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

Chapter 125: The End of the Year Approaches

Several servants in grey cotton-padded jackets and grey winter hats efficiently carried hampers of vegetables onto the carriage.

White Spot lay on the side of the carriage, two paws playing with a tomato like a ball.

"Which family's girl?" Qin Mian took a big and red tomato from the hamper and handed it to Lei Chuntao.

"Thank you." Lei Chuntao's face was red due to the cold as she took the tomato, but because it was too cold, she took out a handkerchief to wrap it. "It's the second daughter of Aunt Xiulan, called Xiaoyu."

"Fellow villager? That's good." Qin Mian was surprised. Very few people in Green Mountain Village were willing to find a daughter-in-law or son-in-law in the same village, mainly considering that living in the same village would make it more awkward in case of conflicts between the husband and wife.

It was getting colder and colder, so much so that the white air puffed out when one spoke almost formed icicles. As they chatted, Lei Tie put a hat, a scarf, and gloves on Qin Mian's body, one by one.

Seeing this, Lei Chuntao was envious and couldn't help imagining whether her future husband would treat her as well as her eldest brother treat her eldest sister-in-law.

"Xiaoyu is a good-natured girl. She is good to be my fourth sister-in-law." Lei Chuntao's eyes had a touch of playfulness, "Mother had mentioned a few girls to Fourth Brother, but he wasn't interested. Today, as soon as the matchmaker introduced, Fourth Brother agreed!"

Ever since Lei Xiangzhi became a Xiucai, Du Shi was even more supercilious. Qin Mian remembered that Aunt Xiulan's family was only average, would Du Shi agree?

"Has the date of the marriage been fixed?" asked Qin Mian.

Lei Chuntao said, "Not yet, only passed the first of the six etiquettes. I was so happy that I couldn't help running here to tell Eldest Brother and Eldest Sister-in-law first."

Qin Mian was just about to tease her if she was anxious to get married because she was so concerned about Lei Xiangli's marriage, but then he remembered that this was a conservative era. He only smiled and left it at that.

"Are you two going out? I won't delay you anymore. I'm leaving." Lei Chuntao waved her hand and quickly ran away.

Lei-Qin Shun then came forward, "Eldest Young Master, Little Young Master. The vegetables and fruits for transport have all been loaded."

"Set out," Lei Tie concisely ordered and boarded the exclusive carriage with Qin Mian. White Spot jumped up and looked out from the back window.

The carriage in winter was quite different from that in summer. Thin blankets were hung on all sides of the carriage wall to wholly block the wind. Only one part was reserved at the window to receive the ray of light.

Even so, there was still darkness in the carriage. To remedy it, one could only hang a wind-proof lantern. Qin Mian had an impulse to invent glass. The transparency of glass was good but the manufacturing cost was too high after all.

Lei Tie closed the door and sat down beside Qin Mian.

Lei-Qin Le drove the exclusive carriage at the front, and Lei-Qin Shun drove the carriage with vegetables at the rear. The two carriages drove smoothly out of the village.

On a winter morning, the sun was somber; between the sky and the ground, there seemed to be a layer of gauze, with mist and drizzle. When the biting cold wind blew in fits and starts, the bare branches incessantly shook, bleak and lonesome. The villagers who used to be chatty no longer hung around outside; they closed the doors and windows and stayed at home. Even the chickens hid in the corner with their necks shrunk, and at the sound of the wheels, they jumped up in surprise, so much so that several pieces of chicken feathers fell away with the wind.