Dark brown mansions are hidden among the branches hanging with white frost. The gardens of these mansions, without exception, are surrounded by cast aluminum fences covered with flower arabesques. Behind those fences, except for
In addition to the flower branches that will dry up in winter, there are also many evergreen shrubs planted all year round, so there is some greenness under the white snow. On such snowy days, the birds are already singing.
It has completely disappeared. If there is anything that can still be heard, it is the barking of dogs caused by the occasional car driving through these courtyards.
This is the "Red County". They are all British-style single-family villas, and the owners are all wealthy people. Living here symbolizes the status of the richest class in the capital.
However, even among rich people, there are classes and differences. For example, in the central area of "Red County", there are several more special houses.
The special thing about these houses is that compared with other buildings in the villa area, they are not only significantly larger in scale, but most importantly, they also have a swimming pool in the backyard and a separate front yard.
Have a private fountain of different shapes.
It was close to 16:00 in the afternoon, and Lawyer Wu was standing in the living room of such a house, silently admiring the fountain in the yard through the six-meter-high floor-to-ceiling window.
Because of the cold weather, the curtains of water that should have spewed out from the mouths of the nine carp statues that jumped out of the pool were half frozen, with only sporadic water dripping from the ice flowers, looking like extremely miserable tears.
To be honest, Lawyer Wu really likes this house and courtyard very much, and he is also deeply impressed by the gorgeous and exquisite decoration and furnishings in the house. This big house can almost become a sample of his extravagant hopes for future life. However,
If he were asked to live here now, he really wouldn't want to.
There are two reasons for this. First, to enjoy this kind of life, he cannot afford it with his current income. Living here, the monthly property fee alone is 20,000. Second, he knows very well that if he lives here
, most of them will be disturbed by some of the things they have done, and they will definitely have nightmares when they sleep...
"Lawyer Wu, the car has been parked."
A flattering southern accent sounded, causing Lawyer Wu to interrupt his thoughts. He turned around, and behind him was a groveling middle-aged man with a natural wretchedness. He was hunched over with a thin body and handed the "Yin Ben"
car keys.
Next to the man stood a chubby middle-aged woman with makeup like a pastel jar and a fat face covered in foundation with a flattering smile. She was this man's wife.
"Is it hard to walk on the snowy road? What's wrong with your car?" The woman also spoke with a southern accent, and she obviously noticed the extent of the car's damage in the garage.
Lawyer Wu was still worried about what happened on the road, and he didn't want to talk about it at all. But this woman reminded him of the wolf again, so his face twitched uncontrollably.
The woman immediately saw something was wrong and quickly shut up.
Lawyer Wu snorted coldly at the woman, and then took the key from the man's hand carelessly, without giving the couple a good look. He didn't care if they minded, he didn't need to, and he despised them even more.
In fact, this couple are distant relatives that Mr. Gao found from his hometown. The reason why they are here is because the house needs to be kept as original as possible, and it must be taken care of by someone trustworthy. But it is unexpected.
Yes, this couple was surprisingly lazy. At first they were cleaning, but soon after they almost stopped doing any work at all.
Managing this couple was one of the tasks assigned to him by Mr. Gao. But at that time, the couple relied on their kinship with Mr. Gao and did not take him seriously, and all his words fell on deaf ears, so
This house also suffered a disaster, and the level of damage was simply outrageous.
Take the main living room on the right side of the stairs. There is a large fireplace as high as a person on the wall. The large and square furnace mouth almost takes up half of the wall. After the couple took over the house, it was always filled with ashes.
.The soft and thick Persian carpet in front of the fireplace is always like a garbage dump, with countless beer cans, paper scraps and fruit peels scattered on it. Even the red sandalwood Arhat bed next to it is covered with pure yellow cushions.
It didn't take long for the color to change, and it became a huge oily black. This was only the area that was least affected, and the other rooms were even more miserable.
The most outrageous thing is that the couple not only often complained about the low salary, but also asked him to find three more people to serve them. They also asked him to find three more people to serve them. They also asked for one person to cook, one to watch the door, and one to clean. This couple
He kept complaining, saying that the house was too big to be built, and that these were all things nannies did, and that they were housekeepers and only needed to be responsible for management. It really made people angry to death. What he didn't expect was that,
After being scolded by him, the couple actually called Mr. Gao to file a complaint against him. It seemed that he always saved money for Mr. Gao and deliberately deducted and abused them.
Fortunately, Mr. Gao scolded the couple in the end, which taught them a lesson. But the side effects were equally obvious. Mr. Gao was obviously very dissatisfied with him because of this, thinking that he couldn't handle even the smallest things well.
Nothing is a greater disaster than losing the trust of his master. As an excellent dog, he understands this deeply. So he tried his best to find a way to make the couple obedient.
The turning point came after he silently observed the couple's daily behavior. Soon after, he discovered that the couple had another, even more contemptible problem, unclean hands and feet.
I don't know when it started. Every time he came here, he would find something unusual in the house. To say that the couple was not too stupid, at least they knew how to switch things around. If they took something away, they would always buy something similar.
But the problem is that these two couples have no cultural connotation at all, and the things they bought are full of flaws. They even replaced fine porcelain with plastic products, and replaced famous paintings on the wall with spray-painted photos.
It's a real farce. If he doesn't understand what the two of them are doing, he's simply an idiot.
The time he chose to show his trump card was after the couple went to Panjiayuan to sell stolen goods. After he told the couple the theft in person and made a list of all the lost items, his wife tried to deny it and make excuses. But when he
When he threw all the photos that he had secretly taken in front of the couple, they suddenly became wilted eggplants. He only had one condition for the couple, either they would be obedient and work hard, or he would report their "great achievements" to Mr. Gao.
", and then send them to jail.
It was not difficult for the couple to answer the multiple-choice questions, especially after he gave them a free legal education class and heard that they might be imprisoned for more than ten years. The couple immediately expressed their willingness to change their past and start a new life.
As a result, daily cleaning work in the house quickly resumed.
However, he had no intention of strengthening the supervision of the property in the house afterwards. He knew very well that from the perspective of Mr. Gao, he did not care about these small things at all. Besides, this was not Mr. Gao’s home. He arranged for the poor people in his hometown to
The relatives came here not only to feel reassured, but also to let the couple make a little fortune. Therefore, his threats were just a bluff, and as long as the couple could obey and work, he didn't care about giving some sweeteners. That's it, in the big country
In the stick-and-carrot mode, after adjusting it several times, the couple has become a dough that he can knead at will, without any capital for arrogance.
If he wants to say what he still has dissatisfaction with the couple now, I'm afraid it's the old saying - nature is hard to change. The couple's habit of being lazy and lazy can never be cured. Although they are more obedient now and can do some work, they cannot avoid it.
It's suspected of doing some errands. Take the fountain in the yard now. The valve should be turned off in such cold weather. However, the man was obviously afraid of the cold and wanted to be lazy, so he pretended to be stupid and pretended not to see it.
Ignoring details often leads to terrible consequences. Lawyer Wu will never tolerate this kind of thing. He began to question the man. "What's going on with the fountain in the yard?".
"It's not too late... Come on, let's smoke a cigarette first." The man smiled sarcastically and took out a box of Zhonghua cigarettes to lighten the atmosphere.
Lawyer Wu rolled his eyes and looked at him before taking out the cigarette and putting it in his mouth.
"Play dumb with me, right? How many times have I told you that the most important thing here is not to attract anyone's attention. The fountain in the courtyard has frozen, so what if the gardener and security guard become suspicious? Besides, the water pipes are also frozen and cracked.
We need to find someone to fix it, as that would easily reveal the situation here."
The man blushed, agreed repeatedly, and ran to turn off the fountain valve.
Lawyer Wu didn't let the woman go either. "And you, the glass is not wiped and the floor is dirty. Look around you, is there any house like this?"
The woman also hurriedly ran to clean up the living room, but secretly rolled her eyes at him. When the man turned off the water valve and came back from outside, the woman was still working hard and couldn't even finish wiping a few tabletops.
Lawyer Wu looked at his luck and put out the cigarette butt. "Who are you fooling? If you don't do it well, get out. Don't tell me that the tiger skin on the master's chair flew away by itself again. If you do this, you will be slow!"
"Then...tiger skin..." the woman hesitated, then rolled her eyes and immediately had another excuse. "Oh, it's all my husband's fault. He smoked too carelessly, and the cigarette butt fell on the tiger skin..."
The man also dressed up to match the pity, "I blame me, please forgive me. Country people are used to rough hands and feet..."
But there was no expression on Lawyer Wu's face, and he didn't believe a word the couple said.
"How much did it sell for?"
One sentence made the couple stop performing.
At this time, the woman gritted her teeth and nodded to the man.
The man quickly took out a large envelope and handed it over, "It's a small thing, please take care of me."
Judging from the thickness, there were about 10,000 yuan in the envelope, which showed that they were well prepared. It can be said that the couple has made progress and started to learn how to bribe. However, Lawyer Wu did not want to have anything to do with this matter.
He felt that the amount of money was too little. Secondly, he was also afraid that when Mr. Gao found out, he would think that he was greedy for small profits and could not be used for anything. He decisively pushed it away. "How much did it cost?"
The woman suddenly became unhappy and said in an aggrieved tone, "Oh, that leather is worthless anymore. A big piece of it was burned..."
Lawyer Wu couldn't bear the fat face of this philistine, so he immediately interrupted. "Okay, it's not your first time. If you don't tell the truth..."
The man next to him was frightened and surrendered simply. "No. One hundred thousand. Sold it for one hundred thousand."
The woman couldn't help but glare at the man fiercely.
Although Lawyer Wu had known for a long time that the couple was not smart, when he heard this number now, he still couldn't help but want to call them idiots.
One hundred thousand dollars? That is a real South China tiger. It is the fur of an adult male tiger. It is flawless and has all the paws, head and tail. It is traded on the international black market. If you don’t have two hundred thousand dollars, don’t even think about buying it.
To be honest, he really felt sorry for the couple because of this. Although they knew that the things in the house were valuable, they could never figure out the specific value of each item. The couple was destined to be poor for the rest of their lives. They had done such stupid things.
There was more to it than just one thing. An antique clock from the Ming Dynasty that was originally on the bill was sold by them for NT$50,000. A set of Vatican silverware in the dining room cabinet was also sold for only NT$15,000. Because of this, Pan
The second-hand dealers in the homeland were all crazy with joy. These two men are extremely popular in the industry and are known as the "big colanders". They are doing stupid business.
"One hundred thousand, really only one hundred thousand." The man was afraid that Lawyer Wu wouldn't believe it, so he still swore.
Lawyer Wu suppressed his sneer and scolded him with a straight face. "Humph, you are motivated to make money, but tired of working. Where do you think this is? A supermarket where you can take whatever you want for free? There must be no leakage of what is going on here, you guys
You still have to go to jail!”
"Prison? Us?" The man became even more frightened, his voice trembling.
"What does this have to do with us? It's obviously you..." The woman gave up and tried to act like a shrew. But before she could finish her words, she was frightened by the ferocious look on Lawyer Wu's face and was shut up.
A cold arc of light flashed across Lawyer Wu's lenses, and he said word by word, "Who? Me? Or Mr. Gao? You won't get any good results if you bite randomly."
The woman was completely frightened and had no reaction.
The man's legs were trembling, "Yes, yes. We are confused."
Lawyer Wu was still staring hard at the woman. "Confused? You are very smart about tiger skins."
The man gave his wife a hard tug, and the woman came to her senses and quickly expressed her position. "Yes, yes. I understand, keep it secret. Whatever you do, I will listen to you."
After three days of not being beaten, the couple who needed to be scolded finally understood what they were doing and became more submissive.
When Lawyer Wu saw that he had finished scolding him, he felt that it was time for Tianzao to eat, so he softened his tone again. "Actually, it doesn't matter if you two get the money. Let's be clear, I don't want any of your money. I still want it."
In that case, as long as you do what you are supposed to do, how about that?"
Using advantage to seduce her, he hit her again. These words made the woman happy again. She patted her breasts repeatedly to express her loyalty. She would work hard to restore the house to its old tidiness and never let him worry about it again.
The man was still hesitating, as if he was not sure whether Lawyer Wu really meant it by not accepting money.
The woman quickly realized that she was afraid that the man would hand over money again, so she quickly stood in front of him and glared at his face. "Lawyer Wu makes a lot of money. He is not as miserable as us. We support our family with this small amount of money. Let's make a quick profit."
Get up!" The last four words were almost gritted.
The man was frightened by his wife and put away the envelope. The woman then smiled happily.
Lawyer Wu didn't care at all about the couple's little tricks. His face became serious and he began to ask about the most important things.
"How's it going old guy?"
The man thought for a while. "I'm very weak, and I still have a cough. I scold everyone when I see him, and my temper is even worse."
The woman also added, "He also likes to curse a lot when he is alone recently. Although you can't hear it outside, the house is haunted every night and can scare people to death."
Lawyer Wu is not surprised at all that he still has a stubborn attitude towards the old guy. This stubborn confrontation has given him a headache for a long time. However, now he is confident that he can solve this matter quickly.
.
He pondered again and felt it was time to announce Mr. Gao's new order.
"President Gao wants you not to abuse him anymore, but to take good care of his daily life, give him some milk and eggs, and ensure that he lives for at least a month. Don't let him die within this month."
After hearing this, the man was confused and worried. He rubbed his hands for a long time before summoning up the courage to say, "This is going to be difficult. The old guy has suffered so much, how can he be willing to cooperate? What if...?"
How can we end this?"
The woman also expressed worry. "Yes. That old guy has a bad temper. Now every day when I bring him porridge or help him go to the toilet, he curses me. I'm even afraid that he will bite me..."
Lawyer Wu naturally knew what they were afraid of. It was a human life that had been tortured, and it was not an ordinary person. But when things got to this point, there was no room for turning around, and it was impossible to stop.
He had to reiterate categorically, "This is an order, not a discussion with you. Just follow it and don't worry about the rest."
The couple looked tense, feeling the weight of these words, and nodded silently.