Peifeng's movements were as neat as ever, and Cui Jinniang was not surprised when she got the news. Early the next morning, she took two bags and went to Pomegranate Lane with Bai Yindi and Qi Xiu'er.

Wearing the small green cloth jacket that Cui Jinniang brought for herself, Bai Yindi twisted the hem of her clothes uncomfortably and glanced at Cui Jinniang who was leading the way. She said to Qi Xiu'er:

"I'm just saying that the Zhu family suddenly gave us food and money and didn't let us go out to solicit customers. He must not be holding anything back. How can there be such kind people in the world?"

Touching the silver bracelet hanging on her hand, she smiled coldly.

"Fortunately, our rotten skin and flesh are not worth much anymore. After a few days of being full, we are not starving."

Seeing that she was speaking as if she was about to die, Qi Xiuer raised her hand to support the plain bun on her head, then lowered her head and straightened her green cloth jacket that looked like Bai Yidi's, and then glanced at her and said :

"You also know that food, money, and new clothes were given to us. The total is five or six taels of silver. Let alone the two of us, it is enough to buy a fresh and neat girl from Madam Song. , even if it is a fatal deal, there are still girls who are more innocent than us who can use it. Do you really think that others are thinking about your bad life? The Zhu family has said it a long time ago, and they just asked us to help find out. News, we also have to think of others’ feelings.”

Bai Yindi smiled coldly, feeling that Qi Xiu'er, a fool who thought about being good every day, was already damaged.

Passing by an alley, Bai Yindi suddenly felt a coldness in her hands. She lowered her head and saw that there was a three-inch screwdriver in her hand. The head was sharpened and shone with a cold light.

She was startled and looked at Qi Xiu'er, only to see that Qi Xiu'er was still missing her new clothes as if nothing had happened.

Walking to the back door of Shen's house, Cui Jinniang looked back at the two of them and said in a deep voice:

"You two put away those useless thoughts, and deal with the people in this family carefully after you meet them. If she is happy, she is a stupid and kind-hearted person. If she is unhappy... you will be beaten to death by her, and she won't even notice. blink."

As she said this, Cui Jinniang glanced at their sleeves and shook her head.

"Take out your things and don't hurt yourself."

Bai Yindi took a staggering step forward and stood in front of Qi Xiu'er, with a smile on her face: "From the second Zhu family, please be sure to say a few nice words for us. Your master is so kind." We both keep Germany firmly in mind and have absolutely no other thoughts."

Cui Jinniang sighed softly and stretched out her hand, palm upward.

"Bring it here. With these things on you, you won't be able to protect yourself if something happens. On the contrary, it will make me feel more taboo."

Bai Yindi took out the screwdriver hidden in her sleeve and smiled without any embarrassment.

Behind her, Qi Xiuer put her fingers on her bun and pulled out another screwdriver, which also had its head sharpened.

Cui Jinniang's palm was still there.

Qi Xiuer glanced at her and took out a few embroidery needles from the hem of her clothes.

Seeing that "Zhu Er's family" still didn't move, she tilted her head to one side, raised her arm, and pulled out a two-inch long silver needle from under her elbow.

"No more."

she whispered.

Cui Jinniang looked at her again, then turned around and threw all these things outside the door of Shen's house.

"If you can't find it when you leave, I'll pay you again."

Qi Xiu'er didn't dare to say anything and followed her into the small door. As soon as she entered, she first saw a group of little maids standing against the wall, with their legs spread apart and their backs pressed against the wall. She felt very tired just looking at them.

A pretty girl wearing a double-breasted coat over her clothes took the trouble to change everyone's movements.

After just one glance, Qi Xiuer withdrew his gaze.

These girls who work as slaves in wealthy families are much cleaner than her.

The handsome woman also saw them and walked over quickly:

"The girl is in the main hall. Xiaobao and Diecui have been brought to Yanjing. Diecui's injury has healed and she is now learning embroidery from Qingying. I know you are coming today, so she is waiting for you at the main entrance."

Cui Jinniang was stunned for a moment and then said:

"Thank you Miss Peifeng."

Peifeng waved his hand and went back to train those girls without being polite to her.

Looking at her back, Qi Xiuer heard Bai Yindi exclaiming in her ear: "Where did this female coach come from? She has a good appearance and elegant manners. She is from the Zhu Er family. Could your master be a general?"

Cui Jinniang shook her head and led the two of them around a hanging flower door and into the passage. After a while, Qi Xiuer saw another extremely pretty girl.

This girl was wearing an embroidered cotton top and was talking to someone. When she raised her head and saw "Zhu Er's family", she frowned.

Cui Jinniang took a step forward and gave a half salute:

"Miss Achi."

The woman called Achi looked at Qi Xiuer and Bai Yindi, and Qi Xiuer couldn't help but shrink down.

She was not afraid. She had been a prostitute for so many years, and she had been spat on in front of her face, not to mention being torn and beaten. What could such a clean and respectable little girl do to her?

But Qi Xiuer was still timid.

Like an old crow with withered feathers huddled in the grass, it saw a magpie standing on a branch.

A magpie can't beat her, let alone scold her.

Just clean.

Just because it was clean and no need to be beaten or scolded, the magpie was able to make her, a hairless old crow, unable to hold its head up.

Achi didn't say much to "Zhu Er's family" and just led the three of them through the corridor to the main hall.

When I opened the satin-covered door curtain, I felt a sense of warmth at first, which instantly wiped away most of the coldness and fatigue I felt from running around in the cold wind early in the morning.

Qi Xiu'er didn't dare to look at anything and knelt down directly on the stone floor with a "plop". When she heard another plop, she knew that it was Bai Yindi who also knelt down.

"Girl, these two people are the people I recruited before. Bai Yindi is from Shandong. She was sold to a Yapa as a goddaughter when she was a child. She moved around Zhili and Shandong. At the age of thirteen, she was sold to a Yapa in Beijing.

She was made a concubine by an official, but because she did not give birth to a child, the official from the capital released her five years later when he was transferred to a foreign post, and the Yapo took her to start a secret business.

"Qi Xiu'er, a native of Baoning, Zhili, was originally married. When she was 21 years old, her husband disappeared. She was driven back to her parents' home by her husband's family. Her father was ill. In order to raise money, she went to give birth to a man.

The Shanxi merchants became the foreign ministers. Due to the war in the imperial court in the past two years, the Shanxi merchants' carriages and horses were all used to transport military supplies, so the Shanxi merchants did not come to Yanjing. Qi Xiuer collected the soft goods given to her by the Shanxi merchants, and usually

She made some shoe sachets and sold them for takeout, and she was able to make ends meet, but her family had to find a wife for her brother, so she became a prostitute."

"Zhu Er's family" was explained in detail, which made Qi Xiu'er feel nervous. She usually didn't want to mention her old past, and she could only say a few words to someone as familiar as Bai Yindi. She really didn't expect her old background to be so complicated.

It was clear that someone had touched her like this.

The hall is very quiet.

Qi Xiuer looked at the bricks on the ground. They had just been scrubbed, and there were still water marks on some of the cracks.

An extremely delicate lambskin boot stepped on the crack of the bricks.

Qi Xiuer was so frightened that she even forgot to breathe.

"You have been sold since you were a child, and you are willing to do so?"

A woman's clear voice sounded, and Qi Xiu'er knew that she was asking Bai Yindi, so she shrank her neck slightly and did not dare to move again.

"The girl asked this question very respectfully. There is no reason for the slave family to be unwilling. The slave family still remembers that there are four sisters in the family, but there is only one little brother. The younger brother eats steamed buns with white flour, leaving the slave family sisters with only bran paste.

, you have to go up the mountain to dig the wild vegetables yourself. Mother Li bought me, but she allowed me to eat dry food every time, and she also gave me clothes during the New Year. I was willing to be unwilling, and the sisters from the slave family were not as good as the slave family, and they were even less so.

Be more willing."

"You have been in the same embarrassment as you were before, and being sold makes you feel better." The young woman wearing lambskin boots seemed to sneer.

"What about you? Are you willing to be sold by your family again and again and kicked out by your husband's family?"

Knowing that she was asking herself, Qi Xiuer put her head on the ground tremblingly.

"The slave's family is really helpless."

Qi Xiuer heard herself reply quietly.

"Ha." The woman laughed, "If I told you that I could kill the person you most want to kill for you, who would you like to kill?"

Qi Xiu'er could hear the murderous aura inside and didn't dare to say a word.

The woman refused to let her go: "Is it your former husband's family who bullied you? Or was it the businessman who abandoned you in Yanjing? Those so-called benefactors who made it difficult for you, or... what you hate the most is

Your parents?"

Qi Xiuer raised her head, but still looked at the pair of lambskin shoes in front of her.

People like them are like dirt, and one look can bring them death.

"The slave family..."

"If I could kill someone, my family would even want to kill those scoundrels." Bai Yindi took the lead for Qi Xiu'er, "My family has benefited from you, girl, in the past few days. They can have enough food and clothing, but you have such a dog.

Shacai felt that the slave family had done dirty things with others again, so he had to take some advantage from the slave family, so he said otherwise he would sue the slave family."

When Bai Yindi spoke, she gritted her teeth as if she really hated those people.

Qi Xiuer breathed a sigh of relief and became worried about her again.

At this time, the woman wearing lambskin boots smiled.

Yes, she actually laughed.

She had a hearty smile, and she didn't look like a woman at all except for her voice.

"It's really interesting. Thousands of hands have pushed you to such a situation, but you hate the one closest to you... That's right. Qi Xiu'er, are you the same as Bai Yindi?"

Qi Xiuer was stunned for a moment.

Because she seemed to see countless hands pushing her into the mire in front of her, and she couldn't tell which hand was closest to her.
To be continued...