Chapter 176: Birthday Party (Guaranteed Update)

Qingming Festival is a traditional festival for the Chinese people to commemorate their ancestors, and its main form is to worship their ancestors and sweep their tombs.

For thousands of years, people have carried out the pursuit of "sacrifice and ceremony" in this solar term of "clear air and bright scenery", and solemnly send their thoughts and respect to their deceased relatives and ancestors.

Why do you want to sweep the tomb in Qingming?

This is because when winter turns to spring, plants and trees sprout, and people go to the graves of their ancestors to see for themselves whether the graves have collapsed due to the rainy season, or have been pierced by foxes and rabbits.

During the ritual sweep, weeds are removed from the graves, new soil is added, pigs are burned as offerings, incense and wine are burned, paper money is burned, and simple rituals are held to express the memory of the ancestors.

Tomb sweeping, different regions also have different customs.

In Su Xiaoman's hometown, tomb sweeping is also called "going to the grave" and "going to the lamp", because it is a very simple thing for them to sweep the tomb there, they only need to bring some fruits, paper money, firecrackers and their characteristic "lanterns" and "Qingming hanging" to worship them.

In Qin Liufu's hometown, worshipping ancestors and sweeping tombs is a real physical work, because there is no cemetery in the countryside on their side, and they have been buried on the mountain for generations.

More than 99 percent of these tombs are earthen tombs that have not been hardened with lime cement.

Therefore, when the grave is swept every year, the weeds have to be removed for the grave, and after a whole year of growth, the weeds and trees on the mountain are not so easy to eradicate.

Therefore, every time the tomb is visited, it is a manual labor.

And the people in Qin Liufu's hometown also call tomb sweeping "shoveling mountain" and "worshipping mountain".

The surname Qin of Qinghe Village has settled here in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, and it has a history of hundreds of years.

Hundreds of years of inheritance, naturally not only the population of Qinghe Village, but from generation to generation, I don't know how many branches have been divided. These branches, when worshipping ancestors every year, will send representatives to worship their ancestors.

Because the clan concept here is very strong (as long as it is a place where sons are favored, the clan concept is very strong), so the ancestor worship activities of each surname will be very grand.

Especially those ancestral tombs that have been inherited for thousands of years, once worshipped, that scene is really eye-opening.

Ancestor worship, Qinghe Village will start to worship the public grave on the first Saturday and Sunday after the spring equinox every year.

The so-called public graves are the ancestors of the Qin surname in the entire Qinghe Village, and they generally worship these public graves before they go to each family to worship the ancestral graves in the five clothes.

Whether it is worshipping the public tomb or worshipping the ancestral tomb in the five clothes, Qin Liufu is very active.

On the one hand, worshipping ancestors is what future generations should do.

On the other hand, the fruit app inexplicably appeared in Qin Liufu's mind, such a mysterious thing made him still full of awe of something.

Therefore, Qin Liufu not only actively participated in the worship activities, but also paid private money when worshipping the public tomb, making the momentum of ancestor worship very grand, and invited clan relatives from all over the world to participate, spreading the reputation of the Qin family in Qinghe Village.

While Qin Liufu was busy worshipping his ancestors, the eldest brother and sister-in-law also took the elite soldiers to prepare for the Xianguo branch in Guangdong Province.

If you want to open so many branches in so many cities at once, if you want to find a store to rent and then find someone to design and decorate, then you want to open this year.

Therefore, the sister-in-law obeyed Qin Liufu's instructions, and every time she went to a city, she would find the strongest local real estate agent to cooperate, put forward the requirements for the shop to be rented, and then the two parties signed an agreement to give the real estate agent a certain percentage of remuneration for every successful rental of a store.

I have to say that this method is really good, and the real estate agents who have money to make money immediately burst out of their strength, and in less than a week, they have provided customers with a sufficient number of shops to choose from.

Each store meets the requirements of customers.

Every store has its advantages.

Huang Tongtong was greatly satisfied with this kind of work efficiency, and after careful selection, she selected the store that she was most satisfied with, and then rented the store after a short negotiation.

When negotiating with the owner of the store, because there were enough alternative stores, Huang Tongtong's confidence was very sufficient, so he rented each store without spending a penny of unjust money.

I rented the shop at the most suitable price.

As a result, eleven cities in Guangdong Province ran down, and Huang Tongtong only took more than a month to successfully complete the work of renting a store, and the efficiency can be said to be very high.

Of course, thanks to the elite soldiers she brought over, they helped her share a lot of preliminary work, and in many cities, she only needed to negotiate with the owner of the shop, saving a lot of time.

After the store is rented, the next step is to hire someone to design and decorate it.

This is not a difficult matter, first talked to Hao Guangqing (the designer of five high-end fruit stores in Yongcheng) and asked him if he could take this big order, design and decoration, and only give three months at most.

Hao Guangqing took it without hesitation.

Although his company is mainly engaged in the market of Guizhou Province, as a well-known interior designer in China, who does not have a few strong peers and friends, he will take the task next, and then cooperate with friends to get it done!

In terms of design, because of the previous design drawings, the style has been determined, and only a certain proportion of the size of the store needs to be adjusted, so it does not take too much time.

And for decoration, there are design drawings, where can I not find the person who decorates?

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Imperial capital.

Among Qin Qiyue's dormitories, if they are ranked by their appearance, the highest is Qin Qiyue, followed by Lin Jiaojiao, Luo Xianglan and Zhou Wenxin are ranked last.

Of course, although there is a gap in the appearance of the four people, the gap is not big, if Qin Qiyue's appearance is 84 points, then Lin Jiaojiao is about 79 points.

and Luo Xianglan and Zhou Wenxin are around 76 points.

This score is really very even, even Luo Xianglan and Zhou Wenxin, who are at the bottom of the line, are very sought-after beauties in Peking University.

It can be said that the dormitory where Qin Qiyue is located is a concentration camp for the beauties of Peking University.

If you rank by family background, the first ones are also Qin Qiyue and Lin Jiaojiao, as for who is better in the family background of the two, everyone has not really compared and talked about it, so no one knows.

The reason why Qin Qiyue and Lin Jiaojiao are ranked first is only inferred from everyone's spending habits.

Let's talk about Qin Qiyue first, the clothes, shoes, bags, watches, and cosmetics she wears are all very high-grade things, although they are not luxury goods, but they are all real famous brands.

In addition, I usually invite everyone to eat snacks and fruits, those snacks are basically high-end snacks, and although they don't know the price of fruits, they know that they are absolutely not cheap just because of the unforgettable taste.

Therefore, for Qin Qiyue's family background, the four people in the dormitory all know it in their hearts, and it must be incomparable.

And Lin Jiaojiao is also not bad, as a native of the imperial capital, her family lives within the Third Ring Road, and this alone is qualified to be called the rich second generation. What's more, her clothes, shoes, bags, watches, cosmetics and the like are also well-known brands, and they are not inferior to Qin Qiyue's.

Therefore, no one knows whose family is better than that, if there is no real comparison.

As for Luo Xianglan and Zhou Wenxin, their family backgrounds are much inferior.

Of course, it also depends on who you compare with, compared with Qin Qiyue and Lin Jiaojiao, it is naturally not a grade.

But their family background is also better than many people, and the living expenses given by the family every month are also at the level of four or five thousand, which is really a lot for college students.

The appearance and figure are good, they can be admitted to Peking University, not to mention studying, and they all have a good family background.

Therefore, the four people in Qin Qiyue's dormitory really have many suitors in Peking University.

It's just that the people who pursue Lin Jiaojiao, Luo Xianglan, and Zhou Wenxin are not as dead-eyed as those who pursue Qin Qiyue.

Today is Saturday, April 9th, Lin Jiaojiao's nineteenth birthday.

Living in a KTV is one of the most popular ways for young men and women to live in today's society.

Lin Jiaojiao is naturally no exception, opening a largest box at a KTV near the school, and then inviting classmates and friends to attend her birthday party.

Qin Qiyue, Luo Xianglan, and Zhou Wenxin were naturally invited.

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This time Lin Jiaojiao passed away, and there were not many people she invited, two Fa Xiao, four high school classmates, six college classmates (including Luo Xianglan, Zhou Wenxin), and Qin Qiyue.

Only thirteen people were invited.

Of the thirteen, two were men, two of their high school classmates were men, and three of their six college classmates were men.

This is also carefully selected by Lin Jiaojiao, just seven men and seven women.

And what's interesting is that two of them are young, four high school classmates, plus Lin Jiaojiao herself, there are a total of seven people, all of whom are authentic imperial capitals, and the remaining seven people are from different provinces and cities.

At eight o'clock in the evening, except for Qin Qiyue, who had not yet arrived, the other invited guests had already arrived.

As soon as everyone comes, it is natural to give gifts to the birthday star, except for Luo Xianglan and Zhou Wenxin, the college classmates who give gifts are basically worth about two or three hundred, such as Aries lucky stars, such as Bluetooth crystal music boxes and the like.

Although such small gifts are not expensive, they are more delicate, and it is suitable for classmates.

The four high school classmates gave a slightly more expensive one, and the value was between five hundred and eight hundred.

And Luo Xianglan and Zhou Wenxin, as classmates and best friends, naturally pay attention to the gifts they give, Luo Xianglan gave a Disney glowing teddy panda doll worth about 2,000 yuan to hug a bear.

Zhou Wenxin sent a Parker gift box series, Zall frosted black gold clip pen, ink pen + ink gift box value is also about 2,000 yuan.

The most expensive one should be Lin Jiaojiao's two small hairs, among which the one named Shi Haibo gave a bag worth more than 10,000 yuan, and the one named Guo Zifeng also gave a gift worth more than 10,000 yuan.

The shots are quite generous, and obviously the family background is quite good.

"Jiaojiao, happy birthday!"

"Thank you!"

Shi Haibo and Guo Zifeng came over together, and after giving the gift to Lin Jiaojiao and saying happy birthday, the eyes of the two began to scan the audience, looking for the roommate who Jiaojiao had mentioned to them who was more beautiful than her.

Then the two of them looked at a certain girl in unison.

Because among the six girls present, she was the only one who was more beautiful than Lin Jiaojiao.

"Come, let me introduce to you, these two are the ones I have played since I was a child, and the one on the left is called Shi Haibo, nicknamed Stone. The one on the right is called Guo Zifeng, nicknamed Guo Daxia. ”

After introducing this side, Lin Jiaojiao began to introduce the other side, and when the beauty was introduced, Shi Haibo and Guo Zifeng found out that they had recognized the wrong person.

It turned out that this beauty was a delicate high school classmate named He Lijun, not her college roommate Qin Qiyue.

After everyone got to know each other and said hello, the entire box was divided into three small groups, Shi Haibo and Guo Zifeng were a small group.

Lin Jiaojiao's four classmates from high school are another small group.

The rest of the small group is college classmates.

Because Shi Haibo and Guo Zifeng came later, Lin Jiaojiao stayed with them for the time being.

"Jiaojiao, didn't you say that your roommates would come, why didn't you see the Qin Qiyue you said?" Shi Haibo, who was quite handsome, couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, I heard you say that you were so beautiful before, why did you come here but didn't see anyone?" Guo Zifeng also asked.

Lin Jiaojiao smiled: "What's the matter with the two of you? Are you eyeing my roommate?"

Shi Haibo smiled: "It's not that I heard you say it so well, so I want to meet you!"

Lin Jiaojiao said: "Stone, I can tell you, my roommate's vision is very high, there are too many people in our school who want to pursue her, but she is here to refuse one by one and not give anyone a chance."

So, before anyone comes, I have to remind you two that it's okay for everyone to get to know each other, but don't be really tempted, you probably don't have much chance!"

Guo Zifeng smiled: "I just joined in the fun, but I don't have that kind of thought, it's mainly stones, this guy seems to be in heat recently, and he wants to chase ...... when he sees a beautiful woman."

Shi Haibo snorted and said, "Guo Daxia, don't talk nonsense, what do you mean by estrus?"

Lin Jiaojiao said with a smile: "Stone, whether you are in heat or not, in short, I have given you a vaccination, my roommate has a very high vision, you probably have no fun." If you want to chase other female students, including He Lijun, if you want to chase them, I can also help match them!"

Shi Haibo said speechlessly: "Jiaojiao, it's okay if you don't say it, the more I talk about it, the more interested I am." I don't care, if your roommate is really my thing, you have to help match anything!"

Lin Jiaojiao: "(⊙o⊙)"

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Qin Qiyue didn't mean to be late, mainly because of Lin Jiaojiao's birthday, she couldn't think of what gift to give for a while, so she could only call the sixth brother and ask her to airlift some fresh fruit king-level fruits over, and she was going to take this as a birthday gift.

By the time I got the six boxes of fruit that had been flown in, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

When they arrived at the KTV box, Lin Jiaojiao and others had been playing for nearly an hour.

"I'm sorry, I'm late, Jiaojiao, I wish you a happy birthday!" Qin Qiyue handed over the six beautifully packaged fruit boxes in his hand and said.

"Thank you!" Lin Jiaojiao took the gift and said, "July, why are you preparing so many gifts for me?"

Qin Qiyue said with a smile: "It's all fresh fruits, and it's only one or two catties in a box, not much!"

Lin Jiaojiao has eaten many times the fruit sent by Qin Qiyue, although she doesn't know the specific price, but with the quality of the fruit, I believe it can't be cheap, and now Qin Qiyue gave her six boxes at one time, this gift is not light!

"Come, let me introduce to you, this is Qin Qiyue, my current roommate!" Lin Jiaojiao took Qin Qiyue's hand, and then introduced the people in the box to her one by one.

Shi Haibo's eyes haven't blinked since he saw Qin Qiyue enter the box, and he felt very excited in his heart, Jiaojiao really didn't tell a lie, her roommate is indeed more beautiful than her!!

In terms of appearance, she is not particularly beautiful, at least that He Lijun is not inferior to her, but in terms of figure, Qin Qiyue must be the best among the women present.

Especially I heard Jiaojiao say that she is still the top student in the college entrance examination in Gui Province.

Damn, this is totally hitting a certain point in him!

This girl is really my dish!!

As Qin Qiyue came in, everyone's reactions were mixed.

Shi Haibo was completely in a state of love at first sight.

Guo Zifeng has an expression of appreciation, and feels that Fa Xiao is really not bragging this time, her roommate has good looks, good figure, and is the top student in the college entrance examination, the key is that her family background is good, and she is perfect in all aspects!

As for Lin Jiaojiao's high school classmates, the male classmates all felt a little amazing, the other female classmate was envious, and He Lijun, who was comparable in appearance to Qin Qiyue, felt a huge threat.

After all, before Qin Qiyue arrived, she was the most beautiful cub in the box.

Now that Qin Qiyue has arrived, there is no doubt that the attention of all male compatriots has attracted the past.

In terms of appearance, she is no worse than Qin Qiyue, but in terms of figure, although she doesn't want to admit it, she is indeed a little worse than others. In terms of academic qualifications, the kind of university she went to that ranked low in the imperial capital naturally can't be compared with a top university like Peking University.

The only thing with self-confidence is probably the family background.

As a native of the imperial capital, He Lijun believes that her family background is better than that of the other party.

As for the college classmates, they basically know Qin Qiyue, so there is no need to say more.

These things are a long story, but in fact, they are just a few short hours of mental activity.

Luo Xianglan took the wine glass and poured a glass of wine for Qin Qiyue, then picked up her wine glass and stood up and said, "Now that everyone has arrived, let's toast our birthday star together!"

"Okay, happy birthday to the birthday boy!"

"Come, I wish Jiaojiao a happy birthday!"

Everyone responded one after another, and stood over with their wine glasses, and Qin Qiyue was naturally no exception.

Lin Jiaojiao also stood up with a wine glass and said: "Thank you all for coming to my birthday party tonight, everyone here is either me or my classmates and roommates, I won't say much if I thank you, everything is in this glass of wine, cheers!"

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"