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Under the guise of bowing his head, the servant secretly pursed his lips. The young master certainly has a lot of swagger; he starts by labeling people right away.

However, he was just a servant, so no matter how unhappy he was, he couldn't show it.

He buried his head even deeper: "Reporting to the eldest young master, Lei Yong was sent by the master to Gaojia Village in place of the second aunt..."

This was too embarrassing. Li didn't know how much the servant knew, so she could only interrupt him, saying, "I know about this. I didn't expect your father to send Lei Yong out as well. What about Old Lei?"

"Reporting to Madam, Master has gone out and taken Old Lei with him."

Well, now neither of the two carriages in the manor are here.

Having no other option, the two sent someone out to hire a carriage. After quite a while, they finally set off for the Li family.

Only Li and Lu Haoyu were in the carriage.

Lu Haoyu then asked in a low voice, "Mother, what are you going to the Li family for?"

"Your dad has been acting strangely lately, suddenly checking the accounts, and several shops that had previously relied on us were caught off guard."

If I don't pay them back, they'll definitely betray me!

Lu Haoyu frowned, not understanding why his mother was doing this: "Mother, the Lu family will be mine sooner or later, why do you have to create unnecessary trouble!"

Li was also very troubled, but she did not regret doing so: "It will be yours sooner or later, but not now! Your sister is getting married at this time, am I supposed to let your sister be inferior to Lu Huan?"

"The Cheng family left behind so much; how can you compare to her!"

Li looked suddenly at Lu Haoyu's face, the fierceness in his eyes making him seem somewhat unfamiliar.

He chuckled and tried to calm Li down: "Mother, Cheng is dead. You can easily tamper with what she left behind. Why make things complicated?"

Li then narrowed her eyes, her gaze softening considerably: "You think I didn't do anything? It's just that things have been too smooth sailing before, and I got a little careless. I never expected to be bitten by that little brat."

Ultimately, it was our lack of thoroughness that gave that brat a chance to turn things around. But from now on, I won't make the slightest mistake.

A silence fell over the carriage. After a long while, Lu Haoyu said softly, "Mother, you spoiled Ruyi too much in the past."

Li did not refute him, seemingly acquiescing to his words.

As the sun began to set, it seemed as if it too wanted to escape this cold place, taking with it the last bit of warmth.

Lei Kun's family stayed with Lu Huan under the eaves of the west wing in the inner courtyard, watching them bustle about.

Lu Huan wrapped herself tightly in a sheepskin cloak and found a thin blanket for Lei Kun's family to drape over themselves. The stove in the west wing was right next to them, so neither of them was cold.

The servants of the Lu family were constantly busy, and since there was always hot water in the kitchen, it wasn't cold. They all felt that working for the young lady was much easier than working at the Lu residence.

Lei Kun calculated the time and realized it was time to return to the city: "Miss, we'll head back now! We'll come back early tomorrow morning!"

Lu Huan nodded: "Okay, I've prepared some flatbreads for you to take on the road so you don't go back on an empty stomach! Take this money and ask the kitchen staff to make you some ginger soup when you get back."

Lei Kun smiled, his eyes crinkling: "Oh! Thank you for the generous gift, Miss!"

He secretly weighed it in his hand; the small silver ingot should weigh about two taels. It was enough to make a meal for all eight of them, let alone ginger soup.

His smile became more genuine as he accepted the bag of biscuits Shi Dong handed him and left the Gao family home.

Before getting on the bus, he distributed the cakes and showed the silver that Lu Huan had given him to the people who came with him.

"See that? It was a gift from the young lady! I'll treat you guys to a feast when we get back. You guys better remember how kind she is. If there's another good thing like this in the future, I'll definitely include you!"

They took the cakes and gave a vague reply. But after smelling the stench all afternoon, they had no appetite.

Suddenly, Lei Yong exclaimed, "It's a meat pie!"

They all looked over and saw that the snow-white pancake had a lot of bright red meat filling in the middle, and it was sizzling with oil. It looked like it was made by chopping up braised pork and stuffing it in.

Noticing their wolfish gazes, Lei Yong stepped aside and stood behind Lei Kun: "Eat your food! Don't even think about mine!"

Of the entire Gaojia Village, a small portion of the residents stayed indoors to hibernate, while the rest were either taken away by the Prince of Yan's men or busy burning charcoal at the charcoal kiln in the bamboo forest.

Therefore, no one paid attention to this scene in front of the Gao family's courtyard.

Lu Huan didn't do nothing all afternoon. Under the cover of the sun, she immersed herself in the space and sorted out the gains from last night.

As expected of a prominent merchant family in Yanjing City, the amount of silver notes collected from their accounts and shops alone exceeded 200,000 taels.

However, one thing was clearly missing—cash, which was the most valued commodity among merchants.

The house was crammed full of ornate decorations and furniture. The goods in the shops, having nowhere else to go, were piled up under the fruit trees.

Fortunately, the fruit trees in the space do not wither, otherwise Lu Huan would definitely not have taken them all in.

Most of these goods came from the Zou, Su, and Zhao families. If they were all sold, they could earn at least 400,000 taels of silver.

As for the Du and Chen families, it was only because Lu Huan happened to be passing by and remembered the important figure from Daning Prefecture that Uncle Qin had mentioned that he decided to go in on a whim.

Last night, due to time constraints, she didn't have time to search thoroughly and only took what was visible. Otherwise, the Du and Chen families' wealth would be far greater than this; they should have a dedicated storeroom for storing treasures.

As for the shops and various businesses of the Du and Chen families, we still need to wait for Qin Bo's definite news.

With his assets increasing dramatically, Lu Huan's smile became much more genuine when facing the Zhou family.

“Mother-in-law, the servants have already gone home. They will come again tomorrow.” Lu Huan paused for a moment, slightly hesitant.

Seeing her hesitant manner, Zhou became somewhat impatient: "If you have something to say, just say it. Who are you trying to impress with that act!"

Lu Huan immediately told Zhou about the head housekeeper today, as well as the news about Lei Kun that had just come from.

Zhou hadn't reacted yet, but Gao Manting, who had been feeling stifled in the side room all afternoon, was already impatient.

She burst out like a little wild boar: "Are you regretting it and don't want to buy it for me anymore, so you're making up all these excuses!"

It was only then that Zhou realized that Manting's manners were problematic. Fortunately, she was still young and could be corrected.

She tried to reassure herself, which softened her tone: "Manting, how can you talk like that? What kind of behavior is this! Can't you speak properly?"

Gao Manting picked at her fingers and muttered, "Mom, I was just too angry, that's why I spoke without thinking."

Lu Huan chimed in, "Yes, my sister-in-law is still young, innocent, and naive, which is why she's so straightforward."