Early the next morning, the military family residential area in the eastern suburbs of Kunming.
The sound of horse hooves echoed in the alley, accompanied by the crisp ringing of bells, which was particularly clear in this pleasant morning.
The firewood doors of each house and courtyard opened with a creak, and the men, women, and children who had been waiting for a long time all held the door and looked towards the sound, half leaning on it.
"I'm coming!"
"Mrs. Crown Prince really sent someone to pick us up!"
"Mrs. Crown Prince is true to her word. Of course she will come to pick us up when she says she will come to pick us up!"
The carriage stopped in front of each chaimen, and the names were checked. Only when they were confirmed to be correct would people get on.
"Grandma, I'm leaving!" Xiduo waved to the outside from the car door, her voice filled with excitement.
"Okay, work hard, be obedient, and don't get into arguments with others." Grandma Zhi chased after him for two steps and warned her carefully.
"Got it!"
There were still people watching, looking at such a big and special carriage that came to pick people up, they felt sad, "Is this really trying to get people to do work? What kind of work can a child as young as Xiduo do? I'm afraid...
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Take it to some bad place?
If I don't come back, I'll see if Grandma Zhi will cry to death.
Grandma Zhi glared at the man with disdain in her heart.
What could the Crown Prince's wife do to deceive them? What kind of identity could she have to deceive people like them? She pulled her neck and looked up, wishing that she could follow the car and drive away. When her grandson's hand entered the house, the wood door slammed shut.
"Bah. Just wait until you cry."
The woman sighed, turned around and entered the door, slamming the wood door shut. An old woman in the room yelled, "What kind of monster are you doing! Aren't you afraid that the door will fall?"
"No, it's just too windy. It's fine."
Grandma Zhi heard this from the opposite door. She looked down at her grandson and smiled, "If your sister doesn't come back for lunch, we Xiaye can have a few more bites."
"Keep it for sister."
"Okay, I'll save it for your sister to eat at night."
Xiduo has never even ridden in an oxcart a few times. This is the first time she has ridden in such a long and wide carriage. She watched the carriage and various scenery on the road. Even the small vendors who carried the burden in the morning could watch it for a long time, with excitement and excitement in their eyes.
It's expectation.
All the way to a big house, it was really big and took up half the street. Xiduo had never been in such a big house before and was a little nervous.
"Why are you standing there, come in quickly." A female steward at the door greeted them.
Xiduo pursed her lips and smiled at her, then raised her legs along with the others, walked two steps, paused again, and quietly lifted her shoes to look at them, for fear of getting something on the soles of her feet and staining the house.
The female steward smiled when she saw it, and Xiduo's little face immediately turned red.
After being led for an unknown number of yards, we arrived at a spacious place. Madam Prince?
He was stunned for a moment, and when he saw other people saluting Mrs. Shizi, he also hurriedly bent down to salute, very clumsily.
Huo Xi smiled: "They're all here, Mo Duoli."
After everyone finished saluting, he said a few words with a smile: "Thank you for your trust. From today on, you will work in this workshop. You will wait at the entrance of the alley at this time every day. The carriage will pick you up and I will take care of you at noon.
A lunch, and I will send you back by carriage in the afternoon. As for the wages, the income varies depending on the work. The more you do, the more you will get, but if you don’t do it, you will not be able to do it. If you are absent from work without excuse or are lazy at work, I will also fire you."
No one spoke.
Vanilla said from the side: "Can you hear me clearly?"
The crowd froze and said, "I heard you clearly."
"You heard me clearly?" Xiduo also said hastily.
She will not be absent from work. She must work hard and get paid more for her hard work. She has a full meal at noon, so why should she be absent from work? Secretly encourage herself, no matter how hard the work is, she will not say a word.
Huo Xi glanced at the dozens of men, women, and children in front of her and nodded with satisfaction.
"I will divide you into several groups according to different tasks later. Let's work for a few days for now. If you have other ideas or are not suitable for the work at hand, we will adjust it. I hope you will work hard and don't be lazy and slippery. Please be careful.
Be careful, be loyal to the workshop, and don’t arrange things outside. I hope that with your efforts, you can help your family as much as possible."
"Yes. Thank you, Madam Prince! We must be careful in our words and deeds, and don't say anything we shouldn't."
"We must do things well!" "Yes, we must do things well!"
Very good. Huo Xi nodded with satisfaction and ordered the stewards in each workshop to lead the people assigned to them. Xiduo also left with a female steward.
I don’t know what kind of work she has been assigned. She has some expectations in her heart, but she is also afraid that she will not do well. What if she is fired?
A hanging heart.
Not long after walking, the female steward led me to a workshop. On the ground were several wooden basins longer than an adult's arms, filled with water.
"Why are there so many basins?" "What a big basin!" "It's new! It's bigger than the basin I have in my bath!"
"Mrs. Shizi thinks we are dirty, so she wants us to take a bath?"
A group of half-grown girls were whispering to each other, unable to figure out the intentions of the Crown Prince's wife.
Xiduo hurriedly sniffed her body quietly. She was not dirty because she had to do some work today. Grandma boiled a pot full of hot water yesterday and asked her to wash her clean. She was not dirty at all.
Look at your hands again, even the nails are clean.
Seeing Xiduo looking at his hand, everyone also picked up their own hand to look at it. Some people quietly put their hands behind their backs.
The steward saw it and said nothing.
Then he led them to a sink and explained: "You will be doing detailed work later, and your hands and face need to be clean. There are scented soaps here. Wash your hands and face first, rub them carefully, and clean the gaps between your nails."
Wash them all, too.”
When everyone heard this, they gathered around him one after another.
The fragrant rice noodles are so fragrant, don't they cost dozens of dollars a piece? "More than that, it's so fragrant, I'm afraid it costs a few dollars a piece!" he whispered while washing.
How could the Crown Prince's wife be willing to give them such expensive spices?
She had never used it before. She foamed it carefully and washed her hands again and again. After washing, she brought her hands to her nose and smelled it. It smelled so good!
"Everyone comes here and wears a headscarf and wraps up the hair to prevent hair from falling in while working. Anyone who fails to do the job will have their money deducted."
Everyone hurriedly gathered around, picked up the headscarf and tied their hair like a businessman, which was very novel.
They were even more confused, wondering what the Crown Prince’s wife wanted them to do.
While they were wrapping their hair, they suddenly saw many people walking in carrying baskets. It was flower petals!
What does the Crown Prince need so many petals for? There are so many!
A group of half-grown girls stared at it, and the floor was soon filled with baskets of various sizes, including hundreds of baskets.
"Okay, this is the work you are going to do in the future. Now wash these petals, and we will sort them out later." The female steward checked their hygiene one by one and began to arrange the work.
Xiduo breathed a sigh of relief, cleaning petals? She knows how to do this job. Mrs. Shizi said that the more you do, the more you get. Whoever cleans more will get more wages. Xiduo looked around and quickly pulled a basket.
Hua Petal brought another stool and started working without raising his head.
When other people saw it, they were not to be outdone and followed suit.
