444 Chinese New Year in a Foreign Land

As expected, the Ying family members arrived in the morning, including the old man of the Ying family, the eldest master Ying, and Fu An and his mother.

Old Master Ying led them to bow deeply to Sun Sicheng.

"Master, Young Master Fu An was ignorant and did not know how to restrain himself when he went out, which caused a big disaster. It was thanks to Young Master Ping An who tried his best to save him and you who took the trouble to lead people to look for him everywhere."

After saying that, they wanted to salute Ping'an again, which frightened Ping'an so much that he hurriedly worked with his master to stop them.

Fu Ying was in tears. Her son came home yesterday afternoon and told them all this in the evening. The whole family was scared to death. She almost lost her only son.

This time it was all thanks to Ping An, but it also implicated Ping An.

"Grandpa, you don't have to be like this. Some things are unexpected. Ping An and his friends are young, and I was not able to go with them because I had something else to do. They are all fine now. Just treat it as an experience and be careful next time. Ping An was also severely scolded by me."

Ping An lowered his head. He really didn't scold him, but Uncle He was scolded quite severely.

Master Ying said, "Anyway, this time it's all thanks to you. My sister and brother-in-law only have this one son. If it were so bad, the whole family wouldn't be able to survive.

This is a small gift from my Ying family and my sister's family. This one is for the eldest son, and this one is for Master Ping'an. Please accept it, otherwise my mother will have to come in person. She kept talking about your kindness at home last night."

Sun Sicheng naturally declined.

Of course I couldn't refuse, so I had to accept it.

Fu Ying took out three invitations and said, "My eldest son, An'er's sister is getting married on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Her fiancé is my eldest nephew. I hope you and Master Ping'an will attend. This one is for Master Chen. Please pass it on to him for me."

My husband wrote to me and told me that he has been sent to Hezhou as the governor, which is considered a lateral transfer. However, this way we will be close to our daughter and our family can be reunited."

Sun Sicheng thought of the gentle and refined Mr. Fu: "That's great. It's also good to be sent out for a few years. Congratulations, Madam Fu."

Fu Ying was grinning from ear to ear, she was finally away from that family, even if she didn't have to be transferred back for ten or eight years.

Besides, the rank of prefect is second only to the prefect, a real vacancy, much better than an official in the Ministry of Rites. Her family also spent a lot of money on this transfer.

"My dear young master, when do you plan to go back? You have to visit the Ying family in the first month of the year."

Sun Sicheng smiled and said, "I plan to leave after the third day of the first lunar month. There will be a lot of troubles in Beijing, so I have to leave early."

The old man sighed, "You are too busy, so let's meet on the third day of the New Year. We don't know when we will meet next time."

"Old Master, maybe we can meet soon. I like to travel around."

Not long after the Ying family left, before they had time to receive the gifts, Mr. Chen came and bowed deeply as soon as they met.

"Chen and his son would like to thank Master Da and Master Ping An for saving us."

Sun Sicheng hurriedly pulled him and Chen Xuan up: "What are you doing? Ping An and Chen Xuan are good friends. Besides, I was the one who brought the person there. If anything goes wrong, I am also responsible."

"How can you be blamed for this? It's Chen Xuan's fault that he doesn't know how high the heaven is and how deep the earth is. He doesn't know how to restrain himself when he goes out. Ping An tried to persuade him but he didn't listen. When I heard about this yesterday, I was almost scared to the ground. People outside are treacherous. How can these kids know? Fortunately, Ping? The young master is capable."

Sun Sicheng smiled and said, "Ping An is indeed a little clever. If it weren't for him this time, Chen Xuan and Fu An might not be able to come back. There are so many small tribes on the sea that we would have nowhere to look for them.

Master Chen, I have already planned to leave for Yingtian on the fourth day of the first lunar month. Once I arrive in Yingtian and put Ping An down, I will go directly back to the capital. I estimate that I will probably be able to leave in the second half of the year, or possibly early next year."

Master Chen tried to probe: "I heard from my son that Ping An is studying with Master Ying Tian Wang. I wonder if he can take Xuan Er with him?"

"Master Chen, I really can't answer you on this. Let Ping An ask him later. Master Wang basically doesn't accept outsiders to study."

Chen Xuan was a little annoyed. He had clearly told his father not to mention this matter at home, but his father still brought it up. Isn't this putting Ping An in a difficult position?

"My Lord, I have almost finished coordinating matters with the Ying family. I will go back with you in the first month of the year, and the first batch of goods will be delivered in March. I have also collected a lot of pearls here. I have a jewelry store in Yingtian, and I also have such craftsmen. I believe the business will not be bad."

Sun Sicheng said, "My family will not interfere with these matters. Master Chen, please feel free to ask for anything you need. You should also leave enough money for the expenses. It doesn't matter whether we make money or not. Both our families are not short of money."

"Yes, yes, why should you worry about that, young master? Our two families will celebrate the New Year together. I plan to invite a good chef from Minzhou early to make more Minzhou specialties for us."

Sun Sicheng had no objection to this.

After the Chen family father and son left, Ping An looked at the two gifts on the table and said, "Master, we got rich so early in the morning. There are so many gifts."

Ping'an opened the box and saw that the Ying family gave him a box of small gold ingots, weighing a total of one hundred taels, equivalent to one thousand taels of silver, as well as some pearls, dried sea cucumbers, dried abalone, and two pieces of brocade.

The Chen family gave more directly, one thousand taels of silver notes and a box of gold leaves.

Sun Sicheng looked at his and estimated that it was about the same, so he immediately gave his share of gold leaves to Ping An.

Ping An kept half of the sea cucumber and abalone to bring to the Wang family's great-grandmaster, and gave the rest to his master, asking him to take it to his great-grandmaster and the others to eat.

Sun Sicheng asked Jixiang to accept the gift and leave.

"Ping An, take your gift. From now on, study hard in the morning. You don't need to do anything else. Go to the medical hall in the afternoon."

Before they knew it, it was the end of December. During that time, they attended the wedding banquet of Fu An's sister. The Ying family was indeed a wealthy family in Minzhou, and the wedding was very grand. Fu An felt very proud.

The only regret is that his father can't come.

Ping An has been taking Chen Xuan to study these days. Ping An found that Chen Xuan didn't like studying very much. He was most interested in doing business. Unfortunately, his father said that he was enough for the business. What's the point of making so much money? If there is no one at home, it will be broken sooner or later.

Ping An Zaquin picked out a lot of pearls and asked Chen Xuan to take them all to his craftsman to make various jewelry, such as pearl flowers, bracelets, necklaces, etc. He also drew many pictures of the jewelry, which made Chen Xuan very happy.

He insisted on not letting Ping An pay the processing fee, and asked him to take some time to come up with a few more designs.

In fact, these styles were everywhere in the past life. All kinds of cheap jewelry were available. The quality of the items was not good, but the styles were good.

On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, three days before the New Year, Ping An completed his one-month-long treatment for mole and freckle removal. During this period, he also followed his master to perform several operations of varying degrees.

I am a little tired, but my wallet is also fatter.

Sun Sicheng ordered that Baicaotang be officially closed today and reopen on the eighth day of the first lunar month next year.

Ping An had already prepared two sets of new clothes for each of the people he brought, including some for himself and his master.

The next step is to prepare to celebrate a unique New Year in a foreign land.