When Lin Da Niu was eight years old, her father sold her three pieces of money. She later calculated that according to the price at that time, an old hen was thirty cents, and three and a half can buy one hundred and sixteen old hens, and she still had five cents in change. In other words, her career started by being treated like a 116 old hen.
Her workplace creed is that the more skills you learn, the less you say to ask for help. Later, talking about this experience, she concluded: In the palace, tears are the most useless thing. If you have time to cry, it is better to do some work and learn more.
From the Huanyi Bureau to the Cining Palace, she overcame several queens and consumed two emperors. She relied on three things: good character, a strict mouth, and a long life. She later lived to be over eighty years old. When she was dying, her descendants gathered around her and asked her if there was anything else she wanted to explain. She thought for a while and said, the recipe for the red bean paste in the imperial dining room is on page 36 of the recipe book. Don't add too much sugar.
