In the evening, after the family members returned to their respective rooms, Lian Manman looked at the account book under the lamp for a while before washing up and resting in the inner room. Originally, this inner room was shared by her and Lian Zhizhi, but now that it's just her, she found it a bit hard to get used to at first; it has only recently become better.
As for Xiao Xi and Xiao Qing, the two maidservants, they slept in the outer chamber of the west room, while the other two maidservants, Ji Xiang and Ru Yi, slept in the courtyard at night.
The lamp by Lian Manman's side had already been extinguished, but the lamp in the east room was still lit.
