Chapter 19 Receiving an Important Task
In life, unexpected changes often overwhelm people, and when the consequences are beyond the scope of bearing, no matter how high the head is, it will hang down like a wilted green.
No matter how rich the Deng family is, if they have to pay 5,000 taels of gold, they will also go bankrupt.
Deng Qiantu didn't want to believe that the content of the contract was true, but at this moment, he had no choice but to admit it, and honestly followed the official errand into the workshop with heavy steps.
Although the work in charge of the handyman cannot be put on the table, after all, Deng Qian's position is the general manager, and he only needs to arrange for others to do it, rather than doing it himself. The new day started, and he barely survived.
After getting off work in the evening, Deng Qiantu hurried back home and scolded Steward Li in front of Abba.
"Steward Li, Steward Li, you have been in my Deng family for more than twenty years, right? You...... What is this called? After spending so much money, I was found a handyman who washed the latrine. You...... My Deng family's face has been lost to you. Deng Qiantu said angrily.
Steward Li and Deng Weili were plotting a very confidential matter, and Deng Qiantu rushed into the door and scolded him, scolding him for a while.
Steward Li was taken aback, and said in surprise: "No, young master!" Yesterday, it was the shopkeeper Mo who personally agreed to arrange the position of chief manager for you, and we also signed a contract! If you don't believe me, you ask the master. ”
Deng Weili sat on the Taishi chair, blowing the hot tea in his hand, and glared at his son fiercely. He wanted to criticize the son who had been hit by him for breaking into his room without knocking, but he didn't think that his son poured bitter water first, and he wanted to stop talking, so he put on a displeased and majestic look.
"What are you yelling about? Can't you see that I'm talking to Li Guan about something important? Is it a big deal about your, or is it a big matter related to the life and death of my Deng family? Deng Weili said, and slammed the tea on the table, which immediately shocked Deng Qian.
"Abba...... I don't care, how can the eldest son of my dignified Deng family go to the workshop and be the handyman of the thatched house? It doesn't matter if you lose my face, it's a loss of your old face! When Deng Qiantu saw that Abba was angry, he immediately walked over and used his coquettish skills like a girl.
Deng Weili glanced at his only son, his heart softened, and asked, "Steward Li, what's going on?" ”
"Report ...... Report to the master! Yesterday, Shopkeeper Mo only told me that he could arrange a general manager position for the young master, and he didn't say what he was doing, so I didn't ask much...... "When Steward Li thought of his own affairs, he didn't ask what kind of manager he was on the spot and became nervous, and his speech was a little unfavorable.
Now, Deng Weili has just received a more important task, and his son's work in the workshop is already insignificant, he didn't want to blame Steward Li, who had followed him for many years, so he took out the contract hidden in his sleeve and looked at it.
Deng Qiantu immediately grabbed it and wanted to inspect it himself.
"Ahh......h It's really a miscellaneous chief...... Liquidated damages of 5,000 taels of gold! Shame on you! Deng Qiantu slapped his forehead, looking very painful.
"What? ...... "Steward Li couldn't believe his ears.
If you want to say that Deng Qiantu was arranged to be the chief of miscellaneous labor, he didn't do it; But the liquidated damages of 5,000 taels of gold are obviously tricked by the other party. After Li Guan snatched the contract from Deng Qiantu's hand and confirmed it, his limbs immediately trembled, and he knelt on the ground with a "thump".
"Sir, damn the villain! The villain was careless and was tricked by Mo Qinglian. Steward Li's face was as pale as earth, and he was begging Deng Weili for understanding.
Hearing the words "Miscellaneous Supervisor" and "Five Thousand Taels of Gold", Deng Weili was full of anger, but he was extremely calm on the surface, but the horizontal meat on his face twitched twice, and then grabbed the teacup on the table and took a sip.
"Abba, what should I do? It's a shame, I'm not going to do it! Deng Qiantu cried with a sad face.
Deng Weili threw the teacup on the table, "clang", the teacup was not broken or poured, but splashed a table of tea, stood up and said fiercely: ", and do it well!" ”
"Abba......" Deng Qiantu was anxious about Abba's abnormal attitude.
However, when Deng Weili waved his big hand to let the two of them get closer and mutter, Deng Qian's face dissipated, and he gritted his teeth and nodded repeatedly......
The motivation to do things comes from the inner guiding ideology. There are no incompetent people in the world, only lazy minds and people who feel that their future is bleak and slack.
The next day, after being ordered by Abba, Deng Qian arrived at the workshop, changed the phenomenon of slacking off work the day before, and actively commanded the other four handymen to clean the thatched house, etc., and he also personally went into battle to clean up.
Deng Qian's exchange for today's job position completely depends on the fact that the Deng family does not know Mo Qinglian at all. As the daughter of Nandan County Tusi, and she was favored by her uncle and governor, she regarded money as dung and jealousy as hatred, and she was not used to the phenomenon of bribery in officialdom. The more Deng Qiantu wanted to use money to win her over, the more she wanted to get the other party.
This time, Mo Qinglian came to Jingliu to run a workshop, which was just a superficial phenomenon, and she had no more important mission to know, including Xie Yingjun. Therefore, in her eyes, the little rich man is only as small as an ant, and it is not worth mentioning at all. What's more, Deng Weili is also a little person who has registered on the "account book" of the state official.
Compared with Deng Qiantu, Wei Shihao's work is much easier, and every day he is responsible for drawing the mountains and rivers in the Jingliu area for Mo Qinglian, and sometimes accompanying her to the countryside to wander, drill caves, relax and sing mountain songs.
The work is too leisurely, and he is paid a trembling salary, which has always puzzled Wei Shihao. He didn't understand, why the young lady of the rich family was so sloppy and capricious? For this kind of work, if you pay three or four taels of silver a year, a large number of people who can read and draw will come to apply for the job, why spend thirty taels of silver to invite him?
If this becomes a way to punish hooligans, then all the men in the world are willing to be hooligans.
However, the only thing that made Wei Shihao feel relieved was that Mo Qinglian told him that the silver was all bribed by Deng Qiantu, and he didn't take it for nothing, she was just doing a "favor".
In fact, the types of jobs that Wei Ermei and Li Maozai got in this application were several times stronger than Deng Qian's. Wei Ermei is in charge of the affairs of the West Courtyard, and teaches Xie Yingjun to sing mountain songs in her spare time. The relationship between Li Maozai and Wei Shihao is not ordinary, so he was also arranged to be in charge of the affairs of the East Hospital, and the work was easy, and the salary was the same as that of others.
It is false to say that Deng Qiantu is not angry in his heart, but what he showed is admirable, and even some people who knew him before and had a preconceived view of him looked down on him.