Chapter 177 Flower Festival
The next day, Jinhua got dressed early.
She was wearing a pink double-breasted skirt, had her hair done in a single spiral bun, and a silver hairpin in her hair, which made her look bright and pretty.
"I remember that the skirt I bought for you was lilac in color," Xiaoyan said.
Jinhua blushed slightly: "I made this set myself."
Xiaoyan nodded.
After a while, Ye Yong and Hu Xiuxiu came.
Ye Peng didn't go because he thought it would be boring if Jin'er and Huan'er didn't go.
"This...Jinhua, how are we going to get there? I'll go back and harness a bullock cart!" Ye Yong said.
It was neither early nor late. Ye Daquan had not returned yet after sending the children to class, but Ye Erquan had returned early after delivering goods, and his cattle were parked at Ye Caiping's house.
"Well...someone from our cloth shop is going there too. He said he would come to pick me up. He should be here soon." Jinhua said in a low voice.
Hu Xiuxiu raised her eyebrows.
As he was speaking, the sound of horse hooves was heard, and a large carriage slowly approached.
The children in the village rarely saw a horse-drawn carriage, so they gathered around to watch the fun with smiles on their faces.
The carriage stopped and Zhou Ziyang got off. His eyes immediately fell on Jinhua and he couldn't help but be stunned.
It was not appropriate to praise him in front of everyone, so he bowed to Ye Yong and the others and said, "Nice to meet you. My surname is Zhou, my name is Ziyang, and I work at Jixiang Cloth Shop."
"Today is the Flower Festival. My little sister wanted to go play with Jinhua, so I went with her."
As they were talking, a little girl of about eight or nine years old climbed out of the carriage and smiled at everyone.
Jinhua smiled and said, "This is our young master and his sister Ting'er. Young master, this is my eldest brother, his wife and my cousin."
After a brief chat, everyone got in the car.
It was not until the carriage left that Old Lady Ye and Mrs. Du, who had been hiding at the door, came out.
"Is it the young man in blue clothes?" Old Mrs. Ye raised her eyebrows.
"Yes, it's Jinhua's young master." Mrs. Du nodded.
"He's so handsome!"
"Of course!"
Old Mrs. Ye was a little worried: "Let's take a closer look. I always feel that this family is too good. They go in and out in carriages."
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At noon, Shunkelou——
Ye Caiping had booked a private room on the second floor and was drinking tea with Ye Daquan.
"Little sister, today is the Flower Festival. Why don't you go shopping but just come here to drink tea?" Ye Daquan said.
"Let's wait a little longer!" Ye Caiping was a little nervous and uneasy.
Today is a very important day! After lunch, you will meet the Duke’s wife on the way back!
Li Jiaojiao lived up to expectations and actually went out.
This morning, Ye Caiping was waiting at the entrance of the town and actually saw Li Jiaojiao and Li Zimo enter the town. After strolling for a while, Li Jiaojiao and her sister came to Shunkelou for dinner.
Ye Caiping couldn't help but sigh at Li Jiaojiao's sensitivity to the plot.
Even though we are so poor, we still want to go to the Flower Festival.
In the book, Li Jiaojiao took Gu Han with her for shopping, but now it was Li Zimo who took her place. It must be because Gu Han had a lame leg and Li Jiaojiao felt embarrassed and didn't want to take him with her.
As he was talking, Shopkeeper Chi came over and said, "Madam Ye, is this the young couple sitting in the corner of the lobby? They just asked for the bill."
"Then go now."
"good."
Shopkeeper Chi responded and went downstairs.
He came to the table of Li Jiaojiao and Li Zimo and said with a smile: "Congratulations."
Li Jiaojiao was stunned: "What's the matter?"
"It's like this, little girl, you are the 10,000th customer since our store opened. So I specially gave you a big gift."
"What?" Li Jiaojiao was pleasantly surprised. Out of nowhere, someone was going to give her a gift. It was truly a godsend.
And I have never heard of giving gifts to the 10,000th customer after the opening of a business.
Never mind, she's lucky anyway.
Li Jiaojiao stood up instantly!
During this period, she was a little depressed, and her mysterious self-confidence was also worn away a lot.
Until now, she feels that her good luck has returned!
Could it be that the feeling she had in the morning was this gift?
When she got up today, she felt restless and thought she must go for a walk in the town, so she went out with two hundred coins in her pocket.
Now, she actually encountered such a good thing.
"What gift?" Li Zimo asked excitedly. He was in great need of money! Very short supply!
Shopkeeper Chi clapped his hands, and soon the waiter brought two large bowls of noodles, one bowl so big that it took three people to finish it!
Li Jiaojiao's face darkened: "What is this? Are you giving us food for free? But we have already eaten it, and your gift is too insincere."
Shopkeeper Chi laughed and said, "No, no, no, what I mean is, if you can finish these two bowls of noodles, not only will the meal be waived, but you will also get a reward of five taels of silver."
Five taels? Li Jiaojiao and her brother’s eyes immediately lit up.
God knows how tight their family's life is now. Let alone five taels, even seeing a penny would make their eyes light up.
"But... this is too much noodles. We were all full, so the shopkeeper brought it here..." Li Jiaojiao gritted her teeth.
"So are you going to eat it or not? If not, forget it."
Li Jiaojiao was almost angry to death.
Shopkeeper Chi added, "Don't worry, you have one and a half hours. If you can finish the meal within the time limit, the meal will be free and you will be rewarded with five taels!"
One and a half hours! The food in her stomach is almost gone! Li Jiaojiao cheered up again.
“I’ll eat it!”
Two bowls of noodles were immediately placed in front of the two of them.
The brother and sister picked up their chopsticks and started eating noodles in the basin.
Ye Caiping stood in the corner and chuckled, "Brother, let's go back."
The brother and sister left the restaurant and rode out of the town in a ox cart.
Ye Daquan frowned and said, "Little sister, why did you spend five taels to treat them to noodles?"
"I have my reasons. Let's go back and drive at a normal speed."
The book says that Li Jiaojiao met the Duke's wife on her way home after having dinner in the town.
With Li Jiaojiao's strong sensitivity to the plot, she was just about to pay the bill, which means that if she goes back now, she will almost meet him.
Lijia Village is very close to the town, only three miles away, and the ox cart moved slowly forward.
Shunke Building——
After eating for a while, Li Jiaojiao couldn't hold on any longer.
For some reason, she suddenly felt uncomfortable all over. The feeling was very familiar, just like the feeling she had after digging ginseng.
"Pah!" Li Jiaojiao slammed her chopsticks on the table. "I'm so annoyed. I won't eat anymore!"
Having said that, he stood up and turned to leave.
"Hey!" Shopkeeper Chi stopped her, "It's only been a quarter of an hour. Look, you've already eaten a quarter. It won't be a problem to finish it in an hour and a half."
The customers watching also cheered: "Yes, eat quickly."
"I...I don't want to eat now anyway. I'm leaving!" Li Jiaojiao scratched her head irritably. The feeling in her heart kept urging her to go home quickly.
"Jiaojiao, that's five taels..." Li Zimo felt that Li Jiaojiao was too willful.
"Then...you ate mine too!"
After Li Jiaojiao finished speaking, she rushed out like a fly.
"Jiaojiao--Poof--" Li Zimo held a big mouthful of noodles in his mouth, and while shouting, he was so stretched that he sprayed them out with a "poof", and even three or five strands of noodles came out of his nostrils.
He rolled his eyes and fell backwards.
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