The difficult path of cultivation for a grassroots female practitioner

The next day, it was laundry time again.

Xiao Han must wash clothes here for five days to offset the punishment for not observing the curfew rules in Lingyun City.

Although it is uncomfortable to sleep in the cell at night, I can learn the language here while working here during the day and have food to eat, so at least I won’t starve to death for the time being.

As for taking a bath and changing clothes, Xiao Han had also made plans.

She could wash and dry Nanny Lin's old clothes in the morning, and then take some time at noon to bring a bucket of cold water and wipe them casually in the house.

If you don't have a towel, wash your own top and use it as a towel. Chiffon doesn't absorb water, but it's better than having nothing to dry naturally.

Then she took off her underwear, washed it, and dried it in the sun, so she could wear it again at night. She didn't change her bra or skirt for the time being. She really didn't have any underwear to wear, and instead of skirts and pants, she just wore the ruqun that Nanny Lin had given her. It was so cool inside that she really couldn't leave the room.

As for what it would feel like to not wear underwear for half the afternoon, Xiao Han just wanted to say that anyone who wants to know can try it for themselves.

Alas, having fallen to this point, she could only try her best to avoid smelling sour and getting gynecological diseases.

Fortunately, the old women who were washing clothes in the yard saw that she was not lazy and was working silently, so they did not make things difficult for her or order her around.

On the third day, Xiao Han tried to say simple words like "fetch water" and "hang out to dry." His unstandard pronunciation made the elderly women washing clothes burst into laughter.

They taught Xiao Han the correct pronunciation as if they were talking to a child. Xiao Han was secretly happy and let them tease him as he learned over and over again.

As a result, Xiao Han's relationship with them became much closer.

In fact, whether it is language or writing, although it may seem very different from modern language and writing at first, but as time goes by, as you listen and read more, you will find some familiar things.

Take seal script for example. If someone hasn't learned it before, they'll likely not recognize a single character at first glance. But if you translate it into modern Chinese and compare it one by one, you'll find that some characters are very similar to traditional Chinese, while others are identical to modern Chinese characters, yet still recognizable.

Xiao Han now not only listens to the women washing clothes and tries hard to learn the local language, but also pays attention to the words on the courtyards and pavilions.

However, she also knew that only by learning the language first and then learning the characters could she achieve twice the result with half the effort.

In case some characters are the same as modern characters but represent completely different meanings, it would be useless to memorize them now.

Although the days are hard, time still slips away day by day.

In a blink of an eye, the five-day imprisonment was finally over.

When Xiao Han was told by Nanny Lin that she could leave the City Lord's Mansion, she was a little confused for a moment.

After she got out, she was penniless and couldn't stay in an inn. She might be thrown into jail again.

Thinking of this, Xiao Han hurriedly communicated with Nanny Lin in her poor Fujian dialect, hoping to stay in the City Lord's Mansion to work without having to sell herself.

Nanny Lin shook her head and refused.

The main reason is that she does not have the power to keep anyone in the City Lord's Mansion.

However, she thought of Xiao Han's special situation and the fact that she could speak the dialect of her hometown, which made her feel very close to her, so she was kind enough to decide to introduce her to work in the kitchen of Liuxianlou.

Liuxianlou is one of Lingyun City's high-end restaurants, and it was the dowry shop for a concubine of the Lingyun City Lord. The owner and Nanny Lin were from the same hometown, so she could speak to them.

Moreover, Xiao Han can speak a little of their local dialect, so at least he can communicate with the shopkeeper.

To be a good person to the end, Nanny Lin simply took Xiao Han out of the City Lord's Mansion and went to Liuxian Tower.

Nanny Lin was a well-known manager in the City Lord's Mansion, so when she went out, she had a special donkey cart to ride in.

Xiao Han and she rode in a donkey cart and it took them more than a quarter of an hour to arrive at the door of a restaurant.

It is now 2:15 in the afternoon, not yet time for dinner, and the restaurant is still deserted.

Nanny Lin went straight to find the shopkeeper Ding, told him about Xiao Han's situation, and asked him to take care of her and arrange for Xiao Han to work in the kitchen to give her a place to stay.

When Shopkeeper Ding heard that Xiao Han could speak the language of their hometown, he immediately started chatting with Xiao Han in his hometown dialect.

Although Xiao Han's speech was not very authentic, her accent still had many similarities with theirs. They guessed that her hometown might be close to theirs.

It’s a pity that the girl has lost her memory and cannot find out the exact location of her hometown.

But no matter what, the similar accent made Manager Ding feel familiar, and he couldn't help but treat her as a fellow villager.

Seeing that Manager Ding readily agreed to take care of Xiao Han, Nanny Lin returned to the City Lord's Mansion.

Xiao Han thanked Nanny Lin profusely as he escorted her out of the restaurant, and did not return until she had left in a car.

Seeing that she had nothing, Shopkeeper Ding kindly asked his wife to give her two sets of old clothes and old bedding, and temporarily placed her in a storage room.

As for wages, it could only be 500 wen per month for the time being. After all, Xiao Han had no identity documents, so it was only because Liuxianlou had a strong backing that they dared to take her in.

Even though Lingyun City had no one in charge of entering and leaving the city gates, people with unknown origins could not stay at inns, let alone rent houses. If someone took someone in private, they would have to bear the risk of being discovered by the law enforcement team.

The shopkeeper, who had no worries about food and drink, had gained weight in middle age and was of a sturdy build, came over with old clothes and bedding. She saw that although Xiao Han was very young, she had an ordinary appearance and did not look like the kind of woman who came from a brothel. When she heard that it was introduced by Nanny Lin, she felt much more relieved.

She was a native of Lingyun City and didn't speak the dialect of Shopkeeper Ding's hometown, so she couldn't communicate smoothly with Xiao Han. However, she saw that Shopkeeper Ding didn't give Xiao Han any special treatment, and Xiao Han didn't even have some basic necessities. So she suggested to Shopkeeper Ding that Xiao Han get an advance on his wages so that he could buy some basic necessities.

Xiao Han was very grateful when she found out. Although she had the misfortune of traveling to this different time and space, it seemed that she had met many good people.

Shopkeeper Ding gave her an advance of two hundred coins. Seeing the heavy copper coins in her hand, Xiao Han almost cried with joy. She could finally buy some basic necessities and no longer have to live like a barbarian.