vstars Chapter 453 Abacus
Chapter 453 Abacus
The food court is officially open.
This place has everything, including food, daily necessities, entertainment, clothing and even inns.
There are more than 300 shops of all sizes in the entire food street, and people from major businesses have taken the initiative to rent the largest and best store locations first.
Therefore, you only need to visit a food city, where you can not only eat hundreds of snacks with different flavors, but also buy clothes, daily necessities and toys.
The largest inn on Food Street is owned by Li Congxiao. One day, Li Congxiao had a sudden inspiration: to create themed rooms in each of the inn's rooms, with designs like parent-child rooms, couples' rooms, and Western-style rooms. When Qin Huiyin saw these themed rooms, she thought Li Congxiao had traveled through time, but after some investigation, she realized he was simply a brilliant mind, having come up with these ideas without the need for modern thinking.
Qin Huiyin looked at the affectionate young couple and seriously suspected that the young master Li wanted to use it for his own benefit, so he created this internet-famous inn that quickly became popular.
"President Rong is engaged and will be getting married in a month. We're going to the wedding then," Li Congxiao said. "President Rong is really decisive. He confessed his feelings to you a few days ago, and as soon as you rejected him, he immediately agreed to the marriage arranged by his family. From engagement to wedding, it only took a month and a half. I really don't know whether to praise him for being able to let go or say that his feelings are too fragile."
"Of course it's the former. Yinyin has no interest in him, but he doesn't pursue her and immediately arranges his life. A man like that is a true gentleman, much better than his brother." Xia Ruwan said, "I heard that he married the concubine's daughter of the Minister of Revenue. Yinyin, have you met the young lady from the Minister's mansion?"
Qin Huiyin thought carefully and shook her head: "I have no impression."
There are too many young ladies in every family, including legitimate daughters and illegitimate daughters. Every time she attends a banquet, it feels like she is walking on a tightrope. She can't even take care of herself, so how can she have the spare time to make friends?
"Isn't that the one from the Gong family?" Xia Ruwan pointed at the figure opposite.
At this time, the three of them were sitting on the top floor of the food city, and the surrounding scenery came into view. Of course, they also saw Gong Qianyue coming out of the silk shop opposite.
Gong Qianyue was flanked by Zhu Hongxiu. The two of them were affectionate, chatting and laughing, looking like they were getting along very well.
"I heard that the marriage between the Gong family and the Zhu family has also been finalized. Their wedding date is before President Rong's, and it seems to be in half a month. We won't deal with these people, but you should go and attend, right?"
"Yeah, there's no escaping it."
If possible, she didn't want to attend these boring parties.
However, Gong Qianyue is really smart.
If it were any other woman, she might have made a scene for a while. But she didn't. After being rejected by Tang Yichen, she knew she had no chance, so she didn't make a scene and just followed her family's arrangement to marry into the Zhu family.
The Zhu family was in desperate need of a presentable daughter-in-law. Otherwise, if a prostitute took over the title of eldest daughter-in-law, they would be humiliated in the entire capital. Gong Qianyue's status was a bit low, but at least she was presentable.
As for Gong Qianyue, the Zhu family was even more pleased with her than they were with Qin Huiyin. After all, the Gong family had produced several officials, a stable position within the court, and several well-connected families. Therefore, the betrothal gifts the Zhu family sent to the Gong family were several times larger than the ones they had previously sent to Qin Huiyin, demonstrating their deep satisfaction with Gong Qianyue, a renowned talent.
Zhu Hongxiu and Gong Qianyue were as close as sisters, and now that they were sisters-in-law, it only made their relationship even closer. Even though they both knew this marriage wasn't what Gong Qianyue wanted. Gong Qianyue was too arrogant to care for the eldest son of the Zhu family. Now, she was in a difficult position; the position of the Zhu family's eldest son's wife was her only choice. If she didn't take it, her reputation would be ruined, and no other aristocratic family would be willing to propose marriage.
"We'll go first." Xia Ruwan stood up.
Li Congxiao picked up the round fan she had placed on the table.
"Are you, the second-in-command, going to be lazy again?" Qin Huiyin was unhappy.
"He is busy outside all day now. It is difficult for me to see him. You don't want to break up this couple, right?" Xia Ruwan said, hugging Li Congxiao's arm.
"What's the point of doing this? Master Li, aren't you going to give Wan'er a legitimate status?" Qin Huiyin said, "Compared to other people's weddings, I'd rather attend yours. If you get married, I'll give you a month's rent from the food court as a gift."
"One month?" Xia Ruwan's money-grubber attribute came online. "That's ten thousand taels of silver!"
"My sister is getting married, and I'm rich and willing to spend this money." Qin Huiyin said, "But you have to be able to earn this money! How about we get married to earn this money?"
"We need to wait a little longer." Li Congxiao held Xia Ruwan's hand, "When I take charge of the Li family, I will definitely hold a grand ceremony."
"How long will it take?"
"No hurry, I don't want to become a housewife!" Xia Ruwan said, "Look at those married people, who are as carefree and happy as us? I still prefer my current life."
Li Congxiao held her hand and said, "You're not anxious, but I am. If I don't find a way to marry you, who knows what kind of young man I'll be looking for tomorrow."
"Are you unable to get over this?"
"Not really. It's just that every time I think about it, I feel so upset." Li Congxiao held his heart, looking hurt.
The handsome man pretended to be pitiful, and there was really a bit of pity in him. No wonder Xia Ruwan was always so noisy, but every time she saw Li Congxiao, he would coax her into pouting.
"Please go away, this is so corny." Qin Huiyin drove them away with disgust.
After Xia Ruwan and Li Congxiao left, Qin Huiyin walked around the food city, from the first floor to the top floor. Each floor had a manager in charge of that area, and then there were two general managers, one big and one small.
Needless to say, the head steward was Tang Luwu, and the assistant steward was chosen by Tang Luwu and Qin Huiyin. He had previously run a restaurant and was very experienced in business management. Furthermore, the security here was provided by Song Yi and Song Er. There were five on each floor, with an additional ten patrolling the area from time to time. If they spotted any troublemakers, regardless of their identities, they would be reported to the military headquarters.
This place is under the jurisdiction of the East City Bingmasi. It is most appropriate to throw the troublemakers into the Bingmasi. No one will suspect that the owner of this place has any relationship with the command of the Bingmasi.
"Our food city has a delivery service, but haven't we specially arranged delivery runners? Why do we need our own guys to deliver the food personally?" The guy who just arrived was confused.
"Other customers' meals are indeed delivered by arranged errand boys, but every meal at Bingmasi has to be delivered by our own dedicated waiters in our food city. You'll understand after working there for a few days."