I was a housekeeper in ancient times

The room was quiet, the curtains were half-rolled, the windows were half-open, and the door was bolted.

Lin Weiqiao hid in a dark corner of the room, counting intently: "One, two..." The more she counted, the louder her voice became, and she could not hide her excitement.

A few days ago, Yu Muyan received an imperial decree and many people came to him to give him gifts, and he was overwhelmed with gifts.

Yu Muyan has always been generous and lavish, and when there are some small items that are not needed, she would give them to her subordinates.

You know, the small items in Yu Muyan's eyes are gold rings, silver rings, earrings, pearl hairpins and so on. They are inconspicuous, but valuable.

In those few days alone, she received two pairs of gem-studded earrings, a pair of South China pearl earrings, two gold rings, a Hetian jade buckle, a purple jade hairpin with carved flowers, a gilded hairpin with kingfisher feathers, and some small change.

"Tsk tsk, I got one too." She was afraid that Sister Huan would come to ask her for something, so she specially found a secret place to hide it, and even locked the room when entering and exiting.

She felt that something was not right. The original owner had worked for Yu Muyan for so many years and had been rewarded with many valuable things, so how come she only had so little wealth left?

Even if Huan Jieer took all of it, that wouldn't work. Huan Jieer only took the jewelry materials, so what about the gold and silver that the original owner had saved? Did she give it to Huan Jieer as well?

Come to think of it, it doesn't make sense. At most, Sister Huan is a little greedy. She can't eat that much, right?

Just as I was thinking about it, Xiaohan suddenly shouted outside the door: "Mom, someone is coming home!"

She quickly hid her things and went out, and saw Xiaohan leading the mother and daughter towards her.

She looked closely and found it strangely familiar.

The mother was in her early forties, with a pointed face, deep eye sockets, sharp eyes, yellow teeth, and many wrinkles on her face, yet she still wore makeup and brightly colored clothes, which looked particularly out of place.

The daughter was about twenty years old. She had a cone-shaped face and a pointed chin like her mother. She had a fashionable hairstyle and wore a few pearl hairpins. She had a fair complexion and an average appearance, but her eyes were half-closed and could hardly be opened.

Both mother and daughter were dressed in brand new clothes from head to toe. I wonder if they wore them specially to come home or if they wore new clothes every day at home.

"Qiaomei, your niece and I are here to see you. What are you doing in your room?" the woman asked.

"Oh, nothing, it's my sister-in-law and Yu Jie'er. Come in and sit down. Xiaohan, go boil some water." Lin Weiqiao quickly recalled that these were the original owner's eldest sister-in-law and niece.

Aunt Lin happily led her daughter Zhenyu into the house. As soon as they stepped over the threshold, the mother and daughter began to look around, their eyeballs darting around, fearing that there was something good in the room that they would miss.

After an inspection, they found that there was no difference from before, but there were a few pieces of fashionable fabrics on the box, which made the mother and daughter feel a little comforted.

After Xiaohan made tea and they had some snacks, they exchanged some pleasantries.

Lin Weiqiao discovered many of the original owners' things on the mother and daughter.

Just like the red gold twisted wire bracelet and the gold ring on Aunt Lin’s hand, the pair of gold earrings on her ears, all the pearl hairpins on Zhenyu’s head, and the materials on her body, all belonged to the original owner!

She felt so painful that if it wasn't inconvenient, she really wanted to snatch it back.

Come to think of it, the original owner was worthy of being Yu Muyan's first-class companion. These master and servant are really the same. One pays tribute to her husband's family, while the other pays tribute to her parents' family. They selflessly devote themselves to helping others.

Aunt Lin glanced at her and said with a smile: "Sister, I heard that you were ill a while ago, so I wanted to come and see you, but who knew that your elder brother's old leg problem would come back. Yujie is your wife now, so she should come and take care of you. But isn't there a funeral in the mansion, and you are in the mansion, and Yujie is an outsider, so it's not good for her to come in and cause trouble..."

She just smiled and said nothing. According to the original owner's memory, she had been subsidizing her mother's family, supporting her eldest brother's family, and even her aunt Lin's family.

Such selfless dedication is only met with ever-increasing and unrestrained demands.

Anyway, whatever Aunt Lin's family lacked, or if they didn't have enough money, they would come to ask the original owner for it.

In order to support her mother's family, the original owner spent all the money she had earned over the years on it, and even let her son marry her niece Zhenyu, and continued to support her son and daughter-in-law.

So the original owner’s wealth was not insufficient, but was all given to her parents’ family and children.

It is said that a pinch of rice is a token of gratitude; doing this will not earn them gratitude, but will make them ungrateful and demand more than they deserve.

Originally, she disliked Sister Huan, but with this mother and daughter, she felt that Sister Huan was just a little bit conscienceless.

"Where is Shan Ge'er?" she asked, and she suddenly remembered that she had an adopted son.

"Mom, I came here just for this matter. Brother Shan wants to do some business with someone, and he's a little short of money..." Zhenyu said.

"What kind of business do you want to start?"

"Well, I haven't decided yet. I'll go out and investigate first to see what to sell."

"Then you haven't started business yet, so why are you short of money?"

"Mom, you know that Shan Ge doesn't have a regular income. I manage the house, but I don't have any income. Where does Shan Ge get the money to go out?"

Zhenyu was puzzled. In the past, her mother-in-law would take the money without her having to ask. Why was she asking so many questions today and seemed reluctant to give it?

Aunt Lin continued, "Sister, it's not easy to have children. It's a pity that my family is not well off, otherwise I would like to help them. They just got married not long ago, and everything is difficult. Shan Ge'er wants to do business, you have to support him, right? The money you give to two children is only enough to support them, not to start a business."

Lin Weiqiao just smiled and said nothing. She was not the original owner and would not be such a wronged person.

She stood up and said, "Shan Ge'er is my son. Don't I know what kind of person he is? He is not cut out for business. He should just find a job. Now that you have a family, you are the head of the household. If you don't have money, you should save it slowly. Well, to be honest with you, with so many things happening in the mansion, my life is not easy either."

Aunt Lin and her daughter were always the ones complaining. Now when they heard Lin Weiqiao complaining, they were still a little unresponsive. In the past, no matter how miserable the original owner was, they would grit their teeth and support her, and help her when necessary.

Aunt Lin refused to give up and said with a fake smile: "Sister, what are you talking about? You work for this wealthy family and are the maid of the eldest lady. You have a very respectable life, which is incomparable to many families outside. No matter what you are like, you are better than us ordinary people."

Lin Weiqiao didn't give them the chance to cry poor and act pitiful, so she pretended that she had something to go out for and asked them to wait.

Anyway, the Bo's Mansion is so big that she can stay anywhere. If they want to wait, let them wait.

As soon as I arrived at Shuangxiyuan, I saw Mrs. Chen coming anxiously, "Mother Lin, the second room is here to urge the payment of the public money."

She said, "No! And it's not even next month yet, and they're rushing to pay me?"