over all the flowers that are blooming in the garden and put them on display." Yan Chi said.
Yan Yang: "I have already ordered other people in the house to move it."
In Luohua Courtyard, after everyone in the mansion worked together, it was finally decorated as required.
With the crabapple tree and a long table under the tree as the center, there were gifts placed in a circle around it, and flowers were placed outside the gifts. Since there were not enough flowers in the mansion, the green plants in Xuanyuan Xi's courtyard were also used to make up the number.
After hearing this, Xuanyuan Xi came to the courtyard to take a look, "You have been busy for a day and only put these two circles?"
"Princess, the general said to put it like this." Yan Yang handed the drawing in his hand to Xuanyuan Xi.
Xuanyuan Xi looked at it. "You move all those flowers and plants away. Which girl would like this hodgepodge?"
"...Yes, after moving these away, what should we do next?" Yan Chi asked.
Xuanyuan Xi looked at it, "You move all these away first. What are in these boxes?"
"This box is bowls, this box is jewelry, this box is clothes, this box seems to be quilts or porcelain, and I can't remember the others." Yan Yang said.
Xuanyuan Xi: "Open all these boxes, let me see."
Yan Yang did as he was told, and soon opened all the boxes.
Xuanyuan Xi walked around and looked, "Are these all prepared by Achuan?"
Yan Yang nodded, "These were all bought by the general yesterday, and today we put them all in the yard."
Xuanyuan Xi waved his hand, "Move all these into the house, Bai Wei, take a few people to pick more crabapples outside and bring them here."
"Okay, I'll go now."
When Qin Yuchuan returned to Luohua Courtyard, he found that the layout of the yard was completely different from what he expected. None of the things he bought were put on display, but the crabapple flowers were placed in a circle.
Yan Chi and Yan Yang were scattering petals in the yard, and stopped what they were doing after seeing Qin Yuchuan.
"Where are the things I bought yesterday?"
Yan Yang replied: "The princess came not long ago, and she said that Miss Qingyi would not like the previous decoration, so she helped us decorate it like this."
"General, the gifts you bought will be given slowly in the future, so as not to scare Miss Qingyi. This is also what the princess said."
"Yes." Qin Yuchuan responded.
Yan Chi added: "The princess also said that the gift is more valuable than the quantity, so you should prepare a presentable gift."
Qin Yuchuan glanced at them, "You all go down first, remember to ask the kitchen to prepare dinner in the evening."
"Yes, we will leave first." Yan Chi Yan Yang left quickly.
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Feng Qingyi, who had finished a day's work, walked downstairs to the company happily.
But today, she did not see Qin Yuchuan.
"Are you going home?" Luo Yang asked when she saw Feng Qingyi standing at the door.
Feng Qingyi shook her head, "Thank you, no, I'm waiting for my boyfriend."
"Okay, see you tomorrow!" Luo Yang walked to the parking lot in high heels.
Feng Qingyi looked at her phone and waited at the door for a few minutes before Qin Yuchuan finally arrived.
He held a bunch of pink and white crabapple flowers in his hand, "Qingqing, this is for you."
Feng Qingyi happily took it, "Why did you suddenly remember to send me flowers?"
"The crabapples in the yard are in full bloom, and I picked some because I thought you liked them." Qin Yuchuan said.
Feng Qingyi sniffed the crabapple flowers in her arms, "I like them very much, thank you for your hard work!"
Qin Yuchuan: "Then let's walk around together first."
Feng Qingyi asked: "Didn't you say yesterday that we would go to your house for dinner tonight?"
"The meal is not ready yet, let's go shopping first and go back later." Qin Yuchuan said.
Feng Qingyi nodded, "Okay, then let's go to the park in front."
The sunset turned pink and purple in the sky, romantic and beautiful.
The two walked slowly on the road, chatting from time to time.
After walking around the park, the two sat down on a bench.
"When will your family's meal be ready?" Feng Qingyi asked.
Qin Yuchuan looked at the sky, "Is Qingqing hungry?"
Feng Qingyi shook her head, "No, I just asked."
"Something happened in the mansion today, so the cooking was a little slow." Qin Yuchuan said.
Feng Qingyi: "Then why don't we go to your house and wait for the meal, but sit here?"
"...The scenery here is very nice." Qin Yuchuan said calmly.
Feng Qingyi didn't think much about it, and took out her mobile phone from her bag, "It's really not bad, let's take a photo!"
Qin Yuchuan agreed, "Okay."
Feng Qingyi held the phone in front of her to take a selfie, looking at the serious Qin Yuchuan in the phone, "Can you smile?"
Qin Yuchuan smiled as he said.
Feng Qingyi stretched out a hand and pinched his face, "Your smile is uglier than crying, don't you want to take a photo with me?"
"I didn't." Qin Yuchuan denied.
Feng Qingyi turned her head and looked at his face. "I think you look good with no expression on your face like this. Let's take a few more pictures."