After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband
Chapter 43: Revised - 43 Training

Chapter 43: Revised: Chapter 43 Training

The carriage stopped in front of the Duke Mansion.

After Xie Jingchen got down from his horse, he came to help Su Jin off the carriage.

Stepping over the threshold, the steward greeted them, "Eldest Young Madam, you’ve finally returned. The human trafficker has been waiting for you for quite a while."

"How many maids did you bring?" Su Jin asked casually.

"About thirty."

"Only that many?"

"... ..."

The steward had nothing to say.

More than thirty maids weren’t enough for the Eldest Young Madam to choose from. What kind of maid was she planning to pick?

The steward silently glanced at Xingxing.

The only maid the Eldest Young Madam brought into the estate could be considered one in a million.

Xie Jingchen had matters to discuss with the steward.

So, the steward had a maid lead Su Jin to the side courtyard where the human trafficker was waiting.

Upon knowing Su Jin had arrived,

those maids shivered slightly.

No one dared to look up at Su Jin, and even the trafficker spoke to Su Jin in a soft, cautious tone.

"Eldest Young Madam, you came. Please choose the maids first. If not satisfied, I can bring another batch."

"Hmm."

Su Jin walked over.

Behind her, Xie Jinyu came up and said, "Didn’t I select some maids for Sister-in-law yesterday? Are you dissatisfied or are they not enough?"

"Of course they aren’t enough. Sister-in-law married into our Duke Mansion with only one maid. How could four maids be enough?" Xie Jinxiu had a faint tone of sarcasm in her eyes.

Su Jin shot them a sideways glance.

"Do you know why I came to Duke Zhen Mansion with just one maid, yet so confidently?"

Because you’re thick-skinned.

Xie Jinyu thought to herself but didn’t dare to voice such provocative words.

The gruesome actions of Su Jin during that tea ceremony day lingered persistently in her mind.

She even beat up her own elder brother, cementing her ferocity in their minds and instilling fear.

No courage to openly provoke Su Jin with words.

"We are indeed quite curious," Xie Jinyu said.

Su Jin looked at Xingxing, "You tell them."

Su Jin thought, with Xingxing’s boldness, she would tell them she alone was worth a hundred maids.

In reality—

Xingxing was even bolder than she anticipated.

She puffed up her chest and said, "My Marquis and Madam said, if the Duke Mansion despises my Miss for bringing too few maids, Feihu Village has several thousand people who can be her dowry, enough to starve the Duke Mansion."

Su Jin, "... ..."

Xie Jinyu stomped her foot in anger, "Such audacity! How could a small Feihu Village possibly have thousands?"

Su Jin was a bit surprised too.

There are quite a lot of people in Feihu Village.

But considering Xingxing’s honesty,

This statement had a lot of credibility.

Su Jin faintly smiled, "If Feihu Village were without people, why would the court be unable to conquer it for so long? When my parents and the Duke Mansion discussed the betrothal gifts and dowry, the list included a clause allowing adding people and items at any time. If you find my dowry maids too few, tomorrow I’ll bring more maids and servants from home."

Xingxing nodded repeatedly, "The Eldest Young Master brought money to the Capital, surely brought quite a few people too, we can bring more into the mansion. The Marquis said, the Duke Mansion despising fewer people isn’t an issue, but if one day they despise more, he would come here to chat with the Duke about what it means to be domineering."

So domineering indeed.

Xie Jinyu and Xie Jinxiu didn’t dare to confront Su Jin any longer.

This female bandit was capable of anything!

Previously, they said she was poor, yet she immediately flaunted wealth.

Criticized for having no maids, she potentially could send a bunch over.

They’ve been acting high-handedly in the Duke Mansion, and if more people came, wouldn’t the Duke Mansion be chaotic every day?

Xie Jinyu said, "So, Sister-in-law doesn’t want the maids I helped choose?"

"Such a trivial thing, no need to bother you."

"Fine, then I’ll keep them for myself!"

Xie Jinyu looked hurt as if her good intentions were regarded as worthless.

Su Jin walked toward those maids.

Four rows of maids, each row with eight.

"Miss, how will you choose the maids?" Xingxing asked, blinking.

"How does Qingyun Mountain choose people?" Su Jin asked casually.

"Marquis chooses men based on strength and character; those who can’t defend themselves or betray friends aren’t accepted. Madam doesn’t choose many maids, I haven’t seen her add any since I went up the mountain."

"How did my mother choose you?"

"I ate nine buns in one go back then and still wasn’t full, Madam said it’s a blessing to eat well, so she kept me. Should we make them eat buns too?"

"... ..."

The human trafficker beside them was shocked enough to want to jump up.

What kind of foolish idea was that.

Nine buns would probably bloat these well-trained maids!

What kind of Eldest Young Madam chooses maids like this.

For other families’ young madams, she would dare to voice her opinion, but with this one, she didn’t even dare to make a sound.

Su Jin walked around in front of the maids, seemingly pondering.

"Move the table and chairs under that tree, I need to ask them one by one," she instructed.

The servant quickly brought over a table.

Su Jin said, "Those who know something about the Duke Mansion stand on the right, those who don’t stand on the left."

Soon, they divided into two groups.

Not many knew about the Duke Mansion, just seven or eight.

Su Jin pointed at them, "You come over first."

Su Jin sat down, sipping tea lightly.

The maids came forward.

Su Jin asked them,

"Who is calling the shots at the Duke Zhen Mansion now?"

"How many gentlemen are there in the Duke Mansion?"

"How many young masters are there in the main house?"

"How many young ladies are there altogether?"

The maids answered, and Su Jin nodded in satisfaction.

Xie Jinyu and Xie Jinxiu stood by, watching.

"Why is she asking so meticulously?" Xie Jinxiu asked.

"Probably wants to pick some clever ones, so they don’t need further training," Xie Jinyu replied confidently.

"She’s quite shrewd."

Very soon, Su Jin had finished questioning them all.

Then she stood up and asked the maids, "Who doesn’t want to stay? Raise your hand."

Maids, trembling, looked at each other.

After one, whose legs were shaking badly, raised her hand.

The other maids also raised theirs one after another.

Of more than twenty maids, only two didn’t raise their hands.

Su Jin, "... ..."

Xie Jinyu and Xie Jinxiu laughed to the point of stomach cramping.

Never seen someone humiliate themselves this way.

Su Jin had those two maids who didn’t raise their hands stand to the right.

The human trafficker came over and asked, "Eldest Young Madam has chosen these nine maids?"

"No, I’m buying these twenty maids, not those nine."

"What?" The trafficker thought she had misheard.

"My Miss isn’t buying those nine maids," Xingxing repeated loudly.

Then—

She looked at Su Jin.

With a bewildered face.

"Those nine maids obviously seemed more clever, why not choose them?"

"They know too much."

"... ..."

"What about those two brave ones? Why not them either?"

"Cowardly maids are more fun to train."

"... ..."

Xingxing thought for a moment and felt the young lady made sense.

With nothing to do in the Duke Mansion, she could train the maids for fun.

Turning cowardly maids into bandits would be so fulfilling.

"Miss is right, look at how they shiver, so amusing," Xingxing said.

"... ..."

Those chosen maids fell to their knees with a thud.

Frightened to tears by Xingxing’s words.

Su Jin, "... ..."