Time Travel: The Noble Family-Chapter 535 - 204 Ma Yue Gets Married (Part 2)_2

Madam Tang was in a dilemma whether to accept or not, deeply troubled, she reluctantly thought to seek help from Ma Yue. As for Ma Yue, he did not consider so much and gave no hints to Madam Tang.

Zhuang Ruolan, seeing the expression on Madam Tang’s face, knew her thoughts and deliberately said with a smile, "Do you not like it, younger sister?" She could not let these two join forces; she was not afraid, but it would still be troublesome if they did. Since Lady Cheng had been disrespectful to her daughter-in-law from the start, she might as well stir things up from behind. If Lady Cheng and Madam Tang were at odds, she had much less trouble to deal with.

Ma Yue, oblivious to the subtle conflict, bluntly said, "If Eldest Sister-in-law gives it to you, just take it." It was just a hairpin, yet hesitating as if it was something unprecedented.

With Ma Yue’s words, Madam Tang promptly accepted, smiling as she said, "Thank you, Eldest Sister-in-law," and placed the Phoenix Hairpin on the red tray held by her maid.

The Ma Family was quite simple, consisting of Ma Chengteng, Ma Peng, and only one Ma Linlin, along with Loo Ying and Yueyao.

The elders were to give gifts to the bride, and similarly, the bride was to give gifts to her younger siblings. Madam Tang gave all three the same, embroidered Peony pouches, evenly filled. As for what was inside the pouches, only the individuals concerned knew.

Ma Linlin opened the red envelope to see what was inside, revealing a delighted expression. Fortunately, she did not take it out then and there; otherwise, there might have been issues. Loo Ying did not open hers in front of everyone but squeezed it in her hand and then slipped it into her sleeve.

Yueyao, smiling at the beaming Madam Tang, accepted the red envelope, exclaiming, "Thank you, Cousin Brother and Cousin-in-Law." Yueyao passed the pouch to Xi Yu behind her as soon as Ma Yue and his wife turned around.

After the greetings, everyone gathered for breakfast. On the first day after the bride entered the house, she had no right to sit down but needed to serve everyone at the meal.

While Zhuang Ruolan was tactful enough not to give rise to criticism, she, together with Madam Tang, managed the meal, and once all dishes were served, both Zhuang Ruolan and Madam Tang served everyone.

Ma Peng, however, said to Zhuang Ruolan, "Sit down and eat! Let the maids handle this." Ruo Lan was not the bride, and he did not want her to do these tasks.

Seeing that Ma Chengteng remained silent, Ma Yue also said, "You sit down too!"

Lady Cheng put down her chopsticks with displeasure and said, "What family doesn’t have the daughter-in-law serve the in-laws? Why must it be different with you?" Lady Cheng still wanted to set the rules. Since Madam Zhuang was not her direct daughter-in-law, she tolerated her not serving her, but now that her own daughter-in-law had arrived, she was ready to play her role as mother-in-law properly.

Ma Peng was about to say something but was stopped by a look from Zhuang Ruolan. Lady Cheng being the mother-in-law, her words weren’t wrong.

Ma Linlin, still resentful from yesterday’s incidents, was now happy to see her mother set rules for Zhuang Ruolan, smiling visibly. Loo Ying felt even more like she was becoming invisible.

However, Yueyao inappropriately interjected, "Uncle, Auntie. Eldest Cousin-in-Law has indeed slimmed down a lot recently due to the wedding preparations for the second cousin." It seemed as if Yueyao said everything, and yet nothing at all.

Naturally, Ma Chengteng hadn’t been watching whether Zhuang Ruolan had lost weight or not. Hearing Yueyao’s words and thinking how she indeed had been burdened recently, he said, "You have really worked hard these days. Please, take a seat!" All the decency in Ma Yue’s wedding was thanks to his eldest daughter-in-law.

With her father-in-law speaking up, Zhuang Ruolan would not mistreat herself further and taking a look at Yueyao, sat next to Ma Peng.

Ma Linlin glared at Yueyao, thinking she talked too much, yet she knew this was not her place to speak. Loo Ying just glanced at Yueyao without uttering a word.

At the same moment, Madam Tang also looked at Yueyao, surprised that her father-in-law would so favorably respond to Yueyao. It would be understandable if it were her own sister, but Yueyao was only a Cousin Miss. From this incident, Madam Tang perceived that Yueyao’s status in Ma’s Mansion might be unique.

Yueyao, who often visited Ma’s Mansion, had never dined with Ma Linlin before; today was the first occasion. Yueyao consumed two bowls of millet porridge, two flower rolls, two sticks of dough sticks, one egg, plenty of side dishes, and finished with a bowl of sheep milk.

Ma Linlin, watching Yueyao’s consumption, was so shocked her eyes nearly popped out. She exclaimed, "Goodness, I never thought Cousin Sister, you could eat so much. The food for one of your breakfasts is more than I can finish in three days." Ma Linlin nearly called Yueyao a glutton.

If it had been another girl, she would have blushed already, but Yueyao remained composed, "I do eat quite a lot, sorry for the amusement, Cousin Sister." Seeing the smile on Ma Linlin’s face, Yueyao added, "It’s precisely because I eat a lot that I can grow so tall and seldom fall ill."

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