Chapter 387 - Chapter 387: Chapter 374: Opening (1/2)

Chapter 387: Chapter 374: Opening

“Oh?” Chu Yunzhao turned his head in surprise. “Why is that?”

Chu Jinnian turned his head, looked at Chu Yunzhao, and smirked, “What do

you think?”

Guess?

In a joke?!

How many people could guess what was going on in Chu Jinian s mind?

For a while, Chu Yunzhao really didn’t have an answer.

Especially when he saw the smug and sinister look in Chu Jinnian’s smile, Chu Yunzhao felt a shiver down his spine.

Why did he always feel like someone was about to fall on bad times?

After all, this man was as grim as a death god on normal days, so when he suddenly smiled, it definitely didn’t predict anything good!

Chu Yunzhao was certain of his hunch, quickly following Chu Jinnian to ask,

“Tell me, what’s going on?”

Even if someone were about to be unlucky, Chu Yunzhao wanted to know who would that be.

“Because I’m going to ask Concubine Hui for something,” said Chu Jinnian,

finally revealing his plan.

“Ask for something?”

Now Chu Yunzhao’s eyes widened even more.

What could his mother have that would bring misfortune to someone else?

The twelfth of August was the opening day for Cheng’s shop in the county

town.

On this day, Zhuang Qingning got out early and went to the county town with

Zhuang Yutian to Cheng’s shop.

The shop front already had the appearance of a newly opened business.

The red cloth hanging from the signboard, the strings of firecrackers hanging from the bamboo poles on either side of the entrance, and the beaming shop assistants waiting in full readiness by the entrance.

Yet, there were no typical opening festivities such as gongs and drums or lion

and dragon dances.

Instead, even before the shop’s official opening, a crowd gathered at the entrance, whispering and asking about the identity of the century eggs.

Cheng Ruize had said before that they would stimulate curiosity and interest towards the century eggs before the shop’s opening by asking “Do you know about century eggs, and where can they be bought?”

Considering the current situation, Cheng Ruize’s method seemed to be working quite well.

The opening of a new shop usually followed a common routine- -the shopkeeper would come out, chatter about good luck for the new business, fire some firecrackers, creating a bustling scene.