Soon, another round of job hunting continued, but this time it was not them, but the applicants who left on their own initiative.
The term "trial construction period" does not exist in Liangyan, so when everyone learned that there was a three-month trial construction period for working here, and they could only get half of their wages, many people felt that it was unreliable and left directly.
In addition, the skewers master and the skewers cook have a twenty-year contract, which is not something ordinary people dare to take risks.
One after another, one after another, there were only twenty men and fifteen women left in the hall.
Cheng Xue was quite satisfied with the number of people who stayed. She waved to Bai Qian and ordered her to put the red deed on and let everyone sign the deed.
These were all spent in real money. The guarantor of the contract was stamped with the big seal of the Jingzhao Mansion. One sheet cost twenty cents, and there were fifty stamps in total. As long as you are a local in the capital, you will be impressed by the Jingzhao Mansion.
We are all familiar with government offices, especially the official seal. This is used every time a notice is posted on the notice board.
After seeing this contract, everyone who stayed did not hesitate anymore and wrote their names and fingerprints one after another. It must be said that the cultural level of the people in the capital is really high, even the women can write their own names.
In the workshops in Xiangwanghe Village, many people signed contracts with their thumbprints. Except for the Geng family and the Xu family, no one could write their names. It seemed that they had to write a letter back and ask Nianzi and Li Zhong to use their lunch time to teach everyone how to read.
.At least you should be able to write your own name, don’t be blind.
After everyone signed the contracts, Manager Zhang put them into the box, and the two tailors came over and started taking measurements.
Taking advantage of the measuring stick, Manager Zhang reiterated the "trial construction period" issue again. This time, everyone had no scruples and all nodded in agreement.
With Jing Zhaoyin as your guarantee, there will definitely be no problems with this place.
All the people who stayed on that day started working. It happened that the skewers on the main street didn't have enough meat to sell, so they helped share the burden. To prevent everyone from working in vain, the wages will be settled from today, just like the Wanghe Village workshop, with a half-month deposit. Yes.
With the help here, the business of the Main Street Street Shop is even more prosperous than before.
I have been busy for three full days, leaving early and coming back late every day, which is very fulfilling. The house is completely left to my two daughters and Bai Shao. The fly in the ointment is not her area of expertise, and she has to fumble a lot. However, looking at the well-organized house, I still feel
Very happy.
After the second test, the expression on every move was still the same as the first test.
Cheng Xue didn't understand why, but this time she asked, so she didn't have to think about it like last time.
As soon as Xiao Qinglin came out, he started to complain uncomfortably, and Zhou Fei also agreed. On the contrary, Li Hui didn't say a word, and saw Cheng Xue walking over in a few steps.
"Where is Wentian? Are you at home?"
Cheng Xue shook her head——
"No, I haven't come back since I went to Pang's hometown that day. For the past two days, Sidan and his two brothers have been practicing in the yard and haven't gone out."
Li Hui frowned when he heard this, put his arm around her shoulders, and left without even saying hello.
After the carriage arrived home, Li Hui did not let Tiandong enter the house and ordered him to go to Pang Mansion to ask if Wen Tian was there.
Cheng Xue was confused and asked after getting off the car:
"What's wrong? You're so anxious to find Wen Tian, but what's the matter? Will it be like the provincial examination, during the examination..."
"No, no, don't think so wildly." Li Hui quickly shook his head and interrupted her.
Glancing at Bai Qian, the latter walked a few steps away in a sensible manner. Li Hui held the person in his arms and lowered his voice and said:
"I always feel that there is something wrong with the test paper. It's just that there were such tricky questions in the first test, but they were still asked in the second test. Obviously, there were a lot less people taking part in the scientific test in the second test. Don't you think there is a problem with this?"<
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"You mean the court did this on purpose? Why?"
"I don't know why, but I think it's likely to be like this. Let's see if the next day will come. That guy went to find Mr. Pang, and he also wanted to help me ask about the situation in the first game. But after a while,
Tian has not come back and has not been seen until now, so things are not that simple. You know, he doesn't dare to relax for Tiedan and Brother Xin for a moment."
Cheng Xue felt that this was reasonable and nodded slowly.
"If Wen Tian doesn't come back, it means that this scientific examination was intentional. But what if he comes back? The test questions are so tricky, what will happen in the imperial examination?"
Li Hui didn't know if his guess was right, but the Jianghu people kept their promises, Wen Tian lost another five years to him, and with Yan Yixin's baggage, it was impossible for him not to come back.
Half an hour later, Tiandong returned home and got back a letter, telling Wen Tian to escort Pang Lao and that Pang Yao had gone out and would be back before Qingming.
Li Hui was eating. When he heard this, he put down his chopsticks and asked:
"Did you tell me where you were going? Who was following you?"
"I didn't say where I was going. Aunt Ma and Mr. Pang's personal servant were following me. The housekeeper said we were leaving on the eighth day of March, and Master Wen was driving."
Seeing his frown, Cheng Xue waved to Wen Tian and told him to go down quickly to eat and rest.
There are still three games in the future, and he has to go there, so he can't be careless.
After Li Hui read the letter, she took it and found nothing wrong with it. Mr. Pang went out to celebrate the birthday of an old friend, which he had done before.
"Forget it, don't think about it, let's eat first. Once you get there, make peace with it. No one stipulates that you must pass the scientific examination on the first time. Fan Jin has passed the exam many times."
"Mom, who is Fan Jin?"
"No one, people from the next village, hurry up and eat."
Li Heng knew at a glance that the answer was a lie, and wanted to ask more questions, but Yan Yixin kicked him under the table, and he immediately gave up the idea.
After dinner, the children left the main house as usual. Li Hui obviously didn't want to rush to sharpen his guns last time, but asked Cheng Xue about the store in the east of the city.
After listening to her answer, Li Hui smiled and nodded:
"If it goes as you said, we can buy a house next month. Qinglin helped me ask about this house, including all the red deeds, and I got this amount."
Cheng Xue looked at his gesticulating fingers, twitched the corners of her mouth, and swallowed.
You must know that the prefect of Liang Yanzheng, the fifth grade, has an annual salary of only 270 taels of silver and 700 shi of grain.
This number is still the lowest, it’s very high, okay?
Cheng Xue leaned on his arm and murmured to herself:
"No wonder Xiao Qinglin said he can't live on his salary alone. If a fifth-grade prefect only relies on his salary to buy a three-level house like this in the capital, it would take decades to buy it."
"That's different." Li Hui shook his head, "If it's an official staying in Beijing, the court will distribute houses and won't watch the officials being greedy for housing."
"Really? So humane?"
Li Hui said "hmm" and continued:
"So when I buy this house, I will write your name on it. If I can stay in Beijing in the future, this house will be given to one of the two brothers. By the way, Qinglin helped him look at the house that Brother Xin wanted to buy. I will try it later.
When it’s over, let’s go together to check on him.”
"How much? How big is it?"
“It’s the second entrance, but it’s on the main street and the location is good.”