In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

Ever since Xie Chengjin left, Su Zhizhi has been in charge of everything in the mansion.

The younger Jiaojiao didn't know what was going on, and just kept pestering Su Zhizhi to ask where Xie Chengjin had gone.

In this regard, Su Zhizhi had no choice but to be patient and coax Jiaojiao over and over again.

in the room.

I saw Jiaojiao looking around, as if looking for something.

"Daddy."

"Daddy."

After calling out several times and seeing no one answered her, Jiaojiao immediately started crying.

"Wuwuwu... Daddy, where have you been..."

Jiaojiao's crying quickly attracted Su Zhizhi's attention. She ran over from the study reading the account book, quickly picked up Jiaojiao and coaxed her, "Jiaojiao, what's wrong, Jiaojiao?"

"Mother, I want Daddy. Why hasn't Daddy come back for so long? Doesn't he want us anymore?"

Jiaojiao said while crying.

Su Zhizhi quickly explained when she heard it, "No, your father has something to do. He went to a faraway place to deal with it. He will be back in a while."

Su Zhizhi put her face against Jiaojiao's and was surprised to find that Jiaojiao's face was burning hot.

"Hey! Jiaojiao, what's wrong with you? Why is your forehead so hot? Do you have a fever?"

"Someone, hurry up and go to Yi'an Hall to get the doctor."

Su Zhizhi quickly instructed the servant beside her.

"As you command, ma'am."

After a while, the doctor came over with a medicine box.

"Doctor, please take a good look at my child. What's wrong with her?"

Su Zhizhi quickly stepped aside.

"Okay, Madam, please rest assured. I will carefully examine your beloved now."

After saying that, the doctor carefully took Jiaojiao's pulse and gave her a diagnosis.

After a moment, the doctor looked up at Su Zhizhi and reported, "Your daughter is fine. She's just worried and anxious, and she caught a cold, so she has a fever and is ill. I'll prescribe some medicine. Madam, please take it on time, and you'll be fine."

Su Zhizhi heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this, and a huge stone in her heart was completely put down.

"Okay, thank you, doctor."

"Pei'er, quickly follow the doctor to Yi'an Hall to get the medicine."

Su Zhizhi instructed the maid beside her.

"As you command, ma'am."

In the following days, Su Zhizhi stayed at home to take care of the sick Jiaojiao. Lord Xiao did not cause trouble for Su Zhizhi again, and Su Zhizhi spent a rare period of peaceful days.

Unfortunately, the good times didn’t last long, and new storms came again.

early morning.

As soon as Su Zhizhi finished washing up and went to the front yard, the housekeeper hurried over.

"Madam, there's a servant outside claiming to be Lord Xiao. He's handed us a message saying that Lord Xiao is celebrating his fiftieth birthday in three days and invites you to attend."

Su Zhizhi was slightly stunned after hearing this, then nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. You go and reply to him, I will go."

"As you command, ma'am."

After dinner, Su Zhizhi wanted to find out what Marquis Xiao liked so that she could prepare a suitable gift for him so that he wouldn't be able to find the wrong one.

After much deliberation, Su Zhizhi went to Xu Miao to ask for advice just to be on the safe side.

Inside the princess's mansion.

When Xu Miao saw Su Zhizhi, he greeted her enthusiastically, "Zhizhi, long time no see. Come, sit down and try this new jasmine tea I bought."

Su Zhizhi cooperated very well, picked up the teacup on the table, and began to taste it carefully.

"Not bad, not bad. The faint fragrance of jasmine flowers makes people linger. Not bad, not bad, it's good tea." Su Zhizhi couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing that Su Zhizhi liked it, Xu Miao couldn't help but say, "Right? As long as you like it, I'll have someone pack some for you later so you can take it away. I specially asked someone to bring this tea from Jiangnan. It has a refreshing fragrance and calms the mind."

"I don't know what you've been up to lately, you're such a busy man. You don't even come to play with me. It's so boring for me to stay alone in the Princess's Mansion."

Facing Xu Miao's "complaints", Su Zhizhi sighed helplessly, "Hey, Xie Chengjin is gone, and I'm the only one left in the mansion. Jiaojiao has fallen ill recently because she missed her father too much, and I've been taking care of her during this period."

Xu Miao's eyes widened when he heard this. "What? Is Jiaojiao okay now? Has she been seen by a doctor?"

"I've checked it out. It's nothing serious. Just a cold. Just take some medicine and take good care of yourself and you'll be fine."

After saying that, Su Zhizhi went straight to the point and stated the main purpose of her visit today.

"Miaomiao, I came to you today to ask you something."

"You said."

"Marquis Xiao sent me an invitation this morning saying it's his fiftieth birthday in a few days. I don't know him very well, so I thought I'd ask you what he likes so I can give him a gift that suits his taste."

Su Zhizhi got straight to the point.

"Preference, let me think about it..."

After thinking for a long time, Xu Miao blurted out, "Oh, by the way, he likes to collect some porcelain or something. I think you can start from there and give him a piece of porcelain."

Su Zhizhi's eyes lit up immediately after getting a satisfactory answer. "Okay, okay, thank you Miaomiao for the reminder."

"Why, why are we still saying these polite words to each other?"

Seeing that today's goal had been achieved, Su Zhizhi did not stay any longer. After all, Jiaojiao, who was still sick, was waiting for her to go back and take care of her at home.

"Miaomiao, I have something to do at home, so I'll take my leave first. I'll visit you again when I'm free in the future."

Xu Miao understood what Su Zhizhi meant and did not try to stop her. "Okay, then you can go back first. Remember to come and play with me when you have time."

"Ok."

In this way, Su Zhizhi returned home in a carriage.

After returning home, Su Zhizhi took the housekeeper to the warehouse to look for things related to porcelain.

After careful selection, Su Zhizhi finally found a piece of porcelain that satisfied her.

Looking at the exquisite yet elegant porcelain bottle in front of her, Su Zhizhi smiled with satisfaction.

"Okay, this is it. Butler, have someone wipe it carefully and then wrap it up. This is a gift I'm going to give to Marquis Xiao for his fiftieth birthday in a few days. We have to be very careful and make no mistakes."

Su Zhizhi instructed Xu Miao.

"Yes, ma'am."

In a blink of an eye, it was Lord Xiao’s birthday.

As soon as Su Zhizhi walked into Marquis Xiao's mansion, she was stunned by the scene in front of her. Even though she was knowledgeable, she couldn't help but sigh that Marquis Xiao's banquet today was extremely extravagant.

At the same time, Lord Xiao also saw Su Zhizhi in the crowd.

Seeing this, Su Zhizhi hurriedly came forward with the gift she had prepared, "Hello, Lord Xiao. I wish you happiness as vast as the East Sea and a long life as long as the Southern Mountains."

After saying that, the butler beside him hurriedly handed the gift forward.