The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 74: Repairing the plank road in public while secretly crossing Chencang

Xu Rongrong's previous injuries have completely healed.

In the past few days, she has returned to normal walking, sitting and lying down.

People also feel a lot more relaxed.

But she didn't know if it was her own illusion, she always felt that Chu He was different in the past few days. He no longer frowned like before, and although he was still as silent as before, he no longer hid from her or avoided her all the time.

Mu Rong has been trapped in the East Palace by the prince these days. Xu Rongrong feels that her life has become easier without the annoying people around.

After lunch, she looked through the account books in her room.

This was just delivered to the pharmacy this morning. The cough medicine she prepared was already on the shelves, and it was selling very well. Choosing the cough medicine first for sale was also Xu Rongrong's plan.

Most of the eight alleys in the capital are inhabited by wealthy families, and there are many elderly people in their mansions.

Winter was approaching, a season when coughing and sputum were common in the elderly. Xu Rongrong had refined the prescription she had prepared for Chu Yun, reducing its potency and adding nourishing and warming ingredients. The resulting cough medicine not only soothed and reduced phlegm, but also moistened the throat, quickly becoming a common sight throughout the Eight Alleys.

Xu Rongrong pointed at the account book and said, "This batch of medicine has only been on sale for three days, and it's already sold out. It seems we need to ask the shop to get more herbs and replenish them after the ingredients are prepared."

Luo Shu smiled and replied, "Brother has already given the order. Winter is coming soon, and he said sales will double by then! He also said that many people in the capital will follow suit. Once the Eight Alleys become popular, I'm afraid people from other places will follow suit and buy medicine."

Luo Chen has now quit his job at the car dealership and is now solely responsible for Xu Rongrong's business. Xu Rongrong nodded: "Your brother is right, it's just a matter of finding a reason."

"However, the owner of the medicine shop has always been curious about the man behind the scenes. He has asked my brother many times, wanting to know who Mr. Tao is."

Xu Rongrong gave a wicked smile: "Let him guess, a little mystery will make things easier for us."

Luo Shu clapped his hands and laughed, "This is really interesting! Not only do people outside of our house not know about this, but even within our mansion, apart from me, Luo Shu, and the Chu brothers, no one knows about the young lady's abilities. They also don't know that the medicine shop she bought has doubled its profits in less than half a month!"

Xu Rongrong smiled and tapped her forehead: "Your young lady is very capable!"

After Luo Shu finished speaking, Wen Yao came closer with some curiosity: "I can't understand. Why does the young lady treat the Chu brothers so well? Although Chu He saved the young lady, it is only natural for us to invite them into the mansion and diagnose Chu Yun. But there is no need for you to reveal your abilities to them. What if they reveal the young lady's secret?"

"He won't." Xu Rongrong was very sure. She smiled and said, "Don't underestimate Chu He. He is a man of great fortune! There is no harm in currying favor with him now."

Wen Yao and Luo Shu naturally did not believe what their young lady said.

If the lady wanted to curry favor with someone, why would she bother trying to drive Marquis Weiyuan out?

But since the young lady didn't want to say anything, they naturally wouldn't ask any more questions.

Luo Shu continued to report on the situation outside: "Young lady asked you to find doctors in the capital who are good at treating epidemic diseases. I have drawn up a list and would like you to review it."

Xu Rongrong took it and flipped through it: "Your brother is really reliable in his work."

After she finished reading, she said, "There's a doctor named Shu. If your brother sees him, please keep an eye out for him for me."

"I understand." After tidying up the account books and rosters, Xu Rongrong yawned.

Looking at the midday sun, he seemed to think of something: "Did the second young lady go out for the whole day the other day?"

Wen Yao replied, "It is said that we need the master's approval to visit the eldest daughter of the He family."

Luo Shu said disdainfully, "Now that the young lady is the housekeeper, she doesn't even bother to say a word! That He family's son, He Jingzhi, has just skipped levels and been promoted to the position of Imperial Academy Attendant Scholar. She knows that if she curries favor with someone like him, the master will definitely let her go out."

Xu Rongrong frowned. She had met He Jingzhi's sister twice in her previous life. She was a very aloof and arrogant person. How could she be willing to get along with Xu Yaoyao?

So he ordered Luo Shu: "Go back and tell Chu He that next time Xu Yaoyao goes out, make sure he goes with him."

"Miss, are you suspicious of her?"

Xu Rongrong nodded: "I suspect she is pretending to build a plank road while secretly attacking Chencang." Luo Shu did not dare to delay and hurried to the service room.

Chu He had just finished washing his younger brother Chu Yun's hair.

After listening to Luo Shu's instructions, he responded, "Please rest assured, Miss."

Chu Yun was drying her hair in the inner room when she heard the noise and poked her head out: "Sister, you're here! What have you been busy with lately? Why don't you come to see me?"

His voice has not changed yet, and now it is Cuicui's youthful voice. He calls her "sister", which makes people feel warm inside.

Luo Shu smiled and took out a small piece of hawthorn cake from his pocket: "Are you greedy again? Look what I brought you!"

"Sister, you're so stingy. It's just this little." Chu Yun pouted in dissatisfaction.

His hair was wet and a little messy.

Luo Shu subconsciously reached out and wanted to rub it.

Chu Yun hid aside: "Don't touch a man's head casually."

Luo Shu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "How can an eleven-year-old kid be called a man!"

Chu Yun was unconvinced: "No! Besides, my sister is too stingy today!"

"Still think I'm stingy? Forget it!" Luo Shu pretended to take it back. "The young lady told you not to be greedy. I brought this small piece secretly."

Chu Yun chuckled and said, "In that case... then thank you, sister."

He reached out to take it, but was intercepted by Chu He.

The elder brother said seriously: "Miss said you can't eat it, so you can't eat it."

Chu Yun: “…”

Luo Shu: "..."

...The Xu family moved to the capital and did not have much roots in the capital.

Therefore, in order to worship his ancestors, Xu Chaoqian had to build a small family temple at the foot of a mountain in the far suburbs.

In the middle of the courtyard is the ancestral hall where the ancestral tablets are enshrined. On the right side facing the sun is a low residence, and next to it is an almost open-air kitchen.

On the left is a storage room, which is now used by Madam Ping to live.

Xu Liu has been here for more than a month.

The residence was shady and damp, and she looked much older after living there for a long time.

The cruel Xu Chaoqian never came to visit him once.

Seeing Xu Yaoyao, Xu Liu started cursing: "Your damn father deserves to have his legs broken. God should punish such a man severely. He abandoned his wife and daughter, and left my second sister in the mansion without a mother to protect her."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yaoyao threw herself into Xu Liu's arms and cried bitterly.

Xu Liu was so distressed: "Don't cry, second sister. When mother returns home, I will deal with that bitch!"

Xu Yaoyao wiped her tears and said, "When will mother be able to return? My eldest sister...she is forcing her daughter to live a miserable life."

"She treats you like this, and you still call her sister! How could I have such a useless daughter like you! Don't you think about it, if she treated you as a sister, why would she deduct the monthly wages of people around you? You have to rely on selling jewelry to make a living!" Xu Liu was very angry.

"My eldest sister said... she was following the old custom. Her eldest maid came to lecture me, saying that in the past, my eldest sister's Wutong Courtyard had one master and two servants, but my mother only gave them less than half of their monthly allowance. Now they are doing this... is... is..."

"What is it!" Xu Liu was furious.

"It's the daughter's turn to pay for the mother's debt... wuwuwu..." After Xu Yaoyao finished speaking, big tears welled up in her eyes again.

"Alright! This bitch, seeing that I'm not in the house, actually bullies you like this! What kind of person is that Wen Yaoluoshu? How dare she scold you, her master! Your father doesn't care about her?"

Xu Yaoyao said sadly: "Father said that my eldest sister is the county lady and asked me to obey her in everything."

Xu Liu was so angry that she wanted to smash things, but when she raised her hand, she realized that this was not her Rong'an Courtyard in the capital, and there was nothing she could use.

"Your father, that bastard, can't be relied upon. Just be patient. Mother will definitely help you get revenge!"

"Well! I'll wait for you to come back. I've thought about it and decided to sell that jade headpiece. It should be able to support me for a while."

Xu Liu held her daughter in her arms: "My poor second sister..."

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried for a while. Xu Liu took out a key from under the pillow and handed it to them:

"This is the key to my mother's private vault. I originally wanted to use it to fill your and Minjie'er's dowries when you got married. Now that you're suffering like this, I'll use it first."

Xu Yaoyao took the key and nodded.

"Don't worry, mother. Your daughter won't open it unless it's absolutely necessary."

The key in her hand was already tightly clasped in her palm.

Didn’t Xu Minmin say her mother loved her the most? Haha…

After returning home, Chu He told Xu Rongrong everything he had seen.

Luo Shu stamped his feet in anger. "This Second Miss is so good at gossiping. How have we treated her so badly in the mansion? Even though her monthly allowance has been cut in half, isn't that to fill the hole left by Madam?"

"Acting has always been Xu Yaoyao's forte." Xu Rongrong smiled, "I'm afraid Madam's private vault will become Xu Yaoyao's alone in the future."