And quit being such a baby about it, she lives right next door." Grab it and go, it's not like you have anything else to do anyway.
"Because he was busy delivering his other orders - unlike you," he told me, while pointing at me with his pen, "The package is over there. "Just arrived?" I groaned, "Why couldn't you just ask the delivery guy to bring it straight to her house?" I need you to go and bring it to her right away." Miss Wright ordered that new shipment of silk, and it just arrived. "Do I have to call for you twelve times every time I need something, Joseph?" he reprimanded me, "There is a delivery. He looked up at me with an impatient look. I came to his study room, where he was drowning in papers and boxes, as usual. And he was not reluctant to involve his family - meaning me - especially on that last part. He knew a person for everything - research, haggling, handling the money, deliveries. Before you knew it, you had the wares you asked for - that's why he was so popular in the village. An incredibly rare herb from the vast deserts of the South, or a gem hidden from the tallest, most dangerous mountains in the North? Yeah, my dad knew the people who could get you any of that - for a price, of course - and could get in touch with them quicker than you would think. He could get you whatever you wanted, even if it was from the other side of the world. My dad was a merchant - a very good one, as far as I knew. Slowly, I got back on my feet and reluctantly walked through the garden, back into the house. I knew this afternoon was a little too perfect. "Joseph!" he shouted from the window, as the volume of his voice disturbed some birds sitting in the tree, "Get your ass in here! I got a job for you." Unfortunately my father was having none of it. I didn't have any good reason to rest really, but where was the harm of taking it easy? I mean, this weather was just begging for it! I stretched my arms and legs as far as they went and yawned. Nothing but clouds above my head and the sound of chirping of the birds in the woods. It was yet a gorgeous, warm summer afternoon, and I was just taking the most relaxing nap in the garden.