Chapter 280 Love Letter
Everyone had a smile on their face that came from the heart.

Last year was a year of bumper harvest. Every household had enough food and drink, and they all had some money saved.

The dark and thin Xu Yuanzhi was dragged by his mother into Mei Niang and her friends' shop.

The clothing store was about to close, and they had also signed up for the program, so it was just the right time to leave now.

"Hey, shopkeeper! Don't close it yet!" Yan Cuicui ran over like the wind, "Quick, quick, quick! Get this kid some clothes!"

Other families had returned home earlier, but this kid had to come back on time. His family was busy, and they didn't know his size, so they didn't make him new clothes. They had to buy ready-made ones.

Xu Yuanzhi was somewhat reluctant. The money for a new set of clothes was enough to feed a family of five in the county for half a year. How could he be so extravagant?

The county can now barely be considered to have escaped poverty, and has not yet reached the “moderately prosperous” level that the prince talked about. There is still a long way to go!
"Mother, I don't want new clothes. Please give me the money to buy new clothes."

As soon as Xu Yuanzhi finished speaking, he received a slap on the head from his father.

"Come on! Tonight, all the other county governors are dressed in fancy clothes and look energetic, but the Beizhu County Governor looks like a beggar. One can tell at a glance that Beizhu County is not doing well these days."

Xu Yuanzhi: ...He almost forgot about this.

"Boss! Give me a red coat! It's a festive color!"

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8 o'clock exactly.

Taoyuan City Spring Festival Gala officially begins.

This year's hosts are Shitou, who is best at dealing with people, and Lumei, who is most suitable to be a sales anchor.

In front of Pan Yingying was a fully-charged camera, facing the stage.

She wants to take a picture of it and show it to everyone during open-air movies.

There were too many people this year, so we didn’t have a banquet like last year. Everyone had their New Year’s Eve dinner at home early and brought drinks and snacks.

Yu Chaosheng and Batian went backstage to prepare, and Bisheng came over calmly to report, "Miss, An and those two met again."

Pan Yingying hummed softly, "Keep watching." She then took out a purse from her bosom and handed it over, "You've worked hard during this period. I've made it difficult for you to have a good year. Just hold on for another two months at most."

In two months, An's baby will be born, and she wants to see when they plan to take action.

Bisheng took the purse with both hands and retreated silently.

The first program is the unique skills of Yu Chaosheng and Batianzheng.

Pan Yingying smiled helplessly. Although she refused the animal performances, she couldn't stop the animals from performing.

Yu Chaosheng was wearing a thin jacket with narrow sleeves embroidered with auspicious clouds in gold thread. He raised his hands high, and suddenly a big red ring appeared in the air. Batian leaped lightly and passed through the ring, triggering thunderous cheers in the stadium.

Everyone thought that Yu Chaosheng was performing magic tricks, but Marquis Wu'an knew that he was not.

Yu Chaosheng originally wanted to dispel Wu'an Hou's suspicion by performing magic tricks, but he ended up making things worse and made Wu'an Hou believe in the legend even more.

A legend that only the original people of Taoyuan knew.

However, since the two younger generations tried every means to prevent him from knowing, he, as the elder, had to cooperate.

"Good!" Wu'an Hou clapped his hands vigorously, and the representatives of the Wu'an Army sitting behind him also applauded and cheered.

Pan Yingying glanced over suspiciously, but didn't see anything, so she withdrew her gaze and continued to watch Batian crossing the single-plank bridge on the stage.

The performance by the man and the tiger was very successful, and the atmosphere became lively. The next show was performed by the Taoyuan Army.

The Taoyuan Army soldiers were shirtless, showing off their tight muscles. They wore uniform pants on their lower bodies and performed a set of boxing on the stage, which made the cheeks of the young girls and wives blush. Empress Dowager Chen's screams almost pierced the eardrums of the people around her, "Ahhh! Such neat and well-dressed soldiers!"

Fortunately, she swallowed quickly, otherwise the words "what a good-looking boy" would have come out of her mouth.

After the Taoyuan Army's performance, it was the turn of the Taoyuan Female Army girls. They performed a set of gun skills, led by Qi Yanniang and Wang Bing'er.

Wang Bing'er specially applied to her family this year. She doesn't have much time, and after participating in the performance in the army, she will have no time to take care of the programs at home.

Liu Guihua still felt a little regretful, but when she thought about her son who could be captured as a soldier, she agreed to her application.

When the female soldiers went on stage to perform, the Wu'an Army had already passed by.

The audience screamed when they saw Taoyuan Army’s shirtless performance. They learned it on their own and quickly took off their shirts backstage.

So when the female soldiers finished their performance and walked off the stage, they ran into a group of Wu'an soldiers who seemed to be unintentional but were actually trying desperately to show off their muscles.

Female soldiers: ...

Nothing to see, quite an eye candy.

Who likes to watch braised duck?
When Qi Yanniang passed by Deputy General Qin, the man suddenly stuffed a letter into her hand with a blushing face.

Qi Yanniang: ???

What did this man give her? A letter of challenge?
She was about to open it, but Deputy General Qin held her hand and said in an almost pleading tone, "Wait until I leave before you look at it."

Qi Yanniang snorted. This man had the guts to challenge her, but didn't have the energy to let her watch it in person. What? Was he afraid that he would beat him up on the spot?
Just as she was about to say something, Lu Yi was waving, "Hurry up! The Wu'an Army is ready! Get on the stage!"

Deputy General Qin bit his lip and walked away shyly, leaving Qi Yanniang standing there with an expression that said "I accept your challenge".

Several girls came over and said, "General, what did Deputy General Qin give you? Open it and take a look."

They were all very curious when they saw Deputy General Qin's shy look just now.

Qi Yanniang shook the letter in her hand, "What else could it be? It's just a declaration of war."

Everyone looked at it strangely, and said at once: "Why don't we open it and take a look, just in case we made a mistake..."

The main thing is that Deputy General Qin’s behavior just now really didn’t look like he was here to issue a challenge!

When they issue a challenge to someone, which one of them is not ferocious and vicious?

Deputy General Qin's behavior was so strange that it didn't seem like a declaration of war, but rather like... a love letter!
Qi Yanniang opened the letter without taking it seriously. She thought it was a declaration of war anyway.

"How could they be wrong? What else could it be other than a declaration of war... Holy shit!"

Following her sigh, the others quickly gathered around, even Lu Yi, who was in charge of backstage control, squeezed to the front thanks to his small stature.

[Yan Niang, I am glad to hear from you. Happy New Year.]

I wonder if I have the honor to invite you to watch the fireworks tonight. 】

"Wow!" Lu Yi screamed strangely, causing Qi Yanniang to put the letter in her arms and pinch her face with her hand.

"I was wondering why Deputy General Qin looked at our general with such a strange look in his eyes. So this is what's going on!"

"I also felt it was strange, but I thought it was Deputy General Qin who disliked our general."

"You are a little girl, of course you don't understand. My husband looked at me like this back then, hehe."

Qi Yanniang blushed and glared, "Alright, alright, do you still want to watch the show? Let's go!"

Everyone shouted "Yo~" at the same time, and Qi Yanniang ran out of the backstage.

Really, at her age, she is still doing these things. Why not just invite her in person?