The opening for Sima Long, Liu Shao and Hun Xiong Kun’s shop went smoothly.

Crowds were waiting eagerly before they opened.

Some of them had tasted the items on the menu before from the food carts so they knew what they were getting into.

The cold winter day didn’t affect their enthusiasm to have a taste of the food.

And it didn’t disappoint them.

All the food was standard as usual, tasting exactly the same.

It was even better now since they could sit down inside the shop to have their meals in comfort.

Which was something they had been wanting to do for a very long time.

"Brother Lin, come to my place for a drink tonight." Sima Long was full of smiles with how it was going and he invited Lin Xuan Qi for a meal.

Liu Shao and Hun Xiong Kun were also thinking about the same thing.

Once again, Lin Xuan Qi had let them in on a profitable venture and it was the least they could do for him.

And in the future, if he ever asked, they were more than ready to help.

But Lin Xuan Qi patted the back of Sima Long and said, "I know that it’s hard for you to find an excuse to have a drink with me but I still have work to be done."

Sima Long rolled his eyes at him and said, "What do you mean by finding an excuse.

"I can drink anytime I want."

He protested but Lin Xuan Qi only gave him a smirk.

Liu Shao and Hun Xiong Kun knew how close they were together so they let them banter with each other before Lin Xuan Qi decided to get back to the mansion.

"Remember, after the Spring Festival, get ready to buy some gifts for my child." Sima Long said before he bid farewell to Lin Xuan Qi.

Lin Xuan Qi shrugged his shoulders at him and replied, "I’ll definitely get a huge gift for your child."

He shook his head and thought about Sima Long’s face when Sima Long found out about his two sons.

It would be two gifts for one so he wouldn’t be the one losing out.

Sima Long, who was now familiar with Hun Xiong Kun, also invited him when it was his child’s first month.

In the traditions of the Da Qian Dynasty, there would be a celebration for when the child reached his or her first month, and it was done in the presence of friends and family.

All of them headed in different directions and Lin Xuan Qi went in the direction of his mansion.

He stopped by Lu Ting’s mansion and asked for a delivery of the Spirit Herbs to make more of the Five-Element Foundation Establishment pills.

And when he got back to the mansion, there was a surprise waiting for him.

Young master Chew and his friends didn’t disappoint.

They sent the contracts that were signed back to him and with their contracts were chests with taels of gold inside them.

That made him have five hundred and forty taels of gold in total.

Lin Xuan Qi could now proceed with the franchise stores for Old Heng and his friends without much worry.

And that was what he did for the next few days.

After running around the city, he was able to secure the properties for them, and with it, he had gotten a thousand more Five-Element Stones.

He didn’t have any worries about a shortage of the Five-Element Stones for quite some time after this reward from the system.

In fact, he allocated more of the Five-Element Stones into the containers that were part of the Formation Array in the mansion and the factories.

The food carts for young master Chew and his friends also went smoothly, all of them got three of the food carts and they were allocated areas in the city to operate in.

It was a rule that he had specified in the contract so that the franchisees would be guaranteed a space that was free from other competitors.

Young master Chew and his friends agreed to it without much protest.

Some of them even thought that it was a brilliant way to let the franchisees have a fair chance at being successful.

The franchise business was finally running and Lin Xuan Qi was able to have a breather from the busy work he had done so far.

Lin Xuan Qi spent his time in the lab making more of the Five-Element Foundation Establishment pills when the Spirit Herbs from Lu Ting arrived.

And he was also able to spend time with Xue Cong and the others.

"You shouldn’t be doing this." Lin Xuan Qi shook his head at Yue Xin when he saw her trying to help with the decorations for the Spring Festival.

Yue Xin sighed and placed the red paper cutting of a kid with the word ’fortune’ in his belly down onto the tea table.

"Let me do it." Yue Jie shook her head, picked up the paper cutting and hung it onto the wall of the main hall.

Xue Cong smiled at what was going on, thinking that some things never change.

After a while, Lin Xuan Qi decided that they could pass the time playing blackjack together.

"Yes, we haven’t played it for a very long time." Yue Xin was enthusiastic about it.

Liu Shi Shi was also eager to play after such a long time.

Xue Cong and Yue Jie went with it, happy that they could be spending time together with Lin Xuan Qi.

Lin Xuan Qi thought that he would be able to make a killing as usual but the result wasn’t what he had expected.

"What? Not again..." He frowned and paid out the winnings to Xue Cong and Yue Xin.

They had been getting blackjacks for a few rounds now.

If it wasn’t for the fact that he was the one dealing out the cards, he would have thought that they were able to play cheat.

But that was what happened and he couldn’t help but glance at their bellies.

Maybe his sons came with more luck than he had.