[{"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-85":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},1202822,1553,"Chapter 85: Family","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-85",85,"\u003Cp>At the dinner table, Lin Xuan Qi munched on the food, savoring it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might not have such a luxury to do so for the next few days or the next week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things were about to get busy for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Cong glanced into the distance without focus as she picked up the food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was still dwelling on what happened earlier when she saw Zhang Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Jie and Yue Xin weren’t any better, with them thinking about the drop in their status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, what did Master Lin do to the three of you?\" Lin Shi Shi couldn’t help it and asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi frowned and said, \"What? I didn’t do anything to them. I’ve only ever did...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped himself when he saw Liu Shi Shi’s gaze on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She bit her lower lips and sulked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will get my revenge one of these days,\" Liu Shi Shi said to herself silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pretended not to see it and said to Xue Cong, Yue Jie, and Yue Xin, \"Tell me what’s wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I err...\" Xue Cong didn’t know what to say, and she glanced over at Yue Jie for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Jie shook her head at her as Yue Jie was also clueless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had no idea what Xue Cong was thinking about in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi put down his chopsticks and said, \"Tell me, that’s an order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You realize what would happen if you went against your master’s orders, don’t you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Cong shook her head, fearing punishment, and she said, \"I was just feeling anxious about not having my own...legacy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t think of a better way to phrase it, so she used what Sima Long had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are thinking too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Work hard and you shall be rewarded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And with the rewards, you would be able to have a great career out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In fact, I will be getting more servants, and the three of you would have to help me manage them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His understanding of having a legacy was different from Xue Cong’s, and he didn’t think of it as having his own offspring to carry the family’s name forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xue Cong was surprised when she heard that there would be more servants coming in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was comforted in a way by Lin Xuan Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he misunderstood what she meant by having a legacy of her own, he was at least thinking about a path of progression for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw her reaction and thought that he might have to have a talk with her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t seem to be that happy with what he had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, what about the two of you?\" Lin Xuan Qi glanced over at Yue Jie and Yue Xin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Jie thought for a moment and said, \"It’s nothing. We just felt a sense of nostalgia when we saw Master Sima Long and his wife, Madam Zhang Jie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Xin kept quiet and nodded her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What she said made him realize that he hadn’t seen or heard them talk about their father so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something that he had thought about helping them with earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know, it’s all right if you want to visit your father,\" Lin Xuan Qi said and glanced over at Lee He Song.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee He Song nodded his head at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was grateful to Lin Xuan Qi for doing so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most slave owners would want their slaves to stay loyal and cut them off from their family as much as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi was kind and fair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee He Song thought that he would have to make sure that the new servants wouldn’t take advantage of Lin Xuan Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not all the slaves would be as easily managed as Xue Cong, Yue Jie, and Yue Xin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really? Thanks so much, Master Lin.\" Yue Jie and Yue Xin’s eyes perked up, and they thanked him profusely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a long time coming, and finally, they could get to see their father again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They glanced over at Lee He Song and said, \"Master Lee, we might need your help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lee He Song gave them an assuring smile and said, \"I will arrange for the visit, don’t worry about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spend the next few days helping Master Lin with managing the new servants.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, we will!\" Yue Jie and Yue Xin sat up straight and shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Xuan Qi had never seen them so happy before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was also the first time he saw Yue Jie lose her young mistress composure, which was a rare sight to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, other than the time that he intruded into her room while she was changing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly shook his head, gave out a sigh, and said, \"Now that we have everything settled, eat and have a good rest for the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are so many things to be done.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They nodded and went back to munching on the food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Shi Shi’s mind was now, however, adrift from what was in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Family...\" She mumbled to herself as she picked up the piece of braised meat with her chopsticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She too had unfinished business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unlike Yue Jie and Yue Xin, she thought that Lin Xuan Qi couldn’t help her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And who was she to ask?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it might cost Lin Xuan Qi his life if he tried to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When dinner was over, Lin Xuan Qi went back to his room, and he started to draft the designs for the packaging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He designed the oil-layered paper packaging’s decorations with auspicious symbols like peach, which signifies longevity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there were also small boys that carried huge coins and taels of silver with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was something that the young mistresses liked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bearing a child for their husbands, especially a son, meant that their status would be higher in the family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he was done with the design of the oil-layered paper, he went on to draft the design of the wooden gift boxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wooden gift box would be able to hold four bars of soap, and it would be decorated with carvings on the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Same thing as the oil-layered paper, he added auspicious decorations for the carvings.\u003C\u002Fp>",1035,"2026-06-03T13:58:56.970Z",1,"novelbin.me","6213df0c7b8c11b54f4f75678d1d85c2d7eafc863c2734105cfdaef8c2d46275","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-182","clan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-chapter-181",469,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fclan-prosperity-starting-with-my-servant-girls-cover.jpg"]