Datang: I was overheard by the Empress

Chapter 140 Chinese New Year!

Time passed day by day like this, quietly approaching the end of the year,

Di Ping'an has resumed his usual lazy life these days. After all, in such a cold day, there is nothing to do except sleep. The butler, Lao Wang, sees it and is anxious in his heart!

I tried to find Di Pingan several times, but Di Pingan fudged them all back.
You think I didn't go to save my brother, but I have to be saved now,

The Empress said that I can only be saved if I take the No. [-] Scholar exam. Am I just waiting for the time now?
The two people with broken legs in the family are recovering from their injuries, lying in bed all day long, doing nothing!

Wang Bo is better, after all, Di Ping'an's treatment for Wang Bo is not low,
But Li Yang was more unlucky. Since Li Yang wanted to escape again and again, Di Ping'an not only broke Li Yang's legs,

I also found a dog chain to lock Li Yang directly, and the firewood house was very cold, so Li Yang was shivering from the cold at night.
Fortunately, Li Yang was born as a killer and has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. Otherwise, he might not be able to handle Di Ping'an's actions like this!
And Di Pingan these days, apart from sleeping, he is living a life of making money every day, and his whole person looks unpretentious,
After all, the two Haidilao hot pot restaurants opened on Zhuque Street, because of various publicity reasons,
Now it has become the two hottest restaurants in Chang'an City,

The names of spicy hot pot, three delicacies hot pot and fish head hot pot are resounding throughout the city of Chang'an.

Coupled with the sale of cigarettes, it is not an exaggeration to say that these two Haidilao hot pot restaurants are making money every day.
The daily profit is nearly a thousand taels, which is simply terrifying, but among the restaurants in Chang'an City, there is no one whose profit can compare with this Haidilao hot pot restaurant.

Of course, there are two very important reasons. One is because the prices of meals and cigarettes in these two Haidilao hot pot restaurants are extremely high.

A mouthful of hot pot costs at least two or three taels of silver to start with, and a cigarette starts with one tael of silver.
Many people buy cigarettes one by one, and they dare not buy them in packs. It is too expensive and they cannot afford to smoke.

And with cigarettes, if you smoke one, you want to get another one, and you can smoke seven or eight in a matter of hours, who can resist it?
Another reason is that these two Haidilao hot pot restaurants are almost doing business without capital.
These hot pot ingredients and cigarettes are all provided by Di Pingan, and they belong to the system rewards without cost, so the profit margin will naturally be greatly improved!

Judging from the current rhythm, Haidilao Hot Pot Restaurant will be able to pay back its capital in a month or so, and then it will be net income every day!
But Di Ping'an also knows that this is due to the fact that it is winter now, which happens to be a good time for hot pot to become popular. If it is summer, it may not be so easy to sell!
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At the end of the first year of Tianshou,
Here is for New Year's Eve!

After today, it will be the second year of Tianshou, but unlike the later generations, the New Year in the Tang Dynasty is not as lively as the later generations. There is no need to watch the Spring Festival Gala, and there is no need to set off fireworks.
Because in the Tang Dynasty, it was not the New Year's Eve that really had the atmosphere of the New Year, but the Shangyuan Festival!
The Shangyuan Festival is also called the Lantern Festival, Yuanxi or Lantern Festival. Although the New Year’s Eve in Chang’an is a bit deserted, once it comes to the Shangyuan Festival, it will be a real empty alley!
There is a poem that says, "Thousands of gates are unlocked and thousands of lights are lit, the imperial capital is activated in the middle of the first month, three hundred wives dance with their sleeves together, and there is the sound of lyrics in the sky for a while!"

It can be seen that the prosperity of the Shangyuan Festival,

But compared to the prosperity of the Shangyuan Festival, the day of New Year's Eve is relatively dull,

It's not too late for Di Pingan to wake up today, because he went to bed early last night, so he finished his [-]-hour lying-down task early today.
But after waking up, Di Ping'an was a little dazed. Today is New Year's Eve, but the whole Di Mansion is a bit empty.
Although there are only Di Renjie and Di Ping'an in Di's house, and Di Ping'an is still young and has not married a wife yet, Di Renjie does already have a family.

Unfortunately, Di Renjie's wife, Di Ping'an's sister-in-law passed away due to illness a few years ago, and did not leave Lao Di with a son and a half.

Di Renjie has been busy with government affairs these years, and has no intention of continuing, so the Di family only has the two brothers,

Now that Di Renjie is in prison, Di Ping'an seems to be indifferent again, and Di's house seems to have lost its backbone.
The maids and servants at home walked and ran, and there are only a few people left now.
No wonder the housekeeper Lao Wang is so anxious, just these few people, this five-entry mansion can't be cleaned every day!
Seeing such a miserable scene at home, Di Ping'an lost all mood in an instant!
This year has been a bit monotonous. I remember that at this time last year, my brother was already at home directing everyone to work, and even Di Pingan, who has always been extremely lazy, had to be pulled up to do some work.

And Di Pingan usually agrees with a yawn, and when Di Renjie turns his head to do other things, Di Pingan plunges into his bed again, often making Di Renjie furious again!
But now, I always feel that my brother is too noisy and annoying, disturbing my sleep,

But it's been so long since I heard my elder brother yelling at me, Di Ping'an really misses it a bit!
"Hey, congratulations to the host for successfully lying down for 582 hours today. Congratulations to the host for adding one salted fish value. The host's current salted fish value is [-] points!"

"Congratulations to the host for completing the phased lying down task, the system phased task reward: Baijiu!"

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"Hey, it's kind of boring!"

Sitting in the courtyard, Di Ping'an thought about all kinds of things!
However, at this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the door,
Cheng Qianzong, Yan Danqing, and Sun Yan, several people carrying large and small bags, rushed in, and the housekeeper Wang didn't stop him. The housekeeper Lao Wang has long been familiar with Di Ping'an's six younger brothers!
"Happy New Year, big brother, New Year's greetings to you, little brother!"

Cheng Qianzong said with a smile, and handed the gift to Steward Wang next to him!
"Happy New Year, brother!"

Yuchi Zhenjin and Qin Ying were also very generous. They said hello to Di Ping'an, and then handed the gift in their hands to Lao Wang, the housekeeper next to him.

After a while, Di Ping'an received six greetings, and the housekeeper Lao Wang was already covered with gifts in large and small bags!

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(End of this chapter)