Sir Song, do you want to pledge yourself to me?

"It's so clear! Mom, look!" Chen Rong exclaimed, and ran to Mrs. Chen, excitedly sharing her new baby.

"Nuannuan, we are good friends, you can't be so partial! I want a gift too!" Chen Yu couldn't help but come over. He was afraid that his sister would really snatch Ji Nuan away, just like she snatched away his parents when he was a child.

Ji Nuan smiled and glanced at him. "I didn't prepare anything for you. But I have a crossbow. How about I bring it to you next time?"

"I knew it, we're best friends." Chen Yu was immediately satisfied when he heard this. He thought smugly that he couldn't let Ji Nuan continue to have contact with Chen Rong. He had to take Ji Nuan away from Chen Rong.

So, he took Ji Nuan's hand and said, "Don't you want to buy a human? Come on, let's go to the human trafficker now." With that, he took Ji Nuan and walked out quickly.

Ji Nuan only had time to turn around and say to Madam Chen, "Madam, Rong'er, I will come to see you next time."

Mrs. Chen's eyes twitched as she watched her son holding the girl's hand.

Could it be that she is going to have a daughter-in-law?

The more Mrs. Chen thought about it, the more beautiful she looked, and even her crow's feet smoothed out.

Chen Yu took Ji Nuan and his servant to find Liu Ya Ren, the manager of the pawnshop.

"Miss, if you have any requests, just tell me. I have all kinds of people here." Liu Yaren said with a smile on his face.

"I want to find two people who can cook, and a few to do odd jobs. It would be even better if there are some people with some skills." At this point, Ji Nuan suddenly remembered something she forgot to ask Master Xi.

When Liu Ya heard this, he immediately agreed: "No problem, I will call everyone over for you, and you can choose first."

Ji Nuan said politely, "Thank you for troubling Liu Yaren."

"Miss, you are too polite. It's my job to trouble you. " Liu Yaren smiled and turned around to call people.

Ji Nuan then instructed Chen Yu, "I forgot to ask Master Xi just now. Go home and ask him for me if he has any other brothers or sisters who are willing to work for me."

Chen Yu readily agreed: "Okay, I'll ask for you when I get back."

Liu Yaren came over with a dozen people. He pointed at six of them and said to Ji Nuan, "Girl, these guys all know how to cook, and they're all good at it. You decide who's the right one to pick."

Ji Nuan let Xi Que go over and choose first, while she watched from the side.

Xi Que carefully asked several people to hold out their hands, carefully checked them, and then eliminated two people. Then, she asked a few more questions, eliminated two more people, and finally kept just two people.

Xi Que asked Ji Nuan, "Miss, what do you think of these two people I picked? Are they useful?"

Ji Nuan nodded in affirmation, "Not bad, that's a good choice. Let's go pick a few more security guards and handymen. If you think there's anything else we need, you can also let me know."

Magpie thought for a moment and said, "Miss, after we take these people back, we'll need someone to take charge and make overall arrangements."

Ji Nuan thought about it and felt that what Xi Que said made sense. She had indeed neglected this point.

She said, "You are right. I was negligent. Then let's pick another housekeeper. Please ask Liu Yaren to bring him over."

Magpie carefully selected four handymen and two security guards. They all looked strong and should have no problem doing the work.

Then, several people with housekeeping experience were brought up, and Ji Nuan chose them personally.

She had a sharp eye and didn't want those with flickering eyes, those who looked sloppy and untidy, or those who looked shrewd. In the end, the only one left was someone who looked honest and spoke fluently.

Ji Nuan chatted with him for a while and felt that he was quite suitable, so she decided to keep him.

The new housekeeper was also surnamed Liu, and his name was Liu Hai. He was a man in his thirties. His previous employer's young master had lost all his wealth in gambling, and the servants had been sold off.

Seeing that he had something to say but didn't dare to say it, Ji Nuan looked quite pitiful, so she kindly asked, "Do you have any family?"

When Liu Hai heard this, his eyes immediately turned red. He replied in a low voice: "My wife and two sons are also in the pawnshop. If you need anyone else, please buy them together. We are a family and we really don't want to be separated." After that, Liu Hai knelt on the ground and bowed to Ji Nuan.

He originally thought that he would be separated from his wife and children, but he did not expect the young lady of the host family to ask this question, so he bravely made this request.

Ji Nuan didn't expect that her casual question could attract three people.

She thought for a moment and then asked Liu Hai, "What are they good at? Or what kind of work can they do?"

Liu Hai answered cautiously, "My wife used to serve the Madam, so she knows some of the etiquette and duties of serving others. My two sons are still young, so we haven't assigned them any tasks yet. But they're both very clever and quick learners."

Ji Nuan nodded, "You can get up. I'll buy them all. Your wife will serve my mother in the future." The other two little ones can be used after two years of training.

"Thank you, Miss!" Liu Hai was grateful and kowtowed again before standing up.

The cooks were paid thirty taels each, the handymen seven taels each, the housekeepers twenty taels each, and the steward and his family of four fifty-five taels. Ji Nuan paid Liu the escort a total of one hundred and eighty-three taels.

After leaving the dental clinic, Ji Nuan took out ten taels of silver from her sleeve and handed it to Xi Que, "Take them to have lunch first, and then go rent two carriages to go home first."

The magpie asked doubtfully, "Miss, aren't you going back?"

Ji Nuan: "I still have things to do. I'll go back after I'm done."

"Yes, Miss." After bowing, Xi Que left with the newly bought servant.

She pondered inwardly, "Only after following the young lady out today did I realize she was truly no ordinary peasant girl. The people the young lady associated with were also extraordinary. For example, the Chen family's house was much more impressive than the Qu family's. And that young master, Mr. Jun, needed the young lady's help to heal him, and the reward he gave her was worth half a street's worth of shops. Shops in the capital city were much more valuable than those in Shuangxi County." The more Xi Que thought about it, the more she felt her young lady was truly a remarkable person.

Chen Yu suggested: "Let's go too. I'll treat you to a meal. How about going to Fusheng Tower?"

"I'll treat you to a meal today." Ji Nuan smiled mysteriously, "Come with me, I'll take you to a nice place."

Ji Nuan took Chen Yu all the way to East Street and entered a restaurant called "Xunweiju".

At lunch time, the tables downstairs were almost full of guests, clinking glasses and having fun, making it very lively.

Ji Nuan looked around and said, "There are quite a lot of people here, but I wonder what the food is like?"

Chen Yu nodded and commented, "The taste is excellent, and the restaurant is almost always full every day. The dishes here are very popular, and you'll know when you try them."