Li Siye felt relaxed at this moment, as comfortable and comfortable as if he had drunk fine wine. He finally lived up to his name and was about to enter an official career from today on.
He decided to go to Dunhuafang to bring his sister back first, since it would not be a problem to live in someone else's house.
At the door of Wenji Incense Shop, Zhang Xiaojing and Tian Zhen were both there. They seemed to expect that Li Siye would come here first.
Li Siye quickly went up to express his gratitude to the two of them: "Siye is deeply grateful for the grace of saving his life today, and I will definitely repay him in the future."
Zhang Xiaojing stopped him and said, "Don't recommend me to the higher-ups in the future. I can't be their close minister. To me, that would be repaying kindness with enmity."
Tian Zhen snorted and said: "My ambition is to pass the border. If there is such an opportunity, I can introduce you to it, but if it is inside the palace, then forget it. Also, does the 20,000 yuan you mentioned count? I am
Always remember."
"Forget it, of course." Li Siye said as he walked into the store: "Wait for me first and take my sister here. I will also have a drink with you to express my sincere gratitude."
After Li Siye received Mei'er, he returned to Xuanyangfang with Zhang Xiaojing and Tian Zhen.
The outside of the yard was still clean. He went in, opened the door, led them to the east wing, and took down the baskets full of baskets from the beams.
There was still a lot of money in the water jar last time, and with this basket of coins, it would definitely be more than 50,000 yuan.
"I'm going to get twenty pieces of hemp. Brother Tian Zhen, please count slowly."
Counting coins is a critical task. It takes a lot of effort to count out the Kaiyuan Tongbao coins one by one and then string them together with a thousand coins using hemp grass.
The four of them counted for a full hour before finally counting the amount, which totaled fifty-three thousand and ninety-nine dollars. Li Siye counted out twenty strings and threw them to Tian Zhen: "Brother Tian, this is the money promised to you."
Tian Zhen blinked and stared at the money on the ground hesitantly: "Li Siye, are you really giving me this money?"
"certainly!"
Li Meier suddenly interrupted and asked: "Brother, why did you give him money?"
He touched his head and forgot to explain to the other owner of the house. He knelt down and said, "Mei'er, this brother saved his life, so he deserves the money."
Li Meier nodded and imitated his elder brother's tone and said to Tian Zhen: "Take it, you deserve it. Brother Zhang should also get 20,000."
Zhang Xiaojing pinched his chin and said, "If I was short of money, I would open my mouth to Li Siye. There is no need now."
Tian Zhen put the string of money on his shoulders, bowed his hands and was about to leave. Li Siye quickly stayed with the two of them and said, "Brothers, it's still early in the morning, so you stay in your humble home. I'll go buy wine and meat right away. Let's go there."
Let’s drink several bowls together.”
Li Siye did not have any psychological burden. He had money at home and was not worried. Besides, he already had an official status. This prince was a seventh-grade official, so his monthly salary should be quite large.
There is a cooked meat shop in Xuanyangfang, and there is also a wine shop in Jinggongfang nearby. He went there personally and sold a large jar and eight kilograms of meat, enough to feed the three of them.
The three of them sat cross-legged on the straw mat in the east wing, going back and forth, with wine bowls interlaced, until the sky turned slightly dark, then they finished a large jar of wine.
Li Siye was very drunk and sent the two people who were also drunk out of the workshop. Two beggars were kneeling on the street. Tian Zhen, who was so drunk that he was swaying from side to side, broke one of the hemp ropes, and the copper coins fell from the hemp ropes onto the ground.
"Come pick it up, I'll give it to you!"
Li Siye had no time to stop him. Two beggars went up to him and kowtowed while picking up the food.
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The next morning, Li Siye got up very early, washed his face on the well platform in the courtyard as usual, and practiced boxing and kicking on the mulberry trees in the courtyard. After the three hundred bells to lift the curfew rang, he ran away again to preach.
Fang, running freely along the streets of Chang'an City.
A pair of Jinwu guards finished their patrol and saw Li Siye running ahead. They felt suspicious and shouted: "Stop!"
Li Siye stopped obediently, and the soldiers surrounded him with eager eyes. The leader interrogated him and asked, "Why are you running so fast?"
"Exercise."
"Just exercise and practice martial arts. How do you look like you are running wildly on the street like this?"
"I don't know." Li Siye gasped and asked, "Aren't you allowed to practice running?"
The soldiers looked at each other in confusion. There seemed to be no prohibition against running. The commander had no choice but to wave his hand: "Okay, you can keep running."
After this little episode, Li Siye returned to the yard. A few more leaves of the sycamore tree outside the yard seemed to have fallen. He went back to the yard to get a broom and decided to do another sweep, cleaning the outside of Mrs. Xu’s yard and his own house.
Clean everything in front of the door.
He had just finished cleaning a few times when the door next door creaked open. Madam Xu, dressed in light plain clothes, led the old man to the door.
She looked at Li Siye, nodded and smiled, grabbed the broom from the old man's hand and said, "You go back first, I will clean the outside of the courtyard today."
The old man obviously couldn't understand: "Madam, is this a job for your master?"
Madam Xu was immediately unhappy: "I feel sorry for my servant and I will let you rest for a while today, okay? Go back."
Cang Tou obediently let go of the broom and looked back at Li Siye. This look made Li Siye feel a little scared.
It seems that he will avoid being alone with this lady in the future.
Li Siye was embarrassed to leave, so he had to keep a distance from Madam Xu, but sooner or later the two of them bumped into each other. Madam Xu put down her broom, raised her hand to lightly smooth her sweat-wet hair, and smiled at him with a red face.
"Isn't Li Lang busy these days?"
Li Siye responded mechanically: "I'm not busy now."
"What does Li Lang do for a living now?"
Li Siye lowered his head and thought for a while, and decided to answer truthfully: "I just got an errand. I entered the East Palace and served as a thousand bulls for the prince."
"Li Lang has become an official?" Madam Xu smiled in astonishment: "I should congratulate you."
But Li Siye could tell from her face that Madam Xu didn't seem happy that he was an official.
"I heard that if you work in the palace, you won't be able to go home for a long time. What will your sister do at home?"
Li Siye just realized this problem. His sister was still young. If he really stayed in the East Palace for a long time, he would have to hire a servant to take care of the family affairs. There was such a business in the West Market, but he rashly brought in an unknown person.
If this person has evil intentions, the consequences will be disastrous.
Neither Zhang Xiaojing nor Tian Zhen can help with this kind of thing. Zhang Lu and Zhang Luo's house is fine, but Zhang Luo's people are unreliable, which is really worrying.
If you are looking for a maid at home, you might want to ask Mrs. Xu in front of you.
Li Siye paid attention, holding the broom and said to Madam Xu: "I want to hire two servants, preferably maids, to stay at home and take care of my sister's daily life. Does Madam Xu have such candidates?"
Madam Xu's face was filled with joy, but she rubbed the ponytail on her head and thought attentively: "It seems there is, don't worry, wait until I get back to help you organize it."
The old man from Mrs. Xu’s house poked his head out from the gap in the door and coughed loudly from a distance: “Humph!”
Li Siye quickly carried the broom to the other side, lowered his head and swept away the remaining hay and leaves. Madam Xu turned back and glared at the door, then returned angrily with the broom.
Li Siye didn't have much hope for Lady Xu, so he decided to go to the Western Market tomorrow and pick out one or two maids to come back with. He had to choose those who looked honest and honest, but also had to be wary of those who were honest in appearance but also treacherous in heart.
In the afternoon, he was making a slingshot for Mei'er in the yard. He bought two pieces of beef tendon from the Western Market the day before yesterday, which came in handy.
Before the slingshot was ready, someone knocked on the door outside the yard. Li Siye shouted: "Here we come," and got up to open the door.
Mrs. Xu led the two men to stand outside the door. Li Siye took a look and saw that they were two women in their forties, with yellow and thin faces, like old trees with new bark.
"These two are maids who have stayed in our house. They are absolutely loyal and honest, and will never do anything detrimental to their master. My Alang thought they were old and old, so he sent them away. They only cost 400 coins a month, and Li Langjun
Are you satisfied with it?"
Your husband thought they were ugly, so he sent them to my home?