Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 135 Interview
Du Jinning himself is half a boy, even younger than the boys in front of him, only ten years old; Qi Muyuan is only 12 years old, about the same age as these people.Only Zhang Hongwen was older, and he was only fourteen or fifteen years old, but they didn't realize it, and only regarded themselves as adults.

A few people went over to sit, Zhuang Yue first introduced, and then motioned for a few boys to come up and salute.

The difference between several people can be seen from the salute.

Those three were found from Goulan tile shop, presumably because they stayed in Goulan for a long time, they were bold and didn't feel flustered at all; Some nodded and bowed; although the two boys from the Guan Mansion were servants, they were born in the Guan Mansion and had seen the world. They were not timid when they went up to salute and say hello, and their expressions were dignified and generous, which was more dignified than those in Goulan.

Only Qian Dongbao's grandson, who may have been treasured at home and was born in a small family, stammered when he greeted him, shyly saluted, and looked very nervous. Seeing Qian Dongbao, he wished he could step forward to replace him. He saluted and greeted An Fang.

Du Jinning saw all this in his eyes.

She said: "Tell me about your respective situations, and why you want to work in our teahouse."

Although the two boys in Guan's mansion heard from their elder brother and cousin that although this teahouse is owned by Master Guan Qi, that Young Master Du is the youngest and unremarkable in clothes, but he is a formidable figure. The young master listened to him.Therefore, they did not dare to underestimate Du Jinning.

But this is ultimately the property of their own Seventh Young Master, and they have a sense of superiority that others don't have in their hearts.As soon as Du Jinning finished speaking, Chen Jiaxing's younger brother took a step forward and introduced himself: "My name is Chen Jiarong, and Chen Jiaxing is my elder brother. Our parents are both working in the Guanfu. Waiting in the courtyard. I am ranked fourth. As for why you come here? Of course it is to make money, and I am too old, so I can’t just stay at home and eat idle food, can I?”

As he spoke, he smiled and gave a salute.

Seeing this, Liu Ze's cousin hurried forward and said: "My name is Wu Tianyou, and I am the only son in my family. My father and mother also work in the Guanfu. But my father takes care of the livestock, and my mother works in the kitchen. .I, like Brother Liu, came here to make money."

After the two of them finished speaking, there was a brief silence in the room, and no one spoke.However, a few boys in the Goulan soon realized that something was wrong. One of them looked at the older one, and hurried forward to salute, saying: "My name is Lu Xiaobei, and I used to be from the city. After my parents passed away one after another, I have I became an orphan. In order to make a living, I went to the Goulan to help with some chores, and I also secretly learned their skills. I came here..." He paused, "It's also a way to make a living. "

Du Jinning asked him: "Why don't you want to stay in the original Goulan? Do the people there treat you badly?"

Lu Xiaobei shook his head: "They are very kind to me, they say they are all poor people, they can save me a lot of food for me, and don't let me starve to death. But just because they are kind to me, I can't be ungrateful. If I learn the skills to stay there, I will steal their jobs. So I have to find a way to survive by myself, so as not to embarrass them."

As he spoke, he pointed to the two boys behind him: "They are in the same situation as me. Wang Lusheng's father died, and his stepmother didn't want to support him, so she wanted to sell him to be a servant. He escaped and met me; Zhang Gouer was bought by the head of the theater troupe. Later, the head of the troupe died and he had nowhere to go, so he followed me. The three of us are together."

Wang Lusheng and Zhang Gouer nodded vigorously, indicating that what Lu Xiaobei said was what they wanted to say.

After Lu Xiaobei said the last sentence, he seemed to realize that he had made a mistake, and quickly added: "Of course, we don't want the boss to take us all. It's fine if you want one, or two, of course, three It’s even better if we want it. If one of us can make money, the other two won’t starve to death, and don’t have to drag other people in the coop.”

Wang Lusheng and Zhang Gouer nodded again.

Guan Jiaze was born into a wealthy family, and was taken care of by Guan Lehe when he was a child. He has never suffered hardships and is a simple person.Seeing that these three boys are as old as himself, but have no father or mother, and the clothes on their bodies are worse than those of Du Jinning - at least Du Jinning is taken care of by Mrs. Chen. , The clothes are also starched and washed.But for the three in front of them, their clothes were full of holes, and they were so dirty that they couldn't see the color of the clothes themselves.

Du Jinning was concerned, but there was no expression on his face, and he said, "Let the two of them talk for themselves."

Lu Xiaobei's face froze, he scratched his head in embarrassment, took a step back, and signaled Wang Lusheng and Zhang Gou'er to speak quickly with his eyes.

Wang Lusheng was not timid, he told his own situation, and said: "I learned the monkey show from Brother Lu, and we can do somersaults very well."

On the contrary, Zhang Gou'er was a little nervous and stuttered when he spoke, which made Lu Xiaobei jump in anxiety, and when he stopped talking, he quickly added: "Boss, he doesn't usually talk like this, he's quite himself."

Du Jinning was noncommittal, and turned his attention to Qian Youcai.

"I... My name is Qian Youcai." Qian Youcai stood there with his neck shrunk all the time, but under Qian Dongbao's stares and encouragement, he finally mustered up the courage to take a step forward and said, "My name is It started with my grandfather, he expected me to make a lot of money, so he called me rich. I, I haven’t made any money yet, so I want to come to the teahouse to earn money to support myself.”

Seeing him like this, Chen Jiarong pouted.

After several people introduced themselves, Du Jinning still didn't say anything, but just handed over two pieces of paper: "Choose someone yourself, in pairs, and show me what I wrote above."

Looking at the notebook she handed over, the boys were dumbfounded.

Only Qian Youcai's eyes lit up.Qian Dongbao knew how to read by himself, and wanted his grandson to pass on his mantle, so he naturally taught him how to read.After all, there are only a small number of people who can read and write nowadays, and it seems that those few are illiterate.In such a comparison, his grandson has an advantage.

But Qian Youcai over there saw the other people standing there in a daze without moving, and he also shrank his head, lowered his eyes, and didn't make a sound.

Qian Dongbao stared angrily.

Seeing that no one spoke, Du Jinning asked, "Which of you can read?"

Qian Dongbao took a step forward, and was about to speak with a smile, but Du Jinning made a sharp look at him and successfully made him shut up, the smile froze on his face.

Du Jinning looked at those people and asked, "Which one of you can read?"

(End of this chapter)