When Lin Xia woke up, it was already evening, and she didn't feel hungry at all, but she didn't feel hungry at all, but she got up from the bed with a dull gaze, and found that her dress was crumpled by sleep.

The maid guarding the door outside heard a sound from the house, and hurriedly reported to Agarwood, and when Agarwood entered the house to serve, she found that Lin Xia was expressionless and her eyes were dull.

Agarwood said cautiously, "Madam, you are finally up, are you hungry, do you want me to order the kitchen to make you some food?" ”

"What about others?" Lin Xia asked lightly.

Agarwood knew who Lin Xia was talking about as soon as he heard it, and it was not good to tell a white lie, so he had to tell the truth, "The master went out in the morning and has not come back until now." ”

"......" After listening, Lin Xia didn't have a trace of expression fluctuation, "Tell me to go down, I want to take a bath." ”

It was the first time for Agarwood to see such a cold Lin Xia, like an emotionless creature, and when she heard that she wanted to freshen up, she asked softly: "Do you want to tell the kitchen to bring you some food for Mrs., you haven't eaten for a day." ”

"No, I don't have an appetite."

Hearing that she refused directly, Agarwood didn't dare to say anything, so she had to agree, "Yes." ”

When Lin Xia was taking a bath in the bath, Lei Biao returned home at this time, but when he passed by Lin Xia's room, he stopped, looking at the lights in the room and didn't know what he was looking at.

The quarrel between Lei Biao and Lin Xia has already spread all over the Lei Mansion, and the maid who is a little thoughtful originally saw that the relationship between the master and the lady was good, Qin Se and Ming, there was no hope, but now they quarreled, and they slept in separate rooms, and the careful thinking instantly ignited the fire again, thinking that this was finally an opportunity.

After all, there is no such thing as a cat that doesn't get fishy.

In this era, which man does not have three wives and four concubines, of course, there are men who only marry one wife and have no concubines, but in private they will go to visit the Qinglou and have a relationship with the fireworks woman, and the lady in charge will also turn a blind eye to such a situation.

When I saw Lei Biao standing in front of Lin Xia's door, a maid came forward to greet him boldly.

"Master, Madame is taking a bath, do you want a slave to serve you......?" The words are very cautious, but the tone is very seductive.

Hearing a voice in his ears, Lei Biao turned his head to look at the maid with spring in his eyebrows, his angular and handsome face showed a slight coldness, and asked coldly: "You can get out of the Lei Mansion." ”

When she heard this, the maid was very stunned, and immediately knelt at Lei Biao's feet after reacting, and said in a panic, "Master, what did I do wrong, you want to drive me out of the house?" ”

Lei Biao didn't pay attention to her, and called directly: "Someone." ”

The maid who heard the summons hurriedly appeared, and when she hurriedly stepped forward to salute, she secretly glanced at the kneeling maid, "Master." ”

Lei Biao didn't think about it, and said bluntly: "Get her out." ”

The maids were really stunned, but they didn't expect someone to take the lead in hooking. It's a good thing, but this is the end...... It's really as the previous rumors said, all the slaves and maids who charm the old man will end up getting out of the Lei Mansion.

"Master, why did you kick me out, I didn't do anything wrong...... Master, please, don't drive me out......" The maid didn't expect her words to drive herself out of the Lei Mansion, the welfare of the Lei Mansion is very good, she will not be beaten and scolded by the old lady, and she will not deduct her wages, if she is kicked out, she really doesn't know where to find such a good master.

Hearing her cry, Lei Biao was obviously a little impatient, "Who cares about these maids?" ”

"If you go back to the master, it's Aunt Liu." The maid hurriedly replied.

"Aunt Liu has no way to discipline her subordinates, and she will be fined one month's money." Lei Biao made an understatement, and directly convicted Aunt Liu and did not accept any rebuttal.

As soon as the maids heard this, their faces suddenly became much more ugly, usually Aunt Liu is very strict with them, mostly in terms of etiquette and rules, if Aunt Liu is because of a maid. The introduction of the old man caused him to be fined a month's monthly money, which would definitely be to vent his anger on them......

Tsk, didn't you say that you can't have different intentions for the old lady, why do you want us to bear the consequences of your wrong things for you?

Thinking of this, the two little maids were not polite, and directly dragged the maid to the back door, and called two family members to throw the charming old man's maid out directly, without any pity.

At this time, Zi Su was holding a small casserole through the corridor, and when he saw Lei Biao about to leave and walk in the direction of the study, Zi Su was not afraid of death and hurriedly stopped him, "Master, don't you go in and see Madame?" ”

Seeing the small casserole in Zisu's hand, Lei Biao twisted his eyebrows slightly, "What did you send so late?" ”

Hearing that Lei Biao was caring about his wife, Zisu was almost moved to cry, and hurriedly said: "Master, Madame hasn't eaten for a day, and she just woke up. Sister Agarwood was worried that Mrs. didn't eat the particles this day and her body couldn't bear it, so she asked me to make some medicinal porridge and send it to Mrs., and it was good to be able to eat a little. ”

After speaking, Zi Su was full of anticipation and hoped that Lei Biao would take the small casserole in her hand and send it to Lin Xia, or enter the room with her and meet Lin Xia.

Unexpectedly, Lei Biao only ordered, "Supervise her to eat." After speaking, he just turned around and left, and went to the study.

Seeing this, Shisu only sighed deeply and brought the medicinal porridge into the room.

Tonight, Lei Biao and Lin Xia slept in separate rooms again, and the medicinal porridge that was brought in did not move at all, turning from steaming to cold.

The dawn shines through the dawn sky, awakening the sleeping earth. A new day is coming, but this Lei Mansion is still lifeless, all because the owner of this Lei Mansion, Lei Biao and Lin Xia quarreled, and they are in a cold war.

It's just that Lei Biao didn't leave the Lei Mansion without even eating breakfast like yesterday, but looked at the letter in his hand with a serious expression, not knowing what he was reading.

As for Lin Xia finally eating, he ate separately from Lei Biao.

Suddenly, Qian Dong came to report the matter, with a sad face, "Madam, something went wrong with the adoption of the child this year." ”

Lin Xiaxiu frowned slightly, "What happened?" After the business of the twin restaurants stabilized and began to have income, Lin Xia's next step was to prepare for the plan to launch a chain restaurant, and this manpower still needs to be prepared.

"I just received a letter from Yalinju, when they went to the Yaxing in Lulin County to adopt a group of children, they found that the price had risen a lot, and they were told by the owner of the Yaxing that if they wanted to buy manpower, they had to pay additional taxes to the government, and even the contract tax for purchasing contracts had increased a lot."

"Pay taxes? How much? "Lin Xia is not very aware of the laws and regulations of the Wu Dynasty, and if the treasury turnover is not effective, it is also a normal means to raise taxes.

"According to the calculation that we selected about twenty children at a time in the dental shop, it is more than fifty taels of silver more than before." Qian Dong replied truthfully.

"So much? Has there been a natural or man-made disaster in the Wu Dynasty recently? Lin Xia was obviously a little surprised, he didn't expect the Wu Dynasty to adjust the tax rate so much.

Qian Dong hurriedly shook his head, "The Wu Dynasty has been regarded as a country and a country with peace and security in recent years, and the wind and rain have been smooth, and there have been no frequent natural and man-made disasters. ”

Hearing this, Lin Xia was even more puzzled, since the country is very stable, why did he adjust such a large tax for no reason? Could it be that Emperor Dawu wants to build a palace and needs silver?

Before he could understand the reason for the tax adjustment, Qian Dong confided in another news, "Because of the strangeness of this tax, we asked about the tax in the tooth shops of each branch, and even asked the local government, and found that there was no additional tax collection or increase of the contract tax." ”

Lin Xia frowned slightly, as if he understood something.

"Yalinju has now sent someone to Lulin County to investigate in detail, but because of this matter, Yalinju wrote to inform him that the adoption of the child needs to be postponed for several months."

Lin Xia nodded lightly, "I see." Suddenly remembering what Qian Dong mentioned some time ago, Lin Xia hurriedly said, "Qian Dong, didn't you mention to me before that there are many children in Yalin Ju who have started to fall in love, and now there are several pairs that have already taken a fancy to each other, right?" ”

Speaking of this suddenly, Qian Dong's face was slightly red, "Madam, you have already started recruiting girls a long time ago, let girls do some gardening, female red, kitchen chores and other work, this boy and girl, get along with each other day and night since childhood, childhood sweethearts, how can they not have mutual affection when they grow up, so ......"

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't say that this phenomenon is bad, I encourage free love." Speaking of this free love, Lin Xia's eyes darkened a little.

Qian Dong knew what it meant to be in free love, because Lin Xia had been thinking about not letting Xiao Xu'er and Xiao Chen'er be imprisoned by their parents' words and marry a woman he didn't love for the rest of his life. Therefore, I have always advocated free love, to spend a long life with the person I love, and grow old together.

It's just that he also clearly saw the loneliness in Lin Xia's eyes, and the quarrel between her and Lei Biao had already spread all over the house, so how could he not know.

Lin Xia quickly put away his loneliness, and pulled out a bitter smile, "If it is really Lang You's concubine and wants to get married, you can report to the shopkeeper." I will draw up a set of marriage benefits, such as marriage leave, maternity leave, etc., and I will implement them after the drafting. ”

Hearing that there were new benefits, Qian Dong's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly saluted, "Then I will thank Mrs. for all the partners in Yalinju." ”

"No, you don't." Lin Xia smiled faintly, "You go down first." ”

Seeing Lin Xia's disguised appearance, it was really pitiful. Obviously, he quarreled with Lei Biao and had a cold war, and his heart ached, but he didn't talk to Lei Biao well, and he was secretly sad alone, but when facing others, he pretended to be strong and calmly handled the internal affairs of Yalinju.

As an outsider, Qian Dong had no choice but to sigh deeply, and said heartily before leaving, "Madam, we all hope that you and the master can reconcile as before." ”

How to say that he was the first to follow Lei Biao and Lin Xia, and he saw the affection of the two of them in his eyes, and now that such a thing has happened, it is really unexpected, there is nothing else to ask for, I just hope that the two of them will be reconciled as before, and the love will be the same as at the beginning.