The system asked me to chase his wife

"Ding Yi, twelve years old, healthy limbs, clear speech, no illness, clean background, stay."

"Ding Si, 17 years old, healthy limbs, clear speech, no illness, clean background, stay"

"Female No. 1, 13 years old, healthy limbs, clear speech, no illness, clean background, keep."

Amid the long series of inventory sounds, Xia Mang gradually regained her senses. When she opened her eyes, she found herself standing in a spacious courtyard. The carved stone slabs under her feet hurt her feet.

There was a large group of people sitting or standing around, both men and women, old and young.

Xia Mang was sandwiched between a row of ragged little girls, and next to her stood a row of boys of similar age, all of whom were skinny and also dressed in tattered clothes.

About ten feet in front of him sat an old lady dressed in silk, with a headband inlaid with warm jade tied on her forehead.

The old mother sat leisurely in the armchair, listening to the steward beside her reading the list to her.

The matchmaker who was leading the children would pick out a name from the crowd and stand there, waiting for the owner to check the name and then go to collect the money.

Xia Mang stood in the crowd, watching the manager selecting people and the matchmaker carrying people, and was stunned for a long time.

She clearly remembered getting up early in the morning to rush to work, and someone stepped on her heel and broke it while she was squeezing into the bus. Later, she went barefoot to the overpass with her shoe in her hand to get it repaired!

How did I end up in such a strange place in the blink of an eye?
Oh, she remembered!
The shoe repairman couldn't make change for the twenty yuan she gave him, so he took out a bag of biscuits from his pocket and asked her to use it as change.

When Xia Mang saw that the young man had thick eyebrows, big eyes, red lips and white teeth, he agreed immediately.

As a result, after taking a bite of the biscuit, I ended up here.

She seemed to vaguely remember hearing the sound of an ambulance, but it seemed that she was not rescued.

When Xia Mang looked down and saw his dirty bare feet, his mouth drooped.

Well, the repaired shoes can’t be worn anymore.

But then again, where is this!?
Xia Mang looked around the courtyard. The children who were hanging out with her were also curiously looking around the magnificent mansion, so no one thought her actions were strange.

The courtyard was almost as big as a small square, and was surrounded by a circle of flowers and trees that concealed the carved and painted corridor at the back.

A shadowy figure passed through the corridor, leaving behind a burst of laughter.

While I was dazed, the old mother sitting in the armchair raised her hand and said, "That's enough."

So the manager standing nearby closed the register and prepared to have it stamped.

The matchmaker counted the people she brought, took two steps forward unwillingly, and said with a flattering smile: "Mother Wang, please take another look. These few I brought are all excellent children."

As she spoke, the matchmaker pulled Xia Mang over and pushed her forward, laughing as she pushed her forward: "This girl is very honest, she just doesn't talk much."

Xia Mang, who speaks little truth:
Mother Wang didn't say anything, and the manager standing nearby glanced at Xia Mang with disdain.

"Come on, she couldn't answer any of the questions I asked her just now, and you are so stupid that you are sent here. Why don't you just give me the stamp and get the money instead of wasting time here!"

The matchmaker glanced at Xia Mang with a look of dissatisfaction.

This is the oldest one in her group. Although he is honest and dull, he looks decent. She had planned to bring him here today to earn some money, but she didn't expect that the child seemed to be scared silly when he saw the nobles.

It’s really useless!

The matchmaker stopped thinking about selling and started to take people to look at the list.

At that moment, a "ding dong" sound rang in Xia Mang's mind.

Then, a mechanical voice with a hint of familiarity sounded.

'The initial system has been bound!'

'The system has been activated!'

'System task generating'

Xia Mang was startled, and before she could come to her senses, the system task had already been released.

'Please stay in the Duke's Mansion.'

Xia Mang silently interacted with the unfamiliar system in her mind, and no one noticed her abnormality.

'Where is the Duke's Mansion?'

System: '.This is it.'

'But what if they have already chosen someone and they don't like me? '

The system's tone was cold and serious: "Host, please complete the task, otherwise you will be wiped out."

Xia Mang moved her feet, and as she regained her senses, she felt pain all over her body. She guessed that this body had been beaten many times at the hands of Ren Yazi.

Looking at the steward and the matchmaker who were doing their job in a businesslike manner, and then looking at his old mother who was sitting in the armchair as quiet as water, Xia Mang suddenly felt that the exhaust gas of the 21st century had the flavor of home.

She simply started to act badly: "Just wipe it off, even if I stay here I'll still be a maid, I can't stand this!"

Xia Mang has read a lot of books. Women were a vulnerable group in ancient times, let alone being maids.

Without any personal freedom and dignity, if you meet a heartless master, you might lose your life at any time.

Just consider that this life ends with that packet of cookies.

Xia Mang, at the cost of his life, sincerely warns everyone not to accept food from strangers!
'Wait! Wait a minute!'

The system had never seen such a tough person, and the mechanical voice was rarely filled with a little human emotion: "It's not a bad thing to stay in the Duke's Mansion as a maid. They are not bad people."

Xia Mang: "How do you know? Is this your first time as a system? Why do you trust people so easily?"

System: '.In short, if the host completes the task, he will receive a considerable amount of points as a reward, which can be used to purchase any item! '

Fearing that Xia Mang would refuse again, the system immediately called up the mall interface, with a hint of urgency in its movements.

Xia Mang glanced at the dazzling array of goods, including everything from food and drinks to daily necessities, which could be exchanged using mission points.

So points are almost the same as money? Her eyes rolled and her mind became active.

The system gave another shot of adrenaline: "If the host accumulates a certain amount of points, he can return to the original world. What do you think?"

Xia Mang: "Being a maid is also a job. It doesn't matter where you work. I'll take this job!"

The system let out a sigh of relief: "Host, please hurry up."

When Xia Mang came to her senses, the matchmaker had already returned with the money and was about to leave with the remaining children.

At this time, how can I stay?

She was not chosen in the first round of interviews. Unless she showed some amazing talents, she would not be able to attract the attention of the manager.

She cleared her throat in a hurry and decided to sing a song.

Listening to music was an essential enjoyment in the daily life of ancient nobles!

So people like her must be in short supply.

Time was running out, so she sang the first line that came to her mind: "I'm looking far away, above the moon!"

There is a two-yuan store next to the shoe repair stall under the overpass. The speakers at the door have been playing this song on a loop. Xia Mang has been listening to this song for as long as the shoe repairman has been repairing shoes.

When Xia Mang sang the first sentence, he knew that something bad was going to happen.

As expected, Mother Wang, who was sitting steadily in the armchair, jumped in shock, and the manager next to her quickly scolded the matchmaker.

"Hurry up and take him away! He's having a seizure and is going crazy! Ouch!"

Xia Mang's voice stopped abruptly, and the people around him looked at him sideways, their eyes filled with shock and a bit of fear.

“Is epilepsy contagious?”

"I don't know. Let's stay away from it."

Listening to those people whispering, the matchmaker's old face turned red.

Even the system sighed in a humane way, which made Xia Mang, who was usually very calm, feel a little embarrassed.

"What are you crazy about? Come with me!" the matchmaker shouted with gritted teeth.

Xia Mang didn't even look at her. His eyes lingered on Mother Wang and the steward, and he kept listing his own strengths like a machine gun.

"I can tell jokes, I'm smart and lively, everyone loves me, and I always get the first place in the company when I grab a meal."

Xia Mang admitted that the situation was urgent at the time, and she didn't even know what she was saying by the end.

The manager covered his mouth and nose with his hands, and directed the matchmaker in disgust to arrest the man: "He's getting even crazier, why don't you take him away quickly!"

The matchmaker knew very well that this was not a place where one could act recklessly. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and was about to capture Xia Mang.

Xia Mang's body is that of a half-grown girl, born in a poor family and as thin as a crake. There is no way she can escape the clutches of a matchmaker.

She was immediately picked up by the matchmaker.

The matchmaker grabbed Xia Mang, put her hands on her waist and twisted it hard, causing Xia Mang to scream in pain.

Xia Mang glared at the matchmaker with tears in her eyes and came up with a new plan.

"I, I dreamed of gods last night!"

The little girl who seemed crazy in everyone's eyes just now suddenly said something that everyone could understand, and everyone present fell silent.

The matchmaker slowed down her movements, and seeing that Xia Mang was no longer "crazy", she said, "What gods or immortals? Come back with me quickly."

She also wanted to find a buyer to buy it before the girl went crazy, because it would be a big loss if she got it.

Xia Mang immediately said: "The immortal told me to stay in the Duke's Mansion and serve!"

Such theories about ghosts and gods were very lethal in ancient times. Xia Mang thought that if he said this, it would definitely have some effect, right?
Anyway, I have tried all the tricks I can think of now. If I can't fool this group of people, I will be a brave man again in eighteen years!
"You must have dreamed this because you drank piss, it's so beautiful!"

The matchmaker sneered and was about to cover Xia Mang's mouth.

Suddenly, a clear voice came from the other end of the corridor.

"Wait a minute."

These two short and light words were more effective than the words of gods. Xia Mang saw Mother Wang, who was sitting in the armchair, stand up suddenly.

"Madam, why are you here? The sun is very strong in the corridor. You must be sunburned."

Mother Wang's face, which was expressionless at first, was now filled with a smile.

The lady she was talking about was standing on the stone steps with her hands crossed, under the eaves of the corridor. She was wearing a dark blue dress, and her figure was hidden behind the flowers and trees, like a wisp of light smoke.

Xia Mang looked at the lady in a daze.

She thought of herself as a well-informed modern person who had seen all kinds of beauties, but today still opened her eyes.

The lady's face could not be clearly seen because she was standing far away, but her leisurely and otherworldly temperament was unique. After looking at her for a long time, one would feel that she was truly a goddess.

The lady tilted her delicate white jaw slightly to the side and said something to the maid standing beside her. The maid nodded and walked towards this side briskly.

Seeing the maid in the silk dress coming towards her, the matchmaker was afraid that she would bump into her, so she hurriedly pulled Xia Mang back.

"Hey, wait a minute!" The maid spoke up to stop the matchmaker.

"What do you think, young lady?"

After the matchmaker looked around to confirm that the maid was talking to her, she quickly put on a smile and asked.

The maid didn't even look at her, and raised her chin towards Xia Mang, whose clothes were being pulled, and said, "Madam asked you to come over and talk."

(End of this chapter)