"Who is that strange face? Is it a temporary helper you called over?" An old housekeeper with a stiff face and a curly hair pulled the cook Meranda aside, pointing to the sink who was chopping vegetables Qin Lun asked.
With Qin Lun's mastery of cold weapons and his eyesight, it is really overkill for chopping vegetables, so it's no wonder the old housekeeper thought he was a helper hired by the cook.
"Chris, no, he is..." Meranda shook the fat on her face, and softly introduced Qin Lun's background, "Tony said that without this young man, he wouldn't be able to handle those horses. What's more, today's master To entertain guests, the kitchen is a bit busy, and it does need manpower."
"Groom? The master wants to find a professional groom, but someone with unknown background..." Old butler Parker frowned slightly, and fell silent.
"Don't worry, Tony greeted him and didn't promise to give him a job. He just stayed and had a meal with the servant. I heard that the child was hungry for several meals!" The fat cook said sympathetically with a bit of maternal love.
"Okay!" The old butler finally nodded in agreement, ignoring the small episode in the kitchen.
The English of this era, especially the nobles, can be said to have committed all kinds of evil in the North American continent. Slaughtering Indians, reselling black triangles, and using batches of black slaves and Chinese laborers as livestock are all doing anti-human work.
However, in other respects, they behaved very gentlemanly. Given that Qin Lun had done a little favor to the manor and that he was a white man from England, the old butler would not let him go home empty-handed. Otherwise, it would appear that the owner of the manor was too stingy, and an excellent English butler would not let the owner bear such a reputation.
The night outside the kitchen window was getting darker, and a bright moon soon rose over the treetops.
Qin Lun was picking up a plate of leftover mutton from the guests, while secretly listening to the servants' whispers.
He came by coincidence. Today seemed to be the day when Sir Wilson invited some important guests. The maids in the kitchen were busy walking around, while the servants had already put on their decent tuxedos and went to the banquet hall to serve the guests.
For the servants, being able to serve distinguished guests with trays in the banquet hall is already a status symbol of the manor. On such an occasion, only Butler Parker and some outstanding personal servants and servants could entertain them. It was impossible for newly promoted servants and black slaves to appear in the banquet hall.
Qin Lun has been trained in various aristocratic etiquettes before, some from the elves, some from the human society, even the noble etiquettes of the earth background have been carefully studied. He was amused when he thought of watching some movies with pig feet posing as waiters and sneaking into the banquet hall of nobles.
A real noble banquet, even if it is held in the palace hall, can only accommodate a few hundred guests, and the number of waiters in charge of entertaining is roughly twenty to one, so there are only twenty or thirty people, and most of them are high-ranking attendants. cooked.
Unless there is a lot of cover, the strange waiter is as conspicuous in the hall as the lice on the monk's head.
As for any high-end banquet in modern society, it might be a XXOO mess-up conference, or the waiters inside are all temporary hotel workers, and few of them may even have formal etiquette training. In the era of the feudal aristocracy, it was the level of the upstart rich man in the countryside.
In the noble manor, the servants usually eat after the master finishes eating, and the ingredients used are also leftover scraps.
However, when the nobles hold large banquets, they usually last until late at night, or even all night long. Therefore, the servants would eat in batches during the banquet, and many servants would eat the leftovers of the master and guests directly.
Of course, in many cases, the waiters in the banquet hall will directly take the half-full plates back to the kitchen as "leftovers".
The plate of mutton that Qin Lun is eating now was given to him by Meranda. When it was first brought, there were only a few chopsticks on it, and half of it was given to another cook.
Naturally, Qin Lun wouldn't mind someone testing the poison for him. He wasn't lying when he said that he hadn't eaten anything since yesterday. Under the special care of Death, his last meal was at the wild camp on Mount Desert Island.
The hustle and bustle in the manor slowly fell silent. Some guests stayed in the manor, while others left in a carriage. After arranging the host and guests, the servants could finally take a breather.
At this time, Butler Parker took Tony to find Qin Lun again.
"Thank you, Chris, for your help today!" The old butler bowed gentlemanly, took out a five shilling silver coin from the inside pocket of his dress, and handed it to Qin Lun, "But you know, such a performance is not I can’t help you stay in the Wilson Manor, this is the reward for your helper today, please take it.”
"Oh, oh..." Qin Lun blushed a little, his face was at a loss, he faltered and wiped his hands on the undershirt over and over again, and finally aimed at Tony behind the old housekeeper as if asking for help.
However, for some reason, Tony lowered his eyebrows and looked down at his own toes, showing no sign of supporting Qin Lun.
A trace of despair finally appeared on Qin Lun's face. His pitiful look made the young maids who were looking at this side feel distressed. He lowered his head and said in a depressed voice like a mosquito, "Thank you sir, I'm very happy." I'm glad I can help, but I don't need the money. Today I have eaten a lot of delicious food that I can't eat in my life, which is enough for my reward."
As Qin Lun spoke, he raised his head, pouted his mouth and showed the stubbornness unique to young people, "I'll leave right away. In the next few days, I will still be looking for a job in Monte Town. If Wilson Manor still needs helpers, I hope that Mr. Steward Give me a chance."
After he finished speaking, he tore off the apron on his body, grabbed the bundle in the corner and walked towards the right side of the kitchen, where there was an exit leading to the side entrance of the manor.
An honest and strong young man, if he is really what Tony said, he might be a good choice for a new groom! The old butler Parker stuffed the silver coins back into his shirt pocket, watching Qin Lun's dejected back with flickering eyes.
"It's already so late, where do you want to go?" Just as Qin Lun was about to step out of the kitchen door, the words of the old butler came from behind him, "If you let you go now, my lord will probably say that I don't want to leave tomorrow." It's close to human, you can stay overnight in the manor tonight!"
Qin Lun turned around and looked at the old butler blankly.
The old butler raised his chin slightly, and a smile finally appeared on his staid face, "Originally, the manor would not hire strangers from other places, but we really need a new groom. I can give you a chance to try it out, if you accept In the next two months, you have done a good job in the stable, then I will suggest Sir Alex to keep you... "
"Thank you very much, Mr. Butler!" The sparkle in Qin Lun's eyes erupted for a moment, almost blinding the old butler and Tony behind him. Everyone in the kitchen seemed to be infected by this young man's joy, stealing from a distance. Several young maids who watched even secretly clapped their hands to celebrate.
It was just one night of working together, and they all fell in love with this handsome young man who was simple but hardworking.
"Then... I'm going to sleep in the stable now!" Qin Lun lifted the burden and wanted to go out excitedly.
"No need, the slaves have already fed the horses night food, let's talk about it tomorrow!" Old butler Parker thought for a while, and then continued, "I remember there is still a vacant room in the butler's room, you can sleep there today, Head Maid Anne I'll bring you a set of bedding."
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"Hey, Chris, congratulations!" Coming out of the kitchen, Tony caught up with Qin Lun from behind and said with a smile, "For a second just now, I thought you would accept that silver coin!"
"Huh? Is it because I took the money that Mr. Housekeeper won't keep me?" Qin Lun asked in surprise.
"No, the old butler will also keep you for one night, but he won't let you try out the position of groom so easily. Maybe he will introduce you to some handymen in the town tomorrow. Let's talk about it after inspecting you for a month or two." Tony patted Qin Lun's shoulders pretended to be inscrutable.
"Thank you so much, Tony!" Qin Lun expressed his sincere gratitude.
"No, just remember to help me with more work in the future." The young manservant waved his hand triumphantly, "I'll go to bed first, don't get too excited at night, you have to get up early tomorrow, the old housekeeper doesn't like others being late."
"Yeah!" Qin Lun pushed away his servant's room with a pure smile on his face.
After closing the door, the corners of Qin Lun's lips slowly began to turn up, a crescent moon broke out in his big mouth, his snow-white teeth gleamed under the oil lamp, his simple and honest smile instantly turned into a silent and evil laugh .
This round of performance made him extremely satisfied, and it was almost the first time he experienced the supreme pleasure other than massacre. To play these kind people with applause so easily made him addicted like a drug addict.
"It's a pity! The time to stay is too short, otherwise it would be good to play for a few more days!" Qin Lun sighed, threw the quilt he brought on the bed, and just lay quietly, waiting for everyone in the servant room to fall asleep.
"Huh..." The oil lamp by the window sill was blown out by a gust of wind, and a star like a yin-yang fish pattern lit up in the darkness. It was Qin Lun's left eye that stared at the halo.
He looked towards the four walls of the room, and his perspective ability allowed him to see clearly the movements of everyone in the servant room.
Everyone fell asleep, but he jumped up from the bed like a carp, glanced cautiously out of the window, and gently opened the door.
After the servant's room on the first floor of the main building of the manor, there is the living room. There is a curved spiral staircase on both sides of the hall to go upstairs. The second floor is the room of Parker's butler and senior servants, and above the third floor are the rooms of the guests and the two young masters of the manor.
Qin Lun's goal was on the top four or five floors, where the most important noble rooms today, as well as the bedroom of the owner of the manor, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson.
Although he has not been in contact with Wilson himself, Qin Lun now knows that he has found the right person, Sir Wilson does have a problem.
Because when he was helping in the kitchen, he got a lot of clues from the conversations of the servants, especially the information about today's visiting guests...