In Fengle County, Mrs. Ye was having a great chat with Lin Yueying.
Both of them drank some wine and stopped talking in a roundabout way.
After hearing Sister Ye's concerns, Lin Yueying said without even stumbling, "Madam You, since we are willing to work with you, we naturally won't be picky. How can we only go because of the money?"
"But that kind of country banquet only costs a few hundred coins after a whole morning's work. It really insults your fine cooking skills."
Mrs. Ye was naturally reluctant to share the money with them.
We made quite a bit of money from the flower-viewing banquet this time, but the country banquets we had previously agreed to only cost a couple of taels of silver.
Even if she didn't want any money herself and divided it all among the three of them, it would still feel a bit embarrassing.
But how could Lin Yumei not understand what she was thinking?
“Madam You, now that we are all familiar with each other, I am not afraid to tell you.
"We two are not as powerful as you think.
“If we hadn’t been lucky enough to be chosen by Mr. Jiang this time, we would usually be doing errands organizing banquets in the countryside.
"Do you still think we can meet noble people from the capital every day?
"We all know the rules. When we go to the countryside to prepare a banquet, a kitchen helper like me gets 150 coins each time, and someone like Yueying who's good with knife skills gets 200 coins.
"As long as you don't despise us, we will follow you in the future."
"I don't mind, I don't mind." Mrs. Ye was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly filled the glasses for the three of them, and drank it all in one gulp after clinking glasses.
Feng Yueying didn't say much, and everything was done by Lin Yumei, so she helped the two of them pick up food and pour wine.
After chatting for a while, Mrs. Ye found out that Feng Yueying was not only good at knife skills, but she could also read and write.
"I didn't expect you to be so powerful, Yueying. I really underestimated you."
"Her father was a scholar and he opened a private school in his time. He also taught Yueying a lot of characters.
"It's a pity that her father had a tragic fate and died at such a young age. Otherwise, there would be no need for Yueying to come out and learn to help in the kitchen to earn money for the family.
"If her father were still alive, she would have been a beautiful girl by now, and she might have married into a good family and become the wife of a wealthy man..."
"You've drunk too much!" Feng Yueying glared at Lin Yumei when she heard that.
"I was wrong. I won't say anything more." Lin Yumei quickly begged for mercy, then picked up the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp, saying, "I'll drink a glass as punishment."
"you……"
Feng Yueying took the paper handed to her by Mrs. Ye and looked at it carefully.
"Babu Village, Zhuo Changdong's family.
"Shuangmiao Village, Ding Chao's home.
"Xujiatai Village, Xu Jincheng's home..."
Although Lin Yumei is illiterate, she can easily get along with others. She can recognize most of the families in the surrounding villages.
Especially for kitchen helpers like them, they don’t have the luxury of waiting for something to happen, they have to find work for themselves.
There are only two types of banquets: red and white weddings.
You can't force anyone to do funeral work, you can only wait and see if the time is right.
If you have time, take it. If you don’t have time, forget it. This thing doesn’t need to be booked many days in advance.
Happy events are basically divided into wedding banquets and birthday banquets.
In order to get hold of information from both sides, Lin Yumei used roundabout means to establish a relationship with Huang, a well-known matchmaker in Fengle County, and now she has recognized her as her godmother.
The most important thing for a matchmaker to do when it comes to matchmaking is to know the young people of the right age within the range very well, and to be able to talk about the elders of each family.
The reason why Huang became the most famous matchmaker in Fengle County was because she had a good brain.
She knew at least 85% of the unmarried men and women in the entire Fengle County area, not 100%.
He can even tell you what the other person's ancestors did, who is in the family now, and what their ages and zodiac signs are.
Lin Yumei's adoption of her as her godparent meant that she had control over 80% of the wedding banquet trends in Fengle County.
As Feng Yueying called out the names of each family, most of them matched the information she already knew.
"Master Zhuo's family should be holding a birthday party. His old lady should be eighty-nine this year. It's the ninth birthday instead of the tenth. It's the perfect time to hold her ninetieth birthday.
"Ding Chao's family is planning to marry a new bride, and they're willing to invite Madam You to host the banquet. I'm sure they're quite satisfied with this daughter-in-law.
"Xu Jincheng's son is still young, and this year they're marrying off their daughter. His wife is smart and has chosen a wealthy family for her daughter, a truly high-class marriage. I guess she's planning to throw a grand return banquet to support her daughter and also to gain face in front of her new son-in-law..."
Listening to Lin Yumei's clear and logical explanation, she and Feng Yueying also coordinated their actions and quietness in perfect harmony.
In addition, Mrs. Ye was also very surprised that Lin Yueying could read. This way, if there was anything in the future, she could ask Feng Yueying to write it without having to trouble others.
Thinking of this, she remembered that she had to make money quickly. She would live in the capital in the future and must send Qingtian to a girls' school.
The more Lin Yumei and Ye Dasao talked, the more they got along. They toasted each other and drank a lot.
After all, Mrs. Ye grew up outside the Great Wall, a bitterly cold place where it is winter for more than half a year.
It is especially cold in winter, so everyone needs to drink some wine to warm themselves up.
Therefore, Mrs. Ye's alcohol tolerance was not enough outside the Great Wall, but it was effortless for her to make Lin Yumei fall down while drinking.
Seeing that Lin Yumei was about to slip under the table, Mrs. Ye smiled and stood up and said to Feng Yueying, "Go take care of her. I'm going back."
"Madam You, let me take you back first." Feng Yueying said.
"No need, it's just a few steps away. Besides, I'm fine." Mrs. Ye said as she walked out.
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