In your career, you have met all kinds of visitors. You can never ask more about the reasons for their temporary residence in Donna Manor. You just try to take care of everyone's different living needs. Although there will be times of trouble, you believe that it is a decent "dignity" based on this career that you serve others wholeheartedly.
It is precisely because you abide by this self-rule that you have become the general steward of Donna Manor for more than ten years. Since the death of the former owner, the new council has designed the manor as a high-end membership mansion, which can be rented for a short time in return for high prices. This also means that the long-term trust relationship between employers and servants in the past has been interrupted. This is a big loss for your career, but in this changing era, you don't have much capital to raise conditions.
When you learned that Raspberry Racers, one of the most successful league teams on the planet, would visit Donna Manor this weekend, you were somewhat surprised. In the past, you didn't have much interest in sports. Of course, you know that Draklin's league matches attracted visitors from all over the world, but in their own manor, it really didn't have much impact.
As always, you should keep high standards and urge your staff to do a good job. Although there is a stereotype that athletes are not sensitive to the surrounding environment, you know - Raspberry Racers is not.
At 8:00 on Saturday morning, the bus taken by all the players and the uniform team of Raspberry Racers stopped at the gate of the manor, and you led all your staff out to meet them. Sure enough, as you think, the members of the whole team are wearing a light fragrance, and they also have rhythm and confidence in their conversation.
Their coach, Berry, is a model of this style. He treats others with silence most of the time, but never ignores the attention of others. You took the members to their corresponding rooms calmly and well, and introduced the decoration, room location and types of services you can provide in detail. Before you leave the room, Berry stops you. First, he asks if there is any large free space nearby for them to train this weekend. From experience, you know that there is a racecourse one kilometer away from the manor. Because it is winter, it should be well reserved. Berry thought for a moment and then told you that he goes to bed very early every day, so if he has something to do after nine o'clock, please tell him the next morning. You understand and exit the room.
The raspberry team went to the racetrack to check the situation on the morning of their stay. When they came back, you learned that it was not particularly ideal. The snow makes the grassland worse, but it can be trained anyway. So, after lunch, Raspberry Racers followed their coach team to the racetrack to warm up. Because you were worried about the impact of the weather on the athletes' bodies, you specially made the kitchen match cream soup and hot tea, and drove to the scene in person that afternoon.
That is, during this short trip, you understood the reason why Raspberry Racers was successful. The amount of snow on that day seems to you that you even need to consider walking, but the raspberry team just cleared a space. Even so, the weather is still too cold for birds to stay in winter. The athletes of Raspberry Racers turn back and run again and again. This work is very mechanized, but the efficiency is amazing.
After you delivered the hot tea and cream soup, Berry gently thanked them and then focused on the players. He looked at the stopwatch and never said anything about resting, but focused on one thing. If there is a Raspberry Racers player who is a minute slow in training (although you can't see any difference), he will loudly point out and urge him to complete better.
In your opinion, Berry's strictness and perseverance are the only way to success. But even so, you will still feel a little heartache for the raspberry players who are enduring the cold wind and pain. Finally, after two hours of training, Berry recalled the contestants and shared hot tea and thick soup.
During the training that day, Rizzy, the worst performer, was called aside by Berry, who gave him quite personal guidance. After Rizzy came back, you found that his eyes became more determined. In the following training, he ran on the snow without leaving any effort, and he also left 20 minutes of extra training.
That night, after arranging the schedule for tomorrow in the coach's room, the members of Raspberry Racers got up and went back to their room. Berry reminded all the members to keep warm, and then closed the door. Just after half past nine in the evening, you passed the corridor, but you could not hear anything. Usually, this time is the noisiest time for residents, but that is not the case of the raspberry team.
The next morning, when you got up and went to the backyard to tidy up the sundries, you found that Berry had already been warming up in the pavilion. It was extremely self-discipline. You went up to say hello to him and talked a lot with him. About cooking, sewing, cleaning…
The weather on Sunday was worse than yesterday. The snow kept falling. Although Berry cut back his training time, he did not change his training plan. Rizzy's performance still hasn't improved, but Berry hasn't found him this time. Although you don't understand sports, you can also see that Rizzy's attitude is more positive or even radical than all the players on the scene, but his technical movements are not completed well.
After the training, Rizzy continued to choose to practice more. At this time, a sudden strong wind caught you unprepared, and Rizzy fell directly into the snow. Berry ran up to check the situation and forced him to stop his practice. You and your party returned to the manor silently.
Rizzy barely talked and laughed at dinner, but the situation became worse at 10 pm. Team leader Razzy came to you and asked you to contact the nearest doctor. Looking at Rizzy lying in bed groaning, he strongly asks you to explain his current situation to his coach and may miss tomorrow's training.
Although you know what Berry requires, as a qualified housekeeper, you should come up with a more sound solution. But at the moment, you can only follow your instinct and knock on Berry's door. To your surprise, Berry is still awake and invites you to come in.
Inside, the fire is burning in the fireplace. You can see Berry sitting on the sofa with a stick and needle in his hand and the nearly completed berry red blanket. In his open suitcase, there were wool balls and several other blankets that had been folded. Berry is a little embarrassed, but he still asks you what happened. You have to simply tell him about Rizzy.
After listening, Berry looked serious and told you with some remorse: of course, he knew that the colder the weather was, and that's why he sewed these blankets to keep the members warm. With that, Berry puts down his needle and thread and plans to check Rizzy's situation with you. Before going out, he turned around and asked you to keep the secret. He wanted to surprise them. You are naturally willing to accept this.
Fortunately, Rizzy's condition began to improve the next day. Before the raspberry team members left the manor, Berry also distributed the woven blankets to them. In this regard, you no longer need to keep secrets, but choose to wish them a smooth journey after leaving the manor.
