Chapter 11 Undercurrents [1]
Although Laishun looked at him with special eyes, he didn't insist on putting his hot face on his cold butt. For the next two days, he stayed away from him.
But compared to other people's attitudes, this is already very friendly.
Because for the whole two days, no matter how busy others were, Jiao Da just leaned against the wall and basked in the sun like an old man.
At first, considering his advanced age, no one cared too much about him. At most, some people said a few weird things.
If Jiao Da turns a deaf ear to this, the matter will end there.
But this old man has a bad mouth.
When others say something to him, he can reply ten times, and his words are cunning and sinister, never the same.
What makes people even more speechless is that this old man seems to be suffering from delusions of being persecuted. Anyone who tries to start a fight or try to make peace will be scolded by him.
As time went by, more and more people were offended.
By the afternoon of the next day, when Deng Haoshi came to inspect the work, nine of the ten handymen in the boiler room came forward to report Jiao Da's sabotage. The remaining one bit his tongue during the quarrel and could not speak clearly.
Facing this excited crowd, Deng Haoshi just glanced at Wang Zhuer. Wang Zhuer immediately stepped out of the crowd and yelled at the top of his voice: "What's the noise? What's the noise! Just stand against the wall and wait for Deng."
Let’s wait until the housekeeper checks it out!”
As he spoke, he showed off the whip in his hand as if to demonstrate.
The servants looked at me and I looked at you, but they could only reluctantly stand at the foot of the wall.
However, they still played some tricks. Jiao Da was under the east wall at this time, but they went to the base of the west wall.
This made Jiao Da appear to be particularly unsociable.
However, Wang Zhuer had obviously made up for his lessons in the past two days. He did not target Jiao Da like he did at first. He just looked around calmly, as if he didn't see Jiao Da.
But when Lai Shun mingled in the crowd, he saw Deng Haoshi walking around aimlessly, and then stopped at the door of the boiler room, as silent as a clay-covered wood sculpture.
This ‘acceptance’ thing is too careless.
Thanks to Zhao Yi and others who climbed up and down, drilled in and out, and wasted Nuo Da's thoughts, they were able to polish the two boilers, which were as tall as one person, until they were shiny.
Just as I was cursing, I saw a man with oily hair and pink face coming in a hurry.
Among the handymen was someone from Ningguo Mansion, and he immediately recognized him as Yu Lu, who was in charge of the boiler room last year.
As soon as Yu Lu entered the courtyard, he complained half-truthfully: "Brother Deng, you make it easy for me to find my younger brother!"
Deng Hershey didn't give him a good look either. He raised his chin towards the boiler room with his hands behind his back and said, "Go inside and talk."
The two entered the boiler room one after the other.
It was Yu Lu who was the first to speak: "Brother Deng, we have been friends since childhood. Now that this year's coal is almost coming, you are still stuck on last year's accounts and refuse to hand over. Are you trying to deliberately embarrass your brother?"
Deng Haoshi glanced at him and suddenly slapped him on the belly with his backhand.
Yu Lu let out an exaggerated "ouch" and subconsciously raised his hand to cover it, but instead grabbed a pamphlet.
He was stunned for a moment, then opened the pamphlet and quickly searched it for a few times, and then his face turned ugly.
"This this……"
Holding the pamphlet, Yu Lu hesitated and said: "Brother, you also know that I still have a lot of things to deal with in our house. The boiler room is managed by the people below. Who would have thought that he actually ate the bear's heart?"
Leopard’s courage…”
While he was trying his best to evade, Deng Haoshi asked in a nonchalant manner: "Are you sure you want to blame it on your brother-in-law?"
Yu Lu suddenly got stuck.
Deng Haoshi added lightly: "Are you sure you can blame it on your brother-in-law?"
Yu Lu became more and more speechless.
After much hesitation, he rolled up his sleeves, then grabbed Deng Haoshi's right hand, and said excitedly: "Brother, we have been friends since childhood, you must help us!"
Deng Haoshi lowered his head and glanced, and most of the indifference on his face melted away. He sighed quietly: "That's all. Who told me to be nostalgic? Let's not hand over the account yet."
Yu Luxi smiled after hearing the first half of the words, but the second half of the words made his smile freeze.
His eyes widened, he clenched his sleeves tightly and trembled: "Brother, this, this is a lot!"
"Look at your future."
Deng Haoshi glanced at him and said with a smile: "As long as I don't find fault with you, who can find fault with you?"
"We can wait until next year..."
"You won't be in charge of this boiler room next year?"
"This, who can say for sure, in our house..."
"You should be in charge next year, and you must be in charge!"
Deng Haoshi pushed him gently on the shoulder and said without any doubt: "Let's go, I have something to report to the general manager later."
With that said, he walked out.
When Yu Lu saw this, he could only follow him with a grimace.
When he arrived at the door, Deng Haoshi paused, turned around and added: "Don't use your brother-in-law next year, change it to someone with a better deal and less involvement."
Without waiting for Yu Lu's response, he stepped into the courtyard.
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Yu Lu hurried away again.
Deng Haoshi came to the crowd with his hands behind his back and casually explained: "It's quite tidy and it's a sign of your hard work. I won't come here during the day tomorrow. I'll come back after dinner."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Seeing that he didn't mention anything about Jiao Da, the servants were disappointed and frustrated. They didn't expect Deng Haoshi to walk more than ten steps away, but suddenly turned back to look at everyone.
When everyone saw this, they all thought there was hope.
But when Deng Haoshi opened his mouth, he greeted him: "Laishun, come here."
Laishun was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly rushed out of the crowd and quickly came to Deng Haoshi. Although he saw a kind smile on his face, he still responded carefully: "Steward Deng, I don't know if you came to me, but what's wrong with you?"
I have to give orders."
"Why are you so restrained?"
Deng Haoshi asked with a bright smile: "Have you gotten used to it these past two days? Your father and I have known each other for a long time. If you have any discomfort, just tell your uncle Deng."
If he was really a stupid young man of fifteen or sixteen, he would have probably been deceived by him.
But Laishun would never forget that Deng Haoshi had stayed in the yard for a long time, but he never paid any attention to him.
Those who are arrogant in the front and respectful in the back must have a plan!
He secretly increased his vigilance, but put on a look of innocence on his face, scratching his head and saying: "Uncle Duo Lao Shi is worried about me. I was really uncomfortable at first, but I have been working with the big guys these past two days, and I have gotten better."
got used to."
"That's good, that's good."
Deng Haoshi looked pleased: "I heard that Second Mistress sent you here, so I was worried that you wouldn't be able to adapt. Now it seems that I'm looking down on you."
Haha~
If you really had this kind of heart, how could you have disappeared for two days in a row?
"Uncle Shi, I actually didn't do anything..."
Laishun secretly held his breath and turned his face red, pretending to be embarrassed to accept the compliment but secretly happy.
"Haha, there is no need to be polite with your Uncle Deng."
Deng Hershey's smile became more and more amiable. He leaned over his shoulder and glanced at the servants in the corner. Then he continued: "As you can see, I have a lot of things to do in the house, so I really don't have time to keep an eye on them."
I was thinking about finding a suitable person to take care of it."
As he said that, he patted Laishun's shoulder with his left hand: "It's a coincidence that the second grandma sent you here. I won't say anything else. I'll take the courage for your uncle first. I'll just treat it as a practice here, and it will be better in the future.
Take your father's place."
"this……"
Laishun really didn't expect that he would promote himself to be a small manager.
But the more this happened, the more Laishun felt that there must be something fishy. How could it be so easy for this pie-in-the-sky thing to happen to him?
What's more, I have said more than once that I have no close relationship with Deng Haoshi.
Showing courtesy for nothing is either cheating or stealing!
Thinking of this, Laishun hurriedly shook his hands and said in fear: "How can this happen?! I am the youngest among the handymen in the boiler room, and I can't take my turn no matter what!"
"What can't be done!"
Deng Hao deliberately lowered his voice and said disdainfully: "With this group of wine sacks and rice sacks, even a big character may not be able to recognize a basketful of things. How can I trust them to entrust the errands to them? Brother Shun, you have been to Meng Xue, so you can't
Considering your father’s face, this job belongs to you!”
As he spoke, he moved around and said exaggeratedly: "These dozen or so people occupy a large courtyard, and I can only feel at ease if I leave them in your hands!"
Haha~
Why don’t you talk about this ‘big country’?
Laishun was about to refuse again.
Deng Haoshi's face suddenly sank: "Uncle Deng, I can trust you. If you continue to push back, I'm going to be annoyed! This matter is settled. When the boiler room starts working shifts in a few days, you will officially take office!"
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This kind of singing, chanting, and both soft and hard tactics might not be possible for someone who has never seen the world.
But before Laishun traveled through time, he had also been involved in the business world for several years. How could he be easily caught by his words?
At that moment, he also put on a righteous and awe-inspiring look, bowed his hand to Deng Haoshi again, and said in a neither humble nor condescending manner: "Uncle Shi, I'm very grateful for your kindness - but I was punished by my second mistress to come here. If I don't change my ways, I will fall back."
Doesn't it go against the Second Grandma's original intention to act as a tyrant over others?"
As he said that, he forced out a smile: "I have just recovered from my injury. Uncle Shi, please don't tempt me to make mistakes."
As expected, when the 'Second Grandma' card came out, Deng Haoshi was speechless.
After being stunned for a while, he said in a waning voice, "Come on, it's just that I didn't think carefully, so just pretend I didn't say anything about it."
After saying that, he walked away without any regrets.
When he turned from the private alley to the east corner gate and followed the verandah to the front yard, Deng Hao slowed down, frowned and pondered.
Just now, he had an impromptu idea and wanted to use Laishun as a shield, but he didn't want to use soft and hard tactics, but Laishun was unable to get in.
At first, he just thought that Lai Shun was scared out of his wits by Wang Xifeng.
But now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to be the case.
Could it be...
Lai Wang, the son who was rumored to be a joke in the house, is actually the master of a naughty show?
Remembering that he had heard someone say that Mingyan had designed to harm Laishun, Deng Haoshi suddenly became more vigilant.
perhaps……
It's time to find another chance to give him a try.
Chapter completed!