"Madam?"
Li Dagui's address startled Mrs. Wang from her reverie. She looked over composedly, a faint smile on her lips, "I was momentarily lost in thought."
Li Dagui bowed slightly.
"Chief Li, you've been with our Qin family for many years, and we owe much to your whole family for looking after this old residence and taking care of the young miss. You have worked hard."
Li Dagui bent slightly, respectfully saying, "Madam, you flatter your servant too much. All that we have done is no more than our duty."
Mrs. Wang nodded, then said, "You know, our Qin family is no longer the third-rank official family it once was. In the capital, we've dismissed the servants who needed to be dismissed, and those who should have left have gone. As the saying goes, 'people reach for higher strata.' Chief Li, you and your family…"
