Chapter 23 Entering the Government Office for the Second Time

  Qin Kan was thus brought into the Yinn County government office by Du Yan.

  This is his second time entering the county government office, the first time as a defendant, pulled in by Du Yan, and this time as a teacher, invited in by Du Yan. The two experiences are vastly different.

  No surprise, from now on this will be his daily commute to work, just like the steward in a TV series from his previous life, shaking a small folding fan, with a mole on his face and beady little eyes darting back and forth, often giving his master some bad ideas that would cut off his descendants...

  Qin Kan let out a deep sigh, he had a strong feeling of self-loathing.

  Du Yan, who was walking in front, was skipping and jumping with joy, her excitement was palpable. Qin Kan felt especially displeased with her joyful and excited emotions, this little woman must be harboring evil intentions, once she enters the county government office, it's equivalent to falling into her hands, from now on, his future prospects are worrisome, not only will he have to exhaust himself serving County Magistrate Du, but also compete with County Magistrate Du's daughter in wit and bravery, either like Sun Wukong in the Buddha's palm, using a very grassroots and A-Q way to pee on her middle finger, or be beaten three times a day by her and die miserably within the Shan Yin county government office...

  All the way, Qin Kan thought a lot, very messy, the more he thought, the heavier his mood became...

  Big house, beautiful wife, pretty maid... his ideals seemed to have gone far away from him.

  The little woman suddenly stopped and turned around to smile at him.

  The sunlight sprinkled on her side face, as if a layer of golden light was superimposed, the heroic spirit and delicate tenderness blended in the sunlight into a perfect and flawless complexion, like a fairy walking out of a beautiful painting.

  Qin Kan felt his heart skip two beats, held his breath, and was momentarily stunned.

  "Hey! Are you stupid?" Du Yan waved her small hand in front of him.

  Qin Kan snapped back to reality and immediately looked away.

  Don't be fooled by this brief illusion, she still owes me two hundred taels of silver, two hundred taels of silver...

  "Then what happened after Qin Gongzi and Sun Wukong lost the bet with Buddha?"

  Later, the monkey urinated on the Buddha's middle finger. He was really impolite, you can't learn from him...

  Du Yan's face turned red as she playfully punched him: "Get out! Do you think I'm shameless like you?"

  Qin Kan sighed, this woman was indeed blind, obviously he was a refined gentleman, but she said he had no shame...

  Enter from the side gate of the county government office, bypassing the auspicious beast screen wall, and go straight through the main hall. Behind the main hall, there is a small forest with a winding stream running through it, and on the bank of the stream, there is a fake mountain with a small pavilion on top. The scenery in this small county government office is really pleasant and relaxing. Although the Ming dynasty had rules that officials should not decorate their offices, those in power would always find ways to circumvent these rules, so no one would be too humble about themselves.

  Du Hong was working in the second wing of the hall next to the artificial hill.

  This was also Qin Kan's second meeting with Du Hong.

  Du Hong was around forty years old, wearing a round-necked T-shirt with a team flower, looking dignified, with a strand of green beard under his chin neatly trimmed, his eyes shining brightly, quite majestic.

  Qin Kan bowed respectfully and greeted Du Hong: "Late-born Qin Kan has seen County Magistrate."

  Du Hong slightly tilted her head and smiled calmly: "So you're a talented young man who thinks life is like first love."

  Qin Kan's face suddenly turned red, and he dryly laughed twice, then his eyes fiercely stared at Du Yan.

  As expected, she's a shrewd woman. She promised to help her father get out of trouble, but as soon as she turned around, she sold him out, and the matter of writing poetry was forever left unspoken.

  Another life lesson learned: never trust a woman's mouth, wanting a gossip to keep secrets is like expecting a dead gossip...

  The dead old woman standing at the door blushed and awkwardly spat out a fragrant tongue, then turned her head and ran away.

  Du Hong didn't bother to chat with him, and instead asked Qin Kan to write a poem. He came up with an idea to help him deal with the situation without mentioning it, pointing to the stacks of account books and documents on his desk: "The previous official who invited the teacher was too aware of the times, leaving behind this full table of account books and resigning from me. You've arrived just in time, help me take care of these financial accounts."

  Is this officially going to work?

  Qin Kan was not quite used to Du Hong's swift and decisive manner, he had thought that County Magistrate would spend an hour speaking in official tones, lecturing him with a stern face, but instead he came straight to the point, without wasting a single word.

  Qin Kan appreciates his style. Du Zhixian is a good person, it's just that he failed in educating his daughter, but that's okay, nobody is perfect, so I forgive him.

  Hugging a large stack of account books, Qin Kan followed Du Hong's long-serving attendant Zheng Bo to a very small but very clean side room. The interior was simply decorated, but the writing desk had already been prepared with pen and ink.

  This is Qin Kan's office.

  Looking at the stacks of account books, Qin Kan couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh. He had clearly prepared to be a romantic and talented scholar, so how did he end up becoming an accountant? It was just like writing an article that had gone off-topic - his ideals seemed to have seriously diverged from reality.

  As a former white-collar worker, doing accounts is naturally no problem, reciting poetry and writing couplets are his hobbies, financial management and accounting are his profession.

  He opened the account book and Qin Kan took a glance at it, then his eyes widened in shock.

  What kind of accounting method is this?

  Each entry, each page records the date, such as "Today, 200 stones of millet were stored in the warehouse, today 2,000 coins were taken out" and so on. On the last page of each month, a summary of income and expenses was made, from beginning to end it is simply an account book.

  Qin Kan was stunned, such a fluid account, if you want to embezzle from it, it's even more convenient than taking things from your own home.

  The account book was a real test of Qin Kan's willpower - it was too difficult to resist the temptation not to embezzle and enrich himself with this primitive account book, if he did, he would be sorry for Du Zhixian, if he didn't, he would be sorry for himself...

  Duzhi County still owes me 200 taels of silver, and I don't dare splash red paint on his family's wall...

  Qin Kan stood up and closed his account book, he needed to calm down.

  What can be guaranteed is that if one really wants to cook the books, it's absolutely possible to do so seamlessly, because these accounts are full of loopholes anyway. Whether or not to be greedy depends on one's own thoughts.

  Taking advantage of his hesitation, Qin Kan carefully examined the room.

  The room was very simple, with only a desk and nothing else. On the north wall, there was also a bookcase, which was empty. It is said that this was the office of the previous teacher, who not only ran away quickly but also took all the things in the office cleanly.

  Qin Kan didn't care about the environment, he was a very easy-going person, his only dissatisfaction was... after all, he was also a teacher in the government office, why didn't anyone even pour him a cup of tea?

  Thirsty, Qin Kan decided to take matters into his own hands.

  Behind the wing is a delicate small garden. On the north side of the garden, there is a row of small houses where the long-following servants rest, next to which is the latrine.

  So Qin Kan decided to find a miscellaneous worker to solve the most basic problem of tea and water.

  The servant saw Qin Kan wearing a long gown, dressed as a scholar. Although he didn't know that this was the newly appointed teacher, he was very polite and hastily poured Qin Kan a bowl of scalding hot tea.

  The water is very hot, with a few tea leaves floating on the surface. The blackish color of the tea is unknown in quality. The rim of the bowl is not quite clean.

  Qin Kan furrowed his brow and pointed at the door of the outhouse that Gong had closed, asking the miscellaneous servant: "Is this a toilet?"

  Miscellaneous servant bowed his head and smiled: "Right..."

  As soon as the words fell, Qin Kan poured a bowl of scalding hot tea directly inside...

  "Wash the bowl and get another one."

  The servant's face changed, and then a mournful cry suddenly came from the inner chamber, followed by the sound of pounding on the door, scratching on the wall, and the rustling of trousers being tied...

  Qin Kan's face also changed.

  He swiftly handed the bowl to the stunned servant, and Qin Kan covered his face with one wide sleeve, his eyes fiercely staring at the servant: "Remember! You haven't seen me!"

  Withdraw, retreat far away, and deeply hide one's body and name.

  P.S. There is another update tonight.....