A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 168 Linglong Pavilion

The hot pot restaurant has finished cleaning and is preparing to close.

Zhang Cheng: "Yueyue, go to bed early, you have to get up early tomorrow."

"Yes, second uncle, second brother, you should also go to bed early."

The next day.

The three of them got up early and had breakfast.

The New Year gifts have all been packed, only the red envelopes have not been prepared. Zhang Yunyue got the loose change from Li Wenyu and put it in the prepared red envelopes according to each person's monthly allowance. Zhang Yunyue even prepared red envelopes for Hu Cailing and Hu Zhaoyu.

Then, the New Year gifts prepared yesterday were moved to the lobby.

It was not yet noon, but the waiters and kitchen helpers at the hotpot restaurant had already arrived to work.

The waiter who received Zhang Yunyue at the door yesterday, when he learned that New Year gifts and red envelopes would be distributed today, took advantage of the break to tell the other waiters about it, and soon everyone in the store knew about it.

So today, before it was time to go to work, everyone came early, and everyone's face was filled with happiness and joy.

Seeing that everyone was present, Zhang Cheng asked them to gather in the lobby.

Zhang Yunyue looked at everyone.

"Seeing that everyone has come so early today, I believe you all know that today is the day to distribute New Year gifts. As you all know, although our hot pot restaurant has only been open for a few months, with everyone's hard work, the hot pot restaurant's profits this year are very good.

So after discussing it with my second uncle, we decided to give everyone an extra month’s pay as a New Year’s red envelope in addition to the New Year’s gifts.”

"Wow, the red envelope is actually one month's salary, that's eight hundred coins." A waiter said in surprise.

"Wow, the boss is so nice."

"Oh, then I can buy two pieces of cloth and make a new dress for everyone in the family." The woman helping in the kitchen whispered to the person next to her.

"It just so happens that my family is about to propose to our future daughter-in-law. I will go buy her another silver bracelet in a few days to make my daughter-in-law more respectable in front of relatives."

Zhang Yunyue raised her hand and signaled everyone to be quiet.

"Oh, by the way, let me tell you a good news. We only need to work until the 27th at the hotpot restaurant. From the 28th to the 7th, everyone will stay home to celebrate the New Year. We will officially start working on the 8th. The monthly salary will not change during the rest period."

"Thank you, boss."

"Thank you, boss."

"..."

"Okay, then we won't waste any more time and will start distributing New Year gifts and red envelopes right away. Everyone line up to receive them."

Zhang Cheng and Zhang Xinghao were responsible for distributing oil and other things to everyone, while Zhang Yunyue was responsible for distributing red envelopes.

Everyone who received a red envelope expressed their gratitude to Zhang Yunyue.

"Manager Li, Uncle Hu, I didn't prepare any New Year gifts for you because you all eat and live in the store, so you don't need them.

So I have prepared ten taels of silver for you. I will make more delicious food for you, or you can go shopping on the street. Anyway, you can make your own arrangements. You can also take a good rest during the New Year.

By the way, Song He and Uncle Wang from the food store will also come back here to spend the New Year with you, otherwise they will be too lonely at the food store."

Zhang Yunyue handed the silver to Li Wenyu.

"Thank you, boss."

Li Wenyu and others were very excited. They didn't expect that even though they sold their bodies, they lived a happier life than ordinary people in the past few months. They had no worries about food and drink, no one insulted them, and they also had monthly wages.

Now, during the Chinese New Year, not only do they receive red envelopes, but their employers also prepare money for them so that they can arrange good meals themselves.

At this moment, everyone was determined to work hard in the future to live up to the kindness of their employer.

After distributing the New Year gifts and red envelopes at the hot pot restaurant, Zhang Cheng and his friends drove to the food store and distributed the New Year gifts and red envelopes together.

By the way, I told everyone about the holiday time of the food shop.

I talked to Song He and Wang Min again and they decided that except for the employees who would work until the 27th, the two of them would continue to sell chili oil and crispy whistles in the food store. At the end of the year, many people would buy them to visit relatives and friends or to eat at home, so they only needed to sell them until noon on the 30th.

After that, I went back to the hot pot restaurant and celebrated the New Year with everyone.

Zhang Yunyue thought it was still early, so she told Zhang Cheng that she wanted to go around the county town and buy some things to take back.

Zhang Cheng drove the carriage back to the hot pot restaurant first, while Zhang Yunyue and his second brother started strolling on the street.

Zhang Xinghao: "Yueyue, where are we going? What do you want to buy?"

Zhang Yunyue: "Well, I don't know at the moment. Let's go for a walk and see what happens."

The two of them started walking around.

They happened to walk into a store called Linglong Pavilion. Zhang Yunyue took a look outside and saw that it was a shop selling gold and jade jewelry.

"Brother, let's go in and take a look."

"Row."

The two walked into the store.

The clerk saw the two people and said, "My two guests, what do you want to see? I'll introduce it to you."

Zhang Yunyue: "I'll just take a look at it first."

"Okay, my two guests, if you need anything, you can call me at any time."

Zhang Yunyue took Zhang Xinghao to look around the store.

There are all kinds of earrings, hairpins, bracelets and head ornaments on the counter of the store.

Zhang Yunyue thought of her grandma, mother and second aunt. They only had one silver hairpin, which was the one she had bought in the county town before. The rest were wooden hairpins, which were carved by her family.

"Hello, I want to see the gold hairpin and gold bracelet."

"Okay, guests, please come this way."

The clerk took Zhang Yunyue to the counter where the gold hairpin and gold bracelet were placed.

Zhang Yunyue chose a plum blossom and an orchid-shaped gold hairpin, both of which were very suitable for A Niang and Second Aunt to wear.

I also picked out a solid gold bracelet engraved with the words "happiness and longevity", which was perfect for grandma to wear.

I thought that I had already bought several head ornaments for Xiaoxue before, so I decided to change it this time. Xiaoxue happened to have pierced ears.

Zhang Yunyue chose a pair of snowflake-shaped silver earrings for Zhang Yunxue, which matched her name perfectly.

Although she didn't like wearing hairpins or head ornaments, she could still wear earrings. So Zhang Yunyue picked out a pair of silver earrings inlaid with pearls for herself, which looked simple and elegant.

Seeing that he had almost finished picking out the things, Zhang Yunyue called the clerk over to settle the bill.

"Please check how much it is."

Seeing that Zhang Yunyue had picked so many things, he said happily: "Sir, please wait a moment. I will calculate the price for you right away."

The clerk called the shopkeeper to settle the bill: "My dear customer, the total amount of these things you have is 23 taels and 5 cents of silver."

Zhang Yunyue: "Hmm? I bought a lot of things here, can't the shopkeeper give me a cheaper price?"

The shopkeeper of Linglong Pavilion said: "Miss, the price is inevitable. How about I give you another pair of silver earrings? You can choose the style yourself."

"Okay, I'll pick another pair then."

Zhang Yunyue also picked out a pair of snowflake earrings like Xiaoxue's, so that the two sisters could wear them together.