Transmigration Of Mian [Reluctantly] Becomes His Man [Wife] (穿越之勉为其男)

Chapter 108: Another Culmination

Qin Mian and Lei Tie went to the town ahead of time to avoid Lei Daqiang's birthday.

An oven was needed to make egg pudding, egg tarts, and tea cupcakes. Instead, Qin Mian used a metal box to bake over the fire as an oven. However, it was easy to heat unevenly, so some pastries were burnt and uncooked. Inspired by the stovetop burner of the gas stove, he had a blacksmith to forge a large conical lid with nine iron tubes in the middle that were arranged in a circle next to each other. When using the oven, the lid was attached to the fire. The large conical lid was able to centralize the flame and distributed it through the nine iron tubes so that the heat was much more uniform. After a few attempts, Qin Mian was able to skillfully use this simple version of an oven. He could smoothly make the pastries, and the taste was quite good.

On the day of Lei Daqiang's birthday, guests from all walks of life gathered in the old house, including the Lei Family, Du Family, and Wei Family. However, Lei Tie and Qin Mian did not appear. Lei Daqiang remained calm all the time.

Strangely, Du Shi was not at all discontented. She warmly welcomed the guests while her eyes were secretly searching in the crowd, appearing absent-minded.

In Leisurely Farmhouse, Uncle Fu deliberately delayed for a while. When he estimated that all the guests of the Lei Family had arrived, he took Lei-Qin Zhong and Lei-Qin Yuan to the old house.

At the first sight of Uncle Fu, who dressed like the steward of the rich and influential family in the town, and the two boys, who dressed in the same servant clothing, standing straight behind Uncle Fu, the guests in the courtyard whispered with different expressions.

"The eldest son of the Lei Family is really prosperous. Look at his well-trained servants and his big and small bundle of gifts."

"Paying respect to the old man!" With a smile on his face, Uncle Fu went forward and bowed, "May the old man's happiness be as immense as the East Sea, and live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains!"

Lei-Qin Zhong and Lei-Qin Yuan said in unison, "May the old man's happiness be as immense as the East Sea, and live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains!

As if Uncle Fu didn't see the displeasure on Lei Daqiang's face, he presented the congratulatory gifts one by one, "Look, these are six kinds of pastries, six chi of cloth, six jin of fresh peaches, and six jars of good wine. The eldest young master and the little young master can't leave the wine house, so they send us to celebrate the old man's birthday. [We] hope the elder doesn't take offense."

All the relatives came, but only his own son and eldest daughter-in-law were absent. Lei Daqiang was still harboring anger, but when he saw the congratulatory gifts were a few standard higher than the others, he could only swallow his dissatisfaction. He squeezed out a laugh, "Hehe, it's fine. Business matters are important."

Uncle Fu said a few more nice words before he took Lei-Qin Zhong and Lei-Qin Yuan to leave on the pretext that there was still work to do in the farmhouse.

The next day of Lei Daqiang's birthday was the day when Double Xiang House opened an application for membership cards. At dawn, some rich people rushed their servants to grab the membership cards. Regardless of whether they would come to Double Xiang House to dine later, this membership card was unique in Zhaoyang County, and even in the whole prefecture – I have it, but you don't, so I have more identity and insight than you.

The first to grab was of course Mu Chen's manservant, Changjian. He applied for a Diamond Membership Card that was in a noble purple color. The middle of the card was inlaid with a square piece of pure gold, the top was engraved with 'Double Xiang House' with the incomprehensible serial number '001' at the most top, and a line of 'Running Water Town, Zhaoyang County, Qingtian Prefecture' words at the bottom of the card with a slightly smaller font. Along with the card, a set of passwords was given in case of careless loss of the Diamond Membership Card. As long as one remembered the password, one could still use this membership card.