Transmigration: The Little Chef Calls The Shots-Chapter 1396 - 215. Arranging a Marriage (Update 12)

Lady Fan laughed heartily, saying, "See, I am not the only one who says so! Even our Yuanyuan thinks Little Iron Egg is better looking than his dad!"

Little Iron Egg?

Lin Yuan was stunned by the name, and Jeng Ruyue smiled and said, "Your grandmother said that this child is too precious, so it’s better to give him a humble name to raise him easily."

Indeed, in the countryside, if a child is not very robust, they are given very humble nicknames, the humbler the better. Names like Doggie, Puppy, or Doggie Jr., a variety all over the place.

"What about his formal name? Our little guy is supposedly going to be a big official, we can’t have people calling him Sir Iron Egg, right?" Lin Yuan said, covering her mouth with amusement, actually beginning to imagine the iron-blue expression on the child’s face in the future when people called him Sir Puppy.

Jeng Ruyue burst out laughing again and said, "Why would he become a big official? You’re just overestimating him."

Even so, when Jeng Ruyue looked at her son, her face was filled with unconditional love and anticipation.

The women also laughed and said, "If his sister says he’ll be a big official, then he must be one. Didn’t Zhiyang say earlier? Once he becomes the First Scholar, we’ll give the child a grand name. Just wait, it won’t be more than two years till we have a First Scholar to name him."

Everyone in the family had high hopes for Liu Zhiyang; even the relatives from Jeng Ruyue’s maternal home knew how clever the child was.

However, as this woman mentioned Liu Zhiyang, Lin Yuan noticed the quick blush and unnatural downward glance of the young girl sitting across from her. Could it be?

Lin Yuan’s eyes rolled in thought, and just as she was pondering this, she felt a nudge on her arm—it was Lin Wei.

Lin Wei giggled and whispered something into her ear, and Lin Yuan couldn’t help but laugh, finally understanding what Jeng Ruyue meant by saying these women were different from those outside. It turned out that two of the three young women sitting in the room were going to be her future sisters-in-law!

The blushing young woman was the one Jeng Ruyue had picked out for Liu Zhiyang, and beside her, the boisterous woman was the one Liu Zhiguang had chosen for himself. This woman was a child from the home of Jeng Ruyue’s cousin; she often came with her cousin to visit, and each visit involved chasing and squabbling—not one without tears or frustration.

Yet, they were childhood sweethearts, and indeed, before his last trip to the Capital city, Liu Zhiguang had secretly arranged to meet the girl at her home, telling her to wait for him to become a high official and then he would take her to enjoy life in the Capital city. free𝑤ebnovel.com

Jeng Ruyue’s son was quite obedient, cried only twice, and then fell back asleep on his own without even having his milk, showing a small, joyful smile in his sleep. This scene drew the attention of a few young girls who had rarely seen a baby close-up.

Lin Yuan quickly brought out the gift she had prepared for the little one, a set of pure gold longevity lock and necklace. Of course, there was also a gift entrusted by Lao Fan and delivered by Xia Zheng; it was a pill with a long and complex name that sounded very much like something mysterious Lao Fan would send.

When the women heard that it was a Life-saving Divine Medicine sent by Divine Doctor, they were all amazed, and Jeng Ruyue carefully put it away. Although the doctor and Xiao Linshuang had already declared the little one very healthy, the child had a long way ahead, and who knew what accidents might occur? With Lao Fan’s Life-saving Divine Medicine, it was like having a lifetime of protection.

Seeing the pill, Xiao Linshuang felt a pang of envy and muttered to herself that she would definitely ask her master for the formula when she returned.

After talking for a while in the room, Lin Yuan, thinking of Xia Zheng, came down and started putting on her shoes to go to the outer room, but as soon as she reached the outer room, she was stopped by several women guarding the door.

Lin Yuan looked somewhat bewildered at the unfamiliar women around her, but thankfully, Lady Liu was there to help her out of the awkward situation by calling her over to her side.

As soon as she sat down, the women began to compliment her endlessly.

"Sister Xianshu, so this is your eldest daughter? She’s really quite graceful!"

"Exactly, she looks like someone destined for great things. I heard you opened a restaurant in the Capital city; you must have made a good deal of money, right?"

Lin Yuan forced a laugh, "Hehe," without nodding or shaking her head, but it was clear that what these women cared most about wasn’t how much Silver she could make.

"Ah! What’s the use of a girl making so much money? In the end, she still needs to marry a good man! Hey, girl, your mom said you already have a groom’s family, how is it? What’s the man’s family background like, and is he good to you?"

"Yeah, is he a high-ranking official? What does he look like? Does his family have any serving maids or anything? I’ve heard that those men from big households always have lots of women around, like little concubines and serving maids. Oh right, I heard that after those men come of age, their parents even prepare experienced maids to teach them about that sort of thing in advance!"

As this woman spoke, she dragged the topic far off-course. Lin Yuan, after all, came from a more liberal era and could somewhat accept it, but several young girls sitting nearby blushed.

"Hey! What nonsense are you talking about? There are children here!"

One woman gave her a disdainful look, then continued the previous topic with Lin Yuan, "Girl, tell us about your high-ranking man!"

Lin Yuan slightly frowned, feeling that something was off about these women and the young girls.

"Oh my, my daughter isn’t married yet. Enough about what man or no man, you all should be more careful." Lady Liu didn’t change her expression, but since these women were either from Liu Family Village or Jeng Ruyue’s maternal home village, she refrained from speaking too harshly.

However, any clever woman would have taken the hint from Lady Liu’s words and changed the subject, yet these women, as if they had discovered some great news, all lit up with excitement.

"What? Could it be that she isn’t betrothed?"

"Really isn’t betrothed?"

A few young girls also shifted their eyes craftily, and before Lin Yuan could speak, one of them suddenly stood up, saying to the woman who had just spoken, "Mom, my stomach hurts a bit, I need to go out for a while."

That woman’s eyes twinkled with amusement, but she deliberately scolded, "Go on then, why tell me? Can’t you see we’re talking? Hurry up."

The young girl, embarrassed, bowed her head and quickly left with her somewhat exaggerated long dress dragging behind.

Several other young maids, belatedly catching on, glared at that woman and then with a roll of their eyes, stood up, "Wait, we’ll go with you!"