Chapter 170 The Maids’ Thoughts

If Qiuxiang only thought that Lu Yuan was the master of the Lu Mansion when she first met him, even though he was a top scholar, she had also met talented men before.

The reason why Qiuxiang came to Beicheng was because she felt extremely insecure.

After leaving the Lu Mansion, she didn't know where to go.

On weekdays, Qiuxiang spends the most time with Chunzhu.

But Qiuxiang looked down on Chunzhu from the bottom of her heart.

Chunzhu, as a maid, has no sense of hierarchy. She is obviously Xu Qiuyue's maid, but she treats Xu Qiuyue without any distinction of primary and secondary.

Even though Chunzhu is the veteran maid in the mansion, Xu Qiuyue is the master, so there must be a distinction between superiors and subordinates.

When facing Lu Yuan, Chun Zhu was very respectful, but he often said bad things about Lu Yuan in private.

Chunzhu rarely says bad things about Xu Qiuyue, but says bad things about Lu Yuan every day.

For example, Lu Yuan was very stingy, mean, and cruel. He treated his servants harshly and was even more cruel when he was an official. He would beat people to death without any hesitation.

But Qiuxiang doesn't think so.

When I first came to North City, everyone saw how lifeless it was.

She felt that coming to North City was a wrong choice. She knew that North City was not a good place and was very poor, but she didn't expect it to be so poor.

But now!
Outside there are bustling crowds, lively streets, all kinds of delicious snacks and exquisite ornaments.

She watched North City become what it is today, little by little.

She is literate and has been to school.

Therefore, she became the manager here. As a woman serving as a manager, she was questioned by many people at that time, but with just one word from Lu Yuan, no one dared to question her.

Anyone who sees her now has to respectfully call her Manager Qiuxiang.

Qiuxiang had seen big scenes before, and she had worried that she would not be able to handle everything, but she knew even more clearly that if she missed this opportunity, it would be gone.

Qiuxiang is grateful to Xu Qiuyue. She is grateful to Xu Qiuyue for giving her the opportunity.

It was Xu Qiuyue who said in front of Lu Yuan that she was a talented person and it was a waste to follow her.

Then Lu Yuan gave her a chance.

Qiuxiang is now so busy every day that she has no time to think about her future. She is old and cannot have children, so all these things are over in her life.

The vegetables grown by these villagers are now in harvest season.

However, Lu Yuan's farm had a good harvest of vegetables, and he didn't need to use these vegetables at all. But the people were in urgent need of money, and Lu Yuan also needed money.

Since Lu Yuan came to this North City, he has been spending money like water and making losses every day.

Qiuxiang guessed how much the loss was without looking at the accounts.

So she has to make use of these vegetables. Some of them can be made into pickles, and some can be made into sauces.

But it’s best to be able to sell it directly.

Qiuxiang had to take inventory and settle accounts every day and sell these things to the next town.

And those sea fish, which are eaten fresh, are too expensive to keep fresh.

All of these need to be processed, pickled, made into delicious snacks, and then sold at a high price.

Xu Qiuyue knows how to cook delicious food, and she has taught the skills to the workers. However, the management of the workers and the sale of sea fish all need to be managed by Qiuxiang.

Then there are the merchants coming from outside, Qiuxiang also has to entertain them, as she is expecting them to take these things back in large quantities to sell!
Qiuxiang's monthly allowance increased, and she wore the same fancy clothes she had worn before.

Some people even began to pursue Qiuxiang, and even though they knew that Qiuxiang was infertile, they were still willing to marry her and make her the mistress of the family.

Although he was willing to marry Qiuxiang as his wife because his wife had passed away and there were still children in the family.

But this was something Qiuxiang had never dared to imagine.

However, Qiuxiang once dared not even think about the future, and now she rejects everything.

Qiuxiang once thought that she would never love anyone, but she couldn't control her heartbeat.

She thought that a man like Lu Yuan would not always have only one wife and would definitely take a concubine. When the time came, she would just be a concubine.

She was willing to wait. After Lu Yuan took a concubine, she was willing to be Xu Qiuyue's knife and help deal with those concubines. This way she could repay Xu Qiuyue's kindness and fulfill her own wish.

Qiuxiang could see that Xu Qiuyue didn't care about Lu Yuan that much.

Love or not is actually very obvious.

You can find it if you observe carefully.

Xu Qiuyue doesn't like the housekeeper, so she can help Xu Qiuyue with the housekeeping when the time comes.

She has become accustomed to the Lu Mansion, and she doesn't want to go anywhere else except the Lu Mansion.

"Qiuxiang, Madam has promoted you to be a steward, so just do your job well and don't think about those unnecessary things."

Chunzhu said coldly to Qiuxiang.

As a maid, she could see Qiuxiang's little thoughts.

For example, she took the initiative to sew shoes for Lu Yuan.

Qiuxiang is very good at embroidery and the shoes she embroidered are very beautiful.

But the lady did not say anything. As a maid, it was a bit too much for her to take the initiative to embroider shoes for Lu Yuan.

Although Qiuxiang said that Xu Qiuyue asked her to embroider it, Lu Yuan accepted it.

But Chunzhu knew that Xu Qiuyue did not ask Qiuxiang to embroider anything for Lu Yuan.

Because many of Xu Qiuyue's clothes were prepared by Lu Yuan.

Xu Qiuyue only prepared some food for Lu Yuan.

"Chunzhu, you should just serve the Madam well! As the Madam's only maid, why do you run to the barracks all day long?"

Qiuxiang was not very polite to Chunzhu.

Qiuxiang also knew what Chunzhu was thinking.

When Chunzhu was in the capital, she was determined to get married.

Unfortunately, I have never met the right one.

But one time on the construction site, someone happened to cause trouble. Chunzhu had never seen the world and was scared. Niu Dali saved Chunzhu. Since then, Chunzhu has been running to the barracks more often. He also learned some cooking skills from Xu Qiuyue and became the chef in the barracks.

Then Chunzhu began to cook with full concentration.

There were a lot of people in the barracks, and Chunzhu had a few maids to help. They were busy from morning to night and had no time to serve Xu Qiuyue.

"I'm doing this for my wife. County Magistrate Niu is your confidant. My wife asked me to help keep an eye on County Magistrate Niu."

Chun Zhu said confidently.

Because Xu Qiuyue did say that.

Moreover, the people in these barracks are very pitiful. For the peace of the North Sea, they go out to sea to fight sea monsters. If they are unlucky, their lives may end.

County Lieutenant Liu lost an arm and was about to lose his position as county lieutenant.

If Lu Yuan hadn't suppressed the matter, saying he would wait until County Lieutenant Liu recovered from his injury before dealing with it.

County Magistrate Liu was afraid that he would lose his official position.

Chunzhu is actually quite worried about Niu Dali.

Although Niu Dali is not very handsome, he is very friendly, just like the brother next door.

Niu Dali is a martial arts expert, and none of Lu Yuan’s guards can match him.

He also killed the sea monster.

The group dragged back the huge corpse of the sea monster.

Chunzhu had never seen such a big fish in his life.