Chapter 693: Poisonous Tea at the Apprenticeship Ceremony

The Bai family was already very annoyed with the affairs of the old house. When they heard that the old man was still so confused, they felt that all the time he spent cultivating himself in Bai Lu's house was in vain. Fortunately, everyone was far away, otherwise he would have been angry to death.

Bai Ruozhu calculated the days. According to the time mentioned in Zhou Deshun's letter, when the Zhou family came over, she had already left for the capital. She couldn't help but feel a little pity. After thinking about it, she said to her father: "That's good, I can free up my house." Let Uncle Zhou and Aunt Zhou live here for the time being."

"No, no, your uncle Zhou's family will go directly to live over there in the fields. We will hire people to farm the land, and he will help me take care of those people." Bai Yihong said with some pride, "I told him to wait for the vegetables to grow. He gets 20% of the profits from the fields."

Lin Ping'er burst out laughing next to her. Bai Yihong scratched his head nervously and asked: "Is it too much or too little? I don't understand this either."

Lin Ping'er smiled and said, "I don't understand either. You are just like your daughter. You think of 20% as soon as you open your mouth and you recognize this number."

Bai Ruozhu rolled her eyes, "Hey, what does her mother mean? Does she mean she only knows two people?"

Bai Yihong scratched his head and laughed, "Then I learned it from my daughter. It's definitely right to follow her example."

Bai Ruozhu laughed a little embarrassedly. In fact, she didn't calculate it carefully. She just gave as much as she wanted, so she was used to just saying 20%.

Two days later, it was the day of the apprenticeship ceremony arranged by Lin Zhenghui. Lin Zhenghui had never accepted an apprentice before, so this recruitment attracted the attention of all levels of the chamber of commerce. The apprenticeship ceremony was very grand, which made Bai Ruozhu A bit of nervousness arose.

Fortunately, Jiang Yichun was with her throughout the whole process, so she felt at ease. Even if everyone felt that she was not worthy of this position and that she had no ability, as long as Jiang Yichun supported her, it was enough.

According to the rules, after the ceremony, Bai Ruozhu served tea to Lin Zhenghui. She knelt in front of Lin Zhenghui, took the tea brought by the maid, raised it above her head, and said, "Master, please have some tea."

But before she lifted it up, her nose moved slightly, and there were some changes on her face. There is poison in this tea. Although it is not extremely poisonous, who wants to use her hand to harm Lin Zhenghui? She didn't know how to deal with it for a moment. If she directly pointed out that the tea was poisonous, would it make the perpetrator anxious and kill him directly? But if she didn't say it, she couldn't offer the tea to her master. Even if she could detoxify it, there was no reason why her master would be poisoned for nothing, right?

Everyone was waiting for her to serve tea, but found that she was in a daze. Even Lin Zhenghui was a little surprised, but he soon realized that there was something wrong with the tea.

Bai Ruozhu suddenly put the tea cup back on the tray and said softly to the maid: "The tea is a little cold and there are bugs falling out of the cup. Go and get another cup. Otherwise, it will be disrespectful to my master. I will kneel down and wait." ”

Some people had already opened their mouths, wanting to say that she was being picky and bothered to offer tea. Didn't she disrespect Elder Lin? But her last words silenced everyone. She said to kneel and wait, which also showed that she would not stand up before the ceremony was over, and also showed her respect for the master.

Jiang Yichun had already seen the clues and was reluctant to let her kneel for a long time, but considering that this was her decision, he should respect her.

Lin Zhenghui nodded silently in his heart. Bai Ruozhu was calm-minded and was right not to immediately shout that it was poisonous. It would be better to investigate this kind of thing secretly, which would lead to more results. Making a fuss in public would only ruin her apprenticeship ceremony. If word spread, Some people say that some people in the Chamber of Commerce are dissatisfied with her and intend to prevent her from becoming his heir. This will only be harmful to her future activities in the Chamber of Commerce, but not beneficial.

"Ruozhu is filial after all. Get up first. I don't care about those rules." Lin Zhenghui said with some distress.

Bai Ruozhu was still kneeling and said, "It's okay, Master, that servant will not be here for long."

Sure enough, the maid soon brought new tea, the cup was changed, and even the tray was changed. Bai Ruozhu picked up the tea cup and inspected it carefully to make sure it was not poisonous. Then she raised it above her head and said respectfully: "Master, please have some tea."

Lin Zhenghui took the teacup and took a sip with a smile, and said, "Okay, okay, get up."

Bai Ruozhu just stood up. She had a calm expression on her face, but she had already begun to curse in her heart. She is a modern person who is really not used to kneeling. Today, she was kneeling to an elder, so it was okay. But because someone poisoned her, she knelt down for nearly a month. For a quarter of an hour, her knees really hurt.

Of course, kneeling for such a while will definitely not hurt your knees, but Bai Ruozhu rarely kneels until now, and she is not used to it at all.

Lin Zhenghui took out a gold abacus and gave it to Bai Ruozhu, saying, "This is a meeting gift from Master, keep it well."

Bai Ruozhu's eyes almost flashed with gold. The pure gold abacus was about the size of two palms. It was worth a lot of money. Of course, she didn't act as cowardly on the surface as she did on the inside. After thanking her master again, she stood behind Lin Zhenghui.

Lin Zhenghui said with a smile: "Okay, now that we all know each other, you should take more care of the juniors in the future. It is rare for me, Lin Zhenghui, to have an apprentice. You old guys, please don't bully her."

Everyone asked how it was possible, but someone muttered: "No wonder he caught Old Man Lin's eyes, he turns out to be a complete flatterer."

Bai Ruozhu had sharp ears. When he heard this, he immediately looked at the man. He was an old man with a somewhat sarcastic appearance. Originally, she wanted to see if she was the one who poisoned her, but when the old man saw her looking over, he immediately looked confident and said loudly: "What, am I wrong? You're a flatterer!"

Everyone was quiet for a while, thinking that Old Man Wang had lost his temper again, and what he said was too embarrassing, right? If Elder Lin defended his shortcomings, there would have been a quarrel today.

Bai Ruozhu smiled at him and said, "Old Mrs. Wang knows how to make a joke. How can honoring one's master be called flattery? Don't Mr. Wang's disciples respect you like this?"

Lin Zhenghui had introduced everyone present to Bai Ruozhu one by one before. He had gone through the process and didn't expect Bai Ruozhu to remember it after just saying it once. But now it seems that Bai Ruozhu's memory is really good.

The bad-tempered Wang Liansheng's face turned red when Bai Ruozhu said it. He wanted to say a few more words, but wouldn't that mean he was admitting that he was not respected by his disciples?

"A little girl with sharp teeth and a sharp mouth." Wang Liansheng deliberately emphasized the word "little girl", which meant that he looked down on Bai Ruozhu's young age and thought she had no ability.

Bai Ruozhu smiled and stopped arguing with him. The sentence just now was enough. If she talked too much, it would be endless. She also didn't want to get a bad reputation as a person who didn't respect the seniors just after joining the chamber of commerce. As for Wang Liansheng, he is just an old antique who has not changed from the past. Does she need to be familiar with him?

Of course, she was certain that the poisonous tea was not Wang Liansheng's masterpiece, but there were so many people present, who could it be?