Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
âItâs about building the house,â Gu Yundong said. âIâve just arrived, so I donât know whoâs familiar with this place. So I want to trouble the village chief to help me find a reliable person. The salary is 40 copper coins a day. I wonât provide food for them.â
She had asked around. Usually, the construction of houses here cost 30 copper coins a day, but they had to pay for the lunch. She was living in a widowâs house now, so it was not convenient.
âItâs not a problem for me to help you find constructors.â Chen Liang frowned slightly. âIâm just afraid that you wonât be satisfied.â
âWhat are you talking about? The village chief will definitely find the most suitable people. If I were to do it myself, 1 would really be clueless and wouldnât even know that 1 had been scammed. However, 1 might have more requests. Please help me communicate with them to avoid any unhappiness. This is two taels of silver. Itâs the fee for your help.â
Gu Yundong took out a piece of silver and handed it over. Chen Liang immediately declined her. âWhat are you doing? Iâm the village chief of Yongfu Village. Iâll help you find a few people. How can I accept your silver?â
âYou canât say that. Although youâre the village chief, 1 canât push everything onto you and ask you to help, right? You know that my father isnât around. Itâs not convenient for a young lady like me to do many things, and they might not listen to me. If you help me find someone, you have to communicate with them, and you have to help me supervise them in the future. This isnât within the responsibility of the village chief. I canât let you help me do so many things, right? Then what kind of person am I? If you donât accept this fee, then I can forget about building my house.â
âHey, you little girlâ¦â Chen Liang didnât even know that this young lady was so good at doing things.
There was no one else in the central room. Other than him, there was only his wife, Madam Zhou.
After hesitating for a moment, he still accepted the silver. âAlright, donât worry and leave this to me. Take this silver as your payment for my service.â
âThank you, Uncle Chen.â Gu Yundong changed his words and smiled. â1 have to go back and think about how the house should look like. Can I give you the blueprint tomorrow?â
âAlright, Iâll look for someone in the afternoon. Come and meet me tomorrow morning and we can start work.â
Gu Yundong said a few more words to Chen Liang. Seeing that it was getting late, she left a bag of pastries that she had bought from the county this morning and brought the three of them out. The carriage followed behind them and pulled the things to the rented place.
As soon as they left, Madam Zhou opened the bag on the table. When she saw that it was the famous date cake in the county, she was even more satisfied.
âThis young lady is much more sensible than the previous two families. The Wang family and the He family talked nicely, saying that the village chief had the ability to help. In the end, you found someone for them, but theyâre still unsatisfied. Itâs as if youâve gained something from it. They say that itâs not easy for them to come all the way here because theyâre poor. They keep pressing down on your salary. Twenty copper coins a day is too much. Now, people are not willing to help them build it. Theyâve been here for five to six days, but they havenât found anyone. I reckon that by the time the Gu familyâs house is built, their houses havenât even appeared.â
Chen Liang actually liked the Gu family more. Even without two taels of silver, he felt that this young ladyâs words were better. He was willing to help her.
However, he still scolded Madam Zhou. âShe wonât see the workers until tomorrow. The Gu family might not be satisfied with the people 1 find. Donât talk nonsense.â
âRegardless of whether sheâs satisfied or not, she has given us pastries and silver in advance. As for the other two families, they didnât even thank us.â
With this comparison, Chen Liang really had nothing to say.
Moreover, the Gu family had given him money without even seeing the workers. This meant that they trusted him.
Chen Liang felt quite happy..n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om