Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 112 Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival

Xiao Yuan looked at Hua Lei, nodded, turned to Rong Jue and said, "Okay, then let's go back and take a shower and change clothes." The two of them left together.

"Qingying, go tell Qingcheng, Qingyue and the others to not move too fast and to time the second class of the clan school. Make the bath water a little hotter and add some flower petals that can relieve fatigue and add fragrance, so that Xiaoyuan can take a bath to relieve fatigue." Hualei instructed Qingying who was following behind her.

"Yes." Qingying took the order and left.

"Miss Hua is the one who has the solution. No wonder Xiaoyuan has been educated so well by you." Ruan admired Hua Lei very much. She also instructed the maid beside her to do the same as Hua Lei.

Hua Lei smiled and said, "Xiao Yuan has a stubborn personality. If I tell him directly what to do or not to do, he always likes to go against me. Over time, I have figured out his personality. Before doing anything, I always ask for his opinion. I also tell him the pros and cons, and he listens to me."

"I will learn more from Miss Hua in the future. Educating children is really a science. Miss Hua is very young, but she does better than me, a mother who has been a mother for almost ten years. No wonder my mother-in-law always says that Miss Hua is a smart person, my mother-in-law is right." Ruan said with emotion.

"No, it's Grandmother Pei who is too kind. Since I moved into the Marquis' Mansion, Grandmother Pei has given me many pointers. I am also learning as I go along." Hua Lei said modestly.

"Miss Hua is so modest."

Ruan patted Hualei's hand, and the two separated at the fork in the road. Hualei returned to Qihuayuan.

Because on August 20, the Imperial College will announce the exam rankings and admission list. Although Hua Lei comforted Xiao Yuan verbally, saying that it didn't matter if he didn't pass, in fact, she still hoped that Xiao Yuan could pass.

Not to say that the teaching quality of the Imperial College is the best today, but being able to take the imperial examinations as a student of the Imperial College in the future is the most important thing. Otherwise, you will have to go back to your hometown for every exam, and traveling back and forth for more than a month is also a very troublesome thing, and it is not safe on the road.

So Hualei didn't really feel like celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival. But no matter how indifferent she was, she still had to do what she had to do. After all, Hualei was now a person with two estates.

According to the description in the previous life, he was an out-and-out small boss. Although his place was not big and did not meet the standards of a general taxpayer, it could be considered a small-scale enterprise.

On August 14, Hualei took Xiaoyuan back to Qingyun Lane. Xiaoyuan had not been back to Qingyun Lane for more than two months in order to prepare for the Imperial College exam. When Aunt Fu saw Xiaoyuan coming back, she took Xiaoyuan's hand and looked at him left and right, saying that he had lost a lot of weight. She even said that Xiaoyuan, who had a round face, was skin and bones.

Auntie Song was even more motivated, using her culinary skills to prepare a large table of delicious dishes for Xiao Yuan. She even prepared a large pot of fried chicken wings that had not been served for a long time. Hua Lei couldn't help but feel jealous. Could it be better not to show it so obviously?

After the brother and sister had a reunion dinner with Uncle Fu from Qingyun Lane and a few others, they asked Aunt Zhao from Baihua Manor and the other women in the manor to make several hundred red bean paste mooncakes and distribute them to the farmers in the two manors.

A pig and dozens of chickens and ducks were brought from Baihua Village, slaughtered, and distributed to the kitchens of the two villages, who then prepared dishes for the farmers. At the same time, more than 20 baskets of large meat buns and white flour steamed buns were also brought to the two villages.

On the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, since the farm could not give the farmers a holiday, and it was unrealistic not to feed the chickens, ducks and geese, Hua Lei distributed an extra 200 copper coins to everyone on the farm, including the little ones who raised chickens, ducks and geese. Everyone got a share.

In the past two months, everyone in the manor worked overtime for Hualei, and the people in Baihua Manor had to take care of the affairs of both manors. Hualei saw it and remembered it in her heart. This time, she decided to be simple and rough and just give out copper coins.

Hualei's move of giving out copper coins directly excited the farmers in the village to tears, and they told each other about it. A family of more than a dozen people received more than two taels of silver in one day. They were very happy. After being farmers for most of their lives, they were very happy to receive their monthly salary on time every month.

During the Chinese New Year and other festivals, they would receive rewards from their employers, but it was basically just a good meal with some meat dishes. They had never seen an employer who gave them copper coins during festivals.

What made them even happier was that the fabrics for autumn clothes and autumn trousers were all distributed to them on the Mid-Autumn Festival, two sets per person, with the colour of their choice.

What surprised them even more was yet to come, as all the quilts and sheets were distributed, including the quilts and mattress pads that they were going to use.

The employer also replaced all their daily necessities, including beds. Although the most common wood was used and the bed board and bed frame were the simplest, it still made many poor farmers who could only sleep on the floor jealous.

It is said that on that day, all the mule carts from the two villages were mobilized, and they pulled goods back and forth several times, which made the mules very tired.

Of course, Hualei didn't forget the people in Qingyun Lane. She gave everyone an extra 500 coins as Mid-Autumn Festival allowance, not to mention clothes and quilts.

At the Marquis's Mansion, Hua Lei specially asked Aunt Zhao to make fresh meat mooncakes, one for each room, and delivered them to each room early in the morning on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is said that the fresh meat mooncakes were welcomed by Rong Jue and Lin Lang, the young masters and young ladies of the Marquis' Mansion.

Similarly, Hua Lei did not forget Gui Jijiu's family. She personally delivered the freshly baked meat mooncakes to the printing house in the northern part of the city and asked the printing house's manager to pass them to Jijiu.

As for the other two portions, the slightly larger one was given to the chief steward, and the smaller one was given to the second steward. Although the portions were small, they were full of sincerity, with twelve fresh meat mooncakes and twelve red bean paste mooncakes. The second steward was also very surprised.

Then he asked Uncle Fu to bring the packaged 12 fresh meat mooncakes and 12 red bean paste mooncakes to Aunt Fang's house to thank them for their help to Hualei and Qingyun Lane for so long. Aunt Fang was very happy.

The teachers of the Marquis's clan school and the women's school. Hualei also prepared twelve meat mooncakes and twelve red bean paste mooncakes for each teacher and sent them along with other festival gifts. Although they were teachers invited by the Marquis's mansion, Hualei did not need to pay tuition.

However, every Chinese New Year or other festival, Hualei would prepare festival gifts according to current etiquette and give them to each teacher, including the martial arts teacher who taught riding and archery, and the history teacher who taught women's work in the female school. This made all the teachers feel very emotional, because they were employed by the Marquis' Mansion and did not need the students of the Marquis' Mansion to send them festival gifts.