Chapter 543 - 208 Clothing Styles (Part 2)
On the third day of the New Year’s celebrations, Yueyao went to visit the Ma Family.
Xi Yu was feeling unwell, and just as Yueyao was about to ask Xi Juan to fill in, she heard Cui Bai, who always considered herself invisible, step forward and say, "Miss, let this servant accompany you." Since her arrival at Lanxi Courtyard, the maids and old nannies guarded against her as if she were a thief. Cui Bai was not content with this; after all, she was bestowed to the Miss by the Great Master himself, yet the Miss treated her so negligently.
Yueyao glanced at Cui Bai and said, "Xi Juan and Xiang Wei are enough."
Because of Cui Bai’s sudden insistence, Yueyao left Nanny Hao at the mansion and took Nanny Deng with her. Nanny Deng, with Tingzheng away, had mainly been gathering information about the mansion for the past two years, leading a rather leisurely life, which made her appear several years younger.
As she got into the carriage, Nanny Deng said, "Miss, Xi Yu suddenly feeling unwell, could it be that Cui Bai is behind this mischief?"
Yueyao shook her head and replied, "No, she caught a chill herself. If Cui Bai dared to cause trouble, Xiang Wei would have noticed it long ago."
Upon arriving at Ma’s Mansion, they first went to pay respects to Ma Chengteng, who was very generous with the main branch, giving each of the siblings a large red envelope.
Tingzheng, always so well-behaved, handed his envelope to Yueyao, saying, "Sister, this money is for you to use." Tingzheng received a monthly salary of six taels of silver at Lian Mansion; Yueyao added four more, giving him ten taels a month.
Tingzheng knew his sister had it tough, and since there weren’t many expenses at Li Mansion, besides buying essentials, he saved the rest of the money. In just over two years, he had amassed quite a sum.
Yueyao smiled and said, "Sister has money; you keep this money for yourself, so you don’t have to ask for it from your sister when you need it." Yueyao was also very careful with money, instilling in Tingzheng from a young age an understanding of its value. She did not want Tingzheng to treat money as dirt like she did in her past life, as she was the one who ended up suffering for it.