The bustling and lively capital is full of shouting. Rock sugar gourds, small sugar people, dough cakes, baked sweet potatoes, you name it.

Hua Ning swallowed her saliva, touched the only three cents on her body, and still held back.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man dressed in coarse linen walked forward with a smile and said, "Little girl, it's the first time you come to the capital, haven't you eaten?" Let's take a walk, there is a restaurant in front, how about I invite you to have a meal? ”

The person in front of him didn't look very kind, but since he wanted to invite her to eat, how could there be any reason to refuse, Hua Ning said: "Uncle, I don't want to eat, I want to eat sugar gourd." ”

The man's eyes wandered, and he said, "Then you wait for me here, don't go far, I'll buy it for you." ”

"Hey, okay." Hua Ning looked at the man's back and said in her heart: This capital is really a big place, and people are so enthusiastic.

The man bought a bunch of sugar gourds and took the opportunity to sprinkle some sweat powder on them.

Hua Ning took the sugar gourd and said, "What's the white layer on this?" ”

The man laughed, "Well, this is frosting, I haven't eaten it." Many things in the capital have to be frosted, delicious, try it quickly. ”

Hua Ning has a hawthorn in her mouth, and her cheeks are bulging and very cute.

The man pulled her into the alley and said, "I still have a lot of delicious and fun things at home, come with me to have a look." ”

Hua Ning said happily: "Thank you, uncle." ”

The two walked into the alley, and the man calculated in his heart that the time was about the same. Seeing that the sugar gourd in Hua Ning's hand is about to be eaten, why hasn't he had a seizure yet? Until she walked into a dead end, Hua Ning said: "Uncle, there is no road ahead." ”

The man thought to himself, anyway, it's just a little girl. He could also take it with his bare hands, so he showed a fierce look, pulled out a dagger from his arms, and rushed towards Hua Ning.

Hua Ning was a little surprised, instinctively flashed her body, and the man pounced, Hua Ning said, "Uncle, what are you doing?" ”

The man staggered twice, did not speak, and turned and stabbed again.

Hua Ning was born with divine power, and grabbed the man's arm with one hand. It didn't take much effort for the man to scream, his arm already dislocated.

Hua Ning didn't know why this person suddenly attacked her, so she said, "Uncle, thank you for inviting me to eat sugar gourd, I'll leave first if there's nothing else." ”

After walking along the street for a long time, I came to a large mansion. Suddenly, I heard a conversation:

A man said, "Isn't it just a fire girl?" How could it be gone? ”

"Steward Zhang, don't you know, this fire-burning business needs to chop wood and burn the fire. Nowadays, where are there girls who are willing to do such things, naturally they are unwilling to do it, so they just run away. ”

Hua Ning said: This chopping wood and burning fire is not a tiring job.

"Big brother, big brother, are you calling for a fire girl? What do you think of me? ”

The middle-aged man looked her up and down and said, "Can you chop wood with your small body?" ”

Hua Ning smiled: "Naturally, don't look at me like this, I have a lot of strength." ”

Another young man said, "Don't just talk about not practicing, you won't be able to do it again in the future." You come in first and try to chop firewood. ”

The man led the way, and the three of them entered the courtyard in a few moments, and went to the back of the house. When I arrived at the firewood house, I saw a tall pyre with an axe on the side.

Hua Ning put the firewood on the ground and effortlessly swung the axe, splitting the wood in half in an instant.

The young man was surprised: "I can't see that you are so thin and weak, but you have so much strength." ”

Steward Zhang said: "It's you, two dollars a month, including food and lodging." ”

The housekeeper instructed again: "Xiao Yun, arrange a room for her." ”

After Hua Ning thanked Steward Zhang, Xiao Yun led her to the next room, arranged a bed for her, and left.

Hua Ning walked around, and the next room was divided into about five or six rooms, and the maid's room she lived in was one room for five people. It seems that there is a big man living in this house, and ordinary people can't afford to use so many people.

At night, the maids also came back to sleep, and saw more beautiful girls, and several girls were also very enthusiastic. introduced themselves one after another, the most beautiful of the four is called Chun Tao, who is responsible for taking care of the prince's daily life.

Hua Ning knew that she had entered the palace, and she was a little happy in her heart, in such a big place, if you work hard in the future, you will definitely get a lot of rewards.

The other three are Chunhua, Chunxing, and Chuncao.

Hua Ning couldn't help asking, "Why are you all spring or something?" Are you sisters? ”

Chun Tao said with a smile: "Where are there so many sisters, it is the little prince who likes spring, so these girls in the house who take care of the prince's diet are all spring-worded." ”

Hua Ning nodded, it turned out to be the case, she asked again: "Then should I also take a name with the prefix of spring?" ”

Chun Xing also laughed and said, "This is not something worth pursuing, if it is not for the master's request, who would want to change this name?" ”

Hua Ning felt that this was reasonable, so she laughed along.

This night, several girls naturally talked about the unpleasantness of the world, and they didn't fall asleep until the third watch.

The next day, Hua Ning got up early in the morning and went to the firewood room to chop firewood, and in about half an hour, it was enough to chop enough for a day. She went to the kitchen again to carry the split firewood, and when she got to the kitchen, Chuncao and Chunhua were cooking.

Seeing that Hua Ning was coming, they also put the firewood away, and Chuncao said: "Only you are a diligent person, no matter who sends us those firewoods on weekdays, we have to go to the firewood room to get them." ”

Hua Ning was a little embarrassed and said, "I have a lot of strength, and I will send it to you every day in the future." ”

Chunhua and Chuncao laughed and said, "You are so cute." ”

Hua Ning said: "I'll cook for you." ”

The two of them said: "No need, we can do the work of burning the fire ourselves, you, it is already a great grace to be able to send firewood every day." ”

After Hua Ning delivered the firewood, there was nothing to do that day, so she walked around the backyard. I rejoiced in my heart, the money in this palace was really easy to earn, and I was not tired of working every day, and I still had two dollars to get in January.

When she had money, she went to the vendor who bought her son at the vegetable market to buy a beautiful young man, as long as he could cook, she liked it. Even if she can't make money, she can make money to support him. In the past, Master once said that marrying a little daughter-in-law will make life comfortable for two people.

When I walked to the utility room, I saw Xiao Yun moving things back and forth, and as soon as Xiao Yun saw her, she shouted: "Strong girl, strong girl, come and help." ”

Hua Ning looked around and made sure that she was the only one around, so she pointed to herself and said, "Are you calling me?" ”

Xiao Yun beckoned to her and said, "Of course it's you, come here." ”

Hua Ning helped him carry a large box to the yard. Xiao Yun was also a little stunned, he originally called her to come over and help him carry it, but who knew that she would easily move out alone.

Xiao Yun smiled: "Mighty girl, your strength is really great, and a few men are not as good as you." ”

Hua Ning scratched her head and said, "I'm not called a strong girl, I have a name, my name is Hua Ning." ”

Xiao Yun suddenly felt that this girl's humble appearance was really interesting, so she said, "Okay, okay, I won't call you a strong girl in the future." ”

Hua Ning helped Xiao Yun move some large and small things that she couldn't name to the yard.

After about a stick of incense, Xiao Yun took out two pieces of candy from his arms and gave it to her, and said, "Give it to you, next time it's like this, I'll ask you to help." ”

Hua Ning smiled and took the two pieces of sugar, put one into her arms, peeled off the other and put it in her mouth, a burst of sweetness filled her mouth, and said, "Will there be any sugar next time?" ”

Xiao Yun touched her head and said, "Naturally." ”

"Good"

Leaving the utility room, Hua Ning went to the kitchen, thinking about talking to Chunhua and Chuncao. When they arrived at the kitchen, it was breakfast time, and Chunhua and Chuncao were busy delivering food to the front yard, and when they saw Hua Ning coming, they called her together.

The three of them talked and laughed two or three times before returning to the kitchen, Chunhua took a few pastries to Hua Ning, and said, "Try this, I just made it." On weekdays, but you can't eat it, you have a mouthful, today I heard that there are guests in the front yard to visit, so you can eat such a good thing. ”

Hua Ning took it with both hands, cautiously, for fear of falling to the ground. I took a small bite lightly, and there was a faint sweetness, "Not sweet enough." ”

Chunhua said: "Our prince doesn't like sweets, so these pastries can only be served when the guests come, and they are not allowed to be too sweet." ”

Hua Ning felt that it was a pity in her heart, why didn't he like to eat sweets, and others couldn't eat them when he was tired?

After breakfast, the three of them had nothing else to do, Chunhua boiled some weak tea, and a few people drank tea and chatted in the kitchen. Not long after, Chun Tao and Chun Xing also came, and several people sat down to talk together.

Hua Ning likes to listen to them talk about some romantic things, such as what happened to the son and maid of whose family, and the young lady of that family made a private agreement with someone for life. The most of them is the prince that Hua Ning has never seen, I heard them say that this prince is a beautiful person, but unfortunately he is a sick beauty.

Chun Tao said: "I heard that it was Mo Xiaohan, the third prince of the Prime Minister's Mansion, who came today, and asked the prince for some weapons or something, and the prince agreed without thinking about it." ”

Chunhua said: "What am I talking about, this Mo Sangongzi and the prince must have some personal affairs, and it has been spread all over the capital." ”

Chuncao said: "No, no, our prince is sixteen years old, and he has never had a room, so he must be a broken sleeve." ”

Hua Ning was a little puzzled, "What is a broken sleeve?" ”

Chun Tao smiled: "It's true to say that you are a fool, you don't know this?" It means that the prince likes men. ”

Hua Ning was shocked for a moment.