Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 4208 Are you not desperate?
"This bunch of bastards, I asked them to borrow money and ran away one by one, faster than a rabbit!" Fatty Zhao cursed at the back of the gang, but was stopped by Wang Xiaoliu.

"Forget it, let them go!" Wang Xiaoliu said.

At this moment, the stall owner came over.

"Guest officers, may I ask who will pay the bill?" The stall owner asked with a smile after looking at the five or six empty bowls on the table.

Fatty Zhao and Wang Xiaoliu were both stunned.

"These bastards ran away without giving any money. I'll go and chase them back!"

Fatty Zhao got up and was about to chase, but was grabbed by Wang Xiaoliu again.

"Forget it, I'll give it to you, you won't be able to catch up with them even if they run far away!" Wang Xiaoliu said, taking out all his belongings from his waist and putting them on the table.

Spread out one word flat, twenty copper plates.

"Shopkeeper, how much is the total?" Wang Xiaoliu asked.

The shopkeeper glanced at the twenty copper plates and said, "Six yuan a bowl, a total of 36 Wen."

Wang Xiaoliu glanced at Fatty Zhao: "There are still sixteen cash left..."

Fatty Zhao took out an ingot of broken silver and a handful of copper coins from his waist.

He directly counted 36 papers and handed them to the shopkeeper.

"Brother Zhao, how can I ask you to pay? Let's share it!"

No matter what, Wang Xiaoliu wanted to stuff his twenty essays over, but was stopped by Fatty Zhao.

"You don't have any errands anymore. I still have another errand. I got paid years ago. You can keep your money. You can buy a catty of pork belly and two packs of dumpling wrappers for the elderly. It's not worth it. Pay those bastards!" Fatty Zhao said.

Wang Xiaoliu was moved, and withdrew his twenty essays.

Fatty Zhao paid the bill, and then pushed the ingot of broken silver on the table to Wang Xiaoliu: "This silver is less than one tael, and it's only about seven or eight hundred wen. You can buy some rice to support it first. It will be fine until you find a job after the Chinese New Year."

Wang Xiaoliu's eyes were red, "Brother Zhao, your family is not easy. My sister-in-law is in poor health and takes medicine all the year round. The whole family depends on you to help people unload goods at the dock. How can I ask for your money!"

Fatty Zhao said: "If you are a brother, don't say these outlandish words. At least my son is an apprentice in my family, and he can come out to pick up jobs after the next year. My daughter takes care of my daughter-in-law at home, and life at home can still be decent!"

"Your family is different. There are old and young, and the whole family is counting on you to support yourself. You take it first, and when you find a job and earn money, you will pay me back then!"

Just when the two were at a stalemate, a piece of silver was thrown in front of Wang Xiaoliu.

He was startled, looked up, and saw the young couple on the next table looking at them, obviously, they lost the money.

"You two, what does this mean?" Wang Xiaoliu asked in surprise, but he didn't reach out to take the silver.

Luo Fengtang didn't speak, he reserved these things and occasions for Yang Ruoqing to perform.

Facing Wang Xiaoliu's question, Yang Ruoqing said: "Wang Xiaoliu, right? This ingot is the salary I paid you in advance. If you want, you can come to work in Tianxianglou next year. How about it?"

Hearing this, Wang Xiaoliu's eyes flashed a hint of surprise.

Fatty Zhao, who was sitting beside him, was about to nod his head and agree for Wang Xiaoliu when he got excited.

But Wang Xiaoliu pressed Fatty Zhao's arm, he pressed Xinxi, and said to Yang Ruoqing: "Dare to ask this lady, which restaurant are you talking about? Where is it?"

Yang Ruoqing said: "Have you heard of the Tianxiang Tower in the county seat?"

Wang Xiaoliu's eyes lit up immediately.

He nodded his head like something, "Of course I've heard it. Who of us who work in the county doesn't know the name of Tianxianglou? We who buy rice grain want to do business with Tianxianglou. They only serve rice!"

"They all said that the price offered by Tianxianglou is higher than other restaurants, and the transaction is fair. In fact, the big boss behind it is the wife of the Great General of the Nation..."

Speaking of this, Wang Xiaoliu suddenly froze.

He widened his eyes, looked at Yang Ruoqing and Luo Fengtang, suddenly stood up from the stool, and was about to kneel down and kowtow to the nobleman out of habit.

Luo Fengtang also habitually raised his slender legs to support Wang Xiaoliu: "My wife doesn't like this, you sit down and talk."

At this point, it has been tacitly accepted that they are the famous General Protecting the Nation and his wife.

Wang Xiaoliu suppressed his excitement and sat down. He glanced at Fatty Zhao, and Fatty Zhao was also so excited that he grinned to the side.

Obviously it was Yang Ruoqing who was flirting with Wang Xiaoliu, but both of them looked at Luo Fengtang adoringly.

This made Luo Fengtang feel that he was stealing his wife's limelight, so he coughed lightly and said, "My wife is asking you something, you answer it truthfully."

Wang Xiaoliu suddenly came back to his senses, and looked at Yang Ruoqing again, her head nodding like a rattle.

"Thank you, Mrs. General, for taking care of me, I'm happy for a little one, I'm happy for a hundred!" Wang Xiaoliu said.

"You can just call my boss from now on." Yang Ruoqing said with a slight smile.

Wang Xiaoliu nodded again, "You can call whatever you want, but the young ones don't dare to expire, and the young ones don't have much skills. They used to be a little boy weighing rice in a rice shop in the county town. , I went to the restaurant, I am worried that I..."

"You went to the restaurant, according to the rules, if you don't have experience and specialties in this field, you should start as a waiter first." Yang Ruoqing said.

Wang Xiaoliu nodded, looking at Yang Ruoqing without blinking, waiting for her next words.

"You weigh the rice at the rice store, how do you calculate the monthly amount of silver?" Yang Ruoqing asked again.

Wang Xiaoliu said: "Eight hundred Wen a month, during festivals, we will give each of us a catty or two of old rice and wheat flour that cannot be sold in the shop."

Hearing this, Yang Ruoqing turned to look at Luo Fengtang.

A smile flashed across Luo Fengtang's eyes.

Yes, this kind of treatment is really the lowest level in the county, and it can only feed a family of six or seven to [-]% full.

In addition, I can't save a penny. If someone in the family is sick and needs to get medicine to see a doctor, or make new clothes, then I will have to pull the bill.

Visiting relatives and friends, the human relationship between relatives and friends is not counted among them!
"Wang Xiaoliu, why did you persist in such a low salary?" Yang Ruoqing couldn't help asking curiously.

Fatty Zhao on the side was also dumbfounded.

"No wonder we called you out for a drink in the past. You always had a couple of excuses to shirk it. It seems that your children hardly change any new clothes throughout the year." Fatty Zhao said.

"After a long time, you have so few monthly cases at the rice grain shop? My brother, little six, why don't you change your career?"

"Eight hundred Wen a month, if it were me, I would really be desperate to death, I would have quit long ago!" Fatty Zhao said again.

Wang Xiaoliu smiled wryly, and said: "I also feel that there is no hope for doing there, but I think that as long as I persist and work hard, the shopkeeper will see that I am good and will give me more money. .”

"Besides, my parents often taught me that if you do what you want to do and love what you do, you can't be half-hearted. The money is a little less at the moment, so I can play it safe, but I didn't expect that the shopkeeper would fire me and forfeit my last month's wages. But now, I don't have to worry about it, because I have met a new employer, and I will have a new job soon!"

(End of this chapter)