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

The thing was wrapped in a blue handkerchief. As for what was inside, Cheng Yu couldn't see it because he didn't have the ability to see through things, so he didn't know what it was.

But it looks like there are quite a lot of things.

Cheng Yu didn't refuse and took it immediately.

I said thank you verbally.

"Thank you, Sister Fu Cui, for sending it here personally. Please say hello to the prince for me, so I won't bother him in front of him."

Fu Cui hummed and said nothing.

Cheng Yu originally wanted to open the handkerchief and take out some to give to Fu Cui.

But on second thought, a maid serving the prince must have received many rewards, and this reward might be much better than hers.

Maybe if she gave these rewards to Fu Cui, Fu Cui would still feel that they were shabby.

She didn't need to cook for lunch today, and she didn't plan to stay in the kitchen.

Since he wasn't cooking here, Cheng Yu didn't want to take ingredients from the big kitchen. Even the leftovers were difficult to take.

Look at the unhappy face of Fang's mother. If she took the ingredients from the kitchen, Fang's mother would make a big fuss about it.

Besides, it’s not impossible to buy some ingredients outside.

If a servant living in the servant's room gets married and has a child, the master will not help you raise the child.

Some families earn little money per month, but have many children, and their children are crying for food, so they have to do some private work outside in their spare time to supplement the family income.

It's just like those who worked as formal workers in the 1970s and 1980s. They had formal jobs, but the wages were low and they couldn't afford to raise many children, so they had to do other jobs outside.

As long as you don't get caught by your boss, there's nothing wrong with some small fights.

Therefore, people in the servants' room can go out to buy things, and the door is not locked, so you can just go and buy, or even sell some things without any problem.

But generally speaking, those who went out to sell things were young girls who did not work in the palace.

Like Cheng Yu and her cousin Cheng Mei, they started working in the mansion before they were twelve or thirteen.

A slave-born child does not require money to buy, and the monthly salary given is also small, so it is naturally useful.

Cheng Yu has made plans. She will go out to buy some things and cook in the evening.

There are only the nanny in the Cheng family now, and Cheng Bin and her who go back at night. As for whether Cheng Mei will come back or when she will come back, it is not certain.

When on duty, I usually don't come back at night.

If I wasn't on duty, I could come back and have a good sleep.

Cheng Yu took the reward, said a few words of thanks to Fu Cui, and left.

Fu Cui indeed did not think highly of the reward that the prince gave to Cheng Yu, but she was a little jealous in her heart.

On the way back, Cheng Yu found something secret and then opened his handkerchief to take a look.

No wonder Fu Cui was jealous of her.

In addition to a silver hairpin, a pair of two nails, and two gold leaves were wrapped in the handkerchief.

She had received this gold leaf once from her mistress.

A gold leaf converted into RMB would cost more than 20,000 yuan based on the current gold price.

Cheng Yuxi was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling and quickly put the gold leaves away.

As for the hairpin, its style was simple and old-fashioned, but it was made of silver after all. Even if she didn't like wearing these things, she could keep it and exchange it for money in the future.

She had just gotten the gold leaf, and that useless system automatically upgraded again.

It costs 20,000 to open a store warehouse.

Cheng Yu didn't even have a choice, the idiot system gave her the order, and the gold leaf in her hand just disappeared.

She finally understood that she couldn't have some money in her hands.

However, this warehouse serves a very good purpose.

Can store things.

Cheng Yu tentatively picked up a stone from the ground, and suddenly, the stone was placed in the warehouse as she wished.

Didn't disappear.

Cheng Yu was still worried. She was afraid that if she put the silver hairpin and two nails into the warehouse, the stupid system would take them away.

Let’s wait a little longer.

I spent one gold leaf and got a warehouse. I don’t know whether this business is profitable or not.

Putting aside his deep thoughts, Cheng Yu walked straight towards the servants' quarters.

When I got home, I found that Nanny Cheng was not there and the door was locked.

It’s not Nanny Cheng’s fault for not leaving the door open. Who knew she would come back at noon today?

Cheng Bin is still on duty and can only come back at night.

Nanny Cheng is not here at the moment, and no one knows where she has gone or when she will be back.

Cheng Yu had nothing to do, and she had some copper coins on her, so she thought of going out for a walk.

It's a good time to buy some vegetables and meat.

The geographical location of the palace is excellent. No matter how shabby the servants' quarters are, they are still the servants' quarters of the palace. After going out of the small door of the servants' quarters and walking a short distance to the back, there is a vegetable vendor.

There are more fish sellers in winter, with at least three fish sellers on one street.

There were quite a few people selling vegetables. The weather was relatively cold, so most of the vegetables they sold were radishes, white radishes, green radishes, carrots, as well as cabbage, snow vegetables, mustard greens, and spinach.

Selling dried wood ear mushrooms and various fungi.

It's not very lively, and there are not many people hanging out in the cold weather.

It was not appropriate for Cheng Yu, a girl alone, to wander around all the time, so she quickly bought some vegetables and prepared to go back.

Cabbage and radish were cheap, so Cheng Yu bought some.

I bought two dying fish at the corner.

This kind of fish is not sold by kilogram, but five cents for one fish, and ten cents for two. A live fish costs at least five cents per kilogram, and a fish weighing three kilograms costs fifteen cents.

She was getting a good deal.

Originally, she was thinking of buying some meat. When she came across a butcher shop, Cheng Yu ordered two pig's trotters and a piece of pork belly. She didn't want the pork shank bone. For family consumption, it was better to be economical.

The two fish cost fifteen cents, and the cabbage and radish together only cost five cents.

Two pig's trotters for six copper coins.

The pork belly was a bit expensive, one piece weighed more than three pounds, and one pound cost six copper coins. I paid twenty-three copper coins.

In addition, I bought some ingredients such as black fungus, mushrooms, seasonings, onions, ginger, garlic, etc.

The total cost was about sixty copper coins.

If I didn't buy fish and meat today, this meal would only cost a few copper coins at most.

Cheng Yu was carrying the things while Nanny Cheng had already returned and was sitting on the chair sighing.

"Grandma, you're back. I went to see my brother this afternoon. He said he would be back in the evening, so I went out to buy some food. I'll cook for you in the evening."

He put the things down and looked at Nanny Cheng who was sighing.

"What happened?"

"It was that old woman from the sewing room who brought the matter to the princess. If it weren't for the princess's support, I would have torn her apart."

"Grandma, this matter is over. The maid who can do needlework in the princess's courtyard is the princess's person. Why do you care about her?"

Matron Cheng, "It's not that the princess is willing to take care of her. She said that this needlework woman will be the second young lady's dowry nanny in the future, so it's not good to offend her."

How could Nanny Cheng not know all this?

Then he cursed again, "Isn't it because we, the Cheng family, are servants of the palace, without a master to rely on, and are bullied by others?"