Chapter 5 Deposit
Duan Jingtian suddenly thought, let alone it is really possible, Su Wan is now living under someone else’s roof, if the Wang family wants to take her wages, she will certainly find it difficult to refuse.
Comparing the way the Wang siblings and Su Wan were dressed, as well as the fact that Wang Luoxue claimed that the meal Su Wan cooked was her own, it can be seen that the Wang family treats Su Wan in a very ordinary way, or even harshly.
Duan Jingtian did not agree to Wang’s request to pay her wages, but only said: “Sister Su Wan came to my house to cook, so the wages should naturally be given to Sister Su Wan.
Li Sheng said at the side: “I heard that Sister Su Wan’s parents are gone. If she can earn some money at Jingtian’s house, Sister Su Wan can also save some money to support herself.”
The Wang Mother’s brows immediately frowned.
Wang father’s face also lengthened a little, as if he had lost money.
Duan Jingtian took in the expressions of the Wang family. Su Wan’s situation in the Wang family was not very good.
Mother Wang (Mrs Wang) was unhappy about being rejected by Duan Jingtian, and deliberately made things difficult for him: “Oh, sorry, I just agreed to let Su Wan cook for you in a rush, but then I realized that Wan Wan still has to go to the mill every day and take care of the house. She really can’t leave.”
Mother Wang didn’t really want Su Wan to go. After all, Su Wan would definitely hand over the wages. She said this just to show that she was the one in charge of Su Wan.
Duan Jingtian understood that this family was treating his old friend’s daughter as a maid and making her do all the work inside and outside the house.
Duan Jingtian became more competitive.
Duan Jingtian smiled at Mother Wang’s face, which was full of shrewdness and calculation, and said, “Aunt, you are reluctant to let sister Su Wan go to my house to cook. Isn’t there sister Luo Xue to take care of everything in the house? Is sister Luo Xue not capable of doing these chores?”
It is not a good reputation for a girl not to work. The Wang Mother explained: “Luo Xue can do these jobs naturally, but it will be easier if Su Wan would help Luo Xue.”
Su wan just have to go Duan’s house to cook. The job was easy, the Duan family would pick her up and drop her off, and she could get a lot of wages every month.
If the Wang family was doing this for Su Wan’s own good, why would they let Su Wan give up such a good opportunity and just let her stay at home doing housework?
Duan Jingtian’s smile faded, and he said in a serious tone, “My father went to the capital and got the imperial examination questions and copies of the examination papers with examiners’ comments from various prefectures in recent years. I was thinking of showing them to Brother Wang.”
Wang Luosheng knew that the imperial examination questions from various prefectures and the examination papers with examiners’ annotations were priceless. In his previous life, he was able to pass the imperial examination smoothly because of these things from the Duan family.
Sure enough, although some things are different after rebirth, they still lead to the same destination, and the same opportunity is in front of him again.
Although he didn’t say it clearly, Duan Jingtian’s meaning was already very clear. If the Wang family allowed Su Wan to work as a cook in the Duan Mansion, then he would be willing to share this priceless test paper with Wang Luosheng.
Wang Luosheng hurriedly said, “It’s rare that Brother Duan likes Su Wan’s cooking, so let Su Wan go to Duan’s house to cook. This is her blessing.”
Mother Wang more or less understood what Duan Jingtian meant by the importance of the test paper and questions, so she quickly changed her mind and asked Su Wan to go to Duan’s house to cook, starting tomorrow.
After all, even if Duan Jingtian gave the wages to Su Wan, she could still get it from Su Wan. Su Wan liked her Luo Sheng and had no choice but to listen to her.
Mrs Wang still felt a little uncomfortable. In this way, Su Wan was not going to enjoy her money. Although Su Wan was not worthy of Luo Sheng, her cooking was still delicious. What would happen to the family’s meals when she went to Duan’s house?
Mrs Wang rolled her eyes and said, “Mr. Duan, it’s a good thing for Su Wan to come to your house to cook, but Luo Sheng is used to eating the food cooked by Su Wan. I’m sure Luo Sheng can’t get used to it when Su Wan comes to your house to cook for the first time. It’s better to let Luo Sheng come to your house to eat and rest after school every day, so that he can study with you.”
Mrs Wang’s words “Wang Luosheng is used to eating the meals cooked by Su Wan” meant that Su Wan had always been the one cooking for the Wang family, which further proved that Wang Luoxue was lying when she said that she cooked the meal. Duan Jingtian disliked the Wang family even more.
Let Wang Luosheng go to Duan’s house after school in the afternoon. Not only can he eat and drink for free, but he can also use Duan’s collection of books and get close to Duan Jingtian.
Wang Luosheng admired his mother’s good idea. By staying with Duan Jingtian, he would have access to the Duan family’s collection of books and connections. This was a good thing. The current situation was better than in his previous life. Wang Luosheng believed that he would be able to live a happy life in this life.
Duan Jingtian frowned slightly. Duan Jingtian was very willing to interact more with Wang Luosheng, a colleague who passed the imperial examination and became a scholar. Wang Luosheng’s academic performance was mediocre in the past few years, but he has been making progress in recent years. Later, he always got the first place in the private school, which was admired by others.
However, what happened today has reduced Duan Jingtian’s impression of the Wang family and Wang Luosheng.
But then he thought that he had previously planned to invite Wang Luosheng to his home to study together. After all, Wang Luosheng studied very hard, and under his influence, he could also be more hard working.
After all, what Wang’s father, Wang’s mother and Wang Luoxue did had nothing to do with Wang Luosheng.
Thinking of this, Duan Jingtian responded: “A gentleman does not take away the beauty of others. Brother Wang is used to eating the food cooked by Sister Su Wan. I am afraid he will not be used to the change. In this case, come to my house after school every day to eat and study together.”
Su Wan felt Duan Jingtian’s hesitation at that moment. Since he was hesitant, it meant that he was still a little reluctant. You know, in the book, Duan Jingtian often came to Wang’s house for dinner and was very good friends with Wang Luosheng. He was very enthusiastic when inviting Wang Luosheng to his home to study with him, which was very different from his reaction at this time.
However, Su Wan’s cooking at Duan’s house was still decided. In the novel, Duan Jingtian often came to Wang’s house to eat “Wang Luoxue’s meals”, and Su Wan didn’t even have the credit of cooking. Now, it has become Su Wan who cooks at Duan’s house and earns wages every month.
After Li Sheng and Duan Jingtian finished their meal at Wang’s house, they said to Wang Luosheng, “Brother Wang, I heard that Brother Shen and you are from the same village. Let’s go visit Brother Shen together.”
The Brother Shen that Wang Luosheng mentioned was Shen Lin, the Shen Lin who treated Su Wan very well in the previous life.
Three years ago, Shen Lin was also studying in the academy and ranked among the top students. At that time, Duan Jingtian wanted to get in touch with Shen Lin, but Shen Lin always looked distant, so Duan Jingtian no longer took the initiative to approach him.
Later, Shen Lin suddenly dropped out of school. Duan Jingtian had a busy life every day and didn’t pay much attention to it. Today, when he came to Wang’s house, he thought that Shen Lin seemed to be from the same village as Wang Luosheng.
The Shen family and the Wang family are not only in the same village, they are also neighbors.
When Mrs Wang heard that Duan Jingtian was going to visit the Shen family, she hurriedly came forward and said, “Shen Lin is very unfilial. Everyone in the village laughs at him. How can Master Duan deal with such a person?”
Su Wan sneered. In the past, the Shen family lived better than the Wang family. Mrs Wang was very jealous of Shen Lin’s mother.
Later, Shen’s father died unexpectedly, and Shen Lin’s grandparents and his uncles moved out of the Shen family’s house. Shen Lin’s family fell into poverty, and Mrs Wang was eager to add insult to injury.
Duan Jingtian was unhappy. Although Shen Lin kept him at a distance, he still admired Shen Lin very much, so he didn’t like Mrs Wang talking like that.
At this moment, Wang Luosheng said, “Brother Duan, we have to go back to the school, otherwise we will miss the afternoon class.”
Wang Luosheng’s home is in Qingshi Village and the private school is in Qingyun County. Although it doesn’t take much time to go back and forth with a horse carriage, the private school’s lunch break is not long, and time would be a bit tight if he goes to Shen’s house.
After Duan Jingtian finished his work, he went to the kitchen to scoop a ladle of cold water and drank it. Then he got on the carriage with Wang Luosheng and Li Sheng and returned to the school.
Su Wan in the kitchen opened her palm and saw a small piece of silver.
Just now, Su Wan brought the leftover food back to the kitchen. Duan Jingtian came in to drink water. After drinking the water and putting down the ladle, Duan Jingtian knocked on the stove.
Su Wan looked up and saw Duan Jingtian put a piece of silver on the lid of the water jar and mouthed: deposit.
Su Wan originally planned to rent a house outside after earning money at the Duan family, so as to leave the Wang family.
Now that Duan Jingtian has given her the deposit, she has the confidence to leave the Wang family.
Wang’s father, mother and Wang Luoxue sent the guests away and planned to teach Su Wan a lesson. Su Wan had embarrassed Wang Luoxue today.
When she walked into the kitchen, she saw unwashed dishes and pots, but no sign of Su Wan.
