The two walked under the eaves of the wing room on the side of the atrium, Chen Xian saw that there was no one around, took two steps forward, reached out and grabbed Steward Yang's hand and said, "In the future, I will ask the housekeeper to take care of it more." ”

Suddenly grabbed by Chen Xian's hand, Steward Yang's face suddenly sank, but he immediately felt that there seemed to be something more in his hand.

Chen Xian quickly let go of his hand, Steward Yang looked down, there was a thick and short bracelet lying in his hand, the color of the bracelet was red gold, just by the weight of the feel, Steward Yang could be sure that this bracelet was made of gold, looking at the red gold color, it was still a rare pure gold, the weight was probably more than half a tael, such a half two pure gold, the value of which was probably comparable to more than five taels of real silver (the best silver in the Song Dynasty).

This bracelet was made by Chen Xian after splitting the gold chain around his neck.

A few years ago, it was popular in the society to bring a big gold chain, Chen Xian, who lost his job at that time and had no choice but to open a farmhouse, unexpectedly turned over and made some money, and under the influence of vanity, he also got a big gold chain for himself to wear, and this crossing was also brought over.

On the way to Yiyuan, Chen Xian split the chain into four parts and made four bracelets, which were intended to be used as stepping stones to settle down.

Yesterday, Chen Xian had already inquired clearly from the maid surnamed Wu, this housekeeper's surname is Yang, his name is Anren, he is an old servant who has served Yang Yuanwai's father and son for two generations, and now as the chief housekeeper of Yang Mansion, the right to speak in Yang Mansion is almost only under Yang Yuan.

Therefore, Chen Xiancai did not hesitate to invest in this Yang steward.

Glancing at the gold chain in his hand, Steward Yang's face suddenly came alive, and a faint smile rippled out, and said: "The eldest lady grew up watching me, you saved the eldest lady, you saved me, and it is the right thing to take care of you." ”

Hearing Steward Yang's promise, which was almost equivalent to an explicit promise, Chen Xian was immediately overjoyed and arched his hand: "There is labor, there is labor." ”

Sent Chen Xian out of the courtyard and let him return to the guest courtyard by himself, and Steward Yang turned around and went back.

In the afternoon of the same day, Steward Yang walked into Chen Xian's guest room with the tailor and four housekeepers, who carried two big red boxes, tired and red-faced.

After entering the guest room, Steward Yang asked the housekeeper to put down the red wooden box, handed the two keys to Chen Xian, pointed to the box and said to him: "In these two boxes are ten taels of silver and fifty yuan that your grandfather rewarded you." ”

Chen Xian immediately stepped forward to open one of the boxes, and the strings of copper coins in the boxes contained most of the boxes, and a snow-white tunic silver cake was placed on top of the copper coins.

Without hesitation, Chen Xian picked up the silver cake and handed it to Steward Yang with both hands: "Grandpa repaired the blacksmith shop for me, if I really don't pull out a dime, it would be too bad to know what to do, ten taels of silver Steward Yang will collect it and make up for me in the shop." ”

As he spoke, Chen Xian also handed Steward Yang a "you know" look, Steward Yang smiled, took the silver cake, put it in his sleeve, and said: "Don't worry, Chen Zhuangshi, the small one will repair a good shop for you." ”

After the transaction was completed, the tailor was left to tailor Chen Xian, and Yang Yuanwai left the guest house with two Zhuang Ding satisfied.

Although among the rewards given to Chen Xian, the two boxes of copper coins are the big ones, but even if Chen Xian gives these copper coins to Steward Yang, he doesn't dare to move such two large boxes of money home, so these ten taels of silver are Steward Yang's biggest thoughts.

As for Chen Xian, he doesn't feel sorry for the money for gifts, he has been in the society for many years, and he still has some experience in gift-giving.

The object of gift-giving, must choose those who can be generous to others, generous to others will generally not be distressed, and the income of gift-giving is generally guaranteed.

Yang Yuanwai's order to the housekeeper is very general, extremely flexible, saying that it is to build a blacksmith shop, but it is not said what kind of blacksmith shop to build, a stove under a straw shed is also a blacksmith shop, a workshop that can be used for more than ten blacksmiths to work, and the well-equipped workshop is also a blacksmith shop, which is too elastic.

The reason why Chen Xian gave a heavy gift is to push this flexibility online.

Another reason why Chen Xian gave a heavy gift is that in this place, he is not familiar with life, and even if he has money, it is difficult to do good things, but if he gives the money to Steward Yang, with the help of him and the power of Yang Mansion, he can get twice the result with half the effort, and Chen Xian will naturally be able to follow the fox and fake Huwei.

After sending away Steward Yang, Chen Xian took out the consistent money from the cash box, wrapped it in gauze, handed it to the tailor, and said: "How can you let the master work in vain, take these hard-earned money and go to have a drink." ”

Always put the money in his arms, the tailor's face suddenly melted, and he carefully measured Chen Xian's body size with a smile.

The tailor accepted the money, and Chen Xian asked the other party to make him a few sets of close-fitting underwear, and told him that he was in a hurry.

The tailor with short hands immediately said that he would rush to make it for him overnight.

After getting the money, the tailor master was very happy, and when he measured the size, he talked to Chen Xian, "Today, the sun comes out of the west, and in the past, when the great housekeeper gave out rewards for the staff, he always used bad money to deal with it, but the fifty yuan you sent to the strong man today are all high-grade copper coins." ”

Chen Xian was surprised on his face, but he couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, this is the effect of the gold bracelet yesterday.

Don't underestimate the difference between bad money and good money, in this day and age, the difference in value between bad money and good money can even reach more than double.

The tailor finished measuring and took his leave.

In the afternoon, Chen Xian took advantage of the absence of another handmaiden and thanked the handmaid surnamed Wu with half a bank; took the opportunity of the maid surnamed Wu to go back and release the money, and bribed another handmaid with a hundred yuan......

In the evening of the same day, Yang Yuanwai set up a banquet to entertain Chen Xian, and during the banquet, Yang Yuanwai just took a look and toasted a glass of wine, mainly accompanied by several nephews outside the staff.

During the banquet, the lady of the Lu family brought her two sons to kowtow to Chen Xian to thank her.

Early the next morning, Steward Yang left Yang's Mansion with Chen Xian, and took him to the north gate of Zhuangzi to choose a site for the shop, which is the benefit of making money.

Steward Yang came out of the back door of the Yang Mansion with Chen Xian and two entourages.

The back door of the Yang Mansion was to the north of the mansion, that is, the gate where Chen Xian entered the Yang Mansion the day before yesterday.

Walking out of the Yang Mansion, an old man and a young man were waiting at the door.

Seeing Steward Yang, the old and young hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Steward Yang introduced two people to Chen Xian, the old man's surname is Chen, his name is Jia, people call him Chen Laojia, he is the construction foreman of the Yang family, and the young man is his son, named San Lang.

After the introduction, Steward Yang led everyone along the street to the north, walking nearly two hundred meters, the houses on both sides of the road gradually thinned, and the vegetable fields and farmland gradually increased.