Originally he was just a servant sweeping the front yard.
When An Jingzhi was looking for someone to do some work, he would take Gou Zi with him. Gou Zi was also a person who knew how to curry favor with others, and he worked very hard.
He also spared no effort in flattering others.
In addition, he was smart and clever, and soon replaced the servant who was with the original owner.
Successfully ascended to the top.
As for the servant beside the original owner, he was sold directly by Dong Shuangyan. Although the original owner fell because of his walking problem, the servant's poor care was also a big problem.
Since Gou Zi followed the eldest young master, he not only has good food and drink, but his monthly salary has also increased.
An Jingzhi asked him to set up three more billiard tables, one upstairs and two downstairs.
The other two certainly cannot be built like the first one.
It was too expensive, so the first one was moved upstairs and used for VIP guests.
In addition, we built two slightly more ordinary ones and placed them downstairs for ordinary guests to play with.
There will be some tables, chairs and benches on both sides of the table for tea, snacks and other things.
A special spot was reserved for spectators.
This is a new game. The more people watch, the more face the player will have.
Of course, there are only three pool tables, which are enough for now, but definitely not in the future.
But that's all he can do since that's all the money he has.
It cost him ten taels to rent this shop.
Two pool tables cost five taels.
There were also some miscellaneous tasks such as polishing the stone eggs and painting them. In the end, he only had ten taels of silver left out of the fifty taels of silver for backup.
Gou Zi was carrying the decoration drawings that An Jingzhi gave him.
After saying hello, I went straight to my hometown village.
He was originally a villager nearby, and because his family was in dire straits, he came to the An Mansion and volunteered to sell himself.
But this doesn't mean that his family doesn't value him.
On the contrary, Gouzi's family didn't want him to sell himself into slavery at all.
It was only after Gouzi secretly ran to the An Mansion to apply for a job that his family found out about it.
Gou Zi is the youngest in the family. His three older brothers have reached marriageable age, but they have never found a wife because their family is too poor.
After Gou Zi sold himself, he gave all the money he earned to his family, and only then did his three older brothers get married one after another.
But after he got married, his family was still very poor. Gou Zi wanted to give more money to his family, but his parents refused to accept it and asked him to save it for himself so that he would have a way out in the future.
When the dog came home, he greeted everyone like a duck in water.
"Second uncle, are you busy?"
"Uncle Qian, I saw Tie Niu in the county. He asked me to tell you that he will be back at the end of the month."
"Dog? Why are you back?"
"Come back to help my young master with something, Grandpa Niu. I remember you used to be a stonemason, right? If you are free, come to my house after dinner. There is something good going on."
Grandpa Niu smiled and puffed on his pipe. "Okay, I'll come to your house later."
Gou Zi greeted a few elders and peers before heading home.
When I arrived home, I saw several sisters-in-law taking care of children, some doing laundry, and some cooking.
Brother Gouzi was very happy to see Gouzi back. He walked over and pulled him home. "Why are you back?"
Gou Zi handed the pastries he brought back to the other person.
Brother Gouzi's face immediately fell. "This is your own home. Why do you always bring things to my door every time you go home? How can I face you in the future?"
"These are for the children. Big brother, why are you so arrogant? It's not like I didn't give them to you. These are for the children and my parents to eat. They are not worth much."
How could it not be valuable? The vegetables in the county were more valuable than those in the countryside, not to mention these cakes made from precious grains.
Big Brother Gouzi looked at his younger brother with a guilty look on his face, "I know you care about your family, but you have to think about yourself too."
Gouzi sat on the stool casually. "What's there to think about? Big brother, let me tell you, I'm now our young master's follower, and my monthly salary has increased from 300 coins to 2 coins a month!"
Big Brother Gouzi's eyes widened in surprise, "Wow?! So many?"
Then he became a little worried, "I heard that the young masters of wealthy families are not easy to serve. Have you felt wronged by being around him? Will he hit me?"
Gouzi immediately retorted, "What are you thinking? Big brother, our young master is not that kind of person. Following the young master, I eat well and sleep well every day, and I also get two coins of silver. It's much better than being a servant in the front yard, and no one dares to bully me."
The two chatted for a while, and the people at home came back one after another.
When Gou Zi's parents saw Gou Zi coming back, they first showed concern and then asked him why he came back.
Gou Zi first talked about how his salary had increased and his job had changed, and then he talked about the reason why he came back.
"I've been thinking about this: Grandpa Niu from our village was also a stonemason. The stone eggs I played with when I was a kid were all polished by Grandpa Liu."
"Anyway, the young master assigned this job to me. As long as I complete it, the young master won't say anything. I thought it would be better to give it to our own people than to give it to others."
"Dad, isn't my second uncle a carpenter? We can ask him to come over and help with some things."
Gou Zi's second uncle has a good relationship with Gou Zi's father. The two brothers help each other. Because Gou Zi's second uncle has skills, his family conditions are better. When Gou Zi was young, he often went to his house to eat and drink.
Gouzi's father rubbed his hands excitedly, then asked hesitantly, "Is this okay? Your second uncle can only do some simple carpentry work. If you mess up the job assigned to you by Young Master An, I hope he won't get you into trouble again."
"Don't worry, Dad." How could Gou Zi not know the importance of this matter?
"This pool table isn't a delicate job; anyone with carpentry training should be able to build it."
"The main thing is that the stone egg has to be polished into a round shape. I'll ask Grandpa Niu to come to our house later. I'll see if he can polish a suitable stone egg. If he can, it will give Grandpa Niu a chance to make money."
The dog's father patted the dog's shoulder with satisfaction.
"You're a good kid."
Gou Zi doesn't think he is a good boy, he just does it because these people have helped him.
Good things should be kept within the family, and every possible help is appreciated.
Not long after his family finished their meal, Grandpa Niu came to visit with his grandson.
He was holding a bunch of green vegetables in his hand.
After Gouzi's father exchanged some pleasantries with Grandpa Niu, Gouzi explained the situation to Grandpa Niu.
Looking at the round stone egg that Gouzi brought back in his arms, Grandpa Niu said confidently,
"Don't worry, I can polish any stone smaller than this into a perfect round shape for you. It's an easy job."
He turned to his grandson and said, "Go and get the wooden box from my room."
His grandson hurried out and came back a few moments later holding a wooden box.
When I opened it, I saw that it was full of stone eggs of various sizes and models. They were all polished by Grandpa Niu for his grandson to play with.
Gou Zi checked them one by one and found that they were indeed very round, even better than the stone eggs that he and the young master had asked someone to polish!
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