Chapter 270: Third Floor

Su Yi thought of the sparklers from last night—they were indeed quite fun.

"Most of this place is wood, and expensive wood at that. If a fire starts, repairs would be very difficult."

Actually, the difficulty of repairing after a fire wasn't only because of the wood, but also the buildings' special structure, the interior furnishings, the carvings, and so on. There were already very few craftsmen who could fully and faithfully restore the original buildings.

The lanterns hanging in the trees were all kept at a certain distance from the buildings.

If they were normal guests, an attendant would accompany them the entire time, to prevent unruly children from messing about or smokers from carelessly tossing cigarette butts and burning down the buildings.

"Okay!"

【It really isn't suitable for setting off fireworks!】

Su Yu swung her little feet and pointed at the lanterns hanging in the trees. "Dad, are those flower lanterns for sale? Will there be a flower lantern festival on the fifteenth, like in the TV dramas?"

"That, I'm not sure."

Su Yi genuinely didn't know.

Su Xi, sitting nearby, called over an attendant to answer Su Yu's question.

"Hello, the flower lanterns here are not for sale. They are only given away on the fifteenth during the Lantern Festival."

"Given away?"

"Yes, we hold an event on the fifteenth during the Lantern Festival. On that day, customers who participate in the riddle-guessing and garden-touring activities can receive basic-version flower lanterns. Customers whose spending reaches a set amount will be gifted a certain quantity of flower lanterns. By eight o'clock in the evening, the top ten customers by spending may choose any ten flower lanterns."

"Why ten?"

"Ten flower lanterns symbolize perfect completeness!"

Su Yu shook her head. The attendant couldn't quite gauge what Su Yu was thinking.

"Can we pick the plum blossoms?"

The attendant didn't understand how the topic had suddenly jumped to plum blossoms, but she answered based on her usual experience. "Each customer is limited to picking one plum blossom per color, and it will be picked by our staff. We will select the most beautiful plum blossoms, but they may not be to your liking. If you'd like, we can arrange it right away."

Having said that much, the attendant, with her rich sales experience, continued subconsciously, "We also have plum blossom wine here. If you like it, you can... take a look."

Looking at the three-year-old child before her, the attendant couldn't bring herself in good conscience to say the word "taste."

Su Yu looked at her uncle beside her. "Uncle, do you want to drink?"

"No."

Su Xi poured a cup of juice and handed it to Su Yu.

"Do you sell dried flowers here? I mean dried flowers made from plum blossoms!"

"Sorry, we don't have dried flowers here."

"Then you really don't know how to make money!"

The attendant fell silent. She had worked here for two years, and Su Yu was the first person to ask about buying dried flowers. Besides, the plum blossoms here were brewed into wine, provided to the female guests who came here, or given as festival gifts to the high-spending customers—that earned far more than dried flowers!

Su Yu finished gnawing on the skewers in her hand and set the sticks down neatly.

"Dad, I want to go play upstairs!"

【Is mahjong really that fun?】

"Big brother, take her upstairs for a bit!"

Su Yi, who was in the middle of playing mahjong, didn't want to give up such a good hand. Since Su Xi wasn't playing anyway, he could take Su Yu upstairs.

"Put your clothes on properly!"

"Oh!"

Su Yu obediently put on her clothes and followed Su Xi up to the third floor.

The third floor was higher than the second, and the view was even broader. Not far from their pavilion stood one small building after another. Su Yu still remembered that these small buildings were boudoirs.

This imperial merchant family had quite a lot of young ladies!

Su Yu gazed further into the distance and saw rows upon rows of houses and courtyards.

Su Yu looked at the attendant who had followed them up, her face full of curiosity. "Those places have lights on—are there guests there too?"

This chapter is one thousand words; today's four thousand words of updates are done~

Good night, darlings~