The young lady said with an embarrassed face: "To be honest, young master, all the silver we earn from entertaining guests each day has to be handed over to the madam in full. We get only a tiny fraction of it."
"We don't earn money easily. The madam said we must be proactive, otherwise, we'll end up starving next month."
"The young gentleman over there offers ten taels of silver per cup of wine. If we're lucky enough to drink a few cups, we can make three taels of silver."
Watching the hopeful look in the girl's eyes, Lin Yi nodded and gestured for her to go and drink for silver.
The girls' talk of hungry stomachs was no ruse of hardship like what Spirit Jade employed with rich ladies. Despite being in Gan County, known for its abundance of Shu brocade, not one of the girls wore any newly produced Shu brocade garments.
