Chapter 294: After Retiring, Writing a Memoir About My Colleagues’ Embarrassing Moments Isn’t Too Much, Right? New
“I want to be a marquis!”
“I will be a marquis!”
“I am going to be a marquis!”
“I have become a marquis!”
Xie Luoshui strutted around the main hall in her newly awarded marquis attire, her boots clicking loudly against the floor.
Her father, overwhelmed with joy, stood under the eaves, shouting to the neighbors, “That’s right! My daughter! She’s a marquis now! She even met the Emperor! Had a meal in the same place as the Emperor! And His Majesty rewarded her with a huge mansion! We’re moving in tomorrow! I’ve seen the place—wow, it’s bright and spacious!”
Just then, her mother rushed over in a hurry. “Luoshui’s father! Come quickly! Our sow just gave birth, and the piglets are pooping white!”
“Aiya!” Father Xie jumped up and was about to dash outside, but the neighbors laughed at them. “Your daughter is a marquis now, and you’re still worried about two pigs?”
Mother Xie paused, looking puzzled. “Why wouldn’t we? That sow took a lot of effort to raise, and now she’s finally giving birth! She already had five or six piglets in the last half hour—each one is money!”