Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 249 Belated affection is worse than grass

It turned out that it was the He family, Tian Xiaohe's former fiancé, who had come to Shangjing City. They were the He family who had canceled the engagement last autumn, and now they had arrived at the gate of Yuanying Manor, specifically wanting to meet Hualei and Tian Changshui's family.

Because of Tian Dayou's incident, the He family, who had been engaged to Tian Xiaohe, took advantage of the situation and directly canceled Tian Xiaohe's engagement and demanded back the five taels of betrothal money, which made Tian Dacheng and Tian Changshui's family very embarrassed. Tian Xiaohe even jumped into the river. As a last resort, Tian Changshui's family followed Tian Changmu's family to Hualei in Shangjing City in the second half of last year.

I don't know what's wrong with the He family. They actually came to Shangjing City to find Hualei and Yuanying Manor. Tian Changshui had met the three He family members before he came to find his wife. He wanted to persuade them to leave, but they didn't listen. They had to meet Hualei and Tian Changshui's wife to talk about Tian Xiaohe's marriage and work in Yuanying Manor.

It turned out that the son of the He family, He Jianshan, Tian Xiaohe's former fiancé, had obtained the qualification of a student last spring. After studying in Dade Town for a year, he made no progress and decided to go to the provincial capital to attend a better academy.

I don't know where I heard the news that the academy in Shangjing City is the best, and Tian Xiaohe's family is also in Shangjing City. The family earns more than ten taels of silver every month, and Tian Xiaohe alone earns nearly two taels of silver every month. Ten taels a month, that would be more than a hundred taels a year, right?

Therefore, the money-hungry He family wanted to re-arrange the marriage with Tian Changshui's family. When they first decided on Tian Xiaohe, they thought that everyone in the Tian family could read and write, and Tian Xiaohe herself could read and count. In the countryside, girls who could read and count were rare. In addition, He Jianshan kept looking for a bad marriage after he broke off the engagement.

Then I thought that since I had to find a good college, I might as well find the best one, so I might as well come to Shangjing City.

By then, he would arrange a new marriage with Tian Changshui's family in the capital. He and his wife could come to Hualei to work like Tian Changshui did, and receive several taels of salary every month. When he and his wife had established themselves, they could bring their brothers and sisters over. If his son passed the imperial examination and became a scholar or a juren, the whole family would be able to live a prosperous life from then on.

Hua Lei didn't know what the He family was thinking. If she knew, she would definitely say, "What the hell do you want?" After asking Tian Changshui and his wife and Tian Xiaohe about their opinions, they definitely didn't want to reschedule the marriage.

I'm just worried that if the He family arrives at the gate of the manor and makes a scene, it will be bad for Tian Xiaohe's reputation. Tian Xiaohe is about the same age as Hua Lei, and it will be time for her to find a marriage partner this year. If the He family is unwilling to let go and keeps talking nonsense, it will be very bad for Tian Xiaohe.

Hua Lei also found it incredible. She had seen shameless people before, but she had never seen such shamelessness as the He family. So, she did not let anyone into the manor, but called the guards on the manor. She and Tian Changshui and his wife went directly to the gate of the manor to meet the three people.

Before they could say anything, he cursed them and made it clear that he would not re-engage with the He family, nor would he let them work on the farm. They could go wherever they wanted, but they just had to not come to his house to be scolded. The previous cancellation of the engagement was forgiven, and from now on, the two families would just go their separate ways and live in peace.

Although the He family was filled with regret and He Jianshan was pretending to be deeply in love, Hua Lei only gave him one sentence: "You scumbag, your belated affection is cheaper than grass. You looked down on the Tian Xiaohe in the past, and you can't afford the Tian Xiaohe now, so get out of here."

Then he asked the guards to carry the three people away from the door and threatened them with some words, saying that they were not allowed to ruin Tian Xiaohe's reputation and he would pretend that they had never been there. If they dared to talk nonsense outside and ruin Tian Xiaohe's reputation, he would break He Jianshan's legs and prevent him from taking the imperial examination.

In Dade Town, the He family might be able to show off their power because of He Jianshan's status as a student, but in front of Hualei's guards, it was already a good thing that they didn't scare them. Under the stern words and threats of the guards, the He family finally left in disgrace, not daring to do anything.

Tian Changshui's family was worried for a while, but nothing happened, and they didn't hear any rumors, so they put their minds at ease and treated it as if it had never happened. At the end of the year, they fell in love with a farmer working in Yuanying Village and arranged a marriage for Tian Xiaohe.

On December 26, the houses in Huaying Manor were finally completed. Hualei took Uncle Fu and Aunt Fu to Huaying Manor.

Five rows of seven-bay blue brick tile houses were neatly arranged there. In each courtyard, Uncle Zhao had planted some evergreen broad-leaved trees. Blue brick paths were paved between each row of houses to connect them. The doors of each house were double-leaved. In order to facilitate the transportation of things, two more wooden windows were opened than usual. Each room was paved with blue bricks, which was very flat and bright. At this time, Uncle Miao and the people from the farm were still helping to cover the translucent window paper.

Hualei took Aunt Fu to walk around each row of houses and was very satisfied. A batch of new furniture had been built in the rooms according to Hualei's requirements. The various long tables and stools also made Hualei happy with their brand new appearance.

There are a total of 16 rooms facing north and south, which can be used as a wall to enclose the five rows of houses, making it very safe. In addition to the four rooms planned as kitchens, there are 12 rooms. Although they are smaller than the main house, they can be used as bedrooms for people working in the workshop of the manor, and a room is also needed for those who watch the night.

Now the wooden bed has been built in the room, with four beds in one room and four small wardrobes, which is quite decent. Together with the original rooms in Huaying Manor, it should be enough for living. Everything is well prepared. Hualei wrote numbers from one to five from the front to the back of the five rows of houses to distinguish them.

Seeing that everything was almost ready, Hualei did not delay any longer. After the house was ventilated for more than half a month, she took advantage of the end of the year to move the entire down jacket group in Yuanying Manor to the workshop west of Huaying Manor. Then the goose feather pen and goose feather fan groups also followed, occupying two rows of seven rooms in total.

Hualei placed them in the two rows of houses at the end of the west, No. 4 and No. 5. The private jobs of stuffing, matching and making clothes were in the last row, No. 5, where the farmers with indentures worked. The temporary goose down quilt covers, goose feather fans and quill pens, which had no privacy, were placed in No. 4.