The second floor was a row of rooms, and the sound came from the middle one. Mu Yang walked over and saw that the door was open. A 15 or 16-year-old girl was making her bed, while a boy around 10 years old was underneath, pulling on the sheets in sync with his sister's movements.

  Muyang smiled, this should be the two children of Zhang's couple, it seems that they are all sensible children, now helping their parents with things.

  "Where are your parents?" Mu Yang asked, standing at the door.

  A soft cry of surprise came from the girl, and the boy looked at Mu Yang for a moment before quickly getting up from bed, letting go of the tightly grasped sheets. The girl also climbed down from the bed, and the two children stood side by side, looking at Mu Yang with some awkwardness.

  "Little sister, where are your parents?" This time it was Xia Kejun who asked.

  It's probably easier for Xia Kejun to accept, at this time the girl replied: "They went out to throw away trash and will be back soon. Are you the master and madam?" As she said that, she lowered her head slightly.

  Xia Kejun's face broke into a smile as she walked up to the girl, who was only two years younger than herself, and said, "No need for formalities like 'old master' or 'mistress', my name is Xia Kejun, you can call me Sister Xia." However, Xia Kejun didn't introduce Moyang's name.

  Several people gathered in the hall, Mu Yang was very satisfied with their labor results. Even if it were a modern-day housekeeping company, they probably wouldn't be able to clean as thoroughly as them.

  Mo Yang briefly inquired about the situation. The man's name was Zhang Changjiu, and the woman's surname was Wu, so Mo Yang called her Wu Ma. The two children were named Zhang Ying and Zhang Song.

  "For now, I'm quite satisfied with your work. Now let's talk about the issue of your treatment. To be honest, I'm not very familiar with this, so you tell me how much salary you should get and I'll have a reference."

  The couple was confused by the words of Mr. Wu, and they also had to set their own price. Of course, they didn't dare to set a random price, so the woman said: "Sir, the going rate in Shanghai is about 12 yuan per month for a housekeeper, 6-8 yuan for an odd job, and around 5 yuan for a small laborer."

  Wu's mother didn't directly say how much their salary should be, only giving a rough and normal salary range. Mu Yang thought Wu's mother was also a very shrewd woman, but this point didn't make Mu Yang dislike her.

  "Like this, you and Old Zhang each take 8 dollars every month, what do you think?"

  The couple's faces showed a surprised expression, but Wu Ma said: "Sir gives me 8 yuan salary, I will definitely do my best to serve you, but my family has disabilities and is afraid that it will not meet your requirements. You can give less."

  "It doesn't matter, just be more careful in the future. By the way, since you're moving over to live here, where are your siblings going to stay?" Mu Yang pointed at the two siblings standing far away.

  "We have a house on the other side of the lower street district, it's just a bit messy, usually let them go out less often, when Ying'er is one or two years older, they can come out to do things, and then we'll talk about it later." Wu Ma replied, apparently Zhang Changjiu was not a talkative person, all of these were Wu Ma's responses.

  "Look, I think it's not very safe for the siblings to live on that side. You won't be at ease either, and it will also distract you from your work. My place is just my wife and me, there are many rooms in this house, enough for everyone to stay. It'll be more lively with more people around. Why don't you let both of them move over here? If your daughter is willing to help out with chores, I can give her 5 bucks every month, and later on, she can get a raise."

  The couple was overjoyed, and at this time Zhang Changjiu also spoke up: "Thank you, sir. We will definitely work hard, thank you, sir."

  It seems like an honest person, just repeating these two sentences back and forth.

  "Alright, it's not a big deal. You and your family can live in the two rooms downstairs, my wife and I will live upstairs. Now your task is to prepare dinner." Mu Yang said after finishing speaking, took out 50 yuan and handed it to Wu Ma, saying: "This money is for food expenses, from now on you can make more delicious meals, don't worry about spending money. By the way, your family's food expenses will also come from this, you can handle it yourself."

  Muyang finished speaking and stood up, saying to Xia Kejun: "Let's go take a look at our room."

  The largest room on the second floor is their bedroom, with an area of about 50 square meters. A spacious large bed is placed in an east-west direction. When you open the wide floor-to-ceiling curtains, there are two huge floor-to-ceiling windows. The sunlight shines in and makes the whole room warm. In the middle is a wooden glass sliding door, outside which is that spacious balcony. On one side, there is a small door with a washbasin and toilet, which is very well done, making life more convenient.

  The bed was a very wide and soft one, about two meters five square. Four pillars protruded from the four corners, where mosquito nets could be hung in summer and canopy in winter. Mo Yang lay down on it and tried it out, his body sank into it at once.

  Mo Yang stretched out his hand, pulled Xia Kejun's hand into his arms, and Xia Kejun let out a soft cry before falling beside Mo Yang. Mo Yang turned sideways to see Xia Kejun's face already flushed with shame, and he couldn't help but kiss her cheek.

  "From now on, this place will be our home." Murong said, propping his head up with his hand as he looked at Xia Kejun.

  Xia Kejun gently turned her face to look at Mu Yang, her big eyes filled with a happy expression, nodded slightly, and made a soft "hmm" sound in her nose before closing her eyes.

  The sunshine is warm, the bed is soft, and the two of them are snuggled up together, making it a intoxicating scene.

  "Sir, madam, dinner is served."

  The shout came from outside the door, it was Wu Ma's voice.

  "Alright, I'm coming." Murong Yu replied.

  They thought the time was short, but according to the theory of relativity, sweet moments are always fleeting, while pain is endless. Never mind, let's not be sentimental, anyway, two people feel very sweet and warm together, and before they know it, it's already dinner time.

  Muyang held Xia Kejun's hand and walked downstairs to the dining room, where he found six dishes and a bowl of soup on the table, with only two sets of bowls and chopsticks.

  "Aren't you going to eat?" asked Mu Yang.

  "No, we don't eat with Mr. and Mrs., we eat in the kitchen." Wu Ma hastily replied.

  Muyang thought for a moment and didn't insist, so the two of them sat down to eat.

  "Sir, madam, I didn't ask about your taste preferences earlier. My hometown is in Shandong province, and later I came to Shanghai and learned the local cuisine, so I made a few dishes of each kind. Please try them and see if they suit your taste. If not, I'll change it next time." said Wu Mama.

  "This is my fault, my wife and I are northerners, a bit salty, you can make the main dish mainly Lu cuisine, but it can be matched with other cuisines, we can also try, of course, this depends on your ability, after all, you're not a big chef in a restaurant, home cooking is fine."

  "Alright sir, I remember." said Wu's mother.

  "Take a look and see Wu Ma still standing on one side to serve, said: "You go eat first, we finish eating you clean up, here do not need your service."

  Wu's mother withdrew, and Mu Yang and Xia Kejun began to enjoy this meal, which was the most proper one in the past few days.

  After dinner, the two of them sat in the small courtyard chatting, with a soft cushion on the stone bench that Zhang Ying had put there, so it wasn't cold to sit on.

  "Xia Kejun asked in a soft voice: 'Brother Mu, when are you going to start your task?'"