Chapter 42: Tired
Jiang Xinyu's food needs are divided into two quantities: one is to ensure that she is not hungry, and the other is to replenish her energy.
For the former, four dishes and a soup would be enough, but the latter is a bottomless pit.
Whether to eat it or not and how much to eat depends entirely on how much is left.
If someone says, "I have as much as you eat," he will probably go bankrupt.
Jiang Xinyu never liked to make things difficult for others. She would eat as soon as the maid served her the food. When she found that the food was not served to her, she knew that the food prepared by the kitchen was probably finished. After clearing the food on the table, she put down her chopsticks.
Xiao Yuan looked at the plate on the table with not even any soup left and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Even the third-rate maids in the mansion would not let go of even the vegetable soup, how can you, the wife of the governor, be so frugal?"
Jiang Xinyu shook her head. "It's not a question of whether it's necessary or not. There's no need to waste it when I can eat it."
Xiao Yuan looked this guy up and down and laughed sarcastically, "How dare you say it's a waste.
You eat the amount of food for more than ten people and don't gain any weight, this is the biggest waste."
Jiang Xinyu was not convinced, "You can't say that. How can you say that the food you eat is a waste?
I didn’t gain weight, but I gained strength.”
Jiang Xinyu clenched his fists when he said this. It was really good. The feeling of being full of strength was much better than the first few days after he came here.
The food in the Governor's Mansion is still the best, it's definitely made with authentic ingredients.
Although she couldn't tell what she was eating, she was sure it was all nourishing food.
If she continues to eat at this rate, she will probably be able to crush a teacup like Xiao Yuan in ten days or half a month.
Jiang Xinyu's eyes suddenly brightened up when she thought of pinching the teacup, and then she wanted to climb onto Xiao Yuan's arm again.
Unfortunately, Governor Xiao had already predicted it. When he saw her smiling so charmingly, he quickly took two steps back.
"What are you trying to do? If you have something to say, just say it instead of making such a cheesy smile."
Jiang Xinyu glared at Xiao Yuan coquettishly, "My husband, what are you talking about? What can I do wrong?
Hehe, the way you pinched the teacup last night was so cool, that must be the legendary martial arts.
To be honest, when I was reading picture books, I was fascinated by martial arts masters.
My dear husband, can you teach me a few moves?"
Xiao Yuan shuddered unconsciously when he heard the cheap lady's coquettish voice.
"Speak nicely, how good will it be for you to hate me to death?
Do you think practicing martial arts is so easy?
It took me ten years of hard training to achieve this since I was seven or eight years old. It takes at least fifteen years of training to be able to crush a teacup.
If you really want to learn horse stance starting tomorrow, I will teach you when you can do it for 5 hours."
Jiang Xinyu rolled her eyes.
This bastard doesn't even want to teach her. Five hours of horse stance means ten hours.
Not to mention humans, even machines can short-circuit from fatigue.
Seeing her like this, Xiao Yuan chuckled twice and said, "If you can't endure hardship, don't daydream. Just do the work you should do."
Jiang Xinyu sighed, "What real work do I have to do?
There are cooks to cook and tailors to make clothes, and since there are not many people in the mansion to take care of the accounts, there shouldn't be much to do.
We both don’t have good relationships with people, so I don’t think we’ll need to go out and visit friends too often.”
In fact, Jiang Xinyu was planning to go out for some shopping, but she didn't say it because she needed to keep a low profile at the moment.
No wonder there were so many house fights in ancient times. A square house was filled with a bunch of women with opposing views. It would be strange if there was no fighting at all.
Many times, it is more about fighting for interests than for favor. Anyway, she doesn't think there is anything worth fighting for with a bad man.
But whether this man loves you or not can determine your food, clothing, housing, transportation and even the status of your children. Even the most Buddhist woman has to fight for it.
Jiang Xinyu imagined what would happen if Xiao Yuan had two concubines who snatched her pork elbow and ribs...
Damn, I immediately understood why Niu Hulu turned evil.
Xiao Yuan frowned when he saw Jiang Xinyu's lack of ambition.
"Are you sure you were hiding your incompetence when you were in Jiang's house and not acting like yourself?
How come you think you are as stupid as the rumors say?
Since I have nothing to do, I might as well sort out the accounts of my family's shop and farm.
The shop has been managed by the Liu family for so many years that the name of the shop may have been lost.
If you leave it like this, do you believe that at the end of the year the shopkeeper will come to you crying and asking for money to fill the deficit?
Jiang Xinyu then remembered, "My husband, you are so smart, what you said makes sense.
But I don’t know how to do business.
How about you find some trustworthy people to help me take back the shop?
I also felt that those shop owners might not recognize me as their boss, so it would be better for me to close the business and rent out the shop.
It seems that there are two more dowry farms. Please help me check them out. Aren’t you Dongchang the best at this?
If the village head is a good person, keep him first. If he is a criminal, he should be arrested and prosecuted. I will not be the scapegoat and take the blame for them.
By the way, the two servants I brought with me should not be kept in our house, but should be moved to the manor.
Liu is a vicious person with many evil ideas. What if she instructs those people to place a nightmare-suppressing object, a dragon robe, or a poem to seduce you in our house? "
Xiao Yuan rubbed his brows in pain and said, "You think too much. You should find a nanny to teach you some common sense. You have become obsessed with reading picture books.
The so-called Dragon Robe Anti-Poetry Conviction is nothing but an excuse.
You were not convicted because you hid those things, but His Majesty had already convicted you in his heart and that is why he went to your house to search for those things.
It doesn’t matter whether the item is found or not, and it doesn’t matter whether the item is really found in your home.
When I was in power, no one dared to search my mansion. If His Majesty disliked me, the result would be the same whether anything was found or not."
Jiang Xinyu suddenly realized, "I was wrong. You guys in Dongchang are best at raiding houses. You must know all the ins and outs here.
Do you agree to the shop?
The men in the East Factory are the best at intelligence. There is no need to mobilize elites among the managers of the factories. A few apprentices can be used.
It would be best if we could get the confession and evidence tomorrow. We can go back to ask Liu for money the day after tomorrow.
I am not stingy. No matter how much money I can squeeze out, I only take half and give the other half to the Dongchang as hard work fee. "
Xiao Yuan rarely complimented him, "I didn't expect you to be so generous.
That's fine. Anyway, there haven't been any major cases recently, so it's okay for these little bastards to have nothing to do.
Don't waste free money.
Haha, Lord Jiang is so lucky to have a daughter like you."
Jiang Xinyu snorted coldly, "Don't be so treacherous, you will reap what you sow.
When he killed my mother, he should have known that I would be the retribution he deserved.
Don't talk about parental kindness to me. It was my mother who gave birth to me and raised me. Jiang Huai just had some fun 18 years ago.
For so many years, all my food, clothing and other expenses were paid for by my mother's dowry, and even their entire family was supported by my mother's dowry.
I'm not afraid of you laughing at me when I say this, but if I walk past him on the street I might not even recognize him. I see him less often than I see Li Mingyue throughout the year.
He never eats with me except during Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival. Liu and her son are his relatives.”
Xiao Yuan rubbed his brows in pain, wishing he could pry open Jiang Xinyu's head to see what was inside.
He really wasn't laughing at the fact that this guy couldn't recognize his biological father, but the words "We had a good time 18 years ago" really made him silent.
There are many cases where wives in the backyard raise useless concubines and kill the original wife's daughter, but only the Jiang Huai family is so successful.
In a sense, Liu is also a real talent!
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