Flowers in full bloom

"Hua girl, what do you mean by this? Not only did you secretly sell the Tian family's property, but now you want your cousin to go to jail. How can you be so evil? Are you still a human being? Huh?"

Lu, who was standing next to her, pointed at Hua Lei and cursed her viciously, while stepping forward to snatch the contract from Xiao Qun's hand. Xiao Qun dodged and quickly put the two contracts in front of his chest.

"My third cousin, you are wrongly accusing me. How could I possibly want my third cousin to go to jail? I just asked the government to verify the authenticity of this deed.

If it's true, then the third cousin will be able to get more than 500 taels of silver immediately. Why? The third cousin doesn't like silver?" Hua Lei asked with a smile.

"Hua Lei, you don't trust my father, a family member, but trust a stranger in the yamen. Can you tell the difference between close relatives and distant relatives?" Tian Xiaoxiao on the side interrupted, the silver hairpin on her head shaking, dazzling people.

"Oh, cousin Xiaoxiao, it's been a long time since we last met. Why are you still so nice to me like before? You treat me like your own sister and my jewelry like your own." Hua Lei said sarcastically.

"You, why are you so stingy? Aren't they just a few broken hairpins? What's so special about them? They were obtained by secretly selling our Tian family's property." Tian Xiaoxiao said stubbornly.

"Cousin, didn't you hear what I just said? I was just about to ask Brother Xiaoqun to go to the government office to verify the authenticity of the deed. It's still uncertain whether it's true or not. Don't speak nonsense and say whatever comes to your mind.

Before verifying that the deed was authentic, you took my hairpin jewelry. According to the laws of the Great Sheng Dynasty, cousin Xiaoxiao's behavior is considered theft.

By then, your third cousin will be beaten with a stick before yours. Sigh, I don’t know if my delicate and tender body can withstand the 20 strokes of the stick from the yamen runners.” Hua Lei said with a smile.

Tian Xiaoxiao's face flushed red all of a sudden. She was just a girl from the country and she couldn't read. She didn't understand what laws Hua Lei was talking about, but she understood that she was going to be beaten with a stick. If she, a young girl, was dragged away by the yamen runners and beaten with a stick, she would be so embarrassed that she would bring shame to everyone.

Zhong, who was sitting not far from Hualei and had not said a word since she came downstairs, glared at her daughter Tian Xiaomei imperceptibly, moved the stool under her butt, smiled, took Hualei's hand, patted it, and spoke softly.

"Lei'er, Xiaoxiao and Xiaomei are sisters who seldom go out, so they are naturally curious when they see good things. I will ask them to return the hairpin and bracelet to you later. They just treat you like their own sister and have no bad intentions towards you, so don't be shy."

"Fourth cousin, I'm not being polite. I know my two cousins ​​have no bad intentions, and I have no bad intentions either. We are sisters, and if you see them making mistakes, you should remind them, otherwise they won't know what they did wrong when they get beaten." Hua Lei said calmly.

Mrs. Zhong seemed not to understand the meaning of Hua Lei's words. She continued to hold Hua Lei's hand and said softly, "Lei'er, you have suffered too. We are all family. Seeing that you are fine now, we are relieved. Alas, poor aunt, she left so early."

As he spoke, he lifted his sleeves, wiped the non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes, and continued, "I see that the bookstore and the bun shop have a lot of customers, so business should be pretty good. I heard that you also bought a shop and a farm. You are really capable at such a young age."

Hua Lei looked at her and didn't say anything. If Lu was bad on the surface, then Zhong was bad inside.

He seems to be very friendly and says nice things, but secretly he comes up with bad ideas one after another. It is estimated that so many people came to Shangjing City this time because of the secret instigation of this Zhong family.

Seeing that Hua Lei still didn't respond, Mrs. Zhong didn't get angry either, and continued, "Fourth Aunt knows that Lei'er is capable, but after all, you are still young. No matter how capable you are, there is no one who can take charge of the family. We came here this time, firstly, to see you, and secondly..."

"Fourth cousin, now you can see that everything is fine here. You don't have to worry. You can go back to Dade Town in the afternoon without any worries." Hua Lei interrupted Zhong.

"Hua girl, what do you mean by that? We came all the way to see you, and you treat your relatives and elders like this? Don't you know that we have been traveling for more than half a month?

You didn't even ask me to treat us to a meal at a restaurant in the capital, nor did you even ask me to find a place to put us. Why are you still making excuses? Didn't your grandfather teach you about filial piety?"

Tian Dayou, who was sitting at the top, spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"Please forgive me, Second Uncle. I didn't know that Second Uncle and Third Cousin had come all the way here to visit us. Hualei is really grateful in her heart. I also know that Second Uncle is a kind person and is worried about us, fearing that we will suffer in Shangjing City.

But, you see, second uncle, I am living a relatively good life. At least I have enough food and warm clothes, so you can rest assured." As if she was afraid that Tian Dayou would not believe her, Hua Lei stood up and turned around in front of everyone in the Tian family.

Behind her, Tian Xiaoxiao stared at the brocade dress on Hua Lei, and was so envious that she wanted to take off this beautiful dress and put it on herself.

"As for what you said about inviting you to a restaurant for dinner, I feel that this is inappropriate. My second uncle also knows that I am still in mourning. Although my grandfather did not allow us to avoid meat for the sake of our health before he passed away, we still eat meat.

But you are absolutely not allowed to drink and have fun, so Hualei cannot take your second uncle and third cousin to the restaurant to drink to your heart's content, please understand this."

"You don't have to go, just let Uncle Fu and Ping An take us there." Tian Changshi interrupted, looking as if he was going to a restaurant for dinner.

"Third cousin, although Uncle Fu and Brother Ping An don't need to observe mourning for grandfather and abstain from alcohol, Uncle Fu's family and Aunt Song are grateful to grandfather, so they all abstain from alcohol as well.

Besides, no matter what, my second uncle and third cousin are my elders. If I let Uncle Fu and Brother Ping'an accompany my second uncle and third cousin, wouldn't that be a slap in the face of my second uncle? Right? "Second uncle," Hua Lei turned to Tian Dayou and said.

"Then you give me one hundred taels of silver and we can go to the restaurant by ourselves." Tian Changshi said shamelessly.

"Uncle, do you really want me to be accused of being unfilial? If I give you money to go to a restaurant and have fun, what's the difference between that and me going to a restaurant and having fun myself?"

"So you just don't want to treat us to a meal at the restaurant. We came all the way here with good intentions to visit you, but you don't even give us a bite of food. Do you want others to judge for you?"

Tian Changshi deliberately looked at the back door of the steamed bun shop and the bookstore. Dozens of eyes were looking at him.