Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 131
The three of them entered the room and sat down as guests and hosts.

Liang Xiankuan looked at the furnishings in the room, and asked Du Jinning with a smile, "Are you planning to go to the academy after the New Year?" Seeing Du Jinning nodded, he asked again, "Then what do you do at home all day?"

"I didn't do anything. I read books at home and then helped the family with some work. Just now I went to my own field on the mountain." Du Jinning said.

She didn't know Liang Xiankuan well, but she knew that he was not a simple-minded person, and he was at odds with Guan Jiaze, so she naturally wouldn't say anything. She still understands the truth that "you can only talk a little bit when you see people, and don't give up all your heart."

"Brother Liang, why don't you go to the academy today?" Although he was curious about Liang Xiankuan's intentions, Du Jinning decided to make some greetings first, and at the same time, he also used Liang Xiankuan's words.But don't let Liang Xiankuan find out everything about her family, but she doesn't know anything about him.

"I have something to do at home today, so I asked for leave." Liang Xiankuan said.

Du Jinning nodded slightly.

Liang Xiankuan looked at her and said with a smile, "Why don't you ask what's going on at my house?"

Du Jinning was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and shook his head: "This is a matter of Senior Brother Liang's family. If Senior Brother Liang wants to talk about it, he will naturally say so; if he doesn't want to talk about it, I will ask him rashly. Wouldn't Senior Brother Liang be embarrassed? I'm not talented, I haven't studied for a few days, but I still understand the truth."

"If Junior Brother Du says he's not talented, wouldn't there be no room for us people?" Liang Xiankuan said with a smile.

He asked again: "Where did Junior Brother Du study?"

"I didn't read it, I just got a few words taught by my uncle at home and read some books by myself."

"Are you also learning arithmetic from your uncle?"

Hearing this, Du Jinning secretly became vigilant, but he didn't show it on the face, and shook his head with a smile: "That's not true, my uncle never told me these things, he only taught me to read "Three Hundred Thousand", recite Some "The Analects", "Mencius", "Three Hundred Poems" and so on."

She opened a pair of big black and white eyes, and asked curiously: "Why, do you still need to learn this thing? You can understand it at a glance." As she spoke, she seemed to think of something, and she slapped her forehead, "Oh yes, don't worry about it It’s called math. Math, math, it’s naturally a science.”

Her expression became more and more curious: "What do you usually study? Which gentleman in the academy taught you? This subject is so easy to learn, isn't it very simple?"

It doesn't matter if she pretends to be naive or stupid, but Liang Xiankuan's heart is broken when she says it: You haven't learned anything, and you are better than the No. 1 math student in my academy.

"No, I don't think it's simple. I'll know when my junior brother goes to the academy in a few years." Du Jinning's words almost made Liang Xiankuan burst into tears. He decided not to talk about this heart-wrenching topic, and stop inquiring about Du Jinning's affairs. He hastened to be decisive Just explain the matter clearly and leave, "Because my junior brother is good at arithmetic, I just came here today to ask my junior brother to help me."

"Help? How can I help?" Du Jinning was really curious this time.

"That's right. Our family is in the wood and furniture business. At the end of the year, there are so many things to do, and the accountant at home is too busy. No, I have asked for leave these two days to go back to help." Liang Xiankuan said, "Because you You are good at arithmetic, so I would like to ask you to help me, go to my house and do the calculation with the accountants. Don't worry, the salary will be calculated according to the status of the old accountant, five renminbi a day."

As he spoke, Liang Xiankuan looked at Du Jinning expectantly.

Du Jinning also looked at him, feeling a little puzzled.

The Liang family wouldn't be so short of people, right?Although she did well in math that day, she was only ten years old.Who would ask a child to help with accounts?They don't talk about doing things without working hard, and everyone who hires an accountant must hire an old accountant. They are prudent and careful in handling things, so it is not easy to make mistakes.Doesn't Liang Xiankuan know this truth?

"Uh, this..." She touched her nose and asked in great confusion, "Senior Brother Liang, can I ask the real reason?"

Liang Xiankuan was taken aback for a moment, and then burst out laughing "haha".

That's right, it's true that their family's business is very busy, and it's true that he asked for leave to go home to help, but it's not so short of people that they need to ask outsiders to help.He came to invite Du Jinning and returned such a high salary, all because of the fact that Du Jinning would be very promising in the future.

He heard Guan Jiaze bragging to his classmates that Du Jinning had never been to school for a day, but in less than ten days of learning to read by himself, he was able to write a very wonderful speech - the book "The Unlucky Man Coincidentally Met in Dongting" "Red" he also lowered his posture and asked Guan Jiaze to borrow it to read it. It was indeed very well written - plus Du Jinning's photographic memory and excellent arithmetic skills that he showed in the competition that day, he valued it very much. He secretly had the heart of soliciting.

It wasn't that he was angry with Guan Jiaze, and wanted to drag the students who had a good relationship with Guan Jiaze into his camp.He is not as childish as Guan Jiaze.

The mind and talent shown by Liang Xiankuan made the head of the Liang family regard him as the next head of the family to train him.As long as he wanted to be the head of the family and grow the Liang family, Liang Xiankuan understood that he would not be able to do it alone, and he had to have helpers.

As for Du Jinning, even though he was accepted as a disciple by Guan Lehe, he returned to the Guan family.But Liang Xiankuan felt that Guan Lehe was a very scholarly person. He was kind to Du Jinning, but only loved his talents, and he didn't mean to recruit Du Jinning to serve the Guan family.In this way, the Liang family stretched out their hands first, and they might be able to recruit Du Jinning.

After all, Du Jinning is a child of a poor family.Even if he is talented and caring about Lehe, he will not go very far.Because he has a family to support, and he needs to make money to feed and clothe his family.It is so difficult for such a person to take the imperial examination.If he doesn't take the imperial examination, he will have to find a job to do.Liang Xiankuan gave him a chance to make money, and slowly played the emotional card. Are you afraid that Du Jinning will not be grateful to Dade, make friends with Liang Xiankuan, and try his best to do things for the Liang family?
Taking a step back, even if Du Jinning finally passed the imperial examination and left his official career, the Liang family has handed him an olive branch. When he becomes an official in the future, when it is convenient, he can also give the Liang family some convenience, right?

In a word, he appreciated Du Jinning's intelligence, talent, and intelligence that day, seeing what he knew little about.He is very optimistic about Du Jinning, so he also hopes that when Du Jinning has not yet become a figure, he will burn a cold stove and try his best to make friends with Du Jinning.

Since Du Jinning asked, Liang Xiankuan decided not to hide it, and said frankly: "I said that day, I like you, I think you are very smart and capable, so I hope I can make good friends with you. But it is true that my family is short of manpower."

As he spoke, he looked at Du Jinning expectantly again, waiting for her answer.

(End of this chapter)