This time, it was several female relatives of the Xu family who came.

Madam Xu the Second led the eldest son of the Xu family and her daughter into the shop, and immediately spotted Song Ning, who was busy working nearby.

He greeted her familiarly, "Xiao Ning."

Song Ning looked over and saw several people staring at her with smiles.

"Is there something you need?"

"Actually, it's nothing. We just heard you're opening a shop, so we're here to help you."

Song Ning was taken aback, then asked with a smile, "Help? You guys?"

"Yes, it's us. Don't underestimate us just because we're women. We can do anything. If there's anything you can't do yourself, just leave it to us."

Song Ning looked at the group and asked, "Can you do any kind of work?"

When Madam Xu saw that there was a chance, she immediately became excited: "Yes, I can do any kind of work."

Song Ning thought for a moment and said, "Then come with me."

The girls were overjoyed; as expected, Song Ning still cared about them.

Once inside the backyard, Song Ning pointed to a patch of land not far away: "That garden will be used to plant flowers in the future, and it needs to be fertilized now. Go and get some fertilizer."

The smiles on their faces froze instantly. Picking...picking fat?

"What, you don't want to? Then forget it."

"Wait a minute," Madam Xu said gently, "Xiao Ning, it's not that we're unwilling, it's just that... could we find another job?"

"There's no other work. As you can see, everyone is very busy. You can do this if you want, or you can leave if you don't."

Madam Xu glanced at the two girls behind her, and decided to go all out for the future of the Xu family.

With a determined heart, he said, "Okay, let's do it."

"mother!"

"Second Aunt!"

The two young women were stunned. How could they ever face anyone again if they were made to pick the fattest?

Madam Xu whispered, "Bear with it for now. We'll still need her in the future. Once we're in the Song family, who will remember these things?"

Song Ning was also stunned, not expecting that he would actually agree.

This was a dirty and tiring job. She had hoped to scare people away with it, but it seems she underestimated the Xu family's stamina.

That's truly... commendable courage.

But since they were willing, Song Ning went along with it. Let them do it if they want, as long as they're happy.

Several buckets were prepared for them, and the place for collecting fertilizer wasn't far away; it was the third door on the right after going out the back door.

The three of them gritted their teeth, actually took up the load, and went out to collect fertilizer.

Song Ning pursed her lips and went back to work.

Xiao Cui asked with a smile, "Master, did they really go to pick out the fattest ones?"

"Really, the person just went out."

Xiao Cui clicked her tongue twice: "These Xu family members are really something else."

The more they disliked their employer back then, the more they cherish it now, even willing to be picky about jobs.

That's...

The thought of this made Xiao Cui feel nauseous.

"Ignore them, let's do our own thing."

The three people in the backyard could only make two trips before they couldn't take it anymore.

They wore their best clothes today, but now they're all dirty and smelly, and the two young women are almost in tears.

Madam Xu looked a little unwell, but the thought of being able to climb up to the Duke's mansion in the future made her feel less upset.

She glanced back at her daughter; her daughter was no less beautiful than Song Ning. If only she could catch General Xie's eye someday...

The thought of this made my heart leap with joy.

We must send our daughter to the Duke's mansion.

As soon as the three of them came out of the backyard, a foul odor wafted up, and the people working in front of them covered their noses.

Madam Xu said ingratiatingly, "Xiao Ning, now that we've finished choosing, is there anything else we need to do?"

"That's all. You guys...you should go back and wash up first." As she spoke, she subtly raised her hand and fanned herself.

Madam Xu finally realized that Song Ning was playing a trick on her. She held back her anger and even managed a forced smile: "Alright, let's go back today and come back tomorrow."

Song Ning raised an eyebrow. "Again?"

So for the next few days, Madam Xu brought the young ladies from her household to her door every day. As soon as they arrived, they wanted to do chores. Song Ning specially assigned them some dirty and tiring jobs, wanting to see how long they could keep it up.

When he returned to the mansion that evening, Xie Linzhou had not yet returned. After dinner, he sat down at the table to look at the account books.

So engrossed in watching that he didn't notice the maids coming and going, and didn't even realize Xie Linzhou had entered.

Xie Linzhou sat not far from her, picked up a book, glanced at it for a few moments, and then shifted his gaze to Song Ning.

Seeing that Song Ning still hadn't noticed him, he deliberately coughed a few times.

Finally, the person on the other end raised their head.

"You're back? Have you eaten?"

Xie Linzhou was satisfied and said with a smile, "I ate it."

"Oh, then you should rest first. I still have some things to read."

After saying that, he continued to bury himself in the ledger.

The smile on Xie Linzhou's lips disappeared again.

Song Ning has been extremely busy lately, staying up late every night looking at the account books. Are those account books really more attractive to her than he is?

Xie Linzhou walked over, snatched the ledger from Song Ning's hand, bent down, picked her up, and placed her on the table.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

"Why don't you look at me? All you do is stare at those ledgers all day long, what good will that do?"

"Of course, you can't see anything interesting by staring at it."

"Then tell me, in your heart, am I more important or is the ledger more important?"

"Of course it's the accounts... You're more important. You're my husband, definitely more important than those account books."

That was close, I almost let it slip.

"real?"

"real."

Xie Linzhou was delighted. He kissed the corner of her mouth, then pulled her into his arms and began to act recklessly.

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