Lucky Farmer Girl: I rely on metaphysics to support my family

Chapter 845 Detailed
Tang Wan smiled and replied to Wang Shi's words, "Thank you, Mother, but I think these two are enough. I don't need a personal maid."

Wang smiled and said to Tang Wan, "Things are different now. When I'm socializing, I only have two maids by my side, and sometimes I'm afraid I won't have enough to manage."

Tang Wan knew that what Wang Shi said was right. After returning to the capital, she would probably have more social interactions, and a personal maid would indeed be a good face.

Tang Wan nodded slightly and stopped arguing.

Afterwards, Wang gave a few instructions to Steward Zhao and the slave trader about settling the money and signing the contract, and then told them to leave.

After everyone had left, Madam Wang sighed softly and said to her two daughters, "Last night I talked to your father about the manpower in the manor. I roughly calculated that we still need about twenty or thirty people. Today I can only select eight, but there are still quite a few vacancies in various places."

Madam Wang paused, her brows furrowing even more deeply, and said worriedly, "What the manor needs most right now is a steward who can truly manage things."

Tang Wan understood.

Steward Zhao is first-rate in both ability and skill, managing the affairs of the manor in an orderly manner, but he is, after all, a member of the War King's manor.

The War King sent him here out of a sense of urgency and to offer timely help.

But there's no reason to ruin someone's future. My father had previously said he wanted to choose another housekeeper.

"Have Father and Mother made any plans?" Tang Wan asked.

Madam Wang rubbed her temples, saying with a headache, "A suitable steward is a hundred times harder to find than an ordinary servant. Perhaps we should ask your uncle another day."

Ideally, the housekeeper should be someone you know well, have outstanding abilities, and be loyal and reliable.

But after being away from Beijing for more than a year, all the old friends have scattered. Where can I find such a person in a short time?

My younger brother's official position wasn't high, but his family was still an official family, and they had some old servants.

My father was serving in another post, and my mother accompanied him. However, they only took a portion of the staff with them, leaving most of them in the mansion in the capital. Perhaps my younger brother could free up a few people for me.

Fortunately, her husband was exiled, so it did not affect her father and younger brother.

My father learned of our family's exile later and secretly sent someone to the northern desert to deliver silver to us.

My younger brother also sent a letter and some money, and yesterday he even sent someone to ask if there was anything he could do for me.

He simply felt it wouldn't be right to trouble them further, especially since the people sent by the War King were quite capable, so he politely declined.

When Tang Wan heard what Wang said, she felt that this was probably the only way, and said with a smile, "Then let's see in a few more days. If there is no suitable one, we will have to trouble Uncle."

Actually, we brought some people with us when we went to the northern desert, but the steward was quite old at the time, and my father was worried that the journey was too long and the steward's health wouldn't be able to keep up, so he didn't let him come along.

Thinking of this, Tang Wan asked, "I remember that Uncle Wang and the others gave them their life contracts back then. Logically speaking, they should already be commoners. Could you ask someone to find out where they are and whether they are willing to come back?"

Wang nodded slightly and said, "You're right. It would be best if we could find them, but we left in a hurry, and it's hard to say where they went. If they went back to their hometown, we won't be able to find them for a while, and we can't leave the house unattended."

Moreover, once people are free, they may not necessarily want to come back to be slaves.

"That's true!" Tang Wan replied, her mood low, as she knew this to be true.

Actually, if Chen Da were to come back, he could serve as a butler, but the affairs of Mobei cannot do without him.

However, I had told him before that he should seize the time to train people so that they could come back later.

He agreed very readily at the time, which showed that he was willing to come back.

But distant water can't meet immediate thirst; there's a real shortage of manpower right now. The mother and her two daughters chatted for a few more minutes, but couldn't come up with a good solution, so they continued working on the accounts.

Just as they were calculating the accounts, Zhu Xi came in carrying an exquisite brocade box.

"Madam, Miss, Master sent this over, saying it's from the War Prince's Mansion for the Second Miss," Zhu Xi said softly.

Tang Wan glanced at Wang Shi, and after receiving Wang Shi's signal, she got up and opened the brocade box. Inside were the old ginseng and snow mountain lingzhi that the War King had mentioned yesterday. They were of excellent quality and had a faint medicinal fragrance.

Madam Wang also saw them and said with a smile, "I suppose the princess and the prince think you are weak and need nourishment, so they sent these. You should accept them. Wan'er still needs to recuperate. Let's stop the accounting here for today. Take your time, there's no rush."

Upon hearing this, Tang Wan and Tang Jing bowed to Madam Wang and then took their leave of Madam Wang's courtyard.

After Tang Wan and Tang Jing left, Madam Wang rested for a while before getting up to get busy again. She had just returned to the manor and had a lot of things to decide, so she didn't have the mind to rest properly.

Having just finished dealing with her business, Madam Wang was looking at the thin list of servants in her hand with worry when Steward Zhao hurriedly walked in.

“Madam,” Steward Zhao bowed and reported, “the manager of Guangshun Pawnshop in the South City has brought his men and is waiting outside the second gate.”

Wang was taken aback: "Didn't the brokerage firm just leave recently?"

Steward Zhao explained, “This is another one. The previous brokerage was doing well, and almost all of its capable staff were taken by another family that was eager to open their own mansion. The remaining staff were indeed not satisfactory. I knew that the mansion was in dire need of staff, so after sending that batch away, I quickly went to several other reputable brokerages and selected another group of people with clean backgrounds and their own specialties. I would like to ask Madam to personally take a look and make a decision.”

Upon hearing this, Madam Wang perked up and quickly said, "Please come in quickly. Let's watch it in the open hall in the front yard. Please invite the eldest and second young ladies as well."

This Steward Zhao truly lives up to his reputation as someone from the Prince of Zhan's mansion; his work is impeccable. He got things done before anyone even gave an order. If it weren't for the fact that I really didn't want to delay someone's future, I would have loved to keep them here.

Wang Shi stood up, straightened her clothes, and adopted the demeanor of a matriarch.

Before long, Tang Jing and Tang Wan arrived together.

In front of the main hall in the courtyard, a group of about thirty people stood quietly, men and women separated, all dressed in clean coarse cloth clothes, with their heads bowed and eyes lowered, standing respectfully.

Manager Hu of the brokerage firm stood to one side with a forced smile.

Madam Wang sat down in the main seat in the hall, with Tang Jing and Tang Wan on her left and right respectively, and Steward Zhao standing by. The selection process then began.

Manager Hu first asked all the servants to report their names, hometowns, ages, what jobs they had done, and what skills they had.

Wang asked detailed questions.

Tang Jing listened attentively, occasionally exchanging opinions with her mother in low voices.

Tang Wan's gaze swept calmly over the crowd. Although she was skilled at physiognomy, these people were all standing with their heads down, so she couldn't really tell anything from them.

However, this does not affect her initial judgment.

After a round of questioning, Wang had already made a preliminary selection. She then carefully questioned the people she had chosen and, after a thorough selection process, she kept twenty-two out of the thirty-three.

Tang Wan was a little uneasy about leaving so many people behind, so she had them all raise their heads.

She carefully examined each item and found no major flaws before nodding slightly to Wang.

It was only when Tang Wan called for everyone to raise their heads that Wang remembered her daughter's abilities.

It seems that his ability to read faces is naturally beyond question.

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