Flowers in full bloom

Qingying helped Hualei into the bathtub and washed her hair. There were some tea leaves stuck to the roots of her hair near her neck, which had to be washed.

"Miss, Miss Han did it on purpose. The road was so flat, how could she have tripped?" Qingying was a little angry. "Forget it, it's not serious, just a little troublesome. We didn't see it, so we can't say anything. When we go out, we should talk less to avoid making mistakes."

"Yes, miss." Qingying agreed.

When she was halfway through washing, she heard Zhenzhu's voice outside, "Hey, Madam Li, why are you here?" Madam Li hurriedly told her what had happened.

"You said that Sister Hua was hit by a tea kettle?" Zhenzhu asked as she pushed the door open. "Sister Hua, I'm coming in. How are you? Are you hurt?" Zhenzhu asked through the screen.

"I'm fine, I'll be back soon, you take a rest first." Hualei quickly washed, stood up, dried herself, put on her clothes, and walked out. She saw Zhenzhu's anxious face.

"How bad is it? Do you want to call a doctor?"

"It's okay, it's just a little red. It will be gone soon." Hua Lei smiled, sat on the wooden bed, and began to wipe her hair.

Pearl also changed into a light outfit and sat opposite. "Did your cousin hit you? Did she do it on purpose?"

"No, she tripped. How was your fortune-telling? Did you fall in love?" Hua Lei changed the subject.

The person who is proposing marriage to Zhenzhu today is Jiang Yunqi, the eldest grandson of Pingyang Marquis Jiang Shangxu.

Pingyang Hou's ancestors were also military generals, and they were granted the title together with Dingbei Houfu. These generations are also like Dingbei Houfu, which is a bit stagnant, and many of the descendants have abandoned the military and turned to literature. However, it is said that Jiang Yunqi is both civil and military, and now he is a small official of the sixth rank in the Imperial Guard. Although the official position is not high, Jiang Yunqi is only seventeen years old this year, three years older than Zhenzhu, and it is not bad to be able to get an official position.

Talking about her appearance today, the usually carefree Pearl was shy for a rare moment, "Just like that."

"What do you mean by just like that? It's terrible and you don't like it?" Looking at Pearl's shy face, Hua Lei already had the answer in her mind and asked deliberately.

"Well, it's not that bad." Pearl's face was red.

"As soon as Master Jiang saw our young lady, his eyes widened. He stared at our young lady without blinking, and smiled as if he had picked up a gold ingot." Qinghe, who was following next to them, answered Hualei's question with a smile.

"Oh, let me think about what it would look like when I picked up a gold ingot." Hua Lei deliberately leaned over with an exaggerated smile, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth, and her pair of round almond-shaped eyes stared at Zhenzhu without blinking.

"I'm dying, your smile is so ugly." Pearl smiled and threw a cushion at Hualei's face.

"Tsk, you think my smile is ugly, but why don't you think Mr. Jiang's smile is ugly?" Hua Lei dodged the cushion and joked.

"He doesn't smile like you do."

"Oh, oh, you're already attracted to me after just one meeting. Wow, you really value women over friendship. It's over, it's over. I will have no friends from now on." Hualei smiled and rolled together with Zhenzhu.

The two laughed and joked for a while, and then a maid came over and invited them to have lunch. Hualei put down the towel in her hand. Her hair was not completely dry yet, so she did not tie it into a bun. She just tied it loosely with a hairband, and then went to Mrs. Pei's room with Zhenzhu.

As soon as they reached the door of Mrs. Pei's room, Mrs. Pei came out with Nanny Chen. Seeing Hua Lei, they looked her up and down and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that you're fine. Let's go eat first." Hua Lei smiled, and she and Zhenzhu walked forward, each holding Mrs. Pei, and walked towards the dining room.

When they arrived at the dining hall, Madam Han and the others were all there. Seeing Hua Lei, Madam Han smiled and asked, "Miss Hua, are you okay? Did you get burned? Qingge is such a reckless girl. She doesn't even look at her feet when she walks."

"In reply to Madam Han, it's okay, just a little redness, and it will be fine tomorrow." Hua Lei replied politely.

"I'm glad you're okay. If there's anything wrong, you'd better ask the doctor to take a look." It can be seen that Madam Han is in a good mood today because Pearl's fortune-telling went smoothly.

"Sister Hua, I'm glad you're okay, otherwise I would feel bad." Han Qingge, who was sitting next to Madam Han, looked frightened.

Hua Lei smiled and said, "It's okay, Miss Han, don't take it to heart."

She walked to the table on the right and found a seat to sit down. Zhenzhu looked around and followed Hualei to sit here. The people sitting at this table were all the daughters of the Marquis' Mansion, including Pei Feicui, Pei Linlang, and several younger girls. Because they were outside, Madam Pei didn't pay much attention to it and asked several concubines to sit at this table with the children.

There were three tables in the dining hall. The table near the left door was for the men in the mansion. Rong Jin and a group of boys were sitting there.

In this way, at the main table, in addition to Old Man Pei, Madam Han, and a few others including Feng and Ruan, only a junior named Han Qingge was sitting there.

Madam Han frowned slightly, and seeing that the table on the right was full, she swallowed her words. However, Han Qingge probably didn't notice, and she was still diligently helping Madam Han to set the plates and serve the food.

Today's dishes are very fresh, especially the crucian carp tofu soup and fish ball and egg soup. They are probably made from fresh fish. They are really fresh and delicious.

The egg shreds in the fish ball soup are not made by beating the eggs directly. Instead, the eggs are first beaten into a thin egg skin, which is then cut into thin shreds. When the fish ball soup is boiling, the egg skin shreds are added to the fish ball soup, stirred, turned off the heat, and fresh green onion shreds are added before serving in the soup bowl.

Today's fish ball soup also contains a little bit of mycelium soaked in dried mushrooms. Although the dried mycelium is not as delicious as the fresh mushrooms, it is still just as delicious. I can eat a full bowl of rice with the fish ball soup.

Still feeling unsatisfied, I served myself half a bowl of fish ball soup and sipped it slowly.

Pearl likes braised fish. At this moment, she picked up a palm-sized fish, put it on a plate, and slowly picked out the fish bones. At the same time, she whispered to Hualei and bit her ear.

After more than half an hour, everyone put down their bowls and chopsticks, and the maids and servants quickly cleared away the dishes.

It looked like the sun was shining brightly outside. Old Madam Pei told Rong Jin and his brothers to go back to the house and rest for a while, and wait until the sun was a little cooler before going out to avoid getting a heat stroke.

The brothers responded weakly and went back to their rooms, obviously unhappy. They were still thinking about renting a small fishing boat to go fishing in the afternoon.

We arrived late in the morning, and all the small fishing boats on the Lotus Manor were rented out by the guests who arrived earlier. We had no choice but to buy fishing rods and fish on the shore.

Now Grandmother Pei actually asked them to go and rest. Resting is not as fun as taking a boat or fishing. But there was nothing they could do. They could not resist and could only go back to their rooms obediently.