The Temptation of a Pony

The sugar boiling process began, and this time, the playful Fourth Concubine was in charge of stirring.

The two grown men stood by, unharmed.

Xu Weibei, trying to make conversation, said, "Want to come out and see my horse? I just got it."

Gu Anfang couldn't refuse this suggestion.

What man doesn't love horses?

Xu Weibei: When it really matters, I still have to rely on my BMW.

"Finally out." Er Ya breathed a sigh of relief after the Er Ya left.

Wasn't Gu Wanning the same?

She felt awkward around both of them.

Xu Qiaoqiao watched from the side, seemingly lost in thought.

The sugar was cooked successfully, and Gu Wanning finally learned how to make it.

However, she didn't try to clarify the muddy water to get white sugar; she had to try that on her own.

After learning the first step, she tried to figure it out on her own first, and only asked her older brother to find someone knowledgeable to help her if she really couldn't.

Chapter 159 The Temptation of Little Horse

In the evening, Gu Wanning first sent Er Ya out to hire a carriage to send Xu Qiaoqiao and her maid away.

"I didn't expect to learn it in just one day," Gu Wanning said with a smile.

She gave Xu Qiaoqiao a red envelope containing five taels of silver and insisted on giving it to her.

"It's nothing really, the main thing is having helpers. My sister comes to visit me when she has time."

"I'm free during the first month of the lunar calendar, so I'll come see you in a few days. I have some other ideas for your rice noodles; I'll see if I can help you improve them later."

She really craved snail rice noodles.

However, it's a bit too cold to catch snails in winter.

Ideally, there should be a shallow stream where you can scoop them up with a strainer without getting your hands wet.

Later, when she had some free time, she inquired about it and tried to find it.

"Okay, I'll wait for my sister."

After seeing Xu Qiaoqiao, I went back to the room and saw that Xu Weibei had taken over her couch and was sitting there calmly, showing no intention of leaving.

No wonder the Third Concubine and Fourth Concubines preferred to stay in the kitchen and never come in; they were avoiding him.

"What are we having for dinner?" Xu Weibei asked.

Gu Wanning: "..."

He still needs to eat dinner? She didn't ask him to stay!

However, Xu Weibei did a great job today, so even if it's just a neighbor helping out, he should be treated to a meal.

"I'll go cook noodles."

Cooking noodles is the fastest way, let's eat quickly and go.

When Gu Wanning came out, she saw her third brother standing at the kitchen door, looking like a child who had done something wrong, and awkwardly said, "Um, I'm really sorry about today. Are you alright?"

"It's all too cold by now if anything happens," Er Ya Master, don't stay here, go keep the Marquis!"

Don't leave the young lady and the Marquis alone together, lest the Marquis have an opportunity to take advantage of them.

The Third Concubine lowered her head and said, "I'm fine. It was my carelessness that startled the third master."

"I'm a grown man, what's there to be frightened about? I'm just glad you're alright. I'm so sorry." Gu Anfang bowed deeply to her. "I'll go and speak with the Marquis for a while."

After all, she was Xu Weibei's concubine, so he couldn't say too much, lest he offend her.

Although Gu Anfang disliked Xu Weibei, he learned a lot about recognizing and training horses from him today.

Although he was proud and declined Xu Weibei's invitation to go horseback riding together, he hoped to learn something from him so that he wouldn't be completely ignorant when others talked about it in the future.

Owning his own horse was a long- Gu Anfang.

However, their family situation wasn't that they couldn't afford a horse, but rather that it was far too extravagant.

After all, there are many people in the family, and there are expenses for food, clothing, housing, transportation, education, and marriage.

Just the other day, my mother was saying that our house was getting too small and she wanted to buy another one...

Daily life is so annoying.

Gu Anfang's only consolation was that his second brother had horses, and he could sometimes go to his second brother to have some fun.

He used to dislike Xu Weibei, but after getting to know him today, he thinks the man isn't so bad after all.

He's just a bit blind, insisting on having Gu Wanning.

--Before their marriage, Gu Wanning was truly the most sharp-tongued and mean-spirited girl he had ever met, without exception.

However, he was only able to get by today because of Gu Wanning, which made him a little embarrassed.

While eating noodles that evening, Zhi Nu held her bowl, forgetting all about her meal, her eyes fixed on Xu Weibei and Gu Anfang.

--The Er Ya of them took turns serving noodles, one bowl for each of them, and Er Ya, who was serving noodles, almost never stopped.

Gu Wanning patted the Zhi Nu's head. "Eat up, you need to eat well to grow tall. Look at the Marquis and Third Uncle, aren't they so capable because they can eat a lot?"

Zhi Nu nodded hurriedly and lowered her head to shovel noodles into her mouth.

"Eat some meat." Gu Wanning put two more pieces of braised meat on his plate.

Xu Weibei and Gu Anfang ate two large plates of braised meat.

After the meal, Xu Weibei didn't leave. He asked his Third Concubine and Fourth Concubine to help him clear the table and wash the dishes before he finally left.

Before leaving, he said to Gu Wanning, "Are you going to continue making sugar tomorrow? I can help."

He noticed that there was still some sugarcane left in the side room.

Gu Wanning quickly waved her hand. "No, no, I can't stay up any longer. I'm going to visit relatives tomorrow."

Do you still have relatives visiting?

Gu Wanning: "... I'm going to visit my second brother and sister-in-law."

"Then I'll come again the day after tomorrow."

I have an appointment with Qiaoqiao the day after tomorrow.

The day after tomorrow, Xu Weibei will have to go to court. She has calculated this clearly and doesn't want him to come again.

Xu Weibei saw through her intentions perfectly, and was so angry he felt a toothache. He slapped his horse's rump, "Giddy up—"

Gu Anfang stared blankly at the horse's rump; it was indeed a fine horse.

"Third Brother, you must be tired too. Go back and rest early." Gu Wanning knew that Gu Anfang didn't like her, so she didn't move closer.

"Oh, well..." Gu Anfang said, "I bumped into that Third Concubine today, and I still feel bad about it. Could you help me see if I should buy her some snacks or something? You can buy them and give them to her, and I'll give you some money."

"No, it's just a tiny scrape on my elbow..."

"And a scrape? Let's buy some ointment."