Chapter 82, Storm Center

Chapter 82, Storm Center

Chapter 82, Storm Center

The house where the third steward lived was the same as the servant's, both in the backyard. The only difference was that the third steward lived in a double room, which was closer to the kitchen.

Ten stewards lived in five rooms.

The manager Zhou, whom Hua Changxi replaced, fell ill and went home to recuperate. His belongings were not taken away, and he happened to be sharing a room with Du Ruo.

Seeing Hua Changxi waiting outside the room with a package, Du Ruo had no choice but to go forward to open the door, pack up Manager Zhou's things and put them next to her.

The work of a steward is naturally not as heavy as that of the servants. Knowing that Hua Changxi has replaced Steward Zhou, the other stewards are now standing by and watching the fun.

Everyone knows that Hua Changxi is a man who would take action, so no one says anything sarcastic.

Hua Changxi made his bedding and put the package into the closet. After thinking for a while, he went out to check on the ten team members under his command.

When they arrived at the canal, the ten people ignored her, as if they were silently resisting her replacing Manager Zhou.

Hua Changxi memorized the faces of the ten people and left without saying anything.

The other managers were all paying attention to this side, and seeing that she was unpopular, they were all laughing at the joke.

"Sister Zhou was so unlucky. She got sick and lost her position as manager. When she came back and found out that someone had replaced her, I wonder how sad she must have been."

They didn't dare to complain in front of Hua Changxi, but the managers behind him had no scruples.

"This Hua Changxi is really not simple. She actually made Eunuch Jia personally order her to be the third manager."

"It's more than simple. Think about it. Ever since she entered the errand hall, she first got involved with Eunuch Yu from the warehouse, then Eunuch Lu, and now it's even more serious. Even Eunuch Jia is related to her. This young lady's methods are really amazing."

"Du Ruo, Hua Changxi was one of your men before. Who is she?"

"I don't know either. Hua Changxi doesn't talk much and hasn't talked much about her family. But I think it should be just an ordinary family. Otherwise, why would she come here to work as a handyman?"

"She doesn't look like an ordinary person to me. You know, the reason why she was able to come back from the medicine shop seems to be because of the order from Eunuch Jia himself. Can an ordinary person make Eunuch Jia so concerned?"

"Hua Changxi must be someone important. We'd better not provoke her."

On the other side, Hua Changxi returned to his new residence and was packing up when he heard someone knocking on the door. He thought it was Du Ruo who came back, but he never expected that the person who came in was a young lady of about eighteen or nineteen years old.

"Hello, Manager Hua. My name is Zhou Qiuyu."

Hua Changxi looked at the person who came and recognized her as one of her ten team members. She asked with a smile, "Do you want to talk to me about something?"

Zhou Qiuyu was a little nervous: "I just want to ask Manager Hua if there is anything I need to do?"

Hua Changxi saw that the other party was here to show goodwill, and after a moment of hesitation, he saw a bench in the room and asked her to sit down: "Tell me about the situation of our group."

Seeing that Hua Changxi was willing to ask him questions, Zhou Qiuyu finally put his heart at ease and immediately introduced the situation of the other nine members.

"Don't worry, Manager Hua. The people in our group are very efficient at work and don't like to cause trouble. They are all very good people."

Hua Changxi looked at her: "I see you guys are pretty united, why did you want to come and see me?"

Zhou Qiuyu was stunned for a moment, then straightened up and said, "I am united with everyone because they are good people. I came to see you because you are the manager. As your subordinate, it is my duty to report to you about my exam situation."

Hearing this, Hua Changxi looked up to the person in front of him. Most people cannot separate personal feelings from work when doing things. The result of mixing the two is that simple things become complicated.

"Your last name is also Zhou. What's the relationship between you and the previous Manager Zhou?"

Zhou Qiuyu: "The previous Manager Zhou was my aunt."

Hua Changxi raised his eyebrows: "I took over your aunt's job, you should be the one who opposes me the most, right?"

Zhou Qiuyu shook her head: "Manager Hua, I have no objection to you. I know that the decision to replace my aunt's job was not made by you, and you were just following orders." Hua Changxi looked at her deeply: "You see it clearly."

Zhou Qiuyu looked at her and said, "Manager Hua, please don't listen to what others say. My aunt was nice to us before, but we definitely don't mean to disobey you because of this. We all cherish our jobs and will do our jobs well and won't cause any trouble for you."

Hua Changxi smiled. This Zhou Qiuyu was really a smart person. Compared with her, what Du Ruo had said to her before seemed like good intentions leading to bad results.

"okay, I get it."

"Go and tell the other members of the team to do things the same way you did before. Just complete the tasks assigned by your superiors. I have no requirements on my part."

Zhou Qiuyu was delighted when he heard Hua Changxi say this: "Don't worry, Manager Hua. I will go back and tell the others to do their work well."

Hua Changxi watched her leave, thinking, there are smart people everywhere. Seeing that the new residence was quite spacious, and thinking that he would need to practice regularly, he prepared to go out and find a screen to use as a partition.

She was actually a little resistant to being in the same room with Du Ruo. She was not a bad person, but she had no sense of propriety in her dealings with people. She didn't want to have too much interaction with such a person.

After Hua Changxi left the sixth game, many people were looking at Zhou Qiuyu.

"This Zhou Qiuyu, instead of aggrieved for her aunt, tried to curry favor with Hua Changxi. What an ungrateful person."

Zhou Qiuyu listened to the not-so-quiet discussions of the crowd while concentrating on washing the herbs, and ignored them. On the contrary, when other people in the group wanted to speak up for her, she would stop them.

"We cannot control other people's mouths, but we can control our own hearts and not let them be affected by other people's words."

"We know that everyone is feeling sorry for our aunt, but the target is wrong. Manager Hua did nothing wrong. She is just someone who follows orders."

"The job is ours. If we become lazy or cause trouble because we are dissatisfied with Manager Hua, and the higher-ups investigate, we will be the ones who lose our jobs in the end."

The people in the same group were a little worried: "Qiu Yu, what should we do when Manager Zhou comes back?"

Zhou Qiuyu paused and said, "The higher-ups didn't intend to fire my aunt. Now that she's back, at most she can just do odd jobs like us."

"Manager Zhou is so unlucky."

"Okay, stop complaining and get to work."

Hua Changxi first went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect his monthly salary for working at the pharmacy, and then used the money to buy a simple second-hand screen at a shop near the Medical Bureau.

"Sister Changxi, it's really you. I couldn't recognize you when I saw you just now. When did you come back?"

Hua Changxi met Yu Hui on the way to move the screen back to his residence: "I just got back today."

After Yu Hui approached, he looked at Hua Changxi and said with a smile: "It seems that you are indeed living a good life in the medicine shop as the rumors say."

Hua Changxi raised an eyebrow: "Rumor?"

Yu Hui whispered, "After the servant came back from the medicine shop, my godfather wanted to continue working with you to refine medicine, but he found out that you didn't come back with him, so he asked someone about it, and only then did he know that you caught the Grandmaster's eye."

Hua Changxi showed a look of realization. Seeing that there were no people around, he took the opportunity to ask, "Brother Yu, I see that the atmosphere in the errand hall is very tense. Did something happen?"

Yu Hui: "Sister, you are very perceptive." After saying this, he looked around and then lowered his voice and said, "Someone in the palace has set their sights on the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall and wants to place some people there."

"Eunuch Sun from the First Office was killed just because he was in the way."

Hua Changxi was puzzled: "What is there in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall that is worthy of the palace's attention?"

Yu Hui shook his head: "I don't know about that. Anyway, starting from the last two months, that is, in October, many powerful people have stuffed people into the Medical Department. Even the prince condescended to worship the pharmacist of Second Street as his teacher."

After hearing this, Hua Changxi's eyes flashed.

Gu Jinfan is in the Medical Department, and now the princes and dignitaries have also poured in. Judging from the situation, the Medical Department is about to become the center of attention.