[Dream of the Red Chamber] A Senior Maid's Daily Struggles

From the lowest-ranked little maid bought into the Jia household to the trusted senior maid at the side of Grandmother Jia... A little maid's daily struggle to get ahead in the mansion of the Red Chamber Reader's Guide: This story could also be called: "A Maid's Guide to Leaving Servitude and Saving Money" "Secret History of the Red Chamber Household" "Building a Better Life Together with Sister Lin" "The Man Who Crossed the River of Daughters" "The Men Are All Heartless, and Concubines Are a Trap" For a maid, "balance" is everything! If you are too trusted, like Yuanyang, who holds the keys to the old lady's private treasury, the whole family will keep their eyes on you and scheme against you. Even Master She, not to mention the wet nurses in favor who want to arrange things for their own sons, will try to manipulate you. But if you don't fight your way up, in a mansion like this you're no more than a blade of grass, and you might lose your life without even knowing how. Even if you make it to the second-rank position, like Xiren and Zijuan once did, you can still be handed over to someone else on a whim... From the moment Zhu Xiu entered the Jia household, she understood one thing: if she wanted to live long enough to free herself from servitude, she had to rise to the position of senior maid at the old lady's side. She couldn't draw too much attention, but she also needed to offer some benefit that would keep the old lady from casually giving her away! [New Story: Pride and Prejudice: A Lady of Wealth] This story could also be called: "How a Noblewoman Is Made" "A Hundred Ways to Ruin a Match Made in Heaven" "Money, Money, Money: The Lifeblood of a Woman Desperate to Marry" "A Guide to Getting Rich at the End of the 18th Century" "How to Tame an Arrogant Man" Updated daily. Fish asks to be raised: please add the author's page to your favorites. Theme: The unyielding struggle of a low-born little maid