She Became A Downfall Noble Lady

Meizi, who had been left outside by Old Master Qi Yougui, took the vegetables from Ye Xinyan’s hand and said, "Nanny asked me to come over and help the legitimate granddaughter with the chores." Then, looking at the other middle-aged women in the courtyard, she felt puzzled, "Why has the Second Uncle’s Family suddenly got so many people?" Glancing around to make sure no one was nearby, she asked Ye Xinyan in a low voice, "Legitimate granddaughter, why has the Second Uncle’s Family suddenly got so many people? Are they all helping us with chores?" Aren’t the people who come to the house guests? Why would the guests coming to the Second Uncle’s Family be so willing to help with the work?

Ye Xinyan looked at the Duke’s Mansion’s servants who were lighting fires and picking vegetables around her and said casually, "They, they are sent by the owner of the cattle farm. As the business of the cattle farm grows, they help with the farm’s work."

"Oh." Meizi was simple-minded. She remembered her parents always said that the legitimate granddaughter managed such a big cattle farm and was very capable. But it was strange that the owners of the cattle farm didn’t assign people to oversee it and handed it directly to the legitimate granddaughter to manage as if they never interfered. Now that the owner had sent his own people over, it seemed to make sense.

The meal was prepared in a rush, and it wasn’t like in the towns, where you could go to the market to buy the needed ingredients. If you suddenly wanted a richer meal, it wasn’t easy to arrange. Fortunately, the cattle farm’s construction site cooked every day, had a dedicated kitchen, stocked with common ingredients, and sometimes fresh meat that ordinary rural families wouldn’t see several times a year was somewhat available in the construction site’s kitchen.

Ye Xinyan also had Fan Zhengyuan search throughout the village far and wide, collecting various ingredients that each family had and that could be presented on the table. She bought back quite a bit of each kind, just enough to cook an entire table of dishes.

At this point, they weren’t particular about cold dishes or hot dishes. Ye Xinyan worked together with Nanny Liu and a few others to get the dishes underway and also brought back a couple of jugs of wine.

As dish after dish was brought to the table, the guests also filled their cups with wine.