flstandardbreds Chapter 539 New Year Gift
Chapter 539 New Year Gift
Sheng Zhen smiled and replied, "I only try it when I have free time every night. In fact, my proudest work is this jade pendant. I carefully carved two crescent-shaped jade pendants. When they are combined, they can form a complete round jade pendant, and when separated, they become two crescent-shaped jade pendants. Each of us holds one." As he said that, he took out the two jade pendants from the box and handed them to Zheng Sisi for appreciation.
However, Zheng Sisi did not focus her attention on the jade pendant. Instead, she gently pried open Sheng Zhen's palm and carefully examined the obvious scars on his palm and fingers.
She said distressedly: "Stupid, don't hurt yourself like this again in the future, okay? I will feel bad."
Hearing his girlfriend's caring words, Sheng Zhen felt a surge of sweetness in his heart, as if all the pain disappeared in an instant. He hugged Zheng Sisi tightly, let her sit on his lap, and kissed her lips passionately.
Two days later, Sifang Pavilion finally opened. Unlike before, this time Zheng Sisi did not choose to open it in a downtown area, but bought a small house with four entrances in the inner city and renovated it carefully.
Each room is designed as an independent compartment with elegant interior decoration, decorated with various green plants and flowers, exquisite ornaments and decorations, making people feel relaxed and happy when they are in it.
In addition, the Sifang Pavilion is divided into a male and female area, each with its own entrance and exit. Although there is no wall in the house, a moon gate is set up, just like the inner and outer courtyards of the mansion, which do not interfere with each other.
Zhong Ruiyu saw this layout and couldn't help but laugh and joked: "This design is really great. Even if a couple likes to come here to have fun, they won't run into each other. They can each enjoy their own time. How free and easy! Haha!"
Because of the uniqueness of "Sifang Pavilion" and the fact that it is not crowded, it attracted many ladies and noble ladies to come and support it on the opening day.
In order to ensure the quality of service, Zheng Sisi specially trained many servants and boys to master these two skills so that they can help guests when they don't know how to play. Guests can ask for lessons at any time, and she will guarantee that she will teach them until they are able to do so.
After hearing about this, the ministers who had to attend court during the day expressed their interest. They decided to come to the "Sifang Pavilion" after the court session. If Zheng Sisi had not set the business hours in advance, these people would probably have stayed up all night.
From then on, the preferred place for the noble ladies of the capital to gather was no longer the flower-viewing banquets held in various mansions, but the "Sifang Pavilion". Because Zheng Sisi had specially decorated the small garden in the mansion, it was very suitable for the noble ladies of the capital to gather here.
As the Spring Festival approached, Zheng Sisi finally completed the review of all accounts and calculated the dividends of each store and the year-end bonuses for employees.
She finally had some free time now. The distribution of dividends and bonuses was handled by the store owners and managers.
As it was snowing in the capital and the weather was cold, Zheng Sisi was unable to go out for fun and could only stay in the yard to study with Sheng Zhen.
In the study, Zheng Sisi was carefully writing a work plan for next year, clarifying several important development directions;
Sheng Zhen, on the other hand, focused on studying math books. His learning ability was amazing, and he has now mastered the knowledge level of the first volume of the fourth grade.
Zheng Sisi remembered that he had promised the emperor to discuss Arabic numerals with Tutor He, but because he had been busy, this matter had not been completed.
Now that Sheng Zhen has learned Arabic numerals, this problem can be left to him to solve.
Zheng Sisi put down the pen in her hand, rubbed her hands, and felt a little cold. Although there was a charcoal basin in the room to raise the temperature, it was still not comparable to modern air conditioning. She couldn't help but sigh: "It would be great if there was a modern air conditioner, the whole room would become warm."
Zheng Sisi suddenly thought of a question: what kind of New Year gifts should I give to my elders? So she asked Sheng Zhen: "Sheng Zhen, what gift do you think I should give to the emperor during the New Year?"
Sheng Zhen raised his head, looked at Zheng Sisi and said, "There's no need to give gifts, right? Didn't we just get hundreds of thousands of taels of dividends? Isn't this the best gift?"
Zheng Sisi glared at him and retorted, "That's a dividend, not a gift." Then, she curiously asked, "What gifts did you prepare for your father in previous years?"
Sheng Zhen shook his head and said that he had not prepared any gifts because he rarely stayed in the capital and had not thought about these issues.