I was a housekeeper in ancient times

Just as the Bo family treated Yu Muyan, the people in the family treated the servants who came with the dowry in the same way.

Even though Yu Muyan had received the imperial edict, Madam Lu and the second wife did not take it seriously. They felt that for a woman without a husband and son, no matter how much respect and wealth she had, it was all in vain.

The Bo's Mansion had never thought highly of Yu Muyan, and now they treated her even less seriously, so the people below them naturally became indifferent to her.

"Humph, if you look down on me, then don't take my dowry. You are really just pretending." Lin Weiqiao complained, "This family is full of troubles."

She was walking hurriedly on the road, and unexpectedly, she bumped into someone, a little girl.

She narrowed her eyes and thought for a long time but couldn't figure out who the other person was.

Seeing the panic-stricken girl, she thought that she was just a little older and her face was a little sallow, but it shouldn't be that scary, right?

"Which room are you from?" She looked at the little girl and saw that she had her hands covered in her arms, as if she was hiding something that could not be seen by the light.

"I, I'm from Aunt Lian's room." The little girl lowered her head, timidly speaking as softly as a mosquito.

"Aunt Lian?"

"Yes."

She thought back and remembered that although Lu Yuxuan favored Yu Muyan on the surface, he took two concubines because Yu Muyan had not given birth in the past few years.

One of them was originally Lu Yuxuan's concubine, but was promoted to a concubine. Later, she made a mistake and was driven out. The other one is now Aunt Lian, who was found by Lu Yuxuan's aunt and has a clean family background.

Aunt Lian knew that she could not please Lu Yuxuan, so she stayed in the main house honestly, did not cause trouble, and lived up to her duty. It was just pitiful that she stayed in the deep house all her life without any hope.

This little girl serves Aunt Lian and is called Yinxiang.

She wanted to ask a few more questions, but seeing Yinxiang trembling with fear, she didn't ask and let her leave.

Before I reached the kitchen, I ran into Sister Cuihong, who was holding half a bowl of egg custard in her hand.

As soon as she saw her coming, Sister Cuihong complained in a rage, "Mom, I have to tell you, the big kitchen is too outrageous..."

Now when she heard this title, she felt like the Mother of the Earth, the mother of everyone.

She nodded, "What's going on?"

Sister Cuihong showed her the egg custard and said, "Smell it, it's rotten! Miss Qi had a poor appetite this morning, so she asked someone to go to the kitchen to get a bowl of egg custard and yam cake so that she could digest it better. But Miss Qi ate a few bites of the egg custard and vomited it. The waiter tasted it and found out that the egg custard was rotten! The yam cake was not freshly made either."

"Is there such a thing?"

"That's right. It's bad enough that the food for us servants is not good, but the girl's diet is also like this. This, this is not right!"

She nodded, and all the new and old grudges had to be settled together.

Eating has always been the top priority, but now all important matters have to be put aside and the kitchen matters must be dealt with first!

I don’t know where Sister Huan came from, but when she saw them going to the kitchen, she followed them happily, thinking she could get some delicious food.

She even said to her in a coquettish way, "Mom, the food in the big kitchen is getting more and more perfunctory now. It's just rotten vegetable leaves and watery soup. I've lost weight. When you get there later, can you give me a piece of fried cake to try?"

She said, "Don't just watch the show later, help us too. Not only fried cakes, but also chicken legs, lamb legs and so on. I'll make them for you."

It was almost noon, and the big kitchen was filled with smoke. Some were washing vegetables, some were cutting meat, some were kneading dough, and some were lighting the fire. Everyone was busy and no one paid any attention to the three uninvited guests.

It happened that Xinlan, the maidservant of the second young lady from the second house, came and asked, "Is the second young lady's meal ready?"

Aunt Wu, who is in charge of the kitchen, is the mother-in-law of Aunt Wu who came to persuade Lin Weiqiao that day.

Aunt Wu pointed to the table of steaming food in the front and said, "It was prepared a long time ago. We used charcoal to cook it because we were afraid it would be cold and not tasty. It was cooked not long ago."

Xinlan looked at the food on the table and packed them one by one in a lunch box.

Lin Weiqiao and the other two watched and swallowed their saliva at the same time. The hot dishes included steamed minced pork and egg, honey-roasted quail, stir-fried artemisia selengensis, steamed shrimp, braised yellow croaker, red date and black chicken soup, and fried meatballs.

The snacks include chestnut cakes, sesame crisps, and sugar-curd cheese. There are also green bean water and soy milk to relieve greasiness.

Seeing Xinlan was about to take it away after packing it, Lin Weiqiao stopped her and said, "Wait a minute!"

Xinlan said unhappily: "Mother Lin, what are you waiting for? The second young lady is still hungry."

"The second young lady eats so well every day, she won't be hungry for a while, right?"

"what do you mean?"

Lin Weiqiao threw the half bowl of egg custard in front of Aunt Wu and said, "I want to ask, what does this mean?"

Aunt Wu pretended to be confused, "Mother Lin, this is..."

"Why, you don't recognize it? Isn't this what you gave to Miss Seven this morning? If your nose is not damaged, you should be able to smell that it's rotten, right?"

"If it's hot today, the food left over from the morning will definitely go bad."

"But the food I took out from you this morning was already rotten."

"Hey, Mama Lin, what do you mean by this? I don't admit to throwing dirty water on you. We made it fresh, how could it go bad?"

Sister Cuihong was so angry, "Don't even think about denying it. Miss Seven vomited after eating it. We took a bite and it was obviously rotten! We have nothing to do, so how could we wrongly accuse you of half a bowl of rotten egg custard?"

Aunt Wu was busy with her work. "I don't have time to argue with you. I haven't finished the work in the kitchen yet. I can't afford to delay the meal."

Lin Weiqiao glanced around and asked, "Where are the meals for the third and seventh girls?"

Aunt Wu glanced at them sideways and ignored them. The others didn't dare say anything either and just buried their heads in their work.

It was the yellow lady who opened the fish that was still steaming in the pot and said, "It's not ready yet. Are you two ladies in a hurry to eat it?"

Lin Weiqiao asked: "What dishes are there?"

"It was steamed fish, tofu soup, stir-fried bamboo shoots, shredded pork with fish sauce, and eight-treasure rice pudding. The two girls shared it."

"Gone?"

Mrs. Huang shook her head.

Lin Weiqiao casually took a low bamboo chair and sat down, pointing at the food box in Xinlan's hand, "Make this kind of food for the third and seventh girls."

Xinlan was not happy about it. "Mother Lin, what do you mean? The second daughter is in her growth period."

Sister Huan spoke quickly, her tone drawn out, "Hey listen, what's the new news? The second young lady needs to grow taller, so the two young ladies in our room don't need to grow taller? I'm afraid that the two young ladies combined can't even compare to the second young lady."

"You! This is a special order from the old lady. She wants the kitchen to prepare a few more dishes for the second young lady every day."

"So what you mean is that the old lady is partial and doesn't care about the third and seventh girls?"