Mei 'er presented the small cloth bag with both hands and saluted. She said softly, ""Young master Xu, this servant will take her leave."
"Wait!"
Xu Qi 'an took the cloth bag, but didn't open it. He looked at the pretty little servant girl and asked, ""Where is your home?"
"This servant's home is in Jiao Shi County," Mei 'er said softly.
Jiao Shi County was in the northeast of the capital. If one set off from the North and hired a carriage, they could reach it in two days.
Mei 'er was not the descendant of an official. She was sold to the Imperial Academy by her family.
Maidservants like her who were sold to the education workshop of the capital were usually from the poor families in the capital or around the capital. It was impossible for someone to come all the way to the capital to sell their daughter. With this money, there was no need to sell their daughter.