Chapter 284: Eating the Rich
"Forget it, I'll just make do with nothing. I won't be staying for many days anyway."
Manager Huang felt relieved when he heard what Zhou Yunshu said. It was good that he didn't have to stay here forever.
With such a master here, he can't do anything secretly even if he wants to, and he has to find ways to please him. Life is too difficult.
"Okay, okay, okay."
"You're such a jerk!" Zhou Yunshu yelled at Steward Huang, "Didn't you hear me say I was hungry? Go get me something to eat!"
Manager Huang was frightened by Zhou Yunshu and trembled, then immediately said, "I'll go right away, right away!"
After Manager Huang left, the patrol captain who was standing nearby also wanted to slip away. However, as soon as he turned around, the little devil who had just tormented Manager Huang called out to him, "Hey, big guy!"
The team leader turned around with a bitter look on his face, "Master, what are your instructions?"
"What's your name?"
"Jinggao." Jinggao was afraid that Zhou Yunshu would misunderstand his name, so he explained, "Jing means well, and this mountain is higher than that mountain."
Zhou Yunshu raised her eyebrows slightly, "Have you ever been educated?"
Jing Gao gave a slightly flattering smile and said, "I've read a little."
"Can you also fight?"
"I know a little." Jing Gao said modestly.
He was afraid that Zhou Yunshu would think he was being perfunctory, so he explained, "My father said that if I want to make a name for myself in Haizhou, I need to learn a little bit of everything. It's not easy to find a reliable job these days."
"Aren't you Guanshi Huang's man?"
Seeing that Zhou Yunshu was no longer as arrogant as before, Jing Gao was willing to chat with her for a few more words.
"No, most of the people here were recruited by Manager Huang from the county and town."
When Jing Gao said this, Chun Que brought him a stool. Seeing Zhou Yunshu nod, he sat down and continued, "I'm from Chengping County. I usually do some housekeeping work for a living."
"But some time ago, Haizhou was plagued by bandits and was unstable. My host family moved to Nanzhou. Since we had no means of livelihood, I tried to apply for a job as a yamen runner, but I failed."
"You said we're not like the people in the countryside. At least they have land to farm, but we don't. Without work, we have no money. But I was lucky. On my way home, I happened to hear Manager Huang say there was work here, so I came over."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Jing Gao. What was going on with this strange smell of a social animal?
"Good treatment?"
Jing Gao smiled and said, "That's great. An ordinary guard like me earns 30 wen a day. I do my job well and obey the rules. Now I'm a team leader and earn 50 wen a day. This is with food and accommodation provided. I earn much more than in the county town!"
"Fifty cents a day, including food and lodging, that's great!" Meng Bei instantly became interested when he heard it. "How's the food?"
"The food we eat is pretty good. Although it's a big pot and tastes bland, it still has some meat in it. We can drink alcohol every now and then, and there are plenty of steamed buns."
"You can even drink! That's great!" Meng Bei felt Wan Yi pulling him from behind, and impatiently slapped his hand away before continuing to say to Jing Gao, "You're being treated quite well, you're making me..."
Before Meng Bei could finish his words, he felt a pair of burning eyes staring at him.
Meng Bei turned his head stiffly and saw Zhou Yunshu sitting on the chair next to him with her chin supported, staring at him without blinking, and then he swallowed hard.
"Oh!"
Meng Bei shuddered when he heard the voice, then gave Zhou Yunshu a flattering smile, then turned to Jing Gao and said, "Your treatment is really not good!"
"Although I have no salary, no freedom, and nothing at all, my master is a very good person. He not only hired someone to teach you how to read, but also taught you martial arts. We eat well too, with meat for every meal." But you can't drink alcohol.
He really wanted to drink, he was a drunkard, but his master didn't allow him to drink. This was Meng Bei's biggest resentment. No wonder he was envious when he heard that Jing Gao could drink.
"I like staying with my master the most."
Zhou Yunshu: “…”
Jingao: “…your expression…” It doesn’t seem like it.
It's like he's suffered some great injustice.
"I'm touched." Meng Bei said and glanced at Zhou Yunshu, wanting to see if his master was satisfied.
Wan Yi smiled and explained to Jing Gao, "He didn't get paid because he made a mistake. In fact, our monthly salary is two taels of silver, and that doesn't include the bonus our master gives us."
"If anyone does something good this month, everyone will get at least five taels of silver."
If what Meng Bei said before was just to let Jing Gao stick to his current job, then after listening to Wan Yi's words, he already wanted to ask Zhou Yunshu if she was short of anyone else!
"You guys are so kind!"
You can’t tell, this little devil is so arrogant and domineering, but he is nice to his own people.
"If you do anything for me while I'm here, I'll give you a reward."
As soon as Zhou Yunshu said this, Jing Gao immediately stood up from the stool and said to her, "Don't worry, sir. There's nothing here that I don't know. Feel free to ask me anything. If you need anything, just ask me. I will definitely do whatever you want!"
Maybe after completing this mission, he will have enough money to marry a wife when he returns home!
As expected, men should go out and explore the world!
"Okay, I'll remember you." Zhou Yunshu looked at Jing Gao, who was full of sincerity, and smiled. "It just so happens that I need you to do something for me."
"Just say it!"
Zhou Yunshu pointed at Meng Bei and the others and said to Jing Gao, "Take them to familiarize themselves with the project here and get to know the people."
"The people I brought here can't possibly do manual labor, so you have to identify your own people. Is it okay for you to handle this?"
Jing Gao hesitated for a moment, but thinking of Manager Huang's attitude towards Zhou Yunshu just now, he said, "Okay, no problem, I'll arrange it right away!"
Not long after Jing Gao left with Chun Que, Meng Bei and others, Manager Huang came back.
He looked at Zhou Yunshu, who was the only one left beside her, and said with some uneasiness, "Master, where are the people around you?"
"If I eat, they have to eat too. How can they work for me if they don't eat?"
"Hahaha, you're right. We've prepared all the good wine and food for you. Please come this way."
Zhou Yunshu nodded proudly and followed Manager Huang towards the banquet he had prepared.
Manager Huang has indeed seen the world. The meal he prepared for Zhou Yunshu would not be much different even if it was placed in a restaurant in Dongchuan.
Zhou Yunshu used the excuse of being bored and having no one to drink with her, and dragged Manager Huang over to eat and drink together. Later, she felt that it was not lively enough, so she dragged the people around Manager Huang over as well.
When they first started drinking, Manager Huang thought that they were a group of old hands who had been in the business for so many years, and it would be easy to get Zhou Yunshu and the old man around her drunk and then get some information out of them.
But he never expected that Zhou Yunshu could drink, and the old man could drink even more.
At the end of the drinking, he was the only one left at the table with a dizzy head. After he muttered something to Zhou Yunshu, he fell flat on the table with a "bang".
Zhou Yunshu looked at Huang Guanshi, who was lying on the table and could not be woken up no matter how hard she tried. She smiled and said to Chu San, who had just pointed out Huang Guanshi's acupoints, "How long can he be unconscious?"
"Daylight."
Zhou Yunshu raised the corner of her mouth, "That's enough time."
"Let's go eat at the rich man's place!"
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