It has been more than two months since I entered the palace. When Zhang You first came, it was late summer, and now it is already autumn.
The fallen leaves were scattered all over the ground overnight. The withered and yellow leaves spread on the ground, mixed with the morning dew, which must have given a cool feeling.
If Zhang You didn't have to get up early in the morning to sweep the fallen leaves, she could still enjoy it.
During these two months, Zhang You had been incredibly busy. She'd been pruning trees, planting rare species of flowers and plants, raising crabs from the south, helping Manager Qiao with shopping, helping Chef Chen in the kitchen research new dishes, and often running errands for Nanny Chang...
With her unremitting efforts, she has already motivated all her colleagues to get involved.
She collected these in order to become a second-class maid as soon as possible, get a promotion and a raise.
Some people followed the test because they wanted to "stand out" in the test and win the favor of the eldest son.
That's right, after these two months, Zhang You has completely figured out that people like Cuihua, who obviously come from wealthy families and have no shortage of food and drink, still want to move into the mansion, all want to marry the eldest son and live a good life.
Therefore, they pay special attention to their appearance and figure, and try their best to whiten their skin and gain weight, hoping to have a beautiful encounter with the eldest son in the mansion.
However, in the past two months, Zhang You has been working non-stop to help out in various places. Although he occasionally gets some tips, he hasn't gained much weight, but his face has become more rosy.
But being busy day and night like her is not good for her health. After cleaning up the fallen leaves this morning, she followed Manager Qiao out to buy some groceries. As a result, she fainted from anemia on the way back.
Fortunately, she got along well with Manager Qiao in the past two months. Manager Qiao bought her some sugar water and Zhang You finally recovered.
"Erya, you can't do this. You haven't recovered yet and you're working all day. Don't exhaust yourself. You're still young, you still have to take care of yourself."
Zhang You listened to what Manager Qiao said and knew it made sense. "Uncle Qiao, I understand. I will take good care of myself from now on."
"Okay, now that you're awake, let's go back. Here, this is what I just bought." Manager Qiao handed Zhang You a candied haws.
Zhang You looked at the candied haws and was stunned for a moment. Then she put on her signature smile, thanked him, and said politely that she would buy him some wine to honor him after she received her monthly allowance in a few days.
When Zhang You returned to the mansion, Manager Qiao gave her a day off on the pretext of letting her take a rest.
After Zhang You returned to the lower room, he lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
After a good sleep, it was already afternoon. Looking at the sun, it was probably the afternoon.
Zhang You rubbed his stomach and looked around.
I'm a little hungry, but there's nothing to eat in the house.
After she cleaned up, she went to the big kitchen. There was not many people in the kitchen at that time, so she went there to see if she could have some of Chef Chen's dishes.
Don’t ask why she didn’t go to the kitchenette. The answer is that even her roommate didn’t bring any food back for her at noon, so what could she eat in the kitchenette?
Zhang You successfully found Chef Chen in the kitchen, secretly gave him five cents, and asked him to secretly make her a bowl of noodles with a lot of vegetable leaves and some meat.
It smells so good.
I haven't eaten meat for a long time.
"Uncle Chen, why did you add meat?"
"I heard from Qiao Tong that you fainted this morning, so I left this for you, waiting for you to come."
"Thank you, Uncle Chen." Zhang You was touched for a moment and couldn't help but start eating.
Chef Chen smiled kindly, watched her eat with relish, and chattered on and on.
"Er Ya, you have to take care of yourself. I heard from Qiao Tong that you fainted this morning and I was shocked. There have been people who died suddenly like this before.
Besides, things are unpredictable, don’t be like the old tree in the next yard, ah——"
Zhang You hadn't finished his food yet, and he mumbled, "Qiao Shu, what's wrong with Manager Shu?"
"You know that attic in the pond they're building in Beiyuan? It was there, right this morning when you weren't there, that old tree man was in the pond, where the stones had just been placed, when he got crushed to death by a fellow in the attic who hadn't held up the beam firmly enough.
It looked like blood and flesh were flying everywhere.
Miserable.”
Zhang You's right hand shook unconsciously, and he even stopped eating.
"What's going on?"
"That guy is useless! He's a newly hired carpenter, but he didn't do his job carefully. He went to do other things before the beam was installed, and the beam became loose and fell down!
The old tree man happened to be directing the workers down there, and he just...
well.
Poor thing.
Two years ago, his son fought with the prince on the front line and died in battle.
He lost his son in old age and now he is facing all this.
He is already an old man in the mansion. According to the rules of the mansion, he should be able to leave in two years.
I heard that he was originally from Dingzhou, entered the palace since he was a child, and followed the old prince to the capital. Now he finally has the opportunity to come back.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, when we were drinking together, he said that after two years, he would get the indenture contract and go back to his hometown to retire.
Now.
Things don't always go as planned.
So, Erya, you have to take good care of yourself, because things in life are unpredictable.
It's rare for me to meet someone like you who strikes such a chord with me."
After hearing this, Zhang You felt depressed.
Natural disasters and man-made disasters.
It has always been the most unpredictable.
Instead of trying to do the work of two people all day long in exchange for possible benefits in the future, it is better to live in peace and contentment in the present.
"Uncle Chen, I understand. I will take good care of myself."
"Okay, okay, enough talking. Eat quickly, or it will get cold."
"Um."
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