Ye Yunniang, who was taking care of the child, was intrigued by her mother-in-law and aunt. "Mom, I want to give it a try."

During this time, the Zhou family helped find work, which Ye Yunniang noticed.

Easy money jobs are not for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Ye Yunniang doesn't want Cai Damei to do jobs that are hard, tiring, and don't pay much.

Pan'er has started eating complementary foods, and Ye Yunniang and Cai Damei have discussed weaning the child.

Ye Yunniang was willing to use this unwanted breast milk to earn some money.

"Are you willing to part with Pan'er?" Cai Damei was still somewhat reluctant.

"I can't bear to part with him." How could Ye Yunniang bear to part with the son she had carried for ten months? "Mother, let me try. Even if I'm not selected, I'll still get 500 coins. I'll buy you and Pan'er some cloth and make you new clothes."

"Sigh." Cai Damei sighed, "Alright, you go and give it a try."

Having received confirmation, Zhang Cai'er went to her parents' home.

Zhang Niangzi made a special trip to the Zhou family to confirm that Ye Yunniang had plenty of breast milk and agreed to mediate.

The night before they were to go to the Jiang residence, Ye Yunniang breastfed Pan'er.

Looking at her son suckling at his breast, Ye Yunniang felt a lump in her throat.

Watching from the side, Cai Damei felt a pang of sadness. If her son and husband hadn't died, her grandson wouldn't even be able to nurse from his own mother.

"Mom, I'll definitely find a way to stay tomorrow. I'll have someone bring you my monthly salary after that. You can ask Auntie to rent a house for you nearby." Ye Yun's mother coaxed the child to sleep and discussed it with Cai Damei.

"I understand." Cai Damei patted the sleeping Pan'er. Now, her child was her lifeblood.

After patting the child for a while, Cai Damei took out a purse from her bosom and handed it to Ye Yunniang.

"Mother, what are you doing?" Ye Yunniang asked, puzzled.

“I’ve been asking around these past few days, and there’s a lot of dirty business going on in wealthy families. Take a little money with you. If anything happens to you, I’ll risk my old life to get you out,” Cai Damei instructed.

"Mother~" Ye Yunniang threw herself into Cai Damei's arms, tears streaming down her face.

Ye Yunniang lost her mother at a young age. Her father remarried, and with a stepmother came a stepfather.

Fortunately, her mother had a good relationship with Cai Damei and arranged a marriage for her. Cai Damei provided all of Ye Yunniang's food and drink at the Ye family home. In Ye Yunniang's heart, Cai Damei was like her own mother.

"Don't cry, good child." Cai Damei wiped away Yunniang's tears.

"Okay, I won't cry. Mother, you shouldn't cry either." Yunniang took out a handkerchief to wipe her mother-in-law's tears.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked for half the night.

Ye Yunniang got up early and made breakfast, and Cai Xiaomei's family also got up.

After breakfast, Cai Damei carried Pan'er to the shop entrance.

After glancing at her son and mother-in-law one last time, Ye Yunniang gritted her teeth, turned around, and followed Zhang Cai'er away.

As if sensing something, Pan'er burst into tears.

Cai Damei quickly carried him into the house, afraid that he would cry at the door and catch a cold.

Ye Yunniang went to the Zhang family and then followed Zhang Niangzi to the Jiang residence.

“Cousin, my daughter-in-law is unlucky. She doesn’t have enough breast milk, so my grandson has nothing to eat. This is Cai’er’s husband’s sister. She has plenty of good breast milk, and her child is chubby and adorable.”

Zhang Niangzi pulled Ye Yunniang over to show her to Granny Tian, ​​urging her, "Quickly, call her Aunt Tian."

"Aunt Tian," Ye Yunniang called out, lowering her eyes and letting herself be looked at.

Granny Tian squinted at Ye Yunniang, "Come with me."

Zhang Niangzi gave Ye Yunniang a push, "Stay close to your Aunt Tian."

Ye Yunniang followed behind Granny Tian, ​​passing through a small garden and then around a courtyard, until they arrived at an unnamed courtyard.

Granny Tian, ​​who had been standing straight, bent down and went inside. A moment later, she returned to the door and waved to Ye Yunniang.

Ye Yunniang stepped forward and glanced around the courtyard, where two rows of young women were standing.

"Go, stand over there," Granny Tian pointed in a direction.

Following the direction Granny Tian pointed, Ye Yunniang walked to the innermost position in the second row and stood there.

Smelling the faint milky scent emanating from the people in front of her and to her left, Ye Yunniang knew that these people, like her, had come to apply for the job of a wet nurse.

A short while later, seven or eight more young women entered.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes, no one came in.

With a bang, the door slammed shut.

The old women standing around moved, one in a row, checking each young woman one by one.

“She has lice in her hair.” As soon as the words were spoken, a servant stepped forward and pulled the young woman away.

"Your fingernails are dirty." Another one was pulled away.

"Your fingers are too rough."

"Has an unpleasant odor in my mouth."

...

The old woman conducting the inspection walked up to Ye Yunniang and said, "Hold out your hand."

Ye Yunniang stretched out her hand. The old woman carefully examined each of Ye Yunniang's fingers.

"Put it down, bow your head."

Ye Yunniang squatted down as the old woman carefully ruffled her hair.

"Open your mouth."

Ye Yunniang opened her mouth, and the old woman came closer to smell it.

"Turn around."

Ye Yunniang turned around, and the old woman reached out to touch Ye Yunniang's neck, waist, legs, and so on.

"Go inside and wait."

Ye Yunniang lowered her head and walked into the room. A maid pulled her behind a screen and stripped her naked for a thorough inspection.

During the process, Ye Yunniang also heard people shouting, "She has large freckles," "She has armpit odor," "She has too much body hair," "She has an unpleasant odor in her genitals," etc.

After the examination, Ye Yunniang was pushed into the bath tub and scrubbed clean from head to toe before changing into the clothes prepared by the Jiang family.

After getting dressed, I followed the old woman through the garden, pavilions, and towers to a very large courtyard.

Passing through the screen wall, we followed the corridor into the main hall of the courtyard.

Ye Yunniang and five other wet nurses were first examined by a doctor. Two of them had some gynecological problems and were taken away.

In the end, only four wet nurses saw the elegantly dressed fourth lady of the Jiang family.

Madam Jiang first had them squeeze out a bowl of milk.

Four maids carrying bowls stood in front of Ye Yunniang and her three companions.

The four of them felt a little embarrassed about undressing and milking in public.

"Grind it into what you want, hurry up!" A maid behind Madam Jiang urged with a stern face.

One of the four women pulled open her clothes to express milk, followed by Ye Yunniang.

Four bowls of milk were presented to Madam Jiang.

Madam Jiang smelled each bowl, then pointed to three of them and said, "Take them to Jun'er to try."

The three bowls that were chosen were taken away, while those that were not chosen were taken away and left.

Soon a maid came to report.

"All three of you, stay here. Serve my son well, and you will be richly rewarded. If you have any disloyal intentions, you will be severely punished." Madam Jiang said, ordering Ye Yunniang and the other three to stay.

"It is a blessing for us servants to be able to nurse the young master. We will do our best to nurse him well," the wet nurse who had been the first to milk the baby answered.

Madam Jiang was pleased with what she heard and instructed, "Shanhu, take them to settle down. Give each of them 10 taels of silver to help them settle in their homes."

"Thank you for the gift, Madam." The three of them said this sincerely.

Ye Yunniang and the other two followed Shanhu out of the main room, through the corridor, and out of the east gate of the courtyard. They walked along the pebble path for about a hundred steps to reach a small courtyard.

Upon entering the courtyard, Coral pointed to two side rooms on the right, saying, "You three can arrange your own accommodations as you see fit."