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

Help the lady wash and lie down.

Dingxiang and Ziwei took the reward money that the lady had asked them to prepare in advance and distributed it to everyone one by one.

"Each of the servants below will be rewarded with one tael of silver and two feet of plain cloth."

When everyone heard this, there was an uproar.

"Thank you for the reward, madam."

Everyone said in unison, extremely happy.

Ziwei also smiled and said, "It's getting late tonight, and the lady has already gone to bed. I'll give you the reward money first. Tomorrow morning, you can go to the sewing room to get the cloth."

"Yes, thank you Sister Ziwei."

Several maids near the front were talking happily.

Everyone has cloth, and maids can make clothes out of it.

This little servant doesn't know how to sew clothes, so he can ask the old maid for help and give her some hard work fee.

The old housewives are still willing to do this to earn some extra money.

Maids and servants were given one tael each, while the maid in charge and the head maid who served were given two taels each.

The accountant and the mistress had given red envelopes in advance, at least five taels of silver per person, and Ziwei and Dingxiang didn't have to worry about it.

Zhao Rulan has always been generous to those who are loyal to her.

After the money was distributed, everyone dispersed.

Dingxiang asked Xiangling to keep watch at night, and also called Ziwei and Zhijin to help guard outside the door.

Zhu'er was just promoted, and usually she didn't do much work for the mistress, so she didn't get any rewards. But she was very happy to get a reward of one or two taels.

Seeing Ziwei was beside Cheng Yu, Zhu'er did not dare to act rudely and did not go forward.

Dingxiang knew that Cheng Yu must be extremely tired after the New Year’s Eve dinner tonight.

She asked a little maidservant outside the door to follow her to her aunt's courtyard, deliver the things, and pass on a message.

"Yu'er, go back and have some rest. I don't think there will be anything to do tonight."

Cheng Yu nodded, "Okay, then I'll go back."

Only after Dingxiang was busy did Zhuer dare to run to Cheng Yu.

Huanxi said, "I received the reward money today, but I didn't expect that the lady would give me one or two taels of silver."

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "That's right. This little bit of silver is half a month's salary for us."

"Yu'er, you only got one or two taels? Hasn't the reward from the old lady arrived yet?" Zhu'er asked.

Cheng Yu shook his head.

The old lady said to wait for the reward, but the reward has not been delivered yet. After making the New Year's Eve dinner, she stayed in the big kitchen and did not go anywhere else, but it has not been delivered tonight.

However, the mistress Zhao Rulan was here, and the old lady also said in front of everyone that she would appreciate the reward.

Rewards are inevitable, it’s just a matter of sooner or later.

Zhu'er didn't feel any envy or jealousy when she asked Cheng Yu these questions. Cheng Yu deserved whatever she got.

But Zhu'er had her own little purpose in looking for Cheng Yu.

"Okay Yu'er, let's have a few drinks tonight. The New Year's Eve dinner prepared by the big kitchen has meat and vegetables, but it's still not as delicious as what you cook, Yu'er."

"It's a good opportunity to call Sister Ziwei and Sister Dingxiang to join us."

Tonight is New Year's Eve. Every household drinks and stays up till the New Year. Even the housekeeper will have a drink when she has time.

"I can't sleep early tonight. My wife didn't eat much at the New Year's Eve dinner. If I rest early now, I'm afraid I'll have to wake up to eat at night. Let's go back and rest first. I'll go to the kitchen later and prepare some food. We can also have a glass of wine to warm ourselves up."

Hearing Cheng Yu agree.

Zhu'er was naturally the happiest.

"I will follow you from now on. I won't be able to eat delicacies from the mountains and the sea, but this delicious meat is always indispensable."

"You also said that two days ago when I went out to buy needles and thread, I met someone selling the braised pork you made. I knew it was you just by the smell. I went up to ask and found out that the person selling the braised pork was Zhang, the deliveryman's sister."

Because Cheng Yu had told Zhu'er before that she should choose a good man, so if anyone dared to hit on her again, they should just say that she already had a fiancé.

After choosing and choosing, Zhu'er finally set her eyes on Zhang, the food delivery man.

Now all I talk about to Cheng Yu are the good things about the Zhang family.

"…His family is relatively simple, but they seem to be living a good life. I'm worried that Zhang, the delivery man, won't be interested in me. Besides, how could he be interested in me when you are so beautiful and capable?"

Cheng Yu said: "Don't I have a fiancé?"

Pearl paused.

"Yu'er, are you really going to marry back in the future? I feel that your fiancé is not very reliable. It has been more than two years since you followed the eldest lady to the Lu family, and he has never said a word to you."

Cheng Yu smiled but said nothing.

Her childhood engagement has been cancelled, but she doesn't want to explain it. For her, at the moment, there are only benefits and no harm in keeping the name of having a fiancé.

"Don't bother me. If you like him, just say so. He will always make it clear whether he has that intention or not. If he really doesn't have that intention, you don't have to waste your time on him."

Zhu Er nodded seriously, "You are right, he doesn't like me, and I can't just keep wasting time."

"Actually, I don't think it matters whether I find a man or not. As long as I can eat something with you, I'll be happy."

It seems that in Zhu'er's eyes, as long as there is food to eat, it doesn't matter if there is a man.

The two returned to the house, Cheng Yu put away the reward money and looked at the hairpin given by the lady.

This hairpin is indeed beautiful.

She didn't want to wear it at first, but the lady told her to take care of herself in the future.

Cheng Yu thought, I should just put it on.

Zhu'er had already taken out her money box and counted it several times.

"When spring comes, I will go out and cut out some nice spring clothes."

Cheng Yu didn't respond. She went outside to get some hot water and washed her hair briefly. The weather had been bad in the past few days and she couldn't even wash her hair.

The house in the system has been renovated. She thought that she would go into her self-built house later, after Zhuer fell asleep, and take a comfortable hot bath.

Now get some hot water for a quick wash and then take a nap.

I'll definitely be busy in the second half of the night.

Cheng Yu lay down to sleep, and Zhu'er went to get some water to wash.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of fireworks and firecrackers became louder and louder. Cheng Yu got up and saw Zhu'er was still sleeping.

There were footsteps outside the door.

When Cheng Yu opened the door, he saw Taozi, the maid doing odd jobs in the kitchen.

"Yu'er, you just woke up. The Madam woke up. Sister Dingxiang was making dumplings for the Madam. She asked me to come and take a look. She said you fell asleep, so there's no need to call. If you're awake, go to the small kitchen."

Cheng Yu combed her hair and put on her coat.

"I just slept for a while, and Zhuer was still talking about having a drink together in the evening. Before I woke up, she fell asleep by herself."

"I saved time, thinking that the lady would be hungry at this time, and the fireworks were too loud to sleep, so I just got up."