C5 Steamed Bread and Friends

A few more people came in one after another. Mo Xue counted a total of twenty people. They sat in groups. Mo Xue saw that the people sitting together were all wearing similar clothes, but no one bothered with Mo Xue and her companion. Mo Xue also did not care much, after a month of wandering, she had become accustomed to people's cold eyes and ostracism.

When the sky was about to turn dark, someone brought a large bowl of steamed buns over. When Mo Xue saw that, she calmly approached that person from the corner. When that person turned around to leave, Mo Xue quickly stretched out her hands and grabbed two steamed buns with one hand before quickly sitting back down in the corner.

The speed was too fast. After a few seconds, everyone recovered from the shock and rushed to grab the steamed buns. At this time, Mo Xue and Cuihua had already started to eat the fragrant steamed buns. As she ate, she suddenly felt sad. Such a delicious steamed bun, if Da Niu was still here, then Daya and Mo Yan would still be here. If everyone could eat it together, that would be great.

Mo Xue finished a steamed bun and turned around to see that the basin was completely empty. Mo Xue suddenly heard a burst of sobs. She only saw a well-dressed little boy crying beside him after not getting the steamed bun. Mo Xue felt that he was as beautiful as her own brother when she saw him. She walked over and handed him the steamed bun she had just snatched, but the boy slapped her hand away. "Get out of here, you stinking beggar. Who wants your charity?" The steamed buns rolled on the ground for a long distance. All the children in the room laughed, as if they were mocking a beggar for wanting to show mercy to the commoners. Upon closer inspection, it also seemed like they were mocking her for being a fake good person.

Mo Xue's heart twitched when she heard the little boy's words. It seemed as if she was in pain, but she didn't say anything. She carefully looked at the little boy in front of her and also smiled. He was obviously the same age as her, but why did she think he looked like her own brother? Furthermore, it was obvious that he was wearing the thin piece of cotton cloth that his mother used to use as a container. How could he accept the food of a stinking beggar like himself?!

He had clearly been a beggar for a month, but why was he so full of compassion?! Mo Xue walked back and picked up the steamed bun on the floor, dusting off the dust on it before returning to her corner and stuffing it into her mouth. It was obviously a delicious steamed bun, but why did it seem a little bitter and not that tasty?

Suddenly, a pair of hands tugged at her clothes. Mo Xue turned around and saw it was Cuihua. She patted her belly and looked at Mo Xue. She said seriously, "I'm not full yet. Give me this half bun."

Cuihua finished her sentence and took the steamed bun in her hand.

Mo Xue looked at her empty hands and then looked at Cuihua who was wolfing down the steamed bun. Her heart ached and she felt that her dry eyes were suddenly moist. After all, she was only an eight-year-old little girl. No matter how precocious she might be, she should be just like that.

What does the cold eyes of the world have to do with me? Mo Xue's previous grievance had vanished without a trace due to Cuihua's actions, "Thank you, Cuihua!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? I should be thanking you. Thank you for taking care of me along the way. Thank you for letting me eat your food." Cuihua held her hand and said, "If it weren't for you, I would have died a long time ago. I hope we can be good friends for life."

"Of course." Mo Xue nodded and held Cuihua's hand tightly. "Of course we'll be good friends for life."

"Heh, how could the two beggars even talk about lifelong friends. They might even die tomorrow." A child at the side mocked.

"What nonsense are you spouting? We won't die!" Mo Xue didn't back down in the slightest.

"Hmph, do you know how dangerous tomorrow's test is?" Obviously, he didn't expect a stinky beggar to refute his words. After all, she didn't say anything even after being humiliated by someone just now and picked up the steamed bun on the ground.

"You guys didn't come here two days ago, right? Let me tell you, out of the people in my room, ten of them have two to die, and five of them are poisoned. At most, three of them can safely pass and become Young Mermaid's apprentice."

"Hmph." "Hmph!" Mo Xue snorted coldly. She had cursed at the two of them just now, causing her to have no good feelings towards this boy. She had worked so hard to live, lived so arduously, and she still had so many unfulfilled goals in this world. Even if you are going to die and be injured, that is still you. Of those three, there must be two of us. "

"Don't know what's good for you." After hearing Mo Xue's words, the boy imitated her and sat down with a grunt.

The test of the second day soon arrived. The children in Mo Xue's room were called to the courtyard. Including the people in the other rooms, there were several hundred people. They were told to stand properly. But what was strange was that apart from the surging crowd, no one else said anything. In the stifling atmosphere, because of the words of the boy yesterday, Mo Xue became more vigilant of the test that was about to be carried out.

Very soon, the manager that she saw yesterday came out from the main entrance, and saw that all of his children were cowering and avoiding her. Mo Xue might not know why, but she knew that if she made everyone hide behind their doors, then this test wouldn't be a good thing, so she brought Cuihua and hid in the middle of the crowd.

The manager randomly picked a few people. Mo Xue noticed that it was five men and five women. Because they were pushed to the front, they were called by the manager. Following that, a few well-dressed boys and girls came out and grabbed them and brought them inside the house. Strangely enough, the children who were pointed out were all crying out not to go, as they kicked their legs, as if they were going to be tortured. Mo Xue secretly took note of their performance, and became even more afraid of this test.

After an incense stick of time, all the children that had just been taken out came out. Sure enough, two of them were carried out, and some fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, while others laughed maniacally, and some had a red rash on their faces. Their appearances were all different, and only one or two walked out with smiles on their faces, looking completely unharmed.

Mo Xue didn't know what was going on, so she took advantage of the second call to enter the main entrance before she walked up to a seemingly easy to talk to girl and asked her what was going on.

"Miss, you're really pretty. You really have a real temperament. It's obvious that you're a lady from a rich family." Everyone liked to hear nice words. Even though the girl in front of them was only wearing civilian clothes and wasn't that pretty, her cheeks still blushed after hearing Mo Xue's words.

These praises came from a month of wandering school. Many of the aunties and grandfathers couldn't handle them, let alone an eight or nine-year-old girl. Soon, Mo Xue started chatting with her.

"Of course not, I was just born a commoner, not some Miss." the girl in front of him replied.

Mo Xue feigned shock as her eyes widened. "Ah, is that so? I've met many young masters and mistresses, and they don't have as much of a temperament as you do. "

Hearing Mo Xue's words, the little girl hastily waved her hands, but the smile in her eyes could not be stopped no matter how hard she tried. He thought to himself, 'This little beggar is quite discernable.

"Aiya, girl, what's with this test? Why does everyone seem so scared? " Mo Xue asked casually.

"You must be new." Hearing Mo Xue's question, a trace of fear appeared in the girl's eyes. However, looking at the confused Mo Xue, she curiously looked at her, as if she knew something, and the girl's vanity was greatly satisfied. She pretended to be an old man and sighed, "Ai, since you want to know so much, I'll tell you. Otherwise, you won't even know how you died."

"Thank you so much!" Mo Xue nodded hurriedly with a happy expression on her face.

A quarter of an hour later, Mo Xue knew the content of this test and broke out in a cold sweat. After thanking the girl, she quietly brought Cuihua to the back of the group.

Although they had to die early or late, everyone wanted to die late.

If one were to talk about the content of this test, it would have to start from the point of view of Zhuyu Hall.

Mo Xue's guess was not wrong. This Zhuyu Hall was indeed a shop that produced and sold women's pearl hairpins and hoops. After that, through development, this shop grew bigger and bigger, and they bought some things from the outside …

The pearl jade was gradually becoming more and more unprofitable, thus it gradually gave rise to a branch hall, which was dedicated to searching for pearls at the bottom of the sea, or to the mountain for jade mines. This was the original body of the Zhuyu Hall.

They discovered that they could also find some valuable medicinal ingredients on the way to the jade mine. At that time, when society was in a mess, the people in the martial arts world would often fight and kill them, and even those who were poisoned or injured would become commonplace. These medicinal herbs were exactly what martial artists needed the most, so they gradually started their business.

His meaning was that he would be stationed throughout the universe. In fact, the Yu Men Gang was indeed one of the top seven clans in the Qi Kingdom, and even the Imperial Family did not dare to provoke them. As for the original Zhuyu Hall, they were retained. As a branch hall within the Yu Clan, the Zhuyu Hall within Qishan County was also one of the branch halls within the Zhuyu Hall Headquarters. They were divided into the Pearl and Jade Divisions, and then into the Outer and Inner Divisions.

The disciples of the Jade Division were all men. The disciples of the outer hall mainly went up the mountain to pick herbs. This medicine naturally included some animals that could be used for medicine, such as snake gall or musk. The valuable medicinal herbs were all grown in some dangerous places such as deep mountains and wild forests, so the danger was very high. It was said that not even one out of ten existed.

Of course, they were also searching for jade mines, but jade mines were extremely rare, and most of them had already been discovered, so as long as they could find a valuable jade mine, they would immediately be promoted to branch hall master. As for inner court disciples, they didn't need to go out. All they needed to do was to make medicine in the hall. Not only was their status high, but the danger was also low.

The disciples of the Pearl Division, on the other hand, were all made up of women. They were also separated into the inner hall and outer hall. The disciples of the outer hall were mainly responsible for collecting pearls in the sea or going to the sea to search for something of value. As for inner court disciples, all they had to do was grind pearls and make medicine in the hall.

Since the two of them were in charge of different things, one was going up the mountain, the other was going down to the sea, so their assessment was completely different.