To tell the truth, ever since Qiao Xiaomai got Yang Wenxiao's promise, she really hadn't been concerned about the slump in business. War could plunder vast wealth, and she still remembered Prince Fengbao's clothes that were so dazzling they could blind, just looting Longshi Country would have been enough to repair the bluestone road and the canal, so she really couldn't be in a rush.
The unrushed Xiaomai led a tranquil life, spending her days in the manor tasting watermelons, feeding cows and sheep, reviewing manuscripts of Journey to the West for Tong Sanlang, and occasionally recognizing some herbal medicines, among other things.
The head housekeeper of the manor was a nanny sent by Yang Wenxiao—a woman with exceptional ability, so Xiaomai didn't have to worry about the manor's miscellaneous affairs.
She finally began to live the leisurely life she had longed for.
