Handing the things she was carrying to her husband, Lin Qiuniang still had a smile on her face. "The master is kind-hearted. He not only does a good job and runs the shop well, but he also speaks very nicely. If there are a lot of people and we work for a long time, he will say that we are grateful for our hard work. When he sees us packing up, he will say that we deserve this because we have done a good job."
"According to you, this family you're staying with is even better than the family of that scholar you met before."
Lin Qiuniang snorted, "That's for sure. When we went to work at the scholar's house before, he paid us less for the same job. He even said that we were lucky to be able to work for him and that we could share in his good fortune. Bah! Meng Niangzi is no better than him, and she never said such things."
When Lady Liu returned home, she was all smiles. Everyone had privately calculated that the 300-cash red envelope, plus the sausages, pork, rice, flour, and peach shortbread, would amount to nearly 500 cash. Who wouldn't be happy with that?
Seeing her so happy, onlookers couldn't help but ask her curiously, "Why are you so happy? And why are you buying so many things? Is there some good news?"
Lady Liu stretched the things out in front of people and said casually, "What happy event could I have? These are New Year's gifts from our shop owner. She said we've worked so hard for her for so long, and she's giving us some New Year's gifts so we can have a good New Year. Oh dear, my hands hurt from carrying so many of these."
Some people didn't believe it. "Oh, is that so? I heard that in previous years, tenants would take New Year's gifts to the landlords and ask them to give them some good seeds and a good piece of land next year. How come there are landlords giving New Year's gifts to the workers? This is really strange."
Hearing the crowd's discussion, Madam Liu's smile deepened. "You know, I'm really lucky. I found such a good job and met such a good master."
After speaking, Lady Liu smiled and left, leaving behind a crowd of envious people.
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