Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 793 Looking up

What surprised the winners was that Hualei was generous enough to book more than 20 tables at Qianweiju, the best restaurant in the city, and treated them to lunch.

As for the crowds watching outside the square, Hua Lei also united all the wealthy people, contributed money, labor and manpower, and invited chefs from other restaurants to prepare a hundred tables of buffet to fill their stomachs.

Although the dishes and taste on the table are certainly not as good as those in "Qianweiju", but the dishes on the table, such as braised pork with pickled mustard greens, fried chicken with pickled cabbage, mapo tofu, stir-fried seasonal vegetables, etc., are all genuine.

Especially the white rice and the soft and fragrant white steamed buns, all of which were available. This unexpected surprise made the people who came to join in the fun overjoyed.

As a result, the 100 tables of buffet were soon filled with people. Some people who couldn't sit down took their bowls, picked up some dishes, squatted aside and began to eat heartily.

While eating, we discussed with people we knew or didn’t know about some of the things that happened when we were growing corn at home.

Talk about your mistakes and review your shortcomings. Listen to other people's opinions and think about whether their methods are feasible. After eating and drinking, everyone has their own plans for the next season of corn planting.

The purpose of the flower buds, "material food to warm the stomach and spiritual food to comfort the heart", was also perfectly accomplished invisibly.

What made Hualei even happier was that she had thought that the buffet with 100 tables would end in a mess with everyone scrambling for food, but that didn't happen.

On the contrary, many tables were clean, with no food or soup wasted. Many people who had finished their meals voluntarily washed their own dishes, wiped the tables and stools, and did not affect the eating of the people behind them.

Bai Yunhe, Liao Xiaoqiang and several other comrades also ate and drank their fill at the buffet before returning to the barracks.

However, the glittering flower buds on the high platform made Liao Xiaoqiang and others talk about them with great relish, but it also made Bai Yunhe sleepless again.

The last time I saw Hua Lei on the stage was in the Ten-Li Osmanthus Forest in Shangjing City, when Zhao Yulan challenged Hua Lei to a chess game.

At that time, Hua Lei was forced by the situation to go up to the competition platform, but even though she was completely unprepared, Hua Lei still killed all the opponents with her own brilliance, forcing several challengers to leave the stage in disgrace.

At that time, I was still hesitating whether to challenge on stage or not, and I was still worried about the outcome of winning or losing.

Hualei must have prepared for the performance today for a long time, so she looked even more brilliant. But at this moment, she had lost the qualification to perform on stage.

I used to think that as long as I wanted, some people would always have the opportunity to walk with me. However, as time went by, I didn't realize when I had become an outsider.

She lived a brilliant life without realizing it, while she herself was in a daze, experiencing many vicissitudes of life, and became more and more confused.

He used to be like me, standing in the audience, looking up at the girl on the stage. But, as time went by, others followed her like a shadow, bathing in the glory together.

I am alone, hiding in an inconspicuous corner, looking up silently. Even if I feel unwilling, what can I do?

I don’t know where my path is going, or what the future will be like. I can only drift around with the crowd.

After the competition, Hua Lei carefully reviewed the game with the people below. The result given by Feng Shuangxi from Hu Fang made Hua Lei very satisfied.

This year's corn tax is 40% higher than last year, which is a bit of a surprise. The corn grown in Qingshan Village under Changlanzhou is of the best quality.

Hualei has also discussed with their county magistrate and village chief and decided to use the corn from Qingshan Village as the corn seed for next year and promote it throughout Xichang Prefecture.

Of course, the government will also give a certain amount of silver as compensation.

In addition, the speeches of Zhuangyuan Village and Guanjun Household were carefully sorted out and compiled into a book, which was promoted together with "Stones from Other Mountains" and "Flame Collection".

A lot of agronomy classes and agronomy consultation points have been added according to the actual conditions of each state and county.

As for those unqualified village heads, Hua Lei discussed with the county magistrate and the prefect and decided to dismiss those who should be dismissed directly, and to train those who should be trained by sending them to agricultural studies and giving them proper training.

For some villages with particularly low yields, Hualei also sent people to provide one-on-one guidance at their homes, pointing out their shortcomings so that they would not make the same mistakes in the next season of corn planting.

It took another half a month to finally solve all the problems found in the event.

The next day was a day off, so Hualei temporarily put aside her work at the government office and rested in the house. After breakfast, Hualei took a walk in the yard to help digest the food.

The maid at the door came in and reported that the sisters Qingxia and Qingqiu were at the door and asked to see Hualei. Hualei was startled, then she realized that she hadn't seen the sisters for a long time.

Hualei bought them and placed them in Yuanying Manor more than ten years ago. It has been nearly eleven or twelve years since she started picking duck eggs.

It has been two and a half years since they came to Xichang Prefecture. During this time, the two sisters have been in charge of all matters related to Hualei's private property in Xichang, and have become Hualei's important right-hand men.

The two sisters were usually very busy and rarely took the initiative to visit Hualei. Usually they would visit the house once every three months to report to Hualei about the things going on in the farm and the shop. Occasionally, they would visit her temporarily when there was something important.

According to the date, today is not the day for them to enter the house, so there must be something important that needs to be resolved by Hua Lei.

Hua Lei asked Qing Qi to bring the two sisters in, while she sat in the main room waiting for them to come in, thinking about the two sisters.

Originally, before Hua Lei came to Xichang Prefecture, she was not planning to bring the two sisters here, considering the issue of finding a husband for them. However, the two sisters insisted on following Hua Lei at that time.

Hualei couldn't resist and brought them here. In the blink of an eye, more than two years have passed.

Since arriving in Xichang Prefecture, Hualei has been busy with government affairs and has not had time to think about the sisters getting married. This year, Qingxia is already a 19-year-old girl, and her younger sister Qingqiu is already 17 years old.

In the previous life, eighteen or nineteen years old were considered children, but here, eighteen or nineteen years old were considered old girls.

However, these two have never gotten married. It seems that she did not care enough about the sisters and delayed their affairs. Hua Lei felt a little guilty.

While Hualei was lost in thought, Qingqi brought the two sisters into the house.