The next day, the big news in Maple City was that a group of thirty cultists committed suicide by setting fire to each other in the West District Warehouse.

Are you a cultist? Mass suicide is normal.

Even if the cultists did not commit mass suicide, if the cultists were discovered by the Inquisition, they would be sent on their way.

There are four cathedrals in Maple Dew City, including the Church of the God of War in the South District, the Church of the God of Craftsmen in the East District, the Church of the Goddess of the Earth in the North District, and the Church of the God of Commerce in the West District.

The investigating police officers who knew more about the case found messy Tarot cards on the ground at the scene, as well as 22 chairs in the warehouse. This seemed to indicate that the entire cult was based on Tarot cards.

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However, these will not be reported in the newspaper, but will only be recorded.

Manager Huck came to work enthusiastically again this day. As a manager of jewelry sales, Huck has already received sales share three times in just ten days of new work.

Three thousandths of the sales share was taken, and I received 100 gold coins, 50 gold coins, and 40 gold coins respectively three times.

This is far more than Huck's annual salary of sixty gold coins, but that's what this business is like. Others can't even get in through the front door of a noble's house.

Huck's grandmother, mother, sister, and sister have all worked as servants in the Marquis Franco's family for several generations. Only then did Huck get the opportunity to enter the aristocratic family to promote sales - and after opening the house of the top nobleman in the country, the Marquis Franco's family.

, the doors of other noble families also opened to Huck.

That is to say, with the sales share, Huck felt that he could change to a larger house. One maid at home was not enough. Now he could consider hiring more maids and cooks. Carriages and coachmen could also be considered.

One hundred gold coins, I don’t think it’s very expensive now.

When he was a gold and silver jewelry sales manager, Huck's annual salary plus sales share earned him about more than 400 gold coins per year.

Based on the current situation, one month's sales share is almost four hundred gold coins. My life must be improved several levels.

Two days ago, when five thieves were caught in the house, Huck learned that his master's family came here to do business and did not visit the pier. Should anyone still talk about this kind of thing?

Huck felt that the knife gang in the West District would soon take violent revenge on the master's family. But last night, Huck, who got the news earlier than this morning's newspaper, finally slept peacefully.

The reason is that yesterday’s news was that all the top brass of the Little Knife Party were wiped out. It was said to be a suicide. But Huck didn’t believe it. The Little Knife Party has been in the West District for decades, and its members have changed two or three generations. If they wanted to commit suicide, they would have committed suicide long ago. Why wait until

Now.

Considering that the owner's front leg was enmity with the Little Knife Party, and all the top management of the Little Knife Party was wiped out, it is most likely that the owner's family has a stronger background and is not afraid of the Little Knife Party.

Such a master is probably a big shot within the Church of the God of Commerce.

In Huck's view, apart from the nobility, the only one who can fight against the local gangs is the church.

Zhang Cheng's family, dining table.

In recent days, in addition to Miranda being on the table, Elsa, the great knight who has completed some training, is also on the table.

"Miranda, you defeated the thief and made a great contribution. Do you have any wishes?"

Miranda: "This is all a gift from the master."

"Shall I ask you your wish now?"

Miranda: "If possible, I have a sister who is twelve years old. Can she come to the house to be a second-class maid? She can still do such things as cleaning."

What Miranda thinks is that if there is one less person in the family to eat, then the remaining brothers and sisters can eat one more bite at each meal, reducing some of the burden on the family. As for the master's family, there is definitely no shortage of servant food——

Except for the personal maid, the only staple food for the other servants in the family is oatmeal and bread, and other rations are inferior to those of the personal maid.

The main ingredient of brown bread is wheat bran sifted from flour. In a large merchant family such as Zhang Cheng, the sifted wheat bran can be mixed into horse feed and fed to the horses. Wheat bran has a very bad taste to humans.

Not much nutrition.

"Since this is your wish, that's no problem. You can take the family carriage home once, well, with twenty gold coins as a reward for you."

"Thank you, sir."

After the meal, Liu Yunrui, who managed the warehouse, gave Miranda a bag of coins. There were nineteen gold coins and twenty silver coins in it. Thinking that she didn't have to change change, Miranda said: "Thank you, Miss Ruier."

Miss Rui'er: "Go ahead, we've already informed the coachman."

Miranda got into the carriage: "No. 19, Laundry Lane, Louis Street, North District."

Forty-five minutes later, the carriage stopped in front of No. 19 Gate of Washi Lane.

Miranda took a deep breath, got out of the car and pushed the door open.

When Miranda was a child, her family did not live here. Originally, Miranda's mother was the lover of a noble son of the Viscount family. She was originally the personal maid of the Viscount heir. After Miranda's mother fell out of favor, she and the Viscount

The heir's manservant got together again, and eventually they got married and gave birth to Miranda.

Later, after the viscount heir discovered that his ex-mistress and his valet were together, he changed the valet's job and broke off the relationship with his ex-lover.

At that time, Miranda's family still had some savings, and although their annual income was not as high as that of the middle class, they were still living a relatively well-off life.

Later, as Miranda's younger brothers and sisters grew more and more, the family's savings gradually dwindled, and Miranda's mother had to go out to work, but there were only so many jobs that uneducated older women could do - or be obedient

Spread your legs for those rough guys to get two coppers at a time, or go to help people with laundry. For the convenience of work, and to save some rent, the family moved to the laundry alley-a large number of women who were laundry ladies lived here.

You can also easily take on laundry tasks.

After all, like Mr. Panyao, hiring a few washerwomen to do the laundry, ironing and drying at home is not something a middle-class family can afford.

Viscount heir: "I'm so smart!"

Knocking on the door and entering the house, everyone was there except the father who was at work. The younger brothers and sisters who were already able to help began to wash the clothes for the mother. The mother was responsible for checking and ironing.

Seeing Miranda coming in, her mother put down the iron with burning charcoal inside: "Miranda, why are you back?"

It stands to reason that once a maid enters the door of a wealthy family, she will basically never come back, unless she has done something wrong and been fired. But that is not good news.

Miranda: "I'm going back soon. This time, I'm here to take Natasha away. At Master Panyao's house, I asked Natasha to work as a second-class maid, so that Natasha can

I can support myself."

"Okay, Natasha, you clean yourself up and then follow your sister out."

Miranda put down the purse: "There are fifteen gold coins and fifteen silver coins in it. Don't ask where they came from. Just ask that I am already in the shape of a cross-legged gentleman. Mom, put it away. I will take Natasha away.

You guys buy something good to eat."

Mother understood that she had also come here step by step. Back then, the viscount heir also loved her to death, but gradually, after there were more women around him, he lost his place. When he was young, he lived elsewhere.

The viscount heir only occasionally asked the valet to deliver some things and money. In this way, he seduced the valet, and then he had Miranda.

Fifteen gold coins and fifteen silver coins were nothing to me in those prosperous days, but now they are my family's income for three to four months.

Miranda's mother, who got the money bag, said: "Okay, everyone, stop what you are doing. Let's go out to eat well."

"Mom, what do you want to eat?"

Miranda's mother: "Buttery white bread, sausages, lamb stew. And Earl Gray tea."

"Oh oh oh……"

Miranda and her sister Natasha did not go home directly, but stopped at a cake shop near Dixi Street. In the cake shop, Miranda ordered cream cake, sugar cake, and two cups of Earl Gray tea.

When the two cakes were served, Miranda cut off one third of each cake for herself with the silver knife on the dining table, leaving the larger piece for her sister Natasha.

Natasha looked at the two palm-sized cakes and drooled: "Sister, can I really eat it?"

"Of course. I've wanted to try it for a long time. I remember eating it when I was very young, but the taste of the cake in my memory at that time has long been forgotten."

"Thank you sister." Natasha cut the cake with a knife and fork and ate it in small bites.

"Is this what it tastes like? Well, I remembered it." Miranda, who had tasted the cake, pointed to her sister and said: "From now on, when I work at Master Panyao's house, work slower and no one will say anything. Just remember not to make mistakes."

"Uh-huh."

"You have to suffer for two more years before you can see if Master Panyao likes you."

Natasha: "What kind of hardship will it take for two years?"

Miranda thought about the servants' food: "The staple food is oatmeal bread, boiled eggs and boiled milk for breakfast, fried sausages for lunch, fried fish for dinner, a big bowl of bad tea with a little butter, that's all."

Natasha had already taken a mouthful of cream: "It's not bitter at all. Of course, it's not as delicious as the cake here."

Miranda looked at her sister: "For you, maybe, but I can't eat those anymore."

After drinking Earl Gray tea and taking a rest, Miranda brought her sister Natasha to her home and handed her sister over to the leader of the second-class maids. In the past, six people cleaned thirty rooms, but now seven people clean them.

A few days later, Aisha, who had completed the Grand Knight Fa Jin training, asked after the meal: "Master, do I also want to make meritorious deeds?"

Zhang Cheng: "There is always a chance. In this way, you will be responsible for bringing the money to buy groceries in the morning. Well, I think you will be able to make a success soon."

"Yes, sir."

This is equivalent to taking a job away from Miss Jiao'er. However, after so many days, Jiao'er should have finished watching it long ago.

Starting from the next day, Aisha got a shopping list and a bag of gold coins from Miss Rui'er every morning, and took the two cooks to the morning market in the family's four-wheel carriage to buy the daily necessities needed for the day.

In order to take care of Elsa who was illiterate, Miss Dale drew the shopping list, and then Miss Ruier read it to Elsa first to avoid making mistakes.

It’s okay if you don’t know how to read. Everyone can read pictures.

And there are two cooks who often go shopping, so even if something goes wrong, it won't be too outrageous.

As for Elsa's shopping trip, she was watched for the first time. A little girl took a purse and kept paying out the shining gold coins one by one to get back the change. There was not even a man around to protect her. How could this be possible?

Don't let bad people target you, unless there are no bad people here, but where there are many people, there will naturally be more bad people.

Aisha, who was waiting for change, was suddenly hit from the side. Just as Aisha was about to turn around to see which bastard hit her, from the corner of her eye, her hand suddenly reached out and grabbed a small hand that had reached into her purse:
To be continued...