C96 (1/2)

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.