Chapter 2 Husband and Wife Housekeepers
Among the branches hung with hoarfrost were dark brown mansions. The gardens www.biquge.info of these mansions, without exception, are surrounded by cast aluminum fences covered with arabesques. Behind those fences, in addition to many flower branches that dry up in winter, there are also many evergreen shrubs, so that under the white there is some greenery. And on such snowy days, the birdsong has completely disappeared. If anything, it's the occasional car driving through these courtyards, causing a few dogs to bark.
This is the "Red County". It is all British-style single-family villas, and the owners are all wealthy, and living here symbolizes the status of the richest class in the capital.
However, even for the wealthy, there are hierarchies and differences. For example, in the central area of the "Red County", there are several more special houses.
What makes these houses special is that they are not only significantly larger in size compared to the other buildings in the villa complex, but most importantly, they also have a swimming pool in the backyard and a private fountain in the front yard.
It was close to 16 o'clock in the afternoon, and Lawyer Wu was standing in the living room of such a house, silently admiring the fountain in the courtyard through the six-meter-high floor-to-ceiling windows.
Because of the cold weather, the curtain of scattered water that should have erupted from the mouth of the nine carp statues that jumped out of the pool was already half-frozen, and only sporadic streams of water dripped from the ice flowers, which looked like desolate tears.
To be honest, Mr. Wu really liked the house and the courtyard very much, and he was equally impressed by the gorgeous and exquisite decoration and furnishings in the house. This large mansion can almost become a sample of his extravagant hopes for his future life. But if he were to live here now, he really wouldn't want to.
There are two reasons for this. One is to enjoy this kind of life, which he can't afford with his current income. Living here, the monthly property fee alone costs 20,000 yuan. The second is that he knows very well that if he lives here, he will most likely be disturbed by some of the things he has done, and he will definitely have nightmares when he sleeps......
"Lawyer Wu, the car has been parked. ”
A flattering southern accent sounded, causing Lawyer Wu to interrupt his conjecture. He turned around, and behind him was a groveling middle-aged man, with a natural obscenity, leaning over a thin body, handing over the car keys of "Silver Ben".
Next to the man stood a bloated middle-aged woman, painted like a pastel jar, with a flattering smile on a fat face covered in foundation, and she was the man's wife.
"It's hard to walk on the snowy road, isn't it?...... your car?" the woman also spoke in a southern accent, and apparently noticed the extent of the car's destruction in the garage.
Lawyer Wu is still apprehensive about the matter on the road, and he doesn't want to talk about it at all. But this woman reminded him of the wolf again, and his face twitched uncontrollably.
The woman immediately saw that something was wrong and quickly shut up.
Lawyer Wu snorted coldly at the woman, and then took the key from the man's hand with a big grin, without giving the couple a good look. He didn't care if they minded, he didn't need to, he despised them even more.
In fact, the couple were distant relatives found by Mr. Gao from his hometown. They are here because the house needs to be kept as original as possible, and it has to be looked after by someone trustworthy. But what people didn't expect was that the couple was surprisingly lazy, they were still cleaning at first, and soon after that, they barely did any work.
Managing the couple's work is one of the tasks assigned to him by Mr. Gao. But at that time, the couple relied on their kinship with Mr. Gao and didn't take him seriously, and his words were all taken as deaf ears, so the house also suffered, and the extent of the ruin was simply outrageous.
Take the main living room on the right side of the staircase, for example, there is a large fireplace on the wall, and the large, square stove mouth takes up almost half of the wall. After the couple took over the house, it was always filled with ashes. And the soft, thick Persian carpet in front of the fireplace is always like a garbage dump, with countless beer cans, paper scraps and fruit peels scattered on it. Even on the rosewood arhat bed next to it, the pure yellow seat cushion that was laid out didn't take long to change color and was dyed a big oil black. This is only the least affected area, and the other rooms are even more miserable.
The most excessive thing is that the couple not only often complains that the salary is too low, but also whimsically asks him to find three more people to serve them. I also thought it was beautiful, asking for a cook, a janitor, and a cleaning. The couple kept complaining, saying that the house was too big to do, and that these were all things done by the nanny, and they were housekeepers, as long as they were responsible for management, they could really make people angry. What he didn't expect was that after being reprimanded by him, the couple actually called Mr. Gao to sue him, as if he always saved money for Mr. Gao and deliberately deducted and abused them.
Fortunately, Mr. Gao scolded the couple in the end, which was a lesson for them. But the side effects are just as obvious, and Mr. Gao is obviously very dissatisfied with him, thinking that he can't handle any small things.
Nothing is a greater disaster than losing the trust of his master, and as a wonderful dog, he understands this all too well. So he tried his best to find a way to make the couple obedient.
The turning point came after he silently observed the couple's daily behavior. Soon after, he discovered that the couple had another, even more despicable problem, unclean hands and feet.
I don't know when it started, and every time he came, he would find that there must be something unusual in the house. To say that the couple is not too stupid, at least they know that they can adjust the bag well, take away a thing, and always buy a similar one and put it back in its place. But the problem is that these two people have no cultural connotation, and the flaws in the things they bought are simply full of holes, and there is even a farce of replacing fine porcelain with plastic products and replacing the authentic masterpieces of famous artists with spray-painted photos on the wall. In this way, if he doesn't understand what the two of them are doing, he is simply an idiot.
The timing of his choice to show his hole cards was after the couple went to Panjiayuan to sell stolen goods together. After he told the fact of the theft to his face and made a list of all the lost items, the wife also tried to deny and quibble. But when he threw all the photos he secretly followed and took in front of the couple, they suddenly became wilted eggplants. He set only one condition for the couple, either they were obedient and work hard, or he would report their "great achievements" to Mr. Gao, and then send them to prison.
It is not difficult for the couple to do multiple-choice questions, especially after he gave the couple a free legal education class and heard that they might be imprisoned for more than ten years, the couple immediately expressed their willingness to change their past mistakes and become new people. As a result, the daily cleaning of the house was quickly resumed.
However, he did not have any intention of strengthening the care of the property in the house afterwards. He understands very well that from Mr. Gao's point of view, he doesn't care about these little things at all. Besides, this is not Mr. Gao's home, arranging poor relatives from his hometown to come here, in addition to reassuring, may have intended to let the couple make a little money. Therefore, his threats are a bluff, and as long as the couple can work obediently, he doesn't care about giving some sweetness. In this way, in the mode of sticks and turnips, after several times of conditioning, the couple has become the dough that he kneades at will, and there is no longer any arrogant capital.
Now if he has any dissatisfaction with the couple, I am afraid it is the old saying - nature is hard to change. These two people have always been lazy, and their problems can never be cured. Although he is more obedient now and can do some work, he is inevitably suspected of coping with errands. Take the fountain in the yard now, the valve should be turned off in such a cold weather, and the man obviously wants to be lazy because he is afraid of the cold, so he pretends to be stupid and doesn't see it.
Ignoring the details often has terrible consequences, and Lawyer Wu will never tolerate such things, and he begins to question men. "What's the deal with the fountain in the yard?".
"It's not time yet...... Come on, let's smoke a cigarette first. The man sneered as he took out a box of Chinese cigarettes to lighten the mood.
Lawyer Wu rolled his eyes and looked at him before taking out a cigarette and putting it in his mouth.
"How many times have I told you, the most important thing here is not to attract attention. The fountain in the courtyard was already frozen, so why should the gardener and the security guard be suspicious? Besides, the water pipe had to be repaired if it was frozen and cracked, and it would be too easy to leak the situation here. ”
The man blushed, and ran to close the fountain valve.
Lawyer Wu did not let go of the woman either. "And you, the glass is not rubbed, and the floor is dirty. Look around, which house looks like this?"
The woman also hurriedly ran to clean up the living room, but she secretly rolled her eyes at him. And when the man turned off the water valve and came back from outside, the woman was still grinding, and she couldn't even finish wiping a few tabletops.
Lawyer Wu looked at luck and snuffed out the cigarette butt. "Who are you fooling about? If you don't do a good job, get out. Don't tell me that the tiger skin on the Taishi's chair flew on its own again. Do this, you guys are fast!"
"That'...... Tiger Skin ...... "The woman stood up, then her eyes rolled, and she immediately had an excuse. "Oh, it's all my husband's fault. I was so careless about smoking that the cigarette butt fell on the tiger skin......"
The man also cooperated with the pitiful dress, "Blame me, blame me, forgive me." The countrymen are used to being rough......"
But Lawyer Wu didn't have the slightest expression on his face, and he didn't believe a word of the couple's words.
"How much did it sell?"
One sentence made the couple stop performing.
At this time, the woman gritted her teeth and nodded at the man.
The man hurriedly took out a large envelope and sent it over, "It's a little meaning, take care of it." ”
Judging by the thickness, there are about 10,000 yuan in the envelope, which means that it has been prepared in advance. To say that the couple has made progress and began to learn to bribe, but Lawyer Wu doesn't want to have anything to do with it. For one, he felt that the amount of money was too little. Second, he was also afraid that after Mr. Gao found out, he would think that he was greedy for small profits and was useless. He decisively pushed it away. "How much did it sell?".
The woman was unhappy all of a sudden, and her tone was aggrieved. "Ah, that skin is worthless, and it's burned out a big piece......"
Lawyer Wu couldn't stand this philistine's fat face, so he immediately interrupted. "Well, it's not the first time for you. If you don't tell the truth......"
The man next to him was frightened when he heard this, and he simply surrendered. "Don't. Lakh. Sold for 100,000 yuan. ”
The woman couldn't help but glare at the man fiercely.
Although Lawyer Wu knew that the couple was not shrewd, when he heard this number now, he couldn't help but want to scold, turtle.
That's a real South China tiger, the fur of an adult male tiger. Flawless, with full head and tail of feet and paws. Trading on the international black market, you don't have the heart to buy it for $200,000.
To be honest, he really feels a little pitiful for this couple. Because they know that the contents of the house are valuable, they have never been able to figure out the specific value of each item. This couple is destined to be poor for the rest of their lives, and they have done more than one stupid thing. An antique table clock of the Ming Dynasty that was placed on the case was sold by them for 50,000 yuan. A set of Vatican silverware in the dining room cabinet was also sold for only 15,000. Because of this, the second-tier dealers in Panjiayuan are crazy. These two are now extremely popular in the industry, and they are famous "big colanders", and they are all stupid deals.
"100,000, really only 100,000. The man was afraid that Lawyer Wu would not believe it, and he was still swearing.
Lawyer Wu couldn't help but sneer and reprimanded with a straight face. "Hmph, you have the energy to make money, but you are tired of working, where do you think this is? Take the supermarket you don't need money? If the things here are leaked at all, you have to go to prison!"
"Prison, we?" the man was even more frightened, his voice trembling.
"What does this have to do with us? It's obviously your ......" The woman stopped doing it, and simply took out her shrew strength, but before she finished speaking, she was frightened by the hideousness that suddenly appeared on Lawyer Wu's face.
Lawyer Wu's lenses flashed with a cold arc, and he said word by word, "Who, me, or Mr. Gao? ”
The woman was completely frightened and unresponsive.
The man's legs trembled, "Yes, yes." We were confused. ”
Lawyer Wu is still staring at the woman. "Foolish, you are very shrewd about tiger skins. ”
The man pulled his wife hard, and the woman woke up and quickly expressed her position. "Yes, yes. Understood, secrecy. It's up to you to do whatever you do. ”
The so-called three days without fighting, going to the house to expose the tiles, the couple who owed the scolding finally understood their catties and became obedient.
And Lawyer Wu saw that the scolding was almost over, and felt that it was time to give the sweet dates to eat, so his tone softened again. "Actually, it's nothing for you to get two money. Let's be clear, I don't want any of your money. I'm still the same, as long as you do what you need to do. How?"
used profit to lure, and sure enough, it hit seven inches again. These words made the woman happy again, and she slapped her chest to show her loyalty, and to work hard to restore the house to its old cleanliness, and never let him worry about it again.
The man was still hesitating, as if he was not sure whether Lawyer Wu did not accept the money or not.
The woman soon noticed that she was afraid that the man would hand over the money again, so she quickly blocked in front of him and stared at his face. "Lawyer Wu makes a lot of money, where is it like ours, relying on this little money to support the family, put it away!" The last four words, almost gritted teeth.
The man was frightened by his wife and withdrew his hand to put away the envelope. The woman smiled.
Lawyer Wu didn't care about the couple's little tricks, his face became serious, and he began to ask about the most important things.
"How's the old guy doing?"
The man thought for a moment. "I'm very weak, I cough, I scold when I see people, and my temper is even worse. ”
Women also add. "He's also swearful when he's alone lately. Although you can't hear it from the outside, it can scare people to death every night when the house is haunted. ”
Lawyer Wu is not surprised that the old guy is still dead, smelly, and hard. This stubborn confrontation has been giving him a headache for a long time. Now, however, he is sure that he will be able to resolve the matter quickly.
He groaned again, feeling that it was time to announce Mr. Gao's new order.
"Mr. Gao wants you not to abuse him anymore from now on, but to take care of his diet and daily life, give him some milk and eggs, and at least ensure that he lives for a month. Don't let him die within a month. ”
When the man heard this, he was puzzled and worried, and rubbed his hands for a long time before he mustered up the courage to speak. "It's hard to do. The old guy has suffered so many crimes, how can he cooperate. What if we ......?
The woman was equally worried. "yes. That old guy had a good temper, and now he has to curse every day when he brings him porridge and helps him go to the toilet. I'm afraid he'll bite me......"
Lawyer Wu naturally knew what they were afraid of, it was a devastated human life, and he was not an ordinary person. But at this point, there is no room for reversal, and it is impossible to stop.
He had to reiterate it categorically. "This is an order, not a consultation with you, just do it, and don't worry about the rest. ”
The husband and wife's expressions tightened, and they both felt the weight of these words, and nodded silently.