The system asked me to chase his wife

Life in the Duke's Mansion was not difficult. Although Xia Mang was just a maid, the things she had to do every day were very simple.

However, there are always some unsatisfactory aspects.

The road from the main courtyard to the kitchen is not short. Xia Mang runs back and forth four times a day. If the lady or the maids in the house want something to eat, she has to run two more trips.

In order to ensure the temperature of the food, the food boxes are all designed with double layers, and the box alone is very heavy.

The lady's meals cannot be put into a single box. Xia Mang's legs have become thinner after these two days of exercise.

That would have been fine, as the maids would occasionally ask for other food and would order Xia Mang to get it.

Fortunately, they would give Xia Mang some money every time as errand fee, but there were always exceptions.

There was a man named Lian Bi, who would ask for sweet soup and egg custard from time to time. However, he was very stingy and not only did he not pay Xia Mang for his errands, he even gave very little reward to the kitchen.

It's okay if it happens once or twice, but if it happens too many times, I won't even work in the kitchen.

We are all servants, who is nobler than who?
It is enough for you to serve your masters at ordinary times. What kind of blessing do you, a maid, enjoy?
How can it be justified to ask people to do things but not give them enough benefits?

So every time Xia Mang ran errands for Lian Bi, she would always dawdle in the kitchen for a long time.

One day, because of this incident, Xia Mang even missed lunch. Not only was she very hungry, but Lian Bi also complained that she walked too slowly.

There is a saying that goes, "Misfortunes never come alone, and blessings never come in pairs."

When Xia Mang returned to her room to rest after dinner that day, she unexpectedly discovered that her quilt was wet. She immediately guessed who it was.

It’s probably Dui’er!

Recently, because I took away her good job, I have been bullied by her in both open and covert ways.

But Xia Mang is not someone who will suffer a loss easily, and he always fights back neither too hard nor too softly.

I thought this matter would be over with time, but I didn't expect this girl to get even worse!
Just at this moment, Dui'er came in from outside. When he saw Xia Mang, he couldn't help but glance at the quilt in her hand.

Although he turned away quickly, it did not escape Xia Mang's eyes.

This is 100% certain!
Having found the guilty thief, Xia Mang snorted coldly and decided to deal with him today, and vent all the anger he had suffered during the day.

Duier lowered his head and walked to his bed and began to untie his hair. Xia Mang rushed over and grabbed Duier's hair.

"what!!"

Duier let out a howl, and Xia Mang grabbed her hair and dragged her to his bed.

Dui'er was in so much pain that tears were about to come out and was about to let out a sharper scream, but Xia Mang directly spent thirty points to buy a pair of "old smelly socks" from the mall.

Don’t ask why you can buy “old smelly socks” in the mall.

Don’t ask why a pair of stinky socks can be sold for thirty points.

After all, the face of capital has always been so disgusting!
Xia Mang stuffed the pair of smelly socks into Dui'er's mouth.

Besides the two of them, there were three other maids in the room at this time. However, no one expected Xia Mang to do this suddenly, and they were all stunned for a moment.

Dui'er didn't know if it was because of the pain or the smell, but her tears and snot were flowing at the same time. She glared at Xia Mang with her red eyes and glared at him fiercely.

Xia Mang has never been a person who is not afraid of causing trouble. When she got angry today, she had no intention of settling the situation peacefully.

After dragging Dui'er to her bed, Xia Mang pressed her head onto the wet quilt and asked, "Did you do this?"

Dui'er just stared at her without answering her, so Xia Mang slapped him. She didn't know where she slapped Dui'er, but she felt pain in the palm of her hand.

Dui'er cried out in pain, and the three maids reacted and wanted to persuade her, but Xia Mang warned them.

"Don't get involved. If she provokes me, I will only settle accounts with her. If anyone of you interferes, I will beat you too!"

In terms of height, Xia Mang's body is not even as tall as those three girls.

But when she said this, the three of them really stopped in their tracks.

Xia Mang then slapped Dui'er on the face again and again, asking, "Is it you? I'm asking you, is it you?"

Dui'er wanted to resist, but Xia Mang pressed him down on the kang and he couldn't move. Half of his face was buried in the wet bedding, and the other half was burning with pain.

Although she had been a slave since she was a child, she had never been beaten like this. She was immediately stunned by Xia Mang's beating and had to admit that she did it out of guilt.

Seeing Duier nodded, Xia Mang pulled the stinky sock out of her mouth. Seeing Duier opening her mouth to scream, Xia Mang threatened her: "If you dare to scream, I will put it back!"

Dui'er had never seen such smelly socks. The smell made his forehead hurt so much that he had to shut his mouth.

Xia Mang then asked her: "Tell me the truth, why did you wet my quilt?"

Although the three maids did not dare to move forward after being stopped by Xia Mang, they were still afraid of something happening, so one of them was smart and ran directly to the next door to find the head maid.

In the next room, Ji Tong was sewing a headband for the lady. When he heard the maid calling, he hurried over to see what was happening. He saw Xia Mang holding Dui'er for interrogation.

Dui'er was frightened by Xia Mang's crazy behavior and was just about to confess his "crime" honestly, when Ji Tong happened to hear it.

Seeing that Duier admitted it but still refused to let her go, Xia Mang forced her to apologize to him and promised to wash his quilt the next day, otherwise he would beat her again.

Although Ji Tong felt sorry for Duier, he knew that she had made the mistake first, so he did not intervene immediately. He waited until the matter was settled before going in to send the two away.

"You too, even if she did something wrong, you should have reported it to us or the Madam to deal with it. Why did you beat her like this? If something bad happened to her, would you feel guilty about it?"

When Dui'er heard Ji Tong criticizing Xia Mang, he thought that he finally had someone to back him up and opened his mouth to cry, but Ji Tong glared at him.

"You deserve it! We are sisters living in the same room, why do you dislike her? You even wet her blanket. If this is the coldest day of winter, do you want her to freeze to death?"

After Ji Tong finished speaking, he glanced at the two of them and warned them, "You two have resolved this matter by yourselves. I won't say any more. If you continue to make trouble, I will report to the Madam and sell both of you out!" The two of them fell silent at the same time. Ji Tong sighed and said, "Mangxia, go to my room and get a quilt. Duier, go to my room and get a box of ointment to rub it on. The swelling will go down faster."

One stick and one carrot, neither of them could feel any other resentment.

The matter was just quietly settled.

Perhaps because Xia Mang had given him a severe beating, Dui'er never caused any trouble for her again. He just looked at her with hatred every time.

The weather is getting warmer and the breeze makes me feel dizzy.

While the lady was taking a nap, Lian Bi found Xia Mang and asked her to go to the kitchen and ask the cook to make a bowl of ice cream with hawthorn in it.

Xia Mang reached out to her for money. Lian Bi took out ten coins from her purse and handed them to her, deliberately ignoring the reluctance in Xia Mang's eyes.

"That's enough. I can buy two bowls outside!"

Xia Mang: "Why not ask the boy at the back door to buy some? I can have one more bowl."

Lian Bi had a look on her face saying, "How can the food outside be as delicious as the one in the kitchen? Besides, by the time the servant brings it in, the ice will have melted!"

Xia Mang wanted to argue, but Lian Bi used his power to overpower her.

"Go quickly. This is your job. Don't waste time. Let's go to the kitchen and get some snacks. The lady will need them soon."

Seeing Lian Bi twisting his waist and walking back to the house, Xia Mang gritted his teeth and said directly: "System, tell me honestly whether Lian Bi is a family member of yours? Otherwise, why are you so stingy?"

'.Not really.'

The system subconsciously refuted, and after realizing that it was wrong, it added: "This machine has already left the carbon-based biological sequence, and warns the host not to make personal attacks!"

Xia Mang was too lazy to talk to the system anymore and went to the kitchen.

You love to eat, right?

I’ll let you eat enough today!

When I entered the kitchen yard, I saw the fat cook wearing a blue cloth scarf coming out. Since Xia Mang was the one who ran the kitchen, the cooks all knew her.

"Mangxia is here, and the snacks for the Madam are ready. People tend to feel sleepy these past two days due to the change of seasons, so I specially made a bowl of cheese with mint. You can take it back and give it to the Madam to try."

Mint is a rare commodity introduced by big merchants and is not available to ordinary people. Only the Duke's Mansion received some of it as a reward from the palace.

The cook took great pains to add it to her masters' meals, just for the sake of getting a reward.

Xia Mang smiled and replied, "Aunt Jiang, your desserts are always the best. The Madam will definitely be happy after eating them!"

This sentence made the fat chef Jiang laugh, and Xia Mang immediately said: "I also took orders for you!"

As soon as Chef Jiang saw Xia Mang's expression, she knew which maid was going to have the "special meal".

Every time the maids ordered food, they would be given extra tips, which was also a source of income for the cooks.

She took a step closer to Xia Mang and smiled brightly: "Good boy, tell me."

Xia Mang took out the ten coins Lian Bi handed her and stuffed them into Aunt Jiang's hand. Aunt Jiang weighed the money in her hand and said disdainfully, "What can you do with this?"

Xia Mang smiled mysteriously: "This is a deposit!"

Mrs. Jiang the chef's fat ears moved and she listened quietly to what Xia Mang said next.

"Do you know Sister Lian Bi in the Madam's room?"

Chef Jiang nodded to show that she understood.

"Today, she received a reward from the Madam, and she was so happy that she waved her hand and asked the sisters in the courtyard to eat ice bowls with hawthorn and thick brown sugar. I was specially asked to tell you this!"

When Mrs. Jiang heard this, she was like, Wow! It’s still a big order!

Xia Mang shook the cook's hand holding the money and said, "This is the advance deposit. Sister Lian Bi said that I can't take so much money by myself. Please run over and deliver it later. She will pay you the rest of the money, not a penny less!"

Mrs. Jiang, the chef, always takes the money first and then does the work. At this moment, she pinched the few copper coins in her hand and said doubtfully, "Does this count? Don't let them just eat without paying. My work will be in vain!"

Xia Mang shook her head vigorously: "That's impossible. Our sister Lian Bi is a respected maidservant beside the Madam. How can she do such a shameless thing?"

Mrs. Jiang hesitated and shook her head: "I don't think so, right?"

Xia Mang just said "oh" as if saying "this kid is teachable".

"Please put your mind at ease. Even if Sister Lian Bi really tricked you, can't you just go and ask the Madam to make the decision?"

After Xia Mang brought up the title of the lady dowager, Jiang Chef's doubts were completely dispelled.

Chef Jiang happily accepted the "order" and turned into the kitchen, while Xia Mang carried the lady's snacks to the main courtyard.

In order to avoid meeting Lian Bi who was waiting to be fed, Xia Mang entered the main courtyard at the time when the lady would wake up.

When she arrived at the main courtyard, the lady had already woken up.

When Xia Mang handed the lunch box to Lian Bi, Lian Bi snorted at her.

"You're slacking off again. Watch out, one day you might get ripped off!"

Xia Mang bit her back teeth and smiled innocently: "Sister is innocent, the cook said that good things take time, so just wait, I guarantee you will love the ice bowl in a while!"

(End of this chapter)