"Childe, you slow down, eat slowly, don't choke." The shopkeeper watched the gobble-up voyage with straight eyes.

In a private seat on the second floor of the inn, Ye Yuanhang kept picking vegetables into his mouth like a whirlwind.

"You...... You can talk to me later, don't delay my meal, starve to death. Yuanhang said with a mouth full of food.

The shopkeeper ordered four dishes and one soup, and originally planned to have a drink with Ye Yuanhang. Who would have thought that before a glass of wine was served, there were only a few empty plates left on the table.

Ye Yuanhang drank the last mouthful of soup, burped, and finally ate full, his stomach swelled for the first time in two days, which felt so good.

"Thank you, shopkeeper, do you have something to say to me?" Yuanhang asked, holding his stomach in his hand.

The shopkeeper looked at Ye Yuanhang eating and was stunned for a long time, and it took a long time to react.

"Dare to ask your son's surname, where do you want to go?"

"My surname is Ye, and now I can say that I am homeless, and I can only go wherever I go." Thinking about not knowing if he could return to New China, Ye Yuanhang was a little sad.

"Oh, that's right." The shopkeeper's contemplation was silent.

"Childe, it's better than this. Tomorrow, Tang Yuan will recruit housekeepers, you go and sign up. I think Childe is witty and sensitive, and he will definitely succeed in one fell swoop. As the housekeeper of the Tang Mansion, the son will have no worries about food and clothing. The shopkeeper suddenly frowned and said.

"Can you? When you become a housekeeper, you don't have to worry about eating and drinking? Yuanhang asked with a look of surprise on his face, leaning over the table with his hand.

"Gongzi doesn't know that Tang Mansion is the third richest person in Luzhou City. Mainly engaged in cloth. There are a few branches of the Tang family in Luzhou City, do you think you can eat without it? Besides, the eldest lady of the Tang family is rumored to be beautiful and immortal, and many talented people have come to apply for the eldest lady this time. The shopkeeper laughed dryly twice after speaking.

"Really? You said it earlier, you said it early, when and where is tomorrow? Yuanhang became interested and hurriedly asked.

"Tomorrow, at the South Gate." The shopkeeper replied.

"What time is it?" Yuanhang scratched his head and asked embarrassedly.

"Haha, just go after breakfast, and you can catch up. If Childe is chosen, he must come and let me know. I'm also beaming. The shopkeeper thought the voyage was very interesting, and replied with a smile.

"Okay, I'll get some rest and go early tomorrow morning. I'll invite you to drink after that. Shopkeeper, I'm doing you a great favor today, right? Yuanhang nodded in response, but suddenly asked.

"Yes, otherwise, if there is a loss of items in our store, the reputation of our store will be ......" The shopkeeper nodded again and again.

"Then you see that if I stay for another night tonight, will you not charge?" Yuanhang asked with a cheeky grin.

“……”

The next day, after Ye Yuanhang finished eating, he walked towards the south gate without hurry. The Tang family set up a platform on the left side of the south city gate, and more than a dozen families stood around the platform. There were two square tables on the table. Tang Yuanwai was sitting on a stool drinking tea. There was an old man standing behind him, and when he saw Tang Yuanwai put down the teacup, he hurriedly stepped forward to refill the water in the cup.

"Old butler, sit down and rest, you are old, you should enjoy the blessings, you don't have to be tired to serve me." Tang Yuanwai felt sorry for the old housekeeper, and pointed to the stool next to him and said.

"Yes, sir, let the old slave serve you one more time. Tomorrow there will be a new butler, and the old slave will no longer be able to serve you. With that, the old man turned his head and wiped his eyes with his sleeve.

"Don't be sad, old butler. Let's find a new butler for fear that you will be tired. You have been caring for our Tang family for a lifetime, I have prepared a house for you in the house, and I will send you two maids tomorrow, you will be blessed, and I will give you a pension and send you to the end. Tang Yuanwai couldn't bear to say when he saw the old housekeeper crying.

"Yes. I know that the master is good to the old slave. The old butler nodded and said, "Master, our Tang Mansion has a good reputation, and you see that there are so many people who came to apply." ”

"Yes, there are a lot of people, but I don't know if there can be someone I like. Let's get started, old butler. Tang Yuanwai nodded and said.

"Yes". The old butler answered and walked to the front of the stage. Report to the audience. "Dear fathers, fellow villagers, dear friends. Today, our Tang Mansion has set up a platform here in order to find a Tang Mansion steward. The villagers also know that our Tang Mansion is also a big family in Luzhou City, and the housekeeper who is looking for this time must be smart and witty, decent in appearance, mature and steady, well-informed, and loyal. It also needs to be literate, be able to write, and be able to settle accounts. If you feel you meet these requirements, please come to the stage to sign up. ”

There were a lot of people watching the excitement in the audience, but when it was more serious, not many people really stepped forward. There are those who can't write, those who can't settle accounts, and those who have long crooked melons and cracked dates. If you can't even meet these basic requirements, you won't be on the stage and be ashamed.

"I'm here to apply." Before the words fell, a man in his early thirties, with a tough appearance and a long green cloth coat, stepped forward to the stage.

"Hey, shopkeeper Chen, you don't take care of business in the store, why did you come here?" The old butler frowned, obviously not very satisfied with his shopkeeper's failure to take good care of the store and run out.

Shopkeeper Chen stepped forward and knelt down to say goodbye.

"Sir, great butler. People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places. I, Chen Feng, have been the shopkeeper of the Tang family for eight years, and it goes without saying that I am loyal to the Tang family. In the eight years of passing through my accounts, there has not been a single penny wrong. I heard that the old housekeeper was going to retire for a long time, so I came to apply for the position of housekeeper, hoping to stay by the master's side and continue to contribute to the Tang Mansion. After the shopkeeper Chen finished speaking, he kowtowed to Tang Yuanwai three times.

The corners of Tang Yuanwai's mouth moved slightly, and he smiled. He said, "Get up, I know who you are, and since you have this heart, I will pay more attention to it." Stand aside and see if anyone else comes. ”

"Thank you, sir." Shopkeeper Chen got up and took a few steps back and stood on the left side of the stage.

A few more people came up one after another, some were scholars, and some were talented. There is a small business, and there is also a fortune teller......

Ye Yuanhang came a little late, squeezed in from the periphery, and it took a lot of effort to squeeze to the front of the stage. When he saw that there were already many people standing on the stage, he didn't bother to tidy up his clothes, and hurriedly shouted: "Wait for me, there is still me, I am also here to apply." "I used my hands and feet to climb up to the stage.

The old butler couldn't help but sigh when he saw a young man climbing up. The man in front of him was disheveled, the buttons on his neck were gone, and the front hem was drooping. Looking down again, what about shoes? How did you come up with only one shoe. The old housekeeper took two steps forward, "This son, you are not in good clothes, please go back, our Tang family does not entertain people who can't even take care of themselves." ”

"Wait a minute, let him come." Tang Yuanwai saw that it was Ye Yuanhang, and beckoned excitedly.

Ye Yuanhang looked over, hey! Isn't this the old man in the prefect's house yesterday? Smiling at the old man, Ye Yuanhang hurriedly walked a few steps, picked up Tang Yuanwai's teacup and drank it.

"Bold, where did you come from. Come, get him down. ”

Ye Yuanhang's actions made the old housekeeper very angry, and no one dared to be so presumptuous in front of the master.

"It's okay, it's okay." Tang Yuanwai smiled. Usually people are well-behaved in front of him, and it is rare to have such a young man who is unrestrained, as if he is his own child.

"Can I be blamed for this? With so many people down there, it's not easy for me to squeeze through. Sir, are you here to apply for a housekeeper at your age? Yuanhang looked at Tang Yuanwai and asked with a smile.

"Hahahaha, this son, I am the fifth-generation head of the Tang family, and the old man's name is Tang Zhenting." Tang Yuanwai laughed completely.

Hearing this, Ye Yuanhang was a little stupid. He slowly handed over the teacup, forced a smile and said, "That...... Don Outside, return your teacup. ”

"Hehe," Tang Yuanwai smiled and waved his hand. He asked, "Is Childe also here to apply to be my housekeeper?" ”

"Yes, the little homeless, I heard that your house needs a housekeeper, so I'll try it, I don't know what conditions are needed?" Yuanhang saw that Tang Yuanwai was amiable, so he became bolder.

"First of all, you have to be able to settle accounts, the housekeeper needs to manage the people in the house internally, and externally, you need to go to various branches to collect the silver taels. If you don't know how to settle accounts, isn't it just as much as the people below say? Tang Yuanwai said seriously.

"I will ...... the account" Before Ye Yuanhang's words were finished, he was interrupted by the shopkeeper Chen on the side.

"Since you know how to settle accounts, I'll compare with you." Mr. Chen has been running the store for eight years, and his biggest advantage is that he can settle accounts quickly. Take this opportunity to show it in front of the master.

"We ask each other, and if the other party can't answer it, it's a loss." Shopkeeper Chen said to Yuanhang with a fist.

"Okay, I don't know what the question is, so you can come up with the question first." Ye Yuanhang didn't know what kind of questions the other party would ask to embarrass him.

"Listen, one piece of cloth is two taels of silver, if you buy fifteen pieces of cloth, how much silver do you need?" Shopkeeper Chen smiled and looked at the voyage.

"What? That's the title. Ye Yuanhang didn't believe his ears. Dumbfounded, he looked at the shopkeeper Chen.

"Are you trying to cheat, don't hurry up and delay the time." Shopkeeper Chen thought that Ye Yuanhang couldn't figure it out and delay the time.

"It costs thirty taels of silver, do you still need it?" Ye Yuanhang scratched his head and looked at Shopkeeper Chen with some incredulity.

"You, you...... How is it calculated? ”

Shopkeeper Chen looked at Ye Yuanhang incredulously, how did he calculate it, so fast? If you don't sell cloth often, you can't calculate the amount of money for so much cloth.

"You know how to do this topic, fifteen times two is not thirty taels." The voyage is a bit of a circle.

"What multiplies? Aren't all accounts added one by one? Shopkeeper Chen asked puzzled.

"Then let me ask you, if you sell fifty-five pieces of cloth at a time, how many silver taels should you have?" Ye Yuanhang also asked Shopkeeper Chen in confusion.

"For such a large amount, there has to be an abacus. Two taels of silver for one horse, you need to add fifty-five times in a row. You're deliberately trying to embarrass me. Shopkeeper Chen was a little angry, his body trembled slightly, and even his hands were clenched into fists.

Ye Yuanhang was completely speechless, could it be that at this time, the algorithm only has addition and subtraction? Hasn't multiplication and division been invented yet?

"Hehe, old butler." Tang Yuanwai stood up. "There's no need to compete, it's him."

"Yes, sir." The old butler bent down to send Tang Yuan off the stage. After seeing the sedan chair leave, he turned around and said to Ye Yuanhang with a smile: "Sone is really good, the little old man was offended a lot before." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare" Ye Yuanhang was full of joy and wrote on his face, and his eyes narrowed into a line.

"Childe, let's go back to the house first," the old butler stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

Yuanhang hurriedly flashed out of the air and said, "Okay, okay, old butler, please first." ”

When lunch was down again, Yuanhang followed behind the old butler, shook his head and sighed secretly: Fifteen times two can be a housekeeper, this ancient job is really easy to find.