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Chapter 110
Dong Yuan flipped through Sheng Xiuyi's book, there were small seal characters or small script margins in the margins of the pages, looking at the familiar characters, her expression became serious, and she couldn't say anything for a long time.

Sheng Xiuyi gently covered the back of Dong Yuan's hand with his broad and strong hand, and held her Yi in the palm of his hand.

He understood Dong Yuan's shock and the emotion in his heart.

Silence speaks louder than sound at this moment.

Dong Yuan raised his eyes to look at Sheng Xiuyi, his face was reflected in his ink-splashed eyes, and a smile involuntarily swam away from the corner of his eyes.

Since then, Sheng Changhou took Sheng Xiuyi to visit courtiers every day.

Although Qiangwei tried her best to serve Dong Yuan, she kept inquiring about Ziwei's whereabouts in private.

Dong Yuan called her several times, but the little maid promised her that Sister Qiangwei would come soon.

Dong Yuan always smiled and never said much.

Luo's mother and the others secretly paid attention, guessing that Qiangwei might be inquiring about Ziwei.Although she was dissatisfied with her negligence on duty, after all, she had a deep affection for Ziwei's sister. This sisterhood is touching, and she has never severely criticized her in private.

Dong Yuan didn't say anything, Mother Luo, Ju Hong, and Ju Xiang wished they could cover up Qiangwei, so naturally they wouldn't say anything; Xun Fang and Bi Qiu were first-class maids, but they were new from Mrs. Sheng's side, so how could they talk about Dong Yuan? Are there old people around?Yao Tao is a first-class maid who was promoted from a second-class maid, so she dared not say anything.

Everyone in Jingsheyuan turned a blind eye to Qiangwei's dereliction of duty.

Only Ju Hong kept some points in her heart.

On the fifth day of the sixth lunar month, Dong Yuan took Xun Fang and a little maid to greet Mrs. Sheng, and Mrs. Sheng also noticed that Dong Yuan's person had changed, so she asked her, "Why is Qiangwei no longer serving?"

Madam Sheng is familiar with Qiangwei to the maids in Dong Yuan's room, except Xun Fang and Bi Qiu she gave to Dong Yuan.

Dong Yuan smiled and said: "Xun Fang and Bi Qiu went out from Mother's place, and some good friends are in Mother's yard. On weekdays, I can't come and hang out on duty, so when I come, I take one of them in turn, so that they can Reminiscing with the sisters here."

Mrs. Sheng has always been considerate of her servants.Hearing Dong Yuan's words, knowing that she has the same spirit as himself, he nodded in satisfaction.

But Xunfang took Dong Yuan's words to heart and bowed her head in silence.

Back at the Jingsheyuan, Dong Yuan changed into a homely beanie, sat on the kang and sewed.Yaotao, Xunfang, and Biqiu were serving at the side, while Luo's mother, Juxiang, and Juhong were joking around, chatting gossip about Zhuangzi and making Dong Yuan laugh.

Dong Yuan was very cooperative, and he couldn't stop laughing when he talked about the fun.

It's not so funny, she just likes such a warm and lively atmosphere.

Seeing that Dong Yuan liked it, Ju Xiang talked even more vigorously.

Ju Hong frowned slightly, and Qiangwei didn't know where she went.Although Dong Yuan didn't say it every time, Qiangwei's behavior was too much.

There was a little maid at the door poking her head out, and Xun Fang saw it with sharp eyes.Seeing that Dong Yuan didn't pay attention, Xun Fang quietly backed out.

It was Xingrui, the little girl in the courtyard.

Xunfang asked what happened.

Xingrui said: "The boy in the outer courtyard said that Chen Xiang, grandma's companion, has come, and said that the shop has sent this month's dividend."

Xunfang is new here, so she asked Xingrui, "Who was in charge of this before?"

Xingrui is just a rough envoy in the courtyard, how could she know, she shook her head and said, "Sister, I just want to pass on a message, you can ask grandma for help."

Xun Fang served in Mrs. Sheng's house before, and she has some knowledge. Knowing that grandma's companion sent money, it was natural that the servant girl who was in charge of money went to see her. How could grandma see her in person?
She knew it should be done by the maid in charge of the money in the house.

Jing Sheyuan is in charge of the money, grandma's maid Qiangwei, this Xunfang knows, Dong Yuan has already told them.

If there is nothing important, Qiangwei will come back after receiving the money.If there is something important, Qiangwei has to come back and report to grandma, and grandma will decide whether to see the companion.

In terms of money, it is not easy for others to intervene.

Xunfang told Xingrui to wait, then raised the felt curtain and went into the East Room.

Ju Xiang was talking about the snow falling in Zhuangzi, and about Dazhuang and Xiaozhuang going to catch rabbits in the snow, and Dong Yuan was very happy when he talked about it.

Xunfang had no choice but to wave to Mother Luo who was sitting opposite her.

Mother Luo saw it and knew something was wrong, so she pushed Ju Hong beside her, and still kept her composure talking and laughing with Dong Yuan.

Ju Hong sat beside Mother Luo, and Mother Luo pushed her secretly, she felt it, raised her eyes and saw Xunfang waving, she smiled and said to Dong Yuan: "Grandma, I'll come as soon as I go."

This is going to the hut.

Ju Xiang sat on their side, didn't notice, still gestured to talk about the things in the village, and made fun of Ju Hong: "You just have a lot of shit..."

Ju Hong smiled and spat at her.

Dong Yuan just smiled and nodded slightly.

Dong Yuan has already noticed Luo's mother and Ju Hong's small actions.It's just that these people have been through the same troubles as her, and she knows their character very well, so she has never doubted them.They made small moves without telling her, probably for Dong Yuan's benefit, she was happy to pretend to be confused.

Ju Hong got off the kang and went out of Dongci Room.

Xunfang also quietly followed.

I saw Xingrui outside.

Xingrui told Ju Hong about Dong Yuan's companion Chen Xiang sending money.

When Dong Yuan got married, Xue's family gave away eight accompanying houses, six thousand acres of fertile land, and five shops on the bustling East Street.Last time, Dong Yuan arranged four companions in the farm.

For the other four houses, Luo’s mother’s house counts as one house, and the orange-red and orange-scented father-in-law counts as one house; the third house is headed by Chen Xiang, and the one headed by one house is called Xu Xiyi.

Mother Luo's husband and Juhong's father-in-law manage several properties in Dongyuan, and the whole family lives in Dongyuan's dowry yard to take care of the house.And Chen Xiang and Xu Xiyi helped Dong Yuan manage the business of five shops respectively.

Of the five shops in Dongyuan, two are for spices, one is for rouge and gouache, one is for crude medicine, and the other is for fabrics.

These shops seem to be doing some small businesses alone, and they are connected with the Xue family's business. Although there is no huge profit, but because they are located on the most prosperous East Street, they can add up to hundreds of taels of silver every month. .

Chen Xiang used to work in Xue's shop, and was also the shopkeeper, so he was quite cunning.Old Master Xue saw that he acted prudently, so in order to have a capable person to support Dongyuan's shop, he sent him over as a companion.

He is now in charge of Dong Yuan's shop with Xu Xiyi.Xu Xi is in charge of two spice shops, while Chen Xiang is in charge of all the business and is the head shopkeeper of Dongyuan shop.

He is responsible for sending bonuses to Dong Yuan in Shengfu every month.

Not long after Dong Yuan got married, this was Chen Xiang's first visit to the Sheng family.

Listening to Xingrui's words, Ju Hong also knew Chen Xiang's identity, and knew better that it was the first time he gave Dong Yuan the dividends from the shop.

"You went back to that boy, and asked Chen Xiang to wait, and the people around grandma will come soon." Ju Hong instructed Xingrui.

Xingrui said yes, turned around and left.

Juhong's face was slightly cold, and he called Zhu Tao, Chen Yan, Dan Liu and Qiu Wen who were serving outside to come to him, and said in a deep voice: "You all go, secretly find out where Qiangwei has gone, and quickly find her, saying that there is something urgent .”

Just as she was talking, Qiangwei raised the felt curtain and entered the outer room.

Seeing it, Xunfang breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice, "Okay, Sister Qiangwei is back."

The orange-red face forced a smile, and instead of turning coldly at Qiangwei in front of the little maids, she told her about Chen Xiang's arrival, and said, "Go and see."

Qiangwei didn't have time to explain why she was no longer in front of grandma, so she hurried to the outside room.

Ju Hong and Xun Fang returned to Dongci Room again.

About half an hour later, Qiangwei came back.

Everyone pretended as if she had just returned from an errand and greeted her with a smile.

Qiangwei smiled and said, "Grandma, Chen Xiang, the head shopkeeper of the shop, has brought you this month's dividend."

Dong Yuan smiled, let her sit on the kang, and said to Luo's mother and others: "You all go, it will be good if Qiangwei is here."

Everyone retreated sensibly.

With an unnatural expression, Qiangwei took out the banknote to Dong Yuan, and without looking into Dong Yuan's eyes, lowered her head and said, "Grandma, this is the 300 taels Chen Xiang gave you, which is the income from the shop this month."

Dong Yuan glanced at it, handed it to Qiangwei to keep it, and said with a smile, "A lot!"

Only then did Qiangwei cheer up, and said with a smile: "Yes. Grandma, in this case, we can have more than 3000 taels of income in the shop alone, and the income from grandma's farm, which is quite a lot."

Of course not many.Otherwise, grandma wouldn't have accumulated so much money over the years. Dong Yuan got married and Xue Dongshu entered the palace, and gave 5000 taels of silver bills in one go.

"Yes, we don't have to worry about money." Dong Yuan smiled.

She never seemed to be short of money.

When she was at Xue's house, although she never said anything, the old lady would reward some during the holidays.In addition, she is liked by the old lady in the mansion, so she doesn't need to spend money to take care of it, and everyone will give her the best food and expenses.

Rose just smiled.

Dong Yuan asked her to take the bank note, and then greeted her: "Come sit beside me."

Qiangwei said yes, and sat beside Dong Yuan.She looked a little uneasy, and her eyes rolled quickly.She knew what Dong Yuan was going to ask, so she was thinking about countermeasures.

Dong Yuan took her hand and asked: "Have you found Ziwei's whereabouts?"

Qiangwei was startled suddenly.She knew that Dong Yuan was going to ask about this matter, but she didn't expect her to ask so directly that all the manuscripts would be invalidated immediately, so she had to answer honestly: "Not yet."

Then he said, "Grandma, Qiangwei has neglected to take care of you these past few days, you punish Qiangwei, Qiangwei will not complain."

Dong Yuan smiled, and took her hand: "If I wanted to punish you, I wouldn't ask you alone. Qiangwei, don't go looking for Ziwei anymore, you probably won't be able to find her."

Qiangwei raised her eyes, looked at Dong Yuan, and asked eagerly and expectantly: "Grandma, do you know her whereabouts?" She was really anxious to death.Ziwei, a little maid, disappeared for no reason.Ziwei is a servant of the Sheng family, without a certificate, she can't go anywhere, and sooner or later she will be caught by the government.

Being caught as a fugitive slave, for the face of the Sheng family, the Sheng family will definitely execute Ziwei.Grandma's face is not good-looking, and she also lost face of Sheng Changhou.The eldest son, Marquis Sheng Chang, and Mrs. Sheng may also blame grandma for her lack of control.

It was difficult for grandma to be in Sheng's family, and she might not dare to say that she was pregnant. As grandma's most valued maid, she knew this better than others.

Qiangwei was worried for both Ziwei and Dongyuan, so she often went to inquire about Ziwei's whereabouts.

Find Ziwei, Ziwei is good, and Dong Yuan is also good.

(End of this chapter)