Just when Qin Ming was thinking of taking advantage of the opportunity for the two of them to be alone together for a while, he could have some tenderness with Xiao Changxi.
The door was suddenly pushed open. Before Li Yuanren came in, the voice reached their ears:
"Tomorrow, will you be in the study?"
The two people on the sofa hurriedly separated as if they were electrocuted.
Qin Ming said toward the door:
"Grandpa, my grandson is here."
In just a short moment, Li Yuan entered the study with the beautiful woman. He first glanced around the room and saw that there were only Qin Ming and Xiao Changxi.
Then Li Yuan gave Qin Ming a look that said, "Grandpa didn't come at the right time."
Qin Ming took advantage of Xiao Changxi's opportunity to salute Li Yuan and rolled his eyes at Li Yuan. Then he asked:
"Grandpa, why are you here?"
After getting along with each other these days, Qin Ming became more and more familiar with his grandfather, and he didn't know if it was because of blood relationship. Qin Ming feels that he has a special affinity with his grandfather. Sometimes he can understand what the other person means by just looking at him.
Although this grandfather is sometimes not very reliable, for example, he always pesters himself to tell "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", for example, at such an old age, he always shows affection to beautiful women in front of a junior like himself, and for example, he likes to drink. , sometimes after drinking too much, he likes to drag himself to dance with him.
But Qin Ming likes to get along with him more and more, because this grandfather is like the people of later generations. He doesn't care so much about red tape. His two sons fell in love with each other and killed each other. He himself was imprisoned for several years, and when he came out, he was still like a normal person. . This kind of wanton freedom made Qin Ming feel both distressed and admired for this grandfather.
Li Yuan carelessly hugged Meijiao Niang and sat next to Qin Ming and said:
"Ming'er, do you have the nerve to ask grandpa, didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to give me something interesting today?"
"I've been waiting for you in the yard all day, and it's almost time for dinner."
"Tell me if you dislike me. If that's the case, then I'll pack up my things and go back. The worst I can do is be imprisoned again by your second uncle who doesn't deserve a son. Anyway, I don't have a few more years to live, hey."
As she spoke, Li Yuan wiped the dry corners of his eyes in a decent manner, and Madam Zhang, who was sitting in her arms, also started to improve her acting skills, with tears streaming down her face as if she was asking for no money.
Qin Ming looked at this scene, rolled his eyes and said:
"Old man, that's enough for you. All day long, you threaten me with running away from home."
Hearing this, Li Yuan raised his hand tremblingly, pointed at Qin Ming, and said in a tone full of grief and indignation:
"My dear grandson, you have changed."
Qin Ming quickly took Li Yuan's extended hand and compromised:
"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you. The New Year is here, and my grandson wants to quickly deal with the things at hand these two days, so that he can stay at home with you, old man, with peace of mind."
"Don't be angry. I have prepared the gift for you in the morning and will bring it to you in a moment. Can you let your grandson finish arranging things first?"
Hearing this, Li Yuan withdrew his hand from Qin Ming and said angrily:
"It would have been better if I had said this earlier. Why bother making me shed so many tears?"
Xiao Changxi has long been accustomed to the strange way of communication between the grandfather and grandson. This kind of conversation has happened frequently in the past two days.
At first, she was worried that the two would hurt each other by talking to each other, so she tried to smooth things over between them, but then they stopped talking.
She watched the two people acting attentively, and was occasionally amused by their conversations. Fortunately, she was always covered with a veil, so she would not be caught even if she was snickering.
After Qin Ming comforted Li Yuan, he said to Xiao Changxi:
"Chang Xi, I have finished reading the brochures in the mansion. You will tell me later that all the workshops in Zhuangzi will be on holiday starting tomorrow."
"The vegetable shop in Chang'an City will deliver more vegetables tomorrow. Then the people from the escort team told Uncle Huang that the vegetables they delivered have been sold out, so the Huaxia Shop will be temporarily closed and will not reopen until the seventh day of the new year."
"Teahouses and wine shops will be closed on the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month and will reopen on the seventh day of the lunar month. Let them all go home and have a good New Year."
Xiao Changxi heard this and said:
"Okay, sir, I'll make arrangements in a moment. Is there anything else?"
"Well, when Uncle Huang comes back, ask him to send some New Year's gifts to every household in Zhuangzi, including the residents in the resettlement site. Each household will send a stone bucket of grain and ten kilograms of vegetables. This is considered a gift from our family to Zhuangzi. New Year's gifts from people. The servants and servants hired in Chang'an City also follow this standard and each give one."
Xiao Changxi, Li Yuan, and Madam Zhang were all shocked when they heard this. Although each family didn't send many things, they couldn't handle the large number of people. This gift cost at least more than 2,000 yuan.
This was such a big move. Although Xiao Changxi was a little surprised, she immediately understood Qin Ming's intention.
So she nodded towards Qin Ming and said:
"It's young master, I'll make arrangements right now."
When Li Yuan saw Xiao Changxi going out, he looked at Qin Ming with a smile and said:
"Boy, you've found a great butler. He looks like my grandfather back in the day."
Qin Ming curled his lips and said:
"Boy, I don't dare to compare myself to you. You are a mountain that I can never climb in my life."
Li Yuan laughed loudly when he heard this, patted Qin Ming on the shoulder and said:
"Although I know that you are speaking sarcastically, I am still very happy to hear it. But is it time to give me the gift now?"
Qin Ming looked at his unreliable grandfather, then stood up and walked to the bookshelf, took out a small box from the shelf, handed it to Li Yuan and said:
"for you."
Li Yuan took the box and opened it, finding pieces of Lantian Jade inside that looked like sliced tofu. Li Yuan curiously picked up a piece and looked at it. He found the word "东" written on it and asked curiously:
"What's this?"
