Chapter 688 - 073 Gossiping, Dining_4
It was getting late, and after dinner, everyone went their separate ways home. At departure, there were naturally all sorts of polite exchanges, and Liang Zi’s mother even stayed till the end, her face flushed as she spoke to Lin Yuan. Feeling the simplicity of Liang Zi’s parents, Lin Yuan’s smile grew even wider.
In ancient times, people generally celebrated New Year until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival. Therefore, Lin Yuan planned to open for business on the sixteenth.
However, considering that business would surely boom on the day of the Lantern Festival, Loudmouth suggested opening a few days earlier, and Chen’s Sister-in-law agreed.
Mo Sanniang also mentioned that the shops in town usually opened on the tenth day, so Lin Yuan decided to move up the date. Of course, if anyone had things to attend to at home, they could come after the sixteenth or ask for leave on the fifteenth.
After sending everyone off, Lin Wei and Xiao Linshuang went upstairs to sleep. It was too late today, the weather was cold, and the road was not easy to travel, so the three sisters didn’t go home. Lin Yuan, however, did not follow her sisters inside. Instead, she talked to Shopkeeper Liu about a few matters.
Shopkeeper Liu had already taken good care of everything for Old Mr. Cheng, not only buying various household items but also finding a kind and attentive young servant to look after him. This put Lin Yuan at ease.
Being a restaurant, Fuman Building did not close for New Year’s. Fortunately, the establishment had many staff with neither families of their own nor places to go on holidays, like Shen Dajun.
But Lin Yuan couldn’t stay away from home, so these days she could only trouble Shopkeeper Liu to look after the place.
Shopkeeper Liu’s home was right next to Fuman Building, and he had spent New Year’s this way in the past, so he didn’t find it hard at all.