C96

When she was close to the eighth level, Xie Jingxi actually had nothing to do, everything had already been arranged beforehand. As long as she prepared the ingredients she would need for that day, she decided to take the opportunity to go to the Marquis Mansion Villa. She should have gone a few days ago. However, she had been caught in the middle of a chain of events. Now that the weather wasn't too hot, it was more important for him to hurry over.

Xie Jingxi only brought Fang Dai out, and it was also at Gu Yun's instruction. She told her to always bring Fang Dai with her every time she went out alone, and even allowed Ming Yu to eat some vinegar.

The few cottages in Marquis Mansion took up a good amount of land, the water, fat, and fields were beautiful took up a lot of land, and the fields were filled with working men. Before summer even arrived, they had already arrived, and the woman was a little embarrassed.

"Is this place even part of the Marquis Mansion? It looks pretty good." Xie Jingxi asked.

Fang Dai replied: "This land is not ours, it's filled with fertile land, a large portion of it belongs to officials and nobles of the royal family, and a few of the lands belonging to the Marquis Mansion were even given to us by the Grand Ancestor back then. If I remember correctly, this land should belong to the Eastern Palace."

It turned out to be from the Eastern Palace Clan. Xie Jingxi lifted up a small curtain of the carriage, looked outside once, then put it down again. After that, she narrowed her eyes at the carriage somewhat boringly, and walked for a good while before arriving at the Marquis Mansion Villa.

Chief Steward Yan, who was on top of the manor, brought his men to welcome them early on. Seeing Xie Jingxi's horse carriage come over, he stepped forward and bowed, "This lowly one has been waiting for Grand Mistress for a long time.

Fang Dai helped Xie Jingxi down from the carriage, and she looked around at the manor, "You may not have a rest, I just need to take a look at the manor, do your best, don't mind me."

Manager Yan said: "Grand Mistress, you are too polite. Second Young Master had already said this a long time ago, if Grand Mistress comes over, you would definitely greet him. If you have anything you want to ask, feel free to look for me."

"Then I will have to trouble you, Manager Yan. Why don't you go to the fields and have a look? This is a good day, I will take a walk outside."

"Of course, I'll bring you there."

At this time of the year, many farmers could be seen in the fields. Manager Yan introduced them to her as he walked, "The daughter-in-law of Li Zheng's family in the field, the couple are also old people in the manor. The plot of land they reserved is good for harvesting year after year."

Xie Jingxi nodded her head in satisfaction, she looked around and asked: "Why don't we find a few strong young men to work, wouldn't that be better?"

Grand Mistress doesn't know anything, but all the villager and his wife have their own benefits, and our village has a lot of young and strong labour, so you don't have to worry about it. Furthermore, as long as they have some ambition, they are not willing to throw their strength into the fields, it is our Second Young Master that is the one to decide on their work, so they are willing to stay with us for the rest of the year.

Xie Jingxi thought for a while, then pointed to a field in the distance and asked: "Is that place ours too?"

"Tell me, over there, it's not mine, it seems to be bought by a rich merchant from the south. Previously, it was the King Qin that came, but after a few upheavals, this piece of land under his name was bought by that rich merchant, in fact, the pieces of land to the east are also the King Qin's, but now they are under the Eastern Palace Clan's name, and they have already been given to the two Zhang Family Brothers, so their family's land is filled with men, don't look at it, the harvests are sometimes inferior to ours."

Supervisor Yan had been in the manor for a long time, so his speech was extremely simple and honest. He did not make any twists and turns, and the words' King Qin 'were not easily mentioned, but in the manor, he did not have any of these worries. Xie Jingxi did not interrupt him when she heard it, and it was rather interesting when she had Butler Yan along the way.

At this time of the year, the majority of the food she ate was still porridge and it would not be easy to have a taste. Therefore, Xie Jingxi was very happy and even personally went down to pick some vegetables, "I don't know if there are any wild vegetables around here, I want to pick some."

When Xie Jingxi was young and lived in the countryside, she would eat wild vegetables every year. She missed eating them for many years, but seeing that the Grand Mistress didn't have any airs of arrogance, Manager Yan was overjoyed and went to pick a lot personally. Just like this, they were delayed for a long time. Chief Steward Yan looked at the sky out of habit, "It seems that the sky is about to change. This spring there will be a lot of rain, so don't cause any trouble."

"Since the sky is going to change, I'd better hurry back."

I've been staying in the manor all year round, and I know it's going to rain. Even if you go now, you'll still meet them halfway. It's not easy to go back to the countryside, and getting stuck in the mud is not a joke.

Xie Jingxi frowned, she did not say that she would stay the night when she came out, Gu Yun would definitely be worried, "Let's return to the villa first, if we really cannot leave, then there will be no other way."

Xie Jingxi tried her best to remain calm, thinking that if she really couldn't go back, Gu Yun should be able to guess it. Just as they returned to the manor, a heavy rain fell. Not to mention the people, even the horses were unwilling to leave in such a heavy rain. Xie Jingxi sighed, thinking to herself that they would need to stay for the night.

"This rain is a good rain for the farmers, but unfortunately for the Grand Mistress, if it is like this for the next night, it will be hard to say whether I can leave tomorrow." As long as it doesn't rain tomorrow, I will think of a way to send you out. However, I will have to tell you about the rooms later, but since Second Young Master comes here occasionally, I don't mind if I have to tell you about the things inside, since there are a lot of rooms, but since the Second Young Master comes here occasionally, I can't let you stay in that clean room. As for the other things, they have all been replaced, so don't mind me.

Who knew that such a sunny day would suddenly rain, and seeing that she did not have a choice, he could only nod his head and agree, "Since that is the case, Manager, please go and arrange it, I am not afraid of anything."

"Ah, Young Mistress, you really are a Bodhisattva."

The old mother brought Xie Jingxi and into the house that was properly tidied up. It looked like it had just been washed in the sun, and there was still the smell of sunlight coming from the house, the place was very clean, and there were no unnecessary decorations, so Xie Jingxi was satisfied with what she saw, "Thank you mother."

Grand Mistress, you are too polite. I will prepare dinner for you right now, how about the wild vegetables you brought back and made some porridge for you?

"I won't mind. I've eaten before, I really like it. Mom, just do whatever you want."

After the old lady went down, Xie Jingxi sat down and brewed a cup of tea, "Fang Dai, do you and the young master have any methods to pass on the message?"

"Mistress, don't worry. I've already given you the letter, so you should be relieved to have me with Eldest Young Master. Just relax for the night," Mistress, don't worry, I've already given you the letter, so you should be relieved to have me with Eldest Young Master.

When Fang Dai said this, Xie Jingxi's heart calmed down a lot. She only wanted to stay for the night, if she did not greet Gu Yun, he would be safe to stay for a few more days. In the evening, Xie Jingxi had cooked a lot of good things. It had been a long time since she had eaten such a fresh dish, and her appetite was stirred up.

After eating, Xie Jingxi lit up the lamp and read a few pages of books. Fortunately, she had brought a few books with her, but unexpectedly, they were brought here just in time to relieve her boredom. However, the sleepiness from the trip to bed was gone. She had finally moved to a different place. Without her familiar restful smell, her vigilant heart could no longer be suppressed. She kept tossing and turning, unable to sleep soundly.

Just as she was about to rise and drink a mouthful of tea, she suddenly heard a somewhat inaudible sound from one side of the room. Startled, she quietly laid back down and tried to discern the inaudible sound under the cover of the thunderclaps, as if someone was knocking on the other side of the wall.

Xie Jingxi was extremely suspicious, she did not dare make a sound, she only silently noted down the frequency of the knocking. After a while, the knocking sound stopped, and only after a while, she could not sleep anymore, and after tossing and turning, she barely managed to wait until dawn. She opened the window to take a look, and saw that the rain had stopped.

Fang Dai slept outside, she woke up earlier than Xie Jingxi, and upon hearing that Xie Jingxi had woken up, she came in to help him wash. Xie Jingxi did not know if she had heard the sound last night, but Fang Dai was a martial artist, so her ears should be rather sensitive, but last night, when the thunder outside was so loud, and when it was knocked on the door, she might not be able to hear it clearly.

Although she could not guess the whole story, Xie Jingxi instinctively felt that this matter should not be known by anyone. When the old lady brought in breakfast, she asked, "Last night's thunder was really loud, Grand Mistress was not affected by it, right?"

"Thanks to mother's congee, I drank comfortably and slept soundly at night. In the end, I was raised in the manor, and if it weren't for the fact that my family wouldn't be able to leave me for a day, I would have really wanted to come and stay for a few more days."

"It's good that you're sleeping well. We are afraid that we will be wronged if you don't show up the next time, Young Mistress. We will definitely prepare ahead of time the next time you want to come."

Just as he was saying that, Chief Steward Yan was outside the room and said, "Grand Mistress, Eldest Young Master rushed over early in the morning and is already at the Manor. Take a look …"

"Everyone says that the Eldest Young Master loves the Grand Mistress, but now they have all witnessed it. We have been to the manor for so many years, but we have never seen the Eldest Young Master. I wonder how he managed to get here." the old mother exclaimed.

Xie Jingxi was a little embarrassed, thinking to herself, why did he rush over so early in the morning?