Chapter 22 Legs
After working day and night, Hu Xiner finally finished drawing the replacement advertisement portrait. She originally thought that Mu Qing would be estranged from her, but he still took care of her meticulously and even took the initiative to hand over the private money he earned from selling clothes.
Hu Xiner always drank the porridge delivered late at night quickly, and then asked Mu Qing to close the door when he left, without even raising her eyes from beginning to end.
She didn't want to be fooled by Mu Qing's false appearance of gentleness anymore.
In the past few days, many people have come to the store, either to inquire about the advertising shop or to ask why the flyers are being collected. Generally speaking, the latter is more common.
Many stores had just been planning to cooperate with her, but when they saw her withdraw her flyers, they became hesitant again.
It was not easy to collect flyers from fans. There were even scalpers who drove up the price of flyers. One of them charged fifty cents for a flyer that was originally free.
Amidst the chaos, people with some business experience were not optimistic about Mulang Advertising Store, and even laughed at Hu Xiner behind her back, saying that she was just a little girl and could not amount to anything.
Even Li Sangui's butcher shop was affected to some extent, but fortunately he ran his business with integrity and nothing serious happened.
When Mrs. Li saw that the flyers were taken back, she came to inquire about it. Fortunately, Hu Xin'er had anticipated this and had made a plan to promote to Mrs. Li before designing the new flyers.
Mrs. Li may be the only customer in the short term. Although it is free, if we can produce phenomenal marketing, Mulang Advertising Shop will become an overnight hit!
Therefore, Hu Xiner worked extra hard, and by the time she finished two things at the same time, 10 days had passed.
One day, Hu Xiner went to post flyers with a thick stack of them, and happened to meet butcher Li Sangui who was returning from closing his stall.
Li Sangui jokingly said, "Little girl, what's wrong with your eyes? Did someone beat you up?"
Hu Xiner: "These are dark circles, caused by tiredness."
Every day of delay will damage the already weak reputation and popularity. How can I not get dark circles under my eyes if I paint from dawn to dusk?
What's even more tragic is that due to Mu Qing's daily feeding, she has become fat!
Li Sangui's business has been booming recently, so upon hearing this, he enthusiastically took a stack of flyers and started posting them for Hu Xiner.
There was no glue in those days, so posting flyers was no easy task. Soon, sweat broke out on his forehead. “Why don’t you hire someone to post them?”
Speaking of this, Hu Xiner sighed. Last time she had to hire several people to cover the entire village and several neighboring villages overnight, but she had to spend money to buy new pens and ink, plus the money she had to pay to exchange the clothes with Mrs. Li. Now she was so poor that her pockets were cleaner than her face, and she had to pay for it herself.
Li Sangui knew what was going on by looking at her expression, and then asked, "Where's your young husband? Why doesn't he come to help?"
Hu Xin'er was helpless: "He couldn't bring himself to do it, so he only agreed to go out at night."
These days she was painting in the study, and Mu Qing took the painted flyers out to dry and took care of the chores around the house.
Even if there was nothing to do, she would stay with Hu Xin'er until she went to bed. She became thinner and thinner. She could not say a word of blame and could only sigh.
Li Sangui laughed and said, "I noticed he looked unhappy when he was selling pork. He didn't like to show up in public. I'm afraid he was just trying to stay that way for you."
Hu Xiner blushed a little: She didn't notice something that even outsiders knew, no wonder Mu Qing was angry that day.
She then remembered something and asked quietly, "Do you know how Mu Qing came to this village?"
"Why did you suddenly think of asking this?"
Li Sangui was not quite sure either, but he recommended someone to Hu Xiner - Erdong.
This man is a "leg boy", a person who specializes in running errands and delivering messages for others. He travels all over the country and is well-informed. You can ask him about anything.
Although she gave up her dream of becoming a phoenix, as the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy ensures victory in a hundred battles. For the sake of her own life, Hu Xiner decided to meet Erdong and dig out Mu Qing's hidden secret.
When I met Erdong, he was carrying two large tanks of water to train his arm strength, just like a weightlifter in his previous life.
Hu Xiner was briefly surprised. She originally thought that Erdong was a combination of a postman and a delivery man, but the man in front of her was shirtless, had wheat-colored skin, and a strong body. His appearance was not outstanding, but he had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes.
But it's not surprising, these days, those who go out to explore the world will encounter various dangers, and without a strong body and good kung fu, it is impossible to survive.
But when Hu Xiner spoke, she couldn't help but look at Erdong's conspicuous pectoral muscles... The degree of their size was too embarrassing for a woman.
"You're here, why are you bringing gifts?"
Although he had never met her before, Erdong felt familiar with Hu Xiner's tone.
When asking someone to do something, you naturally have to bring some things. Erdong looked down on these things, but he had some good feelings towards Hu Xiner: this girl is young, but very polite.
After a few pleasantries, Hu Xiner began to inquire about Mu Qing.
Erdong said, "Although I don't know where Mu Qing came from, I know that gorgeous dress."
Hu Xin'er pretended to be confused: "What fancy clothes?"
She was careful with her words and had never mentioned the fancy clothes just now. She also specifically told Mrs. Li not to tell anyone that Mu Qing sold his ancestral property just to buy meat pies for her.
Mrs. Li is her business partner and she should not go back on her word.
Speaking of that gorgeous dress, because Mu Qing's expression changed so quickly that day, it has not been returned yet.
Hu Xin'er hid it tightly, fearing that Mu Qing would see it, in case Mu Qing discovered that she knew his secret and killed her to silence her.
Erdong puffed out his chest proudly: "Stop pretending, there's nothing in this village that I don't know!"
"But you don't know where Mu Qing comes from!" Hu Xiner complained weakly.
Erdong explained awkwardly, "That's because Mu Qing isn't from the village. His clothes are noble, and if an outsider dares to wear them casually, it's a capital crime!"
Hu Xiner now believed in his ability. There were many people who could see the extraordinaryness of that dress, but very few people could assert that the dress was noble.
Erdong also said that the dress was exclusive to the royal family.
Hu Xin'er had anticipated this, but the original owner would definitely not recognize the golden silk, so she feigned shock and said, "Exclusive to the royal family. Could it be that Lord Mu is the emperor on a secret visit?"
Erdong's pectoral muscles reflected the light in the sun, and he felt it was great to show off his knowledge in front of the ignorant girl.
"The emperor is far away in the capital and is doing well. Besides, he's an old man. Why would he go on a secret visit to a remote village? Are there any beauties here?"
Hu Xin'er speculated again, "Could it be that Mu Qing is the prince, fleeing to the village to avoid being hunted down, and having to hide his identity?"
Erdong shook his head: "The old emperor only has three sons. None of them are in danger, otherwise the county government would have posted a missing person notice long ago."
Hu Xin'er asked gloomily, "A man who knows no martial arts, yet carries a dagger, behaves with dignity, and wears royal attire—who else could he be but the emperor or prince in distress?"
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