Let's say that Li You brought the little girl home. After getting used to being alone for so long, Li You suddenly felt strange with a strange little girl in the house.

I saw Li You leaning on the chair, and the dirty little girl was sitting on the small bench in the corner with a small cloth bag, and the two of them looked at each other with big eyes.

"What's your name?" Li You suddenly asked.

When the little girl saw Li You open her mouth, she lowered her head and replied, "The slave family has no name. ”

"Then I'll give you a name, see how thin you are, and call you Xiaozhu in the future." Li You said very decisively.

"Yes, Master Xie."

"Go to the yard and wash your face! Tidy up. Li You finally couldn't help the unkempt image of a little girl, and pointed to the big water tank in the yard and said.

"Yes, sir." Xiaozhu got up and said.

Li You's bones were lightened a few times, and he began to assign tasks: "Master, I want to go to the Yamen on an errand." There are rice dishes in the east room, cook and cook at night, and wait for me to come back to eat. "His dilapidated yard had only two rooms, the one on the west side was used as a bedroom and living room, and the east side was the kitchen.

At dusk, Li You came back to see that the courtyard and the house were clean, and the meals were cooked and placed on the table, and he was very satisfied. The little girl is neat and tidy, not so sloppy, probably familiar with the environment, and no longer timid.

Li You put down the dishes and chopsticks, and Xiaozhu diligently picked up the teacup and poured water and handed it over, making Li You very comfortable. Thinking about the next time I paid her to buy a decent dress, I would save myself from going out so tattered and embarrassing his Li family's face.

added a mouth, one tael of silver a month is very tight, but fortunately, the family sends a few buckets of rice from time to time, barely able to make ends meet. In order to improve the quality of life, we need to try to earn some money. Li Youzheng was thinking wildly, and suddenly saw the little girl take off her shoes and socks, crawl to his bed, and exclaimed in surprise: "What are you doing?" ”

Xiaozhu was very stupid and naïve and said: "I heard the uncle next door say that when you are a maidservant girl in the city, you have to sleep with the master at night..."

Li You stroked his forehead with his hand and sighed: "My family doesn't have this rule. Even with this rule, he was not interested in this malnourished, dry, emaciated, bean sprout that could only be seen with a pair of big eyes.

In the end, two chairs were put together, and the wooden planks were put on for Xiaozhu to rest in the kitchen. Li You's budget expenditure has one more: a narrow bed and a set of gauze tents are needed. Headache, the two combined, the worst goods, can't be bought for a few dollars.

I really can't afford to raise it, so I leave it home to serve my mother... Li You thought irresponsibly.

In the past few days, Li You's task of collecting tax arrears has not been completed very well. The other servants are all veterans of rampant conquest and extortion, and Li You, a freshman whose soul comes from the 21st century, is never used to doing such things.

The imperial grain and national tax of the feudal dynasty was collected as a matter of course, and the consequences of tax arrears were very serious. But most of the people who owe taxes are people who have had some miserable experience, and Li You always does not bear it, and he can't collect the money without resorting to vicious methods.

He can buy a small bamboo, in the eyes of others, he has done a good deed to save a family, but can he buy ten hundred small bamboos? Even Zhang San and Li Si's two helpers complained a little, complaining that they couldn't make any benefit from following Li You.

Reality is always helpless, Li You is used to wanting to escape from reality, out of sight and out of mind. But if you are a messenger, how can you say that you will run away? The large board displayed above the public hall is not an ornament, which has been taught twice.

In distress, Li You complained to Master Huang.

After hearing this, Master Huang sighed: "The tyranny of the servitude is known to passers-by, so this dynasty stipulates that no one can go to the countryside if there is nothing to do." But I have to use my ears, and I don't collect grain taxes, so what is the use of the imperial court. ”

"How about the old gentleman save me and get rid of my tax errand?"

Master Huang had a plan, so he said to Li You: "Li is a messenger who can read and write." ”

Li You almost wanted to roll his eyes, and secretly said Master, my poems have spread all over the city, and you still ask me such questions, "Naturally, I will get some." ”

Master Huang stroked his palm and smiled: "Wonderful, read and then be reasonable, the ancients did not deceive me." ”

What kind of foolish thing did the old gentleman say? Li You is inexplicable.

Master Huang said again: "I already have an idea, and Li Messenger is waiting for good news for the time being." ”

This sentence is understood, Li You arched his hand and retreated.

Master Huang did not break his promise, and reported to the owner Chen Zhi County: Li You, the county government officer, felt the county's respect for education, and recently said that he gradually read and reasoned, and kept the heart of a benevolent person. He can be exempted from errand service and turned into a six-room scribe, so as to show his heart and deeds, and to reward those who are motivated.

Master Huang's reason is really political and mysterious, which fully embodies the essence of "rule by man" in feudal society. To put it bluntly, this means just one sentence: Li You is now half a literate person, and it is a bit tyrannical to be an errand boy, so it is better to be a clerk.

Chen Zhixian judged: Accurate! Exemplary history. Of course, the official officials have to report to the imperial court, but there is a shortage of officials in Xujiang County at this time, and Li You is directly used to make up for it.

As soon as the report was made, Li You's identity changed from a servant to a small official, which is of course a very gratifying change. Although officials and petty officials are often called Xu officials, they are not exactly the same thing. The government servants belong to the rough people, the cheap servants, and the market and the like. And how can the little official be regarded as a half-literate person, and those who play with the pen are naturally higher than the official in status, and their reputation is even more on the table than that of the official servant, although they do less dirty things than the official servant.

Back in the day... That is, in the Han and Tang dynasties, it was not uncommon for small officials to be promoted to big officials, and it was not until the Song Dynasty that officials were diverted, and small officials became the bottom people who sank into the subordinates.

What's more, Chen Zhixian directly promoted Li You to the canonical history, which is not an ordinary scribe, but a leader level among the small officials, although it is still an official official who is not in the stream.

Chen Zhixian also promoted Li You for his reasons. The last time he coaxed Mr. Zhu very happy, which made Chen Zhixian realize that although Li Youneng wrote poems was useless to govern the county and the people, but the official face ushered in the occasion of bragging and farting, and met the boss who pursued elegance, but it could come in handy.

This is also a specialty, but if it is a lowly servant, no matter how well the words are written, it will not be able to get on the table at all. Therefore, Chen Zhixian took this opportunity to transfer Li You to the position of official, and by the way, he was promoted to the history of the canon, and he could do it on occasions when needed in the future.

Li Youxi descended from the sky, this is classic history! Salary... In the future, it was called Yulu, and the monthly system was three stones of rice, and when the dynasty issued one stone of rice and two taels of silver, it was almost three times faster than the catch. can finally afford to raise a little girl, Li You is very pleased.

He immediately went to Master Huang to express his gratitude, and said very vaguely that it was inconvenient for Master Huang to be alone in the field, and the Li family wanted to sponsor some living expenses. Master Huang rebuked and said, "I want to lead you as a person of heart, how can I do it for these taels of silver? ”

The good news was transmitted back to Xishui Town, and the Li family knew that after Li You became a pawn, they bought five taels of silver incense, and the thick fog in the ancestral hall was rolling, and some neighbors said: "The ancestral hall of the Li family is smoking!" ”

It's that Li You doesn't know Chen Zhixian's original intention, and he doesn't know how many poems he still has in his stomach to plagiarize.