Within a moment, several strong large wooden boxes were carried into the main hall, and everyone's eyes widened when they looked at the boxes.
That's the severance package.
As for the twenty taels of silver, some people felt that Xu Tianyi was being kind in doing things.
There are also some people who don't want to leave here. They also think it's useless to keep the money. They still want to stay here with the Zhou family.
One of the old horsemen came out tremblingly and said, "Uncle, you don't have to give me those twenty taels of silver. I am an old man in the Zhou family. If there is no Zhou family, there will be no me. I will not leave." , I will go wherever the lady goes!"
Seeing the old horseman stand up, a woman about forty years old also stood up and said, "Yeah, I'm not leaving either. Whoever wants this money wants it. I don't want it anyway. I'm the lady's wet nurse." , I will go wherever the lady goes! If the lady doesn’t let me go, I won’t go anywhere.”
Seeing these two people standing up, several old people came out one after another.
However, these people are only a minority after all. Some of them are older and are really difficult to deal with. Some of them are grateful for the kindness of Zhou Mansion and are unwilling to leave.
Seeing this situation, Xu Tianyi did not continue to make things difficult. Anyway, there were only a few old people here, so it was not troublesome for him to clean up, so he just whispered, "Okay, it's rare that you are so kind and righteous. If you are willing to follow Let's go, of course we won't refuse, but the journey will be tiring, and life will definitely not be as easy as before. I'm worried that you won't be able to bear it."
Hearing Xu Tianyi's words, those people just said, "You don't have to worry about us. Even if we die, it has nothing to do with you, let alone burying us. We still have enough money for the coffin."
Hearing what they said, Xu Tianyi was ready to agree. Twenty taels was not a small amount of money. If he was not afraid that they would cause trouble, and even more afraid that his plan would not develop, how could he be willing to spend such a sum of money.
Nowadays, these old guys insist on staying and endure hardship. Since they like to endure hardship, then let them endure hardship.
He just happened to save some money, and then he could find any excuse to torment these old guys.
Wang Cai didn't know what Xu Tianyi was thinking, and he also felt sorry for those old people, so Wang Cai immediately said to the old man, "Uncle Chai, what are you doing running around? It's been such a tiring journey, and you are getting older. If you ask me, you can Don't bother, why don't you accept these twenty taels and find a suitable place to take care of him in his old age?"
Hearing what Wang Cai said, the old man couldn't stand Wang Cai's behavior of not standing up. Now that he wanted to take the twenty taels and leave, he actually wanted to persuade himself to leave with him. Even if Uncle Chai didn't Wen Qingqing scolded him indiscriminately, "You beast, you still have the nerve to say that the master and his wife usually treat you well, right? Now that the Zhou Dynasty is in decline, it's the time when the lady and the wife need us. If you don't want to stay here, forget it." , you actually said such sarcastic words and wanted to encourage us to follow you! Are you still a human being?"
After being scolded by Uncle Chai, Wang Cai was really hard to explain. Others only blamed Wang Cai, "Yes, Wang Cai, you can just leave on your own. Why did you let Uncle Chai leave?"
Seeing everyone talking, he really couldn't clearly state the stakes here, so Wang Caibian simply didn't explain. He just said, "Okay! Okay, okay, forgive me for meddling, I want to Let’s go, uncle, give me twenty taels and I’ll leave right away!”
After saying this, Wang Cai lined up in front of the group of people preparing to leave.
Xu Tian's opinion was that the problem could be easily solved in this way. Naturally, he wanted it now. He then said, "Okay, since everyone has no objections to this, let's start distributing money. Everyone should line up and come one by one." , our money has been calculated, and you won’t lose a penny.”
Hearing what Xu Tianyi said, everyone was naturally busy and crowded again, but with the help of Wang Cai, the new housekeeper and several other nursing homes, the order was quickly arranged.
Then the butler announced a name, and Wang Cai helped hand the other person a bag of silver, and then the butler helped cross out a name.
With this arrangement, there were fewer and fewer people in the lobby.
But the people carrying twenty taels of silver in their pockets were all beaming with joy.
But when everyone is happy,
But there were also people who shook their heads and sighed, and those who sighed and shook their heads were naturally the few old people left behind just now, with Uncle Chai as the leader.
Uncle Chai couldn't understand why they left. A younger person like Mrs. Song was very open-minded, "Old Chai, when people go to higher places, water flows to lower places. This is normal. You Don’t think it’s hard to figure this out. After all, everyone has his or her own ambitions. We can’t control others. It’s actually good to be yourself and do everything with a clear conscience.”
"Yes, Sister-in-law Song is right. As long as we can live up to the Zhou family, it will be fine."
Mr. Chai was persuaded, but saw that people still kept walking. He couldn't figure it out, but he also knew that he could not prevent this from happening.
So he just snorted coldly, then stood up and left the lobby. When the others saw Mr. Chai leaving, they thought that they had nothing to do here. After all, they didn't envy these twenty taels, so they just followed Chai. The old man left together.
The departure of this part of them did not leave anything for everyone to care about.
They only line up to receive their own severance pay.
Soon there were fewer and fewer people in the room.
When there were only a few people left, Xu Tianyi only came to Wang Cai. He said hypocritically, "Wang Cai, you really want to leave. You see you are so capable. How about you stay? I will give you back." You continue to pay wages.”
Wang Cai naturally knew that Xu Tianyi was hypocritical and did not say a word of truth, so he just smiled and said falsely, "Thank you for your kindness, but I, Wang Cai, prefer a stable life and do not want to leave the capital." , so I kindly accepted my uncle’s kindness.”
Seeing that Wang Cai had said this, Xu Tianyi said, "Okay, since you have said this, I have nothing to say. Wang Cai, take care of yourself along the way."
After saying that, Xu Tianyi personally took a bag of silver and handed it to Wang Cai.
Wang Cai then weighed the bag of silver with his hands. Unexpectedly, the bag of silver seemed to be at least fifty taels. He immediately turned to look at Xu Tianyi.
Xu Tianyi smiled and whispered to Wang Cai, "Don't be polite to me. These fifty taels are your severance pay."
Wang Cai obviously felt that fifty taels was too much, "Why are you so embarrassed? I am not getting rewarded for my merits."
Xu Tianyi said again, "Wang Cai, don't be so modest. You have been working hard without complaining. How can I treat you badly? Just take it."
Wang Cai didn't really refuse. After rejecting it several times, he calmly accepted Xu Tianyi's kindness.
At this moment, almost all the people in the room who could leave have left. It seems that the matters that need to be dealt with have been dealt with.
Naturally, Wang Cai will not stay here any longer.
But when he walked out, he met Sister Song. Looking at Sister Song, Wang Cai still called Sister Song.
Sister Song is different from Uncle Chai. She seems to only want to be clear about everything she does. Such a person is easier to persuade.
So he decided to remind Sister Song, not only to remind Sister Song, but also for the sake of the young lady and the Zhou family.
"Sister-in-law Song."
Sister-in-law Song turned around and saw Wang Cai and said, "Wang Cai, are you ready to leave?"
Wang Cai nodded, "Sister-in-law Song, I am indeed leaving, but there is something I want to say to you before I leave."
Sister-in-law Song did not refuse, "What do you want to say?"
Wang Cai looked around, and when he saw no one was around, he lowered his voice and said, "Sister-in-law Song, I want to ask you to do something for me."
"Are you still delivering food to the eldest lady?" Wang Cai asked.
Sister-in-law Song nodded, "Yes, what's wrong?"
Wang Cai asked again, "Is purchasing still your business?"
Sister-in-law Song nodded, "Yes."
Wang Cai said, "Then can you try to deliver a bowl of soup every day these days?"
"Give me some soup? What kind of soup?" Mrs. Song asked inexplicably.
"A decoction to treat wind and cold." Wang Cai whispered.
Sister-in-law Song seemed to have some reaction, "What? The maid you like is sick?"
Wang Cai was really speechless when he heard Sister Song's words.
, but after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't explain clearly, so he simply said, "Yes, the maid I like is sick."
Mrs. Song was a bit gossipy and said, "Who do you like? If you like this girl so much, why do you still want to go out?"
Wang Cai was almost speechless when he was asked, "Sister-in-law Song, can you stop being such a gossip? You really are. Just tell me if you are willing to help me."
Faced with Wang Cai's impatience, Mrs. Song just smiled kindly, "Okay, but you'll pay for the soup and medicine."
Wang Cai naturally had no objection, so he gave Mrs. Song five taels of silver.
Then he said to Sister-in-law Song, "Sister-in-law Song, please go see Miss more often. If possible, you'd better arrange for more people to go in and visit Miss."
After explaining this, considering that it was getting late, if he went out too late, Xu Tianyi would inevitably be suspicious, so Wang Cai didn't care what Mrs. Song thought at the moment, and Wang Cai hurried back to the garden shed to pack his things.
The other people in the garden hut had already packed up their belongings. They packed large and small bags, but for some reason they didn't leave immediately.
Wang Cai felt strange when he saw that they were still in the house, so he curiously asked, "Everyone, why are you still in this garden and not leaving?"
Hearing Wang Cai's words, the few people glanced at each other, and then one of them said, "It's okay. In fact, everyone is reluctant to leave. After all, everyone grew up here, although here We are just working people, but we really regard this place as our home. No matter how good the lady is to us, if we really want to leave here, we will be very reluctant to leave it for a while."
Hearing this, the others just nodded and said, "Who says otherwise? I don't even know where I can go for a while?"
"We originally wanted to say goodbye to Miss, but Miss is still ill and we haven't seen anyone. Alas. After this farewell, everyone has to go their separate ways."
