Chapter 311 - Chapter 311: Chapter 311: Overall Arrangement 1 (1/2)

Chapter 311: Chapter 311: Overall Arrangement 1

On the other hand, Wei Ruo, without the company of Wei Qingwan, arrived at Xianqiuge.

Originally, this was a side room of the prefecture’s office, but now it has become the place where Wei Ruo and a group of female scholars and managers handle affairs.

The people working with Wei Ruo were capable managers and female accountants, chosen by Madam Yuan, the Seventh Prince, and the noble ladies of Taizhou prefecture, especially sent to assist Wei Ruo in coordinating disaster relief.

As relief efforts involve many people, money, and food supplies, it is necessary to arrange different refugees in different places, solve their housing and food problems, dispatch food and money, allocate supervision staff; there are many tasks to be done.

Madam Yuan and Madam Qin come here every day. Madam Qin is involved in the entire process, helping with the work, while Madam Yuan spends some time each day to accompany everyone and assist with any needs.

Wei Ruo first went to see Madam Yuan in the next room.

Seeing that Wei Ruo came later than the previous two days, Madam Yuan asked with concern, “Was there something wrong, or are you tired?”

“No problem. I was just delayed a bit because my mother asked me to bring my younger sister here before I left the house,” Wei Ruo explained.

Madam Yuan was aware of Wei Ruo’s relationship with her family, and knew about the incident where Wei Qingwan caused Wei Ruo to nearly fall into the water. So she knew that Wei Qingwan had no good intentions towards Wei Ruo.

Now that Madam Wei wants Wei Ruo to bring her sister here, her intentions are not hard to guess.

“Your mother probably wants your sister to earn a good reputation too, right?” Madam Yuan said.

In these few days, Wei Ruo had shown her abilities and insights to the noble ladies of Taizhou Prefecture, and everyone praised how Wei Ruo, the eldest daughter of the Wei family, was clever and talented. This led to her reputation as a brilliant woman spreading far and wide.

For large families, when choosing a wife, they value managerial skills and character in future matrons. Thus, someone like Wei Ruo is very popular. She believed that after this disaster relief, more people would want to have a marital alliance with the Wei family.

“If my sister performs well, it will be very favorable for both herself and the Wei family. In the short term, it adds to the Wei family’s achievements; in the long term, it is greatly beneficial for her marriage,” Wei Ruo said.

“If she’s good to you, that’s fine. But she has ill intentions towards you. Given my temperament, if someone provokes me first, I certainly won’t repay their ill-will with kindness,” Madam Yuan laughed.

“That’s why I had Qingyi take her to Huichung Pavilion. Please forgive me, Madam, for making arrangements without consulting you first,” Wei Ruo said. “Not a big deal, didn’t I say these courtyards are at your disposal during this period? You can do whatever you want as long as it doesn’t affect your mood or our work progress,” Madam Yuan said.

“Thank you for your understanding, Madam,” Wei Ruo replied, directing the conversation back to the business at hand. “Madam, has the food inventory that was stored yesterday arrived yet?”

Just arrived,” Madam Yuan handed over the account book she received from the maid to Wei Ruo, and told her, “In just three days, the large granary of the prefecture’s office is already full.”

Wei Ruo took the inventory and started reading it. Then she saw a familiar name – Fan Chengxu.

“Is the owner of Zuixian Residence, Fan Chengxu, also involved? He even donated five thousand taels of silver and ten thousand shi of rice?”