Inside, it was warm and cozy, while the newly arrived maids outside were chattering away. "Is that Ning Cui's mother? My goodness, with such attire and demeanor, I thought she was the mistress of a household, certainly not of maid origin.
"You should see which of the sisters in the Old Madam's room looks like a maid? Whoever goes out isn't addressed as 'miss'? I heard that Sister Agate, who was married off six months ago, besides her own accumulated dowry of boxes of clothes and hairpins, was also given additional dowry by the Old Madam. Apart from cloth, wool, and jewelry, she received five hundred taels of silver and two ten-tael gold ingots as savings." This was shared by a well-informed maid, causing the young maids to gasp in envy, each wishing to immediately become a head maid in the Old Madam's room.
