Xia Yue and the little monk had a meal on the road, and arrived at the city of Xuanguguan about three o'clock in the morning.

Xuanguguan is the gateway to the Nanshan Kingdom, bordering the Jin Kingdom to the west.

After the founding emperor of the Nanshan Kingdom, Shangguanying, unified the country, in order to inherit the power from generation to generation without war, the country was divided into two and passed on to his two sons, and the king of benevolence inherited the ruling power of the current Nanshan country, and the brave man inherited the ruling power of the cash country.

Nanshan attaches great importance to the development of agriculture and commerce, the people have abundant food and clothing, and the country's economic development is rapid; The land of Jin is vast, rich in natural resources, beautiful ecological environment, and the people live happily on the vast grassland.

The long-term and stable peace situation ended at the hands of Shangguan Yin, the current monarch of Nanshan State.

The city wall of Xuanguguan is towering and majestic, a large fence has been newly added outside the city gate, and the door is heavily guarded by heavy soldiers, and the left door enters and the right door comes out.

After entering the city, a new city defense organ was set up in the city, and the precautions were very strict.

"Female donor, I can only send you here, and the rest of the road is up to you." The little monk clasped his hands together and said reverently.

Xia Yue was full of curiosity about the new things in front of her, and regardless of the sadness of separation, she folded her hands and said, "Okay, little master, I have worked hard all the way, thank you, and everyone's help." ”

After speaking, he bowed deeply.

When he was about to leave, the little monk reminded: "Female donor, you must remember the five o'clock night fast!" ”

Xia Yue smiled sweetly, waved her hand and said to the little monk, "Don't worry!" ”

Xia Yue wandered around the street market with a variety of shops, such as large hotels, small hotels, decoration shops, medicine shops, pawn shops, textile shops, porcelain shops, wine shops, fruit shops, tea shops...... There are even Qinglou, the prosperity is staggering, and the lives of the people in the city have not been affected by the war outside the customs at all.

The women in the market are very well-dressed, most of them wear bandeau dresses with a gown over them, and occasionally one or two young women in skirts.

The material of the bandeau skirt is silk, Luo, silk, satin, silk, brocade, silk, silk, etc., there are many types; The color is mostly bright red color; The bandeau is also embroidered with various decorative patterns. Now the weather is hot, the gowns are translucent tulle material, the appearance is very simple, straight collar placket, two armpit slits, there are long over-the-knee ones, there are also short waist-length ones, when wearing the placket naturally sagging, no straps and buttons, naturally open, elegant and flexible.

The material of the underskirt is similar to that of the bandeau skirt, and the color is mainly light. The appearance of the skirt is different from the bandeau dress, the upper skirt is narrow, only to the waist, while the skirt is wide and long, drooping to the ground, and the shawl is draped over the shoulders, and it dances when it walks.

Xia Yue was so happy that she had forgotten the purpose of her trip, and she was happiest now that she chose to go down the mountain, which was much more interesting than the temple.

Xia Yue fell in love with a beautifully made hairpin in a decoration store called "Red Thousand Fragrance Ornaments", and she got carried away and greeted the little girl in the store, saying, "Shopkeeper, how to sell this?" ”

The little maid who came to serve looked her up and down in disgust, and said in a weird way: "Yo, little master, which one do you like?" ”

Xia Yue heard the other party call her like this, and the hand that was raised and was about to point to the object was frozen in the air, and then she realized where she was and what her identity was, smiled awkwardly, and said, "Excuse me, excuse me......"

As soon as the person walked to the door, he remembered something, turned around, ran to the little maid diligently, approached her and whispered, "Sister, is the shopkeeper there?" ”

The little servant cleared his throat and said, "What are you doing looking for our shopkeeper?" ”

Xia Yue stubbornly continued to flattering: "Sister, don't misunderstand! I am not a monk, my family encountered some difficulties, and I fell here, but fortunately I was rescued by people in Buddhism, so I wore this dress. ”

The little maid glanced at Xia Yue with contempt and said, "In that case, what do you want to do with the shopkeeper?" ”

Xia Yue smiled and continued: "Look, is there still a shortage of people in the store?" ”

The little guy rolled his eyes and said, "Cut-"

Xia Yue took a deep breath, trying to control the power of the desolation in her body.

"What's going on?" A middle-aged, oily man with an unattractive appearance and luxurious clothes asked.

The arrogant little guy immediately changed his face and said softly: "Shopkeeper, this girl asked me, is our shop still recruiting?" ”

The middle-aged greasy man looked Xia Yue up and down with obscene eyes, and finally stopped his gaze on her delicate face, and said with a smile: "Move, move!" ”

Xia Yue glanced at it with a bad face and ran away.

After what happened just now, she decided to find a pragmatic job in a down-to-earth manner, taking care of food and housing, and the most suitable one is the restaurant. She ran through several restaurants, and finally found a small restaurant around the corner with a female shopkeeper.

Xia Yue walked to the counter, greeted the shopkeeper who was playing with the abacus inside, and said, "Hello! ”

The female shopkeeper glanced up and said, "Hit the tip or live in the store?" ”

Xia Yue waved her hand in embarrassment and said, "No, no, no, I just want to ask, are we still recruiting workers here?" ”

The female shopkeeper put down the abacus in her hand, looked at her, looked at her seriously for a while, and said with a smile: "Move!" Where is the girl? ”

The female shopkeeper has bright eyes, looks shrewd and is good at dealing with people.

Xia Yue blinked quickly and said, "...... The little girl's name is Xia Yue, and she was adopted by a monk in the mountains since she was a child, and she doesn't know where her parents are. ”

The female shopkeeper patted Xia Yue on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, it's okay, don't mention these sad things, I will treat this place as my home in the future." ”

Xia Yue thanked the female shopkeeper with a sincere face: "Thank you so much, you are so good!" ”

"Hey, hey, silly girl." The shopkeeper said as she walked out of the counter, took her arm and said, "Come, come with me to the inner room to change clothes, you can't work in the store in this suit." ”

Xia Yue went to the inner room with the female shopkeeper to change clothes, the clothes were made of linen, she wore a bandeau on her upper body, a short gown on her outer body, loose trousers on her lower body, and an apron for work tied around her waist.

Xia Yue wore a bandeau for the first time, shyly crossed the short gown diagonally on her chest, and then fixed it with an apron.

"The little girl looks smart, and she looks good in everything." The female shopkeeper said praisefully.

Xia Yue smiled awkwardly.

The female shopkeeper changed her words and said seriously: "The store is in charge of food and housing, and it costs 6 yuan a month." ”

Xia Yue nodded stupidly and said, "Mmmm." ”

Xia Yue didn't know that the minimum living expenses of a common person in Xuanguguan was 50 yuan.

The female shopkeeper smiled and said, "Okay, you can go to the backyard kitchen to help first." ”

"Okay." Xia Yue replied.