Chapter 186
186 Capable Ones Work More
When a few families who were familiar with the Wang Family saw that the flowers they had transported back looked good, they wanted to trade with them as well.
No one knew how much these flowers were worth, so they exchanged what they could with them.
Old man Wang also deliberately hid the value of the flowers from them and would give one or two stalks to anyone who got along well with their family.
Though they were all flower seedlings, they looked good. They were a few feet tall and some could grow into flower vines.
Most of the people from Old man Wang’s family were in the village now. Qin Huai had also arrived at the same time, followed by a large group of people.
They were all here to help plant the flowers.
Little Ah Yu saw that the people behind her were a little familiar. “Eh, aren’t these uncles the ones who built your house?”
Hearing Little Ah Yu say this, Old man Wang also felt that they looked familiar.
Thinking about it carefully, back then, when a martial arts sect came to their village to cause trouble, these people seemed to have helped, right?
“Aren’t you on the construction team?”
These people were originally sent by Madam to protect the Young Master. He did not expect them to be recognized. At that time, they had even disguised themselves when they went to Hu Family Village.
Seeing this, he could only bite the bullet and say, “Ah, there is too little housing construction work recently. The competition is intense! These guys have no choice but to find something else to do.”
Wasn’t that so? They were originally only in charge of protecting the Young Master’s safety, but now that the house had been built, they still had to plant flowers.
Not only that, two of them were even more unlucky and were arranged by the Young Master to sell flowers.
The thought of two burly men dragging two carts of flowers back and forth made one shiver.
“Aiya, this world is really not easy. Without some skills, it’s really difficult to survive.” Old man Wang sighed.
Hence, this group of people was arranged and put in charge of planting flowers.
Planting flowers required skills, and they were not professionals to begin with. They could only dig a pit and place the flower inside before covering and watering it.
Even the water was scooped directly from the pond.
Old man Wang wanted to help, but he was chased aside by this group of people.
“Elderly Sir, such professional matters have to be handed over to us professionals. Just watch from the side!”
However, Old man Wang was not at ease at all. These people’s actions were a little rough. Were they really professionals? If they ruined his granddaughter’s flowers, how sad would she be?
Old man Wang even secretly found Chi Jia. “How much money is spent on this?”
There were so many people. He did not know how much salary had to be paid to recruit their help.
He would be embarrassed if it cost too much.
Now, their family’s biggest income was the bun shop. However, no matter how popular the bun shop was, the money they could earn in a day was limited.
They could not waste it casually.
“They’re doing it for free.” Seeing Old man Wang’s puzzled expression, Chi Jia felt that this sentence was too suspicious. He then added, “They came to look for work themselves. They said that they wanted us to evaluate their skills first. If they plant the flowers well, they can be gardeners or something. It can be considered as a stable long-term job.”
Old man Wang found it hard to believe, but he really could not find any other reason.
He only reminded, “Our Wang Family doesn’t owe anyone favors. Don’t let your Young Master spend his money. We can still afford this expense.”
Chi Jia smiled. He liked the Wang Family’s personality of sticking to their words. They were honest and down-to-earth people and did not care about those twists and turns.
Little Ah Yu darted around the flowers like a butterfly.
Now, flowers had been planted in Old man Wang’s courtyard, leaving only a small piece of land for planting vegetables. The vegetable seeds that had been scattered previously had already grown lush because the well water had been mixed with the Myriad Spirit Water.
Although there was only one piece of land, the vegetables were especially lush. Each vegetable was very big and could feed the entire family.
After those people finished planting the flowers, they indeed stayed with Qin Huai. Before Old man Wang could ask, those people chuckled and explained.
“It’s not easy to earn money these days. It’s not easy to meet a rich employer, so we just decided to settle down.”
Old man Wang: ???
But your job seemed to have changed too quickly. Previously, you were construction workers, then you’ve become gardeners.
Now, it was even more ridiculous. Why would you be sitting there sewing clothes??
And another person was actually cooking in the kitchen. It was not even the time to eat yet!
When he walked out of the door, he saw another person sitting outside the courtyard. He chuckled at Old man Wang. “Being a gatekeeper for the Qin Family is not bad either, it’s just that their family doesn’t have a back door. Otherwise, if I called my wife over and she became a gatekeeper for the back door, our family would have two jobs!”
Turning around to look, Old man Wang saw two people practicing basic martial arts with Chi Jia.
Chi Jia said seriously, “Yes, perhaps it’s because you always work too much. Even though you haven’t learned martial arts before, I think you have some talent for it. If you work hard now, you might become an expert tomorrow.”
That person pretended to be grateful and bowed to Chi Jia. “Then we’ll follow Mr. Chi. After I master it, I’ll be your servant!”
Chi Jia: “Yes, very ambitious. Not bad.”
Old man Wang: ???
It was very ridiculous.
No matter what, those people stayed behind in the Qin Family openly.
After the Wang Family finished planting the seedlings, they returned and heard that the Qin Family had employed many people. Even Wang Chuanyuan was a little tempted.
“Looks like Qin Huai’s family is very rich. Otherwise, how could they spend money like this?”
Even if their family had more than a thousand taels of silver, they would never think of hiring anyone.
The reason why the bun shop could employ the old chef was because their skills were not good enough.
Although the house was a little big, with everyone’s help, they could do all kinds of work. Why would they hire people? It would be such a waste of money.
Wang Wulang and the others were the most agitated. They realized that those adults had just learned martial arts from Mr. Chi and were already better than them.
“They started learning later than us, but their performance is actually better than ours. Doesn’t this mean that our talent is not good enough?” It was not easy for Wang Wulang to learn martial arts from Chi Jia. Of course, he was unwilling to take this lying down, so he tried his best to practice and learn more.
There was even less of a need to mention Wang Sanlang and Wang Silang. Previously, they had always been praised by Mr. Chi for their talent, but now that they were in front of truly talented people, they realized that their talent was really not good enough.
“We have to work harder too. I want to be a general in the future!” Wang Sanlang clenched his fists silently.
With the precedent case of Wang Wulang, Wang Sanlang would not reveal his dream of becoming a general lest he was scolded by his family.
To the public, they only said that they wanted to learn martial arts to strengthen their bodies so that they could protect their families in the future.
In the blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed. Murong Run, who was returning to Tonghua County with the wild fruits, finally arrived.
In half a month, it would be his grandfather’s birthday. Murong Run took out the wild fruits and thought about what food to make for his grandfather.
When his mother discovered it, she asked around and found out that the fruits were casually bought from the outside.
“Your grandfather hasn’t been in good health recently, and you’re still giving him something new to eat. If it causes his old illness to relapse, can you bear the responsibility?” Madam Murong looked disapproving and even a little resentful.
Her son had left home for a few months just to find a birthday gift for her father to celebrate his 80th birthday.
She did not expect him to bring such a thing back after searching for so long.