Chapter 38: You can't just use a cow to plow the fields

The gifts from Concubine Zhang were for Xu Muhua, so naturally no one else in the Chengguo Mansion would covet them.

Xu's mother would not even think of putting these gifts in the public treasury, but instead let Xu Muhua keep them for herself so that she could use them as a dowry when she got married in the future. With such a dowry, her husband's family would not dare to look down on her.

Xu Muhua originally wanted to pick some jewelry that could be given to others, and the silk and satin ones to give to others, but when she saw Xu Jinyu standing aside in silence, with her head lowered, she changed her mind.

"Mom, I will move all these things back to the yard!"

"Move them, move them! Move them all back! Since they are gifts to you, they are yours!"

Xu Muhua did not say anything more, and called a few servants to help move all the boxes of things back to her yard.

"Mom, why did you let my eldest sister move all the things back to her yard? It's okay for me and Anan, but mother and grandmother..."

Xu Jinyu felt that she should at least pick out some valuable things to give to them, because they are the elders!

Xu's mother said, "We don't have anything in our house. Your grandmother and I don't go out for social activities very often, so there's no use for those things. It's better to leave them to Muhua. She's grown up and needs to learn how to dress herself."

After that, she looked at Xu Jinyu and smiled lovingly, then reached out and touched her head and said, "You too, when you grow up, mother will also consider you."

Both of them are her daughters, if one has it, the other will have it too, and she won't be partial to either one.

Xu Jinyu lowered her head in embarrassment.

After moving the things back to the yard, Xu Muhua asked Shi Liu to gently organize them and put them in her small storeroom, and she became the manager.

Xu Muhua was about to go back to the house when Qiu Shuang at the side could not help but call her: "Miss..."

Xu Muhua stopped and turned around, "What's wrong? Is there anything else?"

"Miss, did I do something wrong to make you unhappy?"

Xu Muhua was surprised: "Why do you say that?"

This question stumped Qiu Shuang.

Should she say that she felt she had fallen out of favor and that the young lady didn't like her anymore?

Obviously, she was the first-class maid beside the young lady before. She was responsible for almost all the big and small things in the yard. She followed the young lady wherever she went, and the young lady would only tell her what to do.

But now this person has become Shi Liu!

The young lady handed over important matters such as organizing the rewards in the palace and collecting them into the young lady's private storehouse to Shi Liu. She had to admit that she might really have fallen out of favor!

But why? Did she do something wrong? She was fine before, but it seemed like it had been like this since the young lady fell from the attic and woke up after being in a coma for more than half a month.

Qiu Shuang thought about it but couldn't figure out what she had done wrong to make her lose favor.

Qiu Shuang looked at Xu Muhua aggrievedly, afraid that she really didn't understand, so she glanced at Shi Liu secretly.

Xu Muhua suddenly realized, "Oh, you are talking about this!"

She said earnestly: "Qiushuang, I know that you were responsible for everything in my yard before, but it is because I know that that I feel that if I want to plow the fields, I can't just catch a cow and call it hard! Don't I have to change it so that the cow can work longer and more vigorously?"

Cow, cow? Qiu Shuang was stunned for a moment, this metaphor...

"You two are both maids in my Fenghua Garden, you should take turns to do the work in this yard! I feel sorry for you and want you to have more rest, don't think too much! Have a good rest, so that you can serve me more diligently in the future!"

After saying that, she strode into the inner room, leaving Qiu Shuang bewildered and confused.

What the young lady said seemed to make sense, but, but why did she feel something was wrong?

Qiu Shuang walked out of the house with a confused face, and when she saw Shi Liu who was busy counting various items in the yard, her face sank.

No matter what, now that damn girl Shi Liu is on an equal footing with her! Will she completely suppress her in the future? This won't do! She has to find a way to solve it!

After Shi Liu finished counting, she recorded everything in a book, and then handed the book to Xu Muhua for review.

Xu Muhua took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but sigh.

It's true that she is a favorite concubine, and her handwriting is so lavish! There are silks, satins, gold jewelry, silver, and paintings!

She flipped through the book, picked out a few things, and told Shi Liu: "Send these to grandma and mother, and say that I am honoring them."

Shi Liu saw that the things the young lady picked out included fabrics, ornaments, and headwear. They were all relatively luxurious and required a certain age and experience to support. It would be appropriate to give them to the old lady and the lady.

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

Shi Liu walked a few steps, then remembered something and stopped, turned around and asked, "What about the second young lady and the young master? And the one next door..."

Hearing the word next door, Xu Muhua looked disgusted, "Why should I give them the one next door? As for Jinyu and Anan..."

She paused and smiled, "They are still young and don't need these. Put them aside for now, and I'll give them to them when the time comes."

Shi Liu didn't doubt him, nodded and walked out.

Soon the old lady and Xu's mother received the things that Xu Muhua had sent over. Although they said reproachful words, the smile on their lips never faded! Privately, they said that she was filial, and she always thought of the two elders when she had something good, and she was a good child.

Xu Jinyu also heard the news and thought that she and Xu Nan had it. But who knew, she waited and waited but nothing happened! After asking around, she found out that Xu Muhua had said that, and she was so angry that she almost cried.

She herself was not much older than her, and she said that she and An Nan were still young, and it was obvious that she was unwilling to share with them! But she sent the things to her grandmother and mother, wasn't she deliberately trying to please them?

Seeing that Xu Jinyu was sulking, the nanny beside her comforted her, "My second young lady, she is just an adopted daughter. How can she live comfortably in the Chengguo Mansion if she doesn't work hard to please the old lady and the lady? She is already thirteen years old and will soon start talking about marriage. If you don't seize the time to please the two elders and spend more time on her marriage, who knows what kind of marriage she will find!"

"She is used to pleasing people, and it's all because of her status! But the second young lady is different. You don't need to spend so much effort. The old lady and the lady will still love you! Why do you have to sulk over such a small thing and make yourself angry? Isn't that a joke?"

Xu Jinyu pursed her lips and said, "Mammy, I know, I'm not angry, I'm just a little sad. The eldest sister doesn't treat me as her own sister at all." Mammy curled her lips