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Chapter 62 - Opening Ceremony
”Aiya, Boss Wang you are lucky. Thank you for your gift, tea is served in the shop …”
”Keeper Niu's! ”I've heard a lot about you. Today, we'll have two more cups of wine at noon. We won't go home until we're drunk …”
”Master Li, Master Liu …” ”You two came early, please hurry upstairs …”
Today was the happy day of Letian Firm's opening ceremony. Fan Lian brought a group of smartly dressed waiters to greet guests, and ten long firecrackers were dropped from the second floor to the ground. The red silk plaque was waiting for Xiao Letian to personally take it off.
The street was already filled with onlookers, the beggars were holding onto large handfuls of copper coins, trying their best to sing ”Lotus Flower Descent”. Even the kids in the Manchu crowd were all given two pieces of candy. With the Letian Firm as the center, it had already become a sea of joy.
At the same time of the liveliness, the foreign figures also remembered to be on security alert, with Luo Huo's ten guards acting as the representative and the fifty odd soldiers sent by the Taibai Top, half of them were in the dark, protecting the Letian Firm completely. Any suspicious person would be interrogated by them.
”Move, move …” What the heck are you? A good dog doesn't block the way. Since we're here to pay our respects to Master Xiao, why are you blocking my way?! ” Just as the atmosphere became peaceful, an arrogant voice came from outside the crowd. The citizens turned around and quickly moved away into a human alley.
The one who walked over was Xiao Pi Sun. His signature pigtail was coiled around his neck, and at the end of it was actually a steel dart. He was wearing a set of lean and short training clothes, the top to bottom of his clothes were meticulous, and the arrogant him was spinning two metal balls in his hands, talking nonsense with Luo Huo face to face.
”What is it? Tanggu has a shop that has never stopped my grandpa from doing so. I am a person on the scene and I love making friends. Today, I have come to give you face, but you still stopped me … ” Saying that, the Xiao Pi Sun cupped his hands towards the crowd.
”My fellow villagers, have you all seen how there are such merchants in this world? He was purposely trying to coax others! ”Everyone, don't get involved with them in the future. This is too f * cking crazy …”
Luo Hu was so angry that his eyeballs were about to pop out, he grabbed Xiao Pi Sun by the neck and said, ”A visit? Was there anyone wearing a training outfit? ”It looks to me like you're here to ruin everything …” What Luo Hu said was not wrong. With such a big matter like opening a foreign office, Xiao Pi Sun bringing a group of disciples in training clothes to pay their respects to the sect was truly unjustifiable. It was not courteous at all.
The Xiao Pi Sun was waiting for Luo Huo to make a move, his head slanted, ”Aiya! You brat, you can do it, you can do it … ”Make a move on me and I'll give it a try. Come here and hit me …” The Xiao Pi Sun did not retaliate and allowed Luo Hu to grab his clothes and used one hand to slap his face.
”Fight?” ”If I don't hit you, you'll be raised by a little girl. Your mother will be the one to steal a man's child, you …” The ten odd disciples behind Xiao Pi Sun all roared with laughter, their master's leg strength was something ordinary people could not learn.
This was a real hoodlum. He would directly place his shamelessness onto his forehead, scattering ash, smashing black bricks, applying medicine, and binding a ticket … Unscrupulous was their synonym, making it hard for serious people to guard against them.
Luo Hu clenched his fists tightly, he really wanted to make a move. Just at this moment, shopkeeper Fan Lian spoke up, ”Those who come are all guests, do not be rude, please take a seat, Master Sun, serve good tea …” Fan Lian was a businessman from the old school who paid the most attention to lucky matters.
”Shopkeeper …” Luo Hu was so angry that he couldn't even speak, but in the end, he still let go. When Luo Hu opened up a path, Xiao Pi Sun glared at him with contempt and said in a low voice, ”Kid, I'll remember you. From today onwards, you need to be careful.
When Xiao Pi Sun reached the door, he and Fan Lian's eyes met. Both parties could see the enmity inside, and at this time, the disciples behind Xiao Pi Sun shouted loudly, ”Master Sun has come to pay respects!” A single sentence caused the entire street to be thrown into chaos.
This was a huge slap in the face. A single piece of money in ancient times was equivalent to a fixed amount of money. Basically, it was equivalent to a thousand words worth of money. However, during the late Qing Dynasty, including the early years of the Republic of China, a single coin represented not a thousand pieces of paper, but a hundred pieces of paper. Only a single coin represented a thousand pieces of paper.
Two and a half would be two hundred and fifty gold coins. With Xiao Pi Sun's disturbance, even the merchants of the same faction could not stand to watch it.
Even though Fan Lian had roamed the Jianghu for his entire life, he was still angered silly by the two and a half gifts. Just as he was about to speak, suddenly, a shout came from outside the crowd, followed by a voice shouting out, ”High Scholar Huang is here to pay respects, get out of the way, Master!”
Everyone recognized it with just a glance. Wasn't this the High Scholar Huang? The old man could tell that he had been having a bad two days of sleep. With dark circles under his eyes, he yawned as he walked.
”The Xiao Pi Sun is here? Let me join in the fun as well to give this... ”This is a foreign trade …” The person beside him hurriedly whispered, ”Letian Firm, that's what you mean by happy every day …”
”Aiyo, so you're having fun all day?” How lucky … Men, come on, let's follow Xiao Pi Sun and pay our respects, let them have a good time too … ” As soon as he finished speaking his strange words, the servants at the side immediately shouted out, ”Master High Scholar pays their respects!” ”Two hundred and fifty silver taels …”