Chapter 77: The Princess in Search of a Job
Chapter 77 The Princess Looking for a Job
Erin Rodney, the young princess of the Kingdom of Aldo, had been having a very pleasant time recently.
She and her lady-in-waiting, Leah, had bought a small two-story building with a yard in Lake Heart Town and lived there, and without the nagging of her instructor-girls, the red tape of the palace, or the upheaval on the escape route, life had become so good all of a sudden.
The environment of the lake center town is good, not at all like those towns passed through on the way here that are dirty and messy.
But listen to the locals said, before the environment of the lake town can not be said to be good, and then the new lord took office to vigorously improve the appearance of the street, but also in the street every once in a while to place the public garbage cans, randomly littering will be heavily punished, which has become such a neat appearance.
After the residents got used to this comfortable environment, they became more and more conscious of maintaining this cleanliness.
Irene inwardly sighed, “What a different kind of lord.”
In the towns she passed through on her way to escape, not to mention living garbage, even fecal matter was all over the streets, and the smell could make a person faint when walking on the road.
From this kind of environment all the way to Irene and Leah just arrived at the lake town simply thought that they had arrived in a paradise, which is also an important reason why Irene wanted to stay here at the beginning and did not want to leave.
Irene also found an extraordinary thing here: extremely, extremely, extremely cheap paper, buy a parchment money can buy 50 such paper.
Erin self-identified as a scholar more than a princess, and cheap, plentiful paper meant a great deal to a scholar, who could now write and draw without fear, instead of having to deliberate before she put pen to paper as she had done in the past.
In addition to paper, there were many novelties, such as the containers known as “porcelain,” which were so fine, polished and smooth that she felt every piece of porcelain she saw was a work of fine art.
Unfortunately, they were expensive. Irene had her eye on a small vase in the store, but after inquiring about the price, she was put off. After buying the house, the two of them had very little cash, so they had to save it.
A few big things had happened in Lakewood in recent times.
First of all, Alda and the next door to the Bairdain Earls of war, the reason for the war of the common people happy: Bairdain a few bannermen together to murder their old lord, but also hollowed out the successor of the new lord, as Bairdain’s new lord of the blood oath brother, Count Greiman naturally want to seek justice for him.
Conspiracy, betrayal, revenge, is there any element more suitable for gossip than these elements, which added a lot of after-dinner talk for the common people of Lake Town, and the news that came back that Alda’s army crushed the Baildings, which made the people’s pride increase greatly.
Then there is the agricultural machinery demonstration, Alda and Baldin two big landowners gathered in the town of Lake Center, to watch the agricultural machinery factory invented the “harvester” demonstration.
A lot of lake town residents also went to see, but only to see the fun, lake town is by the Gleiman family in the Weiss Lake manor development, the nearby fields are basically the Gleiman family, the town residents are either Gleiman family sharecroppers, or Gleiman family serfs.
Out of a scholar’s curiosity, Irene also pulled Leah to get together, the structure of the subtle, efficient work of the harvester drew her a burst of admiration, but more out of the machinery itself, from childhood to grow in the deep palace of Princess Irene basically insulated from farming, naturally, it is difficult to appreciate the great significance of this kind of machinery for agricultural production.
There is also the Vis Academy to hold the “examination”, in Irene’s view, if she went to take the test, the content of the test is simply an insult to her, but considering that the examination is mainly oriented to the lower class people, and the level of knowledge of the people, she is also relieved.
That being said, if she hadn’t left home this time, she really wouldn’t have realized that most of the people in the territory of the Kingdom of Aldo were illiterate.
On this day, Erin was writing and drawing on a piece of paper as usual, having obsessively studied some ancient texts in recent times, when she then quite unexpectedly heard the footsteps of a female guard.
Strange, shouldn’t she normally be practicing her sword in the courtyard at this time of day? She looked up and asked, “Did something happen, Leah?”
The maid stammered, “Miss, just now I suddenly remembered something, we don’t have much cash left, it’s not a solution to continue like this, so I want to look for a job in town.”
This was indeed a problem, ah, the maid was responsible for the family’s expenses on weekdays, and aside from moderating her desire to spend, Ayrin had never considered the issue of income.
After considering it for a while she decided to say, “We can’t just let Leah bear the burden alone, I’m going to look for a job as well.”
The female guard shook her head “How can this be, you are a public …… lady!”
Ayrin laughed, “Aren’t you also a great lady in your own home? Accompanying me all the way to suffer, how can I be ashamed to live the life of a rice worm again.”
The lady-in-waiting had also grown up in a noble family, and now that she had even decided to get a job for herself, she must have overcome no small amount of ideological difficulties.
Seeing that the lady-in-waiting was still going to retort, she grabbed her hand and said, “Alright, I’ve already decided, so don’t try to persuade me anymore. Don’t be in a hurry about looking for a job, take your time, you always have to find one to your liking.”
“Well, thank you miss.”
The female guard was very touched, then excused herself and continued to go practice her sword.
“Ugh-” Watching Leah leave, Ayrin fell into a deep self-reproach, for a long time she hadn’t even cared about the issue of income and expenses, she was too sorry for the lady-in-waiting.
“There may not always be a suitable job for us here, be prepared early.”
The young princess opened her closet and pulled out a box from the innermost part, opening it up to reveal a wide array of jewelry.
She decided to find a few items to take for money. “No, these bracelets were a gift from my sister.”
“Ah, this necklace is my favorite, I can’t use it for money either.”
Erin picked and chose left and right, but every time she picked up a piece of jewelry, she felt like it would be like cutting her heart out if she traded this one for money.
“Just this one!”
She picked up a pair of beautifully crafted earrings that King Rodney XVI had given her as a gift for her birthday last year, and now that the thought of her father made her angry, it was perfect to take them out and trade them for money.
However just as Erin tried to find something to wrap the earrings in, she sighed and put them back inside the box.
Continuing her search for half a day, she eventually picked out a few pieces of jewelry, and Erin fondly found a piece of cloth to carefully wrap them in.
Saying hello to her lady-in-waiting, Leah, and making up a random excuse, Erin left the house and walked down the street.
By poking around with the townspeople, she came to the door of the only pawnshop within Lakewood, and after a moment’s hesitation, pushed the door in.
“Welcome, may I ask what service you require, guest?”
The clerk greeted her warmly.
Erin came to the counter, removed the hood of her cloak, took out a small package and opened it, saying, “Hello, I would like to pawn these jewelry, please appraise their value.”
The young clerk was lost in thought for a moment when he saw Erin’s face, it was the first time he had ever seen a girl with such a beautiful face and outstanding temperament.
But his professionalism made him react quickly, and immediately went to look at the jewelry that Irene took out with a red face, however, at a glance he was not just lost in thought for a moment.
The clerk in front of him was obviously frozen, Erin had to stretch out a hand to cover the jewelry, the clerk then came to his senses.
“I’m sorry, this is way beyond my level of appraisal, I’ll get our boss here right away.”
The clerk panicked and ran towards the back room, yelling all the while, “Come on boss, big business.”
Soon the pawnshop boss jogged over, he picked up a piece of jewelry, took out a magnifying glass and carefully observed it, while looking at it also issued a series of “oh”, “um” and other surprised and admiring voice.
After looking at them one by one, the boss finally said to Eileen with a crying face: “This honorable lady, your jewelry is too expensive, the small store really does not dare to accept ah.”
The boss’s expression was as if he had suddenly discovered a gold mine that he himself did not have the capital to mine.
Slightly disappointed, Ayrin asked, “Where can I exchange it for money?”
The boss thought for a moment and said, “Perhaps the pawnshop in Butua City has the ability to take your jewelry, but it’s not very likely.”
“Well, excuse me.”
Erin put away the jewelry and turned around and immediately left the pawnshop.
The clerk reluctantly said to the owner, “Are those pieces of jewelry really so valuable that it’s to the point where you’re afraid to take them?”
The boss stared at the clerk’s eyes with a serious expression and said, “I assure you with my thirty years of experience in the business, if that young lady’s jewelry is really exchanged for money, then she will be the second richest person in our Alda after Earl Gleiman.”
The clerk’s mouth dropped open in incredulity.
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“Alas, what is to be done? Do we have to make another trip to Butua?”
Disappointed, Erin walked down the street and slowly paced her way to the square in the center of town.
As she passed the notice board, she casually glanced at it, but a notice posted on it caught her attention.
“The lord’s mansion is recruiting people proficient in linguistics, the treatment is favorable, the salary is negotiable, those who are interested should apply directly at the entrance of the castle.”
(End of chapter)