Lai Da's office on weekdays is a small flower hall located in the southeast of Rongxi Hall, near Neiyi Gate.
The furnishings in the hall are very simple, and Manager Lai is not like Wang Xifeng. There are six or seven women and a dozen maids waiting on him at any time.
But to many slaves, the importance of this small flower hall is no less important than Wang Xifeng's three rooms, or even more important.
Not to mention foreign affairs, most of them have to go through a process here before they can be passed on to the master and his wife.
As for the internal affairs, Lai Da seems to have never interfered, and it is entirely up to Wang Xifeng to make the decision. But apart from the Laiwang couple and Zhou Rui couple, isn't the steward and lady in charge of the house inextricably related to the Lai family?
Lai Da also knew all the internal affairs that Wang Xifeng should know, and he was even more familiar with the secrets that Wang Xifeng didn't know.
This is the honor that the Lai family has earned over several lifetimes, and it is also the foundation that Lai Da wants to maintain.
but……
Recently, he hopes to absorb enough nutrients from this foundation to nurture a towering tree that truly belongs to his family.
Deducting 30% of the money for materials from the boiler room was Lai Da's small attempt to speed up the implementation of this idea - to be more precise, it was one of the small attempts.
Of course he would not let it go in vain in the past, but he had never deducted it so harshly.
However, the final result was obviously somewhat unsatisfactory.
The main thing is that it works well. Jiao Da deducts 30% here, and dares to take away 40% from below. The remaining money in the end is not enough even for superficial purposes.
Since the face you used to hide your shame is gone, you can't blame others for taking the opportunity to peel off your skin and tear your bones apart!
Alas~
It's still too much.
As the saying goes, one move can affect the whole body. Now that someone has discovered the flaw, other plans can only be postponed.
Fortunately, the unexpected fortune in the house should only come within the next year or two. By then, the big rivers will be filled with water and the small rivers will be full, and there will be plenty of opportunities to reap benefits!
"General Manager."
Just as I was thinking about what would happen in the future, a boy bowed down and reported: "Steward Deng is here."
Lai Da's face suddenly darkened a bit, he raised his chin and ordered: "Let him get in."
The boy took the order, and not long after, Deng Haoshi strode in and bowed to the end from a distance of ten feet: "Manager, the firewood and charcoal have increased a lot at the beginning of this month. I'm afraid we need to add more..."
"Let's talk about the important things first!"
Lai Da interrupted him and said in a deep voice: "The rumors are spreading everywhere, do you think my ears are just for show?"
"Young ones don't dare!"
Deng Haoshi said hurriedly: "I have already thought of a way to hide the truth. When the time comes..."
"What's filling the sky and crossing the sea?"
Lai Da interrupted him again: "Who are you trying to hide? Could it be that all those rumors are true?!"
"No, no, no, it was a minor slip of the tongue!"
While Deng Haoshi hurriedly admitted his mistake, he couldn't help but secretly curse.
It is said that no one tells lies in front of a real person, but this big manager has earned enough benefits and still has to show an upright face in front of himself, an insider.
However, Deng Haoshi forgot that he had also learned a lot from Lai Da's style in front of Yu Lu.
After rearranging his words, Deng Haoshi said respectfully: "My place must be safe. Maybe there is something wrong with the people below. I will check it carefully in a while and determine..."
"How many days?"
"Ten days at the latest!"
"It's been a while."
Lai Da tapped his fingers on the table, and then said after a while: "Are you sure something happened to the people below?"
"this……"
Deng Haoshi glanced at Lai Da secretly and hesitated: "He is definitely not clean, but I'm afraid we have to investigate carefully whether the whole thing was his handiwork."
Hearing his emphasis on the word 'careful', Lai Da remained silent for a while, then nodded and said: "Well, who asked me to take on the errand of the general manager? I can't just sit idly by and ignore these rumors."
As soon as these words came out, Deng Haoshi immediately felt at ease. He hurriedly offered a few flattery words and asked in a roundabout way who was spreading the "rumors" in the mansion.
"Manager, do you think it's Na Laiwang who wants to use me to scare the monkeys and target..."
"It shouldn't be him."
Lai Da shook his head and said: "Second Grandma seems to be doing something big lately. Yesterday she sent someone to the Wang family and the Xue family to leave a message - how can the Laiwang couple have time to think about you when they are so busy?"
"Could it be Zhou Rui..."
"Okay, don't think so wildly."
Lai Da interrupted his speculation and said solemnly: "I will try to get to the bottom of this matter. Just tighten the fence and don't give me any trouble!"
Deng Haoshi hurriedly responded respectfully, but couldn't help but inquire: "What big move is the second grandma planning to make, and she even involves the Wang and Xue families?"
Lai Da shook his head, with a look of doubt on his face. After pondering for a long time, he said: "No matter what we want to do, we all have to give Second Mistress some 'help' - right now, people don't just
Should I correct my master's omissions and add to the cake?"
Add some help?
Deng Haoshi wanted to ask what the so-called "help" meant, but the boy outside the door hurriedly walked in and whispered a few words in Lai Da's ear.
I saw Lai Da's expression suddenly change. First he was in disbelief, and then he looked happy.
Seeing this, Deng Haoshi stepped forward with a smile and said jokingly: "Manager, what's the happy event..."
Snap~!
Before he could finish speaking, Lai Da suddenly slapped him in the face and cursed: "What the hell are you spraying?!"
Deng Haoshi was caught off guard and was stunned for a moment. After being stunned for a moment, he thought of raising his hands to cover his face.
Na Zeng thought that Lai Da was faster than him, so he immediately held his face with his hands.
"Manager, what are you..."
"It's bad news!"
Lai Da covered his face and trembled: "Bad news from the south."
However, Deng Haoshi could clearly see the unconcealed joy through his fingers.
…………
This is bound to be an extremely busy morning.
Not only Yang, Deng Haoshi and others have their own stories, but Laiwang's family of three also received a summons early - from Mr. Lian.
In the middle of the night yesterday, after some in-depth and simple exchanges, the second grandmother finally decided to abdicate and handed over the right to host the pneumatic tire press conference to her husband Jia Lian.
Since the host has changed, all the affairs must be re-executed.
In particular, Jia Lian has never seen a real pneumatic tire until now, so he is inevitably doubtful about its effectiveness.
Therefore, I sent someone to send a message to the visitor early in the morning, asking him to bring the pneumatic tire to the house and practice it in front of him.
Although Lai Wang believed that Wang Xifeng was the real master of the family, he did not dare to neglect the tasks assigned by Jia Lianpu.
He hurriedly rushed to the house with his wife, children, and all the other things. Under the guidance of the young man Xing'er, he arrived at a remote and spacious place.
It is said that this area was originally the shooting range of the old prince, but now there are not many people in the mansion who know how to use bows and arrows, not to mention firearms, so the shooting range has naturally been abandoned.
As Jia Lian's confidant, Na Xing'er was used to pretending to be a young master in front of ordinary servants, but when it came to Wang Xifeng's dowry, he naturally did not dare to take advantage of it.
One by one, Lai Wang Shu was called, and Lai Shun was treated like a brother, and they even made an appointment to treat him to a drink when they had time.
But while we were chatting and waiting, we saw that the sun had already risen and Jia Lian was nowhere to be seen.
Xing'er saw that it wouldn't be a problem to wait any longer, so he stood up and said, "Second Master, maybe he is tripped up by something. I'll go and ask about it and urge you!"
As he said that, he went away like a gust of wind.
The remaining three people at home became more and more relaxed.
Lai Shunyin remembered something, so he quickly took out the IOU from his sleeve and handed it to his father.
The cheap man glanced down, but did not reach out to take it. Instead, he asked: "What do you plan to do with this IOU?"
"According to me, it's best to just cancel it!"
Laishun said without hesitation: "Anyway, his surname is Jia after all - your plan is at the critical moment, there is no need to add complications."
After a pause, he spread his hands and said: "But after all, this is the 'compensation' given by the second mistress. In addition, she hates Jia Rui deeply. If we don't pursue the forced debt, it will not be good if she finds out."
Lai Wang glared and asked, "You've made the right and wrong decisions, please tell me what to do!"
"Leave it to Ni Er!"
Laishun said firmly: "On the surface, he has nothing to do with our family, but in private, Second Mistress knows very well what is going on - so if he comes forward, it will not affect our family, and it will not affect Second Mistress in front of her."
Can I have an explanation?"
When he was halfway through speaking, Lai Wang already had a smile on his face, and by the time he finished speaking, the cheap man had already smiled with his molar teeth.
Raising his hand to take the IOU, Lai Wang took advantage of the situation and patted his son hard on the shoulder. Lao Huai said with great comfort: "My son is getting more and more vigorous. If he can be more practical and change his whimsical problems, dad will be completely happy."
Don’t worry.”
What makes you more successful is actually a different person!
Although Laishun could not be called an elite in his previous life, after years of hard work, his IQ and EQ were still passable.
As for whimsical…
As a time traveler, if you don’t want to be a slave, how can you be considered as being whimsical?
What's more, since this has all happened in time travel, who can help but have the illusion that "I am the male protagonist of a cool novel"?
Besides, Laishun didn't do anything too outrageous [it was an accident to lose his composure when facing Wang Xifeng]. He just set a small goal in his mind and thought about the heroine in the book. It was already quite restrained.
Talk less.
But the family of three was enjoying themselves happily when they saw Xing'er running back like flying.
"Come to Uncle Wang, come to Aunt Wang!"
Just listen to him yelling at the top of his lungs: "Grandma asked you to come over quickly - because my uncle is seriously ill in Yangzhou, and he sent a letter to pick up my cousin for a reunion, the old lady specially ordered our second uncle's general, so we have to clean up.
Chapter completed!