I Work as the Water-Boiling Maid at the Marquis’s Residence

The heroine is not reborn, has no System or pocket dimension, and comes from a peasant family. She has no connections to help her. There are four children in the family: her youngest sister is a little over two, and she is the second daughter. She also has an older brother and a younger brother. Her parents favor boys, and once the heroine reaches the right age, they contact a broker and sell her off.

Though often put down at home, she is actually very clever. Her brothers attend school, and she secretly listens to them study every day. By the time they’re still struggling with the assignments their teacher gives them, she has already mastered everything. But she doesn’t dare show off. That is how she survives.

On the day she is sold, she signs a severance document with her parents. Her father doesn’t care, since she’s only a girl, while her mother is still somewhat heartbroken. The person she is most reluctant to leave behind is her youngest, most adorable sister. She worries that once she’s gone, her little sister will become the family’s only laborer.

As she leaves, she hears her grandmother cursing inside: “That little money-loser still wants to eat steamed buns?” The heroine is reluctant to go, but she knows being sold is her chance. So as soon as she arrives at the broker’s, she starts looking for an opportunity. If she can become a maid in an official’s household, perhaps she can save up some money and buy her sister out one day.