Spring Festival, the most solemn traditional festival of the Dao Empire, the state set the date on January 1 to welcome the new year.

The countries where the Spring Festival is popular in the Five Elements Continent are mainly the two empires of Heaven and Dao, and the kingdoms and principalities of other individual regions also have this custom.

"Mother, please tell my father that I won't be going back for the holidays this year. ”

“......”

The other end of the phone was silent, Li Shi, as the eldest son of the non-concubine, had actually broken off his relationship with the family since the day the family provided him to study at the Imperial Academy, as long as he graduated, the nominal ninth son of the Li family would also be eliminated.

This is the rule of the Heavenly Dao God Sect, and the Heavenly Dao God only allows the eldest son to inherit the family business.

This was particularly strict for the aristocracy, not only not to inherit the family business, but also to cut off all support and recover any property that did not belong to the "commoners".

But what the Academy grants, it will not be recycled.

Any nobleman who dared to challenge the teachings of the Heavenly Dao God would definitely suffer the punishment of the Heavenly Dao God Sect.

Even the Li family, one of the top ten nobles, did not dare to touch this mold.

What's more, over the years, the nobles have long agreed with the doctrine of inheritance of property by the eldest son of the Heavenly Dao God.

Almost all nobles do not consider a non-eldest son to be a true nobleman.

"Mom got it. Shi'er, you have to study hard, and you can only rely on yourself in the future. ”

Dong Yuehua on the other end of the phone was Li Shi, who was pregnant in October, and she was still quite worried about Li Shi's life.

"I will. ”

Now Li Shi is not as depressed as he was at the beginning, he has a strong evil spirit, and Li Shi thinks that he will definitely be able to fight as a civilian.

"Don't you go back for the holidays? What a pity, there are not many opportunities to enjoy the Spring Festival atmosphere of the nobility. ”

Seeing that Li Shi hung up the phone, Gao Xuwen tossed and turned on the bed.

Li Shi and Gao Xuwen live in a dormitory on the same floor - room number 3.

Anders went home for the holidays, and the Li Shi trio became the Li Shi duo.

"It's better to adapt earlier than to numb yourself. Li Shi put on a towel and half stepped into the bathroom door, "Xuwen, pack up quickly, I'll go to work later." ”

Gao Xuwen sat up directly: "Got it." ”

There was a loud sound in the bathroom, and Gao Xuwen cleaned up the room.

"Owen, what do you want to do in the future?"

Li Shi's voice came from the bathroom.

"Working to make money, like now. What about you?"

Gao Xuwen, who was scrolling through the news headlines on Tiandao's mobile phone, heard Li Shi's question, and he set his eyes on the closed bathroom door.

"I'm not thinking about it yet, but I always feel like I should step on a higher, bigger and broader stage. ”

Li Shi looked at the lotus shower head above his head in a daze, and the lotus shower head sprayed with running water and washed over his body.

The light reflected on Li Shi's body, and a long shadow dragged out on the ground.

Everything is sold in the store, and business is very hot today.

"Mom, I'm going to buy this!"

"Xiaohua, you see that this little thing is really chic. ”

"It's good to buy some snacks. ”

Li Shi, Gao Xuwen, and Yuan Meiqin were all tired and almost collapsed.

As the manager of the store that sells everything, Mu Jixing sat and watched while drinking a bottle of wine.

"Can't you help, manager?"

Yuan Meiqin, who was busy clearing the number of checkouts, was angry, and there were many people queuing up for checkout, forming a long queue.

Mu Jixing took a sip of wine, burped and said, "I'm the store manager, and the store manager's responsibility is to keep an eye on the employees and not let the employees be lazy." ”

"Net nonsense, it's almost the time of the Spring Festival, you have to give us a salary increase. ”

Yuan Meiqin asked for a salary increase, and the winter vacation was the busiest time in the store.

Gao Xuwen took the time to hurriedly talk: "Can we increase the salary?"

Li Shi, who was moving goods to the shelves, heard about the salary increase, and his ears immediately pricked up, and he also wanted to increase his salary.

Mu Jixing was drunk and confused, and stretched out a big slap: "Okay, everyone is up." During this winter vacation, an extra 5 yuan will be added to the work hour!"

Li Shi and the three of them worked all day in the store where everything was sold, and they could earn 120 yuan a day with a complete eight-hour work system.

An extra $5 per hour can be an extra $40 a day.

Li Shi, Gao Xuwen, and Yuan Meiqin were very happy, and they were full of enthusiasm for their work.

Li Shi felt that his strength was a little stronger, and he ran away with two large wooden boxes.

Gao Xuwen greeted visitors very warmly, and when he encountered someone who did not know the way, he would personally lead the way to the corresponding area to select goods.

Yuan Meiqin's speed of settling accounts is also improving rapidly.

Mu Jixing drank wine, his eyes looked at Li Shi from time to time, and he shook his head: "I didn't see anything, is it really because I drank too much?"

Looking at the wine bottle reflecting his unshaven beard, Mu Jixing was stunned for a moment.

"Store manager, are you going to quit drinking?"

Although Mu Jixing's voice was already very low, he was sitting not far from Yuan Meiqin's side.

Of course, Yuan Meiqin could hear the store manager Mu Jixing's self-talk.

On the wagon?

Li Shi couldn't help but look back at the store manager Mu Jixing twice.

Since the day he came to work in the store where everything is sold, he can see Mu Jixing holding a wine bottle every day.

It's just an alcoholic.

Li Shi has long labeled Mu Jixing as a drunkard.

As soon as he heard the news that the store manager Mu Jixing wanted to quit drinking, he was immediately full of interest.

Mu Jixing waved his hand and said: "Impossible, wine is the source of my life, and it is impossible for me to quit." ”

"That's a shame. ”

Yuan Meiqin's face was disappointed, but the action of settling accounts in her hand did not decrease at all.

"The store manager must be able to quit drinking, and the sun must rise in the west. ”

Gao Xuwen whispered in Li Shi's ear.

That's right.

Li Shi also very much agreed with Gao Xuwen's point of view in his heart, he really couldn't imagine what the store manager Mu Jixing looked like after quitting drinking.

Maybe there is one less drunkard in the world.

Li Shi shook his head and continued his work, putting the goods on the shelves.

"I'm out of wine, I'll buy some wine, you have to work hard, don't be lazy. ”

Everything is sold, and most of the supplies in the store are quite complete, but the only thing is that there is no alcohol.

Li Shi and the others didn't know why.

The store manager, Mu Jixing, walked out of the store and looked at the clear sky.

"Ahem!"

The store manager Mu Jixing covered his mouth and coughed up a mouthful of blood foam, and he hurriedly wiped the blood foam off his palm.

"Potentially, it's time for us to think about opening an account at the Provincial Savings Bank to make a deposit, and it's not a problem to always carry a stack of banknotes. ”

The full name of Dao Savings Bank is Dao Imperial Savings Bank, which is a large state-controlled bank all over the country with a guaranteed reputation.

Gao Xuwen rides a Tiandao bicycle, and once the money accumulates to a certain extent, there is always a lot of inconvenience in carrying it with him in the form of cash.

"Okay, I'll go tomorrow. ”

Li Shi and Gao Xuwen rode Tiandao bicycles side by side, and Li Shi agreed to Gao Xuwen's suggestion.

"Look at the uniforms of the two of you, are they students of the Imperial Academy?"

The sun is setting, and the red glow is everywhere.

A teenager stopped Li Shi and the others.

The teenager wore a set of civilian college uniforms, which were white and blue with a very general texture, and civilian colleges were all in this standard uniform.

The young man pointed at Li Shi and the two: "I'm going to try what is the difference between you and us, so please accept my challenge!"

"Huh?"

Li Shi and Gao Xuwen had their mouths half-open.

In the imperial capital, there is only one noble college, and that is the Imperial Academy.

It is worth mentioning that not all regions with names will have noble academies, and there are only 64 aristocratic academies in the western part of the entire Dao Empire, while there are countless plebeian academies.