Chapter 270 Moving
Aunt Niu felt increasingly frightened as she thought about it. A glimpse of Sheng An's pitiful little face out of the corner of her eye made her blurt out the words in her mind:
"If you're comfortable with that, I'll go to the brokerage and pick out a few honest and hardworking ones for you!"
As soon as she said it, Aunt Niu regretted it.
She doesn't like taking on responsibilities, so why is she acting so impulsively right now?
Sheng An didn't give her a chance to regret it, and immediately showed a touched expression: "Okay, okay, I'm more than happy to help Aunt Niu!"
Aunt Niu opened her mouth, but ultimately didn't take back what she had said.
Sheng An was a man of action, and immediately urged Aunt Niu to go back to her room to pack her luggage so that she could move to the new house with the couple early the next morning.
The reason given to Aunt Niu was quite blunt: she didn't know how to train servants or how to set rules for them, and needed Aunt Niu to come and teach her step by step.
As the saying goes, "If you're going to help someone, help them to the end," so Aunt Niu agreed without much hesitation.
She didn't know that Sheng An owned restaurants and estates in her hometown, and that she had personally trained and trained the dozen or so skilled people who made money for her; otherwise, she would never have been fooled by Sheng An.
The happiest people were Uncle Fu and others when Aunt Niu agreed to leave the Jiang residence and go to the new home with the couple.
They are a generation older than Aunt Niu, and they watched her transform from a lively and cheerful young girl into the taciturn woman she is today.
Uncle Fu and the others didn't want to see Aunt Niu wasting her time here, waiting to die with them, so they wanted to find her a good way out so she could live out the rest of her life in peace and happiness.
Now that their hopes have come true, even though Aunt Niu says it's only temporary, they are genuinely happy.
As long as Aunt Niu is willing to leave the Jiang residence, she will be able to completely move on from those painful past experiences and embrace a true new life.
The next morning, the three carriages departed under the watchful eyes of Uncle Fu and the others, eventually stopping in front of a quiet mansion.
Li Tian jumped off the carriage, took out his key, and went to unlock the door.
A barely audible creaking sound rang out, and the spacious gate was pushed open, revealing a screen wall with the character "福" (fortune) carved on it.
Sheng An was carried down from the carriage by Xu Jinnian, and together they stepped up the steps and entered the gate. After passing the screen wall, they arrived at the elegantly decorated courtyard with flowers in full bloom.
Looking at the vibrant scene of flowers and butterflies fluttering in the dazzling sunlight, Sheng An's mood brightened, and she said to Xu Jinnian:
"We need to find a gardener to take good care of these plants and flowers."
Xu Jinnian would certainly agree: "I'll ask Yuanli another day and find an experienced gardener."
Li Tian and the others carried the luggage, and the couple strolled into the yard.
The three-courtyard house is not obvious from the outside, but once inside, you realize that it is quite large. With so many people walking around inside, it feels very spacious.
The couple lived in the main house of the two-courtyard house, which had three rooms and two side rooms. The east and west wing rooms also each had three rooms and one side room.
Sheng An values private space, and the entire second courtyard is their territory.
Li Tian and eight other guards stayed in the back room of the first courtyard, while Aunt Niu's room was arranged in the back room, where the servants who were bought in a couple of days would also stay.
It took the couple a whole day to pack all the luggage, mainly Xu Jinnian did the work.
Sheng An was very satisfied with her new home. Lying in bed that night, she was somewhat excited and whispered in Xu Jinnian's ear:
"Brother Fang and the others have been gone for more than ten days. I estimate they will arrive in Qingzhou in the next couple of days. I wonder if Grandpa, Grandma, and Dad will set off for the capital immediately after receiving our letter."
After saying that, before the man could speak, Sheng An continued, "Such a big house is more lively with more people. I'm just afraid that Grandpa, Grandma and Dad won't be used to it here and won't want to stay in the capital for long."
At this point, Sheng An sighed, his mood suddenly turning somber.
“If your grandparents don’t like living in the capital and would prefer to stay in Qingzhou to retire, you can take your child back to visit them for a while each year.”
Xu Jinnian turned slightly to the side, his arm loosely around Sheng An's waist, deliberately lowering his voice to soothe her emotions:
"Besides, you are your grandparents' only granddaughter. Their joys and sorrows are tied to you, so they would definitely prefer to stay in the capital and live with you."
Sheng An felt comforted and missed the airplanes and high-speed trains of her previous life: "Well, let's talk about it when Grandpa and Grandma come over."
Xu Jin gently stroked the top of her head and kissed her on the lips:
"I've heard that babies born this month can sense their mother's emotions. If the mother is in a bad mood, the baby will be a crybaby."
Sheng An asked in surprise, "Who told you that?"
Xu Jin gently stroked her belly: "That's what the doctor who took your pulse last time said."
In this era, there was no ultrasound, so it was impossible to determine the health of the fetus; the only clues could be gleaned from the pulse.
Every so often, Xu Jinnian would invite a doctor to examine Sheng An's pulse, and each time the pulse was good.
"Although what the doctor said may not be correct, I will try my best to maintain a good mood every day and strive to give birth to an easy and well-behaved baby."
Sheng An stretched out a finger and poked her belly: "Your mother has a bad temper. If you don't behave, I'll spank your little bottom."
The baby in her belly suddenly moved, as if protesting her words.
Sheng An laughed heartily: "So you have to be good, and Mommy will give you delicious food every day!"
However, this time the child didn't give her any face and didn't respond at all.
Sheng An didn't mind, imagining what the child would look like, thinking that it would be cute if the father looked like the mother.
Xu Jinnian watched her interact with the baby in her womb, her eyes filled with tenderness. His mind was filled with images of a happy family of three, and he looked forward to the baby's birth even more.
Aunt Niu was a restless person. The next day, after breakfast, she took the silver given to her by Sheng An and, accompanied by Li Tian, went to the brokerage to buy a person.
In the afternoon, she returned with seven carefully selected servants.
Three middle-aged women in their early thirties, two girls around thirteen or fourteen, and two boys around fifteen or sixteen.
The seven people had one thing in common: they were all good-looking and had clear eyes.
Judging by appearances isn't always accurate, but eyes don't lie.
Sheng An had a good initial impression of the seven people and secretly praised Aunt Niu's good eye for choosing people.
After the seven people had introduced themselves one by one, Aunt Niu pointed to them and explained to Sheng An:
"Guifen is good at cooking, so the kitchen can be left to her; Yanghua is quick and efficient, so she can take care of the laundry and cleaning; this girl named Hongliu is clever and quick-witted, so she's suitable to be your personal maid..."
The other maid was quiet and was assigned to work as a helper under the cook, Guifen.
The two young men were a doorman, responsible for welcoming and seeing off guests; and a literate man who ran errands for Xu Jinnian.
In short, Aunt Niu arranged the tasks for the seven people perfectly.
"Just do as Aunt Niu said. If anyone is disobedient or has character issues, send them back to the brokerage."
Sheng An had no objections. In front of them, he gave Aunt Niu a brief instruction and then became a hands-off manager, leaving Aunt Niu to discipline and set rules for him.
She is only responsible for verifying the results.
Even Aunt Niu was someone Sheng An had no intention of letting go of; keeping her by his side as his housekeeper was the most suitable thing for him.
Anyway, she couldn't possibly go to a brokerage firm while heavily pregnant and hire someone she didn't know to be her housekeeper.
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