C113

Qu Ling was too lazy to bother with him, she turned and shouted towards the door: "Let him come up."

Xiao Yi's loud and clear reply immediately came from outside the door: "Yes!"

Xiao Jingyue, "..."

Did this Xiao Yi forget who his master was?

Before long, Murong Yan who was dressed in a bamboo blue robe with wide sleeves appeared at the door.

After greeting each other, the three of them sat down around the table. Murong Yan ignored Xiao Jingyue's extremely unfriendly gaze and started to talk about official matters, "The servants at the South Wind House area in the west street have all been tamed, and the day after tomorrow is a lucky day. If it isn't a good one, why don't we start setting this branch room up, what do you think?"

Qu Ling's eyes lit up, "That's good!"

Actually, this South Wind House should have been opened a long time ago, and had ordered people to watch it several times on the auspicious day. It was just that she had too many things to do during this period of time, which was why she kept delaying.

She didn't want to drag it out any longer either.

Otherwise, what would happen to the third and fourth rooms in the future if all the branches dragged each other around like this? What about her Grand Hegemony?

Murong Yan gently nodded his head, "Since that's the case, I will begin to make the arrangements after we leave later."

Pausing, his expression became more serious as he continued, "There is one more thing. "After this branch is open, I want to go back to the Murong Villa. I'll have Jinyi and Duan Li watch over the West Street, and have Shuang Xue and Ye Qi look after this side of the street for a while. You'll be just like before, it's good that you came over to visit if you have nothing to do."

Duan Li and Ye Qi were the people who helped Chu Yu manage the South Wind House on the west street after he left.

However, the two of them were not servants. They were only responsible for taking care of the yard and sending off some special guests. The daily chores in the pavilion were still managed by the embroidered clothes.

Come to think of it, the one who had said that the noodle house would be opened was Qu Ling, but other than the South Wind House on the west side of the street that she had spent a bit of effort on, she had not bothered with anything else after that.

Even the difficult job of recruiting a waiter was done by Murong Yan.

Qu Ling had always felt rather bad in his heart, but now that he saw that Murong Yan didn't even forget to take care of the matters regarding South Wind House when he returned home, guilt immediately rose in his heart. "Rest assured, you've done so much for South Wind House."

Murong Yan laughed without a care: "Have you forgotten what we said on New Year's Eve last year?"

Qu Ling naturally did not forget.

She said she was going to set up her first restaurant all over the country. She was going to let everyone know that it wasn't a man's right to spend money and drink. Women could do it too.

At that time, Murong Yan only replied: Then I will accompany you, and open up the whole Divine Continent.

Originally, it was an inconceivable and extremely repulsive matter for a lady to open a noodle house, but Murong Yan did not feel that there was anything wrong with her idea at all. Instead, he encouraged her to open one, and fully support her.

And later on, he even put South Wind House on the title of "Murong Villa's Young Master", and unrestrainedly announced that he was the boss behind South Wind House. He did not hesitate to use his identity to recruit business for her, and even helped her block off all those who wanted to come and cause trouble.

Qu Ling had always remembered this friendship even though he had never spoken of it.

Murong Yan came here today mainly to discuss these two matters with Qu Ling.

Now that the discussion was over, he didn't stay any longer and continued with his business.

As for the matter with Second Aunt, he needed to personally confirm before considering whether or not he should tell her about it.

Once Murong Yan left, only Qu Ling and Xiao Jingyue remained in the bedroom.

Just now, when Murong Yan and Qu Ling were talking, Xiao Jingyue sat quietly at the side and listened without interrupting.

Until now, he finally opened his mouth and asked Qu Ling: "Why do you want to open a noodle house?"

Qu Ling, "..."

She didn't dare to tell him because she liked to collect good-looking men and because she felt that courting was not a man's right.

After holding it in for a while, she finally came up with a reasonable excuse: "The family next to the old Jiang manor has a daughter-in-law who has been a widow for many years. That daughter-in-law is quite pretty, and has quite a good reputation in the neighborhood. But one day, there was a rumor in the neighborhood that she had been indiscreet and had gotten mixed up with her father-in-law and had been caught in bed by her mother-in-law … In the end, the daughter-in-law couldn't stand the gossip anymore and jumped into the river to commit suicide. "

At that time, she had thought to herself, if I can't stand the loneliness anymore, I should go find a servant.

Not only did she think about it, she also mentioned this matter to Murong Yan.

Murong Yan said that there were not many noodle houses in the Qi Nation, even if there were, they would not be used to entertain women.

At that time, she decided to open a women's noodle shop when she got back to Qi Jing to collect enough money.

Xiao Jingyue raised his eyebrows, "So?"

Qu Ling said in all seriousness: "I feel that I have the duty to benefit all the lonely women in this world."

Xiao Jingyue, "..."

Staring at each other with wide eyes, he solemnly said, "Your husband will definitely not let madam feel lonely in her room."

Qu Ling, "..."

Thank you so much.

But with your crappy skills, I'd rather be lonely.

Xiao Jingyue retracted his gaze, changed the subject, and asked again: "Where did all the servants of South Wind House come from?"

knew all the details, but he could not explain it too clearly, so he only mentioned it to him in secret.

Most of the footmen were homeless, or were men whose families urgently needed money, or were people with special statuses who couldn't walk under the sun.

But no matter who it was, before putting that person inside the South Wind House, Murong Yan would thoroughly investigate that person's identity and only let them in after confirming that it was harmless.

Regarding Murong Yan's ability, Qu Ling was still very much at ease.

After Xiao Jingyue finished listening, he did not say anything.

But that night, his trusted subordinate received a terrifying mission.

Xiao Yi widened his eyes in disbelief. "Master, you're saying that you want to help the Madam find a clean and pure young servant?"

General Xiao squinted his eyes dangerously.

Xiao Yi immediately changed his words, "Help Madam look for it with her South Wind House."

Pausing for a moment, he then asked, "But, why?"

Weren't you used to looking down on this sort of industry? It's fine if you let the Madam go, but now you're actually helping her?

Xiao Jingyue naturally did not tell him why she said that. She snorted and said: "My lady wants to open a branch office in Yu Cheng at the beginning of the year. If you cannot find twenty by the end of the year, I will give you as payment!"

Xiao Yi: "…"

On the afternoon of the next day, Shuang Xue and the twenty new servants came over.

Qu Ling was wearing a bamboo hat and stood in the hallway of the third floor with his face covered. He looked at the servants in the hall on the first floor and sighed.

These servants had all sorts of looks and styles, but none of the twenty men had any resemblance to each other in terms of appearance or temperament.

It had to be said that Murong Yan was very good at recruiting a young servant.

It was unknown when Xiao Jingyue had walked to Qu Ling's side, but he was looking at the people downstairs with her, pretending to be indifferent: "Madam, do you see anything that looks good?"

Qu Ling giggled: "They look good."

As soon as he said that, the handsome face of the man beside him immediately darkened.