The little sister is a troublemaker

Chapter 204 Money is earned, not saved

"Come on, Xi'er, let's cut the cake. The birthday boy should be the first one to do so."

Li Mulan handed the knife that Qingyu handed to Li Xi. Li Xi didn't know where to start. Such a beautiful... cake? Cut it?

Seeing his somewhat bewildered expression, Li Mulan gestured on the cake with her hands and said, "Just like that, just one cut will do."

"Sister, you are the birthday girl too, let's celebrate together."

Li Mulan thought about it and agreed, so she held Li Xi's hand, and the two siblings made the first move together.

Zhang's eyes turned red again when she saw this. She couldn't help it. Li Yi felt soft inside too. These were his two children, now they were grown up.

"This first piece is for the birthday boy, everyone else should step back." Li Mulan looked at Li Cong and Chu Chenfeng with a smile, "I hope Grandfather and the prince have no objection."

Li Cong laughed and stroked his beard, "You two siblings have the final say today."

Chu Chenfeng also nodded with a smile on his face, "The birthday boy has the final say."

The brother and sister smiled at each other, each cut a small piece for the other, and asked the maid to distribute the rest to others.

Huo Yuanruo looked at the small piece in his hand and curled his lips, "Why is there only this little?"

Li Mulan reached out and pinched his arm, and warned him in a low voice, "You forced me to beat you, but you have already eaten much more than others."

Huo Yuanruo hissed. With so many people watching, he was too embarrassed to cry out in pain, so he quickly took two steps away and said, "I know, I know."

On his birthday, he would ask his junior uncle to make a big one for him alone and not let anyone else eat it.

At another table, when a maid placed a cake in front of Chu Chenfeng's table, Xing Yi hurriedly stopped her, "Your Highness doesn't eat sweets."

The result was a cold look from Chu Chenfeng, "Lan'er made it herself, I want to try it too."

Chu Chenfeng looked at everyone, elegantly picked up the spoon and took a sip. He was immediately amazed by the novel taste, "Sweet but not greasy, rare."

Others also started eating and were amazed by this novelty.

Only the little grasshopper didn't move, thinking about something. After a long time, he took a bite, and then the second bite. It was such a small piece, but the man finished it in just a few bites.

The little grasshopper didn't even bother to wipe his mouth and ran to Li Mulan immediately. From his straight eyes, Li Mulan knew what he was planning without having to guess.

Qingyu shook her head and laughed, then lowered her head to eat the cake.

The thing that Huo Yuanruo disliked most about Little Grasshopper was that he always competed with him for the position of Junior Master-Uncle and was very good at trying to please him.

"Why are you coming here instead of staying at your place?"

The little grasshopper didn't care about Huo Yuanruo, "Master, your cake recipe..."

Li Mulan glanced at him and said, "Can you handle it? Isn't the skin care product store still running?"

The little grasshopper immediately assured, "Come here if you are busy. The shop has been formalized and the production line has been set up. We will open it in Kyoto first, and then we will open it in other places after it stabilizes."

Li Mulan had to admit that the little grasshopper was very talented in business. "I'll give it to you tomorrow. Go eat first."

The little grasshopper immediately jumped three feet high with joy, "I told you, Master, you should use your brain more. Look, all your things have earned you a lot of money. We can't be lazy, we have to be more diligent, hehehe."

Li Mulan didn't bother to pay attention to him and continued eating her cake.

"Master, did you listen to me? There are so many good things but you don't know how to give them out. You only give them out little by little every time. When will we become the richest man?"

"Hey, even though you have quite a lot of assets now, you have a lot of expenses. You have to support one person... cough," the little grasshopper looked around and found that no one was paying attention to him. He complained in a low voice, "You have to support so many people by yourself. If you don't work harder and make more money, we will all be hungry."

"Master? Master?"

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Li Mulan ate the last bite of cake and put down the spoon. "Believe it or not, if you say one more word, I will poison you and make you mute, so that you will never be able to speak again in your life."

The little grasshopper felt a little aggrieved and helpless, but he didn't dare to say anything in the end. He was really afraid that Li Mulan would do something bad to him.

Li Xi, who was standing by, looked at the sky outside and saw that it was already dark. He winked at Huo Yuanruo, who immediately patted his chest, indicating that he would take care of it.

"Master Junior, have you finished eating? Shall we go out and take a look?"

Li Mulan looked up and saw that everyone had almost finished eating. Li Cong also took Chu Chenfeng to the study. I don't know if there is any confidential matter to discuss. The other men at the main table were still drinking and talking.

"What are you looking for? If you feel uncomfortable, why don't you go to my yard? Let your sister make another pot of tea?"

Huo Yuanruo's face was full of disgust. "What tea are you drinking? I haven't had enough wine yet."

Li Mulan snorted coldly, "Wait until you have drunk enough? How much do you have to drink? I can't afford it."

"Oh, Junior Uncle, when did you become so stingy?"

"I'm poor. Didn't you hear what the little grasshopper said just now? I have a lot of expenses. How can I not save money?"

The little grasshopper immediately jumped out again, "Money is earned, not saved. This is what you taught me, Master."

Li Mulan gritted her teeth, but before she could take any action, the boy had already hidden far away.

Huo Yuanruo looked outside the door and said, "Oh, let's not talk about this for now. Let's go out first."

Seeing his expression, Li Mulan realized something was wrong. "Why do you insist on asking me to go out? What's outside?"

"You'll know when you get out, so hurry up."

Liu Feng and the others watched Huo Yuanruo pulling Li Mulan away, and they also stood up to see what was going on.

As soon as I went out, I heard a "bang", and then the whole sky was surrounded by colorful fireworks.

Then there were a few more sounds of “Bang! Bang! Bang!…”

“It’s fireworks.”

The people in the house heard the noise and came out.

Zhang looked at the beautiful fireworks in the sky and said, "Is this the birthday gift Xi'er prepared for her sister?"

Li Yi walked up to Zhang and put his arm around her shoulders. "I was wondering why this kid has been so sneaky these past few days. It turns out he was secretly preparing a surprise like this."

"This child is better than all the gifts we prepared. Look how beautiful he is."

"Humph, this kid!"

It was Li Mulan's first birthday with her family. Everyone prepared birthday gifts, but they were indeed inferior to Li Xi's.

Li Cong, who was in the study, heard the noise, opened the window and looked outside, then stroked his beard with a smile on his face, and watched the entire fireworks show without caring about Chu Chenfeng who was still in the study.

"I don't know where this kid got so many fireworks, but he is very thoughtful."

Chu Chenfeng slowly raised the corners of his lips, "Xingyi knows a craftsman who is good at making fireworks. Li Xi happened to ask about him a few days ago, so Xingyi took him there. Unexpectedly, he was here to prepare a birthday gift for Lan'er."

Li Cong snorted in dissatisfaction. This prince is so childish that he even wants to snatch such credit?