In any case, Zhao Qingzao was very satisfied with the long-term work that Shen Changting got in the county government today, although the salary was not high, but fortunately, it was stable enough.

I don't work long hours, I don't work overtime, I can take occasional vacations, and I am a civil servant, so there is nothing better than this.

Shen Changting said this through Zhao Qingzao, and he didn't reject the so-called master bookkeeper's work very much, and soon led Zhao Qingzao to the gate of a big mansion, which was the residence of the big family who was very generous with the reward.

This house is in the east of the town, sitting north and facing south, the gate is right opposite the street, the location is excellent, obviously the ancestors of this family also used a lot of thought about this house.

The high-walled courtyard looks very magnificent, with a heavy wooden door wrapped in iron sheets, which completely separates the inside and outside of the house, so that people cannot see the situation inside.

Shen Changting stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, a little guy in coarse linen clothes poked his head out, and when he saw Shen Changting, he couldn't help but smile and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Shen." ”

"I've seen the housekeeper, please forgive me for taking the liberty of disturbing you. ”

Shen Changting had the appearance of a scholar at this time, no matter how he spoke or behaved, he was no different from a scholar.

"I don't know what Mr. Shen is here?" The housekeeper seemed to have a good impression of Shen Changting, and he didn't speak ill of him, but he didn't let Shen Changting enter the door.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingzao smiled and said, "Housekeeper, that's the case, my brother Changting wants to come and ask, do you still want to copy books here?"

"Oh?"

The housekeeper was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhao Qingzao with some surprise, and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, two days ago, the old lady was still muttering, and wanted to find Mr. Shen to copy some Buddhist scriptures, but when I went to find it, I didn't see Mr. Shen setting up a stall, and I didn't find it after looking around, so I thought Mr. Shen was busy with other things." ”

"But I was invited by the bookstore later, and after copying the book for a few days, I didn't come out of the stall. ”

Zhao Qingzao opened his mouth with a smile.

She didn't lie what she said, originally Shen Changting was a stall to write letters and couplets for others, but later he was found by this family, so he asked him to help copy the Buddhist scriptures for a few days, and then because of the invitation of the bookstore shopkeeper, there was no stall.

Shen Changting also nodded, and said with a smile: "I haven't been in good health in the past few days, and I have copied books for the bookstore again, but I am really sorry for the delay." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, then I'll ask the old lady now if she still needs someone to copy the book. When the housekeeper saw that the other party sent it to the door, he saved him the trouble of continuing to look for people, and immediately planned to ask the old lady what he meant.

Seeing this, Zhao Qingzao grinned and said, "Thank you butler, but can the housekeeper help ask the old lady if she has good sisters and other families who also need to copy books, and my brother Changting is happy to help." ”

As he spoke, he took out a whole tael of silver, put it directly into the butler's hand, and said, "This matter will bother the housekeeper." ”

The housekeeper didn't expect Zhao Qingzao to stuff money into himself, his hand paused, his eyes narrowed, and he smiled busily: "It's just a trivial matter, let's go into the house and rest for a while, and then ask Mrs. ”

The housekeeper put the money in his pocket as he spoke, led Zhao Qingzao and Shen Changting into the house, pointed to the stool in the courtyard, and motioned for the two to wait, and then threw up his sleeves and entered the house.

Zhao Qingzao smiled, money can make ghosts grind, this is really true, looking at the housekeeper's appearance, she knew that the future will definitely be done.

In a good mood, she simply began to look at the big mansion.

The foothold is a courtyard where the door is entered, and behind it is the main hall, which looks like it should be a wing room on both sides, and then back, Zhao Qingzao can't see clearly, but it is estimated that there should be a big room.

This big mansion, if you really count, is probably bigger than the small villa in the metropolis in her previous life, and it is very well maintained, and it seems that the owner of this house is also a cultivated and learned person.

However, when Zhao Qingzao looked around with taste, he saw Shen Changting's brows furrowed slightly, and said with some displeasure: "Qingzao, why did you give the housekeeper the silver just now, we buy and sell with them, and eat with a pen, so we have to curry favor with a pickled servant." ”

Zhao Qingzao was stunned for a moment, looked at Shen Changting's serious appearance, and immediately understood why, and immediately smiled: "Brother Changting, that's not what you say, they all say that the king of Hades is easy to provoke, the little ghost is difficult, and the villain is like a ghost, this is not true, you may look down on the housekeeper, but his words are extremely useful, the so-called short hands and soft mouth, let's give him some benefits, in the future, he will not embarrass you and me." ”

She somewhat understood Shen Changting's thoughts, Shen Changting was a scholar after all, and he paid attention to his style, but the housekeeper was obviously a servant, to put it bluntly, he was not even a good citizen, he was a lowly person, and in this world with a huge gap in rank, it was naturally unsightly.

Shen Changting said disapprerovingly: "But how can we be scholars who are flattering and flattering." ”

"How is this flattery. ”

Zhao Qingzao frowned, speechless by Shen Changting's inexplicable integrity, and immediately said angrily: "This is just human nature, people have intimacy and alienation, this is human nature." ”

Seeing that Shen Changting still didn't listen, he couldn't help but continue to explain: "Brother Changting, there are some things I know that you may think are unnecessary, as long as you sit upright, you will naturally be fearless, but between people, there is always a difference between relatives and alienations, and there are also good feelings and dislikes, just like wearing clothes, as long as they are clean, you can do anything, but why pay attention to colors and different formats? It's just to make people feel comfortable." ”

"This time, I gave the housekeeper a little profit, in exchange for the other party's favor, so that he was good and I were good, so that everyone took what they needed, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds. ”

Zhao Qingzao said a little helpless, this Shen Changting is everything else, but he is not shrewd enough, if he says it is good, he is kind and generous, and if he says it is ugly, he is stupid, and he does not understand the world.

People are social animals, and everyone has likes and dislikes, so they just need to go straight.

Shen Changting was silent for a while, and he was silent for a long time.

Zhao Qingzao didn't know if he had listened to it, and persuaded: "Brother Changting, you have to have more snacks in this area in the future, as long as you are serious in doing things, but it is not enough to be serious, I don't know how many emperors are diligent and diligent, but what has become of the country in the end?"

"You can't read dead books when you read, in the future, you have to combine what the book says with your daily actions, and use it flexibly, I don't want you to be good at dancing with long sleeves, but you can know how to make people feel comfortable." ”

Zhao Qingzao opened his mouth faintly, and sighed secretly in his heart, in some ways, Shen Changting is really not suitable to be the head of the family, this kind of person is a typical fool who reads dead books.

But fortunately, Shen Changting can listen to people's words, and some things can only be guided slowly, otherwise she doesn't know how long she can last in the future.

"You strange truths, who told you. Shen Changting thought about it, his eyes instantly widened again, and he looked at Zhao Qingzao, full of surprise.

Zhao Qingzao pursed his lips and said, "Do you still need to be taught this kind of thing? Isn't this the basic principle of being a human being? Just like you just asked the housekeeper to pass the word, why should he help you pass the word, and he doesn't owe you, if you say that you just visit the old lady of the house, you can imagine that it is impossible, so you must not give people a little hard money." ”

"How can it be the same, he is the steward, and it is his responsibility to help the master pass the word. Shen Changting snorted coldly.

"But what is your identity, a person like you, are you qualified to be received by the master of the family, and you still pass on the word, you have a request for others, just imagine if you have an urgent matter to see the old lady of the family, but the people have not seen you, and the housekeeper does not know you, how can you see it, don't you have to impress the housekeeper? He is a small person, but who said that a small person should be dutiful. Zhao Qingzao sneered.

Shen Changting opened his mouth and was speechless for a while, he was not stupid, he naturally understood what Zhao Qingzao was referring to, and immediately fell silent.

Zhao Qingzao also ignored him, some things must be figured out, otherwise this day is destined to not last long.

Just when Shen Changting was thinking silently, he saw the housekeeper coming over with a smile on his face, holding two Buddhist scriptures and a bound blank book and handing them to Shen Changting, and said, "Mr. Shen, this is what the old lady asked you to copy, if you copy it, send it directly, and there will be others at that time." ”

"Good. Shen Changting took it with a stiff face.

Zhao Qingzao smiled brightly and said, "Thank you, housekeeper, then we won't bother." ”

"It's fine, it's just a trifle. ”

The housekeeper just received a tael of silver from Zhao Qingzao, which was comparable to his month's salary, and he was naturally much more polite to Zhao Qingzao.

"Then we'll leave it alone. ”

Zhao Qingzao smiled happily, pulled Shen Changting and left, she didn't ask what the salary was, judging from the old lady's generosity last time, she didn't need to ask about this kind of thing at all, and she wouldn't let her down this time.

Since people are so generous, there is no need for her to be stingy, that will only make people look down on her.

"I'm done, what else do you have?"

Walking in the town, Shen Changting asked Zhao Qingzao, he remembered that Zhao Qingzao had been clamoring to come, so there must be something.

Zhao Qingzao smiled and said, "I originally wanted to ask what to plant, it is more valuable, but it is not too late for the time being, I plan to buy two chickens first, what do you think?"

At this time, she really didn't want to go to the doctor, afraid that she couldn't help but be angry, and finally decided to buy two chickens to raise them back, and she could lay some eggs to eat at the worst, otherwise she would buy everything, and the cost would be too great.

"Okay, it's all up to you. ”

Shen Changting listened to Zhao Qingzao for these little things in life, maybe he also felt that he was not in charge of this matter.

Zhao Qingzao smiled, at this time, even if Shen Changting disagreed, she would insist.

The place where the chickens are sold, I searched for a long time to find them, they are all palm-sized chicks, Zhao Qingzao looked at it, and asked the boss to buy a few chicks with good spirits, which cost almost sixty or seventy yuan, which made her feel distressed.

But she had to buy, buy old hens, that can't be fed, unless it's locked up all day, otherwise as soon as it's released, it will run away, and she can only start raising from the chicks to be ripe.

After buying the chicken, Zhao Qingzao saw that it was not early, the sun was poisoning, Zhao Qingzao saw this, and remembered that he forgot to buy a hat last time, so he decisively bought two hats, and immediately wore one with Shen Changting.

Zhao Qingzao is considering that Shen Changting will work for half a day in the future, and he will go home at noon every day, this journey is not short, there is no hat to shade the sun, she is worried that this sick seedling will not be able to hold on.

When they came home in an ox cart, it was more than half past noon, and even Zhao Qingzao also felt a little hot, but she didn't care about resting, so she was busy looking for a place to put the chickens.