Wealth and glory seek stability

Mo Shoujian changed into a clean blue cloth robe. His face was thin, and his eyes were bright and sharp. He looked straight at Jian Xi, making her feel as if her soul was seen through.

"Master Mo Tianshi still needs half a month to recuperate. I have asked people to clean up the small courtyard in the east, and we can move in now."

Now that Shen Nanxing's marriage is settled, Jian Xi has no use for Mo Shoujian, but such a person must not be offended.

Mo Shoujian stroked his beard, "Don't bother. Monks don't care about these things. It's great to have a roof over their heads, three meals a day and a place to sleep. I came here today to repay you and to thank you. I thought these two disciples had never seen the world and I was afraid it would be hard for them to make a living outside. Your kindness has helped the three of us, the master and disciples, and we must repay you for that."

"No, no, it's just that I don't lack gold and silver. Some time ago, I asked Taoist Mo Chuan to do a fortune-telling for my brother. It was about marriage, but I really don't need it now." Jian Xi was telling the truth.

Mo Chuan glanced at him sideways, and Mo Chuan shuddered in his heart and smiled awkwardly.

"That's fine. My current health is not suitable for fortune-telling. When I recover, if you have any troubles, I may be able to answer them."

Seeing that Mo Shoujian was no longer obsessed with repaying his kindness, Jian Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

Little did they know that Mo Shoujian was a stubborn person, and he was not at all careless when it came to repaying the favor.

In the next few days, I don't know how he found out about Jian Xi's rice shop and grain business, but he calculated the specific location of Jian Xi's shop and drew a feng shui layout according to Feng Shui metaphysics.

Jian Xi was both amused and confused when she received the blueprints. Mo Shoujian and Mo Chuan had the same personality and would always repay a favor.

Fortunately, Mo Shoujian also specially drew a small compartment next to the shop, which was the rice shed she had been thinking about these days to sell rice to the poor.

Since it conforms to the Feng Shui pattern, it should be changed.

Send the blueprint to Lei Zi and ask him to do it immediately.

evening.

Dongfang Wenying came back and brought roses.

Rose-like eyes look at the nose and the nose looks at the heart. She wears a skirt embroidered with four broken branch patterns of autumn fragrance silk thread, an indigo short jacket embroidered with pine needles and a drooping beard, and an autumn fragrance-colored skirt with colorful round flowers and lotus leaves. She has a bun on her head, an agate hairpin, a golden hairpin, and a pair of red agate earrings. She doesn't look like a maid at all with this outfit.

I don’t know what reason Dongfang Wenying used to ask Xia to release the person.

Until the moment Qiangwei saw Jian Xi, her tears fell like beads that had broken off the string.

Jian Xi hurried forward and held Qiangwei's hand to comfort her, "Okay, stop crying." She turned around and said with a smile, "Thank you so much, sister-in-law. I really don't know how to thank you."

Dongfang Wenying rubbed her sore neck and said, "I'm really tired after a long day. You can thank me tomorrow. I'll leave the people here for you. I'll go back and get some sleep." After saying this, she yawned and left with a crowd of maids and servants. She came and left in a hurry.

Jian Xi smiled as she sent Dongfang Wenying out. When she came back, Qiangwei had already recovered.

"Today, General Shen's wife came to pay her respects to the Madam Dowager, and the Princess also came to join in the fun. As they chatted, they said they wanted to take a concubine for General Shen. The Princess praised me, and the Madam Dowager couldn't stand the two of them singing the same tune. The old lady had been tired after staying up for a long time, so she simply agreed. When Madam Shen came back, she asked me to follow her, and I thought it must be the girl who was helping me behind the scenes."

After Qiangwei finished speaking, Jian Xi actually admired her sister-in-law. Xia was not an ordinary woman in the inner house. She had some skills to be able to coax her to release her trusted maid.

"Then what are your plans for the future?"

Qiangwei knelt down and said, "Miss, I can check the accounts and do embroidery. I don't want to be a slave anymore. I only beg you to let me have a job under you so that I can support myself."

It has been half a year since she last parted with Jian Xi. She has been walking on thin ice during this period. Her family's cold-bloodedness has broken her heart.

The steward who had been engaged to him was extremely happy when he found out that he was marrying the daughter of the housekeeper. He had no regrets at all. Fortunately, they had met before and he had made a vow to her. He originally thought he had met his true love, but now it seemed ridiculous.

To outsiders, she seemed to be Xia's trusted maid, but only she herself knew that Xia treated her as just a toy, like a pet cat or dog, who could be sent to any family to make a living.

The wife of housekeeper Zhao relied on the fact that her husband was the prince's confidant, and she would go to her room every day to look at this and touch that, and even said, "You will be my daughter-in-law in the future, and these things will belong to my family. You will have to give them as a dowry in the future. Women have always regarded their husbands as their God, and you should learn to be filial to your parents-in-law and considerate to your husband."

I heard that the son of housekeeper Zhao's lover in the brothel had become pregnant with his child, and he raised the child outside. He often went out to gamble and spread the word that when he married Qiangwei in the future, all the dowry and money would be his.

Qiangwei doesn't want to be a leftover cuckold. If she has to marry into such a family in the future, she might as well just kill herself.

She has her own skills, and Dongfang Wenying has already sent people to bring all her things back for her. If she plans carefully, she will be able to live a worry-free life for the rest of her life.

The only problem is that she has no one to rely on. For an orphan to guard a large amount of property is like a child carrying gold through a busy city.

She has to find someone to back her up.

Qiangwei took out the emerald pendant wrapped in a handkerchief from her bosom again, "Please help me, young lady!"

This time, Jian Xi took the pendant and gently helped Qiangwei up.

"Get up, I promised you before that if you have no place to stay in the future, I will be your support. But I didn't take you in because of our past friendship. I took you in because of your ability. You are useful to me and I need you!"

Lei Zi is a man after all, and most of the people she has available are members of the Qi family. People cannot resist the temptation in the face of absolute interests.

She didn't want to gamble on people's hearts. Now she needed someone with outstanding abilities to balance the forces under her control. Qiangwei was the best choice. Such a person had outstanding abilities and no backing, so she was the easiest to control.

Qiangwei's heart trembled suddenly and her pupils dilated slightly. She thought Jian Xi would definitely use their previous friendship as an excuse, but she didn't expect her to go straight to the point and say that she valued her abilities!

"Since the young lady is so frank, I won't hide anything. Now I am like a floating duckweed. It is my good fortune that the young lady can use me. I am at your service."

She didn't think Jian Xi was heartless, she was just glad that she still had value to be used.