Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 312: 1 year old, 1 gift, 1 inch of joy

If she knew, she would probably agree. After all, the game she raises herself is not as good as the game that grows naturally in the mountains.

Finally, Lord Pei went to Huaying Manor. Seeing the dozens of neatly arranged workshops, Lord Pei nodded involuntarily.

Then he placed a large order for down vests and chicken feather sleeping bags with Hualei. The border area of ​​Mobei is larger, more soldiers need to patrol, and more down vests and sleeping bags are needed.

Of course, they also ordered a large amount of cured meat, smoked meat, sausages, and bacon, as well as various kinds of bean paste, fermented bean curd, etc., and Lord Pei also ordered a lot of them without hesitation.

Because of the great victory in Mobei, a lot of territory was expanded. Emperor Shengwu was very happy. This year, he allocated much more armaments and rations to the soldiers in Mobei than in previous years. He also rewarded a large sum of silver for logistics purchases in Mobei to improve the soldiers' three meals a day.

Of course he spent the money, and then a large part of it went into Hualei's pocket.

Lord Pei's shop in the small town of Mobei was also in urgent need of Hualei's soap, toothbrushes and ointments, so Lord Pei paid Hualei several thousand taels of silver from his own pocket.

As a result, Hualei's workshop became even busier, and it is estimated that there will be no free time in the next six months.

November 22nd was the day for Hualei's coming-of-age ceremony. Originally, her mother or a female elder in the family should have saved up money to buy a hairpin for her, but in the end, Mrs. Pei saved up money herself to buy a hairpin for her. The hairpin was a silver orchid hairpin that Xiaoyuan had bought for Hualei a few months ago with the money he had saved up.

Hua Lei originally wanted to refuse. Although the silver hairpin was not very expensive, it almost used up all the monthly salary that Xiao Yuan had saved over the past few years. But Xiao Yuan looked persistent, so Hua Lei still accepted it.

Hualei didn't know much about the coming-of-age ceremony, and she had just held a housewarming party, so she rejected Aunt Fu's suggestion to hold a proper coming-of-age ceremony.

He simply invited his great uncle's family, Marquis Pei and Madam Pei, the Ruan family, as well as Zhenzhu, Rong Jin and Rong Jue, to his own house, set up a few tables for a banquet, and just had a meal.

The simple process made Madam Pei feel sad, but Hua Lei herself looked calm and acted as usual.

But at this moment, Hua Lei was sitting in her bedroom, looking at the wooden boxes on the table with tears in her eyes.

The gift from Lord Pei and Madam Pei was a pair of white jade ruyi. Not only was it very valuable, but it was also hard to find jade of this size. They could be heirlooms.

Ruan gave her a jade bracelet with a peacock pattern of excellent quality. It was very elegant and beautiful on her wrist.

Rong Jue also used the money he saved to buy Hua Lei a large jar of candy, and told Hua Lei that she could eat one candy when she was happy and two candies when she was unhappy.

When he is very unhappy, he eats three candies. In his eyes, candies can solve all unhappy things. Hualei was amused and at the same time, she felt that it made a lot of sense.

Zhenzhu also gave Hualei a pair of gold-beaded gourd earrings. The small gourds were very delicately made. They swayed slightly when hung on the ears, attracting people's attention.

But in the wooden box Rong Jin gave me, there were fifteen gold ingots of different sizes neatly arranged. The smallest one should be one tael, and the largest one should be fifteen taels. Does this mean that every time I grow older, the gold ingots will be one tael more than the previous year?

On the gold foil embedded in the wooden box, there are a few words engraved: "One gift a year, one inch of joy. Peace every year, good luck every year." Looking at these words and stroking the fifteen gold ingots of different sizes, Hua Bud was slightly moved.

After the coming-of-age ceremony, Hualei started to get busy again, because she was concerned that the sales of chickens, ducks, geese and pigs might be affected.

Therefore, Hualei increased the production of cured products such as cured chicken and cured duck on the one hand, and launched Huaji braised goose and Huaji roast chicken on the other hand.

This enriched the product categories of Hua Qianbian Shop, and formed a very rich selection of roast duck and braised goods. Soon, soy sauce goose and roast chicken were also delivered to restaurants and the Imperial College.

The good news is that Hualei finally got the food delivery for Class C of the Imperial College in early December with the secret help of Gui Jijiu. The delivery officially started in January, which made Hualei feel slightly relieved, as the fresh vegetables would not rot in the fields.

During the Chinese New Year, Hualei launched a special group purchase of food ingredients for the New Year banquets of wealthy families.

As long as the host lists a menu and the required quantities, Yuanying Manor will be fully equipped. The chickens, ducks, geese and pigs will all be slaughtered, and the fresh vegetables will be cleaned and delivered to your door. If you need snacks and rice wine, you can also order them in advance and have them delivered to your door.

Sure enough, the effect was very good. In just half a month during the Spring Festival, Hualei received eighteen large orders, as well as small orders for meat dishes such as chicken, duck, goose and pork.

We also received many orders for dim sum and rice wine. The newly released goose in soy sauce and roast chicken became the new favorites of many wealthy families, and they placed orders for them during the New Year banquet.

Of course, in order to complete these orders, Yuanyingzhuang adopted a system of taking turns to rest during the Chinese New Year.

Although some farmers need to go back home for the New Year, there is no shortage of manpower because Tian Xiaoan and Tian Xiaoquan do not need to deliver to the Imperial College and the restaurant, and the Huaji catering truck managed by Tian Xiaofu and Tian Xiaozhen does not go out to sell during the New Year.

That day was another holiday for the Imperial College, and Xiaoyuan, Rongjue and a few other little ones were taken by Marquis Pei himself to the horse farm in the northern part of the city to practice horse riding.

So Hua Lei went to Huaying Manor with peace of mind to check on the progress of the workshops. While she was walking around the workshops, Aunt Fu came in and told Hua Lei that Young Master Rong Jin had arrived at the gate of the manor.

Hua Lei was stunned. Didn't Lord Pei take them to the North City to ride horses? Didn't Rong Jin go? Hua Lei turned around and left the workshop, and saw Pei Rong Jin, dressed in red, leading the horse in a refreshed manner.

Hua Lei was stunned. She had known Rong Jin for so long, but she had never seen him in red. Not to mention, he was really good-looking. Rong Jin's skin had become much whiter recently. He was also much taller. Standing there, he looked handsome and smiling.

"Sister Hua." When Rong Jin saw Hua Lei, the smile on his face became even wider.

"Mr. Pei, didn't you go riding? Xiaoyuan, Rongjue and the others have gone there." Hua Lei asked in surprise.

"Well, I didn't go. My grandfather took Rong Jue, Xiao Yuan and the others there." Rong Jin handed the reins in his hand to Qing Zao behind him and asked, "Sister Hua, are you busy? Do you need my help?"