Yueyao did not refuse because Ruo Lan was the first to bring it up. Yueyao felt that Ruo Lan would not do something without reason.
The allocation of tasks was designated by Lady Cheng. Yueyao was responsible for managing the gifts from guests and recording these items in the register; Loo Ying was assigned the role of managing utensils, which were required for the wedding, and she had to log everything that was used and returned; Ma Linlin was in charge of the tea room, specifically dealing with the visitors' social interactions. Among the three, Ma Linlin's task was the most complicated and demanding.
Yueyao was not fond of household duties, but she was determined to learn and would devote all her efforts to it. This was Lian Dongbo's teaching: it's fine not to learn, but once you decide to learn, you must study earnestly.
