Chapter 849 - 762: Dayan Sect, My Master’s School
The blue fabric carriage drove out of the street, inside the carriage, Xia Wenjin opened the outer packaging, and a delicate small box appeared before her eyes, a gentle, elegant fragrance emanated from the box, Hong Tao smelled it and exclaimed, "No wonder it’s worth five hundred taels of silver, it smells wonderful!"
Xia Wenjin smiled, "It’s not just fragrant, it’s also very useful. The birthday gift for Auntie has truly been chosen wisely!"
Hong Tao laughed, "So, the lady was selecting a birthday gift for Mrs. Xia?"
Xia Wenjin said, "Yes, originally I planned to pick out a birthday gift in a few days, but since I encountered this today, why not buy it now!"
She strolled around for a while longer, bought some more things, and seeing that it was lunchtime, Xia Wenjin said to Hong Tao, "Come on, I’ll take you to enjoy some delicious food!"
Hong Tao was very pleased, she was assigned by Mrs. Xia to take care of Xia Wenjin as she didn’t have any maidservants. However, Xia Wenjin was used to managing her own affairs, so Hong Tao and Hong Xing had a relaxed time, with fewer errands to run for the lady, who treated them well, and with high monthly salaries, they were very grateful.
The carriage stopped at the front, Xia Wenjin got off with Hong Tao, glanced at the signboard reading "Master Chef’s Cuisine," and pursed her lips in a smile, letting Gu Heng and Hong Tao go find seats to eat. They could order whatever they liked; they didn’t have to be frugal - she was treating!
Afterwards, she headed upstairs.
Before she reached the top, a figure in red emerged like a gust of wind, with a voice vibrant and joyful, "Little Junior Sister, you’ve arrived!"
Xia Wenjin pursed her lips into a smile, "Fourth Sister!"
That day, when Ning Yujun had the Life-sharing Butterfly extracted from his body, and was carefully nursed afterwards, Ning Yujun’s health greatly improved, perhaps because expressing the long-held knots in his heart lightened him considerably.
She recalled Xia Wenjin’s words at the beginning of extracting the butterfly, although a little strange, she still assimilated her as an apprentice.
Thus, Xia Wenjin could rightfully call her ’Master’ in this lifetime. As for the so-called one-tenth profit from Master Chef’s Cuisine, she certainly didn’t want it, as it was merely a facade she casually suggested to better cure her Master.
Nonetheless, Li Haofan and her fellow senior brother and sisters insisted on offering half each, totaling two tenths as a gift for their little junior sister.
The two-tenths share from Master Chef’s Cuisine was substantial; the annual dividends were at least ten thousand taels of silver, but to Xia Wenjin, she truly didn’t care about this sum.
After all, from the beginning of her rebirth, what she wanted to do was to avoid interaction with the Court people, yet find better ways to protect her father, brothers, and the uncles in the village, so she continuously developed her business.
Wealth can work wonders, though commerce is the least among official, farmer, craftsmen, and merchant, affairs can’t truly run without merchants in all of Nanxia.
Some merchants’ businesses could even influence a nation’s politics, like textiles or provisions.
Ultimately, Xia Wenjin was reborn, and originally progressed alongside Huangfu Yuxuan from a bandit’s daughter to someone who assisted him to ascend to the throne. With Huangfu Yuxuan’s nature, how could anyone gain such significance under his focus without being genuinely useful?
With insight and foresight, she did not delve into business in her previous life, but her experiences were plenty and her knowledge broad, coupled with intelligence, aptitude for learning, and mastery in tactics, intrigue, military strategy, and formations, pursuing commercial matters now isn’t difficult.
Although Yunhua Trading Company’s main office isn’t in the Capital City just like Feiyun Pavilion’s headquarters isn’t located in the Capital City either, all of these are the forces Xia Wenjin has been developing for the past three years.
She doesn’t care about this silver, but it signifies the brothers’ and sisters’ deep care for her, which she accepts and reciprocates in other ways, so she didn’t decline further.
In the previous life, her Master, senior brothers, and sisters as well as their painstakingly established powers ultimately served Huangfu Yuxuan due to her, albeit sparing them from the same fate as Haotian Village’s people, it was still similar, leaving the Capital City with no further news.
At that time, she was outside with Huangfu Yuxuan to suppress Prince Li’s army; when she returned, it was already too late, not even seeing them in person.
Later, she first defied Huangfu Yuxuan’s wishes by leaving the Capital to search for them, by then Master was incapacitated in martial arts, and several senior siblings were either injured or disabled; moreover, they didn’t wish to see her.
She knelt before Master’s door for three days, never receiving his forgiveness, not knowing the reason, instead, Master expelled her from the sect, silently leaving with the senior brothers and sisters.
At that time, she didn’t understand why the Master who treated her like a daughter and the senior brothers and sisters who cherished her like a sister would become so indifferent to her after barely a year.