Yang Ruqing clapped her hands and said, “Not bad, not bad. I admire your personality.”

There is no hopeless situation, only people who are hopeless.

“Wang Xiaoliu, welcome to work at our Tianxiang Building. Tianxiang Building has its own set of management rules. We'll officially open on the eighth day of the first lunar month. You can come directly then, and I'll let the manager know.”

"As for other details, the relevant people will inform you in due time. However, I can give you a sneak peek at next month's schedule."

The most intense part of the human heart has arrived.

Wang Xiaoliu quickly straightened his back, looking at Yang Ruqing with a mix of nervousness and anticipation.

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Even Zhao Fatty, who had nothing to do with this matter, started to get nervous.

Seeing the expressions of the two men, Yang Ruqing smiled faintly and said, "For someone like you whose family lives in the county town, all you need to do is go to work early and return late every day. The first three months for new hires are a 'trial period'." Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate! ?

“The trial period includes three meals a day and a monthly salary of 1,200 wen. Upon completion of the trial period, the monthly salary will be 2,000 wen. There will be additional red envelope bonuses for festivals and holidays, and seasonal clothing is separate.”

"Well, how do you like it?" she asked with a smile.

Wang Xiaoliu's mouth hung open, his eyes wide and unblinking. He seemed to be petrified.

"Zhao Fatty was overjoyed and laughed, 'My brother must be so happy!'"

Then he pushed Wang Xiaoliu, who suddenly came to his senses. He jumped up from the stool and knelt down in front of Yang Ruqing, banging his head on the ground repeatedly.

"Many thanks to the young mistress for giving us a way out, thank you so much. You are our savior, a living bodhisattva for our whole family..."

Wang Xiaoliu was so excited that his words were a little incoherent.

My heart was bursting with joy.

This year, he seems to have hope in his life, and he's got confidence as a person!

Luo Fengtang pulled Wang Xiaoliu up and set him aside.

“You’ll get your tears and snot all over my wife’s legs later!” Luo Fengtang said expressionlessly.

Wang Xiaoliu smiled awkwardly, his face flushed.

"Okay, then let's do it like this for now. It's getting late, we should head back. See you again next year!"

Wang Xiaoliu grabbed the silver ingot from the table and chased after Yang Ruoqing, "Mistress, you've given me hope, I can't possibly take this money!"

Yang Ruqing said, “This is the prepaid labor cost!”

Wang Xiaoliu shook his head: "The trial period hasn't started yet, I can't take your money. If I do a bad job, don't worry about it, I'll quit on my own!"

“This silver, I absolutely cannot take!”

Yang Ruqing curled her lips and put the silver back into Wang Xiaoliu's hand: "Take this five taels of silver. Consider it a New Year's gift for your child, even though we've just met."

Luofeng Tang also said: "Take what I've given you, and don't refuse again. If you feel uneasy in your conscience, then in the future, do your best to work at the tavern and repay your master!" Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

Zhao Fatty also said, "Little Six, since it's a good intention from your master, just accept it. It's not easy to push things around on the street."

Now that things have come to this, what else could Wang Xiaoliu say?

Of course, Wang Xiaoliu could only accept it with a heavy heart. Then, he stood by the roadside with Zhao Fatty, watching Yang Ruohua and Luofengtang walk away until their figures disappeared from view. Only then did Wang Xiaoliu come to his senses.

“Zhao brother, I feel like tonight is like a dream? Did the sky really drop dumplings?” Wang Xiaoliu asked.

Joe Fatty raised his hand and pinched Wang Xiaoliu's cheek hard, "Does it hurt?"

“Ouch!”

"Haha, then it's not a dream. Little Liu, this isn't manna from heaven, but your conscience, letting you reap what you sow!" Zhao Fatty patted Wang Xiao Liu on the shoulder, feeling deeply moved.

Wang Xiaoli also felt the same way.

If one were to follow the shopkeeper's advice and tamper with the rice, or remain silent about the shopkeeper's act of tampering.

Then one should still stay at the rice shop and continue doing this job for 800 wen a month, doing dishonest things. One wouldn't even sleep soundly at night.

That naturally means he wouldn't come out to gather with a few old friends during the New Year and try to borrow money, and it would be even more impossible to encounter the master and mistress of Tianxiang Lou.

“As a person, one must always act with integrity. If we lose our conscience, the path we walk will become narrower and narrower.” Wang Xiaoliu sighed once again.

"This saying, "Good deeds are rewarded," I truly believe it now. From now on, when I go to Tianxiang Building, I will work hard and repay the kindness of my master!"

That night, Wang Xiaoliu had Zhao Fatty accompany him to a nearby pawn shop and exchanged the five taels of silver.

I kept three liang for myself, and stuffed the remaining two liang into Zhao Fatty's hands.

“Zhao brother, this is the money I owe you over the past few years. Today, I'm paying it all back.” Wang Xiao Liu said.

Zhao Fatty looked at the two taels of silver in his hand and said, "You only owe me one tael of silver. Why are you paying back two taels? You've got it wrong!"

Wang Xiaoliu said: "If my memory serves me right, Zhao brother, these extra taels of silver are my way of thanking you. The New Year is just around the corner, so consider it a little thought from me to my nephews and nieces."

Finally, under Wang Xiaoliu's strong insistence, Zhao Fatty had no choice but to accept the two taels of silver.

For Zhao Fatty's family background, these two taels of silver were also a big sum of money that landed on his head.

He was unloading cargo at the docks, exhausted to his limit. After a month of work, he only earned three ounces of silver.

But that kind of labor is very taxing on the body and requires a lot of food. So, after a month, deducting the cost of meals and buying medicinal supplies, if there are two ounces of silver left over, it's already quite good!

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Now that his good friend Wang Xiaoliu had given him two ounces of silver, Zhao Fatty was planning to buy thirty or forty more catties of meat this year. He'd also buy a couple more altars of Shaoxing wine and get new clothes for his mother, wife, and daughter!

In the guest room of the back garden of Tianxianglou, Yang Ruqing and Luofengtang sat face to face by the table, soaking their feet. Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate!

This foot bath tub is too big. There's still space even if two feet are put inside.

The room was cold, not as warm and inviting as home. So when Yang Ruqing was soaking her feet, she deliberately added two spoonfuls of salt to the hot water. Then she draped a large cloak over both their legs to keep the heat in.

Luo Fengtang's big feet were gently stepping on Yang Ruqing's feet in the water. In his words, this was called giving her a foot massage.

While Yang Ruqing was in her hand, she held a handful of melon seeds and cracked them, smiling at Luo Fengtang before her.

In the candlelight, his handsome face was imbued with a dreamy glow. No matter which angle you looked at him from, he was handsome, and his handsomeness was thoroughly thought out.

"Qing'er, you truly played the role of a living bodhisattva saving people from misery tonight." Luo Fengtang also sized her up, then suddenly said.

Yang Ruqing raised her lips in a slight smirk, using her eyes to signal him to continue.

He then continued, “In this world, many people find life difficult. Many families are struggling to make ends meet.”

“Because of your one word, your kind thought, you pulled Wang Xiao Liu's family out of the sea of suffering.”

“Qing’er, I wasn’t mistaken. You are truly a kind person, no wonder you make tofu. It turns out you are a woman with a sharp tongue but a kind heart!”

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