Reborn as a Maid in Ancient Times

After finishing her work, Zhang You went with the rest of the group to the small kitchen for dinner.

Looking at the stir-fried cabbage and porridge with only a few grains of rice in front of her, Zhang You became even more determined to get a promotion as soon as possible, earn more money, and find Chef Zhang to cook for her!

After dinner, Zhang You and the others cleaned up the mess as usual. By the time they finished, it was completely dark, and they finally ended their day at work.

Zhang You finally had time to tidy her bed. As she did so, she listened to their conversation and occasionally joined in.

After spending half a day together, Zhang You and her six roommates had become familiar with each other.

Although they look very similar at first glance, each of them has their own unique characteristics.

For example, the girl sleeping next to her was named Xiuer. She was a well-behaved girl who looked very sweet and was actually very well-behaved. She had a delicate and refined look, if you ignored her unique dialect.

However, after she entered the manor, the nanny taught her to change her way of speaking, and she has been practicing it recently. But when the nanny is not around, she still speaks in a dialect that Zhang You can't quite understand.

I heard that she originally lived in a village near the border. Her family was quite well-off, but half a year ago, due to the war, her parents fled and she was separated from them. She was young and alone, and had no means of making a living. She almost couldn't survive. She happened to come here when the mansion was recruiting people, so she came in.

Yet another human being succumbs to the urge to eat.

We have sympathy for each other.

The girl sleeping next to Xiuer, who was half a head taller than her and had a somewhat carefree personality, was named Chunmiao. She and the girl next to her, named Cuihua, came from the same village.

Chunmiao and Cuihua seem to be cousins, with Cuihua being a year older than Chunmiao.

I heard that Cuihua is the daughter of their village chief. I don't know why she would think of becoming a maid in the mansion, and she even brought her cousin with her.

Although Chunmiao was very enthusiastic, for some reason, Cuihua seemed to dislike Zhang You from the beginning, and as a result, Chunmiao didn't chat with them much.

However, according to Zhang You's observation, Cuihua probably thought she was too rustic.

After all, no one would have a good first impression of someone who looks disheveled and starts wolfing down their food right away.

She paid special attention to her appearance. Apart from the wealthy-looking old women who wore silver earrings, she was the only one among them who wore silver earrings. While the others had only a toothbrush and a towel on their dressing tables, she had a box of cosmetics, though she didn't seem to use much, only applying lipstick.

To be fair, she is indeed good-looking, bright and elegant.

However, she has a cleanliness obsession and particularly dislikes Zhang You!

She wouldn't touch any of the dishes Zhang You had touched with her chopsticks, and deliberately avoided them. Even though she was initially sitting near Zhang You, she deliberately moved further away, and in the evening she even switched seats with Chunmiao just to avoid sitting with Zhang You.

In the afternoon, Zhang You also used the water from washing dishes to look at her own appearance. Although she couldn't see her skin tone clearly, she was so thin that her cheekbones were prominent, and her eye sockets were sunken. It was really hard to believe that she was a teenage girl. She looked like she had been abused. However, recalling the scene at the time, she guessed that it probably was indeed abuse.

But she wasn't horribly ugly, just too thin and somewhat underdeveloped. However, her features were still discernible as regular, so she couldn't accept such blatant disdain from others.

However, Zhang You was already quite adept at handling such matters.

Work is work, and life is life. Just pretend you don't see it in your personal life, although you may still feel uncomfortable at times.

However, one shouldn't make things difficult for oneself. If there's no choice to be made, what's the point of fighting and struggling?

Let's minimize trouble if we can.

The three girls opposite weren't as difficult to get along with as Cuihua, but they weren't exactly easy to get along with either.

They came from the same village, which is probably why the three of them often did things together. Although they would talk and chat, it was difficult for them to integrate into each other's group.

Of the three women, one was shy, one was tactful, and one was quiet.

The shy one is called Yang'er, the smooth one is called Erniu, and the quiet one is called Hua'er.

From Zhang You's perspective, the girl named Hua'er was prettier than Cuihua.

Perhaps for this reason, Cuihua didn't interact with her much, and would even deliberately talk to Yang'er while ignoring Hua'er.

They're clearly trying to form cliques.

It's shameful to compare and belittle others.

However, the three of them have a good relationship. Although Yang'er would reply to Cuihua, she was always polite but distant.

After Cuihua made a fool of herself, she would drag Chunmiao out to take the fall.

At this point, Erniu would inevitably step in to smooth things over and ease the tension.

Fortunately, Chunmiao was easygoing and didn't see through the intricacies of the situation. She just talked enthusiastically with the others, and everyone was happy to talk to her.

Sheep have fair skin and are quite cute, but they always keep their heads down and don't talk to people often.

Erniu has fox-like eyes and is very experienced and tactful in her actions, never making anyone feel awkward.

The flower is beautiful, but she is too quiet and doesn't talk much. She also cherishes the jade pendant that her mother left her. She is reluctant to wear it and carefully keeps it wrapped in a handkerchief in her box. Every night she takes it out to wipe and caress it.

Ugh.

The thought of having to spend another year with them made Zhang You feel exhausted.

There are too many people.

Too complicated.

With so many people under one roof, and already two separate groups, what if they form cliques in the future—although for now, there's no doubt that Zhang You is with Er Niu and the others.

However, joining them isn't a good solution either, since it's impossible to truly integrate into the group of three.

It's best to remain a neutral observer.

After all, it's always been like this.

Watching the subtle power struggles and backstabbing among the six women, Zhang You couldn't help but start thinking about her future plans.

To be honest, Zhang You really dislikes this kind of clique-forming behavior.

Living in this environment, you have to consider this and that every moment, which is very tiring.

Will I still have roommates like this after the assessment?

and many more.

Granny Chang seemed to have said that third-class maids lived in rooms for four people, second-class maids lived in rooms for two people, and first-class maids lived in rooms for one person. Moreover, most of them slept in the master's side room and were always ready to obey the master's orders.

So it seems that being a second-class maid is not bad. Being a third-class maid is not safe, and being a first-class maid is somewhat dangerous. Being a second-class maid is the best!

You absolutely must roll it!

Pass the exam!

Roll a second-class maid!

"It's late, you guys stop chatting, I'm going to sleep."

After they finished washing up, they chatted for a while, then lay on their beds and chatted casually.

As they chatted for a while, Chunmiao and Erniu got excited and started complaining about a few unknown servants.

Zhang You lay on the bed, listening quietly to the gossip.

But he was suddenly startled by Cuihua's outburst.

After listening, Chunmiao was quiet for a while, then weakly replied with an "oh," and lay down quietly.

"It's gotten late, we've been chatting for so long without realizing it. Sorry, let's go to sleep then," Erniu said, trying to smooth things over.

After a few replies and some rustling sounds, I realized they had also fallen asleep.