BXBX NOVEL Chapter 425 - Invitation from the City Hall
Chapter 425 Invitation from the City Hall
Bad guys are coming.
These people are officers of the Public Security Department of Dongting City Hall. They seem to be fighting for justice and they ring the doorbell politely outside the courtyard.
Lin Luoran opens the door and she looks more indifferent than they are.
They receive a report saying that there are gangsters occupying other people’s house. There is something in their waistband. These people are equipped with thermal weapon and they may punish her immediately if Lin Luoran refuses arrest. Ma Shuangshuang feels so nervous now.
Of course, she and Ma Yiming know that they disseized the Ma’s villa in a violent way. They were the original owners of the house and they were fooled in the past; however, now they have no reason to occupy that Villa.
Lin Luoran waits indifferently for the two public officials to finish their sentences and closes the door to send them away.
The two officers look at each other. Sure enough, Mr. Bao was right. The people who took this house do not respect the federal laws and are very arrogant... They hold the magical pistols at their waists and feel somewhat confident.
One of them silently sneers several times and rings the doorbell again.
No one opens the door for them this time. Only a piece of fine white paper is handed out from the door.
People of the Public Security Department pick it up. Their expression becomes complex after reading it. Even if they don’t want to, they still have to apologize embarrassingly.
“Sorry. There seems to be some mistakes.”
No one answers them from the villa, and they return with embarrassment.
Of course, they have no right to blame Bao Honglai. Two hours later, this fine white paper appears on Mr. Pang’s desk.
At a glance, Mr. Pang knows that this house transfer contract is a fake one. Even with the signature and the red handprint of his brother-in-law on it, the dazzling number “1 crystal coin” still makes Mr. Pang feel absurd. In the meantime, he almost wants to laugh.
When Bao Honglai comes nervously to the office of his brother-in-law who is more than ten years younger than him, he sees the paper on the table. His eyes are wide open.
“This... I have never signed such a thing.”
Even if he had lost his mind, he would have never sold a villa to others at the price of “1 crystal coin”... unless the woman is the daughter of the Federal President!
Mr. Pang points to the word “lai” and says, “I have got someone to verify this. It is 100% the same as your handwriting. Except that the ownership transfer procedure hasn’t been finished in the city hall, the owner of that villa is actually someone else.”
Mr. Pang flicks the snow-white paper, which is really a piece of good paper. With the handwriting and handprint, he can’t see any trace of cheating at all.
Bao Honglai’s eyes are wide open again, “It’s impossible! You... you know I never sign a paper contract!”
Bao Honglai doesn’t lie about this. Since he made a few big deals with the ancient method of paper contracts in the past few years, he has learned something from those idiots. He will never use the old-style contract form. Bao Honglai only does it with his personal computer. If he makes a deal, the City Hall will get the evidence immediately, which is the best and the fairest way.
Bao Honglai’s expression is interesting and Mr. Pang has totally seen it. Mr. Pang tells him that it has nothing to do with him. Bao Honglai always has no momentum in front of his brother-in-law. He goes out with an obsequious and funny smile.
“Leave that family alone... Otherwise, something may happen at the banquet three days later.”
Bao Honglai is stunned. Something may happen at the banquet three days later? Does it mean that the descendants of the Ma family will also be invited to the banquet?
...
The invitation letter from the city hall arrives in the evening.
The invitation is sent by two heroic soldiers. Unfortunately, Lin Luoran is not interested in uniforms nor in the banquet of the city hall which is said to celebrate something.
Ma Shuangshuang is curious about the dark red invitation letter with silk bowknot.
Ma Yiming feels a little dazzling. His grandfather has never attended a party like this before he died. Later, the Ma family became a fallen family. They are descendants of a hero, but his sister has no chance of seeing such kind of occasions. It is somewhat a pity.
Lin Luoran can see the reluctance on Ma Yiming’s face. She asks with a playful tone, “Do you want to go to the party?”
Ma Yiming is a little flustered.
“Of course not... Aunt Lin, I’m not a fool. The only person they want to invite is you.”
Lin Luoran flicks the invitation letter with her hand. “If you want to go, we will attend the banquet. Anyway, we have enough crystal coins and we don’t have to defend the city. Shuangshuang almost finishes the clothes she has been making. Life is really boring now. ”
Ma Yiming feels the same way.
Yes, since Aunt Lin found them, they haven’ t had to worry about food and clothing. Life is so easy for them that Ma Yiming often forgets the fact that he is living in a new era when everyone must strive for life.
Ma Shuangshuang carefully puts away the invitation letter, “Aunt Lin, what do you do with this pile of small clams? Braised? ”
After those clams are clean, Ma Shuangshuang doesn’t know where she can start.
Lin Luoran shakes her head for many times, “How can freshwater shells be braised? You will violently damage heavenly things!”
The two teenagers are always following her. Lin Luoran washes the shrimp and scallops. The freshwater shells are steamed together with mashed garlic. She selects some bigger shrimp to make White boiled shrimp—Lin Luoran puts shrimp in water with ginger and then puts shredded ginger with spicy pepper on it. She then uses the soy sauce and a few drops of vinegar as a dipping sauce. It preserves the fresh and original taste of the lake shrimp, which is the favorite dish of the Lin family before the new era.
As for the rest small shrimp, they are fried in the oil pan with thick broad-bean sauce. Finally, she puts the green onion and green and red pepper on the dish. There is a pungent aroma before the food leaves the pan.
Ma Yiming coughs and feels hungry. Lin Luoran nods and then they begin to eat everything on the dining table at an amazing speed.
Ma Shuangshuang likes steamed shellfish with garlic best. However, she is also worried about the smell of garlic in her mouth after eating it. Lin Luoran takes out a small porcelain bottle for her.
“What is this, Aunt Lin?” Ma Shuangshuang shakes it, and something is gurgling inside, as if there is some kind of liquid in it.
Lin Luoran shells shrimp gracefully, “Throwing out all roses in the yard is really wasteful. I refined a bottle of flower liquid. It’s best to remove smelly smell. You can drink it slowly.”
Ma Shuangshuang nods in surprise and she can finally feel relaxed to eat garlic steamed shellfish.
Lin Luoran looks at how funny the little girl looks when she eats. She smiles. Lin Luoran doesn’t realize how adorable she thinks this girl is.
Rose flower liquid is real but it is far more than that. However, the seasonings like soy sauce and vinegar in her space which she stored before have almost been used up. Even the spicy bean chili sauce which people of the center of Chuan province like best is not much left. She has to make some someday.
As for the banquet held by the City Hall, since Lin Luoran decides to go, she does not want to pretend to be an ordinary person in rags. In this case, it’s reasonable that others look down on her.
Isn’t it just some clothes and jewelry of the earthly life? Lin Luoran doesn’t think it is a problem.
She and Ma Shuangshuang chat and laugh at home for two days. They make a green dress and a black tuxedo. The tuxedo was the style before the new era. Clothes buttons are made of polished rhinocero monsters horns. They are shining. Besides, every button has a little magic circle inside which can both used for attack and defense. Lin Luoran is very satisfied with this effect. She tells Ma Yiming that even if she doesn’t wear this dress, she still has to keep the buttons.
“They will help when you are in danger. Don’t lose them!”
Ma Yiming doesn’t understand it. However, Aunt Lin is always right so he also values these buttons.
As for Ma Shuangshuang, on the day when the cloth is woven, she drinks the flower liquid. She gets sweaty and then her hidden illness is almost healed. Lin Luoran takes her out at ease.
Lin Luoran has plenty of jade, gold, and silver. Ma Shuangshuang is too young for gold. Lin Luoran melts some silver ingots which she hasn’t used in the Penglai country. She makes a set of silver silk jade jewelry for the girl. The girl holds her breath in front of the mirror in the green dress. She stares at herself and almost loses her mind.
In the evening three days later, the sunset has not completely engulfed by the horizon yet. A car with a license plate of the city hall comes to pick them up.
Lin Luoran takes them to get in the car gracefully. The door is closed silently, and the car is particularly noticeable when they are driving on the streets of Yueyang District without even a private car.
Ma Yiming’s mood is a bit complicated while Ma Shuangshuang feels a little nervous. However, Lin Luoran is very calm. They are in a completely different mood, but one thing is the same: they don’t know what is waiting for them at the banquet.
But life is just like this. It is gorgeous because of the ubiquitous surprise... or shock.