Every time I wear it quickly, there are always big guys giving it away.

In summer, the trees are lush and shady, and birds are singing and insects are buzzing.

"Madam, there is a girl from the Yang family outside the door who wants to see you." Ping Sheng walked forward, took the round fan from a maid, and gently fanned it, and a soft and cool breeze continued to blow.

Chen Jia leaned on the couch, raised her body slightly, and asked curiously, "Daughter of the Yang family?"

She only knew of this one woman named Yang.

Among the group of people rescued by my husband last time, there was a girl named Yang, whose origins were said to be a mystery.

If it were another man, and he brought back a young woman quietly and kept her in another courtyard, Chen Jia would have suspected that he had a mistress.

But her husband had explained this matter on the day he came back, telling her not to worry about it. Daily supervision was also handed over to a secret guard and Xia Wei. He never said one thing to her in front of her and another behind her back.

In this matter, she is also willing to give a little of her trust.

If she remembered correctly: it seemed that the woman had been freed some time ago.

"Why are you here at this time?" Chen Jia pondered for a moment. Curious about her purpose, she asked a maid to bring someone over.

"Greetings, Madam." The woman in the hall gently touched the ground with her forehead. Her posture of greeting was a little awkward but very standard.

After waiting for a while, I heard a clear and soft voice like pearls hitting jade, "Get up."

Yang Mei breathed a sigh of relief and slowly stood up, not daring to raise her head too much.

Common people in this era were as lowly as grass. If they offended a noble, it was common to be beaten to death.

Even though Yang Mei was not used to it, she still valued her life very much!

What's more, since she has something to ask for, she should be sincere.

"Please give Miss Yang a seat and serve her tea." Chen Jia casually gave the order and the maid naturally obeyed it.

"Thank you, ma'am!" Before Yang Mei could refuse, a clever little maid led Yang Mei to a seat and placed a cup of freshly brewed tea beside her. Yang Mei had no choice but to thank her.

"Madam, a few months ago, I was fortunate enough to be rescued by Lord Xi, and thus escaped a lot of torture." Yang Mei took a sip of tea and said what she had prepared in her heart, "Your kindness is as great as a mountain, and I have no way to repay you, so I made some cakes from my hometown by myself and came to thank you!"

"This is a trivial matter, not worth mentioning." Chen Jia didn't care at all, she didn't move her head on the couch, and said in a calm voice.

Yang's scalp frowned at the other party's indifference, but when he thought of the so-called "big shots" he had met recently, their attitudes were even worse and they did not treat civilians as human beings at all.

In comparison, the lady in the hall just had a cold attitude, which was much better than what I had expected before coming here.

"Although the matter is small, it is related to my life's fortune. I have to report it!" Yang Mei sighed sincerely and opened the food box that had been checked. "I dare to present the cakes and pastries, I hope Madam will not despise it."

The small three-layer food box contains three plates of exquisite pastries, and each type of pastry is the most popular variety in the shop.

The first thing Yang Mei did after she became free was to pawn a necklace she was wearing. It was not a rare treasure, but its craftsmanship was rare, so it was worth some money.

The second thing was to buy a shop with two entrances. The front was used as a pastry shop, and the back had a yard and two rooms that could be used as a residence.

Yang Mei is good at marketing and knows how to improve the taste and style of cakes.

Since the shop opened, there has been an endless stream of customers looking to buy her products, which has also attracted the covetousness of some people with ulterior motives. Seeing that she was all alone, they used some dirty tricks to force her to give up the shop and hand over her cake recipes.

Yang Mei endured it for a while and it was really hard for her to express it.

It turns out that in this strange era, it is so difficult and luxurious to live well by one's own efforts.

"I think that enjoying this cake and this fragrant tea together is a great blessing in life!"

Yang Mei calmed her slightly fluctuating emotions and watched the maids place several plates of cakes and pastries on the table next to the lady. Then another maid came forward to try them one by one.

After going through such a troublesome process, the lady finally just picked up a small piece with chopsticks and ate it, then took the handkerchief to wipe the corners of her lips, "This cake tastes sweet and refreshing. It's really good to have a piece while drinking tea. Thank you for your trouble."

Chen Jia loves sweet food, so this cake with a slightly less sweet taste does not please her, but it is suitable for those literati who are not used to eating sweet food.

The previous preparation was lengthy but in vain. Yang Mei sensed the boredom in the other party's tone and gritted her teeth to get to the point, "I came to visit you this time, and actually brought a magical thing with me."

"Oh?" Chen Jia became a little interested.

Yang Mei opened the box, and inside were four blocks of different colors with beautiful patterns printed on them. She pointed at the blocks and introduced them: "Madam, please look, this is the soap that we usually use in our hometown. We call it soap there. It can be used to wash hands and face... This one is osmanthus soap, this one is mugwort and poria soap, this one is camellia soap, and this one is pearl beauty soap."

The real thing that attracted the covetousness of all parties was this small square of soap, but the first square soap launched by the store did not have so many varieties.

It was precisely because of the huge profit prospects of this thing that Yang Mei did not dare to continue selling it.

At least, you need a stable backer.

The tray with four bars of soap was right in front of her. Chen Jia changed her previous laziness, sat up straight, and randomly picked up a piece of pink and white soap with a gorgeous camellia printed on it. A faint fragrance wafted over, refreshing her heart.

When talking about the uses of soap, Yang Mei talked endlessly.

Chen Jia played with the soap in her hand, "Is this thing really as useful as you said?"

Yang Mei calmly replied: "Madam, please give it a try!"

It was not until she was politely escorted out of the door by the maid that Yang Mei's light soul seemed to fall back onto her body. She knew: today's goal had been at least half achieved!

The hired coachman arrived at the designated location on time. Yang Mei lifted the curtain and sat on the coach, a smile slowly appearing on the corners of her mouth.

Xi Changkong, who was sitting in front of his desk, finished his day's official duties and returned to the mansion. Yun Zheng came forward to greet him and followed him, telling him everything that had happened in the mansion that day.

Xi Changkong sneered when he heard this, "She is quite good at calculating..." He knew that if he asked Xia Wei or him for help directly, he would definitely return empty-handed, so he wanted to please the lady and achieve his goal in a roundabout way.

Yun Zheng immediately said: "Then I will go over and warn them--"

Xi Changkong thought about it and said, "If it can please the Madam, I don't mind her taking advantage of the situation, but you should be sensible. Send someone to warn her so as not to mess up the hierarchy."

In fact, it is to remind the other party that you can take advantage of the situation, but there is no free lunch in the world. It depends on whether the other party is willing to give up their interests.

Even though Yang Mei had been set free on the surface, Xi Changkong thought it was still necessary to find out about the movements of this person who had appeared out of nowhere and whose origins could not be traced no matter what, after she was set free.