The Double Ninth Festival is an extremely grand day in this era.
As the drought has eased, the late rice and crops planted in various fields have been effectively irrigated, and everyone has hope. Today's Luyan Port has become extremely lively.
Early in the morning, Liu Yun distributed the prepared dogwood to everyone in the mansion and ordered everyone to wear it.
Sang Qi personally brought the washed dogwood leaves into the bedroom. Chu Nanzhi and Lin Jinxiao put them on each of them, wiped their faces and rinsed their mouths before walking out of the house together.
Seeing the energetic family members, Chu Nanzhi felt indescribably happy.
When I walked to the backyard, I heard that the second and third treasures refused to leave the house. Liu Yun also refused to listen, so she had to go to the attic of the east wing herself.
When they got upstairs, they saw Liu Yun wearing dogwood for the little treasures, coaxing and coaxing her: "Today you have finished your two grandfathers' lessons well, and in the afternoon, grandma will wear the four of you brothers and sisters to mother's house."
Restaurant.”
The second and third treasures still refused to comply. When they saw their mother, they all came forward excitedly and begged pitifully: "Mom, we are going to Qinghefang with you and dad today."
I heard that Uncle Sangkun hired all the most famous pastry shops in the county and set up stalls at the entrance of Jushengfang. It was very busy these two days.
For a snack like Erbao, the temptation is the most irresistible.
Erbao pressed close to Chu Nanzhi's thigh, pursed his lips and said in a disgruntled voice: "Mom, I also want to go to Jushengfang to throw stones and eat cakes."
When this matter was mentioned, Liu Yun became extremely worried.
I heard from Chu Nanxiang and Chu Nanzhu that in the past two days alone, the cakes given to the children who threw stones at Jushengfang cost hundreds of taels of silver every day.
There is also money to reward those pastry shops, which is not a small expenditure.
In order to prepare for the opening of the restaurant today during the Double Ninth Festival, my daughter took out a thousand taels of silver and handed it over to Sang Kun a few days ago, and ordered him to buy chrysanthemum wine and Double Ninth cakes to give to those who came to watch the fun.
She had never seen such money being burned in her life.
Looking anxiously at Chu Nan Zhi, Liu Yun said worriedly: "Da Zhi, your expenditures these days are not small. I heard Sang Kun say that you are planning to spend so much money every day this month to support those pastry shops.
If this continues, we will spend less than ten thousand taels of silver in one month. Isn’t this a waste of money?”
"Don't worry, mother, I have my own reasons."
Chu Nanzhi said with a grin.
"Oh, it's not because of my mother's pettiness. You let the children throw stones into the mud all day long. If they hit the small flag in the pothole, you will be rewarded with cakes. The cakes in those pastry shops are not cheap. Let's do good deeds.
It cannot be this way, exchanging silver for stones is not a good deal."
"What you put in now is just stones, and what will come back soon will be nothing but silver."
Chu Nanzhi kept laughing heartlessly.
She has already settled this account.
Butler Zhao led hundreds of craftsmen to clean up the filth in Jushengfang for four to five days. It would take at least a month to fill up a pothole as big as Chongrenfang. Calculated by calculation
, wages, materials for filling holes, plus some miscellaneous expenses will cost hundreds of taels of silver.
As for inviting those famous pastry shops to Jushengfang, this was a strategy she had planned for a long time. However, even if she discussed this strategy with Liu Yun in detail, she might not be able to understand this contemporary investor strategy of burning money to attract new customers.
Everything will be revealed after the dust settles.
Maybe a lot of people are calling her a nouveau riche and a fool right now.
As soon as she thought of this, Chu Nanzhi couldn't stop sneezing.
Grandma’s legs, some people are really scolding me.
She looked at Liu Yun with a pretended to be calm smile, grabbed her lapel affectionately, and said coquettishly: "Oh, mother, you don't have to worry about these things. I swear, sooner or later I will earn back double the money I squandered."
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Liu Yun pouted and rolled her eyes at her angrily.
There is simply nothing you can do against her.
Isn’t this the psychology of the nouveau riche?
Although her son-in-law is now successful, and although she has made a fortune in the gambling house, she will inevitably be regarded as a fool by spending money like this.
Chu Nanzhi didn't want to ruin everyone's interest because of this matter, and she couldn't ignore the little treasures' requests.
Looking at the little treasures who were looking at each other with warm eyes, she smiled and ordered: "Today, my mother will make the decision for you. You will all go to Qinghefang to have a good day, but you have to study hard tomorrow.
, don’t think about other things. If you like the pastries from those pastry shops in Jushengfang, mother will ask Uncle Sangkun to bring some back to you every day."
Hearing this, the babies all cheered happily and went downstairs.
But Liu Yun couldn't help but frowned: "Is this appropriate, Mr. Chang? Mr. Nie didn't send a message saying that classes will be suspended today?"
"Ahem, it doesn't matter. Recently, happy events have come one after another. Let the little ones rest for a day. I have a way to persuade them."
Thinking of the charming pretty girl last night, Chu Nanzhi felt a little angry.
She doesn't want her little ones to become nerds like her father in the future.
Mr. Nie is easy to talk to, but Mr. Chang has an old-fashioned temperament. If he doesn't speak, he will never stop the little treasures' schoolwork, even if it means a knife from the sky.
Looking at Sang Qi happily, Chu Nanzhi said seriously: "Sang Qi, today is the Double Ninth Festival, and my two gentlemen's homes must be very deserted. You will personally send a carriage to pick up the two ladies.
Go to the restaurant and ask Sang Kun to reserve the largest room, I will hold a banquet tonight."
Chang Lao's only son died in the war, and Nie Lao's sons are all serving as officials. Now, he and Lin Jinxiao are the only people closest to them.
The two elders were so generous to the family, and she hoped to repay Lin Jinxiao for their kindness in nurturing him over the years.
After receiving the master's instructions, Sang Qi hurriedly responded.
Liu Yun became hesitant again: "Your third uncle has just been buried. I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to hold a banquet at this time."
"The drama that should be performed, ah, isn't it already buried? We don't have any friendship with her, so we won't have to keep her mourning for her for a year and a half. That is her biological son's business."
Chu Nanzhi took Liu Yun and walked downstairs. As she walked, she explained: "It's not a special banquet, it's just the opening of the restaurant. I'd like to invite the two ladies to come and watch my restaurant together. The two elders will give lessons to the little treasures.
By the way, let’s have a casual dinner together in the evening.”
After she explained it like this, Liu Yun felt much more at ease.
When they arrived at the outer courtyard, they saw the four little treasures all hunched their necks and lowered their heads. In front of them, Chang Lao was staring with bulging eyes, angrily scolding them with dissatisfaction:
"You little guys, who gave you the courage to skip classes? In order to study tirelessly, the ancient sages, sleepless nights, and even stabbed their buttocks, studied hard for ten years in a humble window to gain some fame. It's good for you, you still dare to go out with a name.
Tan Wan actually moved your mother out, would she be so ignorant?"
Lin Jinxiao, who was standing silently not far away, saw Chu Nanzhi coming out and quickly slipped into the house first.
Chu Nanzhi couldn't help but froze slightly after listening to Chang Lao's scolding words. He hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and greeted him warmly:
"Oh, teacher, I blame the students for not thinking carefully. The students thought that today is the Double Ninth Festival and didn't want the two elders to work so hard, so they thought of letting the little ones suspend class for one day to let the two elders rest."
As he spoke, he coquettishly coaxed and half-deceived: "Yesterday, the fishermen in Haikang County sent two big horsetails. The student also wanted to do it himself today and let the two elders go over and taste them."
When Mr. Nie heard this, his solemn face immediately became overjoyed, and he asked expectantly: "Really?"