Flowers in full bloom

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the weather gradually warmed up. The wheat on the farm would be harvested in half a month, and Hualei also gave the people on the farm a few days off to rest.

He returned to the Marquis' Mansion and stayed in Qihua Courtyard, seldom going out, after all, he was very afraid of heat.

But even if she didn't go out, she would not be idle in Qihuayuan. In the morning, she would go to the girls' school to study hard and improve herself. In the afternoon, she would write, draw and review her homework in her room.

There are a lot of things piled up in my hands that need to be sorted out. The first thing to sort out is the money on hand.

After buying the shop on Dongxiao Street and Baihuazhuang, I had only about 100 taels of silver left on hand. Over the past six months, I earned a little here and a little there, and now I have 3,900 taels of silver in my hands. Although the work is very hard, the income is already very good.

Nowadays, many wealthy families only earn a few hundred or a thousand taels of silver a year from an ordinary shop, and he brought less than 700 taels of silver with him when he came to Beijing.

In addition to buying a house and a shop in Qingyun Lane in Shangjing City, he now bought a shop and a farm, and had 3,900 taels of cash left. In less than a year and a half, he had realized several times the amount. Hualei was still very satisfied.

Hua Lei was satisfied, but someone was not satisfied. Hua Lei was still in class at the Girls' School that day. During the break, Qing Lian came hurriedly and said that Brother Xiao Qun from Qingyun Lane was looking for her at the back door of the Marquis' Mansion. He asked Hua Lei to return to Qingyun Lane immediately because there was something urgent.

Hualei was shocked. It had been more than a year since she moved into the mansion, and nothing like this had happened before. She didn't know what had happened.

Hua Lei was a little panicked. She hurriedly asked for leave from the teacher and asked Qinglian and Madam Pei to report back. Then she went directly to the back door of the Marquis' Mansion. As soon as she arrived at the back door, she saw Brother Xiaoqun looking out the door with an anxious look on his face.

"Brother Xiaoqun, what happened?"

"Miss, my second uncle has brought my third uncle, my second aunt, and a few cousins ​​here. They are now in Qingyun Lane."

"Which second uncle?" Hua Lei didn't understand what was going on for a moment.

"They are the old lady's cousins. They were the ones who came here to cause trouble when the old master passed away last time.

Miss, please go back and have a look. Your aunt and two cousins ​​have gone to your and the young master's room, saying they want to take a rest, but they are actually just looking for something."

Xiaoqun looked anxious. While explaining, he urged Hualei to get in the car.

Hua Lei then remembered that it was these bad guys who came to the Hua family to cause trouble when her grandfather passed away. In the pushing and shoving, they led to the murderer who killed Hua Lei.

I have already avoided them and fled to Shangjing City, so why would they not give up? I hurriedly got on the mule cart, comforting Brother Xiaoqun and driving steadily while slowly understanding the situation.

It turned out that this morning, just after noon, the steamed bun shop and bookstore in Qingyun Lane were open for business as usual. My grandmother's cousin Tian Dayou, his eldest son Tian Changshi, his eldest daughter-in-law Lu, his second daughter-in-law Zhong and their three children came to the steamed bun shop in a rage.

After eating and drinking in the bun shop, they started looking for trouble. Several female relatives went directly to Hualei and Xiaoyuan's room on the second floor, saying they wanted to take a rest. They said they wanted to rest, but in the end they searched Hualei and Xiaoyuan's room thoroughly. Aunt Song and Aunt Fu couldn't stop them.

Tian Dayou and his son were sitting in the main room, bossing people around, asking for tea or snacks.

After the tea was served, he complained that the tea was too hot, then complained that the tea leaves were not good enough. Anyway, he was just looking for trouble and broke several tea cups and snack plates.

Uncle Fu saw that these people were here to cause trouble and would not give up easily, so he asked Xiao Qun to go to the Marquis' Mansion to find Hua Lei and bring her back.

Hua Lei got angry when she heard this. Damn it, these people really thought she was a soft persimmon that could be easily squeezed, right? She had already fled to Shangjing City, but they were still haunting her, coming all the way here to find trouble, just to get some benefits?

As they were talking, the mule cart had already arrived at Qingyun Lane. Hua Lei got off the cart and looked into the main hall. On the floor, there were several broken tea cups and snack plates that had not yet been cleaned up.

At the back door of the steamed bun shop and the bookstore, there were curious people craning their necks to look into the yard, looking as if they were enjoying the fun.

Aunt Fu saw Hua Lei coming back and hurried over to greet her. Hua Lei patted Aunt Fu's hand and went straight into the main hall without saying anything. Sitting at the head of the hall was Tian Dayou, Hua's grandmother's cousin from her mother's family.

Grandmother Hua had two cousins. The eldest cousin, Tian Dacheng, was honest, kind, and had worked in the fields all his life. He had three sons and was ranked the 1st, 2nd, and 5th among his brothers.

No matter how hard their life was, Tian Dacheng and his three sons never came to the Hua family to cause trouble. In the past, when Hua's grandfather saw that they were having difficulties in life, he would help them from time to time.

And this second cousin, Tian Dayou, has been lazy and gluttonous since childhood. Even after having two sons, he did not change his bad habits. The whole family did not do any serious work, and he would come to the Hua family from time to time to make trouble and ask for money.

At this time, Tian Dayou was wearing a half-new and half-old blue cloth robe. He had a thin face with sunken cheeks and untidy beard, and a sharp-nosed and monkey-faced appearance.

Sitting next to him was his son, Tian Changshi, the third oldest among his brothers, who was a replica of Tian Dayou, just as skinny and with just as sharp cheeks.

At this time, two people were sitting in the main room carefree, as if they were sitting in their own home. Tian Changshi even put one leg on the stool, looking arrogant.

Hua Lei took a look, remained calm, and stepped forward to greet them, "Hello, second uncle, hello, third cousin."

"Oh, Hua girl, you are so cunning. You secretly sold all our Tian family's property and escaped here to live happily?"

Before Tian Dayou at the top of the table could speak, Tian Changshi sitting on the side couldn't wait to speak.

Hualei chose a seat slightly away from them and sat down. She chuckled and said, "Why do you say that, Third Cousin? Isn't the Tian family's property in Dade Town? How can it be my turn to sell it secretly?"

"Humph, you still want to quibble. Didn't you sell all the houses and fields in Tongde Town? Do you have any shame? They belong to our Tian family."

Before Hua Lei could open her mouth, there was a series of footsteps on the stairs, and Tian Dayou's eldest daughter-in-law, Lu, and second daughter-in-law, Zhong, rushed down the stairs.

Following behind were Lu's fifteen-year-old daughter Tian Xiaoxiao, Zhong's sixteen-year-old son Tian Xiaoxing, and fourteen-year-old daughter Tian Xiaomei.

At this time, Tian Xiaoxiao had several silver hairpins with flower buds in her hair and a dress with flower buds on her body, while Tian Xiaomei had a white jade bracelet with a flower bud on her wrist.

Hua Lei narrowed her eyes and turned away calmly, then she saw Tian Dayou's copy-and-paste grandson Tian Xiaoxing staring at her with obscene and sticky eyes, which made Hua Lei feel a chill.