"Ding Yi, twelve years old, with sound limbs and clear speech, no physical illness, and a clean origin, stay."
"Ding Si, seventeen years old, with sound limbs and clear speech, no physical illness, and a clean origin, stay"
"Female one, thirteen years old, with sound limbs and clear speech, no physical illness, and a clean origin, stay."
Amidst a series of lengthy counting sounds, Xia Mang gradually regained her senses. When she opened her eyes, she saw that she was standing in a large courtyard. The carved stone slabs under her feet made her feet hurt.
There were a large group of people sitting or standing around, including men and women, old and young.
Xia Mang was sandwiched between a row of little girls dressed in rags, and beside him stood a group of boys of similar age, all of them skinny and equally shabby.
Sitting ten feet away in front of her was an old mother dressed in silk and satin, with a forehead wisp embedded with warm jade tied to her forehead.
The old mother was sitting comfortably in an armchair, listening to the steward next to her read the roster to her.
When the grandmother who led the children heard a name, she picked one out from the crowd and stood there, waiting for the host to pass the list and then go to collect the money.
Xia Mang stood in the crowd, watching the steward picking people and Ya Po carrying people. He was stunned for a long time and didn't come back to his senses.
She clearly remembered getting up early in the morning to rush to work, and someone stepped on the heel of her shoe when she was squeezing on the bus. Later, she went barefoot and carried her shoes under the overpass to have them repaired!
Why did you arrive at such a strange place in the blink of an eye?
Oh, she remembered!
The shoe repair boy couldn't find the twenty yuan she gave him, so he took out a pack of biscuits from his pocket and asked her to use it as change.
When Xia Mang saw that the young man had thick eyebrows, big eyes, red lips and white teeth, he agreed immediately.
After one bite of biscuits, I ended up here.
Vaguely she seemed to remember hearing the sound of an ambulance, but it seemed that she was not rescued.
As soon as he lowered his head and saw his dirty bare feet, Xia Mang's mouth dropped.
Yes, even the repaired shoes can no longer be worn.
But then again, where is this! ?
Xia Mang looked around the courtyard, and the children mixed with her were also curiously scanning the magnificent mansion, so no one thought her actions were strange.
The courtyard is almost as big as a small square, with a circle of flowers and trees planted around it covering the carved and painted corridor at the back.
A shadowy figure walked through the corridor, leaving behind a burst of laughter.
Suddenly, the old mother sitting in the armchair raised her hand and said, "Okay, there are enough people."
So the steward standing nearby closed the register and prepared to take it for sealing.
Ya Po counted the people he had brought, then took two steps forward unwillingly, and said with a flattering smile: "Mother Wang, please take a look, these few I have brought are all very good children."
As she spoke, Ya Po pulled Xia Mang over and pushed her forward. While pushing her, she smiled and said, "This girl is very honest, she just doesn't talk much."
Xia Mang, who is very honest:
Mother Wang didn't speak. The steward standing next to her gave Xia Mang a disgusted look.
"Come on, I just asked her a few questions and no one could answer her. Why don't you send her up for being so stupid? Why don't you come and get the money through the seal with me? Don't waste time here!"
Yapo glanced at Xia Mang, looking a little dissatisfied.
This is the oldest one in her hands. Although he is honest and dull, he still looks upright. He planned to take it today to earn some money, but unexpectedly, this child seemed to be frightened when he saw the nobles.
It's really useless!
Yapo stopped thinking about selling and took people to the list.
At that time, Xia Mang heard a "ding-dong" sound in his mind.
Immediately afterwards, a mechanical voice with a hint of familiarity sounded.
‘The initial system has been bound! ’
‘The system has been activated! ’
‘System task generating’
Xia Mang was shocked. Before she could recover, the system task had been released.
‘Please host must stay in the Duke’s Mansion. ’
Xia Mang silently interacted with the unfamiliar system in her mind, and no one noticed anything unusual about her.
‘Where is the Duke’s Mansion? ’
System: ‘.This is it. ’
‘But what should I do if everyone has already chosen me and doesn’t like me? ’
The system's tone was cold and serious: 'The host must complete the task, otherwise it will be obliterated. ’
Xia Mang moved her feet. As her rationality returned, she felt pain everywhere in her body. She estimated that this body had been beaten by Ren Yazi's hands.
Looking at the steward and his grandmother who were doing business, and then at his old mother who was sitting in an armchair as heavy as water, Xia Mang suddenly felt that only the exhaust of the 21st century smells like home.
She simply said, "Just wipe it off. Even if you stay, you will be working as a maid here. I can't stand this anger!" ’
Xia Mang had read a lot of books. Women were originally a vulnerable group in ancient times, let alone working as maids.
Without any personal freedom and dignity, if you meet a heartless master, you may lose your destiny.
Just pretend that this life ends with that packet of biscuits.
At the cost of his life, classmate Xia Mang sincerely warns you not to accept food from strangers casually!
'wait! Wait a moment! ’
The system has never seen such a tough person, and the mechanical voice is filled with a rare bit of human emotion: "It's not a bad thing to stay in the Duke's mansion as a maid, they are not bad people." ’
Xia Mang: ‘How do you know? Is this your first time working as a system? Do you trust people so easily? ’
System: ‘. In short, if the host completes the task, he will receive a lot of points as rewards, which can be used to purchase any items! ’
Afraid that Xia Mang would refuse again, the system immediately brought up the mall interface, with a hint of haste in its movements.
Xia Mang glanced at the dazzling array of products. All the food and drink expenses were available, and they could be redeemed with mission points.
Are the points and money for co-authorship almost the same? She rolled her eyes and her mind became active.
The system gave another shot in the arm: 'If the host accumulates a certain amount of points, he can return to the original world. What do you think? ’
Xia Mang: 'Being a maid is also a part-time job. Working anywhere is not a part-time job. I will take this job! ’
The system breathed a vague sigh of relief: 'Host, please hurry up. ’
When Xia Mang came to his senses, Yapo had already received the money and was about to leave with the remaining children.
At this time, how should we stay?
She was not chosen in the first round of interviews. If she didn't show some amazing talents, she wouldn't be able to attract the attention of the supervisor.
She cleared her throat in desperation and decided to sing a song.
Listening to music is a must-have in the daily life of ancient nobles!
So people like her must be in short supply.
Time was running out, so she sang the first lyrics that came to her mind: "I'm looking in the distance, above the moon!"
There is a two-yuan shop next to the shoe repair stall under the overpass. The speaker at the door has been playing this song in a loop. Xia Mang has been listening to the song for as long as the shoe repairman has been repairing shoes.
When the first line was sung, Xia Mang knew he was going to suffer.
Sure enough, Mama Wang, who was sitting calmly in the armchair, was so startled that she jumped, and the steward next to her quickly scolded Ya Po.
"If you don't take them away quickly, they will go crazy with epilepsy, ouch!"
Xia Mang's voice stopped suddenly, and the people around him looked sideways, with shock and a bit of fear in their eyes.
"Is epilepsy contagious?"
"I don't know, let's stay away."
Listening to the whispers of those people, Yapo's old face turned red.
Even the system sighed humanely, which made Xia Mang, who had always been very nervous, feel a little embarrassed.
"Why are you so crazy? Come with me!" Yapo shouted through gritted teeth.
Xia Mang didn't even look at her, his eyes lingered on Mother Wang and the steward, and he recited his strengths like a barrage of words.
"I can tell jokes, I'm smart and lively, I'm loved by everyone, and I'm always the first to grab a meal in the company."
Xia Mang admitted that the situation was urgent and she didn’t even know what she was talking about at the end.
The steward stretched out his hand to cover his mouth and nose, and directed Yapo to arrest the person in disgust: "You are getting even crazier, why don't you take him away quickly!"
Ya Po also knew that this was not a place where one could act recklessly. He touched the sweat on his forehead and was about to capture Xia Mang.
Xia Mang's body is that of a half-grown girl. She comes from a poor family and is as skinny as a corncrake. There is no way she can escape the clutches of Yapo.
She was immediately captured by Yapo.
Yapo grabbed Xia Mang, stretched out her hand on her waist and twisted her hard, causing Xia Mang to scream out in pain.
Xia Mang glared at Ya Po with tears in his eyes, and had another plan in mind.
"I, I dreamed about gods last night!"
The little girl who just now seemed crazy in the eyes of everyone suddenly said something that everyone could understand, causing everyone present to fall silent.
Ya Po slowed down her movements and saw that Xia Mang was no longer "crazy", so she said: "What a god, come back with me quickly."
She also wanted to find a buyer to buy it while the girl wasn't crazy. If it fell into her own hands, she would suffer a big loss.
Xia Mang immediately said: "The gods asked me to stay in the Duke's Mansion and serve him!"
This kind of talk about ghosts and gods was very lethal in ancient times. Xia Mang thought that saying this sentence would always have an effect, right?
Anyway, I have thought of all the tricks I can think of now. If I can't fool this group of people, I will be a good guy again in eighteen years!
"You dreamed of drinking urine, you are so beautiful!"
Ya Po sneered and was about to stuff Xia Mang's mouth.
Suddenly, a clear voice came from the other end of the corridor.
"Wait a minute."
These short and light words were more effective than the words of the gods. Xia Mang saw Mrs. Wang standing up in the armchair.
"Why are you here, madam? The sun on the porch is very poisonous, please bake it carefully."
Mother Wang's expressionless face at first was now full of smiles.
The lady she was talking about was currently standing on the stone steps with her hands held up, standing under the eaves of the corridor, wearing a crow-green dress, her figure hidden behind the flowers and trees, like a wisp of clear smoke.
Xia Mang looked at the lady blankly.
She thought that she was a well-informed modern person, and she had never seen any kind of beauties, but today still opened her eyes.
The lady stood far away and couldn't see her true face, but her leisurely and otherworldly temperament was unique. After looking at her for a long time, people felt that she was really a fairy.
The lady's delicate and white chin tilted slightly to the side, and she said something to the maid standing beside her. The maid nodded and walked briskly towards this side.
Ya Po saw the maid in a satin dress coming over. She was afraid that she would bump into someone, so she hurriedly dragged Xia Mang back.
"Hey, wait!" The maid stopped Yapo's movement with a voice.
“Girl, what’s your advice?”
Yapo looked around to confirm that the maid was talking to her, then she hurriedly asked with a smile on her face.
The maid didn't even look at her, and raised her chin towards Xia Mang, who was being grabbed by her clothes, "Madam, I want you to go over and talk."
(End of chapter)