A farmer's daughter who traveled through time: Marrying a sickly man

Uncle Gu also mentioned that he had already hired two chefs.

Xia Tian has been so busy lately that he almost forgot about this.

"How are people?"

"They all used to work in other restaurants and had more than ten years of experience as chefs. One of them lost his job when the owner of the restaurant he worked for sold it.

Another reason is that an elderly family member fell ill, so they went back to their hometown, and when they came back, someone else took their place, so they are all looking for new work.

Xia Tian looked through Uncle Gu’s registration information and found that both chefs were in their thirties.

Uncle Gu continued, "Madam, I have investigated and these two people are telling the truth. I have also asked someone about their character and their reputation is quite good."

"Are they willing to learn new cuisines?" Xia Tian asked, fearing that some veteran chefs were used to their own ways and unwilling to learn new ones.

"I'm willing. They have families to support, and the monthly salary given by the madam is high. Besides, it's not easy to find a job nowadays."

Xia Tian nodded and said, "That's fine."

Since they already have a place to stay in the capital, she doesn't have to make any arrangements, which saves trouble.

But two chefs are not enough, and Xia Tian still wants to find two more.

Uncle Gu listened and suggested, "Madam, we can ask them to bring an apprentice over. I have asked two people, and they both have apprentices. I heard that they were trained by themselves. They are good people and their skills are also good."

"That's a good idea. You can ask them when the time comes. As for their skills, you can give them a one-month trial period. If they don't work out, you can replace them."

"Okay, ma'am." Uncle Gu agreed.

The arrangements here were almost done, and Xia Tian asked about Xiao Zhou and Gu Kang's academic progress.

Hearing that the two children were doing well in their studies and were praised by the teacher, he was very happy and rewarded each of them with a set of writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, encouraging them to continue their efforts.

Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu thanked her happily.

Xia Tian felt that he had done a good thing.

He also gave them a task, which was to teach the illiterate brothers and sisters in the yard to read.

Before the two children finished school, Uncle Gu and Aunt Gu agreed on their behalf and said that they would definitely supervise the two of them.

Xia Tian nodded and didn't stay any longer.

After leaving Linglong Lane, she went directly to the restaurant where the decoration was being done. Master Liu found a few more people to do the work and told her that it would basically be done by the end of this month.

I didn’t expect the progress to be so fast, so she needs to keep up with the preparations on her side.

Seeing that nothing was wrong, Xia Tian said goodbye to Master Liu and went straight back to the Marquis' Mansion.

Time flies and it is June 12th.

He got up early again, tidied up, greeted the guests according to the procedures, wished the old lady a happy birthday, and the children and grandchildren presented gifts.

When she presented the gift and took out the portrait for the old lady, the old lady finally smiled at her with satisfaction.

Xia Tian complained in his heart that if it wasn't for his own convenience in the future, he wouldn't have rushed to curry favor with her!

Seeing that she was so understanding, the old lady finally gave her a good look. After listening to the old sisters' envy and jealousy of her, she asked Aunt Zhang to put away her portrait.

Xia Tian felt a toothache when he saw this. He was so vain, so vain.

The Second Madam couldn't help laughing when she saw the girl gritting her teeth. She was right. This girl had a clear distinction between love and hate.

But she is also very flexible, no wonder the emperor wants her to be the royal painter.

She quite likes this character.

Xia Tian had no idea what the Second Lady was thinking, and as soon as the tribute was over, he wanted to leave immediately.

Anyway, she didn't want to stay with the old lady anymore. She felt like a monkey and had become an object for the old lady to show off to others.

Also, the old lady's nephew Xu Jun always looked over here intentionally or unintentionally, which made her very uncomfortable.

She had noticed him in the morning when she followed the second wife to greet guests. This Xu Jun, who was in his twenties, looked quite decent.

According to Shen Nian, he is the son of the old lady's youngest sister. The old lady's sister married the youngest son of Duke Weiyuan of Duke Weiyuan's Mansion. She only gave birth to this son, Xu Jun, whom she doted on so much that he only knew how to pursue women and play with cats and dogs all day long.

I also heard that he had married a wife, but she died in childbirth and the child did not survive.

Later, because of this bad reputation, I was never able to find the right person and have been single ever since.

As soon as she left the house, the Second Madam stopped her and whispered to her not to go to crowded places alone today. She then pointed at the old madam's nephew and said, "That Xu Jun, he's always flirting with other women. You should be careful with him."

Although the Second Madam didn't know what would happen, last year Xu Jun actually molested the Second Miss Shen Ning in the garden. Afterwards, the Old Madam only gave him a few mild scoldings and let him go.

She is in charge of the birthday party this year and doesn't want what happened last year to happen again.

All the other girls in the mansion know about it, but Xia Tian probably doesn’t know. It’s always a good idea to give her a reminder just in case.

Xia Tian narrowed his eyes slightly. Could it be that Second Aunt also discovered something?

I stared at the second wife carefully for a while, but couldn't see anything.

However, he remained calm and thanked the Second Madam, "Thank you for the reminder, Second Aunt. I will pay attention to it."

Seeing that Xia Tian was concerned, the second lady said nothing more and went back to her work.

The birthday party is about to begin, and she, as the person in charge, is very busy.

Today everyone was saying that Liu was ill, so the second wife was made the head of the household.

Xia Tian felt that the Second Madam was a better manager than Liu!

Looking at the Second Madam walking away, Xia Tian slowly withdrew his gaze.

In fact, Shen Nian told her about this two days ago.

The guard that Muchen sent to keep an eye on Madam Qi came back and said that Madam Qi had gone out of the house and disguised herself to buy medicine from someone. The person who sold the medicine to Madam Qi was from Zuihuafang.

Zuihuafang is a second-class brothel in the capital.

There are many men who go there to seek pleasure.

Xia Tian understood as soon as he heard it.

Shen Nian told Mu Chen what he had heard that day about the conspiracy between Liu and Madam Qi.

Only then did she realize that Liu actually wanted to harm her.

But if something happens today, I don’t know if it will cause trouble for the Second Madam.

After a while, the banquet began, and the men's and women's tables were separated by a screen.

Shen Lan and County Master Yunying sat together, Xia Tian sat at the table next to them, and Shen Ning also sat at this table.

There was fruit wine on the women's table. Xia Tian looked at County Master Yunying and Shen Lan who glared at him from time to time and simply ignored them.

Seeing that Xia Tian was indifferent to their stares, the two became even more annoyed and started drinking fruit wine one glass after another.

I also drank a few glasses in the summer. The fruit wine tasted a bit sweet and was quite delicious.

After waiting for a while, Xia Tian looked up and saw Ning Yue looking at him, and the maid just happened to bring her a cup of tea.

This was also what they had agreed upon in advance. If they found that Mrs. Li had taken action, Ningyue would give a signal.

Xiatian picked up the teacup and smelled it using his sleeve to cover it. There was indeed a different smell, which meant that there was something wrong with the tea.

Xia Tian secretly transferred the tea into the space and put the teacup on the table.

Princess Yunying at the next table was also drinking tea. Xia Tian sat for a while, then pretended to be drunk and asked Ningxiang to help her walk out.

Shen Ning wanted to send her off, but she stopped him.

Xia Tian held Ningxiang's hand and passed by County Master Yunying. His sleeve accidentally swept past and replaced County Master Yunying's tea.