Chapter 20: Thank you Madam

The beautiful lady looked at her hesitantly, her eyes fixed on the flickering candlelight, and asked, "Can't we watch it tomorrow?"

"No, Madam Gan will definitely leave tomorrow. When that time comes, I can't pay her monthly allowance myself, right?" Xiao Jiuyue said helplessly.

"That won't do." When the beautiful lady heard that Xiao Jiuyue had to pay for it herself, she immediately handed the account book back to her and said, "Yuer, then I'll accompany you."

Soon, Xiao Jiuyue knew how the beautiful mother accompanied her. She swung the sewing basket, picked up the needle in her hand, and her fingertips flew up and down. The candlelight flickered. Looking at the beauty under the light, it was as if a hazy filter was turned on, which was pleasing to the eye.

"Mom is so beautiful." Xiao Jiuyue praised sincerely, the gentle and beautiful Jie Yuhua. No wonder daddy has been doting on his beautiful mother for so many years.

"You child." The beautiful mother raised her eyes, glanced at her, and said, "Our Yue'er is the pretty one, Yue'er..." The beautiful mother thought of her marriage. This delay...

Xiao Jiuyue noticed that she was worrying about her marriage again, so she decisively lowered her head and opened the account book: "Mom, I want to see the account book."

The beautiful lady sighed in her heart and buried her head in embroidering clothes again. The weather was getting colder, so Yue'er still needed a new coat.

The mother and daughter were each doing their own thing. Xiao Jiuyue occasionally looked up and saw her beautiful mother busy making clothes for her. She felt a sense of peace and tranquility in her heart. She silently swore in her heart that she must let such a loving family continue.

It was dawn.

Xiao Jiuyue stopped Gan Li, who was about to go back to her parents' home, with the account book. She made a lot of noise, and Xiao Jiuyue had spanked Xiao Wenping so hard yesterday that his buttocks were bruised. The servants were especially polite to her when they saw her. Along the way, Xiao Jiuyue met many people who stopped to say hello to her.

"If you have anything to say, let's wait until I return to my parents' home." When Gan Li heard that she was asked for money, she wished she could leave faster.

"Madam Gan, since you are in a hurry to go back to your parents' home, you should pay the servants' monthly wages. No matter whether it is the maids or servants in the family, they work diligently every day, isn't it just for this little monthly wage?" Xiao Jiuyue's clear voice was heard clearly by the servants in the old house!

What, Miss Xiao, are you asking for monthly wages from them?

We must support it!

So, originally there were only some gossiping servants, but now, all the servants in the old house came over after hearing the noise, and blocked the front yard tightly in an instant.

"The Xiao family has never owed their servants a penny, even after their property was ransacked." Xiao Jiuyue's voice rang out, and the servants of the old house who had gathered around applauded excitedly in their hearts. Counting the days, they hadn't received their monthly salary for five months!

Lian Xin straightened her back and said, "I grew up in the Xiao family, and the monthly salary I received has never been less. Even when I returned to Hongdu from Shengjing, the eldest lady paid the full monthly salary and released the servants who signed the working contract."

Luo Kui also echoed loudly: "That's right, Madam Gan, you can't ruin the reputation of the Xiao family."

Gan Li's face changed. Listening to the master and servant's echoing words, she said in a deep voice, "Isn't it that something happened to the Xiao family..."

"When something bad happened to the Xiao family, you didn't even send money to Shengjing to help? Every year, Grandfather sends quite a bit of money to the old house for repairs." Xiao Jiuyue pretended not to know. "Well, I'll have someone go and ask if the old house is struggling to make ends meet and is deducting the people's monthly wages."

"Don't." Gan Li interrupted her immediately after hearing it. She looked at Xiao Jiuyue's beautiful face. This girl really didn't know what face was. She actually asked her for money in public.

Gan Li gritted her teeth, looked at the servants gathered around her, and said, "Don't worry, the Xiao family will definitely not deduct your monthly salary. Didn't we pay out the previous ones?"

"There's an emergency at my parents' home. When I come back, I'll make sure to give everyone this month's pay in full." Gan Li said as she was about to leave.

Xiao Jiuyue gave her a look, and Jin Wen and Jin Wu blocked her path. Xiao Jiuyue stepped forward and said, "I know Madam Gan is anxious, so I've specially sorted out all the accounts for you. You just need to be responsible for paying the money."

Lian Xin held out the account book and said, "Mrs. Gan, please take a look."

Gan Li: "..." She looked at Xiao Jiuyue with eyes that seemed to want to eat her alive.

Xiao Jiuyue's lips curled slightly: "Madam Gan, you don't have to thank me too much."

Who wants to thank you?

Gan Li almost gritted her teeth. Being stared at by Xiao Jiuyue like that, she still wanted to use the trick of not having enough silver.

Who would have thought that Xiao Jiuyue would say lightly, "Madam Gan, if you don't have enough silver, don't worry. It's only a short distance away, you can just go and get it. Look, everyone is looking forward to you giving out the monthly salary. It would be bad to disappoint so many people, right?"

Xiao Jiuyue turned around and said to the servants of the old house, "Why don't you hurry up and thank Madam?"

The servants who had originally thought that they had no chance of getting the monthly salary now said in unison: "Thank you, madam." The loud voice echoed throughout the front yard.

Everyone looked at Gan Li with eager eyes, and whispered to each other, calculating how much their five-month salary was!

Gan Li was in a dilemma and had to ask someone to pay the money before she could return to her parents' home in anger.

"Lianxin, distribute the monthly wages to everyone according to their names. As long as everyone works diligently, the Xiao family will never treat them unfairly in the future." As soon as Xiao Jiuyue finished speaking, he turned around and left.

"Thank you, Miss."

"Miss, we must work hard."

Xiao Jiuyue returned to the west courtyard and could still faintly hear the excited discussions of the servants in the old house.

Lian Xin came back after distributing the monthly wages and handed over the account book, saying, "Miss, the servants are all very grateful to you."

"Let people pay more attention to see who dares to be disloyal and make trouble..." Xiao Jiuyue's eyes were slightly cold. As long as they did their job, she could increase the monthly salary, but if anyone dared to be disloyal and make trouble, don't blame her for being rude.

"Don't worry, Miss. Jin Wen and Jin Wu are in the front yard, and Luo Kui and I are watching the backyard." Lian Xin answered seriously.

"Yeah." After Xiao Jiuyue finished her work, she sat on the couch. The warm sunlight from outside the window shone in, and she lay down in her rare leisure time.

After things at the old house are settled, it’s time to find a way to make money.

"Miss, something bad has happened. Young Master Jiayuan broke his leg." A cry of surprise rang out, and Xiao Jiuyue woke up from her half-close sleep and walked out directly.

"Jiayuan, why don't you listen? Do you think you can go to the mountains? And you climb trees." The beautiful mother scolded while crying. Seeing that Xiao Jiayuan's legs were broken and he couldn't walk, her sobbing cry made her feel both distressed and uncomfortable.

"Call the doctor." After Xiao Jiuyue gave the order, she saw Meirenniang and Xiao Jiayuan with tears in their eyes. Seeing Xiao Jiayuan's legs, she felt relieved. Before she could say anything, Xiao Jiayuan looked at her with clear and watery eyes: "Sister." His aggrieved voice sounded like a poor little deer.