Xie Fanglan thought for a long time, finally made up her mind, and shouted, "Come here."
Suddenly, two maids appeared, pushed open the door from the outer room, and walked quickly to a point about a foot away from Xie Fanglan. They stood there with bated breath and concentration, and replied slowly, "Your servants are here."
Xie Fanglan glanced at the two maids and said with a hint of dissatisfaction, "Why are you two on duty? Where's Hui'er? Where's Caiyue?"
A bolder maid standing on the left replied, "Sister Hui'er went to the main kitchen and said she wanted to make two fresh dishes for Miss Seven. Sister Caiyue went to the mistress's room to answer."
The maid on the right was obviously much more timid. When she saw Xie Fanglan's gloomy face, her body trembled slightly and she dared not say a word.
Xie Fanglan glanced at the timid maid, but did not get angry immediately. She nodded to the maid who answered:
"Okay, I got it. Change the tea and make me a hot pot."
The braver maid took the order, picked up the teapot, and went to the tea room to make hot tea. The timid maid nodded and took her leave. Xie Fanglan said nothing and sent her away.
After a while, the braver maid came back with brewed tea, and considerately added a plate of milk cakes and a plate of pine nut candy to the pot of hot tea.
Xie Fanglan nodded and looked at the maid carefully for a moment:
"Are you newly promoted? From the third rank? What's your name?"
"My maidservant, Caique, was transferred from the manor during the Flower Festival on February 15th. My name was given by Madam."
Xie Fanglan nodded again, not hiding her admiration.
The plan she had in mind required at least two beauties. But if she went shopping now, it would firstly attract attention, secondly be very expensive, and thirdly be a waste of time, so it might not be necessary.
It would be better to select useful people from among your own slaves.
It is best to have children born in the family. The family deeds of the whole family are in your hands, and you don’t have to worry about them doing anything weird or being fickle.
Hui'er and Caiyue, the two older maids, one she chose herself and the other a gift from her mother, had been with her for several years. She felt reluctant to let them go like this.
This colorful bird needs further observation.
If he is really loyal and useful, he can get a place.
Xia Daohua had no idea that the county magistrate's daughter, Miss Xie Fanglan, who had always been very kind to her and had a good impression of her, was not really sincere in making friends with her.
Instead, they have already targeted her industry and formulated a conspiracy specifically against her family.
Who wouldn’t be envious of such a way to make money?
It would be fine if there is someone protecting you behind the scenes, but if there is no one behind you and you are just an ordinary civilian, wealth or the way to make money is not a blessing but a curse.
Xia Daohua has a theoretical understanding of this, but lacks real experience.
The Xia family were just ordinary people at this time.
What's more, they have already split up and left their hometown and homeland to come to the unfamiliar Jixiang County, which is full of hidden talents.
In fact, it was not only Xie Fanglan, the seventh daughter of the Xie family, who was eyeing the Xia family's assets, but even some local powerful people and Li Gan's mother's family were drooling over the wealth represented by this store.
However, Li Gan is the hope of the younger generation in the family.
As long as Li Gan is still serving in the Jinyi Yunqi and has not lost the emperor's favor, they will not disobey Li Gan's orders.
Xia Daohua knew that she owed Li Gan a favor, but she didn't know that this favor was so great.
Of course, if Li Gan hadn't been there to protect her, Xia Daohua's shop wouldn't have been easily taken over. If she got mad, she'd physically eliminate anyone who dared to harm her.
In this time and space, I am afraid no one can control the power of space.
However, Xia Daohua felt a little tired of not using her ready-made connections and instead fighting hard to create a name for herself.
Xia Daohua is a person who has no ambitions by nature.
Something, to some extent, touches her, and she will have the urge to do it. Without this opportunity, she may always be content to be a salted fish, too lazy to turn over.
A month later, Xie Fanglan finally confirmed that the maid Caique was a loyal and trustworthy person. To ensure that everything went smoothly, she made Hui'er, her senior maid, a backup to replace Caique.
On Wulang's day off, Xia Daohua entrusted the store affairs to Erlang and Taohua, and went out shopping with Lihua, Wulang and Linghua.
The fun of shopping is often not in buying, but in strolling.
However, things are different with Linghua, the little foodie, around.
They started from Liuxiang Street, and by the time they had walked most of the way around the commercial district of the outer city, Lihua, Wulang, and Xia Daohua already had their hands piled high with various snacks.
Linghua was jumping around, drooling at everything she saw, and couldn't help but order one portion after another.
Her brothers and sisters all dote on her, and the little girl knows it in her heart, so she is very happy and jumps around even more happily.
Xia Daohua and the others all looked at the little girl with doting expressions.
The little girl was running and jumping when she suddenly bumped into someone who was rushing towards her from the side.
But that person was a beautiful girl, wearing a set of brightly colored cotton and silk clothes. She looked like a beloved daughter of a small family, and also a bit like a maid who was favored by the master of a wealthy family.
Linghua was running happily and didn't notice that someone suddenly rushed in front of her, so she naturally bumped into him head-on.
The sugar painting in the little girl's hand was thrown accurately onto the person's skirt.
Linghua looked at the little bit of sugar painting left in her hand, then looked at the girl's skirt, and couldn't help but burst into tears.
My brothers and sisters were immediately heartbroken.
Xia Daohua hurriedly pulled the little girl over and carefully examined her body. Seeing no injuries, she squatted down and asked, "Linghua, are you hurt by that collision just now? Does it hurt?"
Lihua and Goro both looked at Linghua and Xia Daohua with concern.
In response to Xia Daohua's question, Linghua just shook her head and cried for a while before sobbing, "Wow, my phoenix...is gone..."
Xia Daohua tapped her nose in a mixture of anger and amusement: "What's there to cry about? We'll just go buy another one later."
When Lihua saw that Linghua was not injured, she bowed sincerely and apologized to the woman who rushed out from the side and bumped into Linghua.
The woman laughed and said, "What's the big deal? How could a child pay attention to these things? It's just that this cotton satin skirt of mine is the newly popular madder color, and I just put it on..." As she spoke, her face became embarrassed and worried.
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