Reborn as an Ugly Wife in the Countryside
Chapter 389: Miss Chu Family, Chu Huan

Chapter 389: Chapter 389: Miss Chu Family, Chu Huan

Yuelai Restaurant was found all over the place, and there were many family properties, but for some unknown reason, Lord Chu and Lady Chu took a fancy to Shibao Town and settled there for many years.

As such, the family estate in Shibao Town was a place Chu Lian often visited.

Today was the birthday of Chu Huan, the eldest daughter of the Chu Family, so Lady Chu took this opportunity to arrange a flower appreciation banquet, inviting young ladies from wealthy families to come and admire the flowers. The ostensible reason was to celebrate her daughter Chu Huan’s birthday, but the hidden agenda was to help her son, Chu Lian, find a suitable match for marriage.

At the end of February, spring had just begun. The trees were not yet dressed in green, and it was not yet the season for flower viewing. Lady Chu, eager to attract those young ladies, had gathered exotic flowers and plants from various places.

The Chu Mansion had always acted discreetly, and they had never hosted a feast for many years. Those who received the invitations speculated that it was an event to choose a suitable spouse for Eldest Young Master Chu, so they all had their daughters dress up and attend the banquet.

The flower appreciation banquet was held in the courtyard of the Chu Mansion, yet Lord Chu and Lady Chu were leisurely drinking tea inside the house.

"My lady, won’t you go out and take a look?"

Lady Chu sipped her tea and slowly replied, "Let Xiaohuan handle it. The girls would feel uneasy with us around."

As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Huan walked into the room, picked up the teapot on the table, and poured herself a cup of tea, which she downed in one gulp.

Lady Chu frowned upon seeing this. Her daughter was spoiled by her father and lacked the demeanor of a lady of quality. "Xiaohuan, can you please mind your manners?"

Chu Huan was used to her mother’s remarks, hearing them many times a day. She pouted and said, "Mother, can we not hold this flower banquet anymore? If you’re going to do it, you’re all inside while I have to deal with everything alone outside."

"This is an opportunity for you to practice," Lady Chu said calmly.

"Who are you kidding? Don’t think I don’t know, this is about picking a sister-in-law for me."

"..." Her daughter was clever and could see through anything. "So, you should be even more attentive. How are the girls outside?"

Chu Huan found a place to sit. "Not great, they all seem affected and uncomfortable, very artificial."

Hearing this, Lady Chu knitted her brows. She and her husband had tried to stay out of the way. "Did you, perhaps, show them a cold face?"

"Oh mother, unjustly accused! How dare I? I was courteous and smiling the whole time, look how stiff my face has gotten from it," Chu Huan said, and she even grabbed her own face to show her parents.

"Enough, remove your hand. That’s no way to behave," Lady Chu chided. "They might just be uneasy because they have just met. It will get better in a while. Go back to the yard and help your brother make a good choice."

"Mother, no offense, but those people really aren’t a match for my brother. I don’t understand, with our family’s standing, do we need to settle for them?"

"You think I want this? It’s your brother, after all these years, he’s not satisfied with anyone. We had to lower our standards. Otherwise, when can I expect to hold a grandchild? We picked the best available from each town and county."

"..." Her mother was desperate, resorting to finding purportedly reputable young ladies from nowhere that she didn’t like at all.

"Aren’t you going yet?"

"..." She had barely warmed her seat when her mother sent her off again. She stood up, "Alright, alright, I’ll go, but, just me looking isn’t going to help, where is my brother?"