Chapter 413: Looking for Snow Mountain Mists (2) (2/2)

Her fingers pointed at a few items on the list, “This, this, and this. Are we able to get these in Liangzhou City?”

Wenlan covered her mouth and chuckled, “Third Young Madam, have you forgotten that we have the snowboat now? Suzhou City isn’t far from Liangzhou. If we rush over there to buy the things we need now, we’ll definitely be able to send them back before the Kitchen God Festival.”

Chu Lian: …

Alright, she had actually forgotten about the ‘sled’ she had ordered to be made.

After hearing what Wenlan had said, a light bulb lit up in Chu Lian’s head. Her limpid eyes were sparkling brightly as if there were gold ingots in her eyes, “Quick, go and call Manager Qin over.”

Before Wenlan could answer her, she turned back and returned to her room. She sat by the desk in front of the window and began fervently writing with her charcoal pen.

When Wenlan led Manager Qin in, Chu Lian was still hunched over the table. Seeing that she was in deep concentration, Wenlan didn’t dare to disturb her, so she stood there silently waiting, along with Manager Qin.

By the time Chu Lian had finished writing out the idea that had suddenly struck her, an hour had already passed.

She stretched out her sore body. It was only when she turned her head that she noticed the two waiting for her.

Chu Lian walked over to the warm hearth and pointed at the seats on either side of her. “Everyone, take a seat. I have some orders for you.”

Following that, Chu Lian handed over the papers in her hand to Manager Qin on her right.

It wasn’t the first time Manager Qin had worked for Chu Lian. No one knew better than he did how novel Chu Lian’s ideas and how well she could execute them.

He respectfully received the few pieces of paper and his attention was immediately taken away by them. He lowered his head and started reading earnestly.

At first, the space between his brows was wrinkled in confusion, but as he got to the end, his eyes started sparkling even more. Finally, his whole face was flushed red from his excitement. He held the few pieces of paper reverently as if they were some ancient treasure.

Manager Qin looked at Chu Lian with his eyes as wide as they could go, “Third Young Madam, please entrust this matter to this humble one! This humble one will definitely execute everything perfectly!”

Chu Lian smiled, “I called you over to look at this, so of course I was planning to hand this task over to you. Even if you want to reject this task, I won’t allow you to.”

After getting confirmation from Chu Lian, Manager Qin’s excitement shot through the roof. “Thank you for granting my wish, Third Young Madam. This humble one will head out to select the helpers immediately!”

Wenlan stared after Manager Qin with a face full of curiosity. When she saw how stirred up he was as he ran out, her face showed that she couldn’t make heads or tails of it. “Third Young Madam, what’s wrong with Manager Qin? Why is he acting like that all of a sudden?”

Chu Lian smiled secretively, but didn’t explain her plan to Wenlan at all.

TL Note: The Kitchen God Festival, also known as the ‘Little New Year’, is typically held on the 23rd or 24th day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar. Basically, 5-6 days before New Year’s Eve. This day is taken as the start of the New Year festivities.

The Kitchen God, Zao Jun, records every good and bad thing that every household has done over the past year. Sort of like a Chinese Santa Claus~ The day of the Kitchen God Festival is when he takes a break and brings his reports to the Jade Emperor. On this day, Chinese households make offerings to him in order to get better reports or keep their bad deeds from being known.

There’s a Wikipedia article on him if you want to know more: Check out his origin story too, I found it pretty interesting!