Chapter 256: Well Known in the City 1
“I picked them up when I was on my way to your house to save you,” Qi Qingyao said tersely. “I picked up the pair of brothers right after I prayed at the Koi Temple. Luck has been good, so I provide food and shelter while they are responsible for taking care of me.”
Heir Pei, “…” ‘Do such good things actually happen?’
Si Jin listened to Qi Qingyao’s introduction of them. When he heard that he was introduced as Jiang Yeqian’s brother, he pursed his mouth, feeling somewhat dissatisfied but did not refute.
Soon, the carriage arrived at its destination.
After it stopped.
Jiang Yeqian got down from the carriage and first helped the children down. Si Jin hopped down with the luggage. When Jiang Yeqian went to help Qi Qingyao down, the woman had already taken matters into her own hands and jumped down from the carriage herself. She did not think of herself as a delicate lady at all.
Qi Qingyao had already run up to the door of the house excitedly. She looked at the beast-head gate and then at the two mighty stone lions flanking the gate.
She could not help but sigh emotionally. “How majestic.”
Xiaobao walked to her side. “How luxurious.”
Erniu rushed to the stone lion alone and touched it. “The stone lion is so beautiful.”
Dabao gaped at the ginormous door, dumbfounded. “Look at this door, it’s so spectacular.”
Beneath the mask, Si Jin’s eyes were filled with excitement. With a pond, next time… he would be able to sneak a swim at night!
Qi Qingyao fetched the key out from her bundle and after opening the door…
The group walked in.
Right in front of them was a huge screen wall that blocked all of the scenery.
Just by standing on the inner side of the main door, she could see rooms facing the main house on both the left and right. Qi Qingyao walked to a pillar and touched it.
“Take a look at this house, it’s so clean.”
She could not help but exclaim in amazement.
After walking past the screen and officially seeing the house, Qi Qingyao came to the full realization.
D*mn.
This was an incredibly luxurious attached mansion!
The house was insanely big.
The size of it was almost the same as Heir Pei’s villa in Baishui Town, and there was also a running water pond that brought in water from the Jiuli River! There were no lotuses in the pond this season which made it look a bit monotonous, but there was a lot of fish in the pond as well as small bridges over a flowing stream, topped off with quiet and beautiful rockery. As it was about to rain soon, the water in the pond was also covered in a layer of mist, giving it a blurry beauty.
After looking around for half an hour, the children were exhausted and went to rest in the hall with Heir Pei and Li Qing.
Jiang Yeqian and Si Jin followed Qi Qingyao as they toured the entire house once. It took them a whole hour before they were done.
Qi Qingyao said, “As I said, little Yan was a clean freak! Look at this house, it’s spotless without a single smidge of dust. Even the greenery is nicely trimmed and there’s not a single piece of trash in the pond! I’m really satisfied.”
The only unsatisfactory thing was that the servants had been taken away and had to be rehired again.
The three of them walked back.
Qi Qingyao gave Si Jin some instructions.
“Si Jin, go get Jiang Bai two thousand taels.”
Si Jin affirmed with an “oh”.
Jiang Yeqian looked at her suspiciously.
Qi Qingyao ordered, “Help me hire a dozen or two servants. They’ll be in charge of the daily cleaning and maintenance of the mansion.”
Jiang Yeqian turned to her and asked, “Only regular servants and cooks? Don’t you want some to serve you?”
Qi Qingyao shook her head. “I don’t need anyone to serve me. I have hands and feet.”
“What about the children? They’re little lords and ladies now, I’m sure they’ll need some servants.” If they had servants, then he would have one less burden. He would not need to serve the children like an old maid anymore.
“No need.” Qi Qingyao refused, making no room for argument. “They’ll be four next year. They can also wash and dress themselves now. There’s no need for ordinary people to lead an easy life with everything provided for them. They’ll become worthless that way!”
Jiang Yeqian. “…” Where the heck was this woman coming from? Why was her thought process so… independent?
This was really the first time he had met a…woman who did not require servants nor wanted her children to be waited on by servants!
Qi Qingyao thought he was mulling over the issue of having too much money on hand and said, “You must have realized, I gave you a lot of money. Ask the servants that you hire to come here tomorrow. As for the remaining money, get me a ceiling price and find a few professional cleaners and corpse collectors. My guess is we’ll be needing them tonight.”
To have offended Lu Yan in broad daylight and getting targeted by many forces in this city.
She thought that things would likely be quite lively in the mansion tonight.