At the beginning, I saved a little mute

"Let's go, quickly to the northern border." Xie Chengjing lifted the curtain of the car and shouted loudly.

Someone whipped the carriage and it drove away.

On this side, Jiang Zao's cement road was halfway built and no further work was done.

Half of the reason was that the weather was too cold to continue road construction, and the other half was that there was no money.

Yes, no money left.

Even with the five hundred taels that Xie Chengjing gave her later, it was not enough for her to continue building the road.

The daily labor and material costs are also needed to maintain the operation of Maixiangfang.

Jiang Zao was so worried that he couldn't sleep for several days.

"Miss, why don't you write a letter to the young master?" Chunyu said tentatively.

"No, he has his own things to do." Jiang Zao sat at the table, writing in thought.

What other ways are there to make money?

What is the most profitable method?

Of course it comes from children and women.

Jiang Zao raised his eyebrows and had an idea.

She immediately ordered people to harness the carriage and head for Dingzhou City.

Dingzhou City is the largest provincial capital within a radius of 100 miles, with many shops and restaurants.

Jiang Zao planned to go to the city to have a look.

This time, she brought Mo Bai, who was familiar with Dingzhou City, as well as Chunyu and Huaifeng.

Mo Shan and Huai Jian stayed at home, and Xia Hua was in charge of Maixiangfang's business today.

That section of cement road not only prevented people from getting muddy under their feet, but also made it possible for horse-drawn carriages to travel very quickly on it, shortening a journey that would have taken three days to just one and a half days.

One of those days was because the cement road had not been built to Dingzhou.

When they reached the end of the cement road, Huai Feng, who was in charge of driving the carriage, exclaimed, "The cement road is so easy to walk on. How convenient it would be if the entire Great Xie Dynasty became like this."

If it were the Huai Feng of the past, he would still want to secretly send such a good recipe to Xie Chengjing.

The current Huai Feng has long considered the Jiang family as his retirement home. During this period, not only he, but also Huai Jian had the same idea.

Miss Jiang looks young, but she has big ideas. She and Que Yunsheng, who also supports her, have a strong alliance and a promising future.

This is much better than following the third prince.

Moreover, they joined the Jiang family when it was still in its infancy, so they will surely become elder-level figures in the future. By then, they will be able to take charge of a leisurely job and live out their retirement comfortably.

Therefore, although they sighed, they still cared about the Jiang family wholeheartedly.

It was already evening when they arrived in Dingzhou. They first found a clean inn and had a simple meal.

Had a night's rest.

We went out for a walk the next day.

Dingzhou City is divided into four main streets: east, west, south and north.

The north side mainly sells food, as well as various restaurants and teahouses.

On the south side are all kinds of clothes, shoes and socks.

To the east is the wealthy area, and to the west are various Qin-style and Chu-style houses.

As for the poor, they gathered together on the outskirts of the city.

Jiang had previously taken a carriage to the north for a tour, and took a few people to taste the high, medium and low-end restaurants in Dingzhou City.

She did not comment on this, but Chunyu was curious and frowned at times.

There is nothing wrong with having a good attitude.

Mo Bai ate every piece of food carefully.

He cherishes food.

Even the food that everyone thinks is the most difficult to swallow is very precious in Mo Bai's eyes.

You know, he used to not even be qualified to enter the lowest-end restaurants.

They went to the ordinary stalls first in order.

I ordered the boss’s signature noodle.

One liang of plain noodles per person.

The boss who was serving the dishes paused briefly in front of Mo Bai, catching Jiang Zao's attention.

"Are you the twin beggars from the edge of town?"

Mo Bai pursed his lips and said nothing.

Seeing this, Jiang Zao blew on the noodles and said, "He is my butler - Mo Bai."

When the boss saw that the host had spoken, he immediately put on a flattering smile and said, "Ah, young lady, please forgive my poor eyesight, but I just saw that this young man looked very familiar, so I asked a question."

The Mo Bai brothers were not famous in Dingzhou City; they were just ordinary beggars.

The reason why the boss cares about him.

It was because one of the gangster leaders who had been hanging around in the market some time ago was clamoring to catch and kill the twin beggars.

The only twin beggars in Dingzhou City are the Mo Bai brothers.

The boss then became more cautious.

He only saw one of them at the moment, and he felt inexplicably anxious.

Could it be that another one was caught?

But he was worried that he had seen it wrong, because the Mo Bai in front of him was clearly a completely different person from the little beggar before.

He was dressed simply and elegantly, without any patches on his clothes.

There is more flesh on his face, and his whole body has grown taller, looking a little different from before.

If the boss had not felt sorry for them in the past and secretly gave them some food occasionally, he would not have been so impressed with Mo Bai and the other man.

Mo Bai was filled with emotion. When he and his brother passed by here before, they could only watch.

Of course, the boss is a good man.

Now sitting here again, he suddenly felt that his decision to chase after her was the right one.

The fate of him and his brother was finally changed.

I am no longer a beggar who cannot afford food or clothes.

The four of them stood up and Mo Bai went to pay.

The boss grabbed his arm, which was much more flexible.

The boss was relieved, it seemed that he had come to a good place.

He is still the chief butler, and you can tell it’s different when you hear him.

Mo Bai thought, could it be that the amount of money was wrong?

That's impossible. He and his brother studied arithmetic with Jiang Zao every afternoon. It's impossible that he made a mistake.

The boss pulled him over and whispered in his ear, "Be careful of Chen Ba, he's looking for you two everywhere."

Chen Ba was the one who stole Jiang Zao’s things.

Later, she was discovered by Mo Bai and others, who secretly took her back and sold her body to the Jiang family.

Mo Bai's heart skipped a beat.

So much time had passed that he was busy all day and had long forgotten about Chen Ba.

Listening to my boss talking about this now, I can't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Chen Ba is one of the gang leaders in Dingzhou. He is young, but very cruel. It is said that he has a group of children under his command who specialize in stealing things.

He and his brother were bullied by the beggars in Dingzhou because they were unwilling to join them.

Now, hearing this name again, Mo Bai was surprised and pressed his forehead.

He is no longer the little beggar he used to be.

He is now the chief steward of the Jiang family and must not be intimidated.

"Thank you." Mo Bai also lowered his voice.

Chunyu called out from the carriage, "Mo Bai, hurry up and leave."

He bowed to the boss and walked away with his head held high.

Jiang Zao opened the curtain and asked, "Did you meet an old friend?"

"Yeah." Mo Bai had something on his mind, but he felt that this matter itself was a grudge between him and Chen Ba, and had nothing to do with the young lady.

He can definitely handle it himself.

It’s better not to tell the young lady for now. She is already very busy with so many things to do every day.

As the Jiang family's chief steward, Mo Bai has to handle some trivial matters on his own.

Then they stopped at each store, some went in to try something, and some just looked from the outside.

After having dinner in a restaurant, Jiang Zao remembered the waiter's strange look.

He looked down at his clothes.

Then he took the four of them to the clothing store.

When you go out, clothes make the difference.

Huaifeng and Mobai refused to go in.

Jiang Zao had no choice but to take Chunyu into Jinxiufang.

I chose two sets for myself, one set for Chunyu, and one set for each person in the family.

One of the clothes was a little big, and the store owner said it could be altered in a cup of tea.

So they sat down and drank their tea and waited.

After a while, a voice was heard.

"Shopkeeper, are the clothes I looked at last time still there?"