Chapter 670 Looking for foreign aid
After dinner at Qin Yao's house, Liu Fei did not stay.
He rushed back to Nanshi before the curfew, because the store had set up a stage to invite a troupe to perform during the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow and hold a thank you banquet, so he had to stay in the store to help.
Qin Yao is busy with the housewarming party the day after tomorrow, and the Dragon Boat Festival is also busy.
The first banquet in Beijing was held. The whole family was from outside the city and they were not familiar with local customs.
Fortunately, Qin Yao hired a foreign aid—Ding Xiang.
Moreover, this foreign aid also brought another powerful foreign aid, Xiao Shi and Xiao Rong.
Early in the morning, as soon as the curfew was lifted, two small sedans came outside Qin Yao's house.
Ding Xiang couldn't wait any longer. As soon as the sedan was stabilized, he immediately lifted up the curtain and got out.
Ignoring my mother, Mrs. Xiao, I scanned the front, back, left, and right yards first, and finally set my sights on the front door of the Liu Mansion.
“I'm going to knock on the door!” Ding Xiang said to Mrs. Xiao in the other sedan chair. He took a few steps to the vermilion door, raised the knocker, and knocked.
That eager look made him want to break open the door of someone else's house.
Perhaps knowing that she was anxious, the door was quickly opened and a man with a stern face came out.
A Wang was startled for a moment, then realized what he was doing and called out politely: "Miss Ding."
"Awang!" Ding Xiang was excited and asked repeatedly: "Where is Qin Yao? I brought my mother over, please call her out quickly!"
Qin Yao's family had gotten up early, and Liu Ji and his son were busy cleaning tea bowls and making fire to make tea.
Qin Yao and Yin Le were busy beating eggs, and their hands were turning the homemade egg beaters with extra force, creating afterimages of dancing.
At first hearing the familiar girl's voice outside the door, Qin Yao kept her hand movements unchanged, cracking the eggs and walking quickly towards the front yard.
“Qin Yao!”
Ding Xiang roared excitedly, and before Qin Yao could react, a light orange silhouette flew over like a butterfly, carrying a few wisps of floral fragrance, and hit her full in the arms.
"Why did you come here? I've been waiting for you until the flowers withered."
Ding Xiang first gave Qin Yao a warm hug, then noticed the thing in her hand, stepped away with a smile, flew out again, and brought someone over to introduce her to her.
Qin Yao quickly handed the egg whites in her hand to Awang and motioned him to go to the kitchen to prepare it first and leave it to her.
After adjusting his clothes slightly, he smiled and faced the woman who was pushed over by Ding Xiang.
Mrs. Xiao looks to be in her mid-twenties, with fair skin, a plump figure, a rosy face, and a healthy appearance with plenty of energy and blood.
The corners of his mouth raised, and he smiled very generously and kindly.
Standing with Ding Xiang, a stepdaughter who has just grown hair, she looks like a big sister taking care of her younger sister.
Ding Xiang smiled and said, "This is my mother. I specially asked her to come over and help us. There is nothing she doesn't know about hosting a banquet. If we have anything we don't know, just ask her."
Qin Yao smiled and bowed, "I'm going to trouble Madam today."
Mrs. Xiao generously stepped forward to help her, "It's okay. I've been used to doing these kinds of things with my mistress since I was a child. It's just a piece of cake for me."
“It's you, I've heard Xiang'er talk about you a thousand times, and today I finally met you. You really have an extraordinary temperament, and you look very much in my heart. I think our fate will not end like this today.”
Qin Yao showed a sincere smile, "Madam, if you say that, I won't be polite to you." "Our family will live in the capital permanently, and we don't understand many things. I'm afraid I will continue to bother you and Mr. Ding in the future. "
"Of course, madam, if there is anything you can do to use me, just ask. I think I have the strength to think that Miss Ding has already told you that nothing else can be done. Moving, carrying, going into the mountains to hunt or something is fine. ”
Speaking, he paused and whispered in Mrs. Xiao's ear: "It's also very convenient to put on a sack to help clean up the blind people."
Mrs. Xiao's eyes widened, she looked at her in surprise, and then she laughed again. The laughter was clear and not covered at all.
"Then you can't charge me more." Mrs. Xiao laughed and pointed at Qin Yao.
Qin Yao nodded, "Of course not."
Ding Xiang didn't know what the two of them said. He looked at Qin Yao and then at his mother, feeling happy.
Mrs. Xiao coughed slightly and stopped smiling, and said with a straight face, "Okay, it's getting late, the guests will be here soon, let's get to work first."
Qin Yao and Ding Xiang neatly rolled up their sleeves, as if they were waiting for orders.
Mrs. Xiao looked at the spacious martial arts training ground and said, "This is where the banquet will be held, right? How many tables have been prepared?"
Qin Yao: "Yes, this place is spacious. We have prepared three tables in the room and five tables in the courtyard, a total of eight tables."
Mrs. Xiao nodded, pointed to the door and asked: "Who will welcome the guests at home? I'm afraid you won't be able to recognize everyone when you have just arrived. Are there any elderly and prestigious neighbors around? Please come over and help, so as not to make the guests feel uncomfortable." Neglect."
This Qin Yao is prepared. She asked Yin Le to ask Mr. Qiu from the Qiu family next door yesterday. Liu Ji and Mr. Qiu will welcome the guests together.
Mrs. Xiao nodded in understanding and asked if the tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks were ready.
Qin Yao said: "We have rented seven sets of tables, chairs, bowls and tea sets, and they will be delivered shortly."
“The banquet has also been ordered at Tianxiang Tower and will be delivered in the afternoon.”
Ms. Xiao reminded: "Have people go there in advance to keep an eye on the dishes to avoid delays in the restaurant."
Qin Yao immediately told Yin Le that the matters at the restaurant would be left to her.
Yin Le bowed to Mrs. Xiao first and then said, "Okay, I'll finish beating the eggs and then go over and keep an eye on her."
Liu Ji and the children all said hello to Mrs. Xiao. Seeing that Mrs. Xiao had arranged everything, the whole family was relieved.
When the sun was high in the sky, the first guest arrived.
Every family has errands. Most of the people who come to have tea and snacks in the morning are women, some with their children, some come to sit and go home first, and then come back for a formal dinner in the afternoon.
However, except for the two sons who were still in the West Market, the rest of Mrs. Qiu's family next door came.
There were also Aunt Yu and Zhang Guizhi from the alley opposite. They made breakfast for the elderly at home and came over to help warm up the place.
Anyway, I was eating candies and walking around the new house. It was just a change of place to gossip.
Qin Yao greeted them all one by one. Everyone was very curious about her and asked many questions. They wished they could dig out the eighteenth generation of Qin Yao's ancestors to identify her.
Qin Yao has always been impatient to deal with these matters, and Liu Ji was waiting at the door to greet guests, so she could only bite the bullet.
When Old Mrs. Qiu saw her, she felt familiar at first. When she asked that it was her son's immediate boss, the lady from Hu Shi Jian's family, the wife of Hu Shi Jian Cheng, she immediately screamed "Ouch".
He caught Qin Yao who was about to run away, and said with a bit of resentment: "Ms. Qin, you should have told me earlier, this is really a flood that has washed away the Dragon King Temple, and my family no longer recognizes me!"
Qin Yao glanced at Mrs. Xiao for help and showed an embarrassed smile.
Chapter end
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