Flowers in full bloom

Hua Lei returned to her room, washed up briefly, changed into pajamas, went to bed, and breathed a long sigh of relief. She had visited Zhuangzi all day, walked back and forth, and ran a long way. She also racked her brain at night, so Hua Lei felt a little tired.

She usually read a book in bed every night, but today she didn't read it. She just blew out the light, pulled the thin quilt over her body, closed her eyes, and after a few breaths, she could hear her even breathing in the room. The light in Xiaoyuan's room to the west was also turned off, and the whole courtyard was quiet.

The next day, Hua Lei turned over in bed, opened her eyes, and looked out the window. It was already bright, and it should be the beginning of the morning hour. She woke up a little late today, and it seemed that she was really tired yesterday. Hua Lei didn't hesitate, turned over and got up, changed her clothes and came out.

Qingying saw it and hurried over to say, "Miss, are you up? You must be tired yesterday. Qinglu just called you to get up, but she saw that you were still sleeping soundly. She knew you were tired, so she deliberately didn't call you. Mrs. Pei from Songhe Hall also asked the nanny to pass on the message, saying that you should not go there this morning. After eating here, go directly to the girls' school."

Hua Lei smiled awkwardly, thinking that she had asked Qingying to tell Madam Pei about the purchase of the farm and the trip to the dental clinic this afternoon when she returned home last night. If she didn't go this morning, she wouldn't go, because it would be too late. So she said, "Okay, then we won't go this morning. I was a little tired yesterday and slept late last night. I didn't expect it would be here now when I opened my eyes."

"You can eat and sleep well. You are still growing and should not be too tired. It's not too late now. Go wash up first. I'll bring the food over. After you finish eating, it's almost time to go to the girls' school." Qingying, who is only a few years older than Hualei, speaks with a mature tone.

Hua Lei hummed, took the toiletries and went to wash up. Her head, which was originally a little fuzzy, was stimulated by the cool water and became much more clear-headed.

After washing up and returning to the main room, Qingying had already placed breakfast on the table: a bowl of thick soy milk with a little sugar, slightly steaming, a bowl of thick millet porridge, two plump white meat buns, a plate of green vegetables, and a small plate of pickles.

The food was delicious and Hualei was very hungry. She quickly finished her breakfast. She put down her chopsticks with satisfaction and Qinglian came up to clean up the dishes.

At this time, Zhenzhu's loud voice came from the gate of the courtyard, "Sister Hua, have you finished eating? Let's go to the girls' school together." Hualei smiled, took her cloth bag, and went to the girls' school with Zhenzhu. During this period, Zhenzhu usually went to Songheyuan to have breakfast with Mrs. Pei and Hualei. After breakfast, she went to the girls' school with Hualei. Today, she didn't see Hualei in Songheyuan, so she went directly to Qihuayuan to call her.

On the way, Hualei briefly told Zhenzhu about the purchase of the farm, which made Zhenzhu envious. At noon, after the girls' school was dismissed, they had lunch but did not rest.

Hualei arrived at the back door of the mansion. Brother Xile was already waiting there in a mule cart. He had agreed to accompany Hualei to the government office yesterday. Hualei got on the mule cart and went to the government office in Dongcheng District with Xile. They had agreed with Manager Chen to wait at the gate of the government office at the beginning of the afternoon yesterday.

The mule cart slowly drove out of the alley of the mansion and onto the East Avenue of the East District. Soon, it arrived at the street of the government office. From a distance, Chen Guanshi was seen standing not far from the government office, waiting. Luo Xile hurriedly drove the cart a few times, stopped about 30 or 40 meters away from the government office, and tied the mule cart under a big tree on the side of the road.

Hua Lei got off the carriage and greeted Chen Guanshi, then took out the purse that she had prepared long ago and handed it to Chen Guanshi. The purse contained a silver note of 400 taels. The extra 20 taels were the land tax that needed to be paid later. It was slightly different from buying a shop or a house. The pawnbroker had to take care of the yamen runners, so Hua Lei didn't need to pay extra money. After checking it, Chen Guanshi put it in the cloth bag he carried with him, and took out a 2-tael silver ingot and 600 copper coins from his sleeve and handed them to Hua Lei.

Hua Lei took the silver ingot, but pushed the six hundred coins back to Manager Chen and said, "These six hundred coins are my thank you for my hard work, Manager Chen." "How can I do this? No, no." Manager Chen pushed it back again.

"Manager Chen, I am sincere. Not to mention the hard work we have done over the past two days, you have helped us a lot since the last time we bought the house in Qingyun Lane. Manager Chen, just take it with confidence. If I need anything in the future, I may have to trouble you again." "Well... okay, then I thank Miss Hua for the reward. If you need anything in the future, just come to me." Hua Lei nodded with a smile.

The two of them entered the household registration office of the yamen together. They were familiar with the place because they had been there twice before. At the household registration office, the person doing business today was actually Fang Youtian, an old acquaintance of theirs. Because they arrived early, there was no one in front of them, so Manager Chen and Hua Lei stepped forward together and took out the relevant information.

Hua Lei asked softly, "Brother Youtian, aren't you a yamen runner? Why are you here?" Fang Youtian looked around, took the information and said softly, "I was transferred here temporarily, we rotate regularly." Hua Lei nodded and stopped talking. This is the yamen, and it is not convenient to talk about things that are not related to work.

Fang Youtian read it carefully, then pulled out a stack of documents from the cabinet behind him, and checked them against the documents on the table. He took out a seal from the drawer, stamped it with red ink, and handed it to Manager Chen, saying, "Take these and go to the third room on the right. The final review will be held there. I can stop here."

"Okay, okay, thank you for your help, Brother Fang." Manager Chen carefully took the information and stuffed a small silver ingot weighing two taels into the other party's hand. Fang Youtian hesitated for a moment, glanced at Hualei, and saw Hualei nodded almost imperceptibly. Then he carefully and quickly put the small silver ingot into his sleeve, with a slight smile on his face.

Hua Lei followed Manager Chen out of the door and turned right into the third room. There was also a table in the room, and a person sat behind the table. Manager Chen handed over the information, and the other person looked through it, took out a blank land deed from the drawer, filled in the information, and finally stamped it with a red seal and handed it to Manager Chen. Manager Chen took it carefully and quietly put a small silver ingot into the other person's hand. The whole process, from entering to coming out with the land deed and house deed, took less than half an hour.

The three of them walked to the big tree where the mule cart was tied. Manager Chen handed over the land deeds, house deeds and property deeds of the three households on the farm and said with a smile, "Miss Hua, these are the land deeds, house deeds and property deeds. Please take them. Congratulations, Miss Hua, on buying another property. If you need anything in the future, please feel free to come to Sifangyuanyahang to find me. I will do my best." "Okay, thank you, Manager Chen. I hope there will be a chance for cooperation next time." "Okay, okay, Miss Hua, I'll leave first today. See you next time." Okay, Manager Chen, take care."