One of them was named Qingju, who was good at knitting and needlework. She bought all the clothes, shoes, handkerchiefs and other items for Xia Mingyue and even Jiang Zhuguo, Zhuang Cui and others around her.

One of them, named Honglian, can play the pipa and sing songs. Manager Fu meant that she could play a song for Xia Mingyue in her spare time to entertain and relax her.

Xia Mingyue could understand the former. After all, Xia Ji was busy, and Jiang Zhuguo and Yin Qiao, who had previously helped her with housework, were not available. She herself was often too tired to do anything, so many of the things she bought were ready-made products, so they were inevitably makeshift.

Now that I have Qingju, I can leave all these things to her, which saves me a lot of worry.

As for Honglian...

The pipa was indeed played extremely well and the song was sung beautifully, but the tenderness in her eyes seemed to be able to drip water, and her delicate look was so evident that Xia Mingyue was suddenly speechless.

Although she wanted to relax after a busy day, and it was common to have singing and dancing at many family banquets, she could hardly imagine how dandy she must look when she leaned on the couch, lazily enjoying Honglian's playing and singing.

Don't dare to think, don't dare to think!
Honglian also saw Xia Mingyue's embarrassment and hesitation, and spoke carefully, "If Madam Xia doesn't like listening to the pipa and music, I can do something else."

"What else can you do?" Xia Mingyue suddenly became interested.

"I can also dance." Honglian said in a low voice.

While speaking, he even demonstrated his skills to Xia Mingyue.

Honglian is very thin and weak, but her dancing movements are crisp and efficient without any delay. Her movements are gentle but with a certain strength, which is really pleasing to the eye.

The only thing that makes people feel a little uncomfortable is Honglian's pair of vixen eyes, which are very seductive and add a sense of decadence to this very entertaining dance, making the whole atmosphere a little weird.

Xia Mingyue sighed.

Honglian felt a little annoyed and helpless, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to explain the reason, "I know that my eyes are strange. Manager Fu was willing to buy me because I deliberately lowered my head and eyes, trying not to let Manager Fu find anything wrong, so I was successfully bought back."

"But this pair of eyes of the maidservant was not natural, but was deliberately tampered with by someone, so no matter what the maidservant does, it looks a little strange."

"If Madam Xia doesn't like it, I can blindfold myself and play and sing for you. I only ask you to keep me. Or, I can let me do rough housework like washing clothes and sweeping the floor."

As long as she can stay!
Honglian made a sincere request and knelt down to pay respect to Xia Mingyue.

His head banged against the ground like a chicken pecking at rice, and his forehead instantly became red and swollen, with blood oozing out.

Xia Mingyue felt a sudden pity in her heart and hurriedly helped Honglian up.

Looking closely, one can indeed see that although Honglian has applied makeup, there is still a shallow scar visible next to her eye.

Obviously, this passive knife, like modern plastic surgery, raises the eyebrows so that the eyes become like fox eyes, thus showing off her charm.

Moreover, their skills and demeanor are the result of training them for skinny horses, probably to please the powerful or to sell them at a high price.

Such a woman has always been just a commodity, circulating everywhere like duckweed, without any control over her.

If she refused to stay, Manager Fu would have no choice but to send her back or away. Given her current condition, she would probably be sold to a brothel or used as a plaything by a rich man.

Xia Mingyue thought for a moment and said, "You can stay first."

Upon hearing this, Honglian felt relieved and burst into tears of joy. She thanked Xia Mingyue repeatedly, "Thank you, Madam Xia, thank you, Madam Xia." "But when you work for me, you need to be down-to-earth and do your job well. Whether you can stay for a long time depends on yourself." Xia Mingyue reminded her.

Honglian is pitiful, and there is probably nothing wrong with her original intentions. However, Xia Mingyue is not sure whether she still has her original intentions after being deliberately trained.

Whether she can seize the opportunity depends on herself.

"I understand." Honglian still responded hurriedly, "I will do my best and will never let Madam Xia down."

Don't let yourself down either.

Leaving Honglian behind, Xia Mingyue asked her to follow Yinqiao and Zhuang's mother and try to do some daily chores first.

Yipin Guo’s business is stable. As the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the mooncakes made by Xia Mingyue begin to be sold at the door of Yipin Guo.

The various mooncakes are small and exquisite, with unique designs. Even the oil paper wrapping the mooncakes and the red paper attached look different.

In addition, Xia Ji is now well-known, and after learning that these mooncakes are made by Xia Ji, everyone wants to come and taste them.

Due to the combination of multiple factors, Xia Mingyue's mooncake stall had only been set up for half a day when most of the mooncakes she had prepared were sold out.

Those who bought mooncakes were delighted, while those who didn't were quite regretful. They kept asking Xia Mingyue whether there would be mooncakes for sale in the future, and even asked if they could pay to make a reservation in advance to avoid the trouble of queuing.

When they learned that mooncakes could not be ordered in advance and that they had to queue up on site to buy them, everyone felt a little regretful. But when they learned that there would be mooncakes available tomorrow and that the stall would be open at around 9:00 p.m., they breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was better than having no mooncakes to buy. They decided to come earlier tomorrow to avoid not being able to buy any.

The mooncake business was booming. Xia Mingyue felt gratified and fulfilled. She went back to continue making mooncakes that day and even packed them up that night to prepare for the next day's business.

The next day, Xia Mingyue calculated the time and delivered the mooncakes to the door of Yipin Guo on time.

But before they arrived at Yipin Guo, they saw a lot of people gathered at the door of Yipin Guo.

Everyone was looking forward to it and even chatted with the people around them while waiting.

"You also came here to buy mooncakes after buying them yesterday?"

"Yes, I bought two pieces yesterday and tried them. They tasted really good. I thought about buying a few more pieces to give to my father-in-law's family as festival gifts, and also to keep two pieces for my family to eat on August 15th."

"Yeah, that's what I was thinking too, but I want to buy a few more as gifts for my boss. They're seasonal things that look good, taste good, and are suitable."

“But the price is not cheap…”

"You get what you pay for. This mooncake is made with good ingredients and tastes great. If the food you bought at a cheap price doesn't taste good, people will dislike it if you give it away. You might as well spend more money to buy something better."

"That is to say, there is only one Mid-Autumn Festival a year, so we should not be too fussy about it."

"That's right."

"Hey, it's almost time, why hasn't Miss Xia come out to set up her stall yet?" (End of this chapter)