Chapter 168: Mistreatment In The Kitchen (2/2)
“Ah! Many thanks to you two! Are you on an errand even on such a late hour?” Nanny Gui asked.
“Yes, we are bringing some things to Eldest Missy! Please go ahead of us!” The two answered and left after a short while.
Nanny Gui let out a sigh of relief as she followed the directions given by the maidservant. Sure enough, Nanny Gui saw that the path was soon familiar to her and she became elated. She had finally found the kitchen!
“Oh, there’s still the two of you here! Quickly, help my Old Master, Mistress and Missies to cook a bowl of noodles!” Nanny Gui pushed open the door and saw two servants still inside the kitchen. She smiled as she entered and said out loud.
At this moment, the kitchen was already closed. Those who went home would already be home by now. Only two servants stayed behind today to tidy up the kitchen. They were just about finished cleaning up when an uninvited guest pushed open the doors!
The two servants looked at each other once. They were slightly displeased. One of them, who wore claret-red clothes, forced a smile and asked, “This nanny looks unfamiliar. Which master sent you out on an errand?”
Nanny Gui was already feeling anxious while on the way to the kitchen. With the slip she had on her way, as well as the fear of receiving a scolding for making her masters wait, her heart was not at ease.Hearing those words now made her even more upset. She smiled and said, “This auntie here looks very smart, so why are you speaking so foolishly! Don’t you know the Shi family’s Third Old Master and Third Old Mistress have returned to the household? Did that not come to you if you knew I was an unfamiliar face?”
“Hehe! We are dumb people, of course we wouldn’t think of that! We aren’t as smart as you!” That person replied plainly with her lips pursed, “There are still some charcoal near the stove. The noodles, vegetables, ham and meat are all in the cabinet; make it yourself!”
Nanny Gui’s expression changed, “What do you mean?”
“Nanny, please don’t be angry!” The other servant wearing a deep green clothes said with a smile, “We’re already generous enough to let you have the entire kitchen for yourself, yet you’re still unhappy! The kitchen is a sacred place! If it were someone else, we would’ve chased that person out! Nanny, if you want to use the kitchen, hurry and use it. We still have to return home! In this cold weather, you can’t have us stay here for too long, right? We’re already tired enough after a long day of work!” 1
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“That’s right!” The servant in claret-red clothes grunted and said, “Didn’t we already send someone to deliver the dishes to Third Old Master and Third Old Mistress? Is the food not to their liking? Oh, and why didn’t they send the plates and meal boxes back to us? This is just great, they didn’t send those back but want more to eat!”
“We are also very busy ourselves; we don’t only have your family’s masters to serve!” The servant in deep green clothes said again, “Other families send their servants to take their food, only your family had to have our people deliver the dishes personally. And here you are, not showing any appreciation!”
“Right, aren’t you just looking for a bone in an egg? You only followed Third Old Master outside for a few years and you’re acting all complacent now!”
“Hmph! If the outside really was that good, then why come back!”
“Quiet!” Nanny Gui was extremely furious and gave a cold smile, “Can a servant talk like that about what the masters do? I think the two of you are sick of living!”
The two of them were not going down without a fight, and asked Nanny Gui together, “Which ear of yours heard us criticising the masters? You were the one who was picking on things and now you are putting the blame on us! Oh, I think we’ve already done everything we had to, what else do you want? You are the one being unreasonable for picking on us! Even if Young Mistress knew about this, the fact won’t change!”
“Fine! Then let’s go to Young Mistress now! I want to hear what she will say!”, Nanny Gui was so infuriated that she felt a wave of dizziness
“You are so insensitive!” the servant in the claret-red clothes said again, “Do you think our Young Mistress is very free, and has to revolve around your Third family? Why don’t you look at what time it is now? How dare you still want to trouble Young Mistress at such an hour!”
“That’s right, Nanny, your temper is very bad! For just a few sentences, you want to complain about us? We aren’t like the servants who sweep the courtyard. The kitchen can’t do without us in the year end!”
“Exactly, it’s about to be a new year soon, yet there’s still someone with such a bad temper, shouting so loudly and making a big fuss! Do you want all of us servants to be chased out of the household in order to satisfy yourselves?”
“Eh, enough, enough, let’s not talk about this anymore! Who are we, how can we compare ourselves with her! Be careful, if a certain someone were to complain about us, we’ll only be the ones out of luck!”
Nanny Gui trembled with anger, but she was at a loss of words. After restraining and getting ahold of herself, she grunted, “I won’t speak anymore nonsense that mustn’t be heard by the masters with the both of you anymore. Quickly get to cooking so that I can bring it back for my masters! The dishes you sent were cold and were not fit for my masters to eat. They’re still waiting on an empty stomach for me to return! So hurry and get it done! Hmph, if you don’t do it, that’s fine too, but don’t blame me for finding Young Mistress! I don’t believe that the masters can’t have their noodles if they don’t want to have rice!”
The two looked at each other incredulously, and glared at Nanny Gui resentfully. One grumbled as she started the fire, while the other went to prepare the pot.
“Make a bowl of noodles in chicken soup, hurry up! If Third Old Master and Third Old Mistress becomes unhappy, dealing with two servants shouldn’t be a big deal! Your Young Mistress can’t say anything too!” Seeing that they were finally getting to work, Nanny Gui felt very happy and wanted to deal a fatal blow onto their arrogance which made her say so purposefully.
The servant in claret-red clothes immediately put aside the firewood in her hands, and said unhappily, “How will there be any chicken soup left? At this hour, how do you expect us to make a bowl of noodles in chicken soup for you!”
Nanny Gui snorted, “I don’t care, that’s your business!”
The servant in claret-red clothes was so angry that she smiled coldly, “Fine then! You’ll have to wait here! We still have to boil the water and kill a chicken to make your soup!”
“You!” Nanny Gui was red with anger.