Chapter 19 Entering the Mansion

Qin Yuan's words, wait a moment, made Tang Jie wait for several months.

Until June, Guanshi Qin finally brought good news—there was a vacancy.

A few days ago, a servant in the Wei family who was in charge of taking care of the garden died of a sudden illness, and he needed to fill in the vacancy. After the news spread, several stewards of the Wei family recommended people to the mansion, and steward Qin recommended Tang Jie.

The next morning, Steward Qin brought Tang Jie into the Wei Mansion.

As one of the five major families in the Canglong Mansion, the Wei family's family background is indeed extraordinary.

The entire Qingyun Street, the Wei family alone occupies more than half of the street, there are more than 400 rooms, of which there are six in Guanghua Garden, and there are nearly 300 people living in it.

The most senior members of the Wei family are of course Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei.

The old man and his wife have two sons and two daughters, both of whom are married.

The eldest son, Wei Danbai, is the current head of the Wei family. He has one wife and two concubines. Zheng Shufeng, the main wife, has two sons and a daughter. The eldest son, Wei Tianzhi, is now at Xiyue Academy, and the second daughter, Wei Qinger, is at the Illusory Heart Academy of Qianqingzong. The youngest son is Wei Tianchong. There is also a son and a daughter who are not qualified to inherit because they are concubines, but they don't even have the opportunity to enter the academy. In some respects, they are not as good as servants.

Tianzhi, Tianchong, the Wei family's ambition can be seen from its name, which is for God.

When Wei Danbai had a son, the Wei family had already established itself in the Canglong Mansion, so the consideration was no longer about making money, but about cultivating immortality.

It's a pity that their foundation is still shallow, so far there is no real cultivator of their own in the family, only some spiritual masters hired from outside with a lot of money, still incomparable with the Jin, Zhang, and Gu families. As long as the Wei family can produce a spiritual master of their own, the family can be protected for a hundred years. If one can achieve a heavenly state of mind, then the Wei family will no longer be the Wei family of the Canglong Mansion, but the Wei family of Lingzhou.

As for the national-level family, it must have multiple heavenly states of mind, and the family itself has its own legacy to count.

In addition to Wei Danbai, the old man's second son Wei Qingsong also has a son and a daughter, the eldest son Wei Ming and the youngest daughter Wei Die.

Among them, Wei Ming also entered the academy the year before last, but just like Wei Tianzhi, he was a low-level student and difficult to cultivate. Compared with Wei Danbai, Wei Qingsong has fewer resources for his son, so the old man doesn't have much expectations for this lineage, so the main expectation of the Wei family is on Wei Tianchong.

The Wei family values ​​boys over girls, but they don't care much about girls' cultivation—there's no need to waste precious resources for other people's wives.

It is precisely because of this that there are not many female cultivators in the world of cultivating immortals, not because of their poor qualifications, but because the help from their families is far less than that of men. It is said that Wei Qing'er was taken away by Qianqingzong because of her excellent talent, otherwise she might still be waiting at home now.

The hundreds of people in the Wei family can be said to be all used to serve the big and small grandparents of the Wei family, and the garden handyman Tang Jie wants to apply for is the meditation garden where the young master Wei Tianchong lives.

Because of this, the struggle for servants this time is also particularly fierce.

In addition to the chief steward Qin Yuan who brought Tang Jie, the second steward and the third steward also brought a kid each, and there were also recommendations from some outhouse masters of the Wei family. A total of eighteen teenagers were standing in front of the wife of the Wei mansion, Zheng Shufeng. , Say hello to my wife together.

After all, this era is not as disgusting as the Qing Dynasty, and servants don't have to call themselves slaves, and they don't have to kneel when they see people.

In fact, this era is more like the Tang Dynasty on Earth, with a more open atmosphere. Although there are various rules and regulations, servants are not pariahs and have their own dignity.

After all, the world where people can cultivate immortals is itself a world full of opportunities. Even the poorest people may soar into the sky.

Because she was choosing servants for her son, Mrs. Wei was extraordinarily solemn and chose them herself.

At this moment, she was sitting in front of the hall, wearing a red satin shirt with white butterflies and flowers, emerald jade beads and hairpins on her hair, and two maidservants behind her were gently shaking their fans.

After taking a sip of tea, he slowly said, "Let's all report their names first."

Eighteen teenagers signed up one by one, and there were documents to record beside them.

Then the wife said: "Those who can read,

Raise your hand. "

Eighteen teenagers raised their hands at the same time, and the document ticked each of the eighteen names, indicating that the pass was passed.

In fact, the youths in the Canglong Mansion, who were born in poor families, rarely could read or write.

But this time most of the recommendations were old people in the mansion, and the requirements for the Wei mansion were relatively clear, and they would never pick some unqualified people.

Even Tang Jie was asked repeatedly by Qin Yuan many times before the event, and only accepted after confirming that his conditions were qualified.

Tang Jie's literacy began in Xiaohe Village. He already had a good foundation in learning, and he learned characters very quickly. After following Xu Muyang, he even practiced calligraphy every day when he had nothing to do.

According to Xu Muyang, if you can't write well, what kind of talisman should you draw?

He thought that some of the eighteen people who came this time were illiterate, but he didn't expect that all of them were well prepared.

The lady said again: "Those who can do arithmetic, raise your hand."

Finally, a few people did not raise their hands this time, but most of them still raised their hands.

Mrs. Wei's family said again: "Anyone who has worked in a big family, raise your hand."

Fewer people raised their hands this time, only Tang Jie and the other two teenagers.

The wife of the Wei family asked the three of them about their work experience in detail. Tang Jie made up his own experience in a wealthy family when he was in the Wu family. After half a year of lying, he is now even more familiar with it.

After hearing it, the wife of the Wei family asked: "What kind of flowers have you all planted, tell me."

Not many people have spoken about this.

Ordinary flowers are not rare in the Wei family, so it's useless to talk about them, and the expensive flowers and plants are not qualified to be fiddled with by a poor family boy.

Everyone looked at each other, and when no one raised their hands, they breathed a sigh of relief.

On the contrary, Tang Jie thought for a while, raised his hand and said, "The little one has raised thousands of flowers."

The faces of all the teenagers changed drastically at the same time.

"Oh?" Mrs. Wei's family became interested: "Tell me, how did you raise it?"

Tang Jie calmed down and replied: "Thousand calendula is a needle-shaped flower with sharp thorns on its roots and leaves. It is an extremely drought-tolerant plant. Its stems can be used as medicine. If it can be cultivated for ten years, it will have a certain spirituality." .It blooms once every three years. Because there are many needles and leaves, if there are thousands of flowers blooming, it is called Qianzhanhua."

"Okay, very good!" Mrs. Wei Jia nodded in satisfaction: "Is this also learned from the people you followed?"

"Yes." Tang Jie replied: "Thousands of flowers don't like humid environments, so they are mostly in the north, which is not uncommon at all, but they are much less in Canglong Mansion."

In fact, this flower was left by the previous family when he bought the house.

Tang Jie heard that the thousand flowers bloomed beautifully, so he stayed to take care of them. Unfortunately, after taking care of them for more than half a year, he had never seen it bloom once, but he didn't expect to use it here to answer the question.

There must be more than one kind of flower in Wei's garden, but it is definitely better to know one kind first than not to know it.

"That's right, that's why you should take care of it." The wife smiled at this moment, then turned her head and said to the others: "You have never raised any expensive flowers and plants, so I don't blame you. If the flowers planted by the Wei family are different from those of ordinary people It's the same, if you don't, you will lose your own worth. So don't worry, you can learn what you don't understand, and someone from the Wei family will teach you."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.

It was a pity for Tang Jie. Although he didn't expect to be selected based on this point, it was a pity that such an advantage could not be used.

This wife is really good-natured, and she asks one question after another, it seems that she must investigate these youngsters thoroughly.

When it comes to performance, none of the eighteen teenagers is better than Tang Jie.

However, Tang Jie knows his own family affairs, his biggest problem is that there are some problems with his origin after all.

Although there are guarantees from the two elders of the Wu family, it is still not as good as these young people who are born and bred and know their roots.

Fortunately, he already cares about this matter, so he is not afraid that his wife will care more, but only that she will care less.

After asking some more questions, the wife said leisurely: "If you enter Wei's house, how much salary do you think is appropriate?"

This question is wonderfully asked.

Fortunately, these teenagers were also prepared, and there was the clever one who answered first: "Of course the wife has the final say, as much as the wife gives."

"Exactly, being able to do things for the Wei family is a blessing that I have cultivated in my life, so there is no reason to ask for a price."

What's more, the young man who is willing to sacrifice everything for the chance, said loudly: "As long as I can enter Wei's house, the little one is willing to take nothing!"

Most of these teenagers are young, but they are mature and sensible at this moment. Tang Jie knew that most of them were taught by their adults long ago.

Seeing that everyone expressed their opinions at this moment, Tang Jie thought for a while, but he replied: "If my wife is willing, Tang Jie hopes to get three monthly wages."

Three strings of money, that is, three thousand copper coins, equivalent to three taels of silver.

In other words, Tang Jie asked for a salary of three thousand.

This price is normal in this world, but for the young servants of the Wei family, it is simply astronomical.

No one has ever dared to ask such a high price!

For a moment, all the teenagers looked at Tang Jie in astonishment, and Qin Yuan was even more surprised. Is this kid crazy? How dare you ask Weifu for three pennies?

Even Mrs. Wei looked at Tang Jie in surprise: "You want three pennies?"

Tang Jie looked distressed, gritted his teeth, and said, "Yes! Please forgive me, my wife. Although I want to climb the high branches of the Wei family when I come out to do things, the more important thing is to earn some money for my adoptive parents."

"For the second elder of the Wu family, don't they have enough money?"

"That's not it." Tang Jie replied: "It's just that the adoptive father is old, and he worked hard when he was young, and the root cause of his illness has fallen. Now every rainy day, his muscles and bones ache and his body is weak. Canglong Mansion is also a city with plenty of water. There are many rainy seasons, and the young one wants to buy some elixir for the adoptive parents, but the price of elixir is extremely expensive..."

Tang Jie didn't continue, but his wife already understood.

"So that's the case." The wife nodded: "I heard about you from Qin Yuan, and it was a coincidence that the two elders of the Wu family picked them up from the snow. It's also quite commendable, it's rare that you know how to repay your kindness, so you are a good boy."

As she said that, the wife smiled: "Okay, that's all for today. You all go down first, and I will notify you when the selection is made."

Eighteen teenagers left one after another.

Back at the Wu family, the elders of the Wu family hurriedly asked Tang Jie how the situation was, and Tang Jie answered them one by one.

Hearing that Tang Jie actually asked for three guan, the two elders cried out at the same time, and the old lady even complained: "You child, you are usually very smart, why are you so ignorant today. The children of that family Those who don’t want money want to send it in, but you want three strings of money, this is really... hopeless.”

Tang Jie didn't explain, just smiled and said: "If there is no hope, then there is no hope. It's good to be able to serve you in front of the elders."

The two elders sighed together, but they were helpless.

Eighteen teenagers left here, but the wife of the Wei family was still looking at the materials one by one, and the two little girls behind them looked at no one around, so they talked to themselves.

This one said that I think the young man surnamed Li is good, and the other said that I think the young man surnamed Liu is more suitable. At the same time, he said, I think you have a spring heart, let's see how handsome he is, and the two started fighting together.

Mrs. Wei's family heard it funny, shook her head, coughed lightly, and the two little girls shut up together, and couldn't help laughing quietly again.

Mrs. Wei said, "What are you laughing at?"

A girl replied: "Mrs. Hui, I was thinking that the young man named Tang Jie just now dared to ask for three pennies, so he was able to open his mouth."

"That's right, I really thought that the Wei family begged him to come in."

While they were talking, Manager Qin happened to come in. Hearing this, he couldn't help but blushed, bowed and said, "Go back to Madam, those boys have already been sent back."

"kindness."

Qin Yuan thought for a while, and said again: "What Tang Jie said today, my wife must not take it to heart."

"Take it to heart?" The wife replied, "What do you mean?"

"It's... the wages of the Sanguan." Qin Yuan replied.

The wife drank a cup of tea slowly: "Why, do you think my Wei family can't spend the money to hire someone?"

"Of course it doesn't mean that, it's just that the kid is ignorant..."

"I think he is very sensible." The wife has replied: "The second elder of the Wu family saved his life, but he desperately lost his future, and he has to take care of the second elder. It can be seen that he has a kind heart and a sincere nature. At a young age, he knows everything. Kindness and filial piety come first, which is a good thing.”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Wei's family sighed: "You must know that there is no one in this world. If you treat him well, he will definitely repay you. Are there still fewer ungrateful people in this world? So when choosing a servant, the first thing is to The most important thing is loyalty. It’s good to be smart, but it’s more important to be sincere!”

Qin Yuan was overjoyed, knowing that there was something to this matter.

But a girl next to him said: "But that kid's background is a little shallow after all, he knows people, face but not heart."

Qin Yuan was furious in his heart, but he didn't dare to reprimand, so his wife snorted: "You took advantage of the Li family and helped you to say good things, right? So what if you came here for a short time? Not everyone needs to be innocent. .Brothers have turned against each other, and some kindness will be reciprocated. Why did I go all out to let Qin Yuan come to be the chief steward of the Weifu? Isn't it because he knows how to repay his kindness and is a reliable person? Although the origin of this Tang Jie is somewhat unknown, but he has a kind personality and a good disposition, in my opinion, he is more reliable than those who have a solid foundation."

"Wouldn't it be that I have to pay three more money every month?" Another little girl muttered.

The wife gave her an annoyed look, and poked the girl's forehead with a pointed finger: "Look at your narrow-mindedness, what is a few pennies? In order for the Wei family to produce a spiritual teacher, the master is a million taels." He is willing to spend all his money, he is really ignorant. Besides, Wu Xing is also studying with Tianzhi now. If he knows that other teenagers in our family do not choose, but choose the most expensive one in their family, he should Do you think it is taking care of his family in advance? So, this matter is settled like this, and this Tang Jie will be chosen!"

"Madam Mingjian!" Qin Guanshi bowed to the end.

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PS: Sorry, overslept.