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Lin Guixiang was a little tired. When she saw Du Mingxian coming over, she frowned and said, "You're back."

"Yes, right after the New Year, I heard that the garment workshop had started working again, so I rushed back," Du Mingxian said without beating around the bush.

Lin Guixiang was surprised, "You didn't receive a notification?"

"If I'm not home, even if someone wants to notify me, they probably won't be able to."

It's true that no one was notified. The people who were supposed to go to work were introduced one by one, and the notification for work was done one person at a time, just like before.

Du Mingxian was introduced by Aunt Xu, and Liu Ya was with her. If either of them was working there, she could be notified.

But both of them quit, so no one notified Du Mingxian, and she couldn't be notified.

Lin Guixiang didn't think much of it. "It's too late today. Let's go together tomorrow morning."

"Okay, you just got back and haven't cooked yet, right? Then you should hurry home." Du Mingxian noticed that she was carrying something that looked like food.

Lin Guixiang was happy when she mentioned this. "Do you see this? They gave it to us over there. They said we've moved far away now, and we're tired from the journey back and forth, so they gave us some food to have for dinner when we get home."

"That's wonderful," Du Mingxian said, feigning surprise.

“Yes, I’ll bring some food back so we can eat with our family. That way we won’t have to cook and we can save some money on food.” Lin Guixiang waved her hand after saying that. “I’ll go back to my room now. I’m a little too tired.”

"Okay." Having gotten the answer she wanted, Du Mingxian said nothing more and watched Lin Guixiang return to her room.

The next morning, Du Mingxian got up very early, afraid of missing Lin Guixiang.

Fortunately, Lin Guixiang has her flaws, but she also has her strengths. She gets up very early in the morning and even comes over to knock on the door, saying, "Mingxian, are you ready yet? We're about to leave."

"I'm coming."

Du Mingxian was already prepared; she overheard Lin Guixiang's arrival.

Seeing that Du Mingxian was already dressed, Lin Guixiang urged, "Let's hurry up and go, don't delay."

"Okay, let's go."

The two went out together. It was still very cold in the morning, and there was frost on the ground, making it a bit slippery to walk on.

Lin Guixiang stepped forward and took Du Mingxian's arm, "Let's talk while we're holding each other, it'll be easier that way, and we won't be afraid of falling."

"well."

The two walked further and further away, eventually queuing up directly at the city gate. Du Mingxian was extremely surprised, "Do we still need to leave the city?"

"Yes, we need to leave the city, but once we're outside, there are cars waiting for us. We can catch one and go our way."

"Oh, why did it have to be so far?" Du Mingxian complained, seemingly unintentionally.

Lin Guixiang added, "Who knows? It's really far and troublesome."

Soon outside the city gate, the two followed the crowd in a queue to walk out. After leaving the city, they walked a little further and saw the carriage waiting for them on a small path.

Along the way, they were accompanied by other people, as they were among the first to leave the city.

Du Mingxian joked, "If I hadn't come here with you, I wouldn't have dared to come here. It's too remote. I was really afraid of being sold."

"Who says otherwise? I was very nervous when I came yesterday, but I didn't expect it to be so easy."

"Let's go."

The two got into the carriage, and four more people followed closely behind. The carriage wasn't big; it could only seat a maximum of eight people, and that was under tight conditions.

Once eight people were on board, the carriage started moving. Everyone looked drowsy, and Du Mingxian also pretended to be drowsy, but her attention was on the outside.

After a 35-minute drive, the carriage finally arrived at a place, a very remote valley, where there were thatched huts, but they were not low and the huts were quite large.

Someone outside called out, "We're here, come down."

After the group went downstairs, Lin Guixiang stood on the ground, stretched lazily without any regard for her image, and then yawned and said, "We've finally arrived. This is just too far."

Du Mingxian did not respond.

Lin Guixiang led Du Mingxian inside. There were guards at the mountain pass, the same people who had guarded the house before. They didn't say anything when they saw Du Mingxian and let her in directly.

Lin Guixiang walked inside and said, "I don't know what those of you who were in the inner courtyard are doing here now. Why don't you go ask someone in charge?"

"Isn't it the same as before, making clothes?" Du Mingxian asked.

Lin Guixiang shook her head. "No, no, I'm not making clothes now, I'm making boots. I'm in that room." She casually pointed to the room in front of her. "I'll go in and start making them."

"Okay, you go ahead and get busy. I'll go find someone in charge and ask them."

"Ah."

Lin Guixiang went inside to work, while Du Mingxian, under the pretext of going to find the manager, also went into the room to take a look. The boots being made were the ordinary, very common style.

At this moment, the person in charge came in and saw Du Mingxian standing there without moving. He asked, "What are you doing standing here? If you're here, hurry up and get to work."

Du Mingxian turned around, "I used to be in the inner courtyard, but I didn't come yesterday. I wonder where the people in the inner courtyard are looking for me?"

The person in charge of the outer courtyard had changed. Upon hearing Du Mingxian's words, he looked at her with new respect and said, "Come with me."

Those who were in the inner courtyard before now need to walk further in. Although there is no courtyard there, the layout is not much different from that of a large mansion with multiple courtyards.

After passing two more rows of houses, the person in charge stopped and stood still, calling out, "Boss Liu."

Soon a man came out of the middle room. He was tall and big, with a scar on his face, and he looked quite scary.

"what happened?"

Du Mingxian did not know this Boss Liu.

The steward who brought her in said to Boss Liu, "This is someone from the inner courtyard. She didn't come yesterday, but just arrived today. I brought her here for you."

Boss Liu glanced at Du Mingxian and waved to the manager who brought her in, "I know, you can go back to your work."

The manager turned and left.

Boss Liu stared at Du Mingxian with doubt in his eyes, "You...why didn't you come yesterday?"

“I have a distant relative in Beijing. During the Spring Festival, my relatives were very hospitable and insisted that we spend the holiday at their home. So we went. I just got back to the rented courtyard yesterday and heard that the garment workshop had started operations.”

Boss Liu stared at Du Mingxian with a suspicious look. "How did you know?"

“There’s someone working here in the courtyard of my rented house. She’s from the outer courtyard, and I came here with her today.”

Seeing that Du Mingxian wasn't lying, Boss Liu glanced at her with satisfaction and said, "Alright, come in."

Du Mingxian followed her inside. There were five main rooms, three of which were connected together. Inside, there were only some tables and chairs, nothing else.

Boss Liu turned around and stared at her, his expression serious. "You used to work in the inner courtyard, so you know the rules, right?"