Farm Girl's Manor-Chapter 1359: Extras Seven: A Match Made in Heaven

After Xiao Ruiyuan’s marriage leave ended, he went to the Government Office to handle official business every day, once again becoming immersed in the busyness of the past, with little time during the day to accompany Mo Yan.

Feeling bored at home, Mo Yan started, under Xiao Ruiyuan’s reminder, to slowly take over the management of the General Mansion’s properties as well as those of Lord Wei Yuan House.

Although the couple did not live at the Hou Mansion, Xiao Ruiyuan had inherited the title, and the Hou Mansion’s properties were merged into the General Mansion’s and were managed under its unified care.

Xiao Ruiyuan didn’t have the time to deal with these worldly affairs and left them all to his trusted aides to manage. Now that the General Mansion had a Family Head, it was only proper for her to take over, and it also helped to keep in check those with less honest intentions who might want to undermine the General Mansion’s interests.

It took Mo Yan a month to sort out the accounts of the General Mansion. After making some minor adjustments to the management, she found it much easier to handle.

The managers only needed to bring the accounts from the previous month for her to review in the middle of each month. If they encountered any major issues that were difficult to decide on, they would come to the General Mansion to explain the situation, allowing her to make decisions.

Having established uniform standards, Mo Yan managed the vast family business in an orderly manner. After finishing her daily tasks, she still had leisure time to drink tea, read books, and if she felt like it, make some delicious pastries—some of which she would send to her parents at Scholar Mansion, and some to her two younger brothers at school. Her days passed quite peacefully.

The only thing that slightly displeased her was that the Six Beasts had completely fallen in love with the rowdy life at the military camp and rarely returned to visit her at the General Mansion. Later, when Red Python’s hibernation ended, it joined their ranks as well.

Of course, as far as the beasts were concerned, they were having a great time playing and frolicking; for the soldiers they trained, it was an entirely different and grueling experience.

At first, Mo Yan thought Xiao Ruiyuan was deliberately keeping the Six Beasts in the military camp to prevent them from returning. It was Xuetuan who later told her that the Six Beasts had no desire to leave the camp, finding great joy in tormenting the soldiers every day, never lacking food or drink, and even having people compete to bathe them. Their days were so carefree that they seemed to have forgotten about her.

In response, Mo Yan could only grumble in private about them being "ingrates" and "heartless beasts." Yet every time the Six Beasts returned tired and dusty, she was still delighted to prepare delicious food for them, making sure they were comfortable before playfully sending them off again after a couple of days.

Xiao Ruiyuan was more than happy to see this. He would rather the Six Beasts forget about his wife and stay in the military camp. For this reason, he specifically wrote to Emperor Huian to recommend the Six Beasts for recognition for their service.

Initially, Emperor Huian was displeased with Xiao Ruiyuan for sending the Five Beasts to the military camp to disturb the tens of thousands of soldiers guarding the peace of JingDu. However, seeing a significant improvement in the soldiers’ reaction, combat, and strategic planning abilities after just three months of training by the Six Beasts, as well as a revitalization of the camp’s spirit, his displeasure quickly dissipated.

Receiving Xiao Ruiyuan’s petition on behalf of the Six Beasts, Emperor Huian was quite generous. With a flick of his wrist, he ordered the Ministry of Revenue to calculate their salaries based on the standard of Fifth Rank Officials. In other words, the Six Beasts were now on the imperial payroll.

The cooks in the military camp were the happiest with this development. They now supplied large quantities of the freshest meat, no longer feeling pained like before, knowing that the Six Beasts’ enormous appetite was previously a burden on the military’s budget.

One day, while Mo Yan was nestled at home reading a book, she heard Yuan Yue come in to report that Liu Tinglan had arrived with her twins.

"Ah, Sister Lan came to JingDu so soon? I thought she would only arrive around the middle of the month!" Mo Yan quickly put down her book, slipped on her shoes, and hurried toward the living room.

"Slow down, take it easy. Don’t fall over, I’m not going anywhere," Liu Tinglan, who was sitting in the main hall drinking tea, said with alarm when she saw her friend rush towards her over the threshold. She quickly set down her cup to meet her: "You need to be extra careful now; a fall could be very dangerous, and if something happens because of me, I’d be devastated."

Mo Yan, puzzled and amused, replied, "I’m not made of porcelain; how could I shatter from a mere fall?"

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what nonsense are you talking!" Liu Tinglan spat several times and playfully slapped her friend on the back: "You’ve been married for three months now, who knows, you might already be pregnant. You better be more cautious on a daily basis—you don’t know how worried I was recently."

Liu Tinglan’s neighbor was a young couple who had just gotten married. The bride was quite active, manageable outside the home, but inside, she would jump and bounce around like a little girl.