Six women hired Tingting into the mutual market, and soon attracted the attention of many people, some with good intentions and some with bad intentions, because Mo Ziyao had encountered local ruffians in the mutual market when she was a child, so she had a lot of scruples about the mutual market, looking at everyone's gaze, she couldn't help but be a little nervous, and her hands subconsciously pulled Shi Hanshuang's sleeves.

Seeing this, Shi Hanshuang asked with concern: "Sister Ziyao, what's wrong with you, are you unwell?"

"Not really. Looking at Shi Hanshuang's concerned eyes, Mo Ziyao shook her head, "When I was a child, I met Pahuazi at the gate of the mutual market and was almost robbed, if it wasn't for my husband who stepped forward to save me at that time, maybe we wouldn't be sisters now." That's why I'm a little scared of the mutual market. ”

Hearing Mo Ziyao explain the reason, Shi Hanshuang was about to say something, only to hear Gu Zhen'er suddenly speak: "Ziyao, don't be afraid, we will protect you, see who dares to bully you." After speaking, he pulled out the long knife he was carrying behind his back and looked coldly at the people in the market.

Seeing this, Mo Ziyao hurriedly stopped Gu Zhen'er and said, "Zhen'er, quickly put away your weapons, when we enter the mutual market, we will not use our weapons, this is the rule." ”

"What? I didn't know about it for a long time. When Gu Zhen'er heard Mo Ziyao say this, she withdrew the long knife with a puzzled face, looked at Mo Ziyao in surprise and said, "Ziyao, where did you hear this from?"

"It's not my hearsay, it's the last time I went to the hospital, Sister Rakshasa told me that this is a ban from the imperial court. Seeing that Gu Zhen'er had some doubts, Mo Ziyao hurriedly explained the original situation.

At this time, Chen Jingqing, who was walking on the side, suddenly stepped forward and shouted to the people in the mutual market and said: "The little girl and the others just went in to buy some items, if you want to find trouble, please go to Yanyu Building to find the shopkeeper Xuanji." Otherwise, don't blame us for breaking the rules here. ”

When everyone heard the girl in front of them mention the three words Yanyulou, as if they had thought of something terrible, they scattered in a blink of an eye and went to do their own things.

Seeing this, Mo Ziyao hugged Chen Jingqing and said, "Qinqing, you still have a way, thank you." ”

"Thank you, the Jianghu people do things according to the methods of the Jianghu people, which is also what I learned after I arrived in Zhangye. ”

The six of them walked into the mutual market and began to pick up their favorite objects one stall at a time, Shi Hanshuang saw the rise of Liu Feiyan's four picks, and hurriedly said: "A few people will choose slowly today, I will pay all the expenses with Zi Yao, you will pick it here first, and Zi Yao and I will go to Yahang to find a few people who are willing to work in the mansion." ”

After speaking, the two said goodbye to Liu Feiyan and them, and walked towards their teeth. When I came to the tooth shop, the shopkeeper saw two little women, who looked like they didn't answer, and said coldly, "What do you want to buy?"

Shi Hanshuang hugged his fist at the shopkeeper and said: "Shopkeeper, we want to recruit a few people to work in the house, but we only need women, not men, can you recommend a few people?"

When the shopkeeper heard that as long as the woman didn't want a man, he looked at the two of them dressed like young ladies from rich and noble families, and then said coldly: "There are not many women now, but if you want to pick someone, you have to pay a fixed amount first, and then you can choose." Besides, you only need women, and men don't want it, so you have to set a lot of money, pay the consistent money first, and refund more and make up for less. ”

Shi Hanshuang was about to pay the money when she heard it, but Mo Ziyao grabbed her and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, do you think that we are women and think that we are outsiders who want to trap us?

"How can you talk to this little woman? Where have I bullied you, if you want to choose, you will pay the money, and if you don't want to pay, you will leave. With that, the shopkeeper turned and walked towards the house. At this time, a guy suddenly ran over and whispered a few words in the ear of the shopkeeper, only to see the shopkeeper of the tooth shop suddenly turned around, squeezed out a smile on his face that was more ugly than crying and said to Shi Hanshuang and Mo Ziyao: "The two girls, please forgive me, the little one has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, I don't know if it's you two big drivers, hurry up inside, please, let's sit down and pick slowly." ”

Seeing the shopkeeper's sudden change of attitude of 180 degrees, the two of them were a little uncomfortable, and they were afraid of deception, so they hurriedly asked: "The shopkeeper's attitude has become too fast, right?"

"I didn't know that the two of them were people from Yanyulou, and I hope to forgive me for my offends, please inside. After making a gesture of invitation to the two, the shopkeeper led Shi Hanshuang and the two to the store, and shouted loudly as soon as they entered the door: "Little Lizi, get some fresh fruits for the two girls, and by the way, take some of the sour plum soup I put in the ice cellar." ”

After the two of them entered the house and sat down, after a while, a man brought a few fruits and a pot of cold sour plum soup, at this time the shopkeeper turned to the two and said, "I wonder what kind of people the two girls need to pick to go back to the house to do things?"

"I heard that there have been a lot of uprisings and rebellions in various places recently, and there will always be some displaced people who have migrated to Zhangye, if there are women around the age of thirteen or fourteen, we want to pick a few and bring them back, which can be regarded as doing some good deeds in this troubled world. Shi Hanshuang picked up the cup and took a sip of sour plum soup, the chilled sour plum soup was one of the must-haves for the rich and noble to cool off at this time.

After listening to this, the shopkeeper turned his head and asked Mo Ziyao, "Girl, do you have anything you want to choose?"

"Find two or three to cook delicious, there are many people in the family on weekdays, and we sometimes don't want to go to Yanyulou to trouble Sister Xuanji and them, so we have to eat at home. It is best to be local in Zhangye, and you can stay in the house at night or go back. ”

"Cheng, you two wait, go down and show you two. After saying that, the shopkeeper turned around and went to the backyard.

At this time, Chu Mofeng also came to the mutual market, and many people who have been doing business in the mutual market all year round know him, and I saw the old Li Tou, who bought pottery, said to Chu Mofeng: "Chu Daxia, your two ladies went to Yaxing, as for Miss Liu, they should pick out clothes in front." ”

After Chu Mofeng thanked Lao Li Tou, he hurriedly walked towards his teeth.

At this time, the shopkeeper walked back with a pair of little girls who looked exactly the same and three middle-aged women, and said to Shi Hanshuang and Mo Ziyao: "Look at the two girls, how are these few?"

Shi Hanshuang came to the two little girls and looked carefully, only to see that the two of them were about twelve or thirteen years old, the clothes on their bodies were quite clean, and they seemed to have just washed their faces, and there were still some droplets of water hanging on their sideburns.

One of the two little girls looked at Shi Hanshuang and said: "Back to Mrs. Hui's words, my name is Mu Mu, this is my sister's name is Zhaozhao, our sisters fled here from Yiwu County, there has been a recent attack by the Turks, our father and mother are dead, and the house at home has also been burned, I heard that the Turks never dared to attack Zhangye, so I hurried all the way to Zhangye." ”

After listening to Mu Mu's words, Shi Hanshuang turned his head to look at Mo Ziyao and said, "What do you think? ”

Mo Ziyao hurriedly stepped forward and said softly to the two: "Don't be afraid, our house has to recruit people to do things, and in the future, you two will follow me and Hanshuang, and be our personal maids, okay, the house will take care of food and housing, and each person will be able to do fifty wen a month?"

Hearing Mo Ziyao say that he would give the maid fifty yuan a month, the shopkeeper kept inhaling the cold air in the back, thinking that sure enough, the style of these two people is too similar to the young man in Yanyulou, and sure enough, is it a family that does not enter the door.

Mu Mu and Zhaozhao heard that the conditions in the house were so good, and the salary was higher than that of any of the mansions that came to recruit people before, so they hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to the two and said, "The slave and maid have thanked the eldest lady and the second lady, and the two slave maids and sisters will follow the eldest lady and the second lady in the future." Seeing this, Shi Hanshuang hurriedly helped the two of them up and said, "Get up and talk, if you don't kneel down and say it in the future, just feel free." ”

As soon as they heard that the two maids were paid fifty salaries a month, three middle-aged women hurriedly came over and said to Shi Hanshuang and the others, "I don't know what the two ladies need us to do?"

"Do you all know how to cook? Are you all locals?"

"Yes, all three of us are locals, and Madame can bring up whatever she wants. ”

"That's it, in the future, the three meals a day in the house will be handed over to you, and everyone is fifty wen per month, including Mu Mu and Zhaozhao, and there is also a reward for the New Year's holidays, only one thing I hope you will remember, clean hands and feet, and strict mouth. ”

Several people hurriedly nodded yes, Shi Hanshuang saw this and walked in front of the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, calculate how much money you need, I'll give it to you." ”

"Where is the girl, forget if you don't have money, just make up a wedding gift for the two girls. ”

Shi Hanshuang and the others were about to excuse themselves, but they heard Chu Mofeng's voice outside the door: "You two don't excuse yourself, take someone to find Feiyan and them, I'll talk to the shopkeeper for a few words." ”

Seeing this, Shi Hanshuang and the others hurriedly took the shopkeeper and Chu Mofeng who said goodbye to the recruits, and walked in the direction of Liu Feiyan and them.

Seeing that everyone had gone away, the shopkeeper hugged his fist at Chu Mofeng and said, "Young Master Chu, I don't know what you are doing here today?"

"Help me do a few things, first, find out the news about Li Shimin, the second son of Li Yuan, the governor of Taiyuan County; second, there are continuous uprisings in various places, and more displaced people are recruited to Zhangye, and try to ask for some poor people with martial arts background and clean family backgrounds, this time all of them are men; third, pay attention to the movements of the Turks in the west of Zhangye. Chu Mofeng didn't even think about it, so he said what he meant.

When the shopkeeper heard this, he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Cheng, that is also bothering Chu Gongzi can also say a few more kind words for the villain in front of the big shopkeeper." ”

"This is easy to do, your big shopkeeper has stepped down, and the current big shopkeeper is the daughter of the old shopkeeper, Xuanji of Yanyu Building, I will go back and mention you more in front of her. Chu Mofeng nodded, and then said goodbye to the shopkeeper and left the tooth shop.

Liu Feiyan and the others in the mutual city had already selected the things they needed, and at this time, Shi Hanshuang and Mo Ziyao happened to come over with a group of people, and after paying the money one by one, a group of people walked towards the direction of Chu Mansion, and at the end of the team were five or six hired carts, which were full of various items purchased.

After returning to his mansion, Shi Hanshuang instructed a few cooks to start preparing the noon meal, while he left Mu Mu by his side and arranged Zhaozhao to be a maid by Mo Ziyao's side......