Genshin Impact: Liyue's Strongest Thousand Rock Army

In the blink of an eye, the New Year is approaching, and it is almost time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. This winter is not too cold, and those who are physically strong can go out in light clothes.

Su Ping, a little boy with only good looks, wore two thin pieces of clothing and stood at the snack stand for more than half a day.

For more than two months, life has been very peaceful. There has been no sudden visit from the General Affairs Officer, no weird old man talking nonsense, and even few people show off in the village.

It's as if the years are peaceful and quiet, which is hard to believe. There will always be people who keep wondering whether this is the calm before the storm.

Su Ping didn't think about it anyway, because there is a big difference between preparing for a rainy day and worrying about it.

As for today, he saw that after noon, there were less than a dozen customers left, so he immediately decided to sell the snacks to the last few customers and leave.

When others asked for the reason, Su Ping said that the Lantern Festival was approaching and he needed to buy New Year's goods for his family. It must be said that this was a really good reason and it was impossible to refute it.

After all, business is important, but buying new things for the family during the Chinese New Year is also absolutely necessary.

Just Su Ping's words made the woman who had just arrived feel gloomy in her heart, which meant that a certain boss was destined not to be able to eat his pastries today.

"Oh, come on, why do you want to close it as soon as I come in?" The woman's eyes behind her glasses were very bright and she pleaded, "Boss, you see we are so familiar with each other, just buy one more!"

Su Ping looked at the woman calmly, then turned his gaze to the customers behind her who also had the same expression, and said righteously: "No!"

"Why?" The woman was puzzled, and the customers behind her were also puzzled. There are at least thirty orders of business, don't you really want it?

Su Ping gritted his teeth and said firmly: "If this precedent is set, I'm afraid I won't be able to go home before midnight next time. Please be kind, I really have something important to do!"

"Boss, the Lantern Festival is coming soon, you should organize some activities or something? Like..."

"Needless to say, I will give a 10% discount to the first 200 guests who arrive tomorrow!" Su Ping knew what he was going to do without even thinking about it, so he just did a favor.

Anyway, even if there is a 10% discount, he can still make a lot of money. Not only does he not lose money, but he can also get a good start in the new year. Why not do it?

"Okay, I will be the first one to arrive tomorrow!" A man with his arms crossed laughed in the crowd.

"How about a competition between the two brothers?" A thin man, who looked like he should be more agile, asked with raised eyebrows.

"Let's compete. The loser has to pay half the money!"

"It's only halfway through, you're not afraid of losing, are you?"

The atmosphere was very lively, and many bosses nearby were watching with great interest. This was the atmosphere of the snack street. Even if they did not know each other, they could start a conversation instantly.

Next to Su Ping's stall was a Central Plains miscellaneous goods stall run by a father and daughter. The teenage girl smiled and said, "Brother Su, business is booming!"

"That's right, he is quite likable!" The girl's father is also a traditional Liyue man with a square face, a crew cut, and a very masculine air.

"Dad, do you mean that I'm unlovable?"

"No."

"So perfunctory..."

"no?"

"forget it. I'm done here."

There was a lot of commotion in front of the stall, with people bustling around and following the crowd. Behind the stall, Su Ping was watching this scene and actually felt a little relieved.

It’s not for any other reason, but mainly because I think that it has been two years, the stall has developed very well, and I have a group of familiar customers, so life seems to be very good.

After closing his stall, Su Ping walked out of the snack street and headed towards the place they had agreed on earlier, a high-end restaurant called Liuliting.

He went there not to discuss business with anyone, nor did he make an appointment to meet anyone on the business path. In short, he did not go there to interact with anyone for business. After all, not many people would book a box of this level to discuss business with a snack stand owner.

Opposite the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce headquarters, there stand two luxurious high-rise buildings that are different from the ones next to them. One of them is the Liuli Pavilion.

After Su Ping explained the room number and the host at the door, he followed the waiter at the front desk into the corridor of the wing rooms on the second floor and arrived at the door of one of the rooms.

After straightening his clothes and checking his hair and temples, Su Ping opened the door with a smile on his face.

In the room behind the door, there was a table big enough for a dozen people to sit at, but there were only three people sitting there. They wore crowns on their heads and held folding fans in their hands. They were three elegant gentlemen with graceful manners.

The three of them looked at Su Ping who was coming over, smiled, nodded slightly, and invited him to take a seat.

After Su Ping entered the table with only four people, he looked up at the three fellow students and said slowly, "What are you so excited about, fellow students, that you would come to a restaurant of this level?"

"It's not that I'm in a good mood, but since I came back from my last study trip, we've seen each other less often, so we decided to come here to catch up." Yan Ziyuan held a folding fan in his hand, looking elegant but not annoying, and he stopped at the right time, just right.

After saying that, he looked to the side, and the oldest senior among the four said with a smile: "After that year, among the four of us, one went into business, one had to take care of the household, and my son was the only one who had nothing to do, so I had to take the imperial examination."

Su Ping raised his eyebrows and said, "If I pass the exam, it would be a happy thing indeed!"

Ran Ziyou shook his head slightly, smiling without self-mockery or forced smile, "I didn't pass the exam, or rather, I didn't even take the exam!"

Su Ping was stunned, and then his confusion instantly turned into understanding. He nodded and said, "My two seniors, your horizons are not in the General Affairs Department!"

Zeng Xi couldn't help laughing, and squinted his eyes and smiled: "Little brother, you think too highly of them two."

"Do you guys decide, or should I do it?" Zeng Xi looked at the second and third persons at the table, the smile on his face still lingering.

"Of course it's our turn."

Yan Ran and the other person uttered this sentence almost at the same time, and then they both stood up suddenly, with the folding fans in their hands either closed in their palms or opened and held upright.

"As for the path of learning, we believe that what we know now is still insufficient." Ran Ziyou expressed it with great emotion.

Yan Ziyuan followed up with this and recited aloud: "So I have no intention of entering the officialdom. Instead, I want to follow the Master, continue to read various classics, and learn the Confucian ethics!"

Su Ping suddenly understood something. Looking at the two students who looked a little pretentious in both their posture and expression, he said shockingly: "In other words, you are going to study abroad, right?"

The words fell silent as they were spoken.

The three senior students looked at each other, and then Zeng Xi was the first to speak, "Yes, it's just a few days after the Lantern Festival. This time, the scene is much bigger than our last time, and the time before that!"

"Then there are at least less than twenty days left." Su Ping counted on his fingers, looking very focused as if he was counting money at a stall.

Zeng Xi smiled gently and said, "It's good that I can spend my child's birthday with him before leaving."

"That's really great, cheers?" Su Ping picked up the wine glass on the table.

Zeng Xi shook his head and said, "That glass of yours is not wine."

Su Ping smiled and said, "I know. You can smell it if you get closer. But I'm using water instead of wine. Do you mind, brother?"

"Of course, I did it!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present, no matter who they were, stood up, raised their glasses, bowed, and drank up the wine or water in their glasses.

Although they were scholars, they showed no signs of being unable to drink. As for Su Ping, it was just a glass of cold water, so there was no need to bother talking to him.

Yan Ziyuan wiped the wine stains from his lips, looked at the younger brother in the crowd, and asked in confusion: "Younger brother, how did you know that the study tour was coming again? Did Brother Zeng tell you, or did you go to the teacher first?"

Ran Ziyou also nodded. He knew some of the tricks in this matter, but he really couldn't remember where the flaw came from.

Su Ping laughed and explained, "We haven't seen each other for a long time. You suddenly made an appointment here, brought the folding fan I gave you, and dressed formally. Apart from saying goodbye, I think the only possibility is that you want to ask for a favor."

"But I am just a small stall owner. My fellow students have achieved much more than me. Even if they really need something, there is no need to make such a scene. So I guess it is about studying abroad!"

"So, junior brother was cheating just now?" Ran Ziyou said with a faint smile.

"Yes." Su Ping nodded with a smile.

Ran Zi looked towards the two of them with his hands spread out, as if asking something.

Zeng Xi shrugged as if it didn't matter.

Yan Ziyuan sighed slightly, as if feeling regretful.

The three people's eyes met, and then they understood each other's meaning and planned to put it into practice, but it was only a moment and it was gone in a flash.

"Oh, now that my junior has seen through it, let's cancel the farewell speech that we had planned before." Zeng Xi said happily.

Ran Ziyou gave a thumbs up and couldn't help but agree: "Brother Zeng, what you said is very much to my liking. Let's do it this way!"

“You two…” Yan Ziyuan gritted his teeth, and finally sighed, then said: “Forget it, then forget it. What about…the gift?”

"Gift!"

They answered in unison, and the three of them instantly moved away from their seats. Zeng Xi brought an exquisite wooden box to Su Ping.

There was no need to waste any words. Su Ping opened it naturally and picked up the folding fan inside. Both the style and workmanship were exactly the same as the ones the three had.

Su Ping's eyes suddenly lit up, and he felt even more so after opening it with a snap.

There is no exquisite edge, but on the white fan, there are three words written with outstanding brushstrokes, from right to left: "Jin, Feng, Hua" respectively.

The blank space on the far right obviously means a word is missing and needs to be filled in.

Zeng Xi's gentle voice was heard at this time, "The three of us each wrote one character. As for the last character, please ask Junior Junior to fill it in personally!"

While Su Ping was happy, he also felt a little amused. If others knew about this, they would probably ask why these three people were so stupid. They gave a half-finished gift and asked the recipient to add the words.

Before he could be immersed in such thoughts for too long, the screen in the box was pulled open by Ran Ziyu, and Yan Ziyuan was sitting at the table behind it, with writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone prepared on the table.

Su Ping walked towards that place, paused for a moment, and then wrote down a very elegant word without hesitation.

In this way, there is no missing part on the fan, and the four characters are complete, so that the three characters "Jin, Feng, Hua" become the four characters "Wen Jin Feng Hua".