Chapter 18 Backdoor
Jiang Chengfeng pretended to look up to him and said with a look of surprise, "So you are Manager Lao! I have heard of your name for a long time!"
Butler Lao Er raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Jiang Chengfeng in surprise, and said, "You actually recognized me?"
"Although I have never seen you before, I have often heard of your loyalty to the Lord, your chivalrous spirit, your bravery and your fearlessness!"
Jiang Chengfeng turned on his shameless mode, bombarding him with flattering words and spitting everywhere, which left Butler Lao Er stunned.
Finally, Jiang Chengfeng leaned close to Butler Lao Er and whispered, "I heard that the position of the head butler was originally yours, but that guy did something bad in secret, which deceived Madam Shen!"
Butler Lao Er immediately acted as if nothing had happened and rebuked him, "You are just playing nonsense! How could this happen? Under the wise leadership of Butler Zhou, the servants of our Shen Mansion have always been conscientious and hardworking, and the relationship between superiors and subordinates is very harmonious!"
Finally, Butler Lao Er glanced at Jiang Chengfeng and said slowly, "Okay, stop talking nonsense! What do you want to talk to me about?"
Butler Lao Er was not a fool. He naturally knew that Jiang Chengfeng was flattering him and giving him money. He must have something to ask him, and it might be something that he could not tell anyone.
Jiang Chengfeng glanced around and found that no one was looking at him, so he whispered: "To be honest with you, Butler Lao, I originally came here for an interview, but something happened and delayed me, so... I would like to trouble Butler Lao to make some concessions!"
Butler Lao Er showed an unhappy look on his face and lectured: "How can you be so ungrateful? Don't you know how many people are trying their best to be servants in the Shen Mansion?"
Hearing this, Jiang Chengfeng immediately became annoyed. It was true that one has to bow his head when under someone's roof. He had given the money, but he didn't expect this guy to still act so arrogantly!
After taking two deep breaths, Jiang Chengfeng forced out a smile, nodded and said, "Butler Lao is right! I believe that under your wise leadership, the servants of the Shen Mansion will work diligently and willingly!"
Butler Lao Er was obviously pleased with Jiang Chengfeng's flattery. His pair of green bean-sized eyes narrowed into slits and he kept nodding in praise.
In fact, cutting in line for an interview was just a piece of cake for Butler Lao Er, but he was greedy for money and decided to squeeze a little more out of it.
So, this fellow pretended to be in a difficult situation, pinched his mustache, and whispered: "What you said is a bit difficult to handle! Although I am the second housekeeper, I cannot break the rules of the Shen family..."
Before Butler Lao Er finished speaking, Jiang Chengfeng handed over another tael of silver. Butler Lao Er put the silver in his arms like lightning, then coughed dryly, said "I'll do my best", and hurried into the Shen Mansion.
Jiang Chengfeng spat a mouthful of thick phlegm at the back of housekeeper Lao Er, and in his heart he greeted all the female relatives in his family.
Before he even started working, he had already lost a month's wages. Jiang Chengfeng secretly swore that once he entered the Shen Mansion, he would make back today's losses tenfold.
Soon, Butler Lao Er came out. The matter was naturally done, but he pretended to have taken the back door and was very sorry for Madam Shen's cultivation. Jiang Chengfeng couldn't help cursing in his heart again.
"Thank you, Butler Lao!"
Jiang Chengfeng bowed, but just as he turned around, he was stopped by Butler Lao Er, who asked Jiang Chengfeng's name.
When Butler Lao Er heard Jiang Chengfeng call out Jiang Dazhu's name, he was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly took out the three taels of silver from his sleeve and stuffed it into Jiang Chengfeng's hand.
"So it's Mr. Jiang. I'm so sorry! It's not too late now. You can go for the interview!"
Jiang Chengfeng was very puzzled by the huge changes before and after. Why was he so famous? Could it be because of Uncle Wu?
Come to think of it, Uncle Wu is the first-class servant of the Shen family, and can be regarded as the big brother among the servants. Since Uncle Wu had given him a heads-up before, he must have had this "honor", right?
After entering the Shen Mansion, Jiang Chengfeng was stunned. The Shen Mansion was so big that it was beyond his imagination. He had no idea where to go for the interview.
Just at this moment, a man who looked like a manager came up to ask questions, scolded Jiang Chengfeng not to wander around, and asked Jiang Chengfeng's name.
When the young steward heard the three words "Jiang Dazhu", he was just like the second steward Lao. He was stunned for a moment and then immediately put on a flattering face. He also politely pointed out the place for the interview to Jiang Chengfeng.
Jiang Chengfeng couldn't help but nod secretly. Uncle Wu is really good at doing things! I didn't expect that he had already taken care of everything in the Shen Mansion!
When I arrived at the interview room, there were already three people answering questions. However, two of them were holding brushes, scratching their heads, and looking worried, while the other one was writing incomprehensible characters crookedly and sweating profusely.
But think about it, most of these ordinary people who come to apply for the position of servants are from poor families and have never been to school, so how could they possibly write calligraphy?
"Hey, you... hurry up and sit down and answer the questions!" The interviewer became a little impatient when he saw Jiang Chengfeng looking around.
After Jiang Chengfeng sat down, he opened the test paper and saw that it was to copy the Thousand Character Classic from memory.
Jiang Chengfeng's face was immediately filled with black lines.
If he was asked to recite a few Tang and Song poems, that would be easy. Even writing calligraphy was okay, but it was too ugly. But the Thousand Character Classic… that thing had long been returned to the primary school Chinese teacher. How could he memorize it?
After frowning and thinking for a long time, Jiang Chengfeng finally remembered the first few sentences, so he dipped the brush and quickly wrote two lines of big characters.
"The sky and earth are dark yellow, the universe is vast and boundless! The sun and moon wax and wane, and the stars are lined up!"
After looking over it again and again and finding no mistakes, Jiang Chengfeng raised his hand and shouted, "I've finished writing!"
The interviewer, who was drinking tea, was startled and the cup in his hand fell and shattered with a crack.
"What are you yelling about? You have no manners! I..."
Seeing the interviewer was about to chase him away, Jiang Chengfeng coughed dryly and interrupted, "I'm so sorry. Before I came here, housekeeper Lao told me to be careful about my manners and not to lose his face!"
"Butler Lao?" The interviewer was stunned and asked doubtfully, "Were you recommended by Butler Lao?"
"Exactly! And housekeeper Lao also told me to abide by my duties and pay attention to my moral character! Oh, look at me..." Jiang Chengfeng fully demonstrated the style of striking the snake while it is still under control, without blushing or beating his heart, and with a calm face.
"I see!" The interviewer nodded almost flatteringly, and then said loudly: "Now I declare..."
He glanced at Jiang Chengfeng's number plate and continued, "Mr. Jiang passed the preliminary test!"
After saying that, he glanced at the other three and shouted, "All three of you are eliminated!"
