Grandmother Pei was really upset today. After she finished talking about the past, she fell asleep. Pei Che and Jiang Miao asked Grandma Gao to stay here, and they retreated carefully.
When they returned to the yard, the two children had already finished lunch and started to sleep. Pei Che asked someone to bring a few dishes for him and Jiang Miao to eat together. He didn't feel anxious when he came back, but now that he started to eat, he realized that he was very hungry.
It had been three years since I had tasted the authentic Liangjing flavor. Jiang Miao ate two large bowls of rice before he was willing to put down his bowl. Pei Che didn't spend much time on it. It was obvious that he was still thinking about what had just happened. Fortunately, they were back. The next thing couldn't be solved for the time being, so he had to work it out slowly.
After dinner, Pei Che had to report to the Ministry of Personnel first, and then go through the handover procedures before he could take up his post. This time he came back, he was still a fifth-rank official, which was considered a transfer to Beijing. However, there was a world of difference between a fifth-rank official in a remote area and a fifth-rank official in Liangjing. If Pei Che had not discovered a new iron mine in Cangzhou, and spread the reputation of Cangzhou Green, helping the people of Cangzhou get rid of poverty and become rich, I am afraid that he might not be able to be transferred back to Liangjing from Cangzhou for more than ten years just based on his political achievements.
Pei Che was going out, and Jiang Miao also wanted to go out. He didn't know what was going on with his Jiang's shop. Although he could receive the share of money sent by Wu Guanjia every year, Jiang Miao still wanted to see it with his own eyes. He asked Chan Yi and Wen Jing to take care of the two little ones, and to tell them where they were going after they woke up. They were also this big now, and no longer needed adults to accompany them all day like when they were very young.
The Ministry of Personnel was relatively close to the Duke's Mansion, so the driver first sent Pei Che to the Ministry of Personnel, and then turned around and drove towards the outer city.
It was summer, and the weather was hot at noon. There were few people on the street, and the carriage ran very fast, and soon it was out of the inner city. Since arriving in the outer city, Jiang Miao had been lifting the curtain all the way, looking at the familiar scenery outside, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
The car stopped as they looked at it. The sign of Jiang's shop had been weathered for several years and looked a little old, but for business people, it was the result of years of hard work and careful management.
It was past dinner time, and there were only a few customers sitting inside. On the tables of these customers were trays with cold noodles and mung bean soup, which were the summer heat relief packages launched by Jiang Miao a few years ago. Nowadays, many stores have these, but some old customers still prefer to come to Jiang's shop, thinking that the taste here is more authentic than other stores.
Jiang Miao walked in, knocked on the table, and shouted, "Brother Xiaoer, give me some cold noodles."
"Okay." An honest-looking man replied, and came over with a rag. While wiping the table, he asked, "I wonder what your taste is, sir? Is there anything you don't want to eat... Boss! Are you back?"
"Brother Daniu, long time no see." Jiang Miao looked at Daniu with a smile. Daniu got married not long after Jiang Miao went to Cangzhou. After receiving the letter, Jiang Miao specially asked someone to send a gift over.
"You're not leaving this time? By the way, there's some cold noodles." Da Niu slapped his forehead and hurried to the back. After a while, he came out with a tray.
"I still remember your taste. Add more cucumber shreds and make it spicier, right?"
Jiang Miao wasn't actually hungry, but he hadn't eaten cold noodles for a long time, so he still wanted to. He immediately picked up some with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, giving a thumbs up: "Yes, this is the taste."
When Daniu heard this, he laughed and looked as honest and reliable as usual.
"By the way, Brother Daniu, where are the others?" Jiang Miao was a little surprised.
Daniu said, "There were too many guests just now, so they just finished their work and are eating inside now. I ate before them, so I'm the only one guarding now." As he was talking, he suddenly realized, "I forgot to tell them that you're back!"
"It's okay, we'll know when they come out. Brother Danniu, I found you are much more talkative than before this time." Jiang Miao said. In his impression, Danniu is a man of few words and likes to concentrate on his work.
Daniu scratched his head, and a shy expression appeared on his honest face: "Isn't this your sister-in-law? She loves to talk, and she talks every day. She has made me talk more than before."
Jiang Miao smiled and said, it turns out that love can change people.
As they were talking, a man came out after finishing his meal. He saw Daniu sitting at a table and talking to a guest, who looked very familiar with him. He was a little surprised. When he looked more closely, he found that the guest's profile looked very familiar, and then he realized what was going on.
"Boss!" he also shouted.
As soon as this sound came out, everyone looked at him. Tang Lin was completely unaware and walked a few steps to Jiang Miao's table: "Boss, you are finally back!"
Tang Lin was still very happy, although he could not be the shopkeeper after Jiang Miao came back. But he knew in his heart who was the real owner of the shop. Moreover, he was good at business, but not at cooking. The business of the shop could only rely on the ideas that Shopkeeper Jiang had come up with before. It was not like when Shopkeeper Jiang was here, he always introduced some new products, which made the customers feel fresh.
"Yes, Manager Tang, you manage this shop well." Jiang Miao praised him. The business did not decline much after he left, and the money he received every year was not much different from before.
Jiang Miao smiled and shook his head: "That won't work. I can't take care of the business of the Jiang family shop. It's better for you to take care of it. But if there is good food, I will send someone to deliver it, and then the shop will have more income."
When Tang Lin heard this, he was even happier. Both problems were solved. The business in the shop would improve and he could continue to be the shopkeeper.
Soon, a woman with a bulging belly came out from behind. Jiang Miao saw her and quickly stood up and walked towards her, supporting her with his hand: "Sister Xiaoyu, your belly is so big, why don't you rest?"
I heard from the previous letter that Xiaoyu was pregnant. At that time, Jiang Miao told Butler Wu to inform Xiaoyu to take paid leave and hire someone else to take care of the business in the shop. Unexpectedly, she didn't listen.
Jiang Yu was pleasantly surprised to see Jiang Miao, but then he saw that he was worried, so he gestured to her, saying that she was resting and that she came to help because she couldn't stay idle. Jiang Miao was relieved, otherwise he would feel bad for using a pregnant woman to work.
Soon, Li Ping, Aunt Wen and the newly recruited wife of Daniu all came out. They treated Jiang Miao warmly as usual, which made Jiang Miao forget the strange feeling of not coming back for three years.
This time when Jiang Miao came back, in addition to taking a look at the changes in the Jiang family shop and the people inside, Jiang Miao also took out some of his share of the profits to increase their salaries.
There are not many employees who can work honestly in a shop for three or four years without any ulterior motives. If we still pay them according to the prices of three years ago, it would be a bit unreasonable.
Jiang Miao raised the salary, so how could they not be happy? A group of people sat around the table and chatted for a long time when there were no customers.
When it got darker and guests gradually arrived, Jiang Miao said goodbye to everyone and went home. When he returned to the Duke's Mansion, Pei Che had already returned and was now in the study.
Jiang Miao went to the study and saw Pei Che staring at a box on the table, so he walked over to see what was going on.
"Isn't this your official seal? Why did you get it back?" The official seal would be kept in the yamen, while the official's private seal would be sent back to the Ministry of Personnel for storage, waiting to be given out when the next official came to hand it over.
Pei Che smiled and said, "This is a new seal, which was handed over to me today. Do you know what official they assigned me this time?"
Jiang Miao frowned and thought for a while, and finally shook his head. He only knew of one position of prefecture governor from the fifth rank, but there was no such position in Liangjing City.
"Open the box and take a look." Pei Che pushed the box towards him.
Seeing that he was still keeping it a secret, Jiang Miao couldn't help but become curious. He opened the box, took out the official seal and pressed it on the paper, and then he saw a few words appear on it.
"Ministry of Revenue... Yuanwailang. What kind of official is this? Is the Ministry of Revenue the unit that manages money?" Jiang Miao suddenly became excited. The Ministry of Finance, this is a lucrative job!
"Yes and no." Pei Che said.
"what does it mean?"
Pei Che pulled Jiang Miao to sit beside him, and wrote a few words on the paper with a pen in one hand, namely "Civil Affairs, Taxation, Land".
"The Ministry of Revenue has three functions. The first is civil affairs, which is responsible for the marriage and funerals of the people, and household registration. The second is taxation, which is responsible for commercial tax revenue and various grants required by the court. The third is land, which is responsible for the taxes produced by the fields. The money in this area is used for people's livelihood. I was transferred to the Ministry of Revenue this time. It seems like a good job, but in fact, they let me be responsible for civil affairs."
Jiang Miao was stunned. Did he jump from the Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Civil Affairs? The lucrative job turned into a boring one.
(End of this chapter)