After letting the others go first, Su Xiu, who was in the storage room, did a small thing.
He packed up all the items in the storage room and took them away.
After all, he wouldn't move to the manor's castle immediately, and it wasn't safe to leave these things here.
What if they were robbed?
Therefore, he felt more at ease lying in his space bag.
After doing all this, Su Xiu went downstairs to meet Cecilia and the others.
At the same time, he also saw the few remaining servants in the manor.
Two men and three women, a total of five people.
Su Xiu's gaze was mainly on the two men.
A well-dressed middle-aged man and a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old.
"Honorable sir, I'm sorry to disturb you.”
The middle-aged man in a decent suit walked forward uneasily." My name is Jack. I am the butler of the former owner of this manor, Sir Edmond. They are my wife and children.”
"Butler?"
Su Xiu raised his eyebrows slightly. He had never heard of this before.
"They're servants of House Edmond.”
Bill whispered into his ear.
"I see."
Su Xiu immediately understood.
Just like how European nobles were divided into different ranks, so were European servants.
Generally speaking, there were two types of servants.
One was the 'servants' hired with money, such as Leah and Alina.
Although they worked as servants, they were more like workers or laborers.
The other type was a servant.
In Europe, servants were one of the symbols of nobility.
For a long time, a person's status was largely related to the number of servants in the family.
Although servants and servants were both servants, the most obvious difference between the two was:
Servants were hired for money, which meant that if you couldn't pay them one day, they would leave at any time.
As for servants, they usually served a certain noble for generations, just like the foolish old man.
Even if I die, there will still be children, and children will have grandchildren, and grandchildren will have children.
Children have children, children have grandchildren, and children and grandchildren have no end.
Servants would also sign contracts with nobles, usually lasting five or even ten years.
However, no matter how long it was, there was a deadline. When the deadline expired, even if they didn't leave, they would still be fired.
However, servants were different. They had served the nobles for generations.
As long as they didn't make a big mistake, even the nobles wouldn't easily expel them.
Otherwise, it would leave the impression of being heartless to others.
Thus, compared to servants, the loyalty of servants was clearly more secure.
Therefore, the status of a servant was usually higher than that of a servant.
For example, in most cases, the important positions in noble houses were mostly held by servants.
For example, a butler, a personal maid, and so on.
Servants could only serve as ordinary maids, male servants, or gardeners.
Jack and his family were the servants of the Emmond Family.
Or rather, he used to be.
"Then, Jack."
Su Xiu looked at the nervous middle-aged man in front of him and asked," Didn't Mr. Emmond fire you?”
"Honorable Sir."
Jack smiled bitterly." Sir Edmond did fire us two months ago, but our home is here. We have nowhere to go.”
The Emmond Family had long declined, and the current Sir Emmond had fired all his servants.
If the other servants were fired, they would lose their jobs.
But at least they still had a home to return to.
After being fired, he could just go home and find a new job.
However, Jack's family was different.
As servants, they had lived in this manor for generations to serve the Emmond Family. This was their home.
Even if Edmond wanted to fire them, where could they go?
Therefore, they could only stay and continue to serve the Emmonde Family.
However, unlike before, Edmond would no longer pay them.
No matter how hard they served, they were still working for free.
Jack's family had no other choice.
They could either stay behind and be whored for free, but at least they had a place to survive.
Or they would be chased out of the manor and live on the streets, homeless.
Jack chose the former.
Although he didn't get paid, at least he didn't have to sleep on the streets.
Until Edmond couldn't even keep this manor and sold it to Su Xiu to pay off his debts.
As for where Jack's family would go, Sir Edmond obviously didn't care.
Therefore, Jack had no choice but to come to Su Xiu nervously.
He wanted the new owner of this manor to decide the fate of their family.
"Then, why are you looking for me?”
After listening to Jack's narration, Su Xiu said slowly," After all, I'm not Sir Edmond.”
"Honorable Sir."
Jack swallowed his saliva when he heard that. He was so nervous that he stuttered." My family hopes to continue staying in this manor and serve the owner of the manor.”
"Do you want to stay?"
Su Xiu looked at the family who looked like they were waiting for their judgment in front of the execution ground and rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
Indeed.
Such a large manor, even if he didn't live here, he had to send someone to guard it.
However, Leah and Alina were obviously not suitable.
He only had two maids in total, so it was impossible for him to leave them in this desolate place.
Cecilia only had three servants, so it was not suitable for her to stay behind.
He was going to borrow two people from Bill-
Don't think that he doesn't have servants just because he's not a noble.
According to Adrian, the servants in his house could at least form a reinforced platoon.
But now, it seemed that the family that had delivered themselves to him was just right.
Since they had lived here for generations, it was most appropriate for them to stay behind.
The premise was that they would not steal from the inside.
"Then, Mr. Jack."
Su Xiu pondered for a moment and suddenly spoke.
"Just call me Jack, honorable sir.”
Hearing Su Xiu's shout, Jack's mood immediately became extremely uneasy, afraid that he would hear the words of expulsion from Su Xiu's mouth.
If the other party did not accept his family continuing to be servants here.
He really did not know what to do.
"Then, Jack, what will you do?”
"Sir."
Jack hurriedly said," I used to be a butler in this manor. My father was also a butler here when he was alive. My wife used to be a cook, and my two daughters used to be maids here.”
"My son."
As Jack spoke, he hurriedly called his son forward."Little Jack, quickly, quickly come over. Let this gentleman take good care of you." Sir, my son is also an excellent servant. He can be a gardener or a valet. He can also ride a horse. He can feed your horse or drive your carriage.”
"I assure you, honorable sir. As long as you give him a chance, he will definitely do his best!”
"Sir."
The young man walked forward nervously, his expression as reserved as his father's.
Because he knew very well that this person who looked not much older than him would decide the fate of his family.
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