The creditor favors the little orphan girl alone

Chapter 28 Preparing for the Birthday Banquet ([-])

"Who knows? Maybe it's Miss Qi?" This sentence is a bit of a cover-up, Lan'er is a smart person, how could she not see Tao Qiqi's pure and revealing thoughts.

Tao Qiqi turned his face away and quickly changed the subject. "Lan'er, what do you think about putting out that big dish-like thing?"

"Miss Qi, do you mean that colorful glazed plate?" Lan'er raised her eyes to look at the most conspicuous big round plate on the cabinet, and smiled slyly. "That's the dowry gift from the old lady to her future daughter-in-law, Miss Qi, you have such a good eye."

"Ah?" Tao Qiqi didn't expect that the thing he casually pointed to would be so valuable, and it would be a dowry gift?
Lan'er mischievously winked at Tao Qiqi. "Miss Qi, I'm just kidding you."

Tao Qiqi turned around neatly, out of sight and out of sight, he was too lazy to communicate with Lan'er.

"Crack." A crisp sound came from under his feet, and Tao Qiqi suddenly had a bad premonition.Looking down, he saw a piece of translucent mutton fat jade pendant split into two, and was trampled underfoot by Tao Qiqi.

"Ah, Miss Qi, this is the young master's most precious jade pendant. You can tell the young master that this jade pendant will be a token of engagement for his daughter-in-law in the future." Lan'er exclaimed, revealing the meaning of the jade pendant.

Tao Qiqi rolled his almond eyes and stamped his feet vigorously. "Hmph, what engagement jade pendant, Lan'er, are you bluffing me? I won't be fooled."

Lan'er mourned for the fragmented engagement jade pendant, it was indeed Yuan Bao's engagement jade pendant for his future daughter-in-law, but Tao Qiqi didn't appreciate it. "Miss Qi, you can ask the young master, this is really an engagement jade pendant."

"Then what should we do?" Tao Qiqi bit his lower lip angrily, since it was an engagement jade pendant, it should be put away, how could it be thrown on the ground.

"Miss Qi, the young master must have taught you the saying 'If you know your mistakes, you can correct them, and there is nothing better than being good'." Seeing Tao Qiqi circling anxiously, Lan'er gave an idea. "Go and admit your mistake, the young master will definitely not blame you."

After Lan'er's reminder, Tao Qiqi suddenly woke up like a dream. "That's right, voluntarily admitting your mistakes will definitely not 'die' too badly. I will admit my mistakes to the young master when he comes back."

"Pfft." Lan'er couldn't help laughing, and quickly covered her lips, coughing lightly to cover up her impolite behavior. "Cough cough cough."

Randomly picked out a few more decorations, and then led Lan'er out of the warehouse and locked it.Uneasy, he pulled it with his hands to check whether the lock is good or not. "It seems that the lock is quite strong. Okay, Lan'er, you will be responsible for taking these decorations to the banquet hall early in the morning the day after tomorrow."

"Yes, less...Miss Qi." Lan'er almost called the wrong address, and it seemed that she had to remind herself all the time.

Tao Qiqi returned to the room and wrote down some decorative items to be prepared on the rice paper, such as red cloth, candlesticks, candles and so on.

"What should the theater troupe do?" Fingers tapped the table rhythmically, and suddenly, Tao Qiqi raised his face in surprise. "The young master is so well-informed, so he must know. Just wait for the young master to come back and talk about it, and don't care about it for the time being."

Picking up the recipe booklet brought out from the storeroom just now to study the dishes of previous birthday banquets, Tao Qiqi pursed his mouth, put the brush horizontally on it, and rested his chin in thought. "Eating rice every day, I'm sure I'm tired of eating it. When the time comes, I'll put some cooked rice on the table. The dishes are pretty much the same in previous years, so there shouldn't be any need to bother to choose."

"Ah..." Tao Qiqi slammed his head on the table, twisting his body irritably. "I thought it was quite simple, but why the more it is organized, the more chaotic it becomes. Is this the so-called 'continuous cutting, and chaos'?"

"You really dare to think about it." Yuan Bao heard Tao Qiqi muttering as soon as he stepped into the door, and almost fell over. "If you ask you to hold a banquet, you will keep cutting it and make it messy?"

Tao Qiqi didn't seem to hear Yuan Bao's words, so he changed the subject directly. "Ah, young master, you came just in time. I want to ask you about the troupe."

"There are two most famous opera troupes in the county, one is Ludong Opera Troupe, and the other is Huadan Opera Troupe." Yuan Bao began to recommend Tao Qiqi unequivocally. "The Ludong Opera Troupe has more and more innovative plays. But compared with the Ludong Opera Troupe, it is much more professional and better."

Tao Qiqi hesitated for a moment. "If you usually go to the opera, the Huadan Opera Troupe is a good choice. But for birthday banquets, for fun and excitement, you should choose the Ludong Opera Troupe."

"Not bad." Yuan Bao agreed. "You leave everything to Hongxia tomorrow, and she will send someone to go shopping and negotiate the price."

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Yuan Bao went to Yuanji Restaurant after lunch, and told them to start preparing cooked rice with various flavors.

"Hongxia, this list is for the decorations to be purchased today. Just let others buy them. You go to the Ludong Opera Troupe yourself, negotiate a price with them, and let them come to Yuan's Mansion at noon the day after tomorrow to prepare for the performance." Qiqi tidied up the messy papers in her hands and handed them to Hongxia. "These are the recipes, you can just buy them according to the recipe. The meat is ordered to be sent to Yuan's kitchen early the morning after tomorrow."

"Yes, Miss Qi." Hongxia saluted respectfully, took the paper, and confidently patted that fleshy chest. "It's all on me."

Tao Qiqi had a silly smile on his serious and shrewd face. "Then please."

"..." Hongxia thought that Tao Qiqi would act like a master, but she didn't expect it to be like this.

Half an hour later, Hongxia came to Tao Qiqi calmly. "Miss Qi, the decorations are all carried in the banquet hall, and the price of the Ludong troupe has been negotiated. There will be three performances that day, and each performance will cost ingot."

Things were basically done seamlessly, and Tao Qiqi couldn't help but admire Hongxia's strength. "Hongxia, you are really amazing."

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"Miss Qi, I've bought all the vegetarian dishes, and someone will deliver the meat dishes tomorrow morning." Hongxia bent down to salute, and reported the result to Tao Qiqi. "Also, the young master of the tables and chairs has already ordered someone to set them up, let Hongxia tell you."

"Okay, I see." Tao Qiqi stood up from the desk and walked around Hongxia. "Hongxia, follow up, let's go see how the banquet hall is decorated."

A busy day passed like this, and everyone has their own division of labor.

Before dawn the next day, the butcher brought over a cart of chicken, duck and fish.

The maids got up one after another, those who set the table and chopsticks set the table and chopsticks, and those who helped Aunt Chun prepare the meat.Lan'er followed Tao Qiqi to the warehouse, and took away the selected decorations.

An hour later, the birthday banquet was ready.And at this moment, the guests came one after another.

(End of this chapter)