Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 430 Proposal

When using it, wash your face, use a clean cloth to pick up a little powder, apply it on your face, and spread it. The color is light, and after using it, you look very healthy.

Hua Lei tried them herself for a few days and didn't experience any discomfort, so she set up a team to specialize in making these rouge, powder and lip balm.

Because the workshops in Huaying Manor were already full, there was no choice but for the rouge and powder production team to be placed in the workshop that had just been completed in Huaguoshan.

After the first batch was made in the workshop, Hua Lei gave a set to each of the ladies in the Marquis's Mansion and Manou for trial use.

However, Pearl was not given any gifts. Although these products do not contain chemical raw materials, as a pregnant woman, Pearl should try to use them as little as possible.

After the Gu and Ruan families reported that the rouge, lipstick and other products were very useful and no one had any allergic reactions, Hualei decided to put them on the shelves.

However, Hualei discovered that the Flower Fairy Shop no longer had enough space on the shelves for sales, as there were simply too many items in the Shop.

Goose-down quilts, wool quilts, wool sweaters and the like have filled the shelves. Soaps, ointments and shampoos also occupy one side. There is no room left in the store.

So, Hua Lei slightly renovated a small shop she had bought on East Street last year and put all her rouge, lipstick and other items in it.

Because I thought of the famous line from my previous life, "The clouds think of clothes and the flowers think of face," I casually named the store "Hua Xiang Rong."

But when making the shop sign, Hua Lei felt that the name "Hua Xiangrong" could easily be ambiguous. She was afraid that someone would misunderstand her, so she confessed her love to him secretly. Girls should still be reserved.

So, I temporarily changed the name to "Wanhua Pavilion", but when I wrote it myself, I felt that this name was not suitable. People who didn't know might think it was a brothel.

No, no, so I racked my brains and thought again, and finally chose the name "Yinghua Pavilion" as the store name, thinking that no one would misunderstand it. Then I picked an auspicious day and opened it directly.

Because there was no publicity and no promotion, the business of the store was not very good at the beginning. However, Hualei was not in a hurry. He took his time and made steady progress!

By the way, some soaps, ointments, shampoos and other products from the Flower Fairy Shop were also moved here to stock the store. Yinghua Pavilion was quietly opened.

Ever since Xiaoyuan sent the marriage proposal to the Zhenbei Marquis' Mansion in the first month of the year, Mrs. Pei has already discussed the matter with Tian Dacheng, Xiaoyuan, and Hualei.

Although Hua Lei and Rong Jin already had a marriage certificate and a marriage reply certificate, they had not gone through the actual process, so they still went through the formal process to show the man's respect.

Hua Lei had no objection, so on the sixth day of February, the Zhenbei Marquis's Mansion had invited an official matchmaker to go to Hua's house in Yongningfang to propose marriage. Rong Jin even personally hunted a wild goose and brought it back to Hua's house.

At Tian Dacheng's suggestion, Xiaoyuan and Hualei gave a positive reply, and then asked the official media to send Hualei's birth date to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion.

After receiving the Engagement Letter, the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion had already placed it in the ancestral temple of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion to ask for advice on good and bad luck. A few days later, they prepared gifts and sent them to Hua's house, and the two families officially signed a marriage contract. In this way, all the previous procedures have been completed.

Taking into account that Xiaoyuan is still relatively young, the Zhenbei Marquisate, after discussing with Tian Dacheng and Hualei, put the subsequent betrothal and marriage proposal on hold. However, the Marquisate was already preparing for Rong Jin's betrothal gift.

Hua Lei has always been a low-key person. She feels that marriage is a matter between two people and two families. So, even though she is discussing marriage with the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion, she has not told anyone about it.

Rong Jin respected Hua Lei's opinion, so the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion did not make their engagement public for the time being. However, Rong Jin came to Hua's house more frequently.

However, there was an incident on Hua Lei's side. That day, Hua Lei was resting in the Hua's house in Yongningfang, and suddenly a matchmaker came to the door. She said she wanted to propose marriage to Hua Lei on behalf of the doctor of the Ministry of Justice, Mr. Zhong.

Hua Lei was confused, she didn't know this Mr. Fang at all, but after the matchmaker explained, she finally understood. It turned out that this Mr. Fang was a fifth-rank doctor in the Ministry of Justice.

He is 31 years old this year. His wife died unexpectedly at the beginning of last year, leaving behind two underage sons, one aged nine and the other six. This time he asked the matchmaker to come because he wanted to marry Hualei as his concubine.

Although Hua Lei didn't know him, Lord Fang had seen Hua Lei several times. After all, Hua Lei was the only female official, so she was very easy to recognize. Moreover, as for Hua Lei's family background, it only took a little inquiry to find out.

Ever since Lord Fang met Hua Lei, he had the idea of ​​marrying her as his concubine. After all, Hua Lei was young and beautiful, and she was also a female official of the sixth rank, which was highly appreciated by the emperor.

If he married Hua Lei, perhaps this unknown doctor of his could catch the emperor's eye and be promoted to a higher position.

After all, no matter how much merit a woman has, she will eventually have to return to the harem. So the contribution Hua Lei has made to the court can be attributed to herself.

The most important thing is that this flower bud is very good at making money and managing the household. The puddles and worthless mountains that others are helpless with have been turned into money trees and treasure pots by the flower bud.

My family's financial situation is average. If I marry Hualei, not only will she have a generous dowry, but I can also let Hualei manage my family's farm in the future. Then I won't have to worry about the family's income in the future.

However, because his wife had just passed away less than a year ago, in order to avoid being accused of being heartless, he endured it again and again. Finally, he endured it until early March this year, after one year had passed since his wife's death. Then he chose a day he thought was auspicious, invited a matchmaker to come directly to the wedding house.

After hearing this, Hualei was speechless. Not to mention that she was already engaged, even if she wasn't, she would rather marry an ordinary commoner and be an ordinary couple.

Instead of choosing to be someone else's concubine and help raise someone else's son. I have never met this Lord Fang, but he is quite self-righteous.

So he rejected the matchmaker's proposal directly, asked someone to give her a few dozen coins, and sent her away. However, a few days later, the matchmaker came to his house again.

It was the same statement, and with the addition of Lord Fang's bold statement that he would not marry anyone but you, Hua Lei was so angry that she laughed. It turned out that Lord Fang was actually an ordinary man.

As a last resort, she told the matchmaker that she was already engaged to the Zhenbei Marquisate, and then sent the matchmaker out the door with a look of disbelief on her face.