So the reason why she wore leather pants over long johns on this old lady Su, there really is a reason!

Although there was no bathroom or flush toilet here, as a wealthy old lady, she naturally had a carved toilet and servants to serve her, so it was not too difficult for her to accept.

Of course, when she has accumulated enough happiness points, she will see if she can ask her Hei Ya to send her an automatic flush toilet?

"Madam, do you want to set the table?"

When Aunt Su heard this question from an old lady with a long face, she nodded.

"Set it."

As soon as these two words came out, she saw that it seemed that all the servants present had expressions of joy on their faces.

Aunt Su thought about it and figured it out.

Everyone in this entire yard has the job of serving the old lady.

As long as the old lady is around, they have jobs.

Now that the old lady is gone, they are all unemployed.

This group of people were not happy that she could have a normal meal, but they were happy that she kept her job!

Aunt Su remained calm when she saw two little girls carrying food boxes out of the yard.

I thought to myself that Old Madam Su’s status in this mansion is really not that good.

Logically speaking, she is the woman with the highest status and the most seniority in the mansion. Shouldn't she be given an entire small kitchen?

But there was only a big kitchen in the house.

There is a small kitchen in the yard of the newly-married uncle in the mansion.

The uncle's small kitchen is naturally for his use.

And the uncle's beloved aunt can also enjoy some benefits from time to time.

For example, Concubine Liu in the mansion was truly the apple of the eye of the earl during the two years after she gave birth to the illegitimate son Lin Zhen.

Most of the delicious food made in the uncle's kitchen ended up in Aunt Liu's stomach.

However, the small kitchen in the mansion is permanent, but the concubines come and go.

Madam Liu enjoyed less than six years of glory, and the beloved concubines of the uncle were replaced by Madam Jiang, Madam Pan, and Madam Tang...

After Aunt Liu fell out of favor, she saw that her stepmother, Mrs. Su, had only a daughter and no son. In order to gain some benefits for her son, she thought of transferring the name of Linzhen to the lady's name.

Although Su is a little weak, he is not a fool.

Oh, you put the illegitimate son under my name. He got the benefit of being born to a wife, but he was not raised by me. His mother is still alive and well than me. How can he be close to me?

Of course I wouldn't agree to that.

So when Aunt Liu’s first plan failed, she tried another one.

Thinking that Su had no sons after all, especially after Su's daughter got married, wouldn't she have no one to rely on in the mansion?

As long as I let my son pay his respects to Su more often and say nice things, I don't believe that Su won't be moved?

In fact, Old Mrs. Su had been attracted to him in the past two years.

He treated this bastard very attentively and was thinking of going to the master in a few days to discuss registering the bastard's name.

Finally, the master died.

Now that the master is dead, the Su family feels like the sky has fallen.

Originally, she was the second wife, and the master didn't think much of her, but at least he gave her some respect as the principal wife.

Now that the master is gone, the stepson is the one in charge of the household.

When she got married, her stepson was already seven or eight years old.

Not to mention whether she can raise him or not, even if she wants to, the master won't let her!

It's not that. She and her stepson are just being polite to each other when they meet.

The marriage chosen by her stepson, the bulk of the betrothal gifts, the yard of the new house... none of these had anything to do with Su's involvement.

All she could do was to work according to the instructions given by her master.

Meeting with the mother-in-law and the young lady, painstakingly writing a betrothal gift list, directing the servants to clean up the bridal chamber, and when the bride entered the house, less than three months later, the power of housekeeper was handed over to the bride under the instructions of the master.

Having been feeling aggrieved for so many years, and now that she's getting even more aggrieved, won't Mrs. Su be unable to accept the fact?

But what Old Mrs. Su faced would be no problem for Aunt Su!

"Old lady..."

When Aunt Su heard Aunt Jiao's voice, she opened her eyes and stopped closing them to rest.

"Ah."

Aunt Su found the breakfast process from the original owner's memory.

He nodded lightly, then stood up and walked towards the small hall next to him.

"Old lady..."

However, Auntie Jiao's second call made Aunt Su stop.

When she looked at it, she realized something was wrong.

This old lady doesn't look very good?

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Madam Jiao hesitated to speak, "Madam, in the kitchen, today..."

Aunt Su doesn't like to hear people hesitant when speaking.

"What happened today?"

Aunt Su asked this question and went to the small hall without waiting for a reply.

Several old women and maids hurriedly followed her.

When Aunt Su walked into the small hall, she saw that on the large rosewood dining table, there was only a small bowl of porridge, four plates of side dishes, and a basket of small buns.

The porridge is just ordinary white rice porridge, and the side dishes include green vegetables, mushrooms, mixed tofu, and mixed bean sprouts.

The buns are filled with mushrooms and vegetables.

The two maids who went to the big kitchen to get breakfast stood trembling at the foot of the wall, their faces full of fear and worry.

Aunt Su understood.

A few days ago, although Mrs. Su couldn't eat meat, her breakfast was still very delicate.

For example, even if it is porridge, there must be several kinds of dried fruits, such as pine nuts, walnuts, peanuts, sesame seeds, and chestnuts, which are ground and added with golden thread dates to make sweet porridge.

The dishes to go with the porridge must be fresh and rare ingredients such as Chinese cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, dried tofu, young bamboo shoots, oyster mushrooms, lotus root slices, etc., with various exquisite combinations, such as lotus root slices, oyster mushrooms, Chinese cabbage, celery and dried tofu, etc.

Where have you ever seen a side dish that was so obviously made carelessly?

Aunt Jiao also followed in and wiped her tears with her sleeves.

"Madam, these things... They went to the kitchen to get breakfast, and the kitchen manager, Old Wang, said that Madam said that since the family is in mourning now, the two chefs are no longer needed, so Madam gave them 20 taels of silver each to send them home. Now there are only a few maids in charge of cooking, and the ingredients are not as good as before. Old Wang also said that Madam has cut the expenses of each courtyard. Our monthly food expenses used to be 10 taels, but now it has become 4 taels."

Haha, this lady nowadays is really stingy.

The two master chefs earn five taels of silver a month. When we brought them into the mansion, we agreed that it was a long-term contract, at least twenty years!

It’s only been a little over ten years now, so there are still many years to go!

If it is not needed in the mansion, shouldn't you give me fifty taels?

Twenty taels of silver is too little!

"Madam, how about sending someone out to buy some delicious vegetarian food?"

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