Chapter 12 Principal with Interest
Can I run?" Lin Yi thought innocently, but the hand that grabbed him was like an iron tong, and Lin Yi couldn't resist at all...... Sure enough, these nursing homes in the Shen Mansion all have the ability to land silently, and their strength is incomparably huge.
Lin Yi finally ran away......
It's just that he was dragged away.
So, it didn't take long to get to the hall.
This hall is used by the Shen Mansion to receive guests, and the layout is also extremely exquisite.
At the top of the hall, three huge ancient mahogany carved wooden chairs were placed in the middle, highlighting the identity of the master of the Shen Mansion.
In the guest seats in the hall, two rows of wooden chairs are also neatly arranged.
At this moment, on the huge mahogany chair in the middle of the upper seat sat an elderly woman with a solemn expression, white sideburns coiled on her head, sunken eyes, and a slight wrinkle on her skin.
The old woman wore a lavender and gold-trimmed wide-sleeved brocade with a lilac rust on her upper body, and a pure black wide-hemped skirt underneath, and next to a huge wooden chair was placed a crutch carved with a two-horned demon beast, which was surprisingly like a living creature, with a green bead in its mouth.
In addition to the light contained in the bead, there are also phantom-like pictures flickering in it, like a completely independent space.
Lin Yi just glanced at it, and didn't dare to look at it again, but he clearly knew that this old lady Shen, who didn't have a few wrinkles on her face, was actually over seventy years old.
As for strength......
What Lin Yi remembers most is the first time he saw the bead on the crutch of this old lady of the Shen Mansion, that feeling, as if the whole person's consciousness was about to be completely sucked in, and when he thought about it, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
At this moment, the old lady of the Shen Mansion was smiling, holding a cup of fragrant incense in her hand and tasting it gently.
On the left side of Old Madam Shen, Shen Ruobing, who was wearing a blue long dress, was still veiled, and she couldn't see the expression on her face, while on the right hand side of Old Madam Shen sat Shen Feixue, who looked arrogant, pouting her pink little mouth, and seemed to be a little unhappy.
Lin Yi was secretly shocked in his heart, it was a big thing to let the three hostesses of the Shen Mansion preside over it together, and it was not only that, there was also a slightly chubby middle-aged man wearing a cyan robe and a big mole at the corner of his mouth sitting in the guest seat, Lin Yi knew, Shen Defu, the chief housekeeper of the Shen Mansion.
has the same real power, presiding over the big and small chores in the Shen Mansion, Lin Yi's top boss, the top boss of the top boss......
And next to Shen Defu, there was also a young man wearing the same clothes as Lin Yi and with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks.
Lin Yi also knew that this young man's name was Shen Shan.
can get the name of the Shen Mansion, and his identity is no longer a low-level subordinate like Lin Yi, but a high-ranking subordinate of the Shen Mansion.
In addition to Shen Shan's identity as a high-ranking subordinate, he also has another identity, which is Shen Defu's nephew.
This is something that everyone in the Shen Mansion knows.
"Old lady, eldest lady, second lady......" Seeing this posture, Lin Yi also secretly said in his heart that this time he was afraid that it would be more auspicious.
"Lin Yi, you probably don't know the purpose of calling you here this time, it's like this, three days later, our Shen Mansion will invite the famous families of Dajing and the surrounding cities to celebrate the second miss Tongguò Divine Exam, and there will be many sons of famous families at that time, so the matter of this banquet procurement is also extremely important. ”
Just when Lin Yi was about to sacrifice and cry to stage an annual bitter drama, Old Madam Shen spoke directly, obviously, she didn't notice Lin Yi's eyes that were already slightly filled with tears.
"Congratulations?" Lin Yi immediately put away his tears.
However, there was a trace of doubt in his heart, he was just a low-level person, and he was just a little troublesome on weekdays, and this time the Shen Mansion held such a big thing, it shouldn't be his turn, right?
"Originally, this matter was recommended by Steward Fu Shen Shan, but the second lady strongly recommended you, which can be regarded as a test for you, so you will go and do some decorative objects at the celebration. Old Madam Shen saw the doubts in Lin Yi's heart.
"Lin Yi, Miss Ben strongly recommends you this time, you must bring the best decorative objects in Dajing, otherwise, ...... Hmph!" Shen Feixue also stood up directly at this time, raised the long whip in his hand, and suddenly purple flames rose.
"Ahem...... Lin Yi, there is no shortage of decorative objects in our Shen Mansion, but this is a celebration, so it is naturally impossible to use old objects, which is also a formality, you can use what you buy or rent, but you must be cautious. When Old Madam Shen heard Shen Feixue's words, she also coughed lightly, and had to remind her kindly.
After all, she was really afraid that Lin Yi would really get a bunch of things according to Shen Feixue's request, so it would be completely unnecessary.
In fact, the so-called procurement of decorative objects is just a test for Lin Yi.
"Yes, yes, yes...... I'll return it to them when I'm done with it, Miss Ben is very frugal!" Shen Feixue immediately added when she heard this.
You know how to check the festival?!This sentence is harmless when it comes out of anyone's mouth, but it can be said from Shen Feixue's mouth, Lin Yi almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood.
"Dare to ask the old lady, what is the approximate cost of the decoration objects this time?" Lin Yi thought about it, and he also asked boldly.
"One thousand taels!" Shen Ruobing, who had been sitting next to him, also spoke at this time.
Lin Yi was slightly stunned, according to the scale of the Shen Mansion's celebration, it is estimated that it will cost at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, but the decorative objects are only given a thousand taels.
Obviously somewhat unreasonable.
"Follow the instructions of the eldest lady, and the little ones will do it. Lin Yi responded, then turned around and prepared to go out.
Although a thousand taels of silver is not very reasonable, but less money naturally has a way to buy with less money, and don't blame me for the bad things when the time comes.
"By the way, Lin Yi, Miss Ben heard that there have been three stone carvings in Taikoo Place recently, and this time Miss Ben has passed the Divine Literature Exam, and she can also bring this book for reference, you go and buy it for Miss Ben." At this moment, Shen Feixue stopped Lin Yi.
"Buy it?...... Is it within a thousand taels?" Lin Yi's face turned white at once, and he turned around and asked.
"Of course!" Before Shen Feixue could speak, Shen Ruobing spoke again.
When Lin Yi heard this, a mouthful of blood almost spurted out.
All right......
A stone inscription costs at least nearly 400 taels of silver, and three stone inscriptions are nearly 1,200 taels......
The heavens can be seen!
It is said that the most poisonous woman's heart, you don't need a knife to kill......
"Wait, Lin Yi, don't be in a hurry to leave first, Miss Ben will think about what else needs to be bought......" Shen Feixue glanced at Lin Yi, and then began to think about it.
"Old lady, eldest lady, second miss, the matter is urgent, the little one will do it!" Lin Yi dared to wait for this super loser to think about it again, and ran away directly with a turn of smoke.
"Huh, why did you run away? A low-level subordinate actually dared to go against Miss Ben's will and run away without waiting for Miss Ben to think about it? Look at how Miss Ben will clean you up after you come back!" Shen Feixue became angry at once.
And Old Madam Shen glanced at Shen Ruobing silently, with a smile on her face.
No one noticed a faint smile on Shen Ruobing's veiled face. Hehe, a thousand taels of silver? The two hundred old ginseng that Shen Feixue gave out today...... It seems that it can come back with interest, right?