Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 957: She Wants to Meet Her

"Yes." Erqing accepted the order and left.

Xiao Ji also didn’t like the Old Gu Family, believing they were too wicked, and that Lv Bai was no good either, helping the Old Gu Family. Standing by, she said, "Young Master, don’t get angry. Once I become tougher, I’ll help you deal with those people."

Gu Jinli looked at her, nodded with a smile, and praised, "Xiao Ji is indeed a good maid."

Hearing this, Xiao Ji was delighted, thinking she could go to sleep early tonight. But unexpectedly, Gu Jinli changed the subject and said with a smile, "Since you want to become stronger, then tonight’s sword training will be doubled—no, tripled."

Xiao Ji was dumbfounded and pleaded, "Young Master, Sister Li said my sword skills have improved a lot. I haven’t been lazy, and I haven’t made any mistakes. Please don’t punish me."

Gu Jinli shook her head, smiling gently like a spring breeze, making Xiao Ji shiver.

Gu Jinli said, "Xiao Ji, although your sword skills have improved, can you beat Erqing? No, right? Since you can’t, you have to practice harder. If you don’t practice, you’ll get beaten by Erqing all your life. If you keep getting beaten, don’t you feel bad for yourself?"

So be obedient and hurry to practice.

Xiao Ji was about to cry from the grievance, wanting to say something ambitious, but she realized she couldn’t match up to Erqing in anything.

After pondering for a long time, she finally said, "Young Master, I’m very good at accounting; Nanny Tao taught me."

Xiao Ji wore a proud face, finally finding a skill she could showcase.

Unfortunately...

Gu Jinli smiled, and with a snap, tossed a ledger at her, saying, "Take a look."

"What’s this?" Xiao Ji frowned, picking up the ledger from the table and began to read: "Rebuilding the ruins in West City, seven houses with front-shop and back-courtyard design, each covering four acres, costing 420 taels each to build, with fluctuations not exceeding thirty taels... one warehouse, two three-entry courtyards..."

Xiao Ji read until she was dizzy, asking, "Young Master, what is this?"

"It’s the ledger Erqing made for rebuilding the West City ruins, every item is clearly written." Gu Jinli looked at Xiao Ji and said, "Nanny Tao is very skilled, and you’ve learned well from her, but compared to Erqing, there’s still a lot of difference. Erqing knows what materials and labor costs are needed to build a house in the Prefecture, while you only know how to calculate numbers on paper, unable to create a ledger from scratch like she can."

"Do you still think you’re good at accounting?" Gu Jinli really admired Daqing, Erqing, and Sanqing. They were all trained well by Qin San Lang, each with clear roles.

Daqing worked in the shadows, handling secret tasks.

Erqing managed the daily affairs, not only skilled but also adept at accounting, managing people, running the shop, and negotiating.

Sanqing was like Daqing, very skilled physically; Qin San Lang said he kept her to protect him, and she wouldn’t leave often to run errands like Daqing.

Hmm, it seemed Xiao Ji wasn’t up to it, so she needed to find someone better at martial arts to follow her.

Younger ones like Siqing were learning medical skills. Qin San Lang said that even though she knew medical skills and could prepare medicine, it was still better to have a maid skilled in medicine by her side. After all, when they got married, if she got pregnant, she’d need someone knowledgeable in medicine to take care of her.

Gu Jinli didn’t know why Qin San Lang thought so far ahead, guessing he really wanted to be a father.

Looking at the Qings and then at Xiao Ji, Gu Jinli wanted to cover her face, wondering why Qin San Lang could teach people so well while she ended up teaching Xiao Ji to be so silly.

In fact, Xiao Ji wasn’t really foolish, just young. Following Gu Jinli, she had plenty to eat and drink and nothing to worry about, remaining somewhat naive.

If she trained Xiao Ji as Shadow Guards like Qin San Lang, Xiao Ji wouldn’t be that bad.

After reading the ledger, Xiao Ji felt too ashamed to face anyone: "Young Master, I’m sorry, I’ve embarrassed you!"

Wuwuwu, Nanny Tao had said that as the most favored maid of the Young Master, she represented her face. Being so useless, when the Young Master married into the Qin family, she would be ridiculed by the Qin Family People.

Qin San Lang would give Xiao Ji a cold look and say, "You’re overthinking it, Xiao Yu is my wife, who in the Qin family dares to laugh at her?"

Gu Jinli said nothing, just sat in the chair watching Xiao Ji.

Until...

Xiao Ji said, "Young Master, don’t worry, I will train hard and be as good as Erqing and the others!"

Gu Jinli finally said, "You don’t need to be better than them, but remember, things are different now; you must keep up with them."

Otherwise, no matter how reluctant she was to part with Xiao Ji, she would have to replace her with the Qings.

Xiao Ji nodded, "I will be as skilled as they are."

Knock, knock, knock~

Someone knocked on the window: "Young Master, I’m here to get Xiao Ji."

The voice was soft and tender like a child’s, it was Siqing’s voice.

Gu Jinli opened the window to see a cute little girl around ten years old with a round face, it was Siqing.

Despite her age, Siqing already knew several medical texts by heart and recognized over a thousand kinds of herbs. After the Prefecture Examination results were posted, she would go home with them to learn medical skills from Doctor Wu and be able to apply them in a few years.

"Greetings to the Young Master." Siqing respectfully saluted Gu Jinli.

The master said the Young Master was their female master, and they must respect and obey her. If anyone dared upset her, they could choose between feeding the wolves in the mountains or the fish in the rivers—either way, they’d better not expect to live.

Gu Jinli said with a smile, "Siqing is so cute."

She then called to Xiao Ji, "Hurry up and follow Siqing. Train for four hours, then come back and take a nap. It’ll be enough."

It’s not nearly enough, I’d be exhausted! Xiao Ji silently exclaimed in her heart, but dared not say it out loud, instead following Siqing out.

Before leaving, Siqing said, "Young Master, rest assured, Sanqing is here and on the roof. She will guard you."

Gu Jinli nodded, "I know, you all can go."

Siqing took Xiao Ji away.

Not long after they left, Erqing returned and said, "Young Master, Daqing has already taken people to keep watch."

Gu Jinli nodded and yawned, telling Erqing to sleep in Xiao Ji’s room and then closed the door and windows, crawling into bed to rest.

The next day, Gu Jinli took a mule cart to the Zhou family in the North of the city.

Old Lady Zhou was very grateful that she had sent someone to escort her to Central State to join her son, thinking she was a good person. After considering for a few days, she finally decided to sell a piece of land on the outskirts of the city to her.

However, she requested to see her in person. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Gu Jinli originally didn’t want to go out, but upon learning the land’s location, decided to meet Old Lady Zhou.

Old Lady Zhou was different from what she had imagined; she was a kindly and dignified old lady.

"Greetings, Granny Zhou." Gu Jinli saluted Old Lady Zhou.

Old Lady Zhou saw her and was surprised, laughing, "So you’re a girl as radiant as jade, no wonder you don’t like going out."

Such a pretty girl should go out less to avoid attracting trouble to her family.

Gu Jinli smiled, "You’re too kind."

She then asked, "May I ask why you wanted to see me?"