Chapter 278: Put in more effort
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
After Xiao Hanzheng’s immortal cultivation novel became popular, his income became more and more substantial.
Not only did Bai Xu sell well in the capital, but he also printed it every month and sold it to the entire Daliang.
Some even said that it spread into the Ge Kingdom.
The Ge people also liked it and would buy it from the bookstores in the northern border.
Xiao Hanzheng did not lack money to spend.!!
He also had many people working under him.
As a result, their newly bought house was already cleaned and ready when he arrived at the capital.
The courtyard had three entrances and three exits. The previous owner went out of town to become an official.
In addition, he needed money, so he sold it.
Xiao Hanzheng got someone to repaint it.
The furniture had also been changed to a new style that Shi Qingluo liked, as well as the sofa that she had made.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, a man in his forties appeared with a few servants.
“Master, you’re here.”
Xiao Hanzheng smiled and nodded at him. “Uncle Wei!”
Then, he introduced him to Mother Xiao and the others. “This is Uncle Wei. He will be the butler of our residence in the future.”
Wei Jinliang smiled and said, “You can call me Butler Wei from now on.”
Xiao Hanzheng saved his life, and he happened to be tired of the disputes outside.
So when he heard that Xiao Hanzheng wanted to find a butler, he proposed to be one himself.
Because Wei Jinliang was not much older than Mother Xiao, Mother Xiao also called him Butler Wei.
Shi Qingluo and the other two followed Xiao Hanzheng and called him Uncle Wei.
It could be seen that Xiao Hanzheng valued him very much, and treated him more than a butler.
Wei Jinliang smiled and introduced the few maids and servants behind him to Shi Qingluo and the others.
These were all arranged by Xiao Hanzheng.
He was in charge of teaching them recently so that they would behave well in the future.
Xiao Hanzheng originally wanted to arrange some to serve his family members, but he wanted people that he was familiar with and would not betray him.
Therefore, he delayed it until he saved those that he knew in his previous life, either to show mercy or to buy them before arranging for them to come to his house.
Now, his house was the residence of a high scholar, so he did not need too many people to serve him.
Moreover, the quality of the people here was more important than the quantity.
Now, it was very easy for people to take advantage of loopholes, so he only arranged for one person to serve each of his family members.
There was no need to pick who was suitable to follow whom.
He had already made arrangements.
Xiao Hanzheng arranged for Mother Xiao to be served by a twenty-over-year-old prostitute who had divorced.
This woman’s husband was weak and incompetent, and he even allowed his mother to sell his biological daughter.
Therefore, in a fit of anger, this woman took the initiative to divorce, and looked for her biological daughter everywhere.
In the end, with Xiao Hanzheng’s help, she found her daughter.
She was independent and before she sold herself here, her personality was straightforward, and she was also somewhat fierce.
In order to repay Xiao Hanzheng, she took the initiative to sign a contract to sell herself since she and her daughter also needed a place to stay.
It was more suitable for her to follow the somewhat soft-tempered Mother Xiao.
The one who was assigned to Xiao Baoli was a fifteen-year-old girl who had been groomed by an assassin organization since she was young.
That assassin organization had been wiped out by the emperor’s men.
After the girl was taken back by her family, she was resold again.
She almost ended up in a brothel.
It was Xiao Hanzheng’s men who bought her and brought her to the Xiao residence.
In his previous life, Xiao Hanzheng knew this woman well.
She had repaid the favour to all who had helped her.
Those who she had a grudge with were all dead.
In the end, she was captured and beheaded by the officials.
She knew who to help and who not to, and she also had martial arts skills.
One who knew some medical skills was more suitable to follow her sister.
The one who was assigned to Xiao Erlang was a servant who knew martial arts.
He also had an extraordinary background.
The last person was an eighteen-year-old woman, Qingqing, that was assigned to Shi Qingluo
Her parents and relatives were all killed by a county magistrate.
Hence, she still had deep hatred in her heart.
Xiao Hanzheng collected the evidence of the county magistrate breaking the law and avenged her.
She no longer had any worries and voluntarily offered to sign a contract to sell herself to the Xiao family to serve Shi Qingluo.
In those years of waiting for an opportunity to take revenge, she learned a lot of things.
Her eyes were sharp and she did things quickly.
The first time Shi Qingluo saw Qingqing, she had a good impression of her.
The family settled down.
In the evening, Shi Qingluo washed up and went back to her room.
Xiao Hanzheng had already warmed up the blanket for her.
Shi Qingluo pulled the blanket aside and went in. She hugged her husband who was in the human-shaped heater. “It’s really too cold in the capital.”
She missed the days when there was heating and air conditioning.
Xiao Hanzheng hugged her. “Go out and wear more clothes. I’ve asked someone to make a few fox fur coats for you. They will be sent over tomorrow.”
Shi Qingluo nestled in his arms. “My dear husband is still better!”
Xiao Hanzheng picked up a letter from the side of the pillow and opened it. “Come, let’s watch my scumbag father’s stunts together.”
This was the news that he had just received from the people he had arranged to stay in the general’s residence.
He knew that his wife loved to watch this kind of fun, so he waited for her to finish washing up before opening it.
After reading the contents of the letter, Shi Qingluo said, “Ge Chunru is really willing to spend on her younger brother and sister.”
She had actually almost emptied the general’s residence.
Xiao Hanzheng smiled playfully and said, “Now that my scumbag father knows, his heart aches.”
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have taken away Ge Chunru’s authority as the housekeeper.
Shi Qingluo gloated and said, “Serves him right. He has married a completely prodigal woman.
“Tao Liu is quite capable.”
Xiao Hanzheng’s people wrote down the conversation between the three of them.
Tao Liu was really suitable to be the honey.
Her words were really vivid.
She smiled and said, “It seems that Tao Liu has a good chance to get rid of Ge Chunru and be the first wife!”
Ge Chunru rose up from a concubine and got rid of his wife, Mother Xiao.
It would be interesting if she was also made a concubine by Tao Liu.
A tit for a tat, that was a must.
Xiao Hanzheng said with a smile, “I think so too. After she has been deserted by her family, she should be demoted to a concubine. That should be her ending.”
A person like Ge Chunru probably wouldn’t divorce directly like what his mother did.
Shi Qingluo nodded. “Then let Tao Liu work harder.
“In the next few days, I will contact Qi Yiyang and ask him to arrange a flower feast.
“We’ll also help Tao Liu.
Xiao Hanzheng nodded. “Okay.”
It just so happened that there wasn’t much excitement in the capital recently, so he would let everyone watch the good show at the general’s residence.
After reading this letter, the words on it gradually disappeared.
Xiao Hanzheng fished out another letter.
He hugged Shi Qingluo and said, “Come, let’s watch the good show at the second prince’s residence.”
Shi Qingluo was surprised. “Old Xiao, you’re very awesome. What else haven’t you arranged before?”
Not to mention the general’s residence, back then, even the third prince’s residence and the second prince’s residence had his people.
Her young husband was too awesome.
Xiao Hanzheng smiled and pointed to the sky. “I didn’t arrange for anyone in the imperial palace.”
It wasn’t that he couldn’t arrange it, but the emperor’s informants were everywhere.
If they were to accidentally discover it, it wouldn’t be a good thing for him.
So he might as well not arrange it.
As for the princes, it didn’t really matter.
After all, whether it was the princes or the ministers’ families, which family didn’t have informants?
They just relied on their own abilities to get information.
Then, the two of them gathered together to read the letter.
After Shi Qingluo finished reading it, she said with a gloating smile, “Ge Chunying, aren’t you throwing a stone at your own feet?”