When the price of vegetables climbed all the way to 20 cents a pound, Zhao'er led the people to stop.
When she was leaving from Dahe Township, she met Mr. Hu on the road, and their cars faced each other.
One was an ornately decorated carriage, and the other was a mule wagon whose only decoration was blue curtains. The two are no strangers to each other. Although they have never spoken, they have secretly exchanged hands countless times.
Master Hu stroked his beard and smiled proudly, Zhao'er was expressionless, and the two gradually diverged. Suddenly, a shout came from behind, and Gao Sheng, who was sitting on the carriage, looked back, but it was Master Hu's driver who was calling them.
Mr. Hu has come out of the carriage, standing on the carriage, looking here with his hands behind his back.
Zhao'er opened the curtain and went out.
The two looked at each other from a distance, and Mr. Hu smiled and cupped his hands: "I hope to forgive me, it's not easy, just eat."
Zhao'er smiled and said, "It's all said to eat a meal, and who doesn't eat a meal. I just didn't expect that the dignified Mr. Hu would see such a petty profit, and even make such a big fight, and hope that in the future. Don't regret it."
Mr. Hu has seen such a person a lot, and he feels shameless when he admits defeat. He chuckled: "Regret, this old man has never done anything that he regrets!"
Zhao'er bowed his hands: "There will be a period after that!"
After she finished speaking, she got into the carriage, and the car quickly drove away.
Master Hu returned to the carriage and sat down. He was in a good mood for a while, humming a ditty.
On the carriage, one of his entourage said: "Master, this muddy leg is really ridiculous, and there is still a future with the master."
Master Hu laughed; "It will be good to have a period later. This shows that this kid has done some business that attracts the master's attention, and we have money to make. It's not that the master said that this kid has a good brain and can come up with this kind of business. It's a pity to play such a big game without using a penny of capital for the means..."
The entourage was puzzled and asked, "Master, what do you mean?"
"Don't look at this small dish, there may be too many things to think about. What you see now is just a dish, and in the future it may be food, oil, salt, vinegar, and other things. You must know that there are seven things to open the door. Things like chai, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, these businesses alone are enough for the world to do. As long as you can do one thing, you can stand in the world; if you can do two things, the rich one has no problem; if you can do three things, even if you meet those Jiangnan giants Not frightened either.
"Do you really think that the master and I are fighting with him for this dish, and the master and him are fighting for this net, this net from point to face. If it wasn't for the master who claimed that his brain was not worse than this kid, I really wanted to get him. When you get it, the master will save a lot of heart in the future."
What Master Hu said was too profound, and his entourage seemed to understand it, but he also understood Master Hu's temperament. It would be no exaggeration to say that he was stubborn, and he would not tolerate anyone saying that he was wrong.
While Mr. Hu was smiling, he was already thinking about how to swallow all the nets left by this kid and leave him nothing.
After a few months of tossing and turning, he finally returned to his hometown, but he looked a little disgraced.
Xue Qingbai and others didn't know what happened during this period, and they really thought that the business could not be done, and they comforted Zhao'er. And Zhao'er didn't know what to say, so she could only keep silent, which made everyone misunderstood.
After returning, Zhao'er did not go back to Xue's house, but went up the mountain first. Seeing that in the small workshop, everyone was working seriously, she just stood there watching, inexplicably relieved.
Aunt Gao looked back to see her, and stood up hurriedly: "Zhao'er is back."
These words made more than a dozen other women crowd around, both shushing and asking for warmth. These women are all familiar with Zhao'er. They used to work for her often. Some of them were recruited later, but they also knew that the owner was approachable.
It is good to come here to work, to manage a meal at noon, and to calculate the money by the piece. Some fast-moving women can earn nearly a tael of wages a month.
You must know that a tael of silver in the town is nothing in the county, but in the country, it is already a lot of money.
In the past, it was men who did the work, and women did housework and took care of their mother-in-law at home. Now, because women’s wages are high, it is the other way around. The whole family is closely related to the woman's work, and they want her to earn more money at home. She used to be a grumpy and yellow-faced woman, but now someone cooks the food, washes the clothes, and takes care of the children. Moisturize.
There is always something that needs to be preceded by. These rural women don't know the big truth, but since they came to work in a small workshop, they suddenly understand why they recruit a girl and want to be so active in earning money.
Because life is comfortable and comfortable, and I have the ability to make money, I am hard at the waist. Some women have a powerful mother-in-law at home, and they would threaten their daughter-in-law with 'send you back to her mother's house' at every turn. Once, her daughter-in-law couldn't take it anymore, and she went back after saying a word, which made the old godly mother-in-law stay silent.
This is the bottom line!
Therefore, no one in this small workshop dislikes recruiting.
"Zhao'er, this method is really good. You can see that we cut the cloth by ourselves, sew the sleeves by ourselves, and sew the trousers by ourselves. The speed of making a suit is much faster than before, and it saves a lot of trouble. One has to be busy with sizing, fabric cutting, etc., which saves a lot of people." A woman said while holding Zhao'er. Pointing at the stacks of clothes on the table, I felt a special sense of accomplishment.
There were about fifty or sixty pieces of clothes on the table, all of which they made most of the day today.
The small workshop is small and not many people. There are only a dozen people in total. In the past, each person worked overtime every day and could make five or six pieces of clothes, adding up to fifty or sixty pieces. It seems like a lot, but in fact it’s a drop in the bucket, but I couldn’t hire a suitable person to help me, so I had to figure it out myself.
The way she thought of it was to divide the labor. The person in charge of cutting the cloth just cut the cloth according to the size, and the person in charge of sewing only sewed it up, as well as piping and tacking the ties, and one person only did the same. This person is done, hand it to the next person, the next person finishes a process, and then hand it to the next person, until the last person checks the stack.
Not only saves time and effort, but also avoids conflicts when everyone works together. In the past, there were a lot of small conflicts because each of them did their own work. Now that several people work together, the wages are naturally divided equally.
Zhao'er talked to them for a while and then left.
Back at home, the house in the second room was cold, Zhao'er burned some water to take a bath, and after cleaning up, he went back to the house and rested.
She was really tired. Lying on the familiar kang, she somehow thought of the little man who was away from home.
Counting the days, is the day for the start of the academy exams coming or not? After thinking about it for a long time, she couldn't think of it, she simply didn't want to.
At the same time, three men were sitting in a well-arranged but elegant study in the Taiyuan government office.
The three men were of different ages, the youngest were only in their twenties, the other two were nearly middle-aged, and the other was in his sixties.
This sixty-year-old old man is this Shanxi academic officer Su Youjian, and he is also the chief examiner of this academy exam. Now that the college exam has just passed, the students who took the exam can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The success or failure depends only on the ranking.
But for the examiner, it is in full swing. Not only because of the need for approval, but also because of consideration and consideration.
The relationship in the officialdom has always been intertwined. I really think that it is wrong to mention that the academic officials are always expensive, and it is wrong to only care about the education of one party. It should be known that the civil servants have always been known for their factions, and among the civil servants, the relationship between teachers and students is the most important. Whether one's power can be strengthened, or whether it can suppress the opponent, is not only reflected in the court, but also in all aspects.
This time Su Youjian was able to serve as the academic promotion officer in Shanxi, and it was his faction that won this position after various competitions. The purpose is nothing more than to recruit talents for the court, and to absorb new blood for oneself.
Of course, the degree of public and private needs to be measured. In addition to serving the public, not forgetting self-interest, and most people who can be promoted to the fourth-quality management know this truth.
At this time, the three of them can be gathered together, but it is for a test paper.
"He studied under Lin Miao, and Lin Miao was a disciple of Lu Huanqing. Although this Beilu faction was not prominent in the court, it was also quite prestigious among scholars, but Lu Huanqing did not enter the market. , has always been neutral, and neither side is biased. Give him the little three yuan? Isn't it a bit too heavy?" The person who spoke was Fang Jin, the prefect of Taiyuan.
"If he doesn't care about anything else and only deals with articles, he is indeed qualified to get another case." Su Youjian said.
This is also the reason why he invited two people to come, because according to the plan, the head of the desk should be someone else.
Shen Fu took the paper and read it again.
The letter board on it is upright and very sophisticated, and if someone doesn't know it, it can only be regarded as a paper written by someone in the field. Whether it is from the handwriting or the cleanliness of the paper, it is the examiner's favorite all the time, and it is pleasing to the eye.
Little do they know that the owner of this volume is only a fifteen-year-old boy, from a cold background, not worth mentioning.
There is no name on the paper.
Although the hospital exam is an obscure name, for some interested people, it is not too important to obscure the name. After all, this is just a college test, which is relatively less rigorous than the rural test, not to mention the ability to test.
This is also why the various factions attach great importance to the academic officer. After passing the academy exam, he is a scholar. Maybe a scholar may not necessarily become a juren, but if there are ten or even a hundred scholars, there will always be someone who can pass the exam. And out of ten or even dozens of Juren, there is always one who can become a jinshi.
If you can become a jinshi, you can become an official. This is the help.
The branches and leaves are so slowly flourishing, and the Shen family is small now, so they can only plan slowly.
Shen Fu glanced at the paper again, Fang smiled and said: "Actually, I don't think you need to be entangled. Although he is not ours, he is not someone else's. In addition, I forgot to mention that I have a relationship with this son. , he's an interesting guy."
"Oh?"
This surprised Su Youjian and Fang Jin.
Later, Fang Jin asked, "What do you mean by the third son?"
In fact, don't look at Shen Fu, but he only has a great reputation, but the two people in this hall regard him as their leader. Without him, it is because the Shen family is likely to have a patriarch soon.
This person is the uncle of Third Young Master Shen, Shen Li, the uncle of the Shen family. Shen Li was born in the Hanlin, and now he is an official worshiper of the Taichang Temple. He has been an official in the court for many years.
A few days ago, Emperor Jiacheng mentioned that the cabinet still lacked a cabinet minister, and ordered Wu Ge Lao and others to discuss it, and quickly fill in the people.
No, the discussion started, and Shen Li was in the range of candidates.
Said to be a candidate, in fact, with the Shen family's contacts, it is also a matter of 100 percent. This is naturally a happy event for the Shen family. The Shen family has been an official for generations, and all the officials regard entering the cabinet as the highest honor. The Shen family had been absent for too long since the last time he stood in the center of power, and it was time for an elder.
As for Fang Jin and Su Youjian, it is no surprise that they belong to the Shen family. In fact, although the Shen family has always been huddled in a small county, Shanxi, as the rear of the Shen family, cannot afford other key positions. Factional people contaminate.
"Why don't it be him. This son is a smart person and should know how to choose. And I looked at his papers for the county and government tests, and found that this son is particularly suitable for being an official." Shen Fu knocked on the desk and said.
Hearing this, Su Youjian and Fang Jin couldn't help being a little stunned, and some didn't quite understand what Shen Fu said.
An official
What is the right person to be an official
Some people are born with a golden key, and they can become officials with a little effort. But some people are obviously talented, but they may be unknown for a lifetime.
Shen Fu stood up: "I still have something to do, so I will leave first. If Uncle Su and Master Fang are curious, they can take this son's first two exam papers to read."
Shen Fu left, but the remaining two were itchy as if their hearts were scratched by cat claws.
Luckily, Su Youjian was an academic officer, and all the top ten exam papers of the county exam were handed over, so he immediately ordered someone to fetch them.
The two looked at each other alternately. The examination papers of the county examination made their eyes shine, but the papers of the government examination were mediocre. I can't say it's bad, but how should I say it, reading the article on the other side is a bit too pedantic and rigid.
In the end, it was Su Youjian who saw the clue and couldn't help but stroke his beard and smile: "That's him."
Fang Jin was puzzled, and Su Youjian said, "You and Zhou Zuoxin are the same year, so you should understand his temperament."
Sure enough, Fang Jin came over on the spot and nodded with a smile: "That's him."
On the day when the case was released, on the long case posted in front of the school gate, three big characters were written on the first line—Xue Tingxiang.