51 Hua Rong (1/2)
I was led away, and had my finger pressed onto a piece of paper, making a red fingerprint. That aunty immediately took a some shiny and sparkly things, and gave it Granny Song. Granny Song could not contain her laughter and said, ”This is fine stuff, she is good and she will listen, so you should actually give me a bit more.”
The aunty gave her a few blank stares, and then gave me a few stares, ”However, she is a retard, she does not know the arts nor poetry, all she has is her face.”
”Doesn't this profession rely on the face?”
”Fine, fine, fine, I will give you a few more.”
I curiously walked over, pointed at the things on the table, and asked, ”What are those?”
”Mine!” Granny Song hurriedly brushed them into arms, and after thinking, she heartlessly took out one from her arms and handed it to me, smiling and saying, ”There are a total of 52 silvers I have, giving one to you as an apology is already more than enough, you should know that I am a kind person on the inside.”
I took the silver, suddenly thought of the white crow, and then felt sad in my heart, therefore I ruthlessly took a bite out of it. It was round and hard, not chewy at all, so I handed it back, ”I don't want silver, I want money.”
Granny Song rushed to retrieve the silver I had bitten, and from her clothes, she took out a few copper coins and placed it into my hands. I looked at it for a long time, it was definitely the copper coins that Teacher Huang had showed us. I finally let out a grin, my heart was full of gratitude. I wanted to show off my arithmetic skills, thus I cheerfully asked, ”Do you want me to help you count the silver? Miao Miao is very good at calculating!”
”No need, I can count myself.” Granny Song stood up, took out a bag and placed all of the silver inside and wrapped it up. She turned around and walked out of the door while telling me, ”If you obediently stay here and listen to Tou Ya Mama's* words, you will make a fortune.”
*[TN] : Mama is usually what you call the owner/boss of a brothel.
I also happily waved my paw to bid her farewell, I sensibly sat down in front of the aunty that was called Tou Ya Mama, and listened to her instructions.
Tou Ya Mama lifted up my chin, circled around me for a long time, touched all over my body, and then after a while, she asked, ”Are you able to sing any songs?”
”Able,” I hastily answered, and then began to sing the song I was best at, ”Miao~ Miao woo~ Miao Miao Miao~ Miao woo~ Miao Miao~”
”Mmm, very good singing,” Tou Ya Mama suddenly interrupted my singing, she expressionlessly said, ”But I hope you do not sing in front of the guests.”
I hurriedly nodded my head.
She waved her hand for a little maid servant, and told them to bring me to Miss Hua Rong to borrow a few pieces of garment to change into. They also brought me to a tailor to have some clothing made for me, saying that tonight I would be briefly showing my face, meet some guests and stir their appetite, and that in the coming ten days or so, the auction will officially begin.
I considered and counted the time, I was afraid that I would fall behind in the mortal world assessment, so I hastily suggested, ”How about I receive guests a bit earlier, I can't wait that long.”
Hearing this , Tou Ya Mama's expression froze for a very long time, and finally said, ”Having done this line of work for so long, I have never seen anyone so dedicated for this…..then you can start the day after tomorrow, we need time to select suitable clothing too.”
I was praised! I happily and proudly nodded my head once more to show that I would work hard to earn money and receive guests.
The little maid servant looked at me like I was some weird monster,she then took me to the backyard, made a few turns, and from the yard came bursts of crisp qin sound. The whole yard was accompanied with peach blossoms, sparsely scattering and floating in the air, it was a bit noisy…..still not as good as my singing.