"Clap clap clap."
"Shopkeeper Liu, congratulations, congratulations!"
"Congratulations to you too, Manager Wang, please come inside and have a seat. The tea has been ready for a while, just waiting for you..."
With the loud crackling of big red firecrackers, Yuelai Inn, which had been through multiple calamities, finally reopened.
Shopkeeper Liu, dressed in the festive new clothes he wore on the day Liu Mang got engaged, stood at the door of the inn, his face beaming as he welcomed the neighbors and locals who came to support the opening.
Inside the inn's front hall, Yang Ge, who doubled as shopkeeper, waiter, and order-transmitter, was busily greeting guests while transmitting their orders to the back kitchen, working non-stop.
"Old shopkeeper, congratulations..."
"Dear guest, please come inside and take a seat."