[{"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-4":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},1202414,1553,"Chapter 4: Wanting More","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-4",4,"\u003Cp>\"Master Lin, I’ve cooked some noodles, fried eggs and meat. Please let me know if it’s not enough,\" Xue Cong said and led him to the dining area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi was pleased when he saw the dishes and bowl ready for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he had a feeling of being a mansion owner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat down and picked up the bowl of noodles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slurped down some noodles and had a mouthful of the soup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nice!\" Lin Xuan Qi exclaimed with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t had a proper meal for a very long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you waiting for?\" Lin Xuan Qi saw Xue Cong standing beside him and he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Lin, servants are not supposed to be seated with their masters,\" Xue Cong replied with her head lowered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi frowned and said, \"Are servants supposed to obey their masters?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Master Lin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I command you to come have dinner with me,\" Lin Xuan Qi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Cong frowned and thought about what Lin Xuan Qi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His logic was infallible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t think of anything to refute him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can do that at least for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the mansion has a mistress, and more servants, then you will have to follow the norm,\" Lin Xuan Qi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Master Lin,\" Xue Cong replied and took a seat at the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They ate their dinner quietly after that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Lin Xuan Qi was done, Xue Cong quickly cleared the table and asked, \"Master Lin, do you need to have a hot bath next?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi thought for a moment and shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was cold and he wouldn’t want to feel frozen when he got out of the bathtub.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that got him thinking, Xue Cong certainly needed more help and assistance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was already busy with whatever he was asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there was so much more to be done in the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have a good rest tonight. It’s going to be a long day tomorrow,\" Lin Xuan Qi said and went to a room he had chosen as his bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Cong nodded and proceeded to clean up the rest of the dishes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After that she did some cleaning and went back to her room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She pondered on what had happened to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the dark and dirty room in the slave brokerage, to the big mansion that she was in now. It seemed like a dream to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, her thoughts went back to her family again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image of her father lying on the bed, unable to work due to an unfortunate fall was vivid in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And her mother, worried sick, trying to earn whatever she could by sewing, being a help for others appeared next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lastly, she thought of her younger brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could still remember Ah Di’s smile whenever he followed her around as she worked in the fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Cong slapped herself to get herself out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood is thicker than water, but she knew it wasn’t right for her to think of them as family anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Lin, wake up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi opened his eyes when he heard Xue Cong’s voice at the side of his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sat up on the bed and rubbed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, Lin Xuan Qi realized that it was indeed Xue Cong calling his name by the bedside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Breakfast is ready, Master Lin,\" Xue Cong said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had some clothes from Lin Xuan Qi’s bundle on her arm, waiting to change them for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi noticed that her face was flushed red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Put my clothes on the bed, I’ll change into them myself. It’s awkward for me,\" he said and Xue Cong did as she was told.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw her leaving and noticed that she was still wearing the same clothes she had on yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi got out of bed, changed his clothes and went to the dining hall for breakfast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he ate, he saw Xue Cong going around the mansion, taking stock of everything inside it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t know how to write so she could only see where the item was and mumbled to herself where the items were located repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi was impressed with her initiative nature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he was done eating, he took out fifty copper coins bunched together with a string.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Use this to buy some clothes for yourself. And if there’s any left over, buy whatever you deem necessary to do your work,\" Lin Xuan Qi said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Lin...\" She hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi shook his head and said, \"You want to wear the same clothes every day and stink up the place?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m sorry, Master Lin,\" Xue Cong was reminded that it was different now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normal families wouldn’t have the luxury of having new clothes unless it was new year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in such a big mansion, how could she do the same?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took the copper coins and kept them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi was pleased and he stood up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will go out for business now. Take care of the mansion,\" he said and left the dining hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving the mansion, he had a look inside the warehouse again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miraculously, there were now ten sacks of rice at one kilogram each.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system’s reward was right on time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This brightened his day and Lin Xuan Qi left the mansion with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uncle Luo,\" Lin Xuan Qi greeted Luo Bao and bought some buns from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He munched on the buns, and he went to the slave brokerage again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could, Lin Xuan Qi wanted to get two more servant girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would bring up the reward from the system to fifteen kilograms of rice per day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it would also mean that he would have two more mouths to feed and take care of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Fei Luo saw him enter the slave brokerage again, he wasn’t pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you here? We don’t take back the slaves we sold,\" he said and the two workers stood beside him with their arms crossed in front of their chests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi frowned and raised his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>",1029,"2026-06-03T13:58:56.692Z",1,"novelbin.me","116f1207ac3032a5a16464ace055223cc2145ea5c13cbf412111ab3dd07a7154","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-5","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-3",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fclan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-cover.jpg"]