Fast Wear: A Different Life

Chapter 188 Ancient Times (42)

Therefore, the two of them walked downstairs one after the other. Just when they were about to knock on their own door, the door in front of them slowly opened from the inside!

Soon, a tall and thin old man who seemed to be in good spirits came out. The two looked at the man and found that it was the butler Song Bo.

Therefore, Ji Xiao asked excitedly, "Song Bo, when did you come?"

When Ada discovered that Song Bo had opened the door completely, he knew that the masters of the house had returned, so he hurried to inform Banxia who was at home, and the two of them soon followed him out.

"Welcome home, young lady and young master."

"Banxia, ​​you and Ada take the horses to the back and then clean up the small building."

"Yes, Uncle Song."

After giving the order, Butler Song continued to look at Ji Xiao and answered her questions.

"Miss, come on, walk slowly, let's go into the house and rest first.

I have been here for a month or two. My uncle wrote to me saying that you were pregnant and that you wanted me to help take care of the baby, so I thought about coming here early to tidy up the house. "

"Yeah, yes. You and my father have been the ones who have raised me since I was little, so I thought you had experience and wanted to ask you to help. But I wanted to wait until I was about to give birth before asking you to come."

"Yes, I have experience. So I have made all the necessary preparations in the past two months. I have even started looking for a midwife and a wet nurse."

Seeing that the two were chatting happily, Li Xiangyi did not interrupt them. He just half-hugged Ji Xiao's waist to avoid any accidents.

When he saw Butler Song, Li Xiangyi instantly breathed a sigh of relief and seemed less nervous.

After all, with an experienced elder at home, he could really relax a lot. You know, he had never dealt with a pregnant woman before, not to mention that this pregnant woman was the person closest to him! So he was worried all day, fearing that he was not thoughtful enough or missed something. Now, with the arrival of Butler Song, he only needs to concentrate on Ji Xiao's physical condition and no longer needs to be distracted to deal with other matters.

Back then, he traveled around the country and never cooked. Since he got together with Ji Xiao, in order to prevent others from following them and to reduce the number of times Ji Xiao cooks, he has mastered his cooking skills in the past two years. Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried, he could never learn the skill of making pastries. But now that he has returned home, the situation is very different! Because Dongchun's cooking skills are excellent, especially for making white cases, and even Banxia knows some simple pastry making methods! It's perfect!

Since returning home that day, Li Xiangyi took time out to go to Sigumen to deal with some things. Therefore, Li Xiangyi often went out when Ji Xiao was taking a nap, and he would be home before she woke up.

Then, in order to have more time to accompany her in the future, he handed over Si Gu Men to Ji Xuan'an, his eldest disciple whom he had accepted in the clan two years ago. He was also Ji Xiao's great-nephew.

The reason why Si Gu Men was handed over to him was because this kid had good talent in martial arts and management ability, and most importantly, he had been taught a lot of bad things by Ji Xiao and had nowhere to use them (mainly because this kid was only 15 or 6 years old at the time, and he was too smart. Except for having no talent for the inheritance from his ancestors, he was very good at martial arts and literature, only slightly worse than Li Xiangyi). It was impossible for him to do anything against his clansmen, so when the two left, he was naturally taken away.

Since Si Gu Men was handed over to him, he has handled all the matters of Si Gu Men very well in the past two years. At the same time, the people in Si Gu Men are also well managed by him and they have a very strong sense of belonging (mainly because they dare not, black sesame dumplings are not just talk).

The main reason was that in the past two years, some people in the Sigumen took advantage of their positions to make money, bully men and women, and occupy fertile land. So after Li Xiangyi dealt with these things, he threw them all to Ji Xuan'an. Anyway, Ji Xuan'an also needed experience, so living anywhere didn't matter, he might as well make good use of it and liberate himself. In this way, Ji Xuan'an began to follow the two of them around and clean up the mess all year round.

During those two years, all the available money in Sigumen was distributed to the victims by Li Xiangyi. In order to support everyone, Ji Xuan bought a lot of fields and hills around Qinglian City, and hired workers to grow crops, trees, herbs, or flowers according to local conditions.

In this way, he not only reduced expenses but also increased income. He was very good at increasing income and reducing expenditure. Moreover, he had a plan for any profitable business as long as he could do it, and everyone in the Sigumen also performed their duties.

In order to plant flowers, Ji Xuan did not even let go of Qinglian City. He planted all kinds of flowers at his own expense on all the available land inside and outside the city, and arranged them properly throughout the year. Many common people and wealthy businessmen came here for the flowers, so Qinglian City had a lot of tax revenue every year.

The prefect and the imperial court were very happy about this, and they did not need to worry about accidents in the city, because Sigumen was here. In the past two years, Qinglian City has expanded a lot, and people from the surrounding mountains have moved their families into the houses built for tenants by Sigumen for work. However, these are not free, tenants have to pay rent every year, and most people will spend money to buy houses after making money; many merchants who have passed by have also bought houses to settle down.