Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 291 Preparing to Move

He didn't ask Hualei how much, but just gave her a stack of silver bills.

When Hua Lei carefully counted the money, she found that there were actually 30,000 taels of silver notes. Oh my god, I met a fool. At first, Hua Lei thought that the other party had given the wrong amount and wanted to return a few silver notes to the person who came to pick up the goods, but the person said that his master had specially asked for this amount. Hua Lei accepted it with peace of mind.

Hahaha, I thought that I couldn't make much money from corn oil, but I didn't expect that I could make a lot of money from this season's corn. Hualei was very satisfied here. What she didn't know was that after Emperor Shengwu got the corn seeds, he just said a few words during the morning court, and the corn seeds in the Ministry of Agriculture were sold at double the price.

After all, many officials flocked to the emperor's show. Coupled with the curiosity and unwillingness of officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, they personally paid for the seeds and planned to grow the best corn next year. The corn seeds were sold out in one morning.

If Hualei knew about this situation, I wonder what she would think. I guess she would just say, "It's great to have power."

Time passed unknowingly and it was early October. Hualei had finally finished packing up her new house. After discussing with Xiaoyuan, Uncle Fu and Aunt Song, Hualei planned to move to the new house in late October. She would be coming of age in November. If she moved to the new house in late October, she would be moving out of the mansion and back to her own home.

Therefore, Hua Lei informed Mrs. Pei in advance that she wanted to move out of the Marquis' Mansion in late October and move directly to the house in Yongningfang. She also expressed her gratitude to Mrs. Pei and the Marquis' Mansion for their care and help over the past three years. Mrs. Pei had been in poor health and a little depressed during this period, so Hua Lei did not say much.

Mrs. Pei was reluctant to let go. She looked at Hua Lei's graceful appearance, recalled the scene when the two siblings first entered the Marquis' Mansion, and sighed softly. In the past three years, Hua Lei has grown very fast. From the initial hasty settlement in Qingyun Lane, she has now bought farms, houses, and established a fleet, and has become very successful.

At this time, Hua Lei had shed her immaturity and had become a mature and capable head of the family. The only thing that remained unchanged was that Hua Lei's attitude towards the various rooms in the Marquis' Mansion was still the same as when she first entered the Marquis' Mansion, maintaining a polite and restrained attitude, but never being overly close.

Also, Lei'er didn't show any strangeness towards Rong Jin. She was a little confused about Hua Lei's thoughts. She was not sure whether Hua Lei knew about the verbal engagement between her and Jin'er. When the siblings first entered the Marquis' Mansion, it was not suitable to talk about marriage because they were in mourning period. In addition, Jin'er strongly opposed it at that time, so she didn't talk about the engagement in person.

If Lei'er really didn't know about the engagement, then her attitude towards Jin'er over the past three years was perfectly fine. She treated Jin'er like an ordinary relative, politely, never breaking the rules, and keeping a certain distance, but never being distant or cold.

But if Lei'er knew about the engagement and still treated Jin'er like this, it would mean that Lei'er was no longer interested. If she moved out again this time, would Jin'er's chances be even smaller?

In the past three years, she has also seen that Jin'er has gone from opposing at the beginning, to being confused later, to changing later, to being firm in the end, and now she will not let go of Lei'er easily. In order to help Jin'er, she also helped in the middle, but the effect was not good. Now Lei'er is about to move out, so should she mention this verbal engagement?

If I bring it up, Jin'er will be happy, but if Lei'er doesn't have any interest in Jin'er, wouldn't that make Lei'er embarrassed and become a way of repaying a favor? If Lei'er misunderstands, then I guess Lei'er won't even want to have normal interactions in the future.

But if I don't mention it, I'd feel a little unwilling. Lei'er is really good-looking, smart, and very capable. The Marquis's Mansion needs such a person to be the head of the Marquis's Mansion.

Mrs. Pei thought about it in her own Songhe Garden, and she really didn't know how to deal with it. She couldn't make Hualei embarrassed, and at the same time let Jin'er get the beauty. But no matter how hard she thought, she couldn't think of a way to have the best of both worlds. Mrs. Pei rubbed her swollen head and leaned back on the small couch.

Alas, my old man is really unreliable. Why didn’t he write a marriage contract with Mr. Hua at that time? Just saying this after drinking really makes me feel embarrassed.

Hua Lei didn't know that her normal farewell made Mrs. Pei so embarrassed. These days, on the one hand, she was checking for deficiencies and buying some small things in the new house, and on the other hand, she was taking time to pack up her and Xiaoyuan's things in Qihuayuan.

Over the past three years, Madam Pei has unknowingly bought herself a lot of things, including clothing and jewelry, from spring clothes to winter clothes, from hairpins to bracelets, from the initial light colors to the current colorful ones, all of which are filled in Hualei's bedroom.

There were also two very valuable guqins sent from the beginning to the end, which were now in the storeroom of Qihuayuan. These were all given to Hualei, who carefully collected them one by one and prepared to take them to the new house.

Also, Xiaoyuan has grown quite fast in the past few years, and his spring and winter clothes can no longer fit him, and his flower buds have also folded.

Rong Jin, who had returned from the Imperial College, also heard the news that Hua Lei and her brother were moving out of the Marquis' Mansion, and was very silent. The next morning, he and Zhenzhu went to Hua Lei's Qihua Courtyard. At this time, Hua Lei was sorting things in the warehouse with Xiao Yuan.

Seeing Rong Jin and Zhenzhu coming, Hua Lei hurriedly asked Qingying to serve tea. Several people sat down in the main room. Qingying and several maids from Qihuayuan retreated.

Rong Jin looked at Hua Lei, took a box from Qing Zao and handed it to Hua Lei, saying, "Sister Hua, you are moving to a new house. This is a happy event. I wanted to go to the street to pick out a gift for you, but I was worried that it would not suit you and Xiao Yuan's taste. So I was lazy. This is a silver note of 10,000 taels. I am here to congratulate you and Xiao Yuan on your new home."

The box was opened, and a stack of silver bills were neatly placed in the box, all of which were brand new silver bills of 1,000 taels. Hua Lei and Xiao Yuan were both shocked at the same time. Does this young master know the value of 10,000 taels of silver? The new house I bought cost less than 5,000 taels. This young master gave me two new houses at once.

"Master Pei, what are you doing? Even if it's a gift, you shouldn't give it like this. Take it back quickly." Hua Lei closed the box and pushed it to Rong Jin.