Flowers in full bloom

After a quick mental and oral calculation, I found that the pottery jars and jars cost two taels and three cents. The wooden barrels and wooden basins cost one tael. The iron pots, scissors and scrapers were more expensive, so I paid ten taels for the three pots. Together with the scissors and scrapers, I paid fifteen taels in total. I spent another three taels on one hundred catties of yellow and white sugar. In total, I spent twenty-one taels and three cents. Now I only had about eighty taels of cash left.

Hualei sighed. Money is really hard to spend. When I counted the silver notes yesterday, I still had 700 taels. After two days, there were only 80 taels left. Fortunately, the farm I bought is good. It can almost be said that I found a bargain. From now on, as long as I work hard and make the candied peaches, it will also be a considerable income.

Hualei recorded her account book, carefully locked the account book and the remaining 80 taels of silver notes in a drawer, and put away the key. She put the broken silver coins and some copper coins in her purse and put them in the cloth bag she always carried with her. She went downstairs and asked Xiaoqun to take her to the back door of the mansion. She asked Xiaoqun to wait at the gatehouse at the back door, and she went directly to Songheyuan.

In Songhe Courtyard, Old Madam Pei was sitting and drinking tea. She was not surprised to see Hualei coming over. She took Hualei's hand and asked her to sit next to her, and asked, "Has the deed for the manor been completed?" "Yes, Grandma Pei, it's all done. Everything is going well. Grandma Pei, tomorrow is a day off. After the clan school is over, I want to pick up Xiaoyuan and take him to the manor tomorrow to let him see it."

"Okay, it's up to you. Be careful when you go out, and take Qingying and Qinglu with you." "No, I won't take them with me. There's no place for them to stay if I take them with me." Hua Lei smiled.

Old Madam Pei could not help but sigh. Since this little girl Hua moved into the Marquis' Mansion, she has never made a request for anything other than what the mansion provided her with. Even though the food in Qihuayuan was reduced to a level lower than that of a third-rate maid last time, this little girl Hua did not say a word and would rather suffer the loss herself.

When she met the wives and concubines of the Marquis' Mansion, she would greet them respectfully. If she didn't meet them, she would never go to their houses to disturb them. She was very careful to observe the various etiquettes of the mourning period. As for the young masters and young ladies of the various rooms, especially the young masters, and even other guests staying at the Marquis' Mansion, except for Zhenzhu who was relatively close to her, she would avoid others, including Rong Jin, and would retreat when she could. She never caused trouble or aroused suspicion.

She never criticized or criticized the maids in Qihua Courtyard. Instead, she mingled with them with a smile every day. Except for the few times when she went out to help Zhenzhu with work, she took Qingying with her. She never took them with her when handling her own affairs. Although she asked them to do so several times, Hua Yatou refused with various reasons.

No matter what she did, Hua Yatou was very sensible and would never embarrass herself as the mistress of the Marquisate or make other rooms in the Marquisate unhappy. But it was hard for her. Madam Pei withdrew her thoughts, gently patted Hua Lei's hand, and talked about other things.

Seeing that the clan school was about to end, Hua Lei stood up to say goodbye and asked Mrs. Pei for a few days off, saying that she might have to stay at the farm for a few days to arrange things there. Mrs. Pei gave her a few instructions and let her go.

Hualei returned to Qihua Courtyard and told the maids and women in the courtyard that she would be away for a few days. She also asked Qingying to go to the girls' school tomorrow to ask for a few days off for her. After packing her things, she went to the clan school.

As soon as the clan school bell rang, Xiaoyuan came out quickly with a cloth bag on his shoulder. When he saw Hualei, he said, "Sister, I don't have to go to school tomorrow. I want to go to the farm with you."

"Well, I came to pick you up because I want to take you there tomorrow, but you should finish your homework tonight."

"Yeah, okay, sister is the best." Xiaoyuan was happy. The two of them returned to Qingyun Lane. As soon as they got off the mule cart, they saw Uncle Fu driving a mule cart back from the farm.

Xiao Yuan went to meet him and said, "Uncle Fu, you are back. I will go to the farm tomorrow as well. My sister agreed." "Oh, OK, OK, we will go together tomorrow." Uncle Fu agreed with a smile on his face.

While unloading the mule cart and putting it aside, Xiaoqun, who was standing by, took the mule's reins, led it into the west courtyard, fed it beans, and changed the water. "Grandpa, I want to go too." Hearing Xiaoyuan's words that he was going to the farm tomorrow, Xiaofei rushed out of the kitchen and asked Uncle Fu.

"Why are you going? You can help look after your brother at home." "No, I also want to go to the farm with Brother Xiaoyuan. I haven't been there yet." "You kid, this farm was just bought today, of course you haven't been there."

"Let Xiaofei go tomorrow as well. After Brother Xile, Brother Xiaoqun, and Xiaoxiao finish their work at the morning market at the steamed bun shop, we'll go together. You and Aunt Fu can go too after you finish selling the steamed buns. We'll go in two groups, and we'll take the things to the farm. Brother Ping'an will stay in charge of the bookstore, and Aunt Song will stay in charge of the steamed bun shop. Sister-in-law Luo will take care of Yaya, and she can look after both sides when she's free. Xiaoyuan and Xiaofei haven't been out for a long time. It's nice and cool in autumn, so take them out for a walk and relax," Hua Lei said.

"Okay, let's listen to the young lady and go tomorrow." "Yeah, great, we can go out and play tomorrow," Xiao Fei shouted happily and rushed into the kitchen to tell Mrs. Luo the good news. Everyone laughed.

The next day, Hualei got up as usual, put on a thin coat, and wanted to wake Xiaoyuan up. When she passed by the study, she found Xiaoyuan already sitting in his seat, doing homework. "Xiaoyuan, why did you get up so early?" "Well, I have to finish the homework assigned by the teacher. I didn't finish it last night." "Have you had breakfast?" "Yes." "Okay, you hurry up and do your homework. I'll go have breakfast first."

Hualei went downstairs, washed up and had breakfast. Probably because it was a day off, there were many people in the bookstore early in the morning. People stood in front of the bookshelves, flipping through the books they wanted to read but were still undecided about whether to buy. When encountering such people, Hualei was not anxious and asked Brother Ping'an to put a few benches at the door of the bookstore so that they could sit and read without disturbing the store's entry and exit.

After the last time Hualei beat the Peace Sutra, he helped in the steamed bun shop for more than three months, and finally slowly settled down, took the initiative to admit his mistakes to Hualei and Fu Bo, and now returned to the bookstore. There are also many scholars who buy some pens, ink, paper and inkstones in the bookstore after having breakfast at the steamed bun shop next door, and go back to continue studying hard.

The bun shop was already full of people, some were elderly people drinking soy milk and eating steamed buns leisurely, some were young people eating politely but quickly, some were shopkeepers and clerks from surrounding shops waiting, and some were in a hurry to buy big meat buns and take them away. It was a busy scene.