Lady of the Lord From the East

A day in Sardinsonburg begins with the busyness of the servants.

There are only three masters in Sardinson Castle, but there are many people living in them, including hundreds of servants. They have to complete all the preparations before the masters wake up, and they must start busy before dawn. .

Qin and Penny don't have to take care of the castle as arranged by the housekeeper today. They are now Wei Wei's personal maids, and Wei Wei will arrange the whole day.

They didn't need a vigil last night and had a rare good night's sleep, but compared to Penny, although Qin obeyed Wei Wei's instructions and went to rest, she was always uneasy, so she woke Penny up early in the morning. , The two of them went upstairs with toiletries and hot water.

"Qin, is it too early? Miss Weiwei should be resting at this time."

Penny followed Qin with a kettle full of hot water in her arms. She was a little disapproving of Qin calling her up early in the morning. Everyone knew that nobles would never get up so early as long as they were okay. Unlike busy servants, they often fell asleep. I won't wake up until about ten o'clock. Now, the count is the only one in the entire castle who needs to get up early because of unfinished official business. Others may not see anyone until noon.

And now, the sun outside has just hung on the top of the mountain, even the Count should still be asleep.

Qin was holding a wooden basin in her hand, and there was a clean cotton cloth and soap in it, and her face and hands were also clean. Qin could see from her relationship yesterday that the beautiful guest loves cleanliness very much. So she took Penny and washed her face and hands with cold water early in the morning, just to make a good impression on him.

Penny complained a little about this. Although it was spring now, the spring in Sardinson was not warm, especially when the cold water from the well froze before dawn, so that their hands were frozen.

But hot water is not what they can use.

"We should have stayed there for the night."

Qin looked back at Penny. To be honest, she and Penny didn't have the best relationship. They just happened to be chosen as Wei Wei's personal maid together, so Qin had to stare at this rash girl. implicated by her.

"Although Miss Weiwei allows us to rest, if we're not there before she wakes up, the housekeeper can drive us out of the castle without Miss Weiwei saying anything."

Everyone can see that the Count fell in love with the guest at first sight. Although it is too early to say this, Qin feels that as long as the guest is indeed a noble lady with a high status, even from a foreign country, it is very likely that would be their future Countess Williams.

But just by looking at Wei Wei's style, no one would doubt her identity.

The shrewd Qin knows that this is an opportunity. There are no other servants around Miss Wei Wei now. As long as she serves her wholeheartedly and gains her trust, maybe she will be like Mrs. Nancy in the future. became the housekeeper of the castle.

Even if she didn't become the next countess in the end, following this coquettish guest would allow her to increase her chances of appearing in front of her master and gain more trust.

Of course, Qin's ambitions are limited to getting a better job and salary, and she won't do dirty things to seduce her master.

When she heard that she would be kicked out, Penny couldn't help shivering.

The work in the castle is really hard, but it is much better than the life outside. She is well fed and clothed, and she gets a good salary every month. Penny, who was almost sold by her parents into a slave, has nothing at all. I don't want to leave here.

She didn't dare to say anything, and quietly followed Qin up.

The castle is very dark, and the masters can light candles, but they can only go upstairs in the dark, but fortunately everyone is used to it.

Turning around the circling stairs, there was a fire on the way.

Qin was shocked, who would come downstairs at this time? On this side of the castle, only the earl's family and new guests lived.

The fire was getting closer, and Qin soon saw Wei Wei walking downstairs with a candle.

Wei Wei was not surprised when she met someone in the corridor. It was too quiet here, and her keen ears heard footsteps before the other person approached.

She said hello first: "Good morning two."

"Miss Weiwei, good morning." The two maids saluted in panic: "I'm sorry we should have come earlier."

When the guests get up by themselves when no one is serving them, let the housekeeper know that they will lose their jobs as personal maids for the first time and can only do rough work.

"It's okay, I got up too early."

In fact, Wei Wei didn't want to get up so early either, but she couldn't do anything other than go to bed early in the middle of the night when she couldn't travel, and finding a mouse in the room last night made her sleep uneasy. Since she couldn't sleep, she just Woke up.

The firelight illuminated the panic on their faces, and Wei Wei changed the subject: "I'm just going to find you, is this hot water for me?"

"Yes miss."

Wei Wei took them back to the room holding the candlestick, washed her face with hot water, and rinsed her mouth. Unfortunately, she didn't use a toothbrush and toothpaste, and brushing her teeth was temporarily impossible.

She noticed that the teeth of the two maids were not very good, and they were yellow and worn a lot. She didn't want to be like this, so she had to find a way to find a substitute for toothpaste and toothbrush.

And at this time, there are no skin care products for face, and she has been washing her face with soap, and she is worried that her skin will also become rough.

Thinking about these things while grooming, Wei Wei was a little absent-minded.

Qin carefully combed her hair. The sky outside the window was getting brighter and brighter, illuminating the bedroom. She lowered her head and looked at Wei Wei's face: "You don't seem to be resting well."

Wei Wei was a little embarrassed: "I'm not used to the little things in the castle that make me sleepy."

The little thing in the castle?

Penny was still confused, but Qin quickly responded, "You mean those mice?"

"Yeah." Wei Wei felt compelled to explain to them that she was afraid of mice.

Because she wanted to find someone to drive away all the mice in the room.

Even if there were traces of them elsewhere in the castle, Wei Wei didn't want them in her room.

Especially in the few days she was catching.

Wei Wei hadn't made any plans for the next step. Before she knew enough about Sardinson, she could only disturb her for a while, so she had to trouble other people's servants.

Qin nodded clearly: "I will tell the housekeeper and ask him to find someone to drive them away for you."

Since the guests don't want to see mice, of course they have to meet her request, in fact, probably no woman will like mice.

Penny, who was arranging her things, hesitated for a while, and then said softly, "Miss, do you want to have a cat?"

Wei Wei looked up: "Cat?"

Seeing that she was not dissatisfied, Penny continued: "I also heard that the slaves who went to herd found traces of wild cats on the edge of the woods, and seemed to hear the meowing of milk cats. If you want to raise them, I can ask them. ask."

Medieval Europeans were not friendly to cats. They were afraid of these creatures with glowing eyes at night and thought they were the incarnation of demons, but that was a few years later. At this time, cats have not been associated with demons. It has not become a witch's pet, so most people just simply don't like cats, and they don't get to the point where everyone yells and beats them.

And Wei Wei, although she has never kept a pet, she still loves furry creatures like cats, cats and dogs, especially when there are mice.

"Then please help me ask."

After receiving a reply, Penny nodded happily and continued to pack up.

She had seen milk cats before when she was working in the castle. They were very thin, and it seemed that it was difficult to support them. Penny liked small animals, but she could not keep them. At that time, she would starve to death herself. She could only watch them die weakly. Now that Wei Wei wanted to raise them, even if they weren't the original ones, she felt a little satisfaction.

Qin reluctantly glanced at Penny, whose mood was obviously changing, and Wei Wei, who looked happy because she thought about cats, but didn't tell them that the previous owner of the castle hated cats, so cats were never kept in the castle. .

But Felix-sama doesn't seem to hate cats, so it should be fine, right?

She felt that she still had to tell the housekeeper about it.

Wei Wei took care of her hair with Qin's help, and asked them to take her to the kitchen.

She promised to cook for Felix, and she read the recipe last night to make up her mind. She got up so early today and wanted to prepare earlier. After all, she didn't know what was in the kitchen.

Hearing that she was going to the kitchen, Qin told her embarrassedly that the kitchen should be preparing the servant's food at this time, and it would be very chaotic.

Wei Wei only paid attention: "So, you haven't had breakfast yet?"

The two maids glanced at each other and nodded honestly: "Yes, but we brought food."

They took out dry brown bread from their clothes. This was their breakfast, because they had to come upstairs to take care of the guests before the kitchen allowed them to take the bread first.

Black bread is baked with wheat flour mixed with a lot of wheat bran. It is hard and unpalatable, but for ordinary people, it is already a rare delicacy - if this is not baked in the bakery in the castle, There may still be sand and sawdust in it, and the average person doesn't have that much firewood to bake bread.

Wei Wei, who was hungry at first, lost her appetite when she saw the bread they brought out.

The author has something to say: cats were not popular in the Middle Ages, but as a symbol of witches, they should have been after the 14th century. The time of this article is the Southern Song Dynasty, which corresponds to the 13th century (although because there is too little information, it is simply empty) , so Europeans just don't like cats very much at the moment and don't think of them as demons.