lovenovelstory #438 - A great gift
#438 - A great gift
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Wen Xiaoqian had obviously thought of this as well, and said to Lu Jing, "The people here are not easy to hire. Apart from me, a free person, the rest are basically focused on cultivation. Moreover, most of them are from aristocratic families, or from famous schools. Even if they are short of money, they are unlikely to help you dig ginseng. By the way, how much are you planning to pay?"
"Two hundred taels a day, if that's not enough, then three hundred taels," Lu Jing said through gritted teeth.
Even Wen Xiaoqian, who had grown up with a silver spoon in her mouth, couldn't help but gasp when she heard this price. The work Lu Jing described was basically something anyone could do. Three days of work would earn you nearly a thousand taels of silver. This money was too easy to earn.
This wasn't digging ginseng, it was practically digging a silver mine.
However, Lu Jing's ability to offer this price also showed that the silver he could earn from his ginseng field was far higher than this labor cost.
This made Wen Xiaoqian secretly click her tongue, and at the same time, she felt a sense of urgency in her heart.
Could it be that after only a few days, this guy in front of her was suddenly about to get rich?
She had just hung her bait, could it be that the fish was already full and about to swim elsewhere?
Thinking of this, Wen Xiaoqian suddenly became a little anxious, but on the surface, she still remained calm, and only curiously said, "It seems that Grandmaster Lu has earned a lot of money from growing ginseng."
"Not too much, the first batch is probably only about thirty thousand taels of silver," Lu Jing replied.
Hearing this number, Wen Xiaoqian's heart sank again, and she tentatively asked, "Then Grandmaster Lu must no longer have to worry about money now."
"This is nothing," Lu Jing shook his head, "The amount of silver I need is not a small number, uh, and there's a high probability that I'll need money later."
"That's great," Wen Xiaoqian blurted out.
"Huh?"
"What I mean is, do you remember the thing we talked about earlier? You asked me if I had any jobs that could make money quickly, didn't require much time, and could be settled in one lump sum. I happen to have one on hand right now. If Grandmaster Lu hadn't come to me today, I would have gone to find you this afternoon."
"Wait a minute…" Lu Jing was confused by Wen Xiaoqian, "You want to introduce me to a job that makes money? But isn't it me who's asking you for people now?"
"Well, your offer is very high, but in the academy, most people are not as short of money as Grandmaster Lu. So, relying solely on money, it's difficult to attract people who are willing to sacrifice their cultivation time to help you dig ginseng," Wen Xiaoqian said leisurely.
Lu Jing certainly knew this problem, otherwise he wouldn't have come to Wen Xiaoqian. He originally thought that with the latter's social skills, she might be able to help him find suitable people, but listening to Wen Xiaoqian's meaning, she didn't seem to have any solutions.
Raising the price again wasn't impossible. After all, Lu Jing's profit margin for growing ginseng was still very large. If he really raised it to a thousand taels a day, he didn't believe that no one would come to do it. But that would be too uneconomical. He might as well go outside to find a place to plant.
Lu Jing was calculating whether to pull people from Mirror Lake Valley. After all, those paper figures seemed to have nothing to do all day long, but he estimated that money would be even less attractive to them, unless Lu Jing took out the white shell.
As a result, he heard Wen Xiaoqian change the subject, "But I should still be able to find someone who is willing to dig ginseng for Grandmaster Lu."
"Ah, then thank you," Lu Jing knew that Wen Xiaoqian's long preamble should have other implications, so he quietly waited for her to speak again.
Sure enough, afterwards, he heard Wen Xiaoqian continue, "Now that we've finished talking about Grandmaster Lu's matter, next, we can talk about my matter, right?"
Lu Jing raised his eyebrows, "I thought you would use helping me find someone to exchange for me helping you with something."
"What kind of person does Grandmaster Lu take me for?" Wen Xiaoqian said dissatisfied, "I have always regarded Grandmaster Lu as a friend. Isn't it right for friends to help each other? I would never use this kind of thing to make a deal with Grandmaster Lu."
Although he knew that Wen Xiaoqian was using a tactic of feigned retreat, Lu Jing had to admit that it was very comfortable to listen to her speak. This woman was very high in both intelligence and emotional intelligence. Even if you knew that what she did and said were all purposeful, you couldn't help but feel a sense of disgust in your heart.
This might also be a kind of ability, Lu Jing thought, and simply asked directly, "What kind of money-making job did you find for me?"
"Accompany me home," Wen Xiaoqian said straightforwardly without beating around the bush.
"Then that really doesn't take too much time."
People from the Surveillance Bureau can move freely between the Nine Provinces through the Well. As long as you find a Well closest to Wen Xiaoqian's home, and then spend at most half a day, you should be able to send her home.
Of course, if it was really that simple, Lu Jing felt that Wen Xiaoqian wouldn't need to come to him at all.
Seeming to see the doubts in Lu Jing's heart, Wen Xiaoqian continued, "In two days, it will be my maternal grandmother's eightieth birthday. At that time, everyone in the family will have to go back to celebrate her birthday. According to previous practice, each of us will prepare a birthday gift, and my maternal grandmother will also prepare a return gift.
Usually, it's a silver note, and each person will probably receive a thousand taels.
Although a thousand taels is no longer anything to Lu Jing now, he was still amazed by the Wen family's extravagance.
Because there must be many people going to celebrate the birthday, if everyone is given a thousand taels of silver, then a hundred people would mean a hundred thousand taels of silver would be gone.
Of course, the value of the birthday gifts received by the old lady is estimated to be no less than that. Thinking of this, Lu Jing couldn't help but be slightly distracted, but soon Wen Xiaoqian's words pulled his thoughts back.
"In addition to that thousand taels of silver, my mother will also prepare a generous gift, which is actually the real big prize," Wen Xiaoqian said, "If I remember correctly, when I was eight years old, she found a Ferghana horse, two seven-foot-high coral trees, and a precious knife that could cut iron like mud, plus a silver note for two hundred thousand taels."
Wen Xiaoqian smiled slightly, "At that time, my maternal grandmother will give a question at the birthday banquet, treating everyone equally. How about it, are you interested in trying it out?"