Nancy has been in a bad mood lately.

Two days ago, the hospital received an unconscious rich young master in the middle of the night.

The next day, after the rich young master was discharged from the hospital, he didn't bring any money and was ready to use a gemstone ring to offset the bill.

She kindly paid for the treatment, thinking that the other party could take out the gem ring to offset the bill, and it must not be intentional to repay the bill.

Who would have thought that two days have passed, and the other party still hasn't sent money.

It made her uncomfortable.

Although her sister didn't blame her, and even said good words to comfort her, the other party may have been busy and forgot about it, and she will definitely pay back the money when she thinks about it.

But she knew that it was a comforting word that her sister was worried about her.

For children from poor families, money is really too important.

Many cases of children who are afraid to return home after losing their money for groceries and disappear abound.

Sudden death from fear is not uncommon.

"Forget it, just lose it!"

As she was about to get to the front of the house, Nancy let out a soft breath and adjusted her mood.

"Sister, I'm back."

Pushing open the dilapidated door, the food was already on the table.

The meal was still the same, mashed potatoes, oatmeal, and beer.

The difference is that the mashed potatoes are mixed with a little diced bacon and the oatmeal porridge has a few more pieces of oyster meat.

Nancy smiled.

My sister is always thinking of ways to cook in a different way.

Don't look at the addition of diced bacon and oyster meat, in fact, the cost is not more than 2p, but the taste can be much better.

"Sit down and eat, by the way, do I have good news to hear?" Sister Caroline's voice came from the bedroom.

"Let me guess, did you get a job?" Nancy asked in surprise, and the man had already run into the bedroom.

"Not yet...... However, it's almost over, Fuller Housekeeping informed me today that I will go for an interview at noon tomorrow. ”

Caroline, who was sorting out her clothes, looked back.

- My sister's surprise gesture made her suddenly regret that it was too early to tell her before the job was settled?

If you don't choose, wouldn't it be a joy in vain?

"Ah, really? My sister has worked at Earl's Court, so she will definitely succeed in the interview. Nancy's voice couldn't hide the surprise.

"Hopefully!" Caroline suddenly felt a little less confident.

Since she left, she has not found a suitable job for two months, and the files of the housekeeping company have never been turned over.

She even gritted her teeth and stuffed the clerk with 1 shilling for care, but it didn't work much.

She knows why.

Because the expected salary she has left in the service agency is high.

£3 and 6 shillings are paid, and if you are careful you can even hire four servants.

However, her resume is too mediocre except for working in the Earl's Court and being proficient in the French language.

For most middle-class families, they either need pure coolies, such as kitchen maids, housekeeping maids.

Either it's a baby maid who takes care of the child, or a personal valet who takes care of the man.

Of course, if she is willing to cut her expected salary, she may be more competitive.

But she was a little reluctant.

On the one hand, the pride of having worked in the Earl's Court;

On the other hand, she didn't want her salary to be lower than that of her sister.

Although she provided the tuition for her younger sister to attend Tudor Women's Medical College, she still had an indescribable strong feeling.

Of course, if she can't find a job again, she can only compromise with reality and reduce her salary.

After all, it doesn't feel good to have my sister raise her.

Today's dinner, Caroline spent it in sorrow.

Until the dead of night, her mind was still sketching out what she might encounter during tomorrow's interview.

The next morning, she woke up early.

After her sister went to work, she also started to get busy.

She wasted a lot of effort, brought two buckets of well water from a distance, and wiped her body under the late autumn chill.

Especially for the hands and feet, use nail files and polishing cloth made of cowhide to polish them.

Grind away the slight dirt and dead skin that has been deposited from daily labor.

When she was done, she opened the maid's outfit she had ironed last night.

In the maid's outfit, a piece of carbolic acid soap is wrapped.

After a night of smoking, the slightly pungent taste of carbolic acid has seeped into the clothes.

- In this day and age, carbolic acid soap is one of the most popular fungicides. A maid with a carbolic smell on her body is more likely to be favored by employers.

In practice, however, many servants were reluctant to spend their limited salaries on expensive and easily consumable carbolic soap.

Therefore, it is undoubtedly the most economical and decent way to wrap the soap in clothes and let the smell in.

After doing all this, it was 10 a.m.

Caroline got dressed, fixed her makeup one last time, and left the house.

Instead of taking a car, even the cheapest 2p subway, she chose to walk straight there.

When she arrived at Fuller's housekeeping at 5 Lister Street, there was a "bang" and the bell struck eleven o'clock.

"May the god of navigation bless!"

Caroline prayed silently, and then pushed open the door of Fuller's housekeeping.

At this time, the employer has not yet come.

Caroline sat in the middle of the hall, quietly waiting.

There were several other girls beside her, and although their preparation did not seem to be as good as hers, Caroline still had a sense of crisis.

Her asking price ...... after all It's too high!

She was thinking, when the time comes, should she take the initiative to hint that the salary can be discussed again?

In addition to worrying about this, she is more worried about the person who is the employer.

After all, not everyone has the noble cultivation of Count Beard!

Wealthy businessmen who climbed into the middle class but couldn't wait to have an aristocratic life were even harder to serve.

"Ding-ding-"

The door bell rang, and Caroline was breathing heavily, looking a little nervous.

She looked up, and a middle-aged man with a big belly stepped in.

However, this person is not the employer, as the clerk said that the employer was very young.

"Ding-ding-"

The bell rang again, and a young man in a tweed suit stepped in.

Caroline retracted her gaze, although she was very young, this clothing fabric, and it was impossible to be an employer.

After all, her expected salary is there.

This earns between £2 and £4 at most, which is about the same as her sister's.

She glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, and it was eleven thirty-seven, which was already past the appointed time.

Alas-

Caroline was a little unhappy, but could only sigh in her heart.

"Caroline, let's go for an interview!" The clerk walked over and reminded.

"Huh? Here it comes? When. Caroline looked surprised.

"Just now! The young man in the tweed suit. The clerk reminded.

"Is that him?" Caroline was a little confused.

But he quickly got up and went to the living room.

Knocking on the door, it was the young man in a tweed suit, who was sitting across the table, looking boredly at her archives.

"Hello, Mr. Langdon, I'm Caroline."

Caroline smiled and took the initiative to introduce herself.

"Well, sit down."

The young man nodded.

Caroline then walked over and sat down.

"You know Flemish?"

"Huh?" Caroline was stunned, she didn't expect that the other party would pay attention to this detail.

"Yes, I, my father, am pure Flanders."

"Say a few words."

Caroline pursed her lips, took a deep breath, and said in Flandrene: "Hello, Mr. Langdon, I'm Caroline, thank you very much for giving me this precious interview opportunity, whether the interview is successful or not, I sincerely hope that you are in good health and successful in your work." ”

With that, Caroline noticed that the young man was looking at her with a very strange gaze.

"Mr. Langdon, do you feel like you're okay?"

"Yes, can you write?"

"I know how to communicate in the basic language."

"Write it down and read it."

A piece of letter paper and a pen were handed over.

Caroline took it, and in a daze, wrote down what she had just said in the French language, and then respectfully handed over the letterhead.

Li Shenzhi took the letter paper and swept it with a glance, his eyes trembling slightly.

——Juanxiu's handwriting spreads on the paper, and every stroke embodies the crystallization of human wisdom.

That's not the point, the point is that he can read these lines.

He understands what Caroline said before.

He could even say it now if he wanted to.

He dared to assure that Langdon, whose family had been the bell keeper for generations, had no French ancestry, let alone a memory of the French language.

Even if he hadn't heard the Flanti language, he wouldn't have spoken it at all.

In other words, he, Li Shenzhi, has the ability to "be born to know".

For now, it's about language.

This was keenly perceived when he seized the body of Sherlandon.

At that time, he had not yet taken it before he could read Langdon's last letter.

- That said, this is the fundamental reason why he is particularly interested in Caroline, and he wants to determine this ability.

"My request, Fuller Company should have told you everything, right?"

"Well, that's been said, Mr. Langdon. The work includes laundry, cooking, sanitation and cleaning, and material procurement...... Wait a minute. Caroline said.

After speaking, she gritted her teeth and said, "That...... The salary is actually negotiable, if you think it's too high. ”

Li Shenzhi was a little strange when he heard this, can he talk about this resume again?

It seems that Tudor is also a volume.

"I would like to add one more service......"

Caroline's heart pounded.

Young men, who don't see the salary level high, have to hire a maid for £3 and add extra services...... What is he going to do?

Could it be a legend...... Hire a wife?

"I want you to teach me the Flemish language every weekend." Li Shenzhi.

"Huh?"

"Can't?"

"It's not! No! That one...... Why should you learn Francille? Caroline asked subconsciously.

"Yiduo is not pressing." Li Shenzhi casually said that he needed an excuse to master the French language.

"Mr. Langdon, may I take the liberty of asking you a question?"

"You say."

"Excuse me, what is your job?" Caroline's heart pounded.

Li Shenzhi raised his hand and pointed out the door: "I work at the Sheriff's Office diagonally opposite, and the apartment I rent is at No. 22 on this street." ”

Caroline was stunned, and an indescribable sense of security came to her face.

"Listen to what you just meant...... Did you decide to hire me? ”

"As long as you promise to teach on the weekend."

"Thank you for your hire, Mr. Langdon, and I'll work hard."

Caroline was overjoyed, quickly stood up and bowed.

She didn't even set a salary.

"I'll try to learn Flemish too!"

Li Shenzhi stood up and responded with a smile.

Caroline smiled, "Mr. Langdon, when am I going to start working?" ”

Li Shenzhi: "If you don't have any personal matters to deal with, you can go to work at any time." ”

"No, no." Caroline waved her hand again and again: "If it's convenient for you, then let's start today, I just planned the content of the work, well, half a day today is not a salary." ”

Li Shenzhi took out a silver pocket watch, glanced at the time, and made sure that there was enough time at noon, and then said, "No problem." ”

After finalising their employment contracts, the two headed to 22 Lister Street.

Li Shenzhi briefly introduced the situation of the apartment.

In particular, he focused on the workbench: "This is my workbench, and there are a lot of precision parts involved in the drawers, so don't clean them here, understand?" ”

Caroline nodded repeatedly, "I see, Mr. Langdon." ”

Li Shenzhi bowed slightly.

Of course, he didn't care about those watch parts, and this statement was more of a temptation.

- Hidden a gemstone ring in the workbench, which is kind of bait to put on the surface.

What he really cared about, the enamel pocket watch, was hidden by him in a more secret place.

Actually, he wanted to carry it with him.

However, when I thought of the "screaming bell ringing" of the Sheriff's Office, I had to put it at home for the sake of prudence.

"Mr. Langdon, don't you have any food reserves at home?"

Caroline looked surprised after a visit.

"I just moved here and I didn't have time to buy anything. So, it's just so that you can help me buy it this afternoon, can you estimate how much it will cost? Li Shenzhi asked.

"It's going to be based on Mr. Langdon's income."

"Spend £6 a month!"

Li Shenzhi did a little mental arithmetic and gave a range.

He earned £14 a month 2 shillings, £4 for rent, £3 for Caroline's salary, and £6 for Caroline's salary, leaving £6 for 16 shillings.

£6 is just enough to cover household expenses, and the remaining 16 shillings are used for emergencies and the like.

As for whether there will be a problem with this moonshine flowering method?

There is a yarn problem, and he doesn't expect to buy a house and get married, and pass on the lineage?

Besides, he was accustomed to the meat, eggs and milk life in his previous life, and in this life, he drank beer, ate oatcakes, and nibbled potatoes every day, what did he want?

"Includes rent, water, gas, candles, beer...... Or something? ”

"Rent not included."

Caroline breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, her sister's monthly salary was about 3 pounds, which was enough to support the two of them to live a more decent life.

The employer's £6 spending standard, not including rent, has too much room to play.

"Okay, I see, I'll make a list of my life this afternoon."

"Okay, you can do it! Well, it's almost time, I have to go to work, it's the apartment key, the money. ”

Li Shenzhi left a spare key, 2 pounds of silver, and walked away.

Caroline hurriedly sent her employer out of the house, and she did not withdraw her gaze until the carriages concealed her employer's figure.

She went back to the house and closed the door.

"Bang dang!"

The moment the wooden door closed, she couldn't help but clench her fists, so excited that she couldn't help but want to cheer!

Amazing, finally got a job.

Looking at the bold appearance of the employer who left 2 pounds casually, it is obviously not a stingy master.

Yes, this is a civil servant who works in the Sheriff's Office.

Caroline took a deep breath, calmed her excitement, and hurriedly found pen and ink, and listed the materials that needed to be purchased one by one.

£2 is set aside enough to buy a month's worth of ingredients.

Of course, she wasn't stupid enough to spend it all on ingredients.

She bet the £2 was definitely the new test for employers.

So after some thought, she had a plan.

First of all, shelf-stable foods like oats, beer, and bacon can be purchased a little more and cheaper.

As for bread, potatoes, bacon, ham, etc., this has to be bought every day to buy the freshest.

In addition, employers must dress appropriately when working in the Sheriff's Office.

This also has to be taken into account.

Especially considering that the weather is getting colder later, the cost of clothing will definitely increase, so it is especially important to be cautious about food spending at the moment.

After some thought, Caroline, who had a plan in mind, carefully put away two silver coins of 1 pound and went out to buy them.

By the time she returned, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.

In order to buy cheaper and fresh ingredients, she made a special trip to the suburbs, for which she paid an extra 2 pence for the subway fee.

But she believes the cost is worth it.

Because she saved at least 12 pence.

This is a money-saving trick that only a servant whose time is not worth anything can master.

Back at her employer's apartment, she arranged the supplies one by one while she began to prepare dinner.

"Jingle ......"

In the sound of knives, forks and dishes colliding, Caroline suddenly heard a soft and melodious singing.

What a beautiful singing voice? Neighbor's?

It is worthy of Lister Restaurant, and the people who live here must be very happy!

Caroline sighed, and couldn't help but feel a little fascinated in her heart.

So much so that she couldn't help but stop her movements and listen.

In the beautiful singing, she seemed to become a hostess of Lister Petter's apartment, sitting on the edge of the terrace, holding a cup of afternoon tea, quietly watching the sun set.

There were servants as industrious and intelligent as Caroline, who were preparing dinner diligently.

And she just had to wait for the man to come home.