Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 387 Buying the Manor (3)_1

Chapter 387: Chapter 387 Buying the Manor (3)_1

The courtyard of the house was full of fruit trees such as begonia, cherry, apricot, peach, and pear. Although they weren’t as elegant as plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum, what could be more appropriate in this rustic courtyard than these down-to-earth fruit trees?

After viewing the house, both Cai Wei and Mu Zhongqing were satisfied and agreed on the price with the original manor owner. The owner was very easy to talk to. In addition to the original price of 18,000 taels, he generously reduced the price by 1,500 taels. That is to say, the price of this estate was merely sixteen thousand and five hundred taels.

Cai Wei took out a 500-tael silver bill as the deposit. After signing the document, they agreed that the remaining difference would be settled tomorrow, and then the land deed would be handed over, marking the completion of the transaction.

Jiang’s middle man was pleased to earn a commission of one percent from this deal, amounting to 165 taels of silver. Thus, he happily went back to the city with Cai Wei and her father.

The estate was over twenty miles away from Cai Wei’s Bafu Restaurant. Counting the time to view the house, negotiate the price, and travel back and forth, it was already dusk by the time they returned to the city.

When the father-daughter duo returned to the restaurant, they saw that business was still booming, there was no empty seat, and there were even people persistently queuing outside.

Mu Zhongqing was overjoyed and hurried to the counter to relieve Zhao Yun, but was stopped by Cai Wei, who said, "Dad, you have also been busy all day. You should go home early today. Zhao Yun will manage the shop perfectly."

Mu Zhongqing patted his daughter’s hand and said, "I’m not tired. On the contrary, you, a young girl, work from dawn to dusk. My heart aches when I see you like this. Now that the restaurant is on track, I can look after it here. You should go home and rest."

After hearing what he said, Cai Wei thought for a moment and agreed. These past few days, she had been busy with the affairs of the restaurant all day, and in the night, she had been tending to the Old Turtle to give acupuncture to her grandmother. She was indeed tired. She wanted to go back and sleep in her room to rejuvenate, and then wait for the Old Turtle to help her grandmother with the acupuncture in the evening.

Upon her return to the Duke An’s Mansion, she slipped in through the side door, intending to return to her dwelling at Changchun Garden without raising any alarms.

However, while passing by the garden, she was stopped by a well-dressed maid. The maid walked up to Cai Wei and respectfully said, "I am Liuzhu, the personal maid of the Second Miss. On her orders, I have been waiting here for Young Miss Biao. Second Miss has asked me to invite Young Miss Biao to her ’Garden suitable for Orchids’ once she returns. She has something to discuss with Young Miss Biao."

Feeling drowsy, Cai Wei was desperate to go back and take a nap. She didn’t have time to see any first or second lady. As a result, she bluntly replied, "Tell your mistress that I am occupied with important matters today and do not have time to meet her. I will personally visit her and apologize when I have time."

Liuzhu became desperate. She stepped forward, blocked Cai Wei’s path, and knelt down, begging, "Young Miss Biao, I have been waiting here for you for two hours. My legs have gone numb from standing. Please follow me for a while. Otherwise, Second Miss will blame me for being incompetent. I cant bear that!"

After speaking, Liuzhu started to kowtow to Cai Wei. The sound of repeated kowtowing echoed around. It didn’t take a look to know that Liuzhu’s forehead must have been bruised from kowtowing.

For a girl, her appearance is everything. Yet, this young girl was risking her own appearance for such a trivial matter, showing how strict and harsh Second Miss was with her servants.

However, Cai Wei was not a hard-hearted person. Seeing the girl continuing to kowtow as if she was about to kill herself if Cai Wei refused to go, Cai Wei sighed and said, "Alright, get up. I’ll come with you."

Upon hearing this, Liuzhu delightedly thanked her, saying, "Thank you, Young Miss Biao, thank you..."

By this time, her forehead had bruised and some places had even started bleeding. Cai Wei handed her a small ointment bottle and said, "Here, take this ointment and apply it twice a day. As a girl, we must treause our appearance. In the future, don’t let small matters affect your appearance, and definitely don’t joke around with your own looks. Remember, okay?"

Liuzhu held the ointment bottle handed over by Cai Wei in surprise, looking at Cai Wei unbelievably as if she couldn’t believe that she would treat her this nicely.

She was just a servant, or in the words of the Second Miss, she was just a breathing toy bred in the Duke An’s Mansion. If she did not do her job well, she could be beaten or killed at any time. Young Miss Biao was her mistress; how could she treat her this well?

"Did you hear me?"

Seeing her in a daze, Cai Wei asked again.

Liuzhu came back to her senses, nodded heavily and said, "I remember, thank you, Young Miss Biao. You are a good person. The maids serving you are really blessed..."

Cai Wei said lightly, "Just say this in front of me. Don’t say it again in the future, especially in front of your mistress. Be careful not to get yourself into trouble. It’s getting late, let’s go."

Liuzhu bit her lip, looked at Cai Wei deeply, nodded, and led the way with a lantern, leading Cai Wei to Du Wanqiu’s ’Garden suitable for Orchids’.

The Garden suitable for Orchids was located on the east side of Duke An’s Mansion. As the legitimate sons and daughters of Duke An’s Mansion lived in the east, the scenery was much more beautiful than the western courtyard where they lived.

As Cai Wei followed behind Liuzhu, she admired the visual delight of the Eastern Grand Courtyard while walking, and was lost in her thoughts when suddenly a person came out from the opposite side.