Bab 385: Chapter 0385: Lion's Mouth Opens 1_1

Working as a servant in the Lu family means housing and food are taken care of and there is a monthly salary to supplement their own family. Even if it amounts to two or three dollars a month, it's better off than having a son farming for a living in their hometown, pulling at the yellow soil daily. Therefore, it's considered an honor for families to have their daughters work as servants in the Lu family, a chance to learn to conform to certain etiquettes and standards.

Better to marry a maid of a wealthy family, than a girl from a poor family.

This means, even the maids of wealthy families are more worldly than the poor farm girls, and when they reach marriageable age, there are typically many suitors, assuring their parents they would find a good match and even collect a decent dowry.

The mother of Feng Qingxue, Fengying, and her aunt Fengmei, both worked as servants in the Lu family.