I was a queen in ancient times, no, a maid!

The dinner was simple and light, and Cheng Yu prepared it without much effort. The staple food was the hand-rolled noodles made by Mother Wang.

Mrs. Wang’s staple food is pretty good.

The noodles were cooked for the lady using the bone soup that was boiled in the morning. After it was delivered to the mistress for dinner, there was some noodles left in the pot, so Mother Wang took some away and ate it herself.

There were still some soup residue left in the soup pot, and two bones with no meat on them. The remaining bones and meat after the soup was boiled had long been scooped away by Mother Wang.

There won’t be any left for others to eat.

The servants' dinner was prepared by two apprentices working for Mother Wang.

These two apprentices were bought by Mother Wang after she came to the Lu family. They are not related to her at all.

But if you have recognized a master, no matter whether he teaches you or not, you call him master and respect him as an elder.

The two apprentices were named Chunya and Chunmiao. Apart from being afraid of Mother Wang, they did not dare to offend Madam Li. In the small kitchen, they acted like second in command and looked down on others.

However, the two of them only dared to target Taozi. She didn't dare to offend maids of the same status as Cheng Yu and Dingxiang.

Not to mention her, even Mother Wang wouldn't dare to offend her easily.

These two maids were just being lazy, and Mother Wang didn't teach them anything else, so they didn't learn anything. The meals cooked in the big pot were not tasty, just a little better than those in the big kitchen, but with a little more oil and water.

Dingxiang and Ziwei came together. Seeing another pot of dishes, the staple food was the brown rice left over from lunch, so naturally they had no appetite.

"Sister Ding Xiang, wait for me for a moment. I'll make you something else to eat."

Cheng Yu treats Dingxiang differently from how he treats others. Dingxiang has always been very caring towards the original owner, and she, who just traveled through time, also benefited from it.

Ziwei, who was standing by, asked, "Yu'er, do you mean to only give it to Dingxiang and not to us?"

Cheng Yu pursed her lips and said nothing. She really didn't want to give Ziwei the food.

She fed Dingxiang the food because she was following Dingxiang's instructions. Dingxiang took care of her, so it was her duty to be nice to Dingxiang.

Cheng Yu is hers now, so Ding Xiang will naturally protect him.

"Ziwei, don't bully me. Yu'er lives in my house. She made me something to eat because she loves me. If you want to eat, you should give her some benefits in exchange."

Dingxiang is a smart person and gave some advice.

Ziwei said to Cheng Yu happily, "Just give me a bowl of food, and I will bring you something good in the evening."

Cheng Yu didn't say anything either.

I strained the bone soup left over after Wang's mother had used it, added some water, cut half a radish, and made radish soup.

She steamed the crabs at noon today, mainly because she was afraid that all the crabs would die and there would be no meat if she steamed them again. She also wanted to take the crabs back to the house to eat later.

Since Dingxiang doesn't want to eat this overly light lunch and she doesn't want to eat it either, then just make something else.

I served a bowl of hot brown rice and peeled two crabs.

The crab roe and crab paste were ready, and the crab legs were given to Zhuer and she ate them all.

Soon the crab meat and crab roe fried rice was ready. Cheng Yu did not use the eggs in the small kitchen, but just used some meat after frying and some leftover vegetables to stir-fry a small pot.

He served a bowl to Dingxiang and Ziwei respectively, and Cheng Yu also served half a bowl for himself.

He called Zhu'er and Taozi over and shared the rest with them.

The other people in the small kitchen also wanted to come up and share some, but there was none left.

"Don't fight over it, and don't keep asking Yu'er for it. We're not eating Yu'er's food for free. The chef is a master of cooking. If you eat his food, you should at least give him some hard work fee."

"Besides, Yu'er is not responsible for making a big pot of rice for all of us."

Zhu'er hurried forward. Since she had eaten Yu'er's food, she always wanted to help Yu'er. Now she came to help her out.

When the people around heard this, they hurriedly said, "Yu'er, tell me, how much do we give you? You can sell it to us. I find that no matter what you cook, you don't seem to want to sell it to us."

The person who spoke was Zhijin, who was working for Ziwei.

She worked with Ziwei, but her relationship with Cheng Yu was not that close, and there were also two embroiderers in the Orchid Garden.

The embroiderer received a considerable monthly salary, a full two taels of silver.

Another idle job.

Their main function was to tailor clothes for the mistress and her future children; they did not need to make clothes for the servants.

I have been following the eldest lady since I was in the palace, and now I have been following the eldest lady in the Lu family. It has been more than ten years and I have saved a lot of money.

They had money, but they were not allowed to go out to buy food and drinks without permission, so they would usually ask the maids and old women who went out to buy things to bring some food back.

Who doesn't want to eat something delicious?

If you can't even have enough to eat, then what's the meaning of life?

Therefore, this inner house is really feasible in terms of food.

Cheng Yu said softly, "Sisters, if you want to eat, I'll go out and buy some food in a couple of days. I'll make more and sell it to you at cost price. But now we're eating food from the small kitchen. I'll just process it a little bit. Sister Ziwei and the others will just give me some hard work money. Don't argue."

"The quarrel was so serious that if the mistress saw that we were not getting along, no one would cook for her anymore."

Then, no one spoke anymore.

Zhijin whispered, "Then let's make a deal. Next time you make more, you can charge a little more. It's ok if it's cheaper than outside."

"We can't go out normally, and we can't afford gold and silver hairpins, but we can always afford the food for our mouths."

"Yeah, the first few times I just smelled it, but it was so delicious that I dreamed of eating chicken legs at night."

"Yu'er, just do it. I will definitely pay for it and won't eat for free or take advantage of you."

Cheng Yu said: "I won't let you eat for free."

Dingxiang and Ziwei sat on one side and ate their food, not caring about talking or wanting to talk so as not to delay their meal.

Because Cheng Yu was talking to everyone, she kept saying that she hadn't eaten much, so Zhu'er urged her to eat quickly.

The people around were watching them eat. Taozi held the bowl in her arms, fearing that someone would snatch the food from her bowl.

Her presence in the small kitchen was too low and anyone could bully her. What if someone wanted to steal her food and she couldn't protect them? When Taozi found that several pairs of eyes were staring at her, she buried her head in her work and quickly swallowed the fried rice into her mouth, almost choking.

Hearing her cough, Zhu'er said, "Eat slowly, no one can snatch the food away from you."

After eating the fried rice with crab meat and crab roe, he also drank up the whole pot of radish soup made by Cheng Yu.

That night, after Ziwei finished her work, she brought a piece of light pink material and gave it to Cheng Yu.

It was said that the material was a bit old, but it was indeed new and had never been used, and the surface was intact. It was a reward from her mistress before, but she thought the color was too light, so she didn't use it.

"You don't want it?"

Seeing that Cheng Yu didn't say anything, Ziwei asked.

"No, I want to ask Sister Ziwei, we are going to have spicy hot pot tonight, do you want to come?"