Chapter 198: The Peasant Girl’s Splendid Manor
Chapter 198: Meeting Strangers, Upgrading the Space (7)
Mo Yan didn't stay long and soon came out, calling for a carriage straight to Huixian Restaurant.
When shopkeeper Xing learned of Mo Yan's intentions, he praised her for her kindness. Considering that Yun Zhao was still young, he allowed him to help out in the kitchen with washing vegetables for now. When he grew older, they would see if he could do other tasks.
As for the wages, it was temporarily set at one hundred wen per month. There was a vacant storage room in the backyard of Huixian Residence which could be cleaned up for the siblings to live in, and they would be provided with three meals a day.
For the siblings, this was already a great arrangement. Mo Yan knew that Shopkeeper Xing took in Yun Zhao because of her, so she repeatedly thanked him, keeping this favor in mind.
When Mo Yan told the siblings about the arrangements, they were extremely excited. Yun Zhao even dragged his sister Yun Sheng and kneeled in front of Mo Yan, wanting to kowtow to her, but Mo Yan stopped them.
"Sister, we have nothing to repay you with, so let us kowtow to you a few times," Yun Zhao insisted, pulling his sister down to kneel.
"Sister doesn't want you to repay anything. As long as you behave well and work hard, that's the best repayment for me."
Mo Yan pulled them up with black lines all over her head. Kneeling to parents, kneeling to the heavens, and kneeling to the deceased. If these two little ones knelt to her, she would have psychological issues, okay?
At noon, Mo Yan took them to have a meal and then bought them each a few sets of clothes from a clothing store before taking them to Huixian Restaurant.
Shopkeeper Xing found time to meet Yun Zhao. Seeing that he was young but smart, and knowing that he could read, after a brief test, he nodded to himself, considering nurturing him, but he still needed to assess his character further.
Xiao Zhu settled the siblings in the small room in the backyard. Mo Yan gave them some careful instructions before leaving Huixian Restaurant under the reluctant gazes of the siblings.
Having settled one matter and accumulated some merit, Mo Yan was in a great mood and decided to walk back while browsing the shops.
"Oh? Miss, what a coincidence, I see you again."
Passing by a clothing store, a somewhat familiar middle-aged woman's voice reached Mo Yan's ears.
Mo Yan turned her head and saw the owner of the voice standing at the doorway of the clothing store, looking friendly and amiable.
Wasn't this woman the elegant beauty she had encountered last time at Duobao Pavilion?
At this moment, the elegant beauty was wearing a chestnut-colored silk gown with wide sleeves. She wore a set of valuable jade ornaments on her head, ears, and wrists, and was followed by four or five maidservants, fully displaying the demeanor of a noble lady.
"So it's this madam. What a coincidence indeed." Others greeted with a smile, so Mo Yan naturally wouldn't turn and leave, so she smiled and replied.
"Hehe, since we've met again, would the young lady be willing to accompany me to the teahouse across the street?" The elegant lady walked over with a graceful demeanor and extended her right hand to shake hands with Mo Yan.
Mo Yan didn't move her hand, which was originally resting on her waist, and smiled, "Madam's kindness should not be refused, but there are matters at home, so I'm afraid I can't accept the invitation."
Doing favors without reason often hides sinister motives. She wasn't a three-year-old child who would obediently follow along just because someone spoke kindly to her.
The rejected elegant lady's expression dimmed, and a hint of vulnerability appeared on her still beautiful face. "Well... then, I wonder where the young lady lives. If there's a chance..."
Facing Mo Yan's seemingly smiling but not smiling expression, the elegant lady couldn't continue. The previously disguised kindness also showed a crack.
Can't keep up the act anymore?
Mo Yan coldly chuckled in her heart, showing sincerity on her face, "Hehe, madam is too polite. Since it's a chance encounter, let's leave it to fate! If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave first."
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