With the third young master injured, everyone in the courtyard except Liu Xiang'er breathed a sigh of relief.
A few days ago, the entire hospital was placed under house arrest. Third Master had a bad temper and tormented them every day.
Making tea can take an hour just to boil water and brew it. Either the water is too hot or too cold, or the water is too strong or the tea is weak.
A group of people were suffering terribly. Now, not only has he been punished, but he's also developed a fever.
However, she is obedient and drinks her medicine as instructed, without complaining about its bitterness or blandness.
Because he was sick and had no energy, he didn't cause any trouble, and everyone in the courtyard was doing well.
Liu Xiang'er was quite distressed, but not entirely because of him.
Are you kidding me? How many people have taken good care of Third Master? She's not lacking in this kind of thoughtfulness.
She was mainly worried, afraid that Aunt Yang would come and take her anger out on her, and she lived in constant fear every day!
She secretly hoped that the third young master would recover soon, so that his aunt might forget about it.
The only thing that the people in the courtyard felt was bad was that none of them could eat meat.
That's how strange it is. Third Master was sick and had a poor appetite, so they were afraid that eating meat would arouse his cravings.
Aunt Yang made a point of greeting the kitchen, but no one in the kitchen paid her any attention. What right did a concubine from a second wife have to interfere?
They agreed on the surface, promising to give everyone what they were entitled to from the communal pot. But in the end, the cook still took two silver ingots from them.
From then on, the maids who served meals at Moyuan Courtyard could take an extra steamed bun, but they could only take one dish, which was vegetarian.
The second wife did hear the news, but she had no interest in such a trivial matter.
She only kept Yang Yiniang from leaving the hospital, and besides, she also assigned Yang Mei to the sewing room, which displeased the master, who has been finding excuses to vent his anger every day these past few days.
Left with no other choice, she paid him three hundred taels of silver to shut him up.
That damned bastard, he took the money and who knows which brothel he went to listen to music!
She was still in a state of chaos, and Gu Yan left without any punishment! She was afraid the First Madam would be displeased.
It wouldn't be nice if people misunderstood that she was deliberately trying to challenge them.
After thinking it over, I came up with an excuse to try and sound him out again.
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"Auntie, why haven't you gone home yet, it's so late?" Wang Yan and the others were still at the same time, but it was getting darker and darker.
"Sigh, it's all because the Second Madam sent someone over today to tell Qingmei that she wants to eat rice crust."
Qingmei asked me to deliver it first thing tomorrow morning. I asked her to go out and buy some seasonings, as I can't make it without peppercorns and other seasonings.
This will delay the time, so we can only finish it now and wrap it up first thing tomorrow morning before heading out.
"Then I'll help you." Saying that, she rolled up her sleeves and joined the two of them in rolling out the dough and frying it. Chunye put away the sweeping tools and came over to help as well.
After finishing their work, Aunt Sun gave the two of them two pieces of mung bean cake and gave Chunye a bag of rice crackers to take back.
The next day, the second wife returned from paying her respects to the old lady. As soon as she sat down, Qingyu and Qingping came with a food box to deliver the rice crusts.
Zheng was holding a cup of hot tea and had just taken a sip when she heard an announcement that the two men had arrived.
He didn't even bother to drink his tea; he put down his teacup and went to greet them personally.
The fact that she's willing to send gifts shows that even though she's angry, she's still willing to give me face. That's good, that's good.
"It turns out that these two clever girls came to deliver them, so these snacks must be twice as delicious."
The two bowed slightly but said nothing more. "Second Madam is too kind. Madam has many things to do in her household and is not free. This servant will take her leave."
"Very well, Bauhinia, bestow your reward."
Another maid, Zijing, gave them two delicate gold bracelets and a string of coins as a reward. The two women accepted the gifts and bowed in thanks.
I forgot to tip Aunt Sun. I knew beforehand that Aunt Sun was the one who made these rice crackers, and I should give her a tip for the extra snacks she made for me.
When Aunt Sun heard that the two of them had received two delicate gold bracelets, she was quite envious.
Unfortunately, the job of delivering the rice crackers didn't fall to him, so he didn't get the reward.
But a short while later, Zijing came over, panting, with two purses in her hands.
The second wife was too excited and forgot to tell her. It was Zijuan who handled the tipping earlier.
She didn't know that it was made by Aunt Sun on purpose, and naturally she didn't remind her, so it's only now that it's been made up.
Grandma Sun held two purses, her face crinkling with smiles.
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It was time for Wang Yan to go home and rest. She packed her small package and went home for two days.
After arriving home, he showed Aunt Wang the money he had earned.
500 coins, two silver peanuts. Six coins of silver from selling rice crackers and taking a cut. A small silver ingot, worth two coins, as a reward from the lady. A gilded bracelet, three silver coins. A agate bracelet, half a string of coins, two and a half taels of silver. Two hundred coins for the lady's birthday. Two months' wages. Half a string of coins and four silver peanuts from Yingjie. A purse of copper coins.
When the count finally came out, the cash alone amounted to six taels and nine hundred coins.
There are also six silver peanuts, three silver coins, one silver ingot, one gilded bracelet, and one agate bracelet.
Wang Da Niang was so happy that she knelt on the bed, put her hands together, and worshipped the God of Wealth, turning around and bowing in all four directions.
"..."
"Once you're in the inner quarters, the rewards are plentiful. You've truly turned misfortune into blessing, getting a great job."
Wang Yan nodded, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. There were many matters of rewarding servants in the inner quarters, but a maid of her rank shouldn't be treated like this.
Just look at Sister Ying; even those who came in second class didn't receive much in reward.
However, she made quite a bit of money from selling rice crackers, and she was quite happy about it.
In total, over the course of three months, including the gifts received, the family had saved up fifteen taels of silver for each person's redemption.
If things continue like this, the whole family will be able to save up enough money to buy their freedom in just over a year.
Speaking of the crispy rice crust, Aunt Wang wondered why she didn't let Fatty Wang report it and get the reward money.
“Mother, Father is just the head of the water case, this should be the job of the white case, right?”
Furthermore, even if the chef doesn't mind, you'll only get a small reward. After that, it won't matter to your father if anyone else asks the main kitchen to cook for you.
It's different on my end; I get a steady stream of profits. Aunt Sun isn't greedy; she wouldn't embezzle my money.
Aunt Wang thought about it and realized that it made perfect sense! She burst out laughing again.
Hearing the laughter, Xiang'er's mother slammed the water buckets to the ground outside, startling everyone.
But nobody paid any attention to her. Granny Wang peeked out the window, her excitement wore off, and she started thinking about her older brother and sister.
"Sigh," before she could finish her sigh, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.
My little girl brought back way too much!
She might not even get a silver bracelet if she guarded the side gate for a year. The people who came and went were all servants, who would at most give her a few coins to coax her into going out to buy some pastries and hair ornaments.
He coughed lightly, straightening his expression, "Your older brother and sister are also being punished by being confined to their quarters. I heard from your father that they can't even eat meat."
"Even when we go out to pick up groceries every day, your sister and Manjing can sneak a bite of meat."
"I was thinking of something I could do; you could take it to her when you get back. I don't know if anyone can get into their yard now?"
Wang Yan nodded, "Okay, let's make some rice crusts ourselves and send them in. It's not like it's meat."
She had already sent it over twice. The things happening in the Third Young Master's courtyard had now become the number one entertainment gossip in the mansion, and people were talking about it every day during meals.
Some people knew that her sister worked in the Third Young Master's courtyard and asked her about it.
Startled, she grabbed her rice bowl and hid in the kitchen to eat with Fuling, simply listening to what was said and letting it go.
Spring leaves followed, and later spring snow and spring rain also came.
The other four girls, except for Chunxi, saw them sneaking together to eat every day and wondered if they were plotting something against them.
Who has time to care!
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