novelden Chapter 121 Are you sure you don't want to play anymore?
Chapter 121 Are you sure you don't want to play anymore?
"Today is New Year's Eve. Everyone has worked hard during this period. I would like to offer a toast to you all!" Yang Biao gathered the owners and employees of the two silk shops at Ruyi Restaurant and treated everyone to a seafood dinner to reward everyone for their recent hard work.
As for the barbecue shop, it is still busy now and it is estimated that it will not close until midnight. The cake shop has closed a long time ago, but it will have to get up early tomorrow and reopen on the first day of the Lunar New Year.
"Master, we toast to you and thank you for taking us in!" Xiao Kui stood up with his brothers and toasted Yang Biao.
"Okay, let's drink together!" Yang Biao drank a glass generously. Qin Xiaoran next to him pulled his clothes, signaling him to drink less.
"Don't worry, I won't get drunk." Yang Biao patted her hands and picked up a large shrimp for her. "Eat more, this shrimp is very fresh."
After half of the round of drinking, Yang Biao told everyone to eat and drink as they pleased without being formal. He had something else to attend to, so he took Qin Xiaoran away first.
"I'm very sorry. I haven't taken you for a good tour since I came to this city for more than a month." Yang Biao felt a little ashamed that he was exploiting child laborers.
Holding her hand, I walked on the streets of Guangping Prefecture with firecrackers and fireworks in my arms, feeling very calm.
Although there was no electricity in ancient times, the streets were brightly lit, and every household hung big red lanterns. Children ran to the streets to set off firecrackers and fireworks, making the whole street particularly lively and joyful.
"Let's go back." Qin Xiaoran saw that Yang Biao kept yawning and knew that he stayed here with her despite enduring physical fatigue just to let her have a good time.
"Oh, the liveliness of New Year's Eve is rarely seen on ordinary days. Are you sure you don't want to continue playing for a while?" When Yang Biao heard her say to go back, his first reaction was that he was very happy that he could go back and rest, but then he thought and let her have more fun on the bustling streets of the city.
The atmosphere of the Chinese New Year is created by setting off more firecrackers. Watching the gorgeous fireworks that you have set off with your own hands blooming in the dark sky adds warmth and romance to the New Year's Eve.
"I want to sleep. Let's go home." Qin Xiaoran shook his arm coquettishly, wanting him to go home and rest early.
"Okay, let's go back to Xingning Street." Seeing that she really wanted to go home, Yang Biao set off the fireworks he brought and then took her to find the family's carriage. If they fell asleep, and nothing unexpected happened, it would be next year when they woke up.
"Master, the jade exhibition will be held tomorrow. What finished products should we bring to the exhibition?" On the day of the Lantern Festival, Yang Biao went to inspect Yuanyang Golden Tower, and Shen Chuan came to ask him about participating in the jade exhibition on the 16th day of the first lunar month.
"Bring a few sets of jade rings, Eighteen Arhats bracelets, bracelets, necklaces, unicorns, etc. to the exhibition. Jiang Sheng, you guys can follow along." Yang Biao decided to go in person. The last time he attended the exhibition, he was only thinking about buying raw jade to make jade articles to sell, and he didn't pay attention to what the jade merchants were selling and what styles of jade the buyers liked to buy.
A high-end jadeite often requires good quality.
The so-called "one kind, two colors, three processes" means good kind, good color, good process, and large size...
Yang Biao has been in the jade business for less than a month since he took over, but the voice of Shen Chuan introducing jade knowledge often appears in his mind, which makes him feel helpless.
Time passed quietly in the busyness, and before we knew it, it was mid-April. Yang Biao decided to take Qin Xiaoran back to Yangjia Village to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.
"Yang Biao, are we going to buy hairpins for Mother and Xiaohua?" Qin Xiaoran was very happy that she would meet Yang Xiaohua soon, and she was packing their bags for the return trip.
"No need to buy. I've got a few pieces of jade raw stones. I'll make them right under their noses and give them to them." Is this a sincere gift enough? Yang Biao couldn't help but smile.
"Why do I feel like you are smiling with ill intentions?" Although Qin Xiaoran liked to see him smile, she felt uncomfortable.
"Hmm? No good intention?" He put his hand under her armpit, trying to tickle her. "No good intention!"
"Oh, I was wrong." Qin Xiaoran begged for mercy and dodged everywhere. She was really ticklish.
In order to avoid appearing too tired in front of my family, I rested in Wenchang County for a night and drove back to Yangjia Village this morning.
"Wow, this road is really smooth!" Qin Xiaoran exclaimed. It has only been a short time, but Yangjia Village has changed a lot.
"They are all blue brick and gray tile houses. It seems that the wine in the village sells well." Yang Biao sighed while driving the car, while Ding Yan and the others sat on the shaft of the car and looked around their master's hometown.
"Brother Biao, you're back." Along the way, people from Yangjia Village greeted him, and Yang Biao responded with a smile.
"Mom, my brother is home." When Yang Xiaohua was washing clothes by the river, the person who came to wash clothes said that her brother was back. She hurriedly stuffed all the unwashed clothes into the basin, picked up the basin and ran home.
"Brother Biao," Xiao Zhang heard her daughter's cry, and hurriedly dropped the clothes she was sewing and ran to the gate of the courtyard to wait for the child to come back. Yang Biao left home in anger last time, and when she thought of this, she slapped her face many times.
"Mom," Yang Biao stopped the carriage and saw that Xiao Zhang's hair had turned a few whiter, which made him want to cry.
"Good boy, I'm glad you're back." Little Zhang was also very excited. She immediately went forward and hugged him, muttering, "I'm glad you're back."
"Mom, brother, let's go inside and talk." Yang Xiaohua suggested that everyone should talk nicely and stop crying, as it would be very uncomfortable to watch.
"Okay, let's go inside and talk." Little Zhang wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and pulled her eldest son into the house.
"Oh, Brother Biao is back." Zhang lived nearby and when she heard Yang Biao's voice, she rushed over.
"Grandma," Yang Biao stood up and moved a stool for her to sit on.
"Oh, Biao has grown a lot taller." When Zhang saw him standing up, she found that he was a head taller than her.
"Yes, he has grown taller." Little Zhang nodded. The clothes she made for her eldest son seemed to be too small.
"I'll go call your third aunt and the others over." Zhang hurried home to call them.
"Brother, what are you wearing? I have never seen it before." Girls are very attentive. Yang Xiaohua noticed that he was wearing clothes made of Xiangyunsha.
"This is Xiangyunsha. I brought a few pieces from the city. I'll ask Xiaoran to measure the sizes of you and mother, and I'll make it for you." He used ancient cutting techniques and an old-fashioned sewing machine, and it only took him five minutes to finish a piece of clothing.
"Wow," Ding Yan and Gu Yuan had already moved all the things from the carriage into the house. Yang Xiaohua touched the cool, thin and soft Xiangyunsha, turned to Qin Xiaoran and said, "Xiaoran, go get a ruler to measure my size. I want to wear clothes made of this." The weather is hot, and it must be comfortable to wear cool fabrics.
Qin Xiaoran went to see Yang Biao, who nodded, and then she went to find a ruler where her luggage was placed.
"Xiao Ran, you've changed. You've become unlovable." Yang Xiaohua was dissatisfied because her first reaction was not to do what she said, but she took action only after seeing her brother agreed.
"Aren't we good friends?" Yang Xiaohua felt very hurt.