Chapter 13 In the Bureau
Early in the morning of the next day.
A man wearing a yellow gown and carrying a cloth bag walked into the simple house.
"I have only one request, that is, you remember the words above, then write them down and read them to me!"
Lu Changsheng stood in the house, looking at the 'teacher and student' in front of him.
"How old is the teacher? Why is the student so old?"
There was a small voice in his ears, but when the middle-aged man looked serious, no one dared to talk anymore.
The house was empty, and those who were 'seeking to study' stood in a circle.
There was no pen, ink, paper or inkstone, and no place to sit.
Everyone stood quietly with a serious expression.
The words written by the middle-aged man were one of the 168 words written by Lu Changsheng.
"So, this is a pile!"
He suddenly realized it, and then he was extremely excited.
It was a long-awaited pleasure.
"It's a bit too much!"
Not long after, the middle-aged man suddenly realized it, stopped writing a half-written word on the wooden board, and sat on a chair to rest.
"A total of 25 words!"
Lu Changsheng looked at the middle-aged man and stopped, feeling a little disappointed.
Afternoon.
The middle-aged man picked up the wooden board, walked to a boy, pointed at the word on it and asked: "How do you read this word?"
The boy hesitated and couldn't say it, so he continued to walk towards the next person with a stern face.
"You read it!"
"Xu?"
"It's panic!"
He walked to the next one.
The boy had memorized the pronunciation of 'panic', but unfortunately, when the middle-aged man pointed to another word, he was suddenly confused.
This time, he did not continue to read it out, but walked to another little girl.
"How do you read this word?"
"Rain!"
"Really - huh?"
The middle-aged man was slightly stunned, and looked at the little girl intently.
"Not bad! What's your name?"
"Li Nangua!"
The middle-aged man said no more, and asked a few more people, then put away the wooden board and walked back.
"This class ends here!" He said and walked out.
On the first day of school, Lu Changsheng sorted out and sorted out the 25 words.
When eating, Liang Hu came over with a big bag of steamed buns.
A kid from the Zhao family thought it was for them to eat, and he was hungry, so he went forward to take it.
Unexpectedly, a stick hit the back of his hand.
Liang Hu put one hand on his waist, shaking constantly, with a slight slant on his mouth, "What are you doing! Look at you guys, how can you look like a scholar? How can you read and write like this? Fuck you!"
After a scolding, he pressed the stick against the steamed bun.
"Two copper coins for a steamed bun! The teacher is not a kind person. Teaching you to read and write and providing you with a place to stay is like opening your eyes to the sky! If you want to eat, buy it with copper coins!"
The kid from the Zhao family glared at Liang Hu.
This person is called Zhao Liang. He is also a child in Zhaojia Village, but he doesn't like to interact with outsiders like Lu Changsheng and Wang Heihou.
He was angry, not because he needed to pay, but because Liang Hu's actions were too insulting.
"Haha, it seems that you have a bad temper!"
The face of Liang Hu showed a trace of cruelty, took two steps forward, and grabbed Zhao Liang's clothes.
He was over thirty, in the prime of his life, while Zhao Liang was only in his early twenties. How could he resist?
He was lifted up directly.
Seeing a trace of fear on Zhao Liang's face, Liang Hu frowned slightly.
"If you weren't——"
He seemed to realize that he had spoken out of turn, and quickly shut his mouth and let Zhao Liang go.
"This is the Master's rule. If you can't accept it, go back!" He shook his head and said.
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"After spending four copper coins, there are still 50! It can only last for ten days!"
Lu Changsheng did not get involved in the affairs of Zhao Liang and Liang Hu.
He directly paid for two meals of steamed buns.
Seeing that he bought two, Wang Heihou and the others also bought two.
"Changsheng, his steamed buns are a bit expensive. I remember that the steamed buns in the town are only one copper coin each!"
Wang Heihou ate a steamed bun and looked at the other one with reluctance, but when he saw that Lu Changsheng and the others did not move, he gave up this tempting idea.
"Maybe things in the capital are more expensive!" Lu Changsheng said.
"How much money do you guys have?"
This question is more private.
At their age, even if they don't understand, the adults at home will tell them in advance.
But Lu Changsheng needs to see if the three people in front of him really trust him.
"This is the initial stage, and investment must also find people you can trust!"
If they are unwilling, then their plans must be changed.
Fortunately, among the three, only Wang Heihou hesitated, but seeing that the other two had said it, he still said it.
Li Nangua has 38 copper coins!
Niu Dazhuang has 90!
Wang Heihou had the most, with 150 copper coins on him.
Lu Changsheng understood.
Wang Heihou's family was better off, so his family gave him more copper coins this time.
Niu Dazhuang and Li Nangua had similar family backgrounds, but their situations were different.
Li Nangua's family basically let her go, so giving her more than 40 copper coins was considered generous.
Niu Dazhuang had only an old mother and a brother left at home. His brother had a deep relationship with him, so he might have spent all his family's wealth this time.
As for Lu Changsheng, he had given some as gifts before, and later, when he got engaged, he also gave some.
So, the difference in copper coins among the people was so huge.
"It was Zhao Xinghua who harmed me after all!"
Lu Changsheng sighed in his heart.
"First, learn all the characters! Then I'll see if I can find a job!"
Under normal circumstances, teaching a group of illiterate people to read and recognize more than 20 characters would probably require repeated teaching.
And the teacher during the day just wrote them down and let them read and write.
Only Lu Changsheng could follow this teaching method.
Sure enough, the next day, the teacher wrote another row of characters on the wooden board.
Taught once how to read, once how to write, and once how to explain the meaning of the characters.
Before leaving, they were tested according to the way they did yesterday.
After asking several people in a row, none of them could answer.
'Master and students' looked unhappy, but they didn't say anything. Only the few teenagers who were called out looked depressed, and it was obvious that they were hit hard.
"The teacher is so strict!"
"Yes! If I hadn't learned to recognize characters from you before, I would have been scolded this time!"
In the evening, several people gathered together.
Lu Changsheng gave them a small lesson on recognizing characters.
Hearing this, he nodded and said, "It's a good thing that the teacher is strict. This way we have pressure and will be more motivated!"
Wang Heihou muttered a few words, suppressed his irritation, and practiced writing with a stick.
A group of people were eager to recognize more characters. If they couldn't become the teacher's students, they could find a job with this ability.
But——
"This matter always feels a bit strange!"
Lu Changsheng recalled Liang Hu's style of doing things and felt that he was not like an ordinary family.
"If the teacher really wants to choose students, he will definitely not find such a person!"
There was no one to discuss this matter, so Lu Changsheng could only keep it in mind for the time being.
"No matter what, I can recognize words here. Even if it's a trap, it's not a big deal as long as there's no danger to my life!" Lu Changsheng thought.