Lin Yuan is still grateful to Tie Niu and his son from the bottom of his heart, if it weren't for the help of this father and son in the past few years, I am afraid that he would have starved to death on the streets.

The origin of the name Lin Yuan was picked up in the forest in the distance, and he was picked up by a husband and wife, they have been married for many years but have no son and half a daughter, and they also like to pick up a baby very much.

But when they raised Lin Yuan, they found that this child had a bad brain, and when Lin Yuan was twelve years old, he couldn't stand the discussion and ridicule of the neighbors, so he moved out of here, leaving Lin Yuan alone.

Lin Yuan, who lost his parents, wandered in Mizhi County all day long.

When you are hungry, you will have good intentions to give alms, and more often than not, you will forage for food in the garbage heap, or even compete with wild dogs for food.

Lin Yuan's only friend is the hammer, and the two of them like to play with mud outside the blacksmith shop the most, and the mud is rounder and bigger than anyone else.

Tie Niu also felt relieved to see that his son had a playmate, there was no way to let Lin Yuan in the city be willing to play with his son, and he would give him some food every once in a while, and told Lin Yuan that he was too hungry to come to him Uncle Niu.

Until one day Lin Yuan starved to death on the street, and 400 years later, Lin Yuan came here.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan happened to come to the lump of the hammer and the mud that he had time to rub, and there were some large and small cracks that were cracked by the scorching sun.

Lin Yuan felt a chill in his heart and couldn't help but think: "Evil~"

Lin Yuan collected his mood and began to walk in the direction where the hammer was tied.

There are very few pedestrians on the streets of the city, and the houses are mostly closed doors and windows.

Walk all the way through a slum as far as the eye can see.

Until they saw people surging in the distance, they gathered outside a big mansion, the house was built very magnificently, through the tall wall hanging around the green willows, you can also faintly see the pavilions, the crowd gathered in front of the gate, and there was a plaque of 'Wang's Mansion' hanging on the red vermilion lacquer gate.

Although the royal mansion does not sound as tall as the palace, Li mansion, and Zhang mansion, in the Ming Dynasty, even a famous bigwig like Zhang Juzheng could only be called a mansion, so this royal mansion should also be profound.

Outside the gate of the king's house, a man who looked like a family member shouted: "In this great drought, the king can't see the hardships of the people, and he is displaced from the road, so he opens a porridge shed to give porridge, and the fields at home cannot be cultivated, and there are strong laborers who can go outside the city to reclaim the farm for the king, and the salary is rich and the wages are paid." ”

Hearing the shouts of the family, many people in the crowd also began to talk.

"Master Wang is really a good man, unlike other rich families, seeing that the drought is about to be harvested everywhere, so that our family can't open the pot."

"Isn't it, go and sign up to build a farm for Master Wang, and the family will have a way to live."

"Do you want to take care of the rice in the farm?"

In the midst of everyone's discussion, the back of the crowd became chaotic and rushed forward, and the people in front of them were also crowded into chaos.

Seeing the chaos of the crowd, the Wang family rushed out more than a dozen housekeepers with wooden sticks, and when they saw those who did not line up, they beat them, and the unconvinced and resentful ruffians took advantage of the chaos to cut in line, and they were also beaten in the head.

The crowd quickly lined up in line, and they were stunned, and they all consciously began to line up.

Lin Yuan was also at the back of the line, and in front of him was a young man of the same age as Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan patted the shoulder of the person in front of him and said, "Alas~ Brother, are you receiving porridge or do you want to sign up to go to the manor." ”

The man replied: "I originally came to receive the porridge, but just now I heard the shouter Ding say that they still need Mr. Ledger, I have read books, and I know a little about Longmen Ledger, so I received the porridge and then went to find a Mr. Ledger." ”

Lin Yuan looked at this person curiously, his clothes were a little dirty, as if he hadn't washed them for a few days, but the material was good.

Lin Yuan was also puzzled and asked, "Look at how your clothes are quite expensive, why did you come to receive porridge." ”

When the man heard Lin Yuan say this, he took a deep breath and sighed: "My name is Ai Qing, my father is a lifter, but my father didn't get an official position after he was raised, not to mention, the fields and real estate in the family were also exchanged by him for money to make some connections, and my mother ran away with someone when she saw that my father had ruined the family." ”

"And yesterday my father actually disappeared, and my uncle hurriedly came to my house and kicked me out when he heard the news, saying that my father borrowed a lot of silver from them, and my father ran away and the house had to belong to them, and I was hungry for three meals."

Ai Qing rubbed his stomach after speaking, and he could see that he was already very hungry.

After listening to Ai Qing, Lin Yuan's mind was like a group of alpacas running over, wasn't it this kid and his father who met yesterday, but Lin Yuan didn't plan to tell Ai Qing what he encountered yesterday, for fear that this kid would impulsively go to Li Hongji, and he must have been picked by Li Hongji with a shot.

Lin Yuan scratched his head and forced himself to calm down: "I asked Lin Yuan to hear you say this, I also want to be a bookkeeper, and I have also passed the arithmetic exam with a full score." ”

……

In the question and answer between the two, the simple Ai Qing was asked to the bottom.

Soon the two of them came to the front, and the people who came behind them lined up again.

Those who received the porridge in front and wanted to go to the farm all went to the Wang's house to sign up, while some old and weak women and children received the porridge, and after a few sips, they ran to the back of the line to get it again.

The porridge shed prepared some wooden bowls, and everyone took turns to use them, and those who were hungry would hold the bowls and lick them after drinking, Lin Yuan looked at his hands and got goosebumps.

When it was Ai Qing's turn to receive the porridge, Ai Qing was also full of eagerness, and when he got the porridge bowl, he poured it into his mouth, and the porridge went into his stomach in a few breaths.

Ai Qing wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said to the porridge housekeeper: "I want to apply for the account office." ”

The family saw that Ai Qing was dressed as a literati, although he was a hairy boy, but the account office should be knowledgeable and competent, so he waved his hand and said: "Go inside to find the housekeeper, if you don't know anything and be beaten, don't blame me for not reminding me." ”

Lin Yuan: "He and I are classmates, and it is also a bargain for arithmetic." ”

Ai Qing didn't say anything when he heard Lin Yuan say this, thinking that it shouldn't be easy for Lin Yuan, so let's be classmates.

In this way, the two came to the palace smoothly.

When I entered, I saw a group of peasant men who were about to go outside the city to register in line, and next to the line sat a middle-aged man in a brand new cotton coat, and a coffee table was placed on the left hand, and the man was sipping a teacup.

Lin Yuan and the others walked towards the man, presumably that person was the housekeeper in the mouth of the outside family.

Ai Qing gave up his hand before he got closer, and said loudly: "Xiaosheng Ai Qing, the family has suffered an accident, and I heard that the Wang family needs an account room, so I came to recommend myself. ”

Lin Yuan arched his hand awkwardly: "I'm the same, I'm called Lin Yuan"

Steward Wang saw that the two of them sang and harmonized, so he took a sip of tea, and said coldly: "Ai Qing~ I have also heard about your family, it is not easy to raise someone in the family, how can I be reduced to no food." ”

"Lin Yuan, I haven't heard of it."

Lin Yuan: "I am a classmate with him, and I can't open the pot at home." ”

Steward Wang didn't continue to ask, thought about it and said: "Scholars are full of wealth, but it is not enough to manage accounts. ”

"Someone, get two books."