[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls":3,"chapter-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-201":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Clan Prosperity Starting With My Servant Girls",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1202511,1553,"Chapter 201: Budgeting","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-201",201,"\u003Cp>Xue Cong and Yue Jie felt embarrassed when they realized what they had done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee He Song chuckled, came to their rescue and said, \"Eat more, Master Lin. Then, you’ll have sons and daughters very soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That made Old Shao and Mei Jiao give out a huge smile at Xue Cong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They too were eager to see their daughter extending the family for Lin Xuan Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi could only give them a smile back, gesture for the others to continue and enjoy their food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was something on his mind, but he would like to take things naturally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, they finished the dinner and he glanced over at Yue Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come with me to the studies. Bring the account books you have.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Master Lin.\" Yue Jie nodded and replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his studies, Lin Xuan Qi waited while Yue Jie went and fetched the accounts for the household.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she arrived, she opened the account books and explained the records she had made inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All in all, he now had around forty taels of silver left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the rest of the month, he would need to pay thirty copper coins each for the forty workers, which would be around one thousand two hundred copper coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would be one tael of silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For his supplies of clam shells, lard and crop stalks, he would also need to pay around one tael of silver for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, there was going to be a new cost he had to budget for with the expansion of the new factories and also getting the new workers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, there was another payment from Hun Xiong Kun of seventy-eight taels of silver that was to be paid soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All in all, he was still financially sound, but he didn’t have the extra capability if he wanted to procure the spirit herbs for the Five-Element Qi Concentration Pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would need to get the second batch of soap out and have his MSG business up and running soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well done.\" Lin Xuan Qi closed the account books and looked up at Yue Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a great help to him and Xue Cong, managing the household budget.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even though I have some plans ahead which might need more money for the initial investments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t be too stingy either, splurge on things you deem necessary too.\" He said and had a sip of his tea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Jie nodded and said, \"I will try to do so. Maybe we can get something for sister Xue Cong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xue Cong?\" He raised an eyebrow and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She has been working hard for so long, it’ll be a great surprise for her.\" Yue Jie said from the bottom of her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Cong had been kind to her and her sister since day one they had entered the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be something that will be fitting for Xue Cong’s new status as the young mistress of the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, what about me?\" Lin Xuan Qi shrugged his shoulders and stretched out his empty hands, teasing her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Jie sighed and pointed at the account books in front of him on the table, \"We have just gone through the account books.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said in jest but noted what he had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was right, maybe they could make a gift for him together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She kept the account books afterwards and when she was done, he stood in front of her with his face close to hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you...\" Before she could finish her sentence, Lin Xuan Qi pecked her on her lips and he said, \"Thanks. Have an early rest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that, Lin Xuan Qi left his study room and headed for his bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced at his figure going further away from her with her fingers on her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was such a pleasant surprise from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Jie stacked the account books properly, held them to her chest, and got out of the study room after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in Xue Cong’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had moved to this room that was away from the workers’ quarters and near Lin Xuan Qi’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was four times bigger than the room she lived in at the workers’ quarters and better furnished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bed could accommodate two people while the one she had was only good enough for one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bedsheet and the blanket on the bed were made of silk and cotton, with many auspicious patterns sewn onto them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For those that came from a poor family like she did, this was something out of a dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Cong sat on her bed and had to touch the smooth and luxurious looking bedsheet and blanket to make sure that it was real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was even a bathtub inside the room for her, covered by four folding screens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt surreal to her as she was the one cleaning this place up when she had just come to the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t expect to be able to live in it so soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Jiao, who was beside her on her bed, took her hand and said, \"Remember what I have told you, always think of Master Lin first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are more than happy as we are right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is nothing more we ask for except for the happiness for you and Master Lin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Cong nodded to her mother’s speech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt grateful for what Lin Xuan Qi had done for her and her family too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Shao stood by the bed and gave out a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guilt for what he had done to her would never go away, and he could only try his best to atone for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Di was just purely happy for his sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he also knew that even though Lin Xuan Qi would be his brother-in-law soon, he had better treat Lin Xuan Qi with the same amount of respect that Lin Xuan Qi commands now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His opportunity to be able to learn how to read and write was bestowed upon him by Lin Xuan Qi and he wasn’t one to forget.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah Di glanced at his sister, Xue Cong, and promised himself that he would pay back with all his might to Lin Xuan Qi when he grew up.\u003C\u002Fp>",1041,"2026-06-03T13:58:56.971Z",1,"novelbin.me","d2d3fb2a6074979a3ebe4beb94e4d1fcb8335f9383d0cc5a7630bf10422ec097","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-202","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-350",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fclan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-cover.jpg"]