"Boy, what kind of expression do you have, did you let you be an official and wronged you?" Ma Ye saw Li Xiu's expression of wanting to cry without tears, and couldn't help but ask.

"Uncle Ma, compared with the soldiers fighting on the front line, the little bit of merit of the younger generation is nothing at all, and the younger generation is too young to have any experience as an official at all, if he really becomes an official, won't he cause trouble to the court?" Li Xiu said to Ma Sanbao with a wry smile, he was unwilling to be an official in his heart.

However, what Li Xiu didn't expect was that Ma Ye was stunned for a moment when he heard his words, and then laughed and said: "You kid thinks too beautifully, do you think that you can get a real official position with this merit, tell you, the imperial court will give you a loose official at most, tell me, how old are you this year?" ”

"Ten...... Eighteen! Li Xiu replied honestly, Li Xiu is indeed only eighteen years old this year, and he was only a little more than sixteen when he fell in love with that little nun, so it is not a good thing to say that the child is too precocious.

"That's it, although eighteen is also considered an adult, but it's still too young to want to be an official, I estimate that the reward for you this time is mainly land and money, and then give a loose official, even if you are registered with the imperial court, and wait until you are twenty years old, it is possible to be appointed as an official, and this is still for the sake of your background, otherwise I don't know when it will be." Ma Ye smiled and helped Li Xiu analyze.

"It turned out to be just a loose official with no power and no position, I was really scared to death just now!" Li Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, from the memory of the last Li Xiu, he learned that the official positions of the Tang Dynasty were divided into scattered positions and ministerial positions, the ministry positions were serious official positions, and the corresponding official positions had corresponding powers, and the scattered positions were equivalent to official status, and the grades were also high and low.

"Look at your appearance, are you so unwilling to be an official?" Ma Ye asked again at the moment, although he has seen a lot of people who are unwilling to be officials, but most of those people are famous and virtuous people, and they are relatively old, and they are unwilling to be officials in Datang for various reasons, but Li Xiu does not meet any of the above points, shouldn't a person as young as him pay the most attention to his future?

"What's so good about being an official? Not only do you have to be on time every day, under the jurisdiction of your boss, but also you have to guard against your subordinates to set yourself up, this kind of life is tiring just thinking about it, where am I so comfortable now? Li Xiu said very unambitiously, after solving the problem of eating, he also slowly adapted to the life of Datang, compared with the tense and busy fast pace in his previous life, he also liked the leisurely and slow-paced life more and more now.

"You ......" Ma Ye heard that Li Xiu's reason why he didn't want to be an official was that he was tired, which made him angry for a while and didn't know what to say, if Li Xiu was his son, I am afraid that he would have slapped him at this time.

Li Xiu didn't think he was saying anything wrong, just at this time Xiao San also ran out of the kennel and circled around his feet, which made Li Xiu also feel happy in his heart, bent down to pick it up, and used his fingers to help it comb his hair, this little black dog is indeed very clever, and now Li Xiu has taught it to excrete in the place where it is pointed, and then he plans to train it to shake hands, roll and other cute skills.

Looking at Li Xiu's smile at the dog, Ma Ye was suddenly a little deflated, he could feel that what Li Xiu said was psychological, which made him a little helpless, and after a while, he said: "Forget it, everyone has their own ambitions, it's your business if you don't want to be an official, maybe you will change your mind in a few years." ”

Hearing Ma Ye's words, Li Xiu also smiled indifferently, and did not stay on this topic any longer, but invited Ma Ye into the house to sit down, speaking of which Ma Ye came to his house for the first time, and then saw Li Xiu show a curious expression and asked: "Uncle Ma, last time I saw you lose your temper by the river and drive away a group of gift-givers, what is the reason?" ”

"No, a bunch of people who don't like Lao Tzu just rushed to give gifts, and I didn't hit their legs to discount, which is already my temper!" As soon as he mentioned the person who gave the gift there, Ma Ye immediately became angry.

"Uncle Ma, how did I hear Lao Qi say, those people who gave gifts were from the Horse Mansion, and the Horse was not the princess's husband, how could I ......?"

"You kid don't ask so much, tomorrow I will have a birthday, and you will go then, but don't bring any gifts, just bring your mouth open!" Before Li Xiu could finish asking, Ma Ye interrupted him, and at the same time said the second thing he had come to find Li Xiu.

"Do Shou? No wonder someone gives you a gift! Li Xiu muttered to himself again when he heard this, and then said to Ma Ye with a smile, "Uncle Ma, you have a big birthday, and if I go empty-handed as a junior, I'm afraid it's not good!" ”

"You talk a lot of nonsense, but you really don't prepare gifts, otherwise I will turn my face with you, speaking of which, usually when I have a birthday, the princess has helped me, and I have never been willing to invite anyone, but this year the princess is not here, it just so happens that I see your kid pleasing to the eye, so I invited you one, and then we will sit together to eat and chat!" Ma Ye spoke again, he is also in a high position, but he is willing to be the princess's house slave, and he usually does not associate with the powerful in the city, which is also one of the main reasons why others say that he has a strange temper.

"I understand, Uncle Ma, you are high-spirited and bright, and you don't care to be with those powerful people, but you see that the younger generation is a person with noble aspirations, so I invite the younger generation to go to pay your birthday to you, I have to say that your vision is really good!" Li Xiu said with a smile.

"With your kid's faceless appearance, I'm really worried about losing the face of the court if you let you be an official!" When Ma Ye heard Li Xiu's obvious boastful words, he couldn't help laughing and scolding at the moment. It's strange to say, he doesn't know why, the more he looks at Li Xiu, the more pleasing he feels, I guess this is the fate of the two of them!

Then Li Xiu and Ma Ye chatted for a while, Ma Ye had something to go to Chang'an, so in the end Li Xiu personally sent him away, and after returning home, he had nothing to do, fortunately, there was still Xiao San, so he held a snack in one hand, and commanded Xiao San to roll on the ground with the other hand, and gave a piece of snack when he got it right, and as a result, this little guy learned quickly, and in the afternoon, he already knew how to roll on the ground following Li Xiu's gestures, and then wagged his little tail and stuck out his tongue to ask him for a snack.

Seeing the results of his training, Li Xiu was also very happy, and took Xiao San outside to have fun, you can't keep it in circles like a dog, you must let it have enough exercise, so that it can eat more and grow stronger, and it is not easy to get sick.

However, Xiao San is smart and smart, the only thing that makes Li Xiu dissatisfied is its name, I think he doesn't even have a wife now, but he has already raised a Xiao San, which makes him embarrassed, originally he wanted to help the puppy change his name more than once, but he was not satisfied after thinking about it, and now after calling it Shunkou, he is too lazy to change it.

took Xiao San to run by the river for a while, and then Li Xiu continued to test his training results, only to see him stretch out his hand to Xiao San and draw a circle, and the other party's round body immediately rolled, which made Li Xiu laugh, and then drew a circle, Xiao San rolled again, then drew a circle, and then rolled again, and then drew a circle, and Xiao San rolled into the river!

Fortunately, the water in the river is shallow in winter, and the riverbank is not steep, Xiao San rolled all the way and finally fell into the silt by the river, and the frightened Li Xiu hurriedly went down to pick it up, at this time Xiao San was also scared and trembled all over, and his mouth kept screaming "woo woo~", and his chubby body shrank in Li Xiu's arms and never dared to come out again.

Looking at Xiao San who was full of sludge, Li Xiu couldn't help sighing, went home and began to boil water to bathe it, the sludge on Xiao San's body was easy to wash off, but there was a piece of fur under his neck and he didn't know what it was stained on, and the oil couldn't be washed off, which made Li Xiu miss the soap in his previous life very much, in fact, let alone Xiao San, during this time, he took a bath casually, there was no soap and no bath liquid, which made him always feel that his body could not be cleaned.

"What did the people of the Tang Dynasty use to bath? I think there's something called a pancreas or something? Li Xiu said to himself at this time, the memory of the last Li Xiu was incomplete, and many things were blank, such as bathing, and the pancreas was something he saw by chance in his previous life.

"Forget it, go to the princess's mansion and ask, if you have one, borrow some first." As soon as he thought of taking a bath, Li Xiu also felt itchy on his body, so he wiped Xiao San at the moment, and then went straight to the princess's courtyard.

Ma Ye went to Chang'an City, but there are still a lot of stewards and servants in the courtyard, Li Xiu has long been familiar with them, I saw him come to a courtyard on the left side of the courtyard, this is where Ma Ye usually lives, and then found a young servant, the other party's surname is Liu, is a servant who takes care of Ma Ye's daily life, Li Xiu is also very familiar with him, and when he saw the other party, he immediately got straight to the point: "Brother Liu, do you usually take a bath to clean your body, such as pancreas and the like?" ”

"Yes, Ma Ye uses pancreas!" Little Brother Liu immediately replied, he is Ma Ye's personal servant, so he naturally knows Li Xiu's status in Ma Ye's eyes, and Ma Ye has also confessed that seeing Li Xiu is like seeing him, so he is also very respectful.

"That's great, can you lend me some pancreas first, I don't have it at home!" Li Xiu said with a smile, a piece of soap in the future life will only cost a few yuan, so Li Xiu didn't take the pancreas seriously at all.

"Huh? This ......" Little Brother Liu was stunned when he heard Li Xiu's request, and then showed an embarrassed expression, but thinking of Ma Ye's explanation, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, son, wait a minute!" ”

After Liu Xiaoge finished speaking, he turned around and went to Ma Ye's room, and after a while, he took out a small wooden box, which looked very exquisite, and after opening it, it was a black ball, which looked much uglier than soap, but it smelled a little fragrant, which was very similar to soap.

"Thank you, when I have time, I'll go to Chang'an to buy a piece and pay you back!" Li Xiu took the pancreas and thanked Brother Liu, then turned around and left, he was in a hurry to go home and wash himself and Xiao San well. However, he didn't find out what Brother Liu behind him wanted to say several times, but maybe he saw Li Xiu not care, and finally just opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound, but looking at his mouth shape, it seemed that he said the words "save some use".