She also asked the housekeeper, "Uncle Housekeeper, do you not have any maidservants here? You could have a maidservant prepare for me. If there are no maidservants, having an eunuch prepare would also be fine. But whatever you do, don't let a regular man prepare for me, for I am still an unmarried girl."
The housekeeper was speechless, but still said, "There are no women servants here, only male servants, and none of the male servants are... eunuchs."
The last two words were spoken in a very quiet voice by the housekeeper.
An Baobei thought the servants the housekeeper mentioned should be similar to the maidservants and slaves back where she was from, so she said, "If there are no female servants, just get a female servant then. If that doesn't work, finding an eunuch would do."
