Chapter 113 Coarse Work

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Chapter 113: Chapter 113 Coarse WorkThe tea stand in front of Tianxiang Building. Chu Shun and the others were bored and listless. "Prince, Eldest Young Master of Duke Zhen Mansion is here," a servant suddenly said. A shiver ran through him. Chu Shun turned his head to look. He saw Xie Jingchen sitting on horseback, the sunlight casting a halo around him. He really did come. Chu Shun and the others got up, walked over, and asked, "Did you really go to Duke Chong’s Mansion?" "How did you get the news so quickly?" Xie Jingchen asked. Cough cough! Chu Shun coughed lightly and said, "Not that quickly. Brother Su passed by earlier, and we stopped him. He almost dragged us to Duke Chong’s Mansion with him." They thought Su Chong was just looking for trouble by going to Duke Chong’s Mansion when he was full. What his father, Marquis Dongxiang, did wasn’t something that could be resolved with an apology. Even if Marquis Dongxiang came with a humble apology, Duke Chong wouldn’t let him go, let alone Su Chong bringing some gifts to visit Old Duke Chong. They would be fools to go along. Fortunately, Su Chong didn’t force them to come along, since they were helping Su Jin keep an eye on the construction of Tianxiang Building. "Are you here to check on the shop’s construction?" Prince NanAn asked. The construction of the shop was progressing very quickly. Much faster than Su Jin had imagined. Chu Shun and the others were fed up with keeping watch at the tea stand. They couldn’t wait for the shop to be completed overnight so they could be done with this task. In their haste, they kept adding more people, and now half the servants from Marquis Jingguo Mansion, Prince NanAn Mansion, Beining Marquis Mansion, and Duke Dingguo Mansion are here. They arrived before dawn and left after dark. If the shop’s construction wasn’t fast with so many people, it would be unreasonable. Xie Jingchen glanced back, and a Hidden Guard handed him a package. Xie Jingchen handed it to Chu Shun and the others, saying, "Besides building the shop, there’s other work, and I’ve already assigned it to you." Chu Shun shouted in dissatisfaction, "Why do we have to do everything? What about you?" "My work is already done," Xie Jingchen replied bluntly. "..." "Is assigning work considered work too?" Prince NanAn asked, looking at the four brocade boxes in the package. "..." Xie Jingchen glanced at the brocade boxes and said, "This is the foundation of the shop. Find reliable people to handle it." "Can I protest?" Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo Mansion said, looking at the carriage. Su Jin held her forehead. Xie Jingchen said he only had influence in front of Xingxing, and it seems he was right. She lifted the carriage curtain and said, "The shop has nothing to do with your Brother Jingchen, so protests are invalid." Chu Shun, "..." Prince NanAn, "..." Heir of Marquis Beining, "..." Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo Mansion, "..." Seriously? Such a large shop, and the four of them own half of it, while Brother Jingchen doesn’t have a share? Isn’t this a bit too much? So, Brother Jingchen helped by completing part of the work from a fair and just standpoint? Chu Shun found it hard to believe. He asked Xie Jingchen, "Is what sister-in-law said true?" "It’s true," Xie Jingchen said. "Why do we get half, and you don’t get even one-tenth?" Prince NanAn asked, puzzled. "Are you sure you two are really married?" Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo Mansion said with a strange expression. "..." "It shouldn’t be a fake marriage. At the time of the wedding, Brother Jingchen, you were unconscious, and a rooster was used to bow for you," Heir of Marquis Beining said. "..." "Since it’s a real marriage, why hasn’t the marriage been consummated?" Chu Shun asked. "..." "How do you know they haven’t consummated the marriage?" Prince NanAn asked curiously. "..." "Yeah, how do I know?" Chu Shun looked at Xie Jingchen. "..." "I guessed." Xie Jingchen was speechless. These are his good friends. They could start talking about one thing and end up discussing another. Xie Jingchen redirected the conversation back, looking at the study, and said, "The study will be turned into a pharmacy, and I’ll have half of it." Chu Shun and the others suddenly understood. They understood how sister-in-law divided the shops; their money was used to buy Tianxiang Building and the inn, so they owned half. The study belonged to Brother Jingchen, so he owned half of it alone. Sister-in-law really handled matters fairly. "But all the work of opening and managing the shop was left to us, so what does sister-in-law do?" Prince NanAn asked. The role of an idle shopkeeper was taken without any hesitation. So much trust in them. They felt a lot of pressure. Su Jin felt a bit embarrassed. It seemed that all the work she should be doing was handed to them, and all she had to do was occasionally introduce new products to the shop. Su Jin didn’t say anything, and Xingxing was afraid they would wait for her lady’s reply, so she directly told them. "My lord and madam only let my lady spend money on such menial tasks," Xingxing said. "..." Spending money is a menial task? "Don’t stop me. I want to take on the menial task of spending money!" Chu Shun shouted. "Go, go, it’s not your turn," Prince NanAn said. "This task will be done in turns," Eldest Young Master of Duke Dingguo Mansion said. Su Jin was speechless. She asked Xingxing, "Who said spending money is a menial task?" "The lord said so," Xingxing replied cheerfully. "..." Xingxing remembered the day the lord said such a thing. It was a windy day, and the roof was leaking a little. The lord was repairing the roof and asked the young master to hand him things. At that time, the young master was only five years old. The young master climbed the ladder to the roof, dissatisfied, "Dad, I’m still young. Why don’t you make sister do it?" The lord said, "Your sister is a girl, delicate and frail, so the only suitable task for her is to spend money on such menial tasks." Xingxing didn’t know how heartbroken the young master was at that time. But she remembered those words well. Not only Xingxing, but the former Su Jin as well. Conversations like this often happened at Qingyun Mountain: "Mom, I’ll help you with the menial task of spending money," Su Jin said coquettishly. "Mom can’t bear to let you do menial tasks. Stay on the mountain obediently," Mrs. Tang said tenderly. "..." "Dad, can you help persuade mom?" Su Jin turned to Marquis Dongxiang, acting spoiled. "Sweetie, if your mom can’t bear it, how can I?" Marquis Dongxiang said dotingly. "..." "Mom, I can’t just do nothing all day. I have to do some work," Su Jin said obediently. "Alright, help mom embroider a peony flower," Mrs. Tang said with a smile. "..." "I’d better do nothing." Even Su Chong and Su Yang couldn’t escape from Marquis Dongxiang and Mrs. Tang’s hands, let alone Su Jin. Listening to Xingxing talk about past events, Su Jin could feel the happiness of being spoiled by everyone. Chu Shun and the others shed a sympathetic tear for Su Chong and Su Yang. Marquis Dongxiang and his wife treated their children so differently. The difference was like night and day. However, amid the heartache, there was more confusion and curiosity. Spending money is considered a menial task, but how did such a pampered daughter become so skilled in medicine? It doesn’t make sense. Moreover, when Chu Shun and the others indirectly asked Su Chong, they discovered that Su Chong had no idea Su Jin knew medicine. Afraid of being exposed, they didn’t dare to ask further. Now it seems— Sister-in-law has secrets.

Chapter 113 Coarse Work

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