Chapter 543: Not a Lantern

The two drivers who came to drive the cart were also very considerate and hurriedly lent a hand to help unload the goods.

It took a whole cup of tea to move so many things back and forth until they were completely moved into the shop.

"Thank you for your hard work." Zhuang Yutian wiped the sweat from his forehead and stuffed some change into the hands of the two shop assistants. "I wanted to treat you two to a cup of tea, but this shop is full now and there is no place to put your feet. You two can use this money to have tea."

The two waiters refused at first, but when they saw Zhuang Yutian's insistence, they finally accepted it.

Zhuang Yutian was very capable and never asked them where the two of them were from or whose goods they were transporting. It was obvious that he was very confident and trusted Zhuang Qingning.

The two guys also had a higher opinion of Zhuang Yutian in their hearts.

After returning, he told Cheng Ruize the whole story and handed over the money that Zhuang Yutian had just given him.

"Since it's given by Shopkeeper Zhuang, you two have worked really hard, so use it to have tea." Cheng Ruize said with a smile, "You've followed me for such a long distance, and you must be very tired. Go and take a rest. In the evening, ask the chef in the backyard to add some meat dishes."

"Oh, I remember the half lamb in the backyard has been frozen in the ice cellar, and I haven't had time to eat it. Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar year, so I'll take it out and stew it with some vegetables so that everyone can drink the hot lamb soup."

"Oh, yeah, buy some more Yuanxiao, the ones with eight treasures, the ones with red beans, all kinds, so that everyone won't be left hungry."

Seeing Cheng Ruize being so generous, the guys immediately smiled and thanked Cheng Ruize. Then they went to pack up their things and take a short rest.

"The couple who owns the village are really kind people." Fang Hou poured some tea for Cheng Ruize.

"If Shopkeeper Zhuang has gone to such great lengths to help, then he must be worthy of help." Cheng Ruize narrowed his eyes. "Today is the Lantern Festival. I'm afraid the incense tasting conference in Yangzhou has already begun."

"It should have already started by now." Fang Hou nodded. "Didn't the eldest and second young masters write to me earlier saying that when the registration was made, everyone was already shocked and extremely curious about Ban Yuexiang?"

"I'm afraid there are not only those who are curious, but also those who are waiting to see the joke."

Cheng Ruize smiled and said, "But no matter what the reason is, there will be a good show to watch when the time comes."

This Ban Yuexiang will definitely surprise everyone even more.

"The young master is just waiting for good news." Fang Hou laughed again and again. ——After Zhuang Qingning came out of Zhuang's Cloth Shop, he walked forward to look for Zhuang Qingsui and others.

After walking for a long time, they finally found Fan Wenxuan and others in the teahouse that Zhuang Yutian had mentioned earlier.

A few people were talking excitedly at the entrance of the teahouse. When they saw Zhuang Qingning coming, they hurried to greet him.

"Sister, you're here." Zhuang Qingsui shook Zhuang Qingning's arm like twisting candy, "We've been waiting for you for a long time."

"I just had something to talk about, and it got a little late. It's getting late, so I hurried to look for you guys." Zhuang Qingning smiled and scratched Zhuang Qingsui's nose. "Well, how did you guess the riddles?"

While talking, Zhuang Qingning glanced at the entrance of the teahouse and exclaimed, "Didn't they say that this is a place for lantern riddles? Why isn't there a single lantern?"

To guess riddles, write the riddle on a piece of paper and stick it on the various lanterns. If you can guess the answer, you can take the lantern away. If you guess more than one, you can have good luck.

During this festival, every shop will hang up numerous lanterns to make the shop more lively and popular.

As Zhuang Qingning walked along, he saw all kinds of lanterns hanging on both sides of the shop and on the ropes above his head. They were very beautiful and spectacular.

Originally, Zhuang Yutian said that the teahouse here was the most lively, and Zhuang Qingning wanted to take a look to see how many lanterns there were. But when he got here, he didn't see a single lantern. He was surprised and a little disappointed.

“Well.”

Chu Jinzhou replied, "Before Sister Ning came over just now, we answered all the riddles correctly, so these lanterns are all ours. But we couldn't take all of them back, so we picked out a few of the best-looking ones and gave the rest to the children who came and went..."

Forehead……

So others are here to guess riddles for fun, but you are here to buy them all in bulk?

No wonder she saw children holding lanterns and looking very happy along the way. At first she thought the children were happy because the adults bought them lanterns, but it turned out that they were just happy for nothing.

No wonder he saw the resentful look on the waiter at the door when he approached here just now. It turned out that all the lanterns were gone. Anyone would be resentful if they were in his place.

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"Is there something going on here?" Zhuang Qingning raised his eyebrows, looked at them and asked.

These children are not the kind of people who are so playful that they have no self-control. Even if a child is so happy that he forgets his limits, Fan Wenxuan and Banqing, who are with them, will remind them that such a situation should not happen.

"As expected of Miss Zhuang, you guessed it right." Ban Qing laughed, "When we first came, Young Master Mingli wanted to guess the riddle, but those who looked down on us said that the lantern was very expensive and couldn't be damaged casually. If it was damaged, we would have to pay for it."

"Young Master Mingli was so angry that he said he came here to guess riddles, but those people laughed at him, saying that the riddles here were for students and scholars, and that a child came here to guess riddles, which was just bragging. They also said that Young Master Mingli could lie at such a young age, and he stole the lanterns just because he wanted to, and he told so many lies..."

The expression on Zhuang Qingning's face suddenly darkened.

Respect the clothes first and then the person. I have always known this principle, but most people were embarrassed to save face and still had to put in the effort on the surface. This teahouse did it so obviously. They are really mean.

Although Zhuang Yonghe's family lived a comfortable life, they only wore ordinary fine cloth clothes. In addition, the family was used to being frugal, so the clothes they made for the children were naturally looser so that they could wear them for two more years.

The clothes that Zhuang Mingli was wearing at the time were new, but the trouser legs and sleeves were quite long. It was obvious that he was a child from an ordinary family, so the people in the teahouse looked down on him.

"The Third Young Master was so angry that he went up to argue. The man saw that the Third Young Master was well-dressed and his attitude changed drastically. He was so respectful that the Third Young Master became even angrier."

(End of this chapter)