In front of Xiao Nanzhu, there were two labor contracts, A4 paper, black and white, with a large series of 365 red and red thumbprints in the column of Party A, while the column of Party B was still empty.
From the moment that Twenty-Four shivered and climbed out of the refrigerator, his expression had been maintained in a very indescribable distortion. Maybe he really didn't know what to say to this series of sudden supernatural events. As soon as his eyebrows twitched, he picked up the defenseless Twenty-Four. Poor Twenty-Four was just a weak scholar. He was brought to the wall by Xiao Nanzhu shouting on his shoulders and was powerless to resist, waiting for a sneer. After hanging the old yellow calendar on the wall again, Xiao Nanzhu ignored Twenty-Four's repeated protests, and immediately pushed the whole person back onto the yellow calendar.
"Ahhhh!! You're crazy!! My son's head!! Ahh!! My son's hairstyle!!! My son's face woohoo!!!"
Twenty-Four's screams sounded really embarrassing enough, Xiao Nanzhu felt a little irritable when he saw that this man couldn't be put back, and Twenty-Four was afraid of this simple and rude barbarian after being tossed by him like this. He quickly handed over the labor contract hidden in his sleeve while he paused. Xiao Nanzhu was speechless. The eight-page labor contract was densely written with many clauses, from remuneration and benefits to specific job content, and the central idea was about how to become a A related approach to a Huang Li division.
According to legend, Huangli Master refers to those alchemists who can change the changes of the four seasons and festivals, and can predict the daily good and bad luck. After modern times, due to the increase of various international festivals and anniversaries, fresh blood has been continuously injected into the ranks of the old almanac.
As the partners of all the Lishens of the old Huangli, the interest relationship between the Huangli Master and the Lishens themselves is maintained by this contract, so it is inevitable that more details will be added.
For example, the respective functions of traditional festivals and the origins behind them, the seasonal changes and four-hour changes that the solar terms are responsible for, and the specific shift arrangements brought about by the calendar gods once sick leave, maternity leave, and marriage leave are all written in a decent manner.
Because it is now 2027 in the Gregorian calendar, compared to the lunisolar calendar in the past, which has clear divisions and laws, the current annual calendar is actually a generalization of traditional festivals and Gregorian calendar festivals, although this is actually the loss of traditional culture to a certain extent. performance, but because of the deviation of the solar calendar algorithm, this is unavoidable, so for today's almanac master, he needs to be responsible for all calendar gods including new calendar festivals and various traditional festivals and solar terms, and the most important thing What's more, Xiao Nanzhu saw the name of his grandmother Xiao Ruhua in the list of successive Huang Li divisions mentioned at the bottom of this contract.
Xiao Nanzhu's grandmother signed such a labor contract when she was alive. For the next few decades, she hid all this from everyone, even his own grandsons knew nothing about it. In my impression, his grandmother has never missed a day for others, but all the weddings and funerals she has planned are always completed smoothly, and once, she could accurately see that a person lived in them. Mothers near the hutong will give birth to quintuplets. You must know that when you first got pregnant, the hospital couldn't detect such a thing. It doesn't make sense that an old lady who doesn't understand medicine can see it at a glance. When Xiao Nanzhu didn't know the situation before, she just thought she was a blind cat and a dead mouse, but now that she thinks about it, she only thinks that her old lady doesn't like to dance, and she can still chase after a lot of age. The old woman who beat him two streets is indeed well-deserved. No wonder she got the nickname of Goddess Xiao, and if it wasn't for the twenty-four who told him all this, she just crawled out of the refrigerator and looked very unreliable. Xiao Nan Candle almost started to seriously think about the feasibility of doing this job.
First of all, he really lacks a serious job at the moment. Based on the current situation, he would rather do this strange-sounding business than follow Situ Zhang's buddies to sell insurance. Although this work is strange and unreliable when you talk about it carefully, it sounds like there is no scientific basis for expelling evil spirits, praying for gods, and interpreting dreams...
Today's young people are different from those in the past. The ideological traditions of the older generation have always held a trace of reverence for the gods and ghosts. However, with the development of science and technology and the progress of medicine, the same as that of thousands of years ago. The backward times that need to pray for the blessing of the gods to treat diseases are completely different. Everyone disdains to use those ignorant methods to make fun of their own lives. Therefore, many traditional industries that cannot be proved by modern science have become completely feudal. dross.
Fortune-telling and astrology and other golden-collar industries that used to disrupt the world have also become popular. Now that I think about it, this statement is inevitably one-sided and extreme. After all, after Xiao Nanzhu has seen these ghostly things with his own eyes, he will not It's good to say that the kind of rejection, but this change in thinking did not make him immediately accept the olive branch that the old Huang Li people thought about him, because Xiao Nanzhu quickly noticed... Huang Li Shi is a profession. It is three hundred and sixty-five days to go to work, and one day to rest! No! Have!
"Hey, there must be some rest time. Our work is not very intensive, and most of the time we are quite free... Besides, this contract actually starts from next year. Speaking of which, everyone is on vacation these days, etc. If you start work after the new year, what you saw last night was Xiaonian, one of the twenty-two traditional festivals, the master of fire... If you have time, you can also bring them to the first and second year of junior high school. As you get acquainted with the workflow…”
Twenty-Four opened his mouth like this, and didn't forget to take out a comb to straighten his hair. Xiao Nan Zhuguang didn't express his opinion, and his arrogant attitude made people want to beat him. At this moment, he was squinting and leaning on the back of the sofa to look at the contract, and he didn't show any joy or anger when he was smoking a cigarette with his legs crossed. His resolute jaw line gives people a very cold feeling, so people who are not familiar with him will inevitably think that he is not easy to get along with, and the facts have also proved that Xiao Nanzhu's personality may be better than his appearance. not getting along well.
Twenty-four sat with him and didn't know how to start the conversation. After all, he knew some of Xiao Nanzhu's temper, and he had nothing to do with this wild horse who couldn't tie it up when he was a child. If Xiao Nanzhu was not willing to do this job , then their progress of this work had to continue to be delayed, and when Xiao Nanzhu noticed Twenty-Four sitting on the opposite sofa secretly observing his expression, he put the cigarette in his finger, and then Slowly buffer twenty-four and said,
"I'm sorry, just now, that... what's your name?"
Playing with the folding fan and wearing a blue robe, Twenty-Six froze when he heard Xiao Nanzhu talking to him, covered his lips and coughed a little embarrassingly.
"On the next twenty-fourth, when I just came out of the refrigerator, I panicked and behaved rudely..."
The cadence of the voice is almost enough to sing, but the twenty-four length is white and pure, so pedantic is not annoying. Xiao Nanzhu nodded and said, and couldn't help looking up at the old yellow calendar that was hung on the wall. At this moment, the yellow calendar just turned to the 24th day, which was almost the same as usual, except that the above should have been The person in the picture, who was staying well, had already run up to him.
Xiao Nanzhu felt a bit absurd for no reason. After all, before returning to his hometown, he never thought that he would stray all the way to this inexplicable road. Now in this situation, he doesn't seem to have any other better choice, but the name of Master Huang Li sounds a bit awkward...
Silently disgusted for a while in his heart, Xiao Nanzhu's face did not show, and he continued to use the twenty-four words in front of him. And Twenty-Four obviously didn't have any intentions. After being hooked up with a few words from Xiao Nanzhu, he said everything.
"Well... Lishen usually stays in the outside world when he goes to work, with a day and night cycle. After one day of work, we will return to the almanac to rest for a year... What we mainly do is to get rid of those who are wandering in the world. Disasters and evil spirits bring benefits to the world, because in recent years, people gradually don't believe in this kind of thing... Therefore, the scope of Huang Li Shi's customers is getting smaller and smaller, and he depends on the date of marriage to calculate the expected date of birth to support himself. Of course, we can come out when we don't go to work, it depends on whether we like it or not... Your grandmother used to find a mahjong partner for the Lantern Festival every year when she couldn't find a mahjong partner every year, but I think you are sure I don't remember... You were still young at that time, only four or five years old..."
Twenty-Four seemed a little interested when he talked about the past, but Xiao Nanzhu also felt a little interesting when he listened to it silently. He was actually moved, but he just wanted to know more about this profession and then give Twenty-four an answer, so he didn't interrupt him any more, instead, he beat Situ Zhang three times and five times with the consequences. Come over and find him the phone to go out for a drink.
It is almost conceivable how Situ Zhang on the other end would jump, Xiao Nanzhu thought for a while with the corners of his mouth hooked, and as soon as he turned off the phone, he listened to Twenty-Four's words to him one by one. After all, this is related to his future career choice, so he also wants to make some psychological preparations in advance, please tell him about the workflow. Speaking of which, I have to praise the ability to read and speak well, and with a flick of my lips, I can tell everything in a good way. On the 24th weekdays, what I know is only some trivial gossip about other celestial beings. It’s not a serious matter to talk to him. On the contrary, Xiao Nanzhu, who was serious at first, didn’t feel attracted by the gossip. Living.
"I'll tell you secretly, you must never say it out. Actually, the relationship between the Qixi Festival and the person on February 14th is particularly bad. Do you know the reason? Hey, didn't you bump your name... So when Valentine's Day comes out in two days, don't mention Qixi to him, or he will definitely go crazy..."
Twenty-Four's advice made Xiao Nanzhu laugh sullenly. Twenty-Four had already introduced Twenty-Five, Valentine's Day and other calendars for the next few days one by one. That day, Twenty-Four suddenly skipped over.
"What happened to him on New Year's Eve? Is it special?"
Seeing that he hesitated and dared not speak, Xiao Nanzhu also became interested, and made a shush gesture when he heard it, and then sneaked up to Xiao Nanzhu's ear and whispered,
"New Year's Eve is different from us. I still didn't tell you. Well, you'll understand when the time comes. Enen..."
Xiao Nanzhu didn't bother to ask any more after seeing his rambunctious appearance. Anyway, we'll see him in a few days. In fact, Xiao Nanzhu basically agreed to work in the honorable position of Master Huang Li for a while. Anyway, Twenty-Four also said that he can resign at any time, but he has to help them find a new boss before leaving. , Because Master Huang Li's income is to give them a certain share, so how the quality of life of Master Huang Li directly affects their quality of life, and the days a few days ago are his probation period, everything will wait a few years later. Say it again.
After such a long conversation, it was getting dark before I knew it. Xiao Nanzhu didn’t seem to want to stay at Twenty-Four for dinner. Twenty-Four also consciously said that I should go back to my own house to make it. Your grandma used to say no. Food package.
Before leaving, he cleaned up the contract that Xiao Nanzhu had signed, but when he was about to leave, Xiao Nanzhu suddenly called out Twenty-Four as if he had remembered something, and then brought a bastard out from the kitchen. handed it to him.
"This… "
Carrying this king eight, Twenty-Four looked a little dumbfounded, Xiao Nanzhu squinted and smiled, then pointed to the old Huang Lidao on the wall,
"Help me bring it to Xiao Nian, just say I paid him, let him stop crying, doesn't the bastard live longer than the carp, you say?"
Twenty-four: "..."