"Should Lady first go retrieve Qingmei?"
"If we openly take her back, won't Mrs. Liang demand her return eventually? Sooner or later, she'll have to be sold again," Muniang said coldly. "Never mind, I might as well go myself."
After ordering the carriage to be readied, Muniang set out directly for the town.
As it happened, the human trafficker Muniang knew quite well was Lai, from whom most of the servants in Muniang's household had been purchased. It was Shopkeeper Zhang from Dongxing Building who had originally introduced them, and through repeated dealings, they had become old acquaintances.
Upon seeing Muniang, Lai greeted her with a cheerful smile, "Oh, my Lady, you've come again? Is your household short of servants? I've just received a new batch you can choose from at your leisure."
"Then show me the most recent batch of new arrivals you've got," commanded Muniang.
"Alrighty!" Lai responded at once and immediately went to summon the girls.
