I don't think I'll survive this year

The meal was eaten quickly, and within a short time, there were only residues left on the table. When Ji Huaizhi ordered, he had already ordered more, but he didn't expect that he really finished it all.

He raised his eyes to look at Cao Si, who was obviously full of food, and didn't add any more food, but took advantage of the situation to chat, "Brother Si's carpentry skills, I have only seen it in my life, and I think it's nothing more than that in Luban."

Cao Si raised his eyes to see the polite appearance of these people, and remembered how he ate just now, and suddenly felt a little ashamed. He put down his chopsticks lightly, raised his sleeves and wiped the oil on his mouth, laughed dryly, and was about to resign A few words, but unexpectedly, Aunt Qi took the conversation away, "This gentleman has seen it right. Si'er's craftsmanship, not to mention Qingshi Town, is praised by no one in these ten miles and eight villages... he This kid is good at craftsmanship and has a solid heart. When someone wants to do something, he never gives any materials. I haven't had time to go up to him..."

Cao Si was sweating on his forehead when he heard it, firstly he was ashamed, then anxious, his aunt's ears were not working from time to time, but most of the time it was not working, so when it was rare, she would love to listen to it. talking to people—

But she's not necessarily a "human" right now?Besides, even if they are real people, this is a noble person they can't afford...

He quietly pulled Aunt Lacy and asked her to stop for a while, but Aunt Qi slapped her hands away as soon as she moved.The crisp applause echoed in the private room, but the people around didn't seem to hear it. Aunt Qi still pulled the "man" but praised him vigorously. The "man" had a good temper, and he wasn't impatient at all. Interjected, but kept nodding with a smile.

Aunt Qi's nagging is well-known in the whole Qingshi Town, and it is rare to meet someone who listens to her nagging so patiently. She immediately wiped out all the embarrassing things about Cao Si from childhood to adulthood, and finally said with a smile: "Sier, this child His craftsmanship is real, farming here is really buried, no matter if your family lacks a carpenter, or you want to make things, look for him, you must be right!"

Ji Huaizhi didn't expect that before he even opened his mouth, the aunt would see his purpose, "My aunt has eyes, the boy's family is short of a talent like the fourth brother. With the talent of the fourth brother, the boy will definitely tell the family Treat each other with courtesy." Then he turned to Cao Sidao, "I don't know if my fourth brother would like to work in the capital for a few days... January 15 is two silver, and the work is not heavy. Just look at these farm tools today. There is no other place, if there is other work, I will add more silver taels. The fourth brother can try it for a few days first, if the stay is not smooth, the younger brother will never force him to stay."

Cao Si was taken aback by the "15 taels" of silver, and almost responded with a feverish head.However, after hesitating for a moment, he finally calmed down—how could such a good thing happen to him for no reason?

Qingshi Town is close to the capital, and there are many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the capital. There are also many jobs such as gardening and building yards. There are indeed many people who go to the capital to find work, especially those with a bit of craftsmanship like him. , but the one that tops the sky is Yu Laitou's six taels of silver, no matter how much it is, I have never heard of it.

... Now, this person came to him directly after seeing him without paying much attention to his work, which is very confusing.

Cao Si is a safe person. After thinking about it, he still thinks it's unreliable, but just as he was about to say no, Aunt Qi stopped him, "I'm willing! I'm willing! Why don't you want such a good thing? !"

While talking, he was still winking at him, telling him not to speak, but Cao Si didn't catch up with half a sentence, so he was betrayed by his aunt!

……

After it was agreed that someone would come to take him to the capital tomorrow, Cao Si said goodbye to this suspicious person.

As he was walking home, he couldn't help showing some worry on his face. Aunt Qi had watched the child grow up since she was a child, so she didn't know what was going on in his heart, so she immediately comforted her and said, "Don't worry, silly nephew, the old lady is like this." Over the years, apart from anything else, I still have some skills in judging people. You can go to work for a few days, and you won’t suffer much. I will teach Liu’er to take care of it for you..."

Cao Si looked at Aunt Qi with a smile on his face, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice, "...this may not be a human being."

"What are you talking about?!" Aunt Qi saw him speak, but she didn't hear what he said clearly, she just thought that her ears were not working well at the moment, and seeing Cao Si hurriedly waved her hands, she didn't pay attention , and dragged him to read again, "If half of your family's craftsmanship is in your mouth, you won't end up digging in the ground like this. Why can't you learn from that scoundrel in the north! He studied with your father for three years, and he was able to work in the Marquis's mansion, and now he is a rich man... You are lucky, you have learned from your father for more than thirty years, and you have learned his grind Haw's temper!"

Cao Siyou scolded Mrs. Qi, but didn't reply. When Mrs. Qi turned her head to look at him, she still nodded yes, indicating that she was listening.

Mrs. Qi lost her temper because of his behavior. After talking about it for a while, she was also discouraged, and sighed deeply, "Your family's temper!"

……

On the second day, someone from Cao Si's family really came over, and the person who came was not Ji Huaizhi, so Cao Si was not surprised.After all, that group of people looked extraordinary, so they must be the masters.It's just to hire a carpenter for the family, no matter what, it doesn't make sense for the master to come here in person. Such actions, on the contrary, made Cao Si feel a little more at ease.

Cao Si told his daughter-in-law Mrs. Zhang yesterday that he was going to work in Beijing. His luggage had already been packed out. He searched it a bit, then ran to the back room and took out the half-carved mahogany hairpin from earlier.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhang blushed and said angrily: "You go to work, what are you doing with this thing?!"

Cao Si's lips moved, and he was embarrassed to say "to ward off evil spirits". Fortunately, Mrs. Zhang didn't insist on asking him to answer. After saying this, she pushed people out of the door, "Don't let people wait!"

……

He entered the city in a carriage, and turned around in front of a very imposing mansion. He got out of the car and looked up at the big characters on the plaque. A man in official uniform greeted him with a smile on his face. come out.

Cao Si was most afraid of seeing officials in his life, and besides, any of the high-ranking officials caught at random in Beijing was a very important official. His legs trembled, and he knelt down immediately, "Cao, Cao Cao, see, see this master."

The official was very approachable, so he came to help him up personally, "I have admired him for a long time, you and I will be colleagues in the future, Master Cao really does not need to perform such a great gift."

Cao Si was a little dazed, and he didn't understand what the official said, so he followed the old man into a study room, "This will be the place where Cao's affairs will be in the future. If you are bound by common etiquette, His Majesty pardons you, you don't have to come here every morning and evening..."

Feng Wuzheng explained half of it, and a person hurried in from outside, he immediately reprimanded with a cold face: "The government office is important, why don't you even have such rules?!"

"General Yang is here again!" The little yamen servant didn't even have time to catch his breath, he knelt down and said anxiously.

Feng Wu's face turned green visibly.

——Since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, I am afraid that there is no minister of the Ministry of Industry who is more tragic than him.

The emperor likes to pick up people everywhere and arrange positions... It's nothing, after all, the whole country belongs to their family, and it's up to him to say who he wants to be an official.But the point is, these people are old and young, big and young... There are also men and women!

Everyone has the emperor's backing behind him, and he deserves to be the boss, just an old lady who handles the mess... If the other five departments are like this, it's fine, but only the Ministry of Industry... only!have!work!department!

He has begun to accept his fate to be this old mother, but after the construction of His Majesty's Mausoleum started a few days ago, the god of killing in the Great Wei Dynasty——Yang Wentong, was holding the office of the Ministry of Industry every day, staring at the blueprints of the mausoleum, with a murderous look on his face. No one after another...

—It's just impossible to live this day!

Feng Wu took a deep breath, squeezed out a smile and said to Cao Si: "I'm sorry, Mr. Cao. Look..."

Cao Si was taken aback by his expression of dying, and said repeatedly: "You are busy! You are busy!"

Feng Wu thanked him, called a few yamen servants to come in, and left his confidant, and asked him to talk about the current situation of the Ministry of Industry with Mr. Cao, who was out of the situation.

……

Feng Wu could hear the arguing inside from a distance.

"This is too far!"

"General Yang, this position is already in violation of the regulations, and we can't get any closer!" Feng Wu heard that voice was almost crying, and he didn't have the slightest sympathy at the moment.When he goes in, the person who wants to cry will probably become him.

He rushed over in a hurry, but now that he had reached the door, thinking that he would have to face murderous Yang Wentong when he entered, he... suddenly had the urge to turn around and leave.

There was silence for a moment, and suddenly there was a disdainful snort, "Violation?"

Then, the door in front of him was suddenly pushed open, Feng Wu looked back in surprise, and saw Yang Wentong smiled at him and said, "Master Feng, what are you doing standing at the door? Please come in."

Feng Wu was so startled by the smile on his face that he trembled, his legs went limp, and he almost couldn't stand still. He raised his hand and pressed the door frame, finally stabilized his figure, and said with a dry smile: "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it."

Uncle Yang Wentong sat back in the main seat, and said to Feng Wu with a smile that was not a smile: "This is just now..." He turned his head and glanced at the little official who was arguing with him, apparently not remembering how this person After addressing him, he let out a soft "huh" and continued, "Call me 'violating the system'..."

The little official was obviously very frightened, so he hurriedly pleaded guilty to Yang Wentong.Yang Wentong ignored him, looked at Feng Wu, raised his eyebrows, and said: "I heard that Mr. Feng's ancestor was the old Mr. Feng Ba who majored in "Wei Law". I am very familiar with the "Law"... Then I dare to ask Mr. Feng, is there a clause in the "Wei Law" that restricts the location of the burial mausoleum of the courtiers?"

Feng Wu's face became even more ugly: Of course not - the Great Wei would not allow his subjects to be buried in the imperial tomb...

Today, in order not to violate the ancestral system, they all moved their mausoleums out of the imperial mausoleum boundary, but this one is still relentlessly making trouble here.

He glared hard at the little official kneeling on the ground: How could you be so stupid? !He also talked about "violating the system" with Yang Wentong, this one has never followed the rules!

***********

This side Yang Wentong was making trouble in the Ministry of Industry, and here Cao Si followed the yamen servants to collect the money for this month in a daze, and was led by them to rent a yard to live in, and then went to buy and other work.

When the busy work was over, it was almost dark, and all the yamen servants took their leave.Only then did Cao Si have time to review today's situation—he had already asked about it just now, and there was not a single official surnamed Huai in the entire Ministry of Industry.

He didn't run into a goblin, he clearly ran into a fairy!

Thinking that Cao Si didn't even care about eating, he immediately ran to the street to buy incense and a piece of high-quality wood, and carved a memorial tablet overnight.

He respectfully put three sticks of incense under the tablet, knelt down and kowtowed three times, and said in his mouth: "Thank you for the opportunity, Master Immortal, the small craftsmanship is rough, and the wood is not the best. This tablet I really wronged you... Don't worry, I will burn incense every morning and evening, I will never forget it. After a while, I will find suitable materials, and I will definitely make you a body and worship it every day."