After picking up a lucky girl, all the beasts line up to come to your door

There was meat and other good things in the rice ball, and the delicious aroma went straight into You Xiao's nose.

It made him drool.

He politely shook his head and said thank you, "Thank you for your kindness, but I can't accept it."

Mu Laosan stuffed the rice ball into his hand and said, "It's just a rice ball."

"Besides, you're Pingping's classmate, so it's only natural that I treat you to a rice ball."

"By the way, why haven't you returned to the Imperial College at this time?"

You Xiao clenched the rice ball in his hand slightly, feeling very grateful.

He could see that the uncle was giving him the rice balls sincerely.

"I took half a day off and came here to talk about work."

Mu Laosan said "oh".

He asked You Xiao to sit down and poured him a cup of cold tea. "Don't be so polite."

"I'm sure you know the situation in my family. We don't have so many rules, and my family is not used to so many rules."

You Xiao first bowed and thanked him before sitting down to drink herbal tea. "Uncle, we still have to follow the proper rules."

"As the saying goes, there is no order without rules."

Mu Laoer, who was observing him, nodded with satisfaction. This kid is quite good.

Although his family background was not very good, there was no problem with his manners and upbringing.

"How much time do you usually spend working here?" he asked.

When Mu Laosan saw that his second brother took over, he went to clean up the shop.

You Xiao stood up and bowed to Mu Laoer. "I'm almost done with my studies, so I'll mainly stay in the Imperial College to finish the rest of my coursework."

“Basically half a day.”

He has been in the Imperial College for nearly ten years, and has only managed to get to where he is today with the help of his teachers and classmates.

Originally, he could have finished his studies long ago, but his family was poor and he was not sure of passing the imperial examination, so he continued to stay in the Imperial College.

Mu Laoer was a little puzzled. "You and Pingping are classmates, but your academic progress is different?"

You Xiao explained, "Mu Pingping and I have some classes together."

"The Imperial College has many courses, in addition to those related to the imperial examinations, there are also horse riding and archery and so on."

He was one of those who did not learn horse riding and archery, mainly because he had no money to buy things related to horse riding and archery.

Mu Laoer understood, "Have you discussed this with your family?"

You Xiao said, "I've discussed it with my family, and they all support me."

In fact, his family hopes that he can work here for a long time, so that at least he will have a good job and won't have to worry about the future.

Mu Lao Er nodded, "That's fine."

Then he added, "Well, you can come and work for half a day every day, preferably at noon."

"The shop's business is best at noon. At night, the students from the Imperial College all go home, and few people eat here."

This was the case yesterday evening. Most of the students at the Imperial College had gone home, and only a very small number of them were eating here.

You Xiao looked surprised. He had thought that he would have to go through some tests, but he didn't expect that it would be so easy to work here.

He bowed repeatedly and reiterated that he would do his job well. "I will manage my time well."

Mu Lao Er said with a smile, "You are responsible for accounting and receiving guests. Help wherever there is a need."

"Also, I provide two meals here, lunch and dinner."

"If there are any leftover ingredients, you can buy them back at a cheap price."

This is what Dad meant.

Dad said that we can’t give things away for free.

At first, if you give it for free, the other party will be grateful and work hard for you. But after a while, the other party will take it for granted.

So sell it cheaper.

You Xiao didn't expect such a good thing to happen.

He had thought about buying the ingredients that the shop couldn't sell out every day at a cheaper price so that he could provide a snack for his family.

"Thank you, thank you very much."

He wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve and was extremely grateful. It was because Mu Pingping was kind to him as a classmate that he arranged such a good thing for him.

When Mu Laoer saw him like this, it was as if he saw the past days of his family.

If it weren’t for the baby, our family wouldn’t be living such a good life now, and we would still be struggling to get a bite of meat.

"I'll show you around here."

He took You Xiao to familiarize himself with the place and introduced the details. "The backyard is where our family rests."

"These things sold in the shop are all clearly marked with prices."

"We don't sell leftover ingredients or things in our shop. All ingredients and things are made on the same day."

This was a joint decision made by the family. They all said that Rongdu was a place with many rich people, and selling overnight ingredients would easily cause problems, so it was better to spend a little more money and buy fresh ingredients every day.

You Xiao listened and watched carefully. He wanted to do his job well here.

……

Imperial Palace, side hall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

As soon as Zheng Xingguang came in, he felt a cool breeze, which was in stark contrast to the scorching heat outside.

"Uncle Emperor, are you still busy?" He looked at the emperor who was sitting there reviewing memorials.

Emperor Sheng gestured for him to sit anywhere and said without looking up, "Why did you come into the palace in such hot weather?"

He was dressed very coolly, wearing a transparent jacket and a pair of cool shorts.

Zheng Xingguang took the handkerchief handed to him by the eunuch, wiped the sweat from his face, and picked up the teacup to drink some cold tea.

"I came to the palace to talk to Uncle Emperor."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Sheng put down his cinnabar brush and looked up at his nephew, who was less than six years old. "What do you want to tell me?"

Zheng Xingguang glanced at Zhong Ling.

After Emperor Sheng nodded, Zhong Ling led the palace maids out of the side hall.

Zheng Xingguang then talked about someone maliciously storing water: "I guess they saw the weather was getting hotter and the water level was dropping, so they thought of maliciously storing water and hoping to sell it in the future."

He had seen such a thing in a book.

Historically, when droughts occur, a small number of people will sell water at high prices for profit.

Emperor Sheng's expression became serious. "Where did you hear about this?"

"Uncle Emperor, don't worry about where I got this information. The problem right now is that there's a drought and someone is maliciously storing water. We need to solve this problem quickly."

"Look at you, you're so young but you worry more than your father. Aren't you afraid of losing your hair?"

Zheng Xingguang saw the emperor uncle touching his hair, and the corner of his mouth twitched, "I don't want to care about it either."

"But since I discovered this, I can't just not tell you."

Emperor Sheng nodded at him a few times and said, "Tell me more about the malicious water storage."

There was a hint of coldness in his eyes. Some people are really brave enough to do such vicious things.

Zheng Xingguang explained the matter in detail.

After saying this, he realized that Prince An was not simple. This man seemed to be very good at hiding himself.

This is not surprising. Prince An is not favored and is an invisible prince. If he does not hide, he will die soon.