"Miss Hua, if there are no problems, please sign your name on this contract."
Hua Qingcheng was speechless after hearing this. She hated being called "Miss" by her surname. After taking the contract from Hu Yue, the owner of Feng Man Lou, Hua Qingcheng examined it and found nothing unusual. Then she signed her name and pressed her fingerprint on it.
"Please wait here. I'll take it to the county government office to have it stamped, and the contract will be officially effective. I'll be back in about half an hour."
Hua Qingcheng nodded at Hu Yue. She hadn't expected that Feng Man Lou would actually open branches in every town in Fufeng County. After signing the contract, she would have to continue expanding her vegetable cultivation when she returned.
Hua Qingcheng, waiting for Shopkeeper Hu in the hall, drank a few cups of tea. Seeing that he hadn't returned yet, she suddenly felt the urgency of going to the toilet. She left the inner room and tried to go to the toilet when she heard an argument next door. She initially ignored it, but the words "Hua Qingcheng" made her pause.
"Yang Kaitai, you don't want to marry the eldest daughter of the Xiao family. Do you want to marry Hua Qingcheng, the gigolo king of Huaqiao Village?"
"Mom, what are you talking about?"
Hearing what his mother said, Yang Kaitai couldn't help but think of the woman with a messy hair, heavy makeup, a wretched appearance, and who always pestered him, and he couldn't help but get goose bumps all over his body.
"Whether I marry Xiao Lengyu or not, what does it have to do with Hua Qingcheng?"
The lumps of flesh on Yang Kaitai's chubby face trembled slightly as his face was pulled when he spoke. His round mouth was puffed out, and he looked extremely aggrieved.
"That Xiao Lengyu is just an uneducated and unskillful dandy girl, and... and... she, she... she also has a Fengyin fetish!"
“Snap!”
Yang Shanhu, the owner of Fengmanlou, slapped his son in the face, looked at him with dismay and said:
"Don't say such nonsense again! Xiao Lengyu is the eldest daughter of the Fufeng County Magistrate, a daughter of an official family. With such a family background, marrying into a merchant family like us is beyond our reach."
Covering his injured left cheek with his hand, Yang Kaitai had tears in his eyes. The physical pain was still tolerable, but the grievance in his heart continued to fall with the tears.
"If you want to marry me, go ahead and marry me! I won't agree anyway!"
"you……"
Hearing her son's words, Yang Shanhu was extremely angry, but when she saw Yang Kaitai's already fat face, which was now even more swollen, her raised right palm trembled slightly, and she finally did not put it down.
"Tai'er, you are already fifteen this year. If you don't get married, you will be fined by the court."
"It's just a matter of ten taels of silver. Even if I stay single for the rest of my life, my family can afford the fine!"
Seeing that her son refused to listen, Yang Shanhu gradually lost her patience.
"Is this a matter of a few taels of silver? Humph! You can marry me if you want to, but you have to marry me if you don't want to!"
Yang Kaitai looked at his mother's resolute expression and felt extremely cold in his heart.
"If you insist on me marrying, I'd rather marry the worst person in Fufeng County. I'd rather marry Hua Qingcheng from Huaqiao Village than Xiao Lengyu!"
"Rebellion! Rebellion! You've grown strong now, haven't you? You'd rather have a gigolo than marry into an official's mansion and enjoy the comforts! I think you've read too much!"
…
Hua Qingcheng, who was just eavesdropping, didn't expect to be the one eating the melon herself. She didn't expect the original owner to be known as a gigolo. Also, what was the connection between Yang Kaitai and the original owner?
Just when Hua Qingcheng was puzzled, a white figure suddenly rushed out from the study next door. It was the fat boy she had just met at the door of Fugui Restaurant.
Yang Kaitai didn't expect to meet Hua Qingcheng at this time. After looking at Hua Qingcheng awkwardly and complicatedly, he covered his face and ran out.
The incomplete memories of the original owner in Hua Qingcheng's mind were suddenly pieced together at this moment.
It seemed the original owner did indeed frequently frequent Baishui Town, and, believing Hua Youcai's lies, she always wore heavy makeup, believing herself to be very attractive. Then, with that frightening makeup, she would often pursue a wealthy young man, hoping to secure a high position and a life of luxury. However, she never imagined that this high position would be the portly young man she had just met, Yang Kaitai.
Looking at the white figure that had run away, Hua Qingcheng felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
It seemed that from now on, she could never admit that she was the original Hua Qingcheng, otherwise it would be too embarrassing... Moreover, the contract she had signed with great difficulty and was about to take effect would probably be ruined. Fortunately, the other party seemed to be completely unaware of her, which was really a blessing in disguise!
"Flower girl?"
"Flower girl?"
Looking at the stunned Hua Qingcheng, Fengmanlou's shopkeeper Hu Yue couldn't help but remind her. At this time, she had already returned from Fufeng County with the contract stamped.
"Well! Has Shopkeeper Hu finished it?"
"Yes, Miss Hua. There are three copies of the contract in total. Miss Hua and Feng Manlou each hold one, and the other is kept in the official archives."
Hua Qingcheng took the contract handed over by Hu Yue, folded it up and put it in her arms when she saw that there was no problem.
After leaving Fengmanlou, Hua Qingcheng carried a basket on her back and went to Lingqing Grocery Store to buy more vegetable seeds, fruit seedlings and the like.
"Boss, will the young man who came with me before come here again?"
After Xiao Qi, the shop assistant, organized everything Hua Qingcheng wanted for her, Hua Qingcheng asked the shopkeeper at the counter.
Ever since she sent Si Chengfeng to the village entrance and took Yu Qingyou's ox cart back to Baishui Town, Hua Qingcheng hasn't seen him for nearly half a month and doesn't know where he lives.
At the counter, Yao Jinlian, wearing a lotus-colored double-breasted skirt and working on an abacus, was also troubled by Hua Qingcheng's question. Without the Young Master's instructions, she didn't know whether to answer or not.
“No.”
She didn't dare to make a decision on her own, so she chose not to say anything. She didn't know what tricks this young master was playing, liking this girl but not revealing his identity to her.
Upon hearing this, Hua Qingcheng had no choice but to leave with the things she had just bought, feeling a little disappointed.
After leaving Ling Qing's grocery store, Hua Qingcheng saw that it was almost time, so she headed towards where Yu Qingyou parked his ox cart. However, not long after she walked out of the grocery store, she heard a familiar noisy sound.
"Beauty! Beauty!"
She saw Xiao Lengyu, dressed in red and holding a white folding fan, running towards her.
"It's really you! Beauty! Beauty!"
Seeing that the opponent was about to pounce on her, Hua Qingcheng dodged flexibly to the side and stretched out a foot. Then Xiao Lengyu fell to the ground with a "bang", falling flat on his face.
Hua Qingcheng adjusted the backpack behind her, glanced at the person on the ground, and then stepped directly over her back.
"Beauty... beauty..."
"……beauty!"
"……beauty!"
Even after Hua Qingcheng walked away, the noisy voice could still be heard from behind.
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