Mei Zi stepped out of the house, and Bai He and Lu Ju, who had been waiting anxiously outside, immediately swarmed around her.

  "Will the girl really make you take out the silver?" Green Chrysanthemum asked first, and after asking, she didn't wait for Mozi's answer, but instead blamed her, "Mozi, can't you just not argue with the girl?"

  "Look who's talking back?" Meizhi smiled, her white teeth like pearls. "None of us are as good as you, Lüjù."

  "That's not being rude, it's just coaxing the young lady to be happy, every time I say something nice." Green Chrysanthemum was clever with her words and sweet in her speech, which made Mozi jump in fright. "Unlike you, who dares to tell the young lady to wait until she can get married before speaking. This is just our family's young lady, if it were another miss, try again? Not only would they not spare your skin, but also make you kneel on the stone slab. If you go back and tattle to Madam, you'll definitely be beaten to death."

  After thinking about it, this remark is indeed quite irritating. Letting Zhang's slap on the ear and 300 taels stimulate his nerves, he didn't think it through carefully. Moreover, after being cautious in the Qu Mansion for half a year, speaking always requires careful consideration, which can be annoying.

  Baihe spoke with the stability and maturity of a big sister, "Mozhi, don't speak such nonsense from now on. Even if the young lady wants our lives, we must give them to her, let alone just silver. Not to mention that we will help you plead for mercy for the young lady, Greenju and I have also discussed it, and we can come up with 150 taels, so don't worry too much."

  "There's also Xiao Yi. She goes out with the young master most often, and her rewards are certainly not few." Green Jade pulled in Xiao Yi, who was not present, to donate as well.

  "You're right, I won't argue with the young lady again. There's no rush for the silver, let's wait until the engagement between the young lady and Third Young Master of Jing Wang Fu is settled, then I'll think about it. If there's really no other way, I'll borrow from you again." Anyway, Qiu San Niang didn't say no to borrowing silver either.

  "Really letting you take three hundred taels?" Green Chrysanthemum had just heard what Qiu San Niang said with her own ears, but she didn't believe it.

  "As Bai He sister said, even if it's our lives, we have to give them, let alone just silver." Mozi adjusted her mindset quickly.

  "Why don't I go ask the girl?" Obviously Bai He and Lu Ju had the same idea, thinking that Qiu San Niang was just joking. "There's no such precedent either."

  "Let's start with me. You guys be careful too, who knows when the girl will ask you to donate hundreds or thousands." Mozi walked into their dorm room.

  "A thousand taels?! Green Chrysanthemum pouted, following Ink Purple into the house. "It's better to kill me, it would be more pleasant that way. Besides, if I had that much silver, why would I still be a servant? I'd marry someone and help my husband with his business, become a mistress myself."

  Bai He burst out laughing, "Shameless little girl. Among us, you're the youngest, but your thoughts are not small at all. You're thinking of getting married and becoming a boss's wife." After finishing speaking, she saw Mo Zi take out a set of light gray clothes from her dresser, knowing that she was going to change clothes, so she pulled Lu Ju to the outer room.

  Green Chrysanthemum also saw it, and muttered how she had just arrived and was about to leave. Then, walking outside, she picked up where White Lotus left off, saying, "What else can I do? Can't stay with the young lady forever, right? I'm not like you guys, each one so smart, the young lady entrusts everything to you to handle. Let me manage things at home, I can't control others. Let me go to the farm, but I don't understand farming. Let me watch the shop, but I'm illiterate and won't be able to keep accounts."

  "Why don't you let the young lady arrange a marriage for you as soon as possible, have children early, and then be a nanny to the young miss and master?" Meizhi suggested while changing clothes behind the curtain.

  Behind the paper window, Bai He couldn't help but laugh out loud, "This is great. Lu Ju, your embroidery skills are impressive, so you can also make diapers for the young miss and master. In the future, when they grow up, they'll have to call you nanny and support you in your old age. Then you can follow the young lady for the rest of your life."

  Mozi heard two pairs of feet trampling quickly in the outer room and knew that Lüju was chasing after Baihe.

  As expected, Lü Jù was indignant: "Who's going to die? Who's so shameless as to utter such a coarse and vulgar phrase?"

  "Where did I say that?" Bai He panted heavily, laughing uncontrollably. "It was clearly said by Mo Zi. And I even praised you for it."

  "You rely on being older than me and bully me. I'm going to tell big sister about this."

  As soon as Mozi came out, she saw Lüju's face turn bright red with shame, annoyance, anger and laughter.

  "If you tell the young lady about our jokes, we'll also tell her that you want to marry and be a boss's wife. Let's see who she'll help." Bai He hid behind Mo Zi to avoid Lu Ju's "ferocious" claws.

  "Be careful, I only have this one dress left, and I still need to go out and ask about the young lady's situation. If she doesn't marry well, being a wet nurse would be a good option. What if she encounters a husband like Fifth Master, who takes in concubines? Who will she cry to then?"

  Qiu San Niang's three maidservants each had their own skills and personalities, but they shared one common trait - they would rather be the first wife of a poor man than the concubine of a rich one. Mo Zi had never educated them with 21st-century thinking. Qiu San Niang didn't seem to discuss these things with her maidservants either, but she herself looked down on men who had multiple wives and concubines. The three women had all followed her in opening their eyes to the world outside, and when they returned, they would look at the messy situation within the manor with particular disgust, probably especially resistant to being a concubine. Apart from Xiaoyi, who kept saying she would never marry, Lüjing and Baihe both hoped to find a decent and honest man, even if he was poor.

  A plain green shirt made Mozi say something very important, and even said the words that Green Chrysanthemum least wanted to hear. Green Chrysanthemum listlessly put away her hands, "They've all faded, I'll make you a new one, so outsiders won't look down on you, thinking you're some kind of beggar."

  "It's better if it's not conspicuous." Mozi grasped the cuff of her sleeve with her right hand, "The thread is loose, and it needs to be mended."

  "You'd better like the old one, otherwise let Green Chrysanthemum use the old fabric to make another set, it's good to have a spare." After the fuss, Bai He was still the most careful and thoughtful big sister.

  "This style is fine." Mozi turned her arm over, grasped the two narrow sleeves with both hands and pulled them behind her back.

  Looking at Mozi again, he was wearing a light green double-breasted long gown made of coarse linen, grayish-brown horsehide pants, and on his feet were a pair of black old cloth shoes, dressed like a young servant.

  Green Chrysanthemum came over, untied the buns on Mozi's head, and quickly combed them up high. She wrapped a dull gray scarf around her hair. She applied a layer of light powder to her face, then took out an eyebrow pencil and helped Mozi thicken her fine eyebrows, making them look like mountains. She also used powder to dull the shine on her cherry-colored lips. White Lotus assisted by applying a mixture of pheasant flower juice and ink to Mozi's left cheek, creating two copper coin-sized marks that were neither too light nor too dark, like birthmarks. With their combined efforts, Mozi quickly transformed from head to toe into an ordinary young servant boy.

  Say handsome, two copper coins are a bit destructive. Say delicate, will make people shake their heads and sigh. The final conclusion is that it's so-so, the appearance is passable.

  Bai He and Lu Ju exchanged a glance, both smiling, and gave Mo Zi a slight bow, "Mo Ge, with respect."