"I know a little bit, but I'm not particularly good at it. I think I can handle it."
Li Mu found a piece of beef from the warehouse. The Cheng family had sent it a few days ago. He put it on ice bricks and froze it to keep it fresh without worrying about spoilage.
Li Mu cut some meat slices, found the treasured "rest fennel", sprinkled a little on it, and then put it in the pot and stir-fried. In his previous life, this dish was called "cumin meat slices" and it was his favorite.
It is one of the dishes that is simple and delicious, with no technical content.
Wang Ou took out the porridge and watched Li Mu working. Suddenly he saw a few beads of sweat on his forehead and rolled up his sleeves to wipe them away for him.
Li Mu glanced at her, Wang Ou smiled in return, and Li Mu also smiled. He enjoyed the "ease of worry" when he was with Wang Ou, but he felt that he was like a child, a little unclear.
Li Mu took a plate and put out the dishes. Although there was only one plate, it was enough for two people. Originally it was just porridge and eggs.
"Try it, how do you like it?"
Li Mu put a piece of meat into Wang Ou's bowl and looked at her eagerly, waiting for praise.
Wang Ou looked at the meat in the bowl, but he was a little confused. Her taste was very plain. Although she was not a vegetarian, she hardly ate meat, and she hadn't eaten beef for who knows how long. But her lover spent so much money
It was made with great effort, so don’t eat it. I was afraid that he would be sad, so I glanced at Li Mu, picked it up and put it in my mouth.
"Is it delicious?"
"Yeah!" Wang Ou nodded vigorously, and Li Mu laughed stupidly. He and Wang Ou have been together for so long, so he actually knows her taste. He deliberately made this dish to make Wang Ou eat some meat.
If it were Li Zhien, he would have to make vegetarian dishes. This girl carries a small bag with her, which is full of candied fruits and dried meat, and there is nothing left in her mouth. When Li Mu hugged her last night, it was obvious that she could
I feel a lot plumper.
"Ou, do you like this kind of life?"
"Huh?" Wang Ou finally swallowed the piece of meat and looked up at Li Mu, with a trace of confusion in his beautiful eyes: "What do you mean, husband?"
"Just like this, three meals a day, eating when the sun rises and breathing when the sun sets, do you like it?"
Wang Ou nodded and said with a smile: "I like it. I like it any time with my husband."
Li Mu said helplessly: "You, don't you always treat me like a child? I am your husband, and it's not like your son can say whatever he thinks in his heart. What's wrong with you and me as husband and wife?"
"Well," Wang Ou heard what Li Mu said, thought for a while, and said, "Actually, I like the way my husband writes poems the most. When others write poems, they have to think about the title and rhyme, and then try their best to choose the topic according to the situation. And
My husband's poems are flowing and flowing, without any trace of impetuousness. He is filled with a self-confidence from the heart, which outshines others. That high-spirited, high-spirited and wanton demeanor is what fascinates me the most."
"Ah, like this,"
Li Mu's expression was a little stiff. His family knew his own affairs. He didn't know any poetry. Every sentence was copied. Wang Ou said that he liked the way he composed poems. This didn't mean he liked him. This meant he liked Li Bai.
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Li Mu touched his nose and said, "Then, if I can't compose poetry, will you still like me?"
"Don't you know how to compose poetry?" Wang Ou thought for a while and said, "I might also like it, but maybe I won't like it so quickly, as if I'm possessed." As she said that, she laughed to herself, her cheeks
A blush flew up.
I don’t know if it’s comforting or not.
Li Mu sighed inwardly, and suddenly took Wang Ou's hand and kissed the back of her hand. Wang Ou didn't know what he was going to do, and looked at her doubtfully.
Li Mu held Wang Ou's hand and said, "When I am named on the gold medal list, we will have a wedding ceremony."
"Then what if I fail the exam?"
"There is no such possibility." After a pause, Li Mu added: "If there is no bridal chamber, who can care about it?"
Wang Ou knew what Li Mu meant, sadness flashed across his eyes, he nodded with a smile, and served him another bowl of porridge.
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Xishan, in front of Datang Technical School.
More than sixty students with dark circles under their eyes gathered here and lined up neatly under the leadership of Sun Wuji, the president of the student council. None of them slept well last night. To be precise, no one slept.
How could I possibly sleep?
Everyone has been working hard together for several months, and now it's time for the results to come out. The top ten selected by the vote have already received official positions. The lowest ones are all eighth-grade.
Officials are divided into nine grades, and the eighth grade seems to be very low. But you must know that most of the students here are from merchants. Merchants cannot participate in the imperial examination, cannot be filial and honest, and they cannot be officials originally.
In "Guan Zi Xiao Kuang", the people of the world are divided into four types: scholars, farmers, industry and merchants. Businessmen are the most humble. No matter how rich they are, they will not get respect.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs gave a precious opportunity, where the sons of businessmen could also become officials.
Officials, no matter what rank they are, are all officials. Officials and people are two classes in heaven and earth. No matter how powerful a scholar is, he is a commoner, and no matter how small an official is, he is ranked first among scholars!
Even in the imperial examination, the top scorer is only the sixth grade. Among the top ten voted yesterday, the lowest one is equivalent to winning the Jinshi!
Compared to ten years of hardship, what a shortcut this is!
Many people began to regret, regretting that they did not seize the opportunity and work harder, especially those whose votes were close to the top ten. They regretted it in their guts. As long as they work harder, they can get the eighth rank official.
, just one or two votes short, missed the chance, and had to face an even more uneasy arbitration.
"Everyone, are you ready?" Li Mu smiled, waved the booklet in his hand, and said: "These are your scores calculated overnight last night! Before looking at the scores, let me tell you something about today's results.
Rules for the appointment of officials.”
"The full score is one hundred points, divided into five grades. A full score of 90 points or more can be awarded as a director of the sixth grade. If it is above 90 points, it can be awarded as a department director of the seventh grade. If it is above 80 points, it can be awarded as a section chief of the eighth grade. If it is above 70 points, it can be awarded as a section chief of the eighth grade.
If you are awarded the title of Ninth Rank Chief Officer, if you are above 60 points and have no rank, you can work as an official in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Of course, it is almost impossible to get full marks, I just give you a head start."
"What I mentioned above are scores, and below are the 'scores' for each yamen. I want to explain it to you clearly. For example, if you have enough scores for the eighth grade section chief, but you don't have enough for the yamen you want to go to
If you don’t have the required score, then you can’t go. Every government office has a quota for recruiting people, first come first served, subject to registration. You can only choose a government office with enough scores, do you understand?”
The students were no longer children, so naturally they could all understand and agreed loudly. Li Mu signaled to Chang Sun Chong, who unfolded the score line notice he had prepared long ago and posted it on the wall of Datang Technical School that had just been built.
Li Mu then handed the booklet to Xu Ji, who ranked first yesterday, and asked him to read it out.
Xu Jisheng was flattered and bowed to Li Mu as a disciple. He took the booklet with both hands and read it loudly.
Li Mu was not idle either and took out a stack of "Certificates". He had ordered the Printing Bureau to engrave and print them specially. They used the same certificate patterns that everyone after the 1980s and 1990s had seen, and they were also specially made.
It has a wooden frame and a piece of glass, just enough to frame the certificate.
The wooden frame and the certificate are not valuable, but this one-foot-wide piece of glass has a price but no market. If we compare the price of this piece of glass with the value of a perfume bottle, it would be more than ten pieces at least.
Li Mu wrote the names of the graduates on the certificates. The first one was Xu Ji, who graduated yesterday, and then Chang Sun Chong, who graduated second. Just at this time, Chang Sun Chong finished posting the notice and came back to see Li Mu on the certificate.
With his name written on it, he couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, what is this?"
"This is the graduation certificate of Datang Technical School, and it is also an honor that belongs to you." Li Mu pointed to the words on the certificate and said: "The eldest student, Sun Chong, studied in this school from the winter of the fourth year of Zhenguan to the first month of the fifth year of Zhenguan, and completed
All coursework, excellent grades, approved for graduation. Principal, Li Mu."
"Those who were voted out yesterday all had excellent grades. But those who graduated with scores today all had passing grades. There is a difference."
Li Mu took out the seal of "Datang Technical School" he had engraved and put it on the certificate. He also took a wooden frame and glass, put the certificate inside and framed it.
"This is done. Come on, I'll write it and you can help me frame it."
"Yes." Changsun Chong responded, took the certificate from Xu Ji, put it into the wooden frame, closed the glass, and put it aside. After Li Mu wrote one, he took it and started the assembly line operation.
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The students who graduated yesterday are also here. If one is framed here, they will take one away. But the students who graduated today do not have this leisure. They still have to see what yamen their scores can apply to and whether they are enough.
Score line. After hearing the score, they went straight to the notice.
"Principal, are you mistaken?"
Xue Zhi, who ranked first in the score with eighty-seven points, ran back panting after reading the notice: "Principal, why are the scores of the Patent Office and the Salesian Office so high? It shouldn't be the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.
The score line..."
Li Mu frowned and said: "This student, are you questioning my principal? That notice was written by me personally, and the score line on it was also set by me personally. The marks of the Patent Office and the Salesian Office are higher.
It shows that this yamen gate is important. If you want to apply, you can apply. If you don’t want to apply, just apply for something else. Why are you here making noise?"
Xue Zhishen bowed and said: "Principal, the students are confused. The score line of the Salesian Bureau is in the second place. You need 81 points to register. Why do you need such a high score at the yamen door to coax children? Students
I don’t understand!”
"not understand?"
Xue Zhi shook his head: "Students don't understand."
Li Mu looked at the students running over one after another and said, "You don't understand?"
All the students said in unison: "Students don't understand."
"Your understanding is so poor!" Li Mu sighed: "With your brains, you really want to make this principal angry to death. Who told you that the Salesian Bureau is for coaxing children? Well, it seems that you don't have this understanding anymore, so just follow
Just tell me, soon, the Salesian Bureau will have a big deal, and this big deal needs people to do it. To say how big this deal is..."
Li Mu paused for a moment and said: "Let's put it this way, it's the same for one hundred thousand guan, and it's the same for one million guan. If it is done well, it will account for at least 30% of the income of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. For such an important yamen, can I improve it a little bit?
Score?"
I see!
Although the students couldn't figure out what kind of big business it was, since Li Mu said that, they didn't have any doubts and turned around and ran back. Just now they all saw that there were only three places in the Salesian Bureau.
, if it runs too slowly, where can it be?
"No future!"
Li Mu shook his head, sighed, dipped his pen in some ink, and continued writing a diploma.
After struggling for an hour, all the graduating students finally found their way out. Some were happy, and some were sad. They were happy because they got their favorite spots, but they were sad because they were hesitant and were overtaken by others. But no matter what,
, once registered, it is a fixed number and cannot be changed.
Li Mu took the registration book from Wei Yingluo, looked through it, returned it to her, and said to the students: "Congratulations to the fifty students who successfully graduated. From tomorrow on, you will be the first batch of officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I hope you will
You can serve diligently and live up to His Majesty's great trust. In addition, for the twenty-two students who have not graduated, you can take half a day off. If you still want to continue studying, you must bring the new tuition fee here tomorrow. If you do not want to continue studying
Yes, that’s okay.”
"This principal is a conscientious person. After much thought last night, he decided to return your tuition fees. Those who do not want to continue studying can go to the Artisan Square Bank to withdraw money the day after tomorrow. You will not lose a penny, but after you receive the money, you cannot
On any occasion, when it comes to Datang Technical School, we have nothing to do with money and goods."
"Students must die in Datang Technical School!"
The students started shouting, and Li Mu raised his hand and said, "It is a good thing to be brave after knowing your shame. But courage is not something you shout out. In Datang Technical School, every student has a chance to do it again, but there is also a chance to do it again."
There is only one chance. If you still can't graduate in the next period, then there is only one way to go, which is to pack up and get out. Datang Technical School does not want waste and does not raise idle people! Remember?"
"Remember!"
"Okay, those who should go home go home, those who should go to the official department go to the official department, and those who have graduated in the evening can come back here. The principal has prepared a dinner for you, a barbecue! You can come or not
, don’t force it too hard.”
After Li Mu finished speaking, he turned around and left, and suddenly there were strange howling sounds behind him.
After months of hard work, I finally got the result. Whether it was good or bad, I needed a release.
Li Mu called Changsun Chong aside and asked, "I can't see Xiaojiu these days. Have you seen him?"
"I saw him. He loved them in the training room."
Li Mu frowned: "I remembered that I didn't leave this matter to him. Why, Cheng Chumo gave up the idea?"
Changsun Chong was stunned and said: "Isn't it the order of my mentor? We all thought it was the order of our mentor."