Han Jinyu, “And what will you be going there for? All you know how to do is eat!”
Second Brother Han was embarrassed, but not annoyed. Alternatively, he just smiled and said, “You’re also an interesting one aren’t you? Do you not expect anyone to eat during a wedding ceremony?”
Old Lady Han said again, “Then we have to send a child to press the kang(1).”
(T/N: The custom of pressing the kang is done under the belief that during the night of the wedding, the bed must not be left empty as it represents emptiness upon unity or sothing similar. Therefore, a boy would usually be brought to the bed during the ceremony to play and hang out while the newlyweds are not in yet)
The boy who pressed the kang was usually a little boy of 4 or 5 years old who was fairly ignorant but cute and adorable. In this case, they preferred to have Xiaowang take on the role.
Xiaowang was good-looking, clean, sweet and talkative. It was also auspicious to let him sleep on the kang for one night.
Eldest Brother Han looked at his Third Brother and was about to ask Xiaowang to take on the role, but Han Qingsong said, “Let’s have Xiaofu go. Xiaowang is still young and will cry if he leaves his mother.”
Even if it was to be the kang presser for any other family, unless the village elders were able to watch over him, there was no way Lin Lan was going to be okay with it, let alone doing so for the Old Han family.
Since Han Qingsong knew Lin Lan very well, he rejected the idea for her sake.
Han Jinyu was very unhappy, “What’s wrong? Are you afraid of taking advantage of everything? I haven’t died and yet, you all think I’m a jinx or sothing? You want to take advantage of , huh?”
It was evident that Old Lady Han wasn’t too happy about it either.
Han Qinghua and Eldest Brother Han tried to smooth things over. Eldest Brother Han still wanted to persuade Han Qingsong that it was not a bad idea to let Xiaowang go since he was going to follow along anyways.
Han Qingsong didn’t give him a chance, “It’s settled, then. If you insist on going, it’s not like there’s no way to make it happen. However, it’s inevitable for to bring Luo Haicheng and Liu Jianyun. Out of habit, they will check the place thoroughly, which is why I do not think that it is a good idea to scare the guests.”
Han Jinyu was so angry that she cried, “Forget it, forget it. If you’re not going to treat as a sister, then what use is there for to beg for your help? I’m not a scabby dog after all.”
She had thought her plans through so well. Liu Haozhe looked down on her a little and even teased that she was a brainless vase, so how could she bear the sha? She thought that if she had her Third Brother send her off to support her and elevate her image, Liu Haozhe would have treated her with more respect.
But her Third Brother didn’t even intend to go at all! How could she not be unhappy about this?
He didn’t even let Xiaowang go to be the kang presser, so how was she to expect that he cared about her?
She said angrily, “Forget it, why do we still need a child to press the kang? There’s no need since we don’t even have kangs; we have proper beds!”
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