I want to see what's outside the small mountain village.
I also want to get closer to the mountain and know what the legendary immortal looks like.
Maybe it was because she had been well-behaved and not crying along the way that made Grandma Chen feel satisfied.
Granny Chen's attitude towards her was not as rude as before.
"Don't worry, as long as you are obedient and serve the nobles well, you won't have to worry about not having enough food and warm clothes in the future."
Unexpectedly, Xu Qiuqian started crying as soon as she finished speaking.
Granny Chen frowned and her face darkened.
I thought he was sensible, but I didn't expect...
"Thank you, Granny Chen, you are so kind to me!" Xu Qiuqian looked extremely moved.
Grandma Chen just thought that Xu Qiuqian was a fool. She looked so touched even after being sold.
But this is better than crying, so she followed Xu Qiuqian's words and said, "Why thank you, silly child? It's your blessing that you can be freed from that family."
Xu Qiuqian quickly nodded in agreement.
No matter what they thought in their hearts, both Chen Po and Xu Qiuqian appeared to be at least polite on the surface, and as they walked along the way, Xu Qiuqian's admiration for Chen Po grew stronger.
When she was finally sent to the Red Mansion, Granny Chen even felt a little reluctant to let her go.
But compared to the money, that reluctance was forgotten.
"Mrs. Chen, I will definitely miss you. When I make some money in the future, I will provide for your retirement so that you don't have to do all this work alone anymore."
After hearing this, Granny Chen felt even more reluctant.
But in the end, she still sold Xu Qiuqian to Honglou.
The Red Mansion is a place of entertainment, specially used to serve nobles. The nobles here refer to those who work for the immortal who lives on the high mountain that soars into the clouds.
Although these people serve the immortals, they are still out of reach in the eyes of mortals like them.
Seeing Xu Qiuqian's reluctant look, the madam of the Red Mansion sneered and said, "Don't be stupid. You are so reluctant to leave even though you have been sold and abandoned."
Xu Qiuqian remained silent. She lowered her eyes and seemed a little sad.
In fact, she was naturally not as she appeared to be.
Along the way, she learned a lot about this world from Grandma Chen. She had been locked up in that small mountain village before and knew nothing. It was a great deal for her to know these things by being well-behaved and sensible.
The world is divided into five states.
The five continents have been in constant war and the people are living in misery. The five continents are governed by the governor of each continent, and the governor obeys the instructions of the immortals on the mountains, so the real person in power is the immortal on the mountain.
The red building where Xu Qiuqian is currently staying is located in Tianyuan Prefecture, which is also the prefecture closest to the mountain.
Therefore, everything here is better than in other states.
It was also because Xu Qiuqian was well-behaved and obedient along the way that Grandma Chen decided to sell her here. If she had cried and made a fuss, she might have been sold to other states.
Other states are not as good as Tianyuan State.
Xu Qiuqian settled down in the Red Mansion. She was thin and dark, and the little advantage of her appearance was completely gone in Tianyuan Prefecture.
In this world, everyone likes people with fair skin and fairy-like appearance.
Because all the immortals on that mountain are like that.
Therefore, Xu Qiuqian directly became Xiaoqiu, the maid of Miss Dingxiang in the Dream of the Red Chamber.
Miss Dingxiang is a person with a cold personality. Although she would not be kind to Xu Qiuqian, she would not beat or scold her maids like other girls.
Xu Qiuqian learned a lot from her.
How to treat people, how to read, or some basic arts of calligraphy and painting, of course these were not taught to her by Miss Dingxiang, but she learned them secretly on her own.
Three months after arriving in the Red Mansion, Granny Chen appeared again.
"What? You want to redeem her?"
The madam looked incredulous.
"Did you know that selling and redeeming are two different amounts?"
Granny Chen nodded firmly.
"I know."
She has been doing this for so many years and has sent so many girls to red houses in various places, so she naturally knows this.
"Then you still..."
The madam was somewhat familiar with Chen Po. Looking at Xu Qiuqian, who was still thin and dark, she didn't understand how such a thin girl could make Chen Po bleed so much that she used up all her life savings to redeem her.
"I don't see anything special about it." The old procuress muttered.
However, Xu Qiuqian was not a girl, but just a maid, so the madam did not keep her and let her go without hesitation.
In fact, not only Xu Qiuqian was surprised, even Chen Po herself couldn't understand it.
It's not like she had never met girls who were well-behaved, obedient and sweet-talking before, but she just thought it was easier and didn't really take those girls seriously. Why did she seem possessed this time?
Especially after leaving.
At the beginning she kept reminding herself of this, but during these three months of work, as time went by, she felt more and more regretful.
She couldn't explain why.
She just felt that she was always worried about this girl named Xiaoqiu.
Although the other party clearly didn't ask her not to sell her, she still felt a strong reluctance.
Grandma Chen understood this inexplicable emotion as perhaps Xiaoqiu was somewhat similar to her dead granddaughter, which was why she cared so much about her.
So three months after selling Xu Qiuqian, Grandma Chen redeemed her.
At the moment of redemption, Grandma Chen still felt a little regretful, but when she saw Xu Qiuqian take out a handful of copper coins that she had saved in the past three months from her sleeve, the regret in her heart disappeared.
After having Xu Qiuqian, Grandma Chen no longer had to live without a fixed place to stay like before.
She had wanted to go to another state.
Although I have enough silver on me, it will be spent quickly if I live in Tianyuan Prefecture.
But Xu Qiuqian didn't want to leave.
She often gazed at the tall mountain hidden in the clouds. Granny Chen was not surprised by it. After all, there was no one in the world who did not yearn to go there.
On the day when Grandma Chen decided to leave Tianyuan Prefecture, Xu Qiuqian expressed her demands in front of Grandma Chen for the first time.
"I want to stay here, Grandma Chen."
Only here was she closer to the mountain. The closer she got, the more she could feel that there was something on the mountain, especially on the top, pulling her closer.
"I will work hard to make money, a lot of money, please let me stay here."
Granny Chen treated her well, so her attitude was also good.
Of course, if Grandma Chen didn't agree, she would still stay.
Hearing this, Grandma Chen felt a bit of a headache.
"Did you hear something, so you want to stay?"
"What did you hear?"
Hearing this, Grandma Chen knew that Xu Qiuqian didn't hear anything.
But this was the first time in a long time that Xu Qiuqian expressed her feelings and what she wanted.
After living together for so long, Grandma Chen has long regarded Xu Qiuqian as her real granddaughter.
Seeing that she was so determined to stay here, Granny Chen hesitated for a moment and gritted her teeth and said, "Soon, Xianshan will recruit some servants to serve."
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