Marquis Cheng'en agreed readily. In his heart, the affairs of his grandchildren were of utmost importance, and he would absolutely not allow anyone to interfere.
Anyone who dares to interfere in such matters will be skinned alive.
Seeing that her grandfather had agreed, Zhou Qiongyue quickly left with her group. It wasn't that she didn't want to stay longer, but mainly because she and her grandfather didn't really have much to talk about. After staying for too long, both of them felt a little uncomfortable. And why bother constantly trying to find topics?
As soon as Marquis Cheng'en's granddaughter and her men left, he led his men directly to the backyard. He wanted to give his wife some serious instructions.
Zhou Qiongyue went to her mother's yard again and told her about the matter in detail before taking people back to her own yard.
The first thing Zhou Qiongyue did when she returned to the yard was to change into light clothes, then have the precious jewelry on her head removed and use a jade hairpin to fix her hair.
She liked to dress comfortably at home. After all, she was the only girl in the mansion and generally didn't have many visitors. So of course she could dress however she felt comfortable.
After Zhou Qiongyue had packed up, she called over the most capable maids of the Gu generation around her.
"Miss!" Gulan and the other three bowed politely.
Zhou Qiongyue gestured for the four of them to sit down below. Gulan and the other three did not hesitate to say thank you before sitting down. "Thank you, Miss."
When Zhou Qiongyue saw that the four of them had sat down, she spoke, "I called you here to ask for your opinions. I will soon have a hundred acres of fertile farmland under my name.
Now that I have a farm, I need someone to take care of it. You are all people I trust. Go back and ask your parents if any of them would like to help me manage the farm with their entire family."
Zhou Qiongyue asked the four of them first because she knew their families' indentures were in the hands of their mothers. If she wanted someone, she would definitely be able to get them.
Gulan spoke first, "Then this matter has nothing to do with me. I have no family."
"My family probably won't agree." Gu Yu felt a little embarrassed when she said this. She must have thought it was great to be able to serve the young lady.
But her family is the concubine of the Crown Prince's wife, her parents are in charge of the shop there, and her brothers also have good jobs, so they definitely don't want to work for the young lady.
Zhou Qiongyue had no intention of forcing it, and nodded to Gulan Guyu: "Well, I know everything about you two. Calling you both here is also because I treat you all equally!"
After Zhou Qiongyue finished speaking, she looked at the remaining two people, Guju and Gumei. These two were her targets today.
Although their families also worked in the first house, they were not in important positions. Otherwise, Zhou Qiongyue would not have brought up this matter. This kind of thing is better when both parties are willing.
Guju and Gulan were willing to do so, but neither of them could be the head of the family.
"Miss, I have to ask my family about this matter." Guju knew that the young lady asked them first because she trusted them, so she couldn't agree rashly.
If her family doesn’t agree, then that would be a waste of the young lady’s kindness!
"I have to ask my family too." Gu Mei replied with a smile, but she felt that her family was willing. She was the best in her family, so what were she waiting for if she didn't cling to her family quickly?
Moreover, Gumei has an older brother who is not married yet and is just a servant doing odd jobs in the mansion, so he has no future.
"Okay, you two should explain it clearly to your families. My farm should only be a small farm of about a hundred acres.
I probably won't be marrying into the royal family, so I won't be blessed with wealth, but if they're willing to follow me loyally, I won't treat them unfairly. For things like this, it's better to be willing."
Zhou Qiongyue made it clear first. If all else fails, she can hire someone else or ask her mother for a reliable manager. She has plenty of options anyway! It's not that she has to rely on anyone.
"Yes!" Guju and Gumei understood what the young lady meant and quickly responded respectfully.
"Okay, you guys go and get busy! I'll rest for a while." After Zhou Qiongyue gave the order, she got up and went to the inner room.
When Gulan and the others saw the young lady enter the inner room, they knew that she wanted to sleep for a while. Gulan quickly asked Gu Yu and the other three to go back and ask, and she followed in to serve her.
Gu Yu and the other two acted quickly. They went back and asked about it that day. The final result was similar to what Zhou Qiongyue had expected. Only Gu Mei's family was willing to follow Zhou Qiongyue.
After the matter was confirmed, Zhou Qiongyue also met Gumei's parents and younger brother, gave them rewards, and encouraged them to work hard.
Zhou Qiongyue also arranged for Gumei's brother Hu Xiao to work in her jewelry shop. If Hu Xiao (Gumei's father was Hu Da, her mother was Tian Yu, and her brother was Hu Xiao. Gumei only took the surname Gu after marrying Zhou Qiongyue; her previous name was Hu Mei) could gain experience and become the shopkeeper.
With just this one action, Zhou Qiongyue completely won the hearts of Gu Mei's parents. Seeing that their son had a promising future, the Hu couple almost patted their chests and said they would work hard.
Now that the manager of the manor had been found, Zhou Qiongyue felt relieved and waited for the right time to buy a manor.
Then Zhou Qiongyue started her life of staying in the house without going out of the front door or the back door.
Zhou Qiongyue stayed in the mansion for a few days, but had nothing to do, so she started to think about the styles of her small jewelry shop in the mansion. She not only took out all her jewelry and looked at them, but also went to her mother's house to look at her mother's jewelry.
He also recalled everything the original owner had seen in his mind, and tried his best to understand the aesthetic tastes of people of that era.
Zhou Qiongyue had no choice but to do this. She was short of money! After she bought the farm, she would probably be penniless.
She now felt that she had to spend money everywhere, and this was the only jewelry shop she had, so she could only work hard to find new styles.
While Zhou Qiongyue was busy in her mansion thinking about how to expand her jewelry store, the second prince Li Jingchen was busy, wandering between two women.
Since Miss Duan's health had not yet recovered, the second prince Li Jingchen would often go out of the palace to visit her at the request of the emperor and the empress.
After seeing Miss Duan, he would usually go to see Xie Zixin. He always managed his time very well.
That day, he left the palace to visit Miss Duan, the daughter of the Left Prime Minister. However, he was thinking that the recent spring hunt was coming to an end. His father was about to grant him and Miss Duan a marriage, and he was about to break his promise to Xin'er to be the principal wife.
Not only that, he had not yet borrowed the money for his beloved to buy the farm. At this time, his guilt towards his beloved prompted him to decide to go see Miss Xie first and then visit the patient at the Left Prime Minister's residence.
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