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Chapter 368 - 281 Invitation to a Meal, No Need to Pay_3

Chapter 368: Chapter 281 Invitation to a Meal, No Need to Pay_3

Hongji praised his proud young uncle for a job well done.

"Indeed fast!" Li Zhijun gave himself an approving smile, surely sending his younger brother made things quicker than going himself.

"Needless to say, haha, I sure spent quite a bit of effort speaking today, you guys should reward me when you’re free!" Li Zhihao was overjoyed to receive their praises.

"Sure, let’s have a drink on the second day of the new year."

Hongji did not suggest drinking today to celebrate, but chose to celebrate when they went back to his wife’s maiden home on the second day of the new year.

"Sure, it’s getting late, brother-in-law, you go home first, us brothers will head home too."

Hongji agreed, took his contract, and went home to store it.

Li Zhijun packed up his copy of the contract. The brothers, having a tacit understanding, though not yet having split the family assets despite both having their own families, were going to take the contract home for their wives to keep.

Li Zhijun drove the ox cart home himself, while Li Zhihao enjoyed his elder brother’s consideration.

Upon returning home, Hongji handed the contract to his wife and recounted the events to her.

Mrs. Li knew her own room was not secure, previously, contracts from two estates and some other important items were all entrusted to her younger daughter for safe keeping.

It was peculiar, even if the mother-in-law went to search her young daughter’s room just like how she used to search their room, she never found anything important.

The younger daughter kept the money even more securely, not showing a hint of it.

When Mrs. Li entrusted her daughter with hiding items, such as the estate contracts, she also shared the details with her younger daughter.

Ye Shiqi, having been informed of the details, was relieved; her Bull Power saplings had a place to grow.

In five days it would be Spring Festival, and the estate staff were not taking much of a holiday as they needed to stay and work at the estate. Needless to say, the wages given were a bit more than usual and people were willing to work during the days with higher wages.

Hongji’s factory was about to go on a holiday, and the workers began their final tasks, transporting all the materials to the warehouse.

Other materials that had not been completely used up were also stored in the warehouse for safekeeping.

The lumber mill began preparations for a thorough cleaning, some employees were to take holidays, yet the guards could not skip their daily duties. There had to be one worker and a gatekeeper on shift each day.

The factory was stocked with some valuable lumber, and the finished products had already been shipped out.

Before the holiday, the factory had distributed this year’s benefits, awarded the workers a pre-New Year bonus, and invited all employees to dine out at a restaurant in town.

Those guarding the gate couldn’t go, but someone would pack meals for them.

Since starting work at this lumber mill, these employees had had the opportunity to be treated to a meal at a restaurant by their boss every two or three years.

Many employees embraced the mindset of enjoying a free meal, relishing the food and drinks joyously today.

Next to the restaurant in town, the parents of Zhong Xianggui were watching their shop, seeing so many people dining, they asked around and learned that these were employees from the lumber mill.

This had been the case for the past two or three years and hearing this, many envied those who worked at the lumber mill for such treatment.

While Zhong Xianggui and his wife watched over another shop, Ye Shuzhi had just finished her confinement period, but the weather was too cold to bring out her young daughter.

The couple would keep their young daughter in an inner room, tending to customers when needed, tending to their daughter when crying, and Ye Shuzhi would rest in the small room when there were no customers.

Hearing the bustle of the restaurant, every festive occasion at the lumber mill, her elder brother would never appear.

Before she was married, whenever her parents mentioned coming to town for a meal, she and her sisters would join as well.

Only her elder brother, his wife, and their niece never came; they believed the family conditions would improve significantly and, as conditions improved over the years, her parents would no longer venture out in such cold, and she herself had gotten married.

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Four days before Spring Festival, the Meng family, having prepared for a long time, finally set off for the Capital.

This morning, the weather was overcast, unclear whether it would rain later or if the sun might appear.

To reach the Capital earlier, they set off before dawn.

Breakfast was prepared in the middle of the night, as traveling with so many people through the bitter cold was not easy.

Before climbing into the carriage, Meng Zhaojun looked back at the dark street, hoping to see Tang Shunyan there to send her off.

Unfortunately, turning around, she only saw their group; perhaps others were not informed, or because it was still dark when they departed, and it was just past the third watch, a time when the night was deep and beds the warmest, no one came to see them off.

Meng Zhaojun bit her lip, unable to see the person who was supposed to send her off, reluctantly climbed into the carriage. Had the guard already started leading the way?

Their group, including guards, their family’s luggage, and a few other carriages for passengers, began moving. The sound of the horses on the silent streets was loud, and the wheels of the carriages "squeaked and creaked" as they rolled.

They were not a small group, in addition to the guards, there were their family’s luggage and several other passenger carriages.

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