Chapter 85 Salary Increase and Official Land
My daughter is being fake polite, but the students are really rude.
Su Yanli smiled insincerely and picked her up, "Let's go home."
Fan Yanjia followed up with another sentence, "Ajin, on that day, the young prince and I will go there, and you have to prepare delicious food for us."
Su Ruojin, who was held by her father:...You naughty boy, you are so rude.
Fan Yanjia laughed.
Looking at the young lady who was suffering and full of hatred, Zhao Lan couldn't help but smile slightly.
After watching Dr. Su's mule cart go away, Fan Yanjia turned around and said with a smile, "Jinzhi, don't blame me for acting on my own initiative!"
The two went to and from school together, became more familiar with each other, and called each other by their first names or courtesy names. Zhao Lan was the son of a prince, and had a courtesy name - Jinzhi - before he was twenty years old.
Zhao Lan still had an expressionless look on his face, but Fan Yanjia had been in contact with him for a long time, and even if he had the same expressionless look, there were many different kinds. At this moment, he felt that Zhao Lan had no objection and was willing to go to Dr. Su's house for a meal.
Zhao Lan glanced at him and said, "Let's go!"
These two short words were a response to his partner. He then got on the carriage to go home. Shuangrui followed him in with the milk tea in his hand. As soon as the young master sat firmly, he offered the milk tea to him like a treasure, "Young Master, it's still hot."
Zhao Lan reached out to take it, put the wheat straw into his mouth, and took a deep breath. It was sweet and mellow. The pearl meatballs in his mouth were very elastic and chewy, and the taste was really good.
"Go to Zheng's Milk Tea Shop."
"Yes, young master."
Zhao Lan prepared to bring two cups for his mother.
Fan Yanjia giggled and got on the carriage to go home. While drinking the milk tea in her cup, she wondered what delicious food Ajin would prepare for them on that day.
After a day of strolling, the little one fell asleep in his father's arms as the mule cart swayed. He didn't hear his parents' gossip at all. Cheng Yingzhen told her husband everything she had seen and heard that day, "I still feel scared when I see my eldest sister..."
Su Yanli sensed his wife's fear, held her hand, and whispered to her, "Don't be afraid, everything is over!"
"Yeah." Cheng Yingzhen leaned her head on her husband's shoulder, "Fortunately our lives are getting better." Never again will she depend on others for food.
Feeling the heavy atmosphere, Su Yanli changed the subject and asked, "Have you bought the gold lock?"
Speaking of spending money, Cheng Yingzhen's mood brightened up again. "I also bought you wooden hairpins, and Ah Jin insisted on buying me a gold hairpin, which cost a lot of money."
"Spend it." Su Yanli said in a good mood, "Today, not only did I get a raise, but I was also given three acres of official land."
Cheng Yingzhen smiled and said, "Really, sir?"
"Yeah." Su Yanli nodded.
Because the Prince of Jin and the emperor were brothers, his youngest son went to the Imperial College, and even the doctor who taught him was promoted. Although Su Yanli did not get promoted, his income increased a lot due to the increase in salary and land.
Additional salary and land grants are legal income outside of regular salary. Of course, such legal income is very difficult to obtain for ordinary minor officials at the bottom of the capital, because such legal income is exploited layer by layer and hardly reaches the hands of minor officials. It was because Zhao Lan was transferred to Su Yanli by Lord Fan that he had such an opportunity.
Su Ruojin was soundly sleeping, and had no idea that after the opening meal of Bobo Chicken at the shop and the visit of Lord Fan and other bigwigs from the Imperial College, his father's professional benefits suddenly exceeded his regular salary by several times, and it was no problem at all to support a small family!
The salaries of civil servants in the Dayin Dynasty mainly included three categories: regular salary, additional salary, and official land. The latter two were subsidized wages. Because the salaries of civil servants were not actually high, it was really difficult to live in the prosperous capital.
In order to ease the living pressure of civil servants, the imperial court increased the salaries of government offices and even gave them official land. In addition, they hired people to cultivate the land and the income was completely tax-free. At the end of the year, if the number of acres was large, the income could be quite considerable.
The Chinese have farming and growing vegetables ingrained in their bones. If Su Ruojin was awake at this moment and heard that her father had a field, she would definitely jump onto the roof of the car for joy. Unfortunately, she fell asleep and didn't hear it.
When she got home, Mrs. Dong had already prepared dinner. She also had to prepare for tomorrow's breakfast business. As soon as the lady took over, she hurried to the shop. Su Ruojin asked her to wait and took out three silver hairpins, "Give one each to you, Aunt Xianggui, and Sister Shanhe."
It was an unexpected surprise. Mother Dong was extremely happy and happily took the gift from her little master back to the shop.
Mao Ya was holding Su Silang.
Su Ruojin smiled and said, "Of course Sister Mao didn't miss anything." After that, she inserted two pearl flowers into her double buns, and the twelve-year-old girl suddenly became pretty.
"It's really beautiful." As expected, no matter who you are, as long as you dress up, you will look good. Su Ruojin felt a sense of accomplishment as she watched Mao Ya grow taller and taller.
Mao Ya felt embarrassed by her gaze, "Second Madam, aren't you hungry?" He actually had time to stare at her, which made her feel embarrassed.
Su Ruojin giggled and reached out to hug Su Silang, but Su Yanli took him away, "There's no way you can hold this little fat boy."
It was true. When Su Silang was more than ten months old, the Su family had a good time. He had no shortage of food or clothes, so he grew up chubby.
"Ah...ah..." Xiao Silang was so anxious that he wanted to reach the pearl flowers on the little girl's head. His eight little teeth were exposed. He was so cute and adorable that everyone who saw him loved him.
Su Ruojin was so surprised that she reached out to touch his chubby face and said, "You little guy, you stole my embrace away."
Su Sanlang was ignored and cried out in anger, "Where's my...where's my Huahua..."
"What do you want, little man?" Su Ruojin stretched out her hand and scratched his nose, "I bought you a silk braid." The four-year-old Su Sanlang was at the age of having his hair braided, so he could only wear pigtails, which was very cute.
Su Dalang had his hair tied up when he turned seven, so he bought a sandalwood hairpin just like Su Yanli. He distributed the gifts to everyone one by one and asked everyone to try them on before they could eat dinner with peace of mind.
Early the next morning, Feng Wangtian drove a mule cart over to say goodbye.
Cheng Yingzhen asked Mao Ya to give him three bundles. "Inside are some old clothes worn by Da Lang and San Lang. They are not worth much. I hope Father Feng will not despise them."
"No, no..." Every time he went back, Mrs. Su would politely give him a lot of things, either clothes or food, and Feng Wangtian was always very grateful.
Su Ruojin said the same thing, "Dad, be careful on the way back. Be careful of the weather, thieves, and bandits."
"Okay, I'll be careful." After some polite words, Feng Wangtian drove the mule cart back to his hometown alone.
He rested late and started early, and finally returned home three days later.
When the family saw the head of the family coming back, they all gathered around. Feng Wangtian took out a bag of cakes and snacks and gave it to his youngest daughter, asking her to distribute them to the boys and girls in the village.
Aunt Feng followed him into the house with the other three packages and asked with a smile, "How are Dashi and Ershi? Is Shanhe used to life in Beijing?"
(End of this chapter)
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