Lu Yuan immediately beamed with joy: "Good, good, good, quickly call them over!"
Xiao Kai nodded and ran off. Not long after, more than a dozen children, around eleven, twelve, or thirteen years old, followed Xiao Kai to Lu Yuan's flower garden.
"Brother Lu, I brought them all for you!"
"Okay! That's great, here's a tip for your hard work!"
After saying that, Lu Yuan took out a handful of large green dates from his pocket and placed them in the other person's palm.
Xiao Kai happily thanked him, then took the dates and went home. In this era, people had trouble even eating, let alone snacks. Although Xiao Kai was about seventeen or eighteen years old, he was still like a child. He was at the age of growing up and craving food, and at this age, he liked to show off to his friends.
With these dates, he could show them off to his friends.
As Xiao Kai left with the dates, more than a dozen children looked at Lu Yuan with envy in their eyes.
Looking at these children of varying ages, Lu Yuan couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.
In order to make these children take his affairs seriously, he quickly put away his smile and changed into a serious expression.
"As you all saw, Xiao Kai just did something for me, so I gave him a reward! Do you want to do something for me?"
The children shouted in unison, "Yes!"
"That's good! Right now, I happen to have something I need you to do for me! As long as you do it well, each of you will receive twenty jujubes every day! After that, each of you can come back to me to collect a pound of melon seeds and peanuts!"
Upon hearing Lu Yuan's words, all the children's eyes lit up as they stared intently at Lu Yuan's pocket, as if they could immediately pull out dates, melon seeds, and peanuts from it.
One of the older children spoke up and asked, "Brother Lu Yuan, tell us, what do you need us to do? We promise to complete the task!"
"Yes, yes, yes! We can definitely do it! Please, just leave it to us!"
"Brother Lu Yuan, may I eat some plum-flavored sunflower seeds?"
"..."
The children chattered excitedly, and Lu Yuan immediately saw a hint of longing in their eyes.
"Alright! Since you've agreed to my request, I'll explain everything!"
“From today onwards, you will guard this flowerbed for me. No one is allowed to approach it except me! Keep a close watch on it every day, and you are not allowed to step on it! Moreover, you are not allowed to tell anyone about what is happening here! Do you understand?”
The children shouted in unison, "We understand!"
"Okay! That's good! Everyone come and collect ten dates! Consider it your deposit!"
So the children lined up and each received their favorite jujubes from Lu Yuan. They happily stuffed them into their pockets, picked one up and took a small bite, instantly feeling incredibly happy.
Seeing the children begin to arrange their duty assignments, Lu Yuan left with peace of mind.
December 14th.
With only one day left until the wedding, Lu Yuan felt extremely nervous, afraid that something might go wrong. So he ran back and forth in the camp, asking around everywhere.
Du Heng looked at Lu Yuan with a smug expression and said, "Hey, Lu Yuan, don't worry about it. We'll handle things, so don't worry about anything else. Just be a good groom, and you don't need to worry about anything else!"
"Sigh! I can't help but worry, it's my first time like this!"
"Tch! I didn't think that way when I got married. Everyone just wanted to have a nice meal and be done with it. There's no need to be so busy! I've never seen a groom like you running around at this time of year!"
At this moment, a short, thin man walked in with a pencil tucked behind his ear. He looked at Lu Yuan with a beaming smile and said, "Brother Lu Yuan, the sedan chair you requested is ready! The paint is almost dry now, why don't you go and take a look?"
Du Heng was completely dumbfounded: "What? You actually prepared a sedan chair? Holy crap! That's too much! You're making me want to get married again!"
"Hehe! Sure, if you want to get married, I'll give you all the sponsorship, but your wife has to agree first!"
"Tch! You talk a good game! Alright, I'm going out to check!"
With that, Du Heng went out the door.
Lu Yuan followed the carpenter to the carpentry workshop, where a sedan chair painted bright red had already been installed. A bright red cloth covered the entire sedan chair, making it look very festive.
"Hmm! That's really good! Brother Wang, thank you. Go to the logistics department and pick up ten pounds of pork later!"
The carpenter quickly thanked him and left with a happy expression.
With everything prepared, Lu Yuan checked everything again from top to bottom to make sure there were no problems before returning to his flower garden.
Several children squatted in front of the flower bed, looking at the large swaths of roses and sniffing the fragrance.
"It smells so good! I'll pick a couple of blossoms and put them in my vase at home!"
"Shh! Don't you want your sunflower seeds anymore? You'll get everyone in trouble! If you dare pick even one flower, I'll tell Brother Lu Yuan right now! Humph! Then you won't get any sunflower seeds!"
"I was just saying! Who... uh! Brother Lu Yuan, you... what brings you here?"
Lu Yuan looked at the entire flowerbed of roses with a smile, his eyes filled with joy.
"Why can't I come! Who was it that said they wanted to pick my flowers?"
The child who had said he wanted to pick flowers showed a hint of regret on his face and quickly explained, "Brother Lu Yuan, I won't do it again. I didn't pick any flowers. Please, please don't let me go out!"
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