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"What do you want from me, Housekeeper?" Pang Deputy Housekeeper was fairly satisfied with Lin Wanrong's performance, but he wasn't a fool either. He naturally knew that this guy who suddenly appeared and flattered him must have had an ulterior motive.
Lin Wanrong gave a thumbs up to Manager Pang: "It's always easy to talk to someone as clever as you." He glanced around and said in a low voice, "To be honest with you, Manager Pang, I was originally here for an interview today, but unfortunately something unexpected came up at home and delayed my trip. As it happens, the time has passed, so I was wondering if you could help me out, Manager Pang, and let me go in and try."
"You're a person who has no sense of time, are you aware that every minute is worth an inch of gold? An inch of gold can't buy back an inch of time, do you know that? How many people want to come to our household as a servant, do you know that? How many people want this opportunity for the first trial, do you know that?"
Pang, the deputy housekeeper, kept saying "You know", which made Lin Wanrong furious in his heart, but at this time, he had to pretend to be obedient. Lin Wanrong nodded desperately and said: "Housekeeper Pang, your teachings are correct, I hope to have more opportunities in the future to bask in the rain of your teachings, listen more to your instructions, so that I can grow healthier and stronger."
After saying this, he himself felt nauseous and had asked about the ancestors of the entire Pang family for eighteen generations.
Pang's deputy steward saw that he was a child who could be taught, and his flattering skills were also very good, and he was an object that could be well cultivated. In his heart, there were several points of "loving talent".
This matter was also easy for Vice Manager Pang, but all officials have this temperament. They exaggerate small matters and make big deals out of them. Vice Manager Pang was particularly good at this. He furrowed his brow intentionally and said: "So that's how it is. In the future, we'll need to instruct you more often. It's not impossible, but it depends on your luck. Although I'm in a management position, this recruitment was handled by people below me. There are many mouths to feed, and I don't want to interfere too much..."
The words had barely left his lips when Lin Wanrong's hand flashed with a white light, and another two silver coins appeared in front of him. Pang, the deputy steward, lit up with excitement, and the smile on his face grew several degrees wider.
Lin Wanrong suppressed his urge to punch this pig-headed man and said with a hint of a smile: "Please, Manager Pang, help us out more."
"Alright, I'll go in and try. Maybe they will still sell me the noodles. You wait a moment." Pang, the deputy housekeeper, very "cooperatively" grabbed the silver and put it into his sleeve, then slipped into the examination room.
Lin Wanrong spat at his back, what the hell is this, going to Xiao Fu to be a servant, still having to beg them to take him in. The low-ranking servants of the Xiao family only get less than two taels of silver per month, and he had already spent two taels of silver on bribes. Losing money to serve others, isn't this just asking for punishment?
He had sunk to the point where Lin Wanrong looked down on himself. Damn it, after going in, he must make a profit ten or a hundred times more than his investment. He hated the old man Wei for setting up a trap and was very dissatisfied with him. If not for that old man's trickery, would he have been able to get in here?
With the silver opening the way, things went extremely smoothly. Assistant Manager Pang came out smiling after a short while and said: "Alright, I still have some face left, you can go in now. But whether it succeeds or not depends on yourself. Given the current situation, I can only help this much."
Given the current situation, Lin Wanrong, being a clever person, naturally understood the meaning behind his words. A mere two taels of silver could only buy him an opportunity to take the entrance exam, but if he were to spend 200 taels of silver, this Vice Steward might even provide him with the exam questions directly.
You this Pang deputy king eight stomach mouth is not small, Lin Wanrong heart annoyed, face but did not reveal a trace, smiling respectfully said: "I thank you for your support and care, Mr. Pang."
Pang, the deputy housekeeper, nodded with a tone that was full of official flavor: "You're clever, I have high hopes for you, don't disappoint me."
"That's it, that's it." Lin Wanrong said with a stiff smile.
"Oh, right, what's your name?" asked Assistant Manager Pang
"My name is Lin San." said Lin Wanrong.
"Lin San?" Pang's face changed suddenly: "You are Lin San?"
"Really." Lin Wanrong's expression froze for a moment, Am I very famous? Why does this guy seem to know me?
Pang's face changed immediately, and he quickly took out the two taels of silver that had been hidden in his sleeve and handed them to Lin Wanrong. He then smiled awkwardly and said: "Hehe, this... Master Lin, I apologize for not knowing it was you who had arrived. Please forgive me. Come in, please come in."
Lin Wanrong was stunned, this guy's brain is weird, how did he suddenly become so polite? Listening to his tone, it seems like he knows me, could it be...
Lin Wanrong had a flash of inspiration in his mind, it was, it was, it must have been what Old Wei entrusted to him before he left. It's said that this Old Wei is a high-ranking housekeeper in the Xiao family, equivalent to a gold-collar level, from the fact that he can live by the side of Xuanwu Lake instead of living in the Xiao family, it can be seen that Old Wei has a lot of face in the Xiao family, and it's easy to settle this matter.
Lin Wanrong cleverly attributed the credit to the disappeared Wei old man, causing me to waste my breath flattering him. Lin Wanrong was actually annoyed in his heart, seeing that Vice Manager Pang's face was full of flattery, which was completely opposite to his own previous demeanor, and the two people's situations were completely reversed.
He didn't dare to hit the smiling face, and then he said that he had also randomly flattered the horse of Vice Manager Pang's family earlier. Lin Wanrong's face was thick-skinned, but at this time, she couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. She didn't say much to Vice Manager Pang either, took the silver from his hand and slipped away.
As soon as he entered the house, there was a registration desk, and a servant sat at the table with an unpleasant tone: "Name——"
"Lin San." Lin Wanrong replied.
"Are you Lin San?" The host, Ding, looked at him and immediately stood up, his face much improved, and respectfully said: "Young Master Lin, please take a seat."
This old Wei seems to be very capable, having connections everywhere, Lin Wanrong's impression of Old Wei has improved somewhat, and he sat down on the stool with a big smile.
The family servant in charge of registration looked at him and became even more diligent, standing there and carefully copying his name onto a small piece of paper with a number, then handing it to him with both hands: "Young Master Lin, please go inside quickly."
Lin Wanrong nodded, this old Wei is indeed a high-level employee of the Xiao family, and he has made arrangements very thoroughly.
Inside, in a small room, several applicants for the position of house servant were holding brushes and facing a sheet of white paper in front of them, with worried expressions. Lin Wanrong took a glance and saw that on the white paper in front of those guys were written a few crooked and twisted characters, which looked very ugly, like earthworms crawling.
"Recite the Three Character Classic? Write a few sentences." A guy handed Lin Wanrong a brush, took his name tag and looked at it, but unlike the previous few people, he didn't show any respect, and impatiently said to Lin Wanrong.
"Recite the Three Character Classic?" Lin Wanrong took a deep breath, and finally understood why those guys in front looked so worried. These people were all here to apply for the position of household servant, naturally they came from poor families, and hardly anyone was literate, chopping firewood on the mountain might be okay, but asking them to hold a pen and write, that's like trying to get an old sow to climb a shelf.