For Liu Ma, her presence is obviously tens of thousands of times better than hiring someone from outside; she's familiar and has served both the old master and the eldest young master.
If there's a need to choose, why look far away?
Li Yan lowered his eyelids and said, "You were all sent to this residence for retirement, there's no need to disrupt your peaceful lives because of us. It would be selfish to suddenly come here just because you're used to it, and furthermore, it would turn things upside down, ruining your original routine."
Liu Ma stood frozen, quickly saying, "The whole house belongs to the eldest young master, the servants in the house are the eldest young master's servants, what place could be off-limits for you... We old folks are just here for long, but we don't have any special skills, we can't just eat without contributing..."
