Mother and daughter reborn and swap bodies, both of them went crazy

Tao Niang's face froze. She gritted her teeth and took out a box of exquisite ointment from under the pillow.

"Thank you, Sister Tao. Sister Tao is really righteous. Don't worry, I will definitely get you some delicious food from the kitchen tonight—"

As the fat woman spoke, she "robbed" the plaster from Tao Niang's hand, twisted her waist and walked out happily, and closed the door considerately after she left.

"Pah——" Tao Niang couldn't help but spit, still feeling a dull pain in her liver from being angry.

She secretly made up her mind that if she were to get promoted one day, she would take revenge on every single person in the laundry room.

After drinking a sip of cold water, Tao Niang felt her anger subsided a little and opened the lunch box.

It was just a box containing a bowl of porridge made from millet and sweet potato leaves, and a few shredded pickles.

This was the meal for the lowest-ranking servants in the mansion, which consisted of mixed-grain porridge with pickles, or coarse-grain steamed buns with pickles, and there were only two meals a day.

Seeing this bowl of rice, Tao Niang's anger rose again, and she felt a little sad.

When had she ever suffered such torture since she entered the Sheng Mansion?

When she first entered the mansion, she was Mingzhu's wet nurse, and her food was no different from that of a first-class maid.

There is rice or flour for each meal, and you can order one dish.

Later, she was favored by the lady, who often rewarded her with various dishes.

We tried all kinds of delicious food, such as dragon and phoenix soup, roasted pigeon, eight-treasure duck, tonic chicken, crab dumplings, etc.

In addition, there are various snacks provided by the kitchen, such as cream rolls, crisp cheese, lotus root powder and osmanthus cake, rock sugar and white fungus...

As Mingzhu got older, she stayed with Mingzhu and her food was no worse than that of the queen in the palace.

I've eaten too much greasy food, and my taste has become bland in the past two years.

It had only been a short time since she came to the laundry room, but what she wanted to eat most was a bowl of greasy ham stewed with pork elbow.

Tao Niang felt that she could eat a whole big elbow...

Imagining the porridge in front of her as fish porridge, she drank it in one gulp.

Just as he finished his food, the door was violently kicked open with a bang from outside.

"Tao Niang..." Aunt Xu, the manager of the laundry room, walked in with a gloating look on her face. "Miss Qingying sent someone to say that you have been recuperating for so many days. You will continue to receive your punishment today."

Tao Niang's heart sank suddenly and her whole body felt cold.

*

Just after breakfast was served in Mudan Courtyard, two little "guests" arrived: Sheng Mingli and Sheng Mingshu.

These two people usually stay in my aunt's yard and never appear in public except during festivals.

Today is not a festival, and the servants were a little stunned when they first saw the two young masters.

Only a small number of well-informed servants knew in advance that the madam would let the cousin and the two young masters receive enlightenment from Master Lin.

In the early spring of next year, Madam will send the two young masters to study at Yuelu Academy.

Therefore, the two concubines' young masters came to express their gratitude at the time when their mistress had finished breakfast.

Sheng Mingli is the second child, only one month older than Sheng Mingyi, and is also eight years old this year.

He was very good-looking, with red lips, white teeth and a pair of clear doe eyes.

It's just that he is too timid and cowardly, which makes him look a bit feminine.

Sheng Mingshu is the fourth child in the family. He is seven years old this year and three months older than Sheng Mingbo.

He has fair skin, delicate features, clear eyes, and has a refined temperament at a young age.

Let Sheng Minmin take a look. In terms of appearance alone, these two are better than the Sheng Mingjian brothers who look like Sheng Yong.

But Sheng Yong came from a military family, and he didn't like the delicate appearance of Sheng Mingli and Sheng Mingshu, and felt that they were not manly.

In comparison, Sheng Yong loves the three brothers Sheng Mingjian more, who look similar to him.

So for many years, Sheng Yong never took the two illegitimate sons seriously, and even felt a little disgusted with Sheng Mingli, a man with a feminine appearance.

Huang Yaning, the legal mother, didn't like these two illegitimate sons at all. They were lucky that they were not abused.

"My son wishes his mother good health."

The two men greeted each other respectfully. They were both wearing clothes made of new leather, which looked thick and warm.

"Get up quickly--" Sheng Minmin was afraid that they would be nervous, so she gently asked them to get up.

Sheng Mingli was a little afraid to stand up, so Xiangxiang went over to help him.

Sheng Minmin had sharp eyes and immediately noticed that both of them were wearing very ordinary cloth shoes, which were also a bit worn out.

After taking a look, she discovered that the clothes they were wearing were made of the same leather material she had sent them last time...

If it weren't for the two pieces of leather she gave me, I'm afraid the two of them would have no new clothes to wear today.

There was no hairpin on her head, and no jewelry on her body, which made Sheng Minmin sigh in her heart.

Although she was sick these two days, she was also thinking about how to cut the expenses in the mansion, or to reduce the expenses of the three brothers Sheng Mingzhu and Sheng Mingjian.

As per regulations, these four people received 20 taels of silver per month and 200 taels of silver for food expenses.

The food expenses of Sheng Mingjian and his brothers would not exceed the limit, but the monthly salary of twenty taels was totally not enough.

The accountant recorded the amount of silver each of them withdrew every month, ranging from two hundred taels to one thousand taels.

Sheng Mingzhu was even worse off. Even though she had stopped eating fine food, her food expenses were still far more than her allotment of 200 taels.

Besides, there are clothes, jewelry, fun and rare items, all of which are money...

If she could cut down on the expenses for these four people, and if Sheng Yong stopped going to the store to withdraw money, Sheng Minmin felt that she would have at least 20,000 taels of silver left over every month.

She did not intend to reduce the expenses of other people in the mansion because their expenses were not large to begin with.

The concubine’s monthly allowance was only 5 taels, and the food expenses were 60 taels; the concubine’s monthly allowance was 10 taels, and the food expenses were 100 taels.

The food, clothing and other expenses of the unfavored concubine and illegitimate son would be harsh, and they would have to manage the servants to do things. The monthly allowance was not enough, and they would probably spend more than they earned every month.

This is probably the reason why Sheng Mingli and Sheng Mingshu are so "poor".

"Is mother feeling better now? It's unfilial of you sons to come visit her today..."

Sheng Minmin raised her hand to interrupt, "I was the one who didn't let you come over, how can I blame you? I'm much better now, don't worry, please sit down, don't talk while standing."

Sheng Mingshu did not sit down. He saw his mother only a few times a year, so he felt a little nervous and awkward to visit her on his own initiative.

The aunt told her that it was a great favor for the lady to let them go to school, and she must come to thank her.

He also felt that he should come over to express his gratitude, but his mother had been looking at them just now, and he was really nervous and didn't know how to express his gratitude.

He simply knelt down again and kowtowed three times.

"The sons are unfilial, leaving their mother to worry about their enlightenment despite her illness...

"Sons must always remember their mother's kindness and work hard to repay her and be filial to her in the future."

Sheng Mingli also knelt down and kowtowed.

There was no need for Sheng Minmin to wink at Qingying and Xiangxiang, as they pulled the two young masters up.