Village Chief Tang Leiyue, intent on taking the edge off this former "Provincial Graduate," assigned Qin Yao an enormous pile of official work, enough to cover half a desk.
Anyone else would probably have been left frazzled and overwhelmed long ago!
Yet Qin Yao accepted without complaint even the documents Registrar Wang had forcibly piled onto him.
The reason he could remain so calm and focused was that every time he read books and reviewed records, he gained rewards others could scarcely imagine.
"Ding! Skill 'Literacy' proficiency +9."
"Ding! Skill 'Literacy' proficiency +8."
"Ding! Skill 'Literacy'..."
After Literacy reached the "Mastery Realm," the efficiency with which Qin Yao gained proficiency inevitably dropped somewhat.
After all, what he was reading now were merely miscellaneous books and disorderly scrolls with little substance to them.
Even so, gaining Literacy experience every few pages was already quite good in Qin Yao's eyes.
By evening.
Village Chief Tang Leiyue strode into the yamen, carrying with him the scent of rouge mingled with alcohol.
"My lord!"
The other clerks hurriedly rose to greet him.
Qin Yao alone was too deeply engrossed in his work to even raise his head.
"This fellow..."
Registrar Wang was the first to react. "His Excellency has arrived, and he dares pretend not to see him?
"Showing such disrespect to a superior official—he must be taught a lesson!"
As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and headed toward Qin Yao.
"Hey. Stay there."
Tang Leiyue called out, neither loudly nor softly.
Registrar Wang immediately halted, pasted on a smile, and stepped aside, watching as the village chief clasped his hands behind his back, swayed at the waist, and walked step by step behind Qin Yao.
"Hehe, Qin Yao's done for now!"
"Not only has this brat made a complete mess of