Chapter 206 Lin Mansion 1
Chapter 206 Lin Mansion 1
When Yun Chu opened her eyes again, she was standing in an open space, surrounded by many people. Looking closely, they were all wearing coarse linen clothes, and their hands were rough, showing that they often did rough work.
Yun Chu quietly raised his head and quickly glanced forward a few times, and found that there were many people standing in front of the team who were dressed a little differently.
Compared to the coarse linen clothes, their clothes were plain, but the material was obviously much better than theirs.
There were even a few pretty girls wearing emerald green long skirts that reached their ankles, revealing embroidered shoes of the same color with green bamboo embroidered on them.
The simple yet neat bun is adorned with a variety of small yet exquisite hair accessories, and the graceful and exquisite figure exudes the fragrance of a girl.
Yun Chu looked at the dark blue coarse linen clothes on her body again, and immediately understood what class she was in the Lin Mansion.
Just by the way she was dressed she was sure that she was of ordinary status.
At this moment, an old woman in a dark green short jacket walked to the front of the team. Without saying a word, she scanned the people below with her sharp eyes.
Yun Chu understood that this was to put psychological pressure on them.
Sure enough, seeing the people below silently lowering their heads, the old woman nodded with satisfaction.
"There is a reason why I called you to this meeting today. I recently discovered that some people in the mansion are cunning and lazy. They take the monthly salary issued by the mansion but don't work hard. They only think about how to be lazy.
That's fine, but I found that some people actually used their positions to make money for themselves, which is absolutely not allowed!"
As she spoke, the old woman's eyes suddenly turned fierce.
"I'll say this one last time. The Lin family doesn't want such a lowly person who betrays his master. If you work hard every day, the masters will see it. As long as the master is happy, a reward will be enough for your whole family to eat and drink for a year. There is no need to take risks and do stupid things. Not only will you harm yourself, but you will also drag down your family.
From now on, if something like this happens again, the men will be sold as laborers and the women will be sold to prostitutes. I want to see who dares to embarrass me under my nose! "
After saying that, the old woman flicked her sleeves, snorted coldly and left.
The space was silent for a few seconds, and then the people around him started chattering. Yun Chu pricked up his ears and heard a lot of useful information.
Maid A: "Butler Lin is such a jerk. He called us all in to scold us even though it was clearly someone else's fault. Who would be happy to be scolded so early in the morning?"
Yun Chu understood that the old woman was the housekeeper of the Lin Mansion, and her last name was also Lin. It was either a name given by the master or she was a family member.
But no matter which one it is, it can be seen that she is the leader of the servants and is very trusted by her master.
Maid B: "That's right. There's already a lot of work to do. You said to hold a meeting, so just have it. We've been standing here for so long, but Steward Lin just wandered over slowly. It's obvious that he looks down on us."
Maid C: "Okay, stop complaining. If someone hears us and tells us about it, we'll be punished again."
After saying this, Maid B looked around with obvious fear, and only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that no one was paying attention to their conversation.
From the three maids, Yun Chu could roughly guess what kind of person Steward Lin was.
However, whether she is truly strict or just wielding power and enjoying respect remains to be seen.
Yun Chu listened to some of the other people's conversations. Some people were probably dissatisfied with Steward Lin's teachings, and some were dissatisfied with the servant Steward Lin mentioned who was collecting money for him.
Some people also think that if the water is too clear, there will be no fish. It is reasonable for them to take some small benefits and profits. The masters don’t need these. If they care too much, it will show their lack of generosity as the masters.
At this moment, one of the women standing in the front wearing an emerald green dress walked to where Steward Lin had just stood, smiled and comforted everyone.
"Butler Lin is also thinking about everyone. The Lin Mansion is a rare good family, and our Master Lin is a well-known philanthropist in the surrounding area. We are lucky to be able to work in the Lin Mansion. People from outside may not be able to enter even if they want to."
After hearing this, the people below were obviously not so anxious anymore.
Seeing that it worked, the woman quickly said again: "It's getting late outside, everyone get ready to go back to work. It will probably be quite hot today, I'll treat everyone to some mung bean soup."
After she finished speaking, her eyes fell on Yun Chu: "Yun Chu, the kitchen has to prepare meals for the masters. I'll have to trouble you with today's green bean soup for everyone. As for the expenses, I'll tell the accountant and deduct them from my monthly salary."
Yun Chu was suddenly called. She looked around and made sure that she was being called, so she quickly responded.
Then the woman said, "Then everyone go back to work. I won't say any more nonsense to avoid wasting everyone's time."
After saying that, the woman smiled at everyone and left with a group of maids who were also dressed in the same attire.
"Oh my god, Sister Mingyue is so gentle. It would be great if I could reach Sister Mingyue's position in the future."
Maid A looked at Mingyue's departing back with envy.
Maid B was disdainful and rolled her eyes: "One slap in the face and one red date, one plays the good cop and the other plays the bad cop, do you really think I can't see the difference?"
"That's enough. At least we have a bowl of mung bean soup today. If we want to drink it on other days, we have to use our monthly salary to buy it from the kitchen. You know how arrogant those people in the kitchen are."
Maid C didn't care whether Mingyue and Steward Lin teamed up to put on a show for them. Just as Mingyue said, it would be very hot today, and having a free bowl of mung bean soup would be the best thing.
The crowd gradually dispersed, and Yun Chu was assigned the task of cooking mung bean soup before he could figure out the situation.
However, since I have just arrived, I can only take one step at a time.
Just as Yun Chu was about to leave, he noticed that a maid in emerald green clothes had not left with Ming Yue.
She secretly stopped a little maid and asked in a low voice: "Are you a player?"
The little maid was so frightened that she trembled and dared not look up: "Sister You, what are you talking about? I don't understand."
The maid who was called Sister You looked disappointed. Just when she was about to ask Yun Chu, someone stopped her.
"Ding You, what are you doing? The eldest lady can't leave without us, we have to go back quickly!"
Ding You had no choice but to give up asking Yun Chu and turned to run towards the maid who called her.
"I'm coming."
Yun Chu was speechless. She hadn't seen such a cool move in a long time. He actually came up and asked others if they were players. He was too careless.
But this seems to be a good thing. Ding You's proactive actions made Yun Chu sure that she was one of the remaining five players.
And judging by her dress and the words of the maid who just called her, Ding You is most likely a well-known maidservant around the eldest lady.
However, maids are also divided into different levels, including dowry maids, personal maids, and first, second, and third-class maids.
It is still unknown which Yun Chu Ding You is.
But compared to Ding You's identity, Yun Chu currently has a more troublesome problem.
That's because she didn't know the way to the big kitchen at all, and she still had to make mung bean soup.
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