The system asked me to chase his wife

It is said that capitalists are evil. They suck blood and marrow without blinking an eye!

The system seemed to feel a little guilty and changed the subject to talk about other things.

'This upgrade has gained some new features, would you like to check them out?'

Xia Mang was so angry that his head hurt, and he was also very tempted by the system's suggestion.

She wanted to see what she would get in return after investing such a huge amount of her hard-earned money.

'Ding! New function unlocked, surrounding scan, range 200 meters, currently has one function.'

'Gone? ’

'The host can actively spend points to upgrade the system to obtain more practical functions! '

'.If I remember correctly, didn't you say you knew how to scan?'

Xia Mang remembered clearly that the dog hole on the back wall of the ancestral hall was the one that the system scanned out.

If the system did not have a scanning function at that time, how did the system know that there was a dog hole there?

Xia Mang's mind raced, and he slowly came up with a more definite answer.

"So, you really were a member of this Duke's Mansion when you were alive?"

The system is silent.

Xia Mang continued to speculate aimlessly: "Since you are from the Duke's Mansion, how can you become a system?"

It's bad enough that he's just a system, but he's so inexperienced that the tasks he issues are also inexplicable!

However, no matter what Xia Mang said, the system did not give any response.

This is obviously pretending to be dead again.

Xia Mang looked down on him a little. Not getting the answer he wanted, he didn't intend to get to the bottom of it.

She still has to go find Yunxiu. She was promoted too quickly and her experience is not up to par, so she needs to seek advice from her seniors.

When she found Yunxiu, Yunxiu was sitting under the corridor in the yard, fanning herself.

It was already afternoon and the sun was very hot. If there was no ice in the house, it would be stuffy and hot. It would be better to sit outside on the porch where the wind blows and it would be cooler.

Yunxiu is the top maid in Qiao Yuandong's courtyard. Even if she doesn't leave the courtyard, someone will tell her what happens in the front yard.

Yunxiu felt very surprised and unbelievable that Xia Mang was promoted to first-class in such a short time.

But she quickly calmed down and showed friendliness and welcome to Xia Mang.

"I was talking to Rongzhu before, there are only four big maids serving the Madam, which is a bit too few, but it's not good to go beyond the Madam, so we can just add another big maid. It's a coincidence that you've been promoted today."

Xia Mang smiled and nodded in response: "I'd like to trouble Sister Yunxiu to teach me more, so that I won't lose my composure in front of Madam in the future."

Yunxiu responded cheerfully: "I was the one who brought you into the courtyard. Rongzhu is busy with many things on weekdays, so I have to teach you more. You are smart and will definitely please the lady."

The two men sat opposite each other and said polite words to each other.

Yunxiu didn't feel too much of a crisis about having a new colleague. After all, each of the maids had her own abilities.

He Huan was the best at dressing up, and the lady always asked her what clothes to wear and what kind of cosmetics to use.

He Lan is best at combing hair and growing flowers, and she is in charge of the lady's jewelry and hairpins.

As for Rongzhu and Yunxiu themselves, they can be regarded as the lady's right-hand men. The lady always asks them about the big and small matters in daily life.

Since Madam had arranged for Yunxiu to teach Xia Mang the rules, she would naturally do her best.

The maids doing menial work in the courtyard seldom see their masters on weekdays. Even though the second-class maids can enter the house to serve, they basically do not have direct contact with their masters.

A first-class maid is supposed to serve her master personally, so the requirements for them are naturally much stricter. Otherwise, if they offend their master, that would not be fun.

Yunxiu taught diligently, and Xia Mang also studied diligently.

For example, what the wife likes and dislikes, what habits she has, what taboos she has, etc.

There are so many of them.

For some points that require special attention, Xia Mang directly asked the system to make notes.

After all, if she accidentally offended her "leader" and was sold out, she would have no place to cry.

She is counting on the system tasks to accumulate points so she can go home!

After a while, Qiao Yuandong came back.

Perhaps because she had been busy for most of the day, dealing with many things, and had almost nothing to eat or drink, Qiao Yuandong suffered from heatstroke and lay down as soon as she came back.

The maid brought a warm and appetizing sweet soup. Qiao Yuandong felt so soft that she didn't want to move. It was only after Rongzhu persuaded her to drink two sips that she stopped.

After barely having their meal, the Duke's Mansion's usual doctor came to visit.

The old doctor felt the patient's pulse through the handkerchief, prescribed medicine, took the consultation fee and left.

Rongzhu was about to go out with the prescription in her hand, when she suddenly saw Xia Mang and handed the prescription directly to her.

"Go to the gatehouse at the back and ask the servant to run to the pharmacy to get some medicine."

As he said this, he went to get a purse containing one or two taels of silver and a hundred coins and gave them to Xia Mang, saying that it was money for medicine and the servant's errand fee.

Xia Mang really wanted to ask if there was any errand fee for herself, but when she saw Qiao Yuandong lying on the couch with a pale face, she resisted the urge to argue with Rong Zhu.

Qiao Yuandong's courtyard was an expansion of the Duke's Mansion, and a gatehouse was specially set up next to the courtyard.

After all, the front yard of the Duke's Mansion is not close to the back yard, and many things in the backyard cannot always be done through the front door.

Xia Mang found the servant who was always on duty at the gate, handed him the prescription and the money, and the servant ran away.

After all, this is my first job since being promoted, so I should enjoy it.

So Xia Mang simply waited in the gatehouse. After a while, the sweaty servant returned with the medicine and change. Xia Mang took it and went back to the yard.

After the medicine was ready, Xia Mang carried it into the main room. Rong Zhu, who was guarding the door, was about to take it, but Xia Mang dodged by moving sideways.

Yunxiu, who was standing by, saw this and said, "She was busy running around, and in the end you took the bowl and it was all your credit. People who know her will say that you are worried about her because she is new here, and people who don't will think that you can't tolerate newcomers."

Rongzhu wanted to take the bowl because she was worried that Xia Mang would not serve well. Now that Yunxiu said so, she seemed a little petty.

She glanced at Yunxiu and just told Xia Mang, "Be careful."

Xia Mang nodded and went into the inner room. Qiao Yuandong had changed into a thin gauze dress. She was half leaning on a soft pillow with her eyes half closed.

At this time, there was no one else in the inner room except Qiao Yuandong.

When he heard footsteps, Qiao Yuandong opened his eyes.

Seeing Xia Mang coming in with the medicine, she stretched out her hand and said, "Give it to me."

When Xia Mang heard this, she was not polite at all and directly stuffed the bowl into Qiao Yuandong's hand.

"Be careful of the burn."

This was one of the few times Xia Mang was polite and considerate.

Qiao Yuandong was not a pretentious person. He picked up the medicine bowl and drank it sip by sip.

Seeing her drink the bitter black medicine without changing her expression, Xia Mang silently gave her a thumbs up in her heart.

"Ange is safe today, thanks to you."

After Qiao Yuandong finished drinking the medicine, he wiped the corner of his mouth with a silk handkerchief and said something lightly at the end.

"That's what a slave should do."

Xia Mang took the empty bowl with lowered eyebrows, and then picked up a candied fruit from the plate on the small table and handed it to Qiao Yuandong with great tact.

Qiao Yuandong was stunned when he saw the candied fruit in Xia Mang's hand.

Seeing that she had no intention of reaching out to take it, Xia Mang quickly stuffed the candied fruit into his mouth and then directly brought the plate over.

"How about you pick one yourself?"

Xia Mang thought that Qiao Yuandong might dislike her dirty hands, so he deliberately handed the plate to her.

Qiao Yuandong looked at the plate of preserved fruits that shone with a honey-colored luster, and finally understood what Xia Mang meant.

She couldn't help but smile and said, "Good medicine tastes bitter, so eating some sweet honey is also good, but you don't know that I never like to eat things that are too sweet."

Half of Xia Mang's face was bulging with the candied fruit. She put the plate back on the small coffee table awkwardly, knowing that she had flattered the wrong person again.

"Ahahaha, I saw this in the house and thought you liked it."

Qiao Yuandong found her shy look quite funny, so he explained with more patience.

"Anger loves to eat these. He comes to my place every day, so I have this."

"Oh." Xia Mang nodded to show that she understood.

Qiao Yuandong suddenly said with a hint of meaning: "You should learn and remember more about these things, as they will be useful in the future."

Xia Mang was confused by this sentence, but it did not stop her from nodding in agreement.

Seeing that she was confused, Qiao Yuandong wanted to say something, but the words changed when they came to his mouth.

"Forget it. Go to the ancestral hall and check on An Ge'er. He must be very tired after being busy for most of the day. Bring him a bowl of summer-heat soup."

Although Wu Wendong was the one who started the incident at the birthday party, Xiang Xiu'an was also wrong for not keeping his cool.

So the lady and Qiao Yuandong made a unanimous decision that after the birthday banquet, Xiang Xiu'an would kneel in the ancestral hall.

Xiang Xiu'an naturally remembered the instructions. After seeing his little friend off, he turned around and went to the ancestral hall to kneel.

Xia Mang received the order and went to the ancestral hall with some summer-cooling soup.

This time I entered through the main entrance.

Although it was already afternoon, there were still more than two hours before dark, and the sun was still shining brightly.

Xia Mang's forehead was covered with sweat as he walked through the alley. As soon as he entered the courtyard of the ancestral hall, he felt his whole body suddenly cool down.

She couldn't help but say to the servant guarding the yard: "Don't tell me, it's really a good job here."

Servant: "."

Xia Mang walked past the aloof servants and entered the ancestral hall with the medicine, where he saw Xiang Xiu'an kneeling upright in front of the ancestral tablet.

The ancestral hall was very quiet. Xiang Xiu'an heard Xia Mang's footsteps all of a sudden. He thought Xia Mang had come to ask him not to kneel.

Facing Xiang Xiu'an's bright eyes, Xia Mang did not say what he expected.

"Here, drink this. Madam asked me to bring it to you." Xia Mang handed the dark medicine from that night to Xiang Xiu'an.

Xiang Xiu'an smelled the bitter smell before he saw the soup in the bowl.

Although he felt a little disgusted, he still took the bowl obediently, tilted his head back with a bitter face, and poured it all into his mouth.

Xiang Xiu'an frowned and handed the empty bowl to Xia Mang. The bitter medicine choked him and made him cough.

"Ahem, do you have any candied ahem fruits? Give me two ahem."

Xia Mang thought of the plate of preserved fruit in Qiao Yuandong's room. She said earnestly, "It's only natural for a man to endure a little hardship. Why would he want preserved fruit?"

Xiang Xiuan: “.”

(End of this chapter)