"Now, it's time for us to talk about this contract."

As soon as these words came out, the surrounding joyful atmosphere suddenly disappeared, and everyone's expressions were a little puzzled, and they were not sure what John was going to do.

"Young Master, why can they go, but we have to stay." Someone said what everyone doubted.

"Because the contracts of the eight of them have expired, they are like waste paper, legally speaking, they have long been disconnected from the Condon family, and they can do whatever they want, and I have no right to interfere." John paused for a moment and continued,

"But you're different, your employment contract is still in the term."

Hearing this, everyone frowned, and a feeling of uneasiness suddenly rose in their hearts.

"I don't know what the eldest young master wants to talk about?" Someone asked cautiously,

John smiled, lifted his footsteps, and said as he walked,

"I would like to ask a question, has Mr. Derek Conton ever paid you according to the standard of the contract?"

The crowd was silent, and they did not squeak.

Seeing this, John shook his head speechlessly, "I didn't expect my father's reputation to be so good. ”

"Lord Condon has always been very kind to people, but it is hateful that these people he once took great care of chose to betray him in his most difficult time." Daisy on the side snorted heavily.

Hearing this, the faces of the people around him suddenly had a trace of shame, and an old man with gray hair walked out of the crowd and said bitterly,

"Master Condon, I know that at this time, it is not good to leave Condon Manor in this way, but we really can't help it, we have family members, and children, they need food and clothing, we can't afford to wait, and we dare not wait, please let us go."

The old man's voice was low and sad, which made people feel pity, and the people around him also muttered,

"Young Master, we can't help it, we also have to live."

"There are still children at home, and he hasn't eaten for two days."

"We need work, but the contract documents ......"

Like the drowning man who grabbed the reins of his life, the group kept pleading with John in all sorts of humble words, which were trivial and staccato, but they were powerful when they were all combined.

Slowly, the expressions of the people in the corner who were glaring angrily also changed, and their eyes became a little more unbearable.

"The eldest young master......"

Debbie tugged at John's sleeve with a somewhat uneasy expression, not allowing things to go on like this.

"Don't worry, I'm measured."

John made a reassuring gesture to her, stepped forward, raised his hand and pressed down, and when the surrounding voices subsided, he smiled helplessly,

"You're begging me like that, and you're making me look like a vicious-hearted scoundrel." He spread his hands, "But when did I say that I would not terminate the employment contract?" ”

“……”

Everyone paused for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, the eldest young master didn't seem to say that he would not terminate the contract!

At this moment, they were suddenly embarrassed, wiped the tears that were squeezed out of their faces, and felt like clowns who walked on the wrong stage, neither crying nor laughing.

"That's it!" John sighed and said, "I know your difficulties, and I can understand your eagerness to find a job, I agree to terminate the contract, but ......"

"We have to follow the rules."

"What did the eldest young master say?"

John smiled and said, "How did you sign it at the beginning, how to withdraw it now, everything is according to the rules written in the contract!" ”

"The rules on the contract?"

Everyone paused for a moment, and hurriedly took out the copy of the contract in their arms, and several people gathered together and quickly flipped through it.

John pulled out a piece of paperwork and said,

"This contract is very carefully formulated, all aspects are taken care of, and the details are clearly written, and you can tell at a glance that it is the masterpiece of lawyer Benjamin." As he spoke, he raised his head and asked with a smile,

"By the way, have you met Lawyer Benjamin?"

The crowd ignored him rarely, their eyes fixed on the penultimate page, and when they saw the signs of the employee's breach of contract and the corresponding indemnity clause written on it, their eyes went dark and they almost fainted.

"Damn, what's going on?"

"Impossible, why is this happening?"

Their expressions were distorted, extremely unwilling, when they signed the contract, but with infinite imagination for their future life, they never thought that they would voluntarily give up this job one day, and they didn't pay attention to the compensation after the breach of contract, which is impossible in their opinion, Conton Manor gives a good salary, the security environment is also good, and the chapel, how can this kind of envied treatment have a reason to give up?

But now, this situation has appeared, and someone has caught the handle.

John turned to the third page and read word by word according to the description:

"According to the regulations, if the employer unilaterally terminates the contract due to personal reasons during the validity period of the contract, it is required to pay the employer twice the amount of the monthly salary."

After saying that, John closed the book and looked at the crowd with a blank face.

"Compensation twice the monthly salary, not much, only fifty dollars, take the money, take out the money, you can leave everything that the Condon family gave you, run to a new life, no one will stop you"

When these words fell, the surroundings were strangely quiet, and everyone present looked at each other, and their newly dried eyes showed signs of moistening.

"The eldest young master......"

"Leave us alone!"

"Yes! Young Master, you're so rich, just... Only... Don't ask for the money. ”

Everyone looked sad and pleaded in a low voice, but unfortunately this trick has already been used, and repeated use will only make people disdainful, Debbie looked disgusted, turned her head, and no longer looked at these pathetic faces.

"Young Master, please, you can tear up these contracts and let us go!" An old man with gray hair rushed out of the crowd and cried loudly,

John stepped forward, put his hands around the old man, and said in a sad voice,

"Have we ever owed you a debt?"

The old man shook his head, "Mr. Condon rarely scolds, and so does the eldest young master, but ......"

John raised his hand to stop his words, and said bitterly,

"Old Billy, do you know that my father is seriously ill and dying?"

The old man's eyes dodged, and a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face, obviously he knew this.

John sighed, lifted the old man up, raised his head, and looked over the crowd at the onlookers who had stopped outside the courtyard walls, these people were old men, young men, women, and children, and as time went on, there were more and more numbers, and there were more than two floors inside and out, and they talked to each other, pointing, and smiling between their brows, apparently taking this dispute as a joke to talk about before and after tea.

At this moment, John suddenly figured out that from the moment these hired men appeared, he had already lost, and no matter how hard he tried to make up for it, he could not prevent the fact that the family's honor was damaged.

The man who was hiding behind the scenes, apparently well versed in psychology, skillfully exploited the urgency of the hired laborers' location, drew a beautiful pie, gathered these people, and used them as knives to knock the Conton family from the rich to the poor.

In this case, John took a deep breath, whispered a few words to a young man in the corner, and when he was gone, he turned around and said,

"Come with me!"

After saying that, he turned and walked into the house, and everyone hesitated for a moment, and then followed in.

In the blink of an eye, the noisy courtyard was emptied, and there was no bustle to see, and the pedestrians looking outside the courtyard wall also lost interest and left one after another, leaving only three or two homeless people who had nothing to do.