Ever since Zhou Huan brought up this matter, Hang Shuheng and Xie Yuxi have taken it to heart.

On weekdays in the county school, when no one was around, they had discussed this matter quietly.

As August approaches mid-month, the common people, unaware of the situation, are making many preparations for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The peddlers are trying their best to make some money during the Mid-Autumn Festival. They have prepared a lot of goods in advance and are waiting for the arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

However, on August 12, the tragic news of the national mourning reached Pingyang County. Common people had to observe three days of mourning, and all places of entertainment were closed for seven days.

During the 100-day period of national mourning, the people are not allowed to hold any form of banquets, and happy events such as weddings and birthdays must be postponed.

The whole county was suddenly filled with a gloomy atmosphere. All the shops along the street took down the lanterns, colored papers and other items that had been hung up to welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival and replaced them with white lanterns because of the national mourning.

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival, many vendors are bound to suffer huge losses, but they can only blame themselves for their bad luck. No one dares to complain about losing money, for fear that a careless word will bring disaster upon themselves.

Because Song Ning knew some inside information, he had never hung up red lanterns outside the shop. Now there was no need to take them down. He just hung up white lanterns, closed the shop, and gave the girls three days off.

There is no law ordering businesses to close down, with the exception of specialized industries such as brothels and gambling houses.

However, during the mourning period, who would dare to go out and spend money just to beautify themselves during such a special period?

At least in the short term, businesses in all walks of life will be affected to some extent.

Therefore, there are quite a few shops that have closed down in the county town!

On August 15th, the Mid-Autumn Festival, every household can only close the door and celebrate it quietly.

In the yard of the Hang family, the girls and boys gathered together, setting up a grill and barbecuing.

During the period of national mourning, banquets are not allowed and the common people are forced to eat vegetarian food. Therefore, even if they have a barbecue behind closed doors, it does not count as breaking the rules as long as they don't cheer loudly or sing or dance.

The girls and boys were very self-conscious, and even when they were communicating, they deliberately lowered their voices than usual.

A while ago, before Master Yan's work team withdrew, Song Ning found Master Yan and asked them to help build an oven.

She stayed at home these days and did not go out. She took a few girls to study how to make moon cakes and some snacks such as biscuits.

Then, she discovered that Qingliu was quite skilled in making snacks.

Not only did she quickly master the tricks taught by Song Ning, but she was also able to make adjustments based on the original foundation and develop new varieties.

Song Ning was very curious about where she learned her skills. After asking, she found out that she learned it from a nanny when she was a maid in a wealthy family.

Because she made delicious snacks, the master took a fancy to her. The mistress of the mansion was worried that if she kept her, she would seduce the master away, so she sold her to a pawnshop.

Song Ning had not carefully learned about these detailed pasts. When she went to the pawnshop to buy people, she only asked Manager Gong whether the girls had good character. She did not care much about their past.

They are all slaves living at the bottom of society, and everyone has their own helplessness. She would not ask about their past on weekdays. As long as they did not have any bad thoughts when working with her, it would be fine.

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