Traveling through books: Traveling through time with a golden finger to become a soft rice man

Deducting salary is a small matter. The key is that they only have this one chance to be late. Once it is used up, it is gone. If they are late again, they will be punished.

Yang Yuanzu came to the Ministry of Agriculture yawning and looking listless. This was his last day at the Ministry of Agriculture and he would be transferred to the Ministry of Industry tomorrow.

As luck would have it, it was his turn to work the night shift on the last day. That day was the emperor's birthday banquet to receive foreign envoys and also Luo Mingshi's birthday.

Yang Yuanzu really didn't expect that Luo Mingshi would have his birthday on the same day as the emperor. Luo Mingshi complained that Yang Yuanzu didn't care about his birthday and didn't even know the exact day.

Yang Yuanzu didn't even care about the exact day of the emperor's birthday, let alone Luo Mingshi's. He only remembered the approximate date, thinking that someone would remind him of his birthday when the time came.

Luo Mingshi's family would remind him of his birthday, and people in the palace would certainly talk about the emperor's birthday from time to time, which made it impossible for him to ignore it even if he wanted to.

Knowing that their birthdays overlapped, Yang Yuanzu thought about his family's instructions to go back and celebrate together. Of course, their family celebrated behind closed doors. No one dared to celebrate the same birthday as the emperor on the day of his birthday banquet. So he asked his colleagues indirectly if anyone was willing to switch shifts with him.

The first person Yang Yuanzu could find was Lord Li, who was also an agricultural official and with whom he had a good relationship. Upon hearing what Yang Yuanzu said, Lord Li laughed and rejected the request in a friendly and affable manner.

Switch shifts? You were not in the agricultural company the next day, but I switched shifts with you. I am not crazy. If you were not two ranks higher than me, I would have said hello to you.

Yang Yuanzu saw Lord Li's weird look and went to other people awkwardly, but they refused just like Li Rui did. However, they were much more polite and made up other excuses, saying that their mother was sick and they needed to go back to take care of her, or their son had a cold and they needed to go back to look after him.

If Yang Yuanzu was promoted within the Ministry of Revenue, these people might come forward to help. The key point is that Yang Yuanzu went to the Ministry of Works. In other words, the two departments were completely unrelated. They would definitely not be willing to sacrifice their free time, especially on the day of the birthday banquet.

Others are having a lively party, watching beauties dancing, listening to beautiful music, and enjoying delicious wine and food. Who would want to be on duty at the agricultural company alone and lonely?

In addition, Yang Yuanzu was usually easy-going and not someone who held grudges, so everyone became more casual and directly rejected Yang Yuanzu's request to change shifts.

After several fruitless inquiries, Yang Yuanzu had no choice but to stay and work the night shift. When it was time to get off work, he watched his colleagues leave reluctantly.

Luo Mingshi would pass by the Agricultural Company on his way home from get off work. When he passed by, he took a look inside the Agricultural Company and happened to see Yang Yuanzu doing stretching exercises in the yard. Then he learned that Yang Yuanzu would not be able to return home today.

Yang Yuanzu saw Luo Mingshi peeking out of the door and called him in. Luo Mingshi ran in expectantly and said, "Brother, are you going to give me a birthday gift?"

Yang Yuanzu only brought gifts for the emperor when he entered the palace today. He didn't have the extra hands to take Luo Mingshi with him. Besides, Luo Mingshi would have to take the gifts back when he brought them into the palace. He didn't want to go through such trouble, so he said, "The gifts are with your brother-in-law. Ask him to take them. Also, tell your family to send me dinner." Then he added, "Today is your birthday. Huahua must have prepared something delicious. Remember to bring me some more."

"Brother, do you have any wine? We're drinking fruit wine at home today."

Fruit wine is not intoxicating, but Yang Yuanzu didn't want to drink it while on duty, so he rejected Luo Mingshi's proposal.

Luo Mingshi received the order and walked out of the palace. Today, the one who came to pick him up was a heavenly servant. When the heavenly servant saw Luo Mingshi coming out, he put down the book in his hand and asked, "The master was left behind to guard?"

Luo Mingshi nodded and climbed into the carriage.

After knowing that Yang Yuanzu was not coming back, Lin Ting'an took two food boxes and went to the Luo family kitchen with Xiaofan. After a while, he came out with the food boxes and went to the door. Yang Huahua followed him out and shouted at the door: "Brother, I have been stewing the pigeon soup for the whole afternoon. Don't take the pot with me. At least leave some!"

Lin Ting'an was holding a small porcelain pot, and Su Ning followed behind with two food boxes, reminding him, "Master, that small porcelain pot is very hot. Let me take it!"

Xiao Fan's hands were not idle. Seeing the guard standing at the door, Lin Ting'an handed the small porcelain pot to the guard. Together with the coachman Tianpu, the four of them drove towards the gate of the imperial palace.

When they arrived at the door, everyone was stopped outside as usual. A young eunuch standing inside the door saw Lin Ting'an and the others raised their hands, and he stepped forward and handed over the message written by Yang Yuanzu.

Lin Ting'an saw that it was Yang Yuanzu who sent someone to greet them, so he handed the things to the eunuch and also gave him a reward. Yang Yuanzu's monthly salary was not enough for the reward.

The things delivered to the palace had to be inspected at the gate. The young eunuch handed the food box and hot pot to the guard at the gate, secretly gave him a piece of silver, and said humbly with a smile on his face: "The weather is cold, so I hope you can check it quickly, so that the heat in the food will not dissipate and we will be blamed by you for being tired."

After receiving the silver, the guard just opened the food box, took a look and let the person go. The young eunuch received the order and went into the palace with the things. When Lin Ting'an saw people going in, he turned around and got on the carriage to go home. As a result, as soon as he got home and got off the carriage, Luo Mingshi pestered him for some peerless medical book, so he ran to Yang Yuanzu's study to look for the book.

Lin Ting'an brought a lot of food, so the young eunuch hung the food boxes on his arms, then freed his hands to carry the small pot towards the Agricultural Department.

Yang Yuanzu was waiting for his takeaway food at the door. A young eunuch came out from the corner with the food. Yang Yuanzu stepped forward and took the pot. The young eunuch followed Yang Yuanzu into the Agriculture Department, explaining that the meal was delivered by Lin Ting'an himself.

Yang Yuanzu could feel the heat of the pot even though the handle of the pot was wrapped with a towel. He must have brought it directly from the stove. He just didn't know whether he stewed it himself or his younger brother Yang Huahua.

Yang Yuanzu put the pot on the table that had been cleared long ago. The young eunuch was about to leave when Yang Yuanzu called him over. He took out a plate of roast chicken from the food box and shared it with the young eunuch. "My husband sent too much food. It would be a waste if I can't finish it all. You can share the roast chicken!"

The young eunuch had not expected that he would get a plate of roast chicken just for running errands today. He kowtowed to Yang Yuanzu in surprise, took the roast chicken and left, going to share the roast chicken with his friends.