When Nanny Qin said this, she agreed, and the two of them left knowingly.
Xiaoyue walked in front, and Yu Xiaoxiao slowly followed behind. After the two left Grandma Qin's room for a while, Xiaoyue stopped. When Yu Xiaoxiao caught up, she gave her a purse and said, "This is It’s for you.”
After that, she turned around and left quickly. It was absolutely impossible for her to say thank you to Liuya, a fool.
Yu Xiaoxiao bumped her purse. Although it was not as heavy as the one she gave to Nanny Qin, she was still very satisfied. Who knew that this was an unexpected surprise?
Returning to Datongpu, Yu Xiaoxiao happily packed her things and prepared to wait for someone to take her to the imperial dining room to report in the afternoon.
It was also at this time that she realized that not all palace maids would be assigned out. Some palace maids stayed here voluntarily. They wanted to wait for good positions, and they were not willing to be rough messengers.
Of course, there are conditions for staying in Gong'e Palace voluntarily, that is, they must have money, otherwise they will not be allowed to eat and drink here for free.
One of the reasons why Xiaoyue did not stay here like the previous generation is that her family background is not particularly strong. If her family were particularly wealthy, she would not have entered the palace through the selection of palace maids, but the selection of palace maidens. .
Her family is just a small wealthy family. If she wants to fly on a branch and become a phoenix, she can only choose this path to work hard.
In the afternoon, people from various palaces arrived, and Yu Xiaoxiao and the others left with them.
After Yu Xiaoxiao came to the imperial dining room and met the steward, she was assigned to a place dedicated to providing the emperor's pastries and tea.
It was also at this time that she realized that the imperial dining room was divided into two parts, one was the tea room that provided cakes and tea to the emperor, and the other was the dining room that provided meals to the emperor.
Yu Xiaoxiao was assigned the job of boiling water because one of the palace maids was old enough to leave the palace, so she took over the job and officially became a water-boiling girl.
The other two maids who were also assigned here were all assigned to the dining room.
As soon as Yu Xiaoxiao followed people to the sleeping place, someone came and asked her to help.
So, Yu Xiaoxiao could only put the things on the bedside and hurried over. As soon as she reached the door of the tea room, someone with sharp eyes saw her. The man ran over and took Yu Xiaoxiao's wrist, dragging her to the stove. Beside the stage.
"Hurry up and light the fire, we can't stop the water here."
Yu Xiaoxiao added to the fire without saying a word. Only then did she have time to look at all the busy people in the tea room.
There were only four girls boiling water, including Yu Xiaoxiao, but each of them had to watch five stoves, and the fire made everyone sweat profusely.
The pastry makers are also busy. Some of the dozen or so people are kneading dough and some are shaping shapes. No one is idle.
There are also six or seven little eunuchs who are constantly coming in and out to carry ingredients for making cakes.
In short, the entire tea room seemed busy and in full swing.
After Yu Xiaoxiao finished observing, she stared at her own stove fire.
She thought this was her day's work, but when it was getting dark, a palace maid came. Judging from her clothes, she should be a first-class palace maid.
She was assigned another job. She was responsible for five stoves and still had to look after them. In addition, she had to add firewood to three large stoves that had not been used.
Because in the evening, the emperor and the ladies of the palaces had to take a bath and change clothes. Not only could the water not be stopped, but it had to be heated up. It was also time for the emperor and the ladies of the palaces to eat.
Although they don't need to take care of the food in the tea room, the pastries here are needed.
Originally, she was only responsible for boiling water, and Yu Xiaoxiao felt quite relaxed, but now she also had to control the fire for making cakes, and she was overwhelmed.
The heat needed to make pastry cannot be fixed, so she can only listen to the pastry chef's instructions. Sometimes it will be high and sometimes low, and she will be very busy.
After all the pastries were out of the pot, Yu Xiaoxiao could finally rest. She guarded the five stoves where water was boiled and turned her eyes to the other three people. They were not much better than herself.
I sighed silently in my heart. Sure enough, every position is not easy to do.
Everyone in this tea room has almost no time to rest. At most, the difference is between not busy and very busy.
During the Youshi period, a lot of cakes were brought back, and many fresh cakes were also sent from the tea room to various parts of the palace.
Yu Xiaoxiao was assigned some pastries that had been withdrawn. Some of these pastries were dry and hard. Although they didn't look very good, they were still edible. She didn't dislike them and ate every bite.
She was already hungry, but she didn't know when she would have food.
At the end of Youshi, the boiled water was sent to each palace in batches. When Yu Xiaoxiao thought that the day was finally coming to an end, she was told to go eat.
She happily ate with them, and then was pulled back. She and the fire palace maid who pulled her back replaced the two people who were left behind.
She heard her say: "Don't look at me. We are taking turns tonight. Even if you are new here, you can't escape."
Yu Xiaoxiao understood, and after thinking about it, she asked: "How long will we stay here, and when can we go back to rest?"
The palace lady who burned fire said expressionlessly: "All night long."
Yu Xiaoxiao's eyes widened and she asked in disbelief: "You can't go back to rest all night? Then are we still coming during the day?"
The palace maid of Shaohuo rolled her eyes at Yu Xiaoxiao and said, "Stop dreaming. Not only can we not sleep at night, we also have to work as usual during the day."
"What should I do if I'm sleepy?"
The palace lady of Shaohuo yawned and said lazily: "Just wait until they take turns tomorrow. Just watch me and squint for a while now. I'll switch to you later."
After saying that, regardless of whether Yu Xiaoxiao agreed or not, she just hugged her knees and rested.
Yu Xiaoxiao didn't know how to describe her mood for a moment. She knew that women in ancient times, especially slaves, had a hard time, but she didn't expect that just a job of lighting fires would be so difficult.
She sighed again, silently lamenting how difficult her life was.
There was no other expression. He stared at the stove fire diligently and practiced his internal skills.
Pot after pot of hot water boiled, and time passed slowly.
At three o'clock in the morning, someone came to the tea room. Yu Xiaoxiao hurriedly woke up his companions and whispered: "Wake up quickly, someone is coming."
The companion raised his head and rubbed his face to wake himself up, then stood up and took Yu Xiaoxiao to salute the person, and asked aloud: "Eunuch Zhao is here, but does Empress Hui have an order?"
Eunuch Zhao smiled politely and said, "Ms. Hui Bin had a nightmare and was a little frightened. She asked our family to come get some water for bathing."
The maid who boiled water said with a smile on her face: "Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law. The hot water is always ready. Father-in-law is responsible for taking care of it."
