Chapter 1603 I want to go too
Old Zhou only rested for one day. Early the next morning, he took his hoe and started walking around the yard, thinking about where to plant fruit trees.
As soon as he reached the main courtyard, he saw Manbao running out in a hurry with a basket. Old Zhou stopped and asked, "Why are you running?"
Manbao said, "I have to go to the palace to work today. Dad, I'm leaving first."
Old Zhou's spirits brightened, his eyes rolled, and he immediately dropped his hoe and rushed after her, asking, "Manbao, can Dad go take a look at the palace? I won't go in, I'll just take a look from a distance."
Even if you want to go in, you can't get in now.
But it was still okay to look at it from a distance, and it was also okay to look at it up close, so Manbao took him away.
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were already waiting. Mr. Zhuang started work later than them, so as long as he didn't have classes, no one would say anything even if he didn't go to work for half a day.
So he did not go with them.
Manbao and his friends put the basket on the car and then climbed up.
Little Qian chased after him in a daze and asked, "Manbao, you don't want to eat breakfast?"
Manbao said anxiously, "The sun is about to rise. We must hurry to the palace before the other adults. Otherwise, if they catch us, they will accuse us of laziness again."
They got up a little late today.
When Xiao Qian heard this, she immediately said, "Wait a moment, I've made some pancakes and will pack some for you."
After saying that, he ran back to the kitchen, picked up several baked pancakes and put them in a basket. He unscrewed a bamboo tube, poured the cold rice soup on the side into it, and ran to the front yard to put them all in the traffic jam. "Eat on the way. Next time you have to work, don't sleep in anymore."
Manbao agreed.
Seeing that they were all ready, Daji drove the carriage forward, while Gao Song and two other guards rode their horses behind, leading their three ponies to catch up.
The pancake was freshly baked and still warm, filled with meat filling, which was salty and fragrant. It was crispy when you took a bite and tasted delicious.
Manbao took two bites and then unscrewed the bamboo tube. Bai Shan took out the teacups that were always available in the car. Everyone poured a cup and ate the cakes and drank the rice soup at the same time, feeling very comfortable.
Even Bai Erlang looked nostalgic, "The pancakes made by Mrs. Zhou are so delicious."
Manbao nodded repeatedly.
Old Zhou, who had already eaten breakfast, felt a little hungry again, but he glanced at the three children and said nothing.
Manbao tore off a piece of the cake in her hand and gave it to her father, "Dad, you eat too."
Old Zhou pushed it back, "Dad has already eaten, and Dad lives at home, so he can eat as much as he wants. Now that you're in the palace, you'll have to wait until your next day off to eat. By the way, how many days of rest do you have in the palace?"
Bai Shan said: "Eight days."
Old Zhou sighed, "Why is it taking so long?"
Bai Shan said, "Studying is like this. The Imperial College also has two days off every eight days. However, the Chongwen Academy is for the Crown Prince to study with, so they are not allowed to enter and leave casually."
Old Zhou was stunned for a moment and asked, "You came to the palace to accompany the prince to study, but Manbao is here to treat the prince's illness. Why does she have to live in the palace too?"
Bai Shan was silent. Could he tell Old Zhou that the prince was abusing his power for personal gain?
Manbao ate a cake and said, "Dad, I'm editing books at the Chongwen Academy. I have two official positions, one is a sixth-rank imperial physician, and the other is a fifth-rank editor."
Old Zhou felt distressed and asked, "How old are you? Do you have to do so much work?"
Manbao thought for a moment and said, "It's not that tiring. I can do a lot of things now that I save time going in and out of the palace."
Old Zhou had never experienced the feeling that there was never enough time in a day in his life. Even when he was busiest with farm work, all he would think about before going to bed was, today is finally over; he would never think, how did today end?
So he said with a look of great loss on his face, "But this is also two jobs."
"I also received two salaries," Manbao said. "It's still one day. Although the work is more than a single salary, the salary is also higher."
Old Zhou then remembered and asked, "Yes, you are an official, you have a salary."
Manbao nodded. "I do have a salary. Oh, didn't I write that in the letter?"
Old Zhou shook his head blankly, "I didn't hear your second brother reading it."
Manbao scratched his head and said, "I wrote it. I wrote it and now I have started to receive my salary, and it is double."
Old Zhou naturally believed Manbao more, so he scolded: "I don't know how the second brother read the letter. He actually missed such an important thing."
Zhou Erlang, who didn't know the word "salary" and just skipped the sentence, sneezed twice at home.
Feng came out with a dustpan and saw him. She asked, "Did you get sick last night because you wanted to stay cool?"
Zhou Erlang rubbed his nose and shook his head, "No, I guess it's just my parents who are nagging about me in the capital."
"With Manbao here, Mom and Dad won't worry about you," Feng said. "If they do, they'll be worrying about the crops. Oh, and I think those fields to the east are a little dry. If it doesn't rain in the next couple of days, we'll have to draw water from the ditch to irrigate them."
Zhou Erlang said, "I'll go and take a look in the evening."
Feng nodded, then looked up at the sky and sighed sadly, "I don't know if Ertou and Erya are doing well in the capital. Erya is not young anymore, it's time for her to get married."
Zhou Erlang said, "Don't worry. Erya is very capable now. Let's see how things go. She has to marry into a wealthy family. She won't have to work in the fields. It would be best if the family has a few shops for her to manage."
"She's not my aunt, can I find her?"
Zhou Erlang said, "You underestimate our daughter too much. Didn't you hear what Manbao said? She and San Ya are both very capable now. Just look for a good one and don't just promise her to a farmer."
"What's wrong with being a farmer? Aren't you a farmer too?"
"I am, so I don't want them to suffer in the fields like me."
Feng fell silent. After thinking for a while, she said, "We must look for them carefully. After all, they have been to the capital and seen the world. I don't expect them to be as successful as my aunt, but at least they can achieve even one-tenth of her success."
At this time, Old Zhou stared at Manbao with a sharp gaze and asked, "How much is the salary?"
Manbao said, "As for money, the fifth rank is 3,600 wen a month, and the sixth rank is 2,400 wen."
Old Zhou wanted to add it up, but the amount was too large for him to add up. "Just tell me the total amount."
"Six hundred yuan."
Old Zhou understood what was said. He frowned and asked, "That's quite a lot. After all, we couldn't save six taels of silver in a year before. This is one month's salary, so it's indeed a lot. But I remember when you were a clerk at Jishitang, you got five taels of silver a month, right? How come the salary of being an official is almost the same as the salary of being a clerk?"
Moreover, it takes the salary of two officials to match the salary of one judge.
Manbao said: "I still have salary rice and official land."
This is the big deal.
Man Bao puffed out his chest and said, "I am a fifth-rank official and receive fifteen dan of rice a month, and a sixth-rank official eight dan. As for official land, I have a total of one thousand acres."
Old Zhou's eyes widened and he exclaimed, "How much?"
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(End of this chapter)
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