Chapter 2304 - 2264: Going to the Market

It’s a little past six in the evening, and we’re still having dinner together at home.

However, after dinner, I discovered that Ye Family Village looks incredibly beautiful after the whole lighting design. Li Qianqian, Lin Xiang, and Liu Lingxiu never expected the lights here could be so stunning. Ye Qiu glanced at it and went back to his room.

Now, while opening the computer to play games, I realized it’s not lagging at all.

I’m using a private broadband connection now, not sharing with the village anymore.

While Ye Qiu was playing games, a shadow quietly walked in from behind him; he didn’t need to turn around to know it was Ma Wenwen by the scent.

"Aren’t you going to see the night view?"

"I saw it, it’s really beautiful."

Now Ma Wenwen realized that spending the New Year with Ye Qiu back home, the feeling is indeed different. Her parents would call her to come back to spend the New Year with them, but Ma Wenwen plans to stay here and return after the New Year.

Of course, Ye Qiu had several beautiful young ladies around him. She never expected to see so many of them.

"Shall I come over and sleep with you tonight?"

Ye Qiu looked up and glanced at Ma Wenwen.

Ma Wenwen blushed slightly.

"Just afraid Li Qianqian might come in too. If you all feel it’s okay, then come."

Li Qianqian?

Isn’t she the mayor’s daughter?

Ma Wenwen left Ye Qiu’s room, and Ye Qiu continued playing games. Li Shen and Zhu Zhiming heard that Ye Qiu had returned home for the New Year and learned about his housewarming party, planning to come over, have a meal, and then head back.

It’s not too far, and Luo Yang and the others are doing the same.

Last time, they all came over.

They are naturally familiar with the route.

Ye Qiu and Li Shen played "Monster Continent" for over two hours and then moved to play Gun Battle. Even during the New Year, there are still plenty of online players.

Ye Qiu thought about organizing a game.

Like on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, handing out red envelopes there.

Other gaming companies have handed out red envelopes too, but only during their initial launch.

Now, setting aside some money to distribute red envelopes could actually attract more players.

When Ye Qiu discussed this with Li Shen, Li Shen thought it was a good idea.

As long as Ye Qiu says it, they’ll proceed as instructed.

They’re still in Jinling, so they directly notified various department managers to allocate two million for red envelopes on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

Though two million might not be much for hundreds of thousands of online players, enough for just two yuan per person.

However, it’s similar to collecting the Five Blessings each year, equally attracting a lot of attention.

Upon logging off the game, shutting down the computer, and preparing for a bath, Ye Qiu saw Li Qianqian had come in.

This little fairy was quite clingy to Ye Qiu.

"Do your parents know you’re here?"

"Of course they know. They just asked me to stay safe."

Li Zhiguo probably doesn’t have free time all year round. During the Spring Festival, he still has to visit state enterprise employees and those cleaners. As for Lu Xiuyu, she may have a little more time but still has to stay home.

"Ye Qiu, let’s sleep a bit earlier, so tomorrow we can go to the market."

Li Qianqian was particularly interested in the rural town’s market.

Meanwhile, Ye Qiu also planned to go to town with his uncle to buy meat and vegetables for the housewarming banquet on the 28th of the New Year.

Also, fireworks and firecrackers need to be bought.

Ye Qiu had Weidong set aside one million for this housewarming banquet.

A million may sound like a lot.

But if there are a thousand tables to feed, each costing a thousand, that’s roughly one million.

Actually, meat and vegetables aren’t cheap. A thousand yuan per table is still decent.

Buying fireworks would likely be counted separately.

"Ye Qiu, I."

In the bed, Li Qianqian tightly hugged Ye Qiu.

After a while, another figure walked in; it was Ma Wenwen.

When Ma Wenwen directly crawled into the bed, Ye Qiu seemed unfazed, but Li Qianqian was startled. She nearly screamed but was quickly silenced by Ye Qiu, who covered her mouth.

"It’s Ma Wenwen."

"You... you two..."

"What do you mean you two? You both wanted to come over, then come on."

Holding these two soft things felt comfortable in the winter, and Ma Wenwen and Li Qianqian immediately kept quiet.

Early the next morning, Ye Qiu got up to wash up. Upon stepping outside, he felt refreshed. The air here is indeed much better than in the big cities.

Moreover, flowers are everywhere, and the hanging lanterns feel particularly atmospheric.

Ye Weidong and his wife visited neighbors in the village; now only Ye Xue was at home preparing breakfast.

Xiaohui and Xiaomai were helping.

As Ye Qiu went downstairs, Ye Xue said, "Ye Qiu, go call them down for breakfast."

Ye Qiu went up and woke Lin Xiang, Liu Lingxiu, Han Xiaowan, Zhou Muling, and Li Qianqian to wash up and eat breakfast. These young ladies slept comfortably last night and didn’t expect it to be morning so soon.

Heading down to the first-floor dining room, the breakfast here was just like in Jinling.

Bread, steamed buns, fried dough sticks, white porridge, lean meat porridge, everything was there.

After having breakfast together, Ye Qiu said, "I’m preparing to go to town for the market, are you coming?"

These young ladies have never been to a town market; of course, they’re going.

Ye Qiu, Li Qianqian, and Ye Xue drove separately to the town’s middle school playground to park; now there were no parking spaces outside on the streets.

This town’s middle school was seen by Ye Qiu last time he came back, but he hadn’t toured it. Ye Xue too, having always lived in Jinling.

Now discovering this town’s middle school greatly differs from Jinling’s middle schools in terms of conditions.

According to the promotion, this school barely managed a few college admissions last year, along with a handful of vocational students.

Also, the school’s buildings seem outdated.

The local economy can’t compare to Jinling.

The group visited the middle school and found it rather basic, fearing even the teacher resources were inadequate.

Leaving the middle school, as Ye Qiu held Liu Lingxiu’s hand, Li Qianqian glared harshly at Ye Qiu.

"Outside, there’s a crowd. Be careful or someone might take advantage."

Market crowds meant jostling, with many pickpockets emerging.

These young ladies carry purses containing wallets and phones, which might be hard to recover if stolen.

Upon hearing about pickpockets, the young ladies became vigilant and stayed by Ye Qiu’s side.