First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 303: Lady Qu is Here

Liu Xiaojuan's heart was about to fly away.

In just a few months, her life has changed dramatically. Moreover, she is very smart. Although she doesn't quite understand what Su Jixiang said, she vaguely knows that this is an opportunity to completely change her future!

"But, Boss, I don't have much money!" Liu Xiaojuan said hesitantly.

She took out all the wages she had saved over the past few months, but it was only a few taels of silver. There were so many places in the house that needed repairing, so after receiving the first month's salary, she fixed the leaks in the house.

And the house she lives in with her mother-in-law is rented...

I have no permanent property, so I can't sell it even if I want to!

"This isn't something that's particularly difficult to do." Su Jixiang said with a smile, "I'll think about it carefully later. When I come up with a detailed set of rules, you guys can see if you're willing to do it."

"Okay!" Liu Xiaojuan rubbed her hands excitedly, "I'll just wait for good news from the boss."

In fact, Su Jixiang also wanted to test the waters, so he asked Liu Xiaojuan this.

Now seeing Liu Xiaojuan’s attitude, it is enough.

The women she recruited were all relatively independent-minded, otherwise they would not have given up their prejudices and been willing to come out to work.

As the saying goes, economy determines the superstructure. These women can all make money, and they have the confidence to take the money home and have the final say at home.

Su Jixiang also asked about Liu Xiaojuan's mother-in-law. Her mother-in-law worked hard in cooking and taking care of the children in the school. Su Jixiang was worried that she would be tired because of her old age.

Liu Xiaojuan said that her mother-in-law is now more enthusiastic about working than anything else, and even her chronic cold legs that she has had for years seem to have improved a lot.

After talking with Liu Xiaojuan for a while, Su Jixiang asked Liu Xiaojuan to go back.

She stayed behind to look at the accounts and think about some other things, including the commercial street and residential area she had just mentioned.

Time passed little by little, and Su Jixiang's figure looked very warm under the light.

When it was almost midnight, Lushui came in to replace the wick for Su Jixiang and brought news from Weidong, "Weidong's pigeon message has arrived. He has brought Madam Qu to our Mangcheng. It will take some time for him to arrive. Madam, do you want to take a rest first?"

"No need. I haven't finished my work here yet." Su Jixiang said with a smile. She was thinking very well now. When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, that was when her ideas flowed like a spring.

She made a plan description for Xie Yingfeng.

The city was expanded with funds provided by the Black Tiger Army and the Mangcheng Governor's Office, so the proceeds from the land sales naturally belonged to these two places.

Su Jixiang suggested that Xie Yingfeng divide the plots more carefully and plan the functions better, just like a modern city. For example, she wanted to build a food street in the south of the city. Xie Yingfeng could follow this idea. The streets in the city must be built wide and flat, which is not only convenient for people's daily travel, but also suitable for the army to quickly assemble and mobilize in special times.

Moreover, Su Jixiang had another ambition, which was to build wide and flat roads between Mangcheng and all the counties under its jurisdiction, so as to facilitate the rapid passage of cavalry and the travel of various convoys.

This idea can be handed over to Wei Ling to make it a reality. After all, building roads requires manpower, and the Black Tiger Army in Wei Ling's hands is a ready-made labor force.

Su Jixiang had more and more ideas, and he wrote like a god.

Before we knew it, time had flown by, and when the green water came in again, another hour and a half had passed.

"Madam, Weidong has brought Madam Qu here." Lushui came forward to report.

"Let them in quickly." Su Jixiang had almost finished writing his work at this time. He stood up, put away the plans in front of him and said.

Soon, Wei Dong led Madam Qu in quickly.

As soon as Lady Qu saw Su Jixiang, she knelt down and said, "Thank you, Madam, for saving my parents."

Su Jixiang stopped her and said, "It's just a small favor from me. Your brother and sister-in-law have been drugged and it's my people who are taking care of your parents. Don't say anything else and go see them first."

"Thank you, ma'am! I'll be back soon." Madam Qu did not dare to delay, so she bowed again and left in a hurry.

After Madam Qu left, Su Jixiang asked Wei Dong, "Has anything happened at Madam Qu's home these days?"

"It is true that something happened." Wei Dong told Su Jixiang what he knew.

Qu Qing had already saved the shop, but the more Qu Qing did, the better the business became. Also, because Su Jixiang's Caidiexuan used the spices from Qu Qing's shop, many famous restaurants in Mangcheng now looked for Qu Qing to supply them, and the business was getting bigger and bigger, which affected the interests of many spice shops in Mangcheng.

Originally, they had worked together to set the price, and these spices were twice as expensive in their hands as when they bought them from Qu Qing. Now that Qu Qing supplies the restaurants in Mangcheng, they have lost a lot of business. Not only restaurants, but now even many incense-making shops have begun to look to Qu Qing for goods. How can this be tolerated?

So these people secretly went to Anshun City to find people from Qu Qing's original husband's family and gave them some money. They began to falsely accuse Qu Qing of being unfaithful to her husband and of having had an affair with someone while her husband was still alive. They even said that Qu Qing's children were not considered her husband's biological children.

Because of such slander, Qu Qing's shop was almost smashed by her former husband's family.

However, Qu Qing managed to get through it with his own ability.

Those who slandered her were also exposed.

So these days, Qu Qing had no time to visit his parents in Mangcheng because of his shop business, and he had no idea that such a big thing had happened to his parents.

Fortunately, Su Jixiang discovered this in time... otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

Not long after, Qu Qing turned around and bowed to Su Jixiang to express his gratitude.

"What are you going to do now?" Su Jixiang asked.

"I have two preparations. First, I will wait for my parents to wake up and ask them what they think. If they are willing to follow me, I will take care of the matter. Even if it means falling out with my brother, I will keep what belongs to them. If they are unwilling to follow me and insist on following my disappointing brother, I will completely sever all ties with them. From now on, no matter their birth, old age, sickness or death, I will never ask about them again." Qu Qing said.

The candlelight illuminated her face, making her look extremely resolute and decisive.

"Maybe you were touched by what happened in your husband's family." Su Jixiang nodded.

Qu Qing gave a bitter smile: "Madam has already known about those things. People's hearts are the most difficult to guess."