Su Yan answered the phone and asked helplessly, "Who is it this time?"

After waiting a few seconds, there was still no sound from the other end.

She frowned, puzzled, and asked, "Hello? Can't you hear me?"

"Beep beep beep—!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a busy signal rang out.

Su Yan: "..."

Just as she was about to check the incoming call number, her phone rang again.

She answered the phone irritably and immediately said, "Why didn't you answer when you called earlier?"

After a two-second silence, Tao Yue's weak voice rang out, "...Ayan, I didn't call you just now. Did you yell at the wrong person?"

Tao Yue was about to cry.

Su Yan realized what was happening, coughed lightly, and said, "I misunderstood. Someone called just now but didn't say anything. It was just a prank. Anyway, what did you want to see me about?"

"Grandma asked me to ask you if you want to spend New Year's Eve at our house? Mom and Dad are also back from abroad and will arrive tonight."

Su Yan thought for a moment, "I'm planning to go shopping for New Year's goods with my mother. I'll ask her later and give you an answer then."

"Buying New Year's goods?" Tao Yue immediately became interested. "Where should we buy them? I want to go too."

"Today is the last day of the New Year's goods fair."

"Then wait for me for half an hour. I'm buying clothes for you and your godmother at the mall. Go there now."

"OK."

Tao Yue quickly hung up the phone.

Su Yan looked down and found the number she had just used to play a prank; it was an unfamiliar string of numbers.

She frowned; her intuition told her it wasn't a prank.

"Ayan, are you done yet?" Li Juan came over from the living room. "I forgot, I haven't bought new clothes for your brother and the others yet. I still need to buy them new clothes later."

Su Yan snapped out of her thoughts and said, "No need, Mother. Tao Yue has already bought them for us. She's going to buy New Year's goods with us. She'll be there soon."

Upon hearing this, Li Juan smiled and said, "Xiaoyue is so thoughtful."

She and Tao Yue are very close now, after all, Tao Yue has been helping her run all three braised food shops.

So she divided the profits from the three stores into three parts.

One copy was for Su Yan, one for Tao Yue, and the last one was for her.

Tao Yue was unaware of this matter. If she had known, she certainly wouldn't have accepted it. Li Juan planned to put it in a red envelope and give it to the girl privately.

"Grandma Tao asked us if we were going to the Tao family home for New Year's Eve tomorrow? Tao Yue's parents are coming back tonight."

“Go ahead, we agreed before.” Li Juan sighed, “It’s the first time we’re spending the New Year in Beijing. Your grandparents and I are really homesick. We wonder how the house in town is doing.”

Su Yan said, "You don't need to worry about that. Xiao Rou called me a couple of days ago. She cleaned our house thoroughly before coming home for the New Year."

The business of the braised food shop in Anping Town was getting better and better. Originally, she was going to hire two more female employees, but she thought that Xiao Rou wouldn't have anything to do by her side, and she didn't need to protect her safety for the time being, so she asked her to stay in Anping Town to help out for the time being.

“We’ll go back to Anping Town for the Spring Festival next year. If you really miss home, you can go back after the Spring Festival. Xiao Lei hasn’t started school yet.”

Li Juan suddenly remembered something and quickly said, "Don't even mention us, you should also go back to Lijiapin and see how the orchard is doing. Why hasn't the team leader called back? He hasn't even told us how much money he's made."

A lot of money was invested in the orchard, but Su Yan didn't care at all.

"You don't need to worry about that. The brigade leader calls me once or twice a month. With the brigade leader around, nothing will happen in the orchard. Besides, we're preparing for the New Year now, so I'll ask again after the New Year."

Li Juan raised her hand and poked her forehead, "How did I end up with such a carefree daughter like you?"

Just then, the sound of a car came from outside the door.

Li Juan said, "It must be Xiaoyue who has arrived."

A moment later, Tao Yue rushed in excitedly, "Ayan, where are you?"

Su Yan came out of the kitchen. "Here."

Tao Yue directed the bodyguards behind her to put the gifts in the living room before running over and saying, "I bought you clothes, go try them on and see if they fit."

The two bodyguards carried two or three loads of things out of the car, their hands full.

Li Juan said with concern, "You've bought so much, you're wasting money again."

I bought at least twenty or thirty different items, big and small.

She had witnessed Tao Yue's spending power a few times, but she still couldn't help feeling sorry for her spending money.

Tao Yue said nonchalantly, "Not many, there are so many people. Godmother, go try on the clothes quickly. After you're done, we'll go buy New Year's goods. I've never been to the New Year's market before. It must be very lively, right?"

Su Yan nodded. "It's lively."

As soon as he finished speaking, the phone in his hand rang again.

She said helplessly, "You guys go try it first, I'll come over after I finish this call."

"Then hurry up."

After Tao Yue finished speaking, she pulled Li Juan and walked away first.

Su Yan sat down in the courtyard before answering the phone.

After the call connected, the person on the other end said, "Are you home right now? Please sign for a package in five minutes."

Su Yan knew without even guessing who it was from that voice with its distinct Hong Kong accent.

She smiled and said, "Did Sister Minjun send me New Year's gifts while I was at home?"

Cai Minjun said calmly, "The design drafts you sent to Du Yun a week ago have been produced in small quantities. Two sets of each style will be sent to you or given as gifts."

The garment company is almost ready. There are two factories in Hong Kong and a total of six in mainland China.

Two of them are in Hangzhou, two are in Guangzhou, one is in Beijing, and one is in Suzhou.

Because the company has plenty of money, each factory was built by purchasing land and constructing it themselves.

The land was bought in a less developed area, and it didn't cost much.

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