Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 119 Teaching
Du Jinning looked up at him without making a sound.

Xu Chengyuan is already seventeen or eighteen years old, so he is considered an adult.According to modern calculations, the height is more than 1.7 meters. Because of his thin body, he looks very tall.Standing in front of Du Jinning who is only 1.2 meters three, it stands to reason that he would bring a sense of oppression to Du Jinning.

However, it does not.

Because Xu Chengyuan was holding his fist tightly at this time, his delicate face was flushed, and he looked very ashamed and nervous.It was completely opposite to the calmness and calmness when he took his mother away just now.

"I...can I bother you to read the script for me?" It took Xu Chengyuan a long time to utter a word.

"Huh?" Du Jinning didn't understand what he meant.

What does it mean to help him read the script?Could it be that he said a word wrong, it should be "Lend me to read the script", right?

Xu Chengyuan was even more ashamed: "I know it shouldn't be. After all, you also write scripts. If you teach me, it will also affect you, but I really can't help it. You have also seen the situation just now. Can you see if this is okay? ? From now on, every time I sell a script, I will give you half of the money, which is my teacher's gift. It's just that you are too young, and I am really... really embarrassed to recognize you as a master."

This time Du Jinning understood.Thinking about that guy Guan Jiaze told her class about her writing a storybook, and Xu Chengyuan also learned that she sold a book for two taels of silver, so the family was being chased for debts, so he came up with the idea of ​​writing a storybook as well.Maybe she didn't know how to write, or maybe she wrote it and sold it but hit the south wall, so she ran over to ask her for advice.

For a man of his age and a student who has studied in the academy for several years, it is indeed quite embarrassing to ask a child like her for advice.

"Did you write it out? Show me it, and I'll talk about it after I read it." Du Jinning stretched out his hand.

When Xu Chengyuan heard Du Jinning's agreement, he was overjoyed, and quickly took out a script from his pocket and put it in Du Jinning's hand.

"Go to my house at noon tomorrow to ask the result. My house has just moved to the Zhuangzi behind the academy, you can go there and ask." Du Jinning put the scripture book into the cloth bag, nodded to him, and walked forward .

"Thank you Du...uh, Du..." Xu Chengyuan didn't even know how to address Du Jinning.

Du Jinning waved his hand to the back: "Just call me Du Jinning." He walked away without looking back.

Xu Chengyuan let out a long sigh, wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned and went home.

When Du Jinning returned home, he opened the scripture written by Xu Chengyuan and read it.

I don't know if it was influenced by her script "Unlucky Man Meets Dongting Red", or Xu Chengyuan originally wanted to tell such a story. He also wrote about a man's bizarre experience on the road to business.As expected of a talented student who was able to study in Class A of Boyue Academy, his writing style is not bad.But the writing is too good, but I think it's not good.

Moreover, although Xu Chengyuan tried her best to imitate her "Unlucky Man Coincidentally Meets Dongting Red" and let the protagonist have frequent adventures in the process of doing business, the whole story still seems bland.

Du Jinning shook his head, put the script aside, took out the Four Treasures of the Study, and began to practice calligraphy.

In this ancient time, handwriting was another face of a student, and whether handwriting was good or not was related to the success or failure of the imperial examination.Although Du Jinning did not plan to take part in the imperial examination, it was still necessary to improve his handwriting.

She is intelligent by nature, and with the guidance of such a famous teacher as Guan Lehe, she has made rapid progress, but in just a few days, the writing is already decent, and it is no longer as horrible as it was at the beginning.

After more than an hour, Du Fangling and Du Fanghui finally came back. The faces of the two sisters were flushed from the cold, but they were in good spirits, smiling all over their faces.As soon as he entered the door, Du Fangling took out the copper coins from his pocket and gave them to Du Jinning, saying, "Have you counted the copper coins you brought back? How much did you earn?"

"No, it's there, you count it." Du Jinning pointed to the cloth bag on the bed.

Because he sold dried tofu and collected a lot of copper coins, Du Jinning worried that he would be watched by his two sisters, so he brought them back first.

In fact, she knew without counting that a total of more than five catties of dried tofu and two boards of tofu were sold, which cost about 170 yuan.Excluding the cost of buying beans and spices, excluding labor costs, they earned more than 120 copper coins, that is, one and two cents of silver.

But she is not that stupid, she will use her high IQ to bully her sister, and deprive them of the joy of counting money until their hands cramp.The two older sisters were so happy after standing there cold and hungry for most of the day, wasn't it because they made money?
Afraid of disturbing Du Jinning, the two sisters counted quietly for a long time. Du Fangling couldn't help but report the good news: "Brother Ning, it's 170 100 Wen. After deducting the cost, we earned more than [-] Wen."

This is a lot of money for more than 100 Wen, which is a lot of money for the Du family's third party, who is poor and white, and even the Chen family has no money.

The most important thing is that this is just the little sisters' one day's labor income yesterday-they didn't count the most of the day's selling effort today.

The great success and joy of getting something to work made the two ecstatic. Du Fangling put down the copper coins and wanted to run out; "I'll tell mother."

"Come back." Du Jinning called to her, "If there are outsiders there, don't tell. Don't you know that the money is not revealed? If people know that our family can earn so much money every day, then come to ask for production There are quite a few people who make bean curd recipes, you need to understand this."

Du Fangling's face turned pale: "How could it be? This is our family's secret recipe, no one is so thick-skinned, right?"

Du Fanghui also looked over nervously.

"Why not? Money touches people's hearts. If you know that your neighbor's family has such a craft and can earn a hundred yuan a day, would you also want to know how they do it?" Du Jinning said, "Others may not I will ask clearly, but it is possible to insinuate and trick you, or to take a look at you while you are working and steal some teachers. You have to be careful and don't be fooled by others."

The two of them nodded nervously.

"Also, the method of making tofu is not complicated. Let's sell it, and those who make tofu will buy it back and think about it. After a few tries, they may be able to make a similar one. So it may not be long before the market will You have to be mentally prepared for dried tofu made by others."

Looking at the faces of the two sisters, the joy just now was swept away, replaced by panic and anxiety, Du Jinning felt a little unbearable, thinking that he was too cruel, told them this early, and didn't let them do it for a few more days dream.

But it's what she has to do.

Although she hasn't done statistics, she always feels that a strong and capable mother's children are often cowardly and lack of opinion.Because everything about me is determined by my mother, all I have to do is obey.Such a person will inevitably be more difficult to succeed in society than an independent and capable person.

She doesn't want to be a strong and capable parent, and let her sisters become people who have no ideas of their own and only know how to rely on and obey her.They also have to grow up, and if we work together, life will get better and better.When they get married, life will be happy.

Now she is teaching them: No matter what happens, there is a good side and a bad side. They need to be far-sighted, predict early, and prepare early to prevent things from developing in a bad direction.

"Then... what should we do then?" Thinking of the scene Du Jinning described, the sisters felt terrible.Du Fanghui asked with a pale face.

"What should I do? Think about it for yourself. I have no good solution." After Du Jinning said this, he lowered his head and continued to practice her calligraphy, ignoring them.

Du Fangling and Du Fanghui looked at each other and walked out in silence.

Walking outside the door, Du Fangling asked, "Shall we still go to find our mother?"

Du Fanghui shook his head: "Let's not go, let's talk about it when Mother and Eldest Sister come back."

Du Fangling was silent for a moment, bit her lower lip: "Let's grind the beans first, and think about what my brother said just now while grinding."

Du Fanghui tugged at her sleeve: "There are not many beans at home."

The beans at home were exchanged by Mrs. Chen when he picked up tofu and wandered around the village, and the quantity was not much.The amount of beans needed to make dried tofu is large. I made a few catties of dried tofu and two boards of tofu yesterday, and there is not much left.

Du Fangling was taken aback, and wanted to go into the house: "I asked my younger brother for some money, and while there are still people in the market, I will buy some beans." Then he planned to enter the house.

"Sister..." Du Fanghui grabbed her arm, "Why don't we ask on Zhuangzi to see if these people have beans at home. If they do, they must be cheaper than those in the market."

　Sorry, I took the child back to my mother's house today, the update is late
　　
　
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