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Zhao Yang attempted to mask his ulterior motives with a foolish grin, but Zhang Xiuer did not probe too deeply before saying, "Then I'll have them come over tomorrow for you to take a look, okay?"
"Taking on apprentices is fine, but why aren't they going to school at their age? At their age, they should be in high school, right?" Zhao Yang pondered and asked.
Zhang Xiuer's expression darkened slightly as she responded, "I asked them the same question yesterday. They are actually quite bright, with scores high enough to rank in the top twenty of their school in the middle school exams. But their parents divorced a long time ago and have since remarried and started new families, leaving the girls with their grandmother, who is over seventy.
