"...I made an appointment with my husband. He will pick me up after my shift ends. How about we make an appointment another day?"
Li Qiao said a little embarrassedly: "Let's talk about it first, I'm not very good at drinking, and I might disappoint you later."
As soon as these words came out, Xin Zhi was speechless: "You are not a child, why do you need your husband to pick him up in person?"
"The relationship is good." Li Qiao replied with a smile.
"..."
Xin Zhi looked at him and couldn't help but raise his hand to rub his arm. He and Li Qiao didn't meet many times, but Li Qiao showed him off every time!
"Okay, you have a husband, you are sweet, you are amazing, then let's make a date another day. If you don't want to drink, don't drink. Let me think about what we should do if we don't drink. Well..." Seeing that Li Qiao was about to speak, he Immediately said: "Don't worry, I will definitely let you bring your husband!"
Li Qiao smiled now: "Okay, then you make arrangements."
Xin Zhi stared at his smiling face and couldn't help but rub his arms again. Before he met Li Qiao, he really didn't expect that Li Qiao was such a person.
Moreover, Li Qiao's sweetness doesn't look like an act at all. He always smiles sweetly and looks like he drank ten pounds of honey. How could he possibly act like that!
Xin Zhi left quickly, and Li Qiao continued reading after eating.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, get off work.
After walking out of the inner city and walking a few hundred meters further, he saw Tao Zhu.
He immediately quickened his pace.
He entered the inner city before five o'clock in the morning, and until now, for a full eleven hours, he missed Tao Zhu.
And being an official in Dasheng is not easy. Although it is easy to do, it is time-consuming!
After getting on the ox cart going home, Tao Zhu didn't wait for him to sit down and asked: "How was today? Did any high-ranking officials bully you?"
Li Dashan, who was sitting on the shaft of the car, was also very concerned about this matter: "Yes, uncle, is it going well?"
Li Qiao was amused by these words: "Don't worry, after eating the breakfast you prepared, today is going well. All my colleagues are in good spirits."
"That's good." Tao Zhu patted his heart and held his hand.
"Have you been worried all day?" Li Qiao asked him.
"Yes." Tao Zhu nodded: "You are a young official. You are still young. The officialdom written in the storybook is very dark, and there are many bad officials."
Since he became literate, he also read some storybooks.
There are too many bad officials in the storybook. Today, Li Qiao went to the Hanlin Academy. He was restless all day, worried that Li Qiao would be made things difficult, plotted against, and shoed in.
"Don't worry, don't worry." Li Qiao squeezed his hand, feeling warm in his heart: "There are no high-ranking officials in the Hanlin Academy. The Shang Feng and colleagues I met are all very nice."
Although the Hanlin Academy is a reserve for imperial officials, there are no high-ranking officials in it. Those who have been promoted will no longer hold positions in the Hanlin Academy.
Although he can't be called a popular person in front of Sheng Hong, the biggest one in the Hanlin Academy is the fifth-rank official, so as far as today is concerned, he is greeted with goodwill.
"That's good." Tao Zhu felt relieved and talked about his schedule today.
After watching Li Qiao enter the inner city, he and Zheng Qianqian Li Dashan went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and then went home.
Shen Hua came at noon, and they had dinner with Shen Hua.
After lunch, he and Zheng Qianqian helped Shen Hua think of new styles of clothes. Guessing that it was almost time, he and Li Dashan came over.
"very good."
Li Qiao was also relieved.
The first day as an official went smoothly indeed.
In the next few days, just like the first day, Tao Zhu and Li Dashan sent Li Qiao to work every morning and picked him up from get off work in the afternoon.
Li Qiao's daily job is to read.
He had to first familiarize himself with the historical facts of the previous two hundred years, and then he could start compiling them.
There was a big court meeting in the middle. As a sixth-rank official, he also had to go to court.
However, there were too many officials in the capital, and the Tai Chi Hall was too small. From the first-rank officials to the back row, when he reached the sixth-rank official, his position could only be in the square outside the Tai Chi Hall.
Standing in the square, even if he had good ears, he could not hear clearly what was said in the palace.
So he stood for three hours, and his legs hurt.
He couldn't help but sigh again, it's not easy to be an official in Dasheng.
However, except for this, he is relaxed at other times. Although he gets up early every day, he does not need to use his brain. When he arrives at the Hanlin Academy, he just reads and goes home when it is time to get off work.
Colleagues are also kind, not only Mr. Li and Mr. Duan who are in the same room are friendly, but other officials including the bachelor's degree student and the bachelor's degree scholar who are one or two levels senior to him are also kind.
Therefore, his life as a child was quite comfortable.
Feeling comfortable, he began to quietly cultivate his superpowers by taking advantage of every opportunity.
Although he is an official now, his superpower is the foundation for him to sleep soundly.
The seven days passed quickly and he could take one day off.
The day of Xiu Mu is August 14th, which is only one day away from the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family reunion. Although they are far away from their hometown, there are many relatives and friends around them. At noon, Shen Hua, Xu Ying, the banker, and the Meng family gathered at Li Qiao's house to have a lively hot pot and barbecue. .
Because there were so many people, we divided several tables.
Li Qiao sat at a table with Zhuang Wen, Xu Ying, and Meng Yue. The four of them had not had a good get-together since the last time they were separated.
Tao Zhu originally wanted to sit with Li Qiao, but Shen Hua couldn't smell the mutton, so he sat with Shen Hua and placed the iron plate and pot separately.
Meng Yue had a plate of boiled mutton slices in front of him. He took a spoon and added sesame sauce on top and said, "It smells so good. This flavor can only be eaten at Brother Li's place. I miss it so much."
Li Qiao couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "It's time to go out tomorrow, let's still eat like this."
"No, no, no, eating like this is too luxurious. I have to tighten my belt to pay off my debts."
Meng Yue shook her head.
When several families have dinner together, he will bring some meat and vegetables. These meat and vegetables are not much, but they are still an expense for him.
"I told you not to be in a hurry, just pay it back slowly." Xu Ying said immediately.
"Then we still have to buy a house and get married." Meng Yue laughed: "I'm already a eldest brother, and my eldest brother and sister-in-law are urging me hard."
He is only a few months younger than Li Qiao, a proper young man.
"How about you take a look at some wealthy businessmen's families?" Li Qiao said.
Although the salary of Dasheng officials is high, Meng Yue's official position is low. At this time, Meng Yue's salary can only allow him to eat meat every day without worrying about food and clothing.
Paying off debts and buying a house are really unaffordable with just his salary.
So Li Qiao couldn't help but give him advice that the easiest way to repay his debts was to marry the daughter or younger brother of a wealthy businessman.
"How can I be raised by someone else? A real man can't just eat soft food." Meng Yue shook her head and looked at Xu Ying, adding: "Brother Xu doesn't count."
Xu Ying: "..."
He clicked his tongue: "Anyway, Brother Hua's soft rice is quite delicious. How about you find someone who can be affectionate with you? This way it won't be considered a soft rice."
"Let's take a look. Actually, I'm not in a hurry."
Meng Yue said and started to eat the mutton on the plate. The mutton was tender and full of flavor after being wrapped in sesame sauce. He gave Li Qiao a thumbs up: "It's delicious."
Li Qiao smiled and asked him: "How is the punishment department?"
"It's okay." Meng Yue said without raising her head.
He was quite satisfied with this position. He not only managed a group of jailers, but also the prisoners in the prison. He had to manage so many people at once, which was a good promotion for a farmer like him.
He is tall and powerful, and although he is young, he has a straight face and looks quite scary.
Therefore, no matter whether they are prisoners or veteran guards, they are all quite obedient in front of him.
His boss treated him just like him, but he didn't make things difficult for him either. It was just an ordinary superior-subordinate relationship.
However, something strange has happened recently. His Shangfeng suddenly became warm to him. Within half a month, he had already invited him to drink three times.
He has a straightforward personality and is not tactful. He has to deal with the ups and downs after his shift, which is very tiring.
But it was not worth mentioning that he was tired. Shangfeng asked him to drink together, which was better than making things difficult for him.
Li Qiao saw that Meng Yue was concentrating on dealing with the mutton, so he asked Zhuang Wen: "Brother Wen, what about you?"
"I'm fine. I've been busy making portable furniture recently."
Zhuang Wen was eating skewers and said as he ate.
His job was easy, just to make the furniture made by Zhuang Wu in the capital. Although the emperor did not open a shop for these portable furniture like milk snacks and clothes, he was very serious.
Moreover, he does not need to get started, he only needs to draw pictures and give instructions, and specialized craftsmen are responsible for the specific operations.
Moreover, both his colleagues and superiors are very kind to him.
Seeing this, Xu Ying took the initiative and said: "I'm pretty good too. Although the daily work is a lot, it's not complicated."
His position is not important, so there are only seven people in the entire Fanyin Department, and he is not taken seriously in the household department. He stayed in the Fanyin Department for four months before, and except for a few colleagues in the Fanyin Department, there is no one How many people do you know?
But recently I went to see him at Fanyin's place, and more and more people socialized with him.
Needless to say, this must be Li Qiao's contribution.
But everyone is happy today, so he should keep observing.
Li Qiao didn't know what Xu Ying was thinking. After hearing Xu Ying's words, he couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that our journey to becoming an official is going smoothly."
Once again, I would like to give Dasheng this paradise a thumbs up. How could he not love it?
Chapter 114 Salary is coming Da Sheng’s weird salary
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shopkeeper Jia of the Imperial Dessert Shop gave Li Qiao and Tao Zhu their share of the previous four months.
Before Li Qiao and Taozhu returned to his hometown, the two of them received the first month's share, which was only 1,300 taels of silver, which was not much.
Now four months have passed, the business of the Royal Dessert Shop is getting better and better, and the share received by the two people is increasing: one thousand, seven hundred taels, two thousand three hundred taels, three thousand taels, and three thousand six hundred taels.
Four months added together, a total of 10,600 taels.
