Chapter 1531 Salary 1 (Reward for the book friend "Manbao's Ideal" plus 2)
Manbao ignored him and turned to ask Bai Shan, "Are you going too?"
Bai Shan nodded and said, "Go, I heard that there are many people selling lotus flowers and lotus pods in Huguo Temple right now. The fresh lotus seeds are also very delicious."
Manbao immediately said, "I'll go too!"
He instantly threw the medical books and notes in the system behind his mind.
The three of them also invited Liu Huan and Yin Huo who were standing nearby.
Yin Huo nodded in agreement. Liu Huan hadn't gone out to play for a long time and missed it very much, so he nodded repeatedly as well.
The three parties agreed on a time to meet up and then parted ways at the palace gate, each going home first.
Manbao rushed back to the main courtyard with the basket in hand, stuffed the three wooden jars he had brought with him onto the treasure rack, and turned to run out. He was stopped by his fourth sister-in-law, who had just returned from working in the garden. She asked, "Why are you running out right after you get back?"
Manbao said, "My friend and I have an appointment to go boating on the lake."
Fang looked up at the sun.
It was still morning, but the sun was already getting hot. One could imagine how scorching it would be soon. Fang stared at Manbao's fair and tender face. She didn't want her to get tanned, so she said, "Put on a bamboo hat. Oh, and I've seen girls outside wearing hats with gauze when they go out. They look pretty and can also block the sun. You should buy one and wear it too."
But there was no one at home at the moment, so Fang put the conical hat she usually wore on Manbao's head.
Manbao didn't despise him and ran to find Bai Shan and Bai Erlang wearing his hat.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang saw it and said enviously, "Are there any more? We want one too."
Zheng on the side: ...
Glancing at her son's jade-like face, then at the bamboo hat on Manbao's head, Zheng opened her mouth and said weakly, "If you don't like the sun, then don't go out, okay?"
Bai Shan immediately said, "We are not afraid of the sun."
Zheng: ...
Although he said he was not afraid, his body was still honest and ran to Zhou Silang and his friends' yard to look for a hat.
Fang and the others actually had some, and she brought them two relatively new ones, saying with a smile, "It's sunnier here than in Luojiang County, and it doesn't rain much. We've been here for so long, and it's only rained twice in the middle of summer. When we asked the locals, they actually said it was normal. So we bought a few more bamboo hats, thinking they would be useful even when working in the yard."
Unexpectedly, before they had a chance to use it, Bai Shan and others used it first.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were also familiar with the bamboo hats. They could buckle them and tie the ropes on their heads without help. They asked, "Where are Li Xue and the others?"
"They went to the bookstore," Fang said with a smile. "Their handwriting has finally been approved by the bookstore owner, so they took the books back from the bookstore to copy. Today they went together to hand in their work."
Even though they now live in this big house, Zhou Wulang did not hide the expenses from them, after all, they had to pay from the public fund.
After Fang recovered, she discussed with Old Madam Liu and decided to cook her own meals in the yard. Zhou Lixue and the others would of course join them.
Anyway, this house is big enough. Once the gate is closed, it is a separate house, no different from living in the countryside where each family has their own house.
As for Manbao, she was at ease. After all, she only went home for two days every ten days. If she complained that the food cooked by Fang Shi was not tasty, she would just go and eat with Bai Shan and the others.
If she wants to eat the food cooked by Fang and the others, she can eat here. No one will force her.
Because they buy their own rice and vegetables and cook their own meals, the Zhou family knows approximately how much they spend each month.
No matter how big the house they live in is, their current income, apart from Manbao's salary, is indeed only a fixed income from the restaurant.
As for Zhou Silang, don't think about it for now. No matter how much money he earns, he will invest most of it. Moreover, he is mostly out and about, so the money he earns cannot be used by them.
The remaining small half is kept by Zhou Lijun. It is reserved for his hometown and cannot be spent easily. He will take it back to his parents when he returns home next time.
So Zhou Lixue and the others also began to practice calligraphy seriously, and their impatient tempers were largely suppressed. They were able to copy some simple books.
The money earned from a book was not much, but it was enough for them to spend on their daily study expenses, so Zhou Wulang had one less expense.
Even Fang and Lu collected horse manure and made fertilizer in a corner of the garden, following the gardener's method. Then they planted vegetables in the entire open space in the yard where they lived, and also planted some vegetables in the garden.
Vegetables grow fast in summer. In just one month, we no longer need to buy some vegetables outside and can supply them at home. Even Mrs. Liu was very interested and went to the fields to experience it for two days.
Speaking of making money by copying books, Manbao just remembered, "Yes, today is the first day of June, shouldn't I be collecting my salary?"
Bai Shan: "Is the Ministry of Revenue also closed today?"
Manbao calculated and became angry. "When I was on leave, they were also on leave. When they were working, I went to the palace. How can I collect my salary?"
Zheng, who was standing by, was amused and said, "What a silly child! Why does he need to go there himself to collect his salary?"
She had collected salary for Bai Qi before, so she knew how it worked.
She reminisced with some nostalgia, "You must find time to go to the Ministry of Revenue and hand in a copy of your family's door card and your seal. From now on, your family members can bring the door card with your seal to collect their salary without having to go in person."
Manbao was relieved. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I'll ask for leave on the third day of the Lunar New Year to go to the Ministry of Revenue. I wonder if I should make an appointment in advance. I'll have to tell Liu Huan later and ask him to go back and tell Minister Liu that night. Please wait for me on the third day of the Lunar New Year."
Liu Huan didn't expect that he would have this role, and he was confused when he received this task.
But after a moment of confusion, he felt that this was not a big deal, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll tell my grandfather when you plan to go to the Ministry of Revenue?"
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "Around the third day of the Lunar New Year, around the time of Shen. I should have returned from Daming Palace by then. I can just ask for an hour's leave from Chongwenguan."
Bai Shan found the lotus seeds he wanted to buy and squatted down to select them. He said, "This isn't a difficult task. Just ask your grandfather to have his clerk wait a moment. What do you think of these? Aren't the seeds quite big?"
Manbao also squatted down to take a look, reached out to take the lotus pod he handed over, pinched a few of the ones next to it, and felt that they were quite plump, so he nodded.
Bai Shan then asked the vendor, "How much is this?"
The vendor laughed and said, "Ten cents a stick."
Bai Shan said, "It's really expensive. It's four coins more expensive than what we bought in Yizhou City."
The vendor said proudly, "Sir, this is the capital. Things here are more expensive than outside."
Bai Erlang picked and chose, and chose three as well. He stuffed them all over to Bai Shan and asked him to pay. "It was agreed that it was your treat."
Bai Shan pulled out a string of coins from his wallet. Since it was exactly one hundred coins, he didn't want to open it. He turned to Yin Huo and Liu Huan and said, "You guys pick one too?"
See you tomorrow, go for it
(End of this chapter)
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