Xianyu Infrastructure, I have a lot of troops in my hands

The next morning, Xie Xian stretched herself and walked slowly past the inkstone pool. She had been busy for the past half month. Yesterday, she had completely handed over the affairs of East Street to Xie Minyan, happily becoming a hands-off manager.

Now that I have some free time, I must make some hotpot to replenish my energy.

Before she could think of what to eat, Qing Dai came hurriedly from the front yard and said, "My Lady, this is a note from Qi Ya, who is with Cui Langjun."

Xie Xian narrowed her eyes, her heart moving slightly as she thought that the wild mandarin ducks from yesterday had become closer.

She took it casually. Ha! This time, they finally changed the place. I guess Mr. Cui has already had a shadow on Guiyun Pavilion!

He looked up at the sky, picked up a bamboo umbrella and went out.

When the servants of the clan saw Xie Xian, they all nodded and greeted her. The garden was covered with fallen leaves, red and yellow all over the ground. There were also a few maids hiding under the flower trees and lazing around.

"If you ask me, you'd better find a good family to marry into," said a round-faced maid.

She was a little angry, "Your brother and sister-in-law are not good people. They keep an eye on your children every month."

A weak voice said, "But my eldest brother said that he was saving it for my dowry."

"You believe this! Are you stupid?" Every time Ju went home, she couldn't even get a bowl of porridge, so how could she expect anything in the future?

"But if I don't give it to you, I'm afraid my brother will ask mother to make trouble again!" The maid named Ju even cried, which meant that this happened more than once.

The round-faced maid rolled her eyes and came up with a good idea: "Why don't you go to the school opened by the second house?"

"I heard that over there, as long as you pay a tuition fee, you can learn some skills! The gardener from the Foreign Affairs Office sent his son there, saying that he had managed to get the job when East Street was recruiting a manager." He couldn't hide the envy in his tone.

"Is it true?" several people asked repeatedly.

The round-faced maid was a little proud: "Why would I lie to you? That's the second house." The second house's mistress was so cunning that even the elders couldn't do anything about it. And the refugees in East City were so obedient this time, thanks to the mistress, otherwise many farms outside the city would have suffered.

"But I heard that after the second wife and the elders had a big fight last time, the tuition fee of the school was raised." Someone said unconvinced.

"What? Do you want to get something for free?" the round-faced maid said contemptuously.

Seeing that no one was talking, she leaned forward a little more and said, "I heard that although the tuition for the orphanage school has been increased, it is open to all clan members, regardless of which branch they are from. Lower-ranking servants are also accepted."

"But we are women?"

"So what if she's a girl? Don't forget, there are girls in that school." She became more and more excited as she spoke.

"That little Li'er is the daughter of Miao Niang, the female official beside the Lady, how can they be the same!"

"You are making a fuss out of nothing. Besides Xiao Li'er, there are other girls in the orphanage. Since there is a girl, we can have one too. Why don't we fight for her now? It's better than being suppressed and unable to get ahead in the future."

The round-faced maid who was speaking stared blankly at the sky outside the wall. She seemed to have thought of something. She looked at Ju with a look of regret.

"You have to think about it carefully. You are not young anymore. Your brother and sister-in-law might sell you away." It is better to save more money and think about yourself.

Several maids were silent for a long time. Ju finally plucked up the courage and said, "Then... I'll try."

Xie Xian walked leisurely through the corridor, ignoring the steward who was waiting beside her with a bow and a sullen look on his face, and also ignored the several maids who had already changed the topic to something else.

After Xie Xian walked away, the gray-clothed servant beside the steward was a little uncertain: "Should we take care of this... matter?"

"What do you care? It makes you look like you have a mouth, doesn't it?" The expression on the manager's round face could not be seen clearly. He glanced at his younger brother with disdain, this tactless guy.

The man in gray scratched his head in confusion.

Guan looked in the direction of Xie Xian and murmured, "The world has changed."

Ziwei Pavilion.

Xie Xian pushed the door open and walked in. Cui Jing had been waiting here for a long time. He was bored and was playing with a jade teacup in his hand. Not far away, on a low table, a slender girl was kneeling and boiling water for tea.

Qi Ya lowered his head and bent to take the bamboo umbrella from her hand.

Xie Xian thought carefully, isn't this Xue Nanzhi with a slender waist? How did she get here?

Xue Nanzhi saw Xie Xian looking at her and stood up to greet her: "Madam Xian is here."

Xie Xian nodded in response.

She turned to look at Cui Jing with a questioning look in her eyes.

Cui Jing just smiled and said nothing.

Xie Xian was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and asked directly, "Have you found those two people yesterday?"

Seeing that Xie Xian ignored her inner annoyance, Xue Nanzhi interrupted and said, "Madam Xian, I wonder if my eldest cousin has made you unhappy."

Xie Xian looked thoughtful: "Is your cousin's surname Qi?"

Xue Nanzhi nodded. She cursed in her heart that Qi Huan was a waste, asking him to trick Wan Jiaojiao into finding out about Liu.

I didn't expect that he coveted Pei family's wealth and actually got together with Wan Jiaojiao. Now that he was caught red-handed, he even asked her to cover up for him.

Xie Xian had a look of "I see." She was complaining in her heart that the man was Xue Nanzhi's older cousin.

"Since he is your cousin, why do you have to come and speak for him?" Xie Xian was really confused. In general, this kind of thing is handled by the person in charge of the family, but the Xue family actually asked this unmarried girl to come and ask for someone. This shows that the men in his family are really useless.

She couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Xue Nanzhi. Her fiancé was a loser and her eldest cousin was a gambler. What a poor woman.

Xue Nanzhi lowered his head and looked in Cui Jing's direction with some resentment.

Qi Ya said expressionlessly. "Today, I ran into Mr. Qi at the back door of the gambling house. It seemed that he was being chased for debt and was blocked in the alley. When he heard that Mr. Qi was looking for someone, he couldn't wait to admit that he had trespassed into Liuhe Garden yesterday.

Xie Xian curled her lips. She could make people "impatient" to admit that Mr. Cui had good means. In this market, the Cui family was indeed more resourceful.

Qi Ya just said that someone broke into Liuhe Garden yesterday and the young man lost something, so they launched a large-scale search.

Xue Nanzhi was a little confused as to why Lady Xian came when Mr. Cui lost something. But she had something to ask of someone and it was inconvenient for her to ask.

This time, he only hoped to get that idiot Qi Heng out. Thinking of his gambling "cousin", his weeping expression became more real.

Xie Xian's mind raced, and she understood what Cui Jing meant. She calmly sat opposite Xue Nanzhi.

Xie Xian calmly poured herself a bowl of tea and spoke in a steady tone, "Madam Xue, do you know what the relationship is between your cousin from the Qi family and the concubine of the Pei family?"

Upon hearing this, Xue Nanzhi's hands suddenly froze and a trace of panic flashed in her eyes. "He...what kind of relationship could there be between them?" She was feeling uneasy, wondering if Xie Xian had discovered something.