Chapter 213 Receiving Gifts

There are gifts for birthdays.

Song Zhenping handed over a small wooden box containing two goose-yellow silk flowers: "I bought these at the market as a gift for your eighteenth birthday."

Since the beginning of June, Song Zhenping has been thinking about how to give Yun'er a birthday gift.

All the money in the family was in Song Liyun's hands, and Song Zhenping only had a few taels of silver as pocket money.

But he didn't know what to buy. There were only a few small cloth stalls in Suijin Town, and the cloth there was not as good as the one Yun'er bought in the city.

Yun'er doesn't like wearing jewelry either.

He searched for a long time and only found these silk flowers that he liked, so he spent fifty cents to buy two.

Song Liyun happily accepted the slightly crudely made silk flower, and she didn't dislike it.

Song Zhenping had money on him, but he never spent it on anything else except food.

Moreover, she had seen this silk flower on Xu Yan'er's head, and she said it was the best hair flower that could be bought in Suijin Town.

Seeing that his second sister liked his brother's silk flower, Xiao An shyly took out a light red ball and said, "Second sister, this is a stone I gave you."

He had spent all his money on a dog and couldn't buy silk flowers, but this stone was his favorite and he kept it with him at all times every day.

Now he wants to give it to his second sister.

Song Liyun did not take the stone. Instead, she hugged his head and rubbed it affectionately. She would be happy even if it was just a gift of stone.

Xiao An blinked her big eyes and stuffed the stone into her hand. Song Liyun took it and took a casual look at it. She was immediately surprised and asked, "Xiao An, where did you find it?"

Song Zhenping also took it and looked at it, very surprised: "This stone is so beautiful, did Xiao An pick it up by the river?"

Seeing that everyone was curious about the stone, Xiao An was both happy and nervous. He hesitated and said, "Brother Abu gave it to me. He saw that I liked it, so he gave it to me and told me not to take it out of Baolinju and to keep it well."

Song Liyun held the crystal clear, smooth agate stone in her hand, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Xiao An was ignorant and treated the agate as a stone. He should return it to the owner quickly.

Yunniang did not give any gold or silver. She made a set of strange underwear according to Song Liyun's instructions and put it on the head of the kang.

Han Ming is a carefree man and didn't even think about what to give as a gift. Seeing that everyone expressed their wishes, he immediately scratched his head in anxiety.

Song Liyun smiled and said, "Uncle Han is busy at home every day, taking care of the farm and the house. That's why I can go out and earn money without any worries. Why should I give you another gift? I should toast you a glass."

Now Han Ming is both a guard and a helper at home, doing all kinds of work. His three brothers and sisters no longer regard him as an outsider.

How could Han Ming let Song Liyun toast him? Putting aside the fact that she was the host, he felt ashamed of himself just based on the abilities Song Liyun had shown in recent days.

Song Zhenping had said he would provide for Han Ming in his old age. When he heard Yun'er offer a toast, he immediately raised his glass and said, "Uncle Han, thank you so much for helping Yun'er these days... going through life and death. These things should have been done by me, your older brother... I toast you."

Han Ming drank his wine with a chuckle.

After the gift-giving, the family started to feast, drinking and talking about daily life in a warm and harmonious atmosphere.

In Qili County, a restaurant was still brightly lit. Since the county magistrate took office, there was no longer a curfew in the city, and the diners were drunk at this time.

In the private room on the second floor of Jinxi Building, several men sat around the table with serious expressions.

One of the men, with a big heart and a pale face, said, "Everyone, Tianxianglou is quietly opening today. What do you think?"

"It's said that rules don't make a square. This military girl is ignorant. Chef Shen should teach her a lesson and not just leave her alone."

"Yes, if everyone could open a shop and sell anything to people, and set the price they want, Qili County would be in chaos."

Several people were talking about it.

The white-faced man said in a deep voice, "Now is not the time to lecture. I want to ask you, they have already opened their business, what are you going to do?"

They had already said this once, and also sent people to inform all grain and oil shops and wineries not to sell goods, asking Song Liyun to give up and come to their door to apologize.

But unexpectedly, a fur shop suddenly showed up to help and brought back several carts of goods from the provincial capital.

No one, including Shen Leyan, had ever paid any attention to this fur shop which was not well-known in Qili County.

This is normal. There is a fur store on one side and a restaurant on the other side. There is no intersection between them.

The case of Qin He robbing and murdering Wan Daguanshi of Tianxiang Tower happened in the middle of the night in the mountains far away from Qili County, and the county government file stated that "no case occurred."

The garrison was also responsible for the following incidents, and others only knew that Hong Jingtian was against Suijin Town.

Therefore, almost no one knows that there is a Wanjia Fur Store here.

Hearing Shen Leyan ask what to do, the middle-aged man in yellow shirt sitting at the left looked at him with dissatisfaction and said sarcastically, "You have been the head of Master Shen's guild for the past five years. You should be the one giving advice. Why are you asking us instead?

You said Tianxianglou was in your pocket... Haha! It's because of your indecision that you delayed taking action, dragging it to this point.

If you had followed my advice earlier, you wouldn't have had this trouble."

The head chef is elected every five years. Shen Leyan had just taken over when Tianxianglou collapsed. He was given a great opportunity for nothing, but he didn't seize it. What a fool.

Shen Leyan’s face suddenly darkened: “Master Huang, isn’t this too much?

What do you mean by delaying until now? From the moment I learned that someone had taken over Tianxianglou until now, I haven't delayed for a single moment. But what have you all done? You're just boasting."

He was not happy either.

Who wouldn't want such a big piece of fat? He also sent a lot of gifts to the county government, just wanting to book Tianxiang Tower as soon as possible.

But he didn't expect that the new Lord Jiang would not listen to him. He even refused the offer of 1,000 taels of silver, saying that the case had not been closed and the stolen goods could not be handled.

Now, with the case closed, the restaurant fell into the hands of a military girl who had nothing.

Many people in Qili County knew that Shen Leyan had connections, and he was determined to get what he wanted. This time, he was severely slapped in the face in the guild.

He looked calm on the outside, but he was burning with anger in his heart.

Hearing him say that he was only good at talking, the man in yellow said angrily, "You're the head cook, this is your responsibility. If you weren't so ignorant and dismissive, how could they have started such a big fight, blocking half the street?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the others began to whisper to each other.

It is indeed true. Tianxiang Tower is popular because it is located in a bustling area with a lot of people coming and going.

The smell of Song Liyun's barbecue attracted everyone on the street.

Add to that those young people who were dressed particularly conspicuously, asked each of them to take a step forward, and each of them to stop for a while, and offered free food tastings, it was more straightforward than inviting a gong and drum band to parade around the streets.

The most important thing is that it took only a dozen days from Song Liyun taking over to opening the business. The whole process was silent and fierce, making opening a store like marching to war.

(End of this chapter)