Flowers in full bloom

The seventh year of the Great Sheng Kingdom, the end of February

On the main street of Ruyi Town, about 20 miles south of Shangjing City, several mule carts were moving slowly. In the front was a middle-aged man in his forties, pulling the reins of a mule and looking at the shops on both sides of the street. "Uncle Fu, just find a clean and tidy inn, don't be too picky." A slightly hoarse female voice came from the mule cart, and it didn't sound loud. "Okay, let's go to the Ruyi Inn in front." The group stopped in front of the Ruyi Inn at the end of the street.

A 13- or 14-year-old girl got off the mule cart first, stood firmly behind her, and turned around to pick up a 6- or 7-year-old boy from the mule cart and let him stand beside the cart. The boy wore a white rabbit fur cape over a moon-white cloud-patterned robe. On his jade-white face, a pair of black grape-like eyes were looking at the inn in front of him with some fear.

The girl helped a tall, thin middle-aged woman get off the mule cart. The last one to come out was a girl of about 11 or 12 years old. She was wearing a long dress with a white cloud pattern, the same material as the boy, and a cloak of the same color. Her black hair, as smooth as silk, was tied with a white silk ribbon at the back of her head, and a plain silk flower was pinned on it, casually draped behind her. On her slightly pale face, she had a pair of black and round almond eyes, the same as the boy's, crystal clear, and you could tell at a glance that they were siblings.

Several people also got off the mule carts behind. A chubby middle-aged woman in her forties was holding a little boy of five or six years old. A young wife in her twenties was holding a little girl of one or two years old. There were twelve people in the group, men, women, old and young. Everyone's face was covered in dust and their clothes were stained with stains.

The girl in the moon-white cloud-patterned dress is the twelve-year-old Hua Lei, and standing next to her is her seven-year-old younger brother Hua Moyuan. The rest of the people are servants of the Hua family.

The waiter of the inn came up attentively and asked, "Sir, do you want to have dinner or stay overnight?" "If we want to stay overnight, please open four rooms for us. Also, please help lead the mule cart to the backyard to feed it some grass and water." "Okay." Two more waiters came up to help lead the mule cart to the backyard to feed it some food and water.

The middle-aged man named Uncle Fu went to the counter to check in, while the waiter took Hua Lei and her group up to the second floor, opened the door neatly, and said, "Girl, the four rooms from this one to the next are all yours. Please take a look. If you need anything, let us know. I'll get you some hot water first. Dinner will take a while." "Okay, thank you for your help, little brother."

Hua Lei took her seven-year-old brother into the second room, and Aunt Fu and Aunt Song also brought the things they needed into the room. "Miss, we will be in Shangjing City tomorrow. You should rest for a while. You have been traveling for more than half a month, and your body is exhausted." Aunt Fu said.

"Yes, miss, I'll pack the luggage first. When the hot water comes, I'll take Xiaoyuan to the next room to wash up, and let Xiaoxiao come to help you. You can take a good bath in this room to relieve your fatigue." Aunt Song packed the luggage quickly while talking to Hua Lei. "Okay, let's go to bed early tonight, and don't wash the clothes for the time being. We will get up early tomorrow and travel. We can wash them after we settle down in Shangjing City tomorrow." Hua Lei said caringly, and then turned to the chubby Aunt Fu beside her and said, "Aunt Fu, you should go to bed first too,"

As they were talking, the waiter in the store had already brought up the hot water. Xiaoxiao followed behind. Aunt Song took Xiaoyuan to the next room. Xiaoxiao put the towels, soap beans and other toiletries next to the bathtub behind the screen. She turned around and came out to help Hualei take off the hairband on her head. She carefully folded the clothes she took off, watched Hualei enter the bathtub behind the screen, and sorted out the clean clothes one by one and put them on the wooden bench next to the screen. Then she rolled up her sleeves and said to Hualei, "Miss, I'll wash your hair first, and then give you a massage."

Hua Lei hummed and leaned against the tub, letting Xiao Xiao help her wash her long hair. It had been more than a month, and Hua Lei was still not used to the hair that almost reached her waist. Although she also had long hair in her previous life, it was just a ponytail. She would take a shower every day and apply some shampoo, which was quick and convenient. But here, there is no shower, no shampoo or hair dryer. The hair on this body is so much, so dense and so long that it takes a long time to wash and dry it, which is really inconvenient.

Xiaoxiao carefully washed Hualei's hair while talking to her softly. With Xiaoxiao's help, Hualei finished washing her hair and almost finished her bath. She got up, dried herself, put on her clothes, sat on the couch by the window, and started to wash her hair. Xiaoxiao asked the waiter to change the hot water again, and went in to wash herself. //

Hualei wiped her hair slowly while recalling the past month. In her previous life, she was a tour guide, leading groups to travel all over the world. Maybe because she walked too much at night, she encountered an air disaster, and the last thing Hualei knew was a splitting headache caused by weightlessness, and then her eyes went black, and she knew nothing.

When she woke up, she was already in this body. The original owner of this body was also called Hua Lei, twelve years old this year, and had a seven-year-old brother named Hua Moyuan. Half a month ago, the only relative of the siblings, their grandfather, passed away due to a cold. On his deathbed, he held the siblings' hands and told them to sell their house and land and go to the capital to find the Dingbei Marquis Pei family. He said that when Hua Lei was still in her mother's belly, Grandfather Hua had a verbal marriage contract with Pei Canghai, the grandfather of the Pei family, and promised Hua Lei to Pei Rongjin, the eldest grandson of the Pei family.