Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 257 A succession of happy events

"So this is the wife of Mr. Han, the editor of the Hanlin Academy. I'm so sorry. I didn't know that you would come to our shop to buy quilts today. I'm sorry that you feel uncomfortable. It's also because we didn't provide good service.

However, ma'am, our price for a goose down quilt is 35 taels per piece, 70 taels for two pieces, and 5 taels off if you buy three. It's not directly 100 taels for three pieces. It's clearly written on the wooden board in front of our door, and it has been like this since we opened.

Also, the same is true for quilt covers. Buy three and you will get a 500-wen discount. I think your husband’s family works in the Hanlin Academy, so you should understand what is written on the board, right? According to this, it is not wrong for me to charge you 77 taels. If you pay 75 taels, I can understand, but it is unreasonable for you to pay 65 taels, right? "

Lin's face froze, and she said angrily, "Who understands the twists and turns in your shop, playing these word games, the customer can buy as many as he wants, but you insist on buying three at a time? Aren't you forcing the sale?"

Hua Lei took a look and said with a smile, "Madam, weren't you the one who forced them to buy? Two quilts and two quilt covers, seventy-seven taels of silver. You can take these things and leave after paying the silver. It's okay if you don't want to buy them, Madam, you can leave directly. We don't mean to sell them to you."

"What if I insist on buying two for sixty-five taels?" Lin couldn't bring herself to buy any, as there was a group of people gathered at the door watching the fun.

"Then I will send someone to take this board to the gate of the Hanlin Academy and wait for the lords to finish their shifts and help interpret the meaning of my board. If the lords also think it should be sold for 65 taels of silver, I will sell it to you."

"You... you are staying at my aunt's house, but I haven't seen you pay any money." Lin was timid on the outside. She didn't want to bring this matter to her husband in the Hanlin Academy. Wouldn't that make her husband's colleagues laugh at her? When she got home, her husband would definitely blame her.

At this time, there was a commotion at the door, and the crowd made way. Rong Jin, dressed in a blue student uniform, hurried in, his face slightly sweaty, and bowed slightly to Lin, saying.

"Aunt, what are you talking about? Sister Hua didn't pay for living in the Marquis' Mansion. Does it have anything to do with you? The Marquis's surname is Pei, not Han." Rong Jin's face was calm, but his words were not polite. "In the past, so many cousins ​​from the Han Mansion lived in the Marquis' Mansion for more than ten years, but Aunt didn't pay a penny, and the Marquis' Mansion even gave them monthly wages."

Lin's face flushed with anger, and she avoided the main point and said, "Jin'er, you... she insisted on taking seventy-seven taels of silver from me. Don't forget that I am your aunt, and she doesn't care about your face at all."

"So what? I can't pay less when I go out to buy things. Only when you become my aunt can I pay less." Rong Jin asked back.

"You..." Lin was speechless.

Hualei sighed softly.

Sometimes she really didn't understand what these people were thinking. At the beginning of the year, Feng's sister-in-law came to Qingyun Lane and shamelessly asked her for recipes for roast duck and braised food. She also asked her to bring him a waiter, claiming to be a relative of the Marquis's Mansion and Rong Jin's aunt.

Now Han's sister-in-law came to the shop just to save these ten taels of silver and said that she was the aunt of Rong Jin, the relative of the Marquis's mansion. Could it be that the name of the Marquis's mansion and Pei Rong Jin can be used as silver here?

"How about this, Madam? You pay seventy-five taels. I'll give you a few bars of soap." Although Hua Lei looked down on Lin's actions from the bottom of her heart, no matter what? Others have brought up the name of Dingbei Marquis' Mansion. After all, she is staying in the Marquis' Mansion temporarily, so she has to give this face.

But he could not give in too much. After all, there were so many people watching the fun at the door of the shop. If others saw it, they would think that they could pay less than a dozen taels of silver by making a few noises. Then word would spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. Anyone could come to the shop and make trouble under any pretext. Then there might be no quiet days for business in the shop in the future.

"You..." Lin was obviously still not satisfied with Hua Lei's concession.

At this time, there was another commotion at the door. Butler Pei walked in, bowed slightly to Lin, turned to Hua Lei and said, "Miss Hua, Madam Pei asked me to come over and tell you that you should sell the things in your shop as you want. You don't need to look at anyone's face. There are so many relatives in the Marquis' Mansion, you can't take care of them all."

As she spoke, she took out a few ingots of silver from her sleeve pocket and placed them on the counter, saying, "This is seventy-seven taels of silver. It was paid by our Old Madam Pei on behalf of Young Master Rong Jin's aunt."

After saying that, she turned around, picked up the quilt and quilt cover on the counter, and said, "Mrs. Lin, Miss Qingge, let me take you home." Mrs. Lin and Han Qingge's faces turned red and white.

At this moment, when she heard what Butler Pei said, she felt like she was slapped in the face. However, facing Mrs. Pei from the Marquis's Mansion, Lin did not dare to say anything. She followed Butler Pei out in disgrace.

Rong Jin whispered a few more words to Hua Lei and hurried back to the Imperial College.

After a busy year, it was the end of the year, and several happy events happened in several farms of Hualei. It turned out that Tian Xiaoan and Tian Xiaoquan had arranged their marriages. Because Tian Xiaoan delivered food to Zuiyuelou every day, the shopkeeper took a fancy to Tian Xiaoan and introduced him to his niece. After the two sides met, they were quite satisfied, so under the decision of Tian Changmu and Tian Changshui, the two families decided on the marriage.

Tian Xiaoquan was favored by a farmer who worked on the farm. They thought Tian Xiaoquan was literate and capable, and her parents also worked on the farm. They were diligent and honest, and they did not seem like the kind of parents-in-law who would bully their daughter-in-law. So they betrothed their daughter to Tian Xiaoquan, and the two families had already agreed to get engaged in the early spring of next year.

Tian Changmu and Tian Changshui had already written a letter about the happy event and entrusted it to Liang Xiangyi's fleet to take it back. It was said that they also took back two silver bills. Liang Xiangyi's fleet often traveled to various states and counties in the south, so it was more convenient to ask her to help carry the letter. It was mainly because she was an acquaintance, so he was relieved.

This is really a happy event. While Hualei is happy, Aunt Fu tells Hualei two more happy events. Xile and Zhao Xiaohua have fallen in love with each other and want to hold the wedding in March after Hualei and her brother finish mourning. This is really, good things come in pairs, it is a series of happy events.

Hua Lei agreed without hesitation. Then she transferred Zhao Xiaohua to the Flower Fairy Shop and asked her to learn how to work as a cashier with Xiao Xiao. Then she and Xile could work together in the shop. At the same time, she cleaned up the courtyard behind the Flower Fairy Shop to make a new house for Xile and Zhao Xiaohua. Aunt Fu cried with joy after hearing Hua Lei's arrangement.

Things were handled one by one, and soon, the New Year came. Hualei distributed monthly silver and chickens, ducks and pork to each village. Everyone spent the New Year happily.

The second day of the second lunar month was the third anniversary of Grandfather Hua's death, and it was also the day for Hualei and her brother to get rid of their mourning. The two brothers Tian Changmu and Tian Changshui also brought their entire family to Qingyun Lane. Aunt Fang also brought a few wives to help. Aunt Song cooked a table of dishes, and after paying homage to Grandfather Hua, Hualei and her brother took off their mourning clothes and put on the homely clothes that Aunt Fu made for them.