Seeing that he was finally subdued, Chief Steward Liao felt that his face was brighter, he snorted triumphantly, and said unhurriedly: "How much money is a fake painting worth? If it weren't for the fact that this painting is worth so much For the sake of level, and seeing how pitiful you are, the uncle has already sent you to the yamen to eat in prison! Since you are so sensible, I will give you fifty taels of mercy! See clearly Yes, Huitong yuan banknotes can be exchanged in banks everywhere, five ingots and ten taels of white snowflake silver!"
Steward Liao held a bank note between two fingers and shook it in front of Lu Xiaoshu. When he loosened his fingers, the bank note fell lightly on the table.
He didn't even look at Lu Xiaoshu, and directly told the shopkeeper Hao: "Old brother, help me roll up this painting, I have to go back! Hey, I've been so busy these days, I really don't have any free time..."
Shopkeeper Hao didn't expect Housekeeper Liao to be so ruthless that he would kill the price to such an extent that even he felt a little blush and embarrassed. Because this matter can be said to have been facilitated by him, he unknowingly glanced at Lu Xiaoshu a little embarrassingly.
Lu Xiaoshu had already made up his mind to come back for revenge, so naturally he wouldn't be offended by this big butler Liao, but he secretly sneered, cursed shamelessly, and said "wait and see", standing aside without any objection.
Not to mention Qinglan, in her opinion, this fake painting that Lu Xiaoshu took more than an hour to make can be sold for fifty taels of silver, which is already very profitable. And she also fully believed that the 10,000 taels that Lu Xiaoshu asked for earlier was just a bid, and she couldn't take it seriously, so there was no gap in her heart, and she didn't say anything.
Seeing that they were silent, shopkeeper Hao took them as their acquiescence, and hurriedly rolled up the picture scroll, while sighing secretly in his heart, while complimenting the housekeeper Liao, he said with a smile: "No, the old lady is going to have her 60th birthday soon. Hehe, you are the Chief Manager of the Jiang Mansion, so naturally everything cannot be separated from your arrangements! Those who are capable work harder, and those who are capable work harder! In the future, the Elder Master and the Second Master will definitely reward you!"
"What's the big reward? I'm not a person who is greedy for benefits!" Mr. Liao was obviously quite proud of his compliment, and pretended to be serious: "It's not only me who can help the old lady live her life. Where the responsibility lies, it is my blessing!"
"That's it, that's it!" Shopkeeper Hao laughed hurriedly: "Who are you, why would you care about rewards or not? Look at what I said, hehe, you should fight, you should fight!"
Manager Liao snorted triumphantly, took the picture scroll handed over by shopkeeper Hao, snorted at Lu Xiaoshu and the two, and said triumphantly: "Okay, I won't talk to you anymore, I'm leaving! Hehe, shopkeeper Hao is Refreshing, no wonder you have achieved such a big business, don’t forget to leave any good things for me later, our master likes these!"
"Sure, sure!" Shopkeeper Hao hurriedly laughed, and respectfully sent him and his party out. Seeing them walking away, he straightened his back and let out a long sigh of relief.
"Isn't it just a housekeeper? It's just a dog in someone else's house. What a show!" Qinglan couldn't help spitting and scolding.
"Little brother!" Shopkeeper Hao hurriedly made a silent movement in surprise, and said, "That's not what you said. There is a saying that the king of Hades is fond of little devils. This Liao steward is the chief steward of the Jiang family. In Anyang City, who can not sell his account! Alas, it was all my negligence, if I knew I would have done this business earlier, it would have saved you from such a big loss!"
Shopkeeper Hao felt a little guilty as he said that, he took out a fifty-two silver note from his bosom, handed it to Lu Xiaoshu and said, "It's all up to me, little brother, take this little silver! It's not much, but It’s also a little bit of my heart.”
Lu Xiaoshu was still somewhat doubtful in his heart that shopkeeper Hao and housekeeper Liao were in collusion to play a show, but only now did he believe that if they were really playing a show, they could kill as much as they wanted, anyway, he and Qinglan came from a foreign country and had no one to depend on. Relying on the thin and weak youngsters, how can local snakes be afraid of them? After eating the money in the stomach, there is no reason to give it away for nothing.
"What does this have to do with you! It's our own bad luck, so we can't blame others! However, we can barely go back with these fifty taels. As the saying goes, you don't get rewarded for your merits, so we can't take your money!" Lu Xiaoshu sighed softly, with helplessness and gratitude on his face, he blocked the silver ticket back.
"That's true, tell me what to say!" Shopkeeper Hao rubbed his hands and sighed.
Instead, Lu Xiaoshu comforted him a few words, and asked casually: "By the way, I just heard you say the Jiang family, is the Jiang family very powerful? Their old lady is going to celebrate her birthday?"
Shopkeeper Hao regained his energy when he saw the question, nodded and said, "That's not it! When the old master of the Jiang family was there, he was a cabinet scholar, and his disciples and former officials were all over the world. The Jiang family has countless businesses in our Anyang area and tens of thousands of fertile fields Mu is the richest man in Anyang. I heard that his family wealth is more than double that of the Guan family who is the second richest! Even the magistrate is a student of the old man! It is a pity that the old man is not in good health, so he did not become an official. I was kidnapped by a kidnapper, and I only came back seven or eight years ago. My homework was delayed, and I just rested in the mansion and didn't want to take the scientific examination. The third master is still young. But I heard that there are two good seedlings in my grandson's generation. Everyone said that he would definitely inherit the mantle of his grandfather in the future. The Jiang family is amazing! The old lady will celebrate her birthday in ten days, and I don’t know how many guests will come to visit at that time!"
"It sounds like this Jiang family is really amazing!" Lu Xiaoshu smiled, followed Hao's tone of praise, and took Qinglan to leave.
"It really scared me to death!" Qinglan let out a big breath when she walked to a secluded place, and became annoyed again: "Then what kind of bastard housekeeper is really deceiving people too much!"
"Didn't you hear? The Jiang family is so powerful, how can their dogs not bite people?" Lu Xiaoshu said with a glance at her.
Hearing what she said was interesting, Qing Lan couldn't help but let out a "chi" laugh, and said, "But no matter what, I finally tricked that bastard! It made me feel better."
Lu Xiaoshu's eyes were a little cold, and he thought to himself, do you really think that the painting is fake, so you think we stand on the cheap and that bastard suffers? The real sufferer is whether I am good or not!
But you don't know anything, so you don't have to reveal my secret.
"Otherwise, let's—uh, you can make two more paintings and sell them, and we can make more money!" Seeing that she seemed a little unhappy, Qinglan came up with an idea.
"Are you kidding me!" Lu Xiaoshu rolled his eyes and said, "Are your paintings so worthless when you are from Biteng Mountain? Since the publication of his old man's paintings, the total number is only a dozen or so. How many times has this Anyang City been broken?" If two or three pictures appear within a day, how can it not attract attention? If someone investigates it, there will be nowhere to hide!"
More importantly, she was afraid of being exposed.
Qinglan was startled immediately, nodded quickly and said: "You are still thinking thoughtfully, I am confused! But, but, I am not happy to see you..."
"That tortoise bastard! How can my aunt be happy when she bullied others and snatched my aunt's painting!" Lu Xiaoshu kicked the ground resentfully, and said, "I must get this place back!"
"Don't be impulsive!" Qinglan quickly persuaded her, "I know you're actually a bit of a boxer, but you've also heard from the shopkeeper Hao that the Jiang family is very powerful in Anyang City, and the dog housekeeper is not so good either. It's easy to deal with, in case you suffer a loss and are really framed by them and put into the yamen, I, I have no ability to save you..."
Lu Xiaoshu glanced at her but was not angry, and thought to himself, relying on you to save me? What's the difference between that and waiting to die! Even if I'm stupid, I'm not so stupid!
"Let's go, let's find the inn first, and go wander around the gate of Jiangfu later!" Lu Xiaoshu kicked a small stone on the ground.
"You, you want to go to the Jiang family—sister, you—"
"Shut up!" Qinglan asked Lu Xiaoshu to give her a glare before she finished speaking, "I just went to see, I haven't figured out what to do yet! Hmph, anyway, if we don't get this place back, it won't work." !"
More importantly, when she thought of her painting falling into the hands of such people, she felt sick to her stomach. She would rather destroy that painting than let it fall into the hands of that disgusting guy.
"If you are afraid, you should wait in the inn!" Lu Xiaoshu added.
"No, I'll go with you!" Qinglan said quickly, seeing Lu Xiaoshu looking at her, she said, "One more person will give you more strength."
Lu Xiaoshu hummed and then fell silent, thinking that you still have a conscience.
After the two settled down, they really went to wander around the gate of Jiangfu.
As expected, the Jiang family was very wealthy, and the mansion occupied almost an entire street. It is said that the two or three small alleys behind the street were all the homes of their servants. The carved beams and painted buildings built at the entrance of the mansion have three floors and are tall and majestic. The two stone lions at the entrance are even more gigantic, with teeth and claws like two hills.
Probably because the old lady in the house will hold a birthday banquet ten days later, the venue at the entrance was emptied and cleaned very cleanly, tall colorful sheds were erected on both sides, and festive red lanterns were hung on the tall and lush big locust trees , countless servants are busy coming in and out...
Lu Xiaoshu happened to overhear a man in charge talking, complaining that the mansion is not enough, and he needs to temporarily hire 40 or 50 clean hands and feet to help, both men and women.
With a move in her heart, she suddenly had an idea.
After hearing what she said, Qing Lan initially disagreed, thinking it was a bit too risky.
However, Lu Xiaoshu felt that this was a rare and good opportunity. He could not only break into the Jiang Mansion, but also escape unscathed—they were only employed temporarily! And this birthday banquet must be very lively, there are many people, and it is easier to handle things...
As for the fear of being recognized by that bastard, that's easy to handle. Wouldn't it be okay to change back into women's clothes? It was just a face-to-face meeting, and the man's eyes were on the top of his head, so it was impossible for him to take a closer look at them.
Qinglan couldn't resist Lu Xiaoshu, and she didn't want to stay alone in the inn to wait, so she reluctantly followed her to apply for a job as a servant.
Originally, Qinglan still had a little chance of losing the election, but how could Lu Xiaoshu let such a thing happen? With ten or twenty renminbi, he bought the servant who selected the person, and they entered Jiangfu with Qinglan smoothly.