The system asked me to chase his wife

With such a piece of good news coming from the blue, she was too lazy to argue with the system about the points she missed.

Since Man'er was considered as a "bonus", he naturally did not get any increase in his share, but still received a monthly salary of 500 wen.

Even so, Man'er was very satisfied.

After all, this huge Duke's Mansion is managed by the Madam, and her courtyard is naturally the best place to get the most benefits. This can be regarded as a "promotion" for Man'er.

Dui'er was also very satisfied. After Xia Mang left the main courtyard, her work was returned to Dui'er, which was also a good thing for her.

Besides, now that his mortal enemy is no longer around, Dui'er's life is so happy.

Xia Mang packed her things and left the lady's yard. On the way, Ji Tong caught up with her and gave her another 500 coins.

The government pays monthly wages on the 15th of every month. Xia Mang is the most active in collecting his wages and goes to collect his money early in the morning.

As her level had been raised today, Ji Tong thought that he might as well be a good person and give her the full half a dollar directly.

After getting the money, Xia Mang happily went to report to his new leader. After walking through a small garden and passing through a moon-shaped gate, he came to an independent courtyard, which was the lady's courtyard.

This courtyard was built right next to the main courtyard, and it is actually more spacious than the main courtyard.

The servants around the lady were also arranged in the wing rooms at the back of the courtyard.

In addition to the two side rooms for the head maids, the second-class maids could also live in a separate room, and the rest of the maids who did the menial work lived in another room.

In this way, the space suddenly became more spacious, and Xia Mang even had an extra small cabinet to store things.

Yunxiu, who was beside the lady, led Xia Mang and Man'er to their own beds, and sat down to chat with them while the two were putting their things away.

She originally served the Dowager Lady and was awarded to the Lady by the Dowager Lady.

Yunxiu also has deep feelings for the sisters in the main courtyard, so it is inevitable that she asks Xia Mang more.

Ji Tong is decent, Shuang Yu is gentle, Shang Qing is arrogant, Lian Bi is greedy, and Xing Zhu loves beauty. These maids around the lady have their own characteristics.

Xia Mang told Yunxiu all the interesting stories about those people, but of course he couldn't expose their shortcomings in front of Yunxiu.

In half an hour, Xia Mang became familiar with Yun Xiu.

After packing up their things, Yunxiu took the two of them to find Rongzhu to arrange their work.

Unfortunately, Qiao Yuandong's biological mother, Feng, came to visit at this moment, and Rongzhu was accompanying her in the main room to entertain the guests.

Yunxiu thought about it and made his own arrangements.

Xia Mang was a second-class maid and could enter the house to serve, so she was given the job of serving tea and water.

Before Xia Mang came, several maids took turns serving tea. Now that the task has been assigned to one person, it saves several people a lot of trouble.

Man'er was a maid who did menial work, but Yunxiu assigned her the job of sweeping the yard because she came from the lady's courtyard.

Yunxiu was afraid that Man'er was feeling unbalanced, so she comforted her.

"Just clean up our yard and don't worry about anything else. Madam will see whether you do a good job or not. As long as you are obedient, there will be many good things for you!"

Man'er nodded with a smile: "Don't worry, sister Yunxiu, I also did this at the Madam's place, I know how to sweep the yard clean without raising dust!"

Yunxiu was very satisfied with her tactfulness, nodded and left.

Xia Mang was thinking about what he should do, and then he remembered the guests coming to the yard. He was struggling over whether he should bring in a cup of tea now.

After hesitating for a while, he decided to wait for his leader's instructions, so he went to the door of the main house and stood waiting.

Yunxiu was walking in front and turned around to see Xia Mang following him. She asked in confusion, "What are you going to do now?"

Xia Mang walked to the door of the main house and stood there, explaining, "What if Madam wants tea?"

Yunxiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "You are a diligent person. We don't need you here for the time being. You can go to the tea room and learn some proper tea. The teas that the masters like to drink on weekdays and the teas that the guests drink are all written on the signs. Go and have a look."

Yun Xiu looked at Xia Mang before she finished speaking, and waved her hand, saying, "Forget it, I'll take you to recognize it."

Xia Mang obediently followed Yunxiu to the tea room.

Outside the tea room are two small stoves with copper kettles on top of them filled with water at any time. Inside is a row of shelves with packaged tea leaves on them.

As if to isolate the steam from boiling water all year round, a screen was erected between the stove and the tea leaves.

Yunxiu led Xia Mang to the shelf to look at the tea leaves, and picked up a snow-white glazed pottery jar with a skewer next to it.

Yunxiu pointed to Xia Mang and said, "This is the tea our wife often drinks."

Xia Mang concentrated on reading the traditional Chinese characters on it: "Lu'an Guapian?"

Yunxiu: "??? Do you know how to read?"

Xia Mang nodded: "Yeah."

Yunxiu: "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you could read, making me have to make this unnecessary trip?"

Xia Mang blinked innocently: "You didn't ask me."

Yunxiu: “.” Yunxiu, based on the principle that since they were already here, took Xia Mang to identify the tea leaves one by one. After confirming that she recognized them all, she left with a depressed look on her face.

Xia Mang looked around the tea room and felt that this would be her "office" from now on.

In the main house at that time, Feng was sitting quietly with her daughter. The servant brought tea and snacks and then left.

Feng picked up the teacup and sipped it absentmindedly.

Ever since Qiao Yuandong finished her mourning period, Feng had been trying to persuade her daughter to return home.

However, Lord Qiao did not quite agree with this, thinking that the Duke's Mansion was so eager to send their daughter home as soon as the mourning period was over, which made the Qiao family seem too heartless.

Feng had no choice but to send Madam Ge, who was by her side, to the Duke's Mansion to inform them that as long as Qiao Yuandong was willing to come home, she would take her daughter back no matter what.

Just when Mrs. Feng was thinking of a hundred ways to get her daughter back overnight, Mother Ge brought back some unexpected news.

Qiao Yuandong didn't want to come back.

Feng thought about it and began to suspect that the old lady of the Duke's Mansion was threatening her daughter and not letting her go home. Finally, she couldn't sit still anymore and came directly to the door.

She came in a rage, but when she saw her daughter's calm face, the hot blood in her heart seemed to cool down.

Qiao Yuandong led Feng into the house and sat quietly aside waiting for his mother to speak.

Feng read Qiao Yuandong's expression, pondered for a while, and then said, "This tea is good."

Qiao Yuandong nodded: "My grandmother sent me the Rainforest Longjing tea the other day. I remember my mother loved to drink it."

Mrs. Feng felt annoyed when her daughter called her "grandmother", but she was also happy that she remembered her preferences.

Feng moved her lips and continued, "It's getting hotter these days. The garden at home has just been repaired. Why don't you move back home to cool off? I have a birthday in July, and it will be Mid-Autumn Festival soon. After Mid-Autumn Festival it will be your father's birthday. After your birthday, it will be your father's birthday."

Feng was talking excitedly. Qiao Yuandong looked up at her quietly and smiled helplessly, "Mother might as well tell me to stay at home forever."

Seeing that her little trick had been discovered, Feng Shi did not hesitate and nodded and admitted generously: "I wanted you to come home directly."

After Feng said this, the look in her eyes when she looked at her daughter revealed heartache.

That was her beloved child!

I originally thought that the Duke's Mansion had a simple population and the young master was a good person, so he would be a good man for my daughter.

Who knew that something like this would happen later?
Feng still remembers how shy and expectant her daughter Qiao Yuandong was when she got married. Even her eyes were sparkling.

But looking at Qiao Yuandong now, his whole body seemed to be covered by a heavy twilight.

She is only nineteen years old!

Qiao Yuandong lowered her eyes and did not see the complex expression in her mother's eyes. She was silent for a moment before she said, "I thought Mother Ge had explained everything to you clearly."

"She came back and told me that you didn't want to come back, but who would believe her?"

Feng couldn't help but raise her voice, and then said sarcastically: "I came here in person today just to hear your definite words."

Having said this, Feng glanced at Rongzhu obliquely, and Rongzhu tactfully led the others out.

When only the mother and daughter were left, Feng looked at Qiao Yuandong seriously and said, "Tell me honestly, is it you who don't want to come back, or is it that the Xiang family won't let you come back?"

Qiao Yuandong sighed when he heard this: "Mother, this is indeed what I wanted, and grandma didn't stop me."

In the past one or two years, Feng has witnessed Qiao Yuandong become calm and steady, and he has become more decisive, so she knows very well that there is no falsehood in what Qiao Yuandong said.

As a result, Feng's eyes suddenly turned red.

She choked up and said, "You would rather stay in this empty house than come back to me. Are you blaming me for marrying you to the Xiang family?"

Seeing that his mother had misjudged her thoughts, Qiao Yuandong hurried over to Feng to comfort her.

"You have loved me for so many years, and your daughter blames you for this matter. Aren't you a heartless person?"

Feng used a handkerchief to wipe away the tears from her eyes, then took Qiao Yuandong's hand and said, "Then come home with me. You are still young and childless, so there is no reason for the Duke's Mansion to keep you. When you come back, I will talk to you about marriage. Do you still remember the young master of the Yun family?"

"Mother!" Seeing that Feng was getting more and more excited, Qiao Yuandong could not help but interrupt her: "My daughter doesn't want to get married in this life."

Feng stared at Qiao Yuandong with her mouth open for a long while before she said angrily, "You! How old are you this year? Do you know how long your life will last? If you don't get married, who will support you in the future?"

Qiao Yuandong just pursed his lips and remained silent.

Mrs. Feng disliked her stubborn look the most, but after all, she was her daughter, so she had to be gentle and explain everything to her in detail.

"Let's not talk about whether you really won't get married, but can you stay in the Duke's Mansion forever? When your brother-in-law gets married, who will run the family, you or his new wife? What will the new wife think of you staying in the Duke's Mansion at such a young age? And what will people in the capital think?"

The lady had promised Qiao Yuandong that she would be the head of the family in the future, and she believed that even her uncle would insist on the same.

Even if she doesn't want to be the head of the family anymore, just hand it over to the new daughter-in-law.

Or maybe the Duke's Mansion really couldn't accommodate her, Qiao Yuandong. The worst that could happen was that she would leave. Anyway, she would never get married in this life.

(End of this chapter)