How many servants? There's no set number; it mainly depends on suitability.
Before Shu Yu could answer, Ding Yuehua had already begun calculating for her.
"Your family now has two mule carriages; you'll need to buy a horse carriage for outings, which would appropriately require at least three coachmen. You've got to maintain the Village Chief's prestige," Ding Yuehua said in a low voice.
"Then there's the kitchen maid and assistant cook; even with a small household, you'd need three. You should have two maids by your side, and don't forget your Grandmother, your parents, your sisters and brothers—they all need attendants around them. Plus the house servants for sweeping and cleaning, gatekeepers for the front and back, as well as the steward. Though I've never been to your big house, I know it's not small and just cleaning it requires a lot of people."
Shu Yu, "...I don't have enough fingers to count them all."
