After calculating the salary, Zhu Zhaoren said: "Although it is already dark, the time is still early. Why don't we go and drink a glass of wine to relieve our fatigue. ”

Meng Xuexue shook his head: "In the spring of the next year, there will be a lot of use at home, how dare you spend money indiscriminately?" Go ahead, and I'll go back to my lodgings and rest." It's a little harder now, but if you have money in your hands in the future, it's all a little better. ”

Wei Xin said: "Pedant, spend one or twenty wen a day to have some fun, and it's not bad." It's a long night, I can't sleep when I go back, and it's not a way to sit alone in the house. ”

Where is Meng Xuezhu? This kind of opportunity to make money is not common. Finally, I came across it, not only to work hard, but also to be thrifty. The construction site was stopped after dark, and now the night is long, so I just go back and stay by myself.

When a few people were talking, Liu Yi, who was keeping accounts, came over and said to them: "Don't call Meng Scholar, the Scholar has sent money to the account, and he doesn't have a lot of money on him, how can I drink and have fun with you?" ”

Wei Xinqi said: "It turns out that you can still record the money in the account?" Why do we cash every day? ”

Liu Yi shook his head: "If you want cash, of course I will send it to you." Like Meng Xuezhu, he doesn't want to bring money with him, but when he goes back in a few days, he can bring a few large amounts of money. It's nothing more than that you want money to have fun, not like a pedant, and you have to save every penny. ”

After speaking, he said to Meng Xuexue: "The scholar came from the yamen just now, saying that the military academy of Hejian Mansion recruited people, and all those who are literate will go to Xiongzhou tomorrow." Go there and make a policy, and if you win, you can go to the military school to study. ”

Meng Xuexue listened and shook his head again and again: "There are many wages a day, and I don't go to Xiongzhou." ”

Liu Yi smiled when he heard it: "The yamen knows that there are many people like pedants, and they are reluctant to pay for a day. It is decided that as long as you are literate, anyone who goes to the yamen examination will be given 200 texts. If a pedant does it for a day, it is only one hundred and fifty texts, and fifty more texts are issued. ”

Hearing that he was rich, Meng Xuexue's face softened and asked, "I just read a few books and am literate, and I don't know how to write any poems and articles." These two hundred dollars are worthy of it. ”

Zhu Zhaoren on the side said: "Pedant, when the money is in your hands, it is your own, what is there to be ashamed of." The yamen is willing to send it, and you keep it. ”

Wei Xin also said: "That is, if I am literate, I will definitely take this money." When I go to Xiongzhou tomorrow, I can write an article casually, and I can start with 200 yuan, what a good thing. At this time, I learned about the benefits of reading. ”

Seeing that Meng Xuexue was a little hesitant, Liu Yi said: "Xuexue doesn't have to worry, I heard people say that the yamen is just a test of people's knowledge." When I arrived at the Yamen, I first gave the book in the morning, everyone read it, and then made a policy in the afternoon. The content is written in the books I read in the morning, and I can read and write. ”

"Is there such a good thing?" Wei Xin was surprised when he heard it. "I've heard people say that during the imperial examination, all states were judged and watched, and they were not allowed to bring a word with them. How to take the military school exam, but instead send the exam down. ”

Liu Yi said: "Who knows, I just heard people say so." On the construction site here, in addition to the scholar and me, there are more than a dozen people who are literate and will go to the yamen together tomorrow. I was lucky enough to pass the exam, and then I took the exam in Hejian Mansion. ”

Meng Xue said: "From here to Hejian Mansion, I am afraid that it will not take ten days to travel back and forth, so a lot of money will come." ”

The crowd laughed when they heard this. This time, the station workmanship was well paid, and it was really difficult to come across it. But like Meng Xuezhu, who values every penny so much, there is really no one else. To say that Meng Xuezhu is a bold person, he never feels sorry for money when he gathers with friends on weekdays. But it's one thing to spend money with friends, it's another thing to earn money by working on your own.

Liu Yi shook his head: "Pedant, you will have money to go to the Yamen tomorrow, and if you win, you will be even richer if you go to Hejian Mansion." The people from the Yamen said that if you go to Hejian Mansion, how many days it takes, it will still be calculated at 200 wen a day, and the students will not suffer losses. ”

Meng Xuexue nodded, and calculated in his heart, this kind of money in hand, if you don't take it for nothing. But I'm a village scholar, although I like to read some miscellaneous books every day, I really don't know anything about poetry and articles, and I can't help but feel empty.

Liu Yi came specifically to inform Meng Xuexue, and immediately said the time and the place of tomorrow's meeting, and then said goodbye and left.

Watching Liu Yi leave, Wei Xin said: "Work hard, it's only one hundred and fifty wen a day." If the pedant goes to the yamen, he will get two hundred dollars. Sure enough, reading is useful. is like this Liu Yi, who doesn't work every day, just keeps some accounts, and has a hundred wen a day. ”

The people who need to keep accounts at the station site are paid less than the people who do the work because they don't work. Meng Xuezhu can actually do it, he thinks that he has little money every day, and would rather do work. When you are strong, of course, you choose a job with a lot of money.

After chatting for a while, seeing that it was dark, Wei Xin, Zhu Zhaoren and others went to the tavern next to them to drink. Meng Xuezhu was alone, returned to his residence, burned the stove vigorously, and lay down on the bed.

I wanted to study since I was a child, and even though I had never met a Master or received a formal education, I read as many books as I could. When I was a teenager, I also thought about making meritorious contributions, and a good man lived his life vigorously. But he was born in the Khitan territory, and he is a Han Chinese, so he can't be an official for a foreign race for the sake of Yulu. Later, he married a wife and had children, and his livelihood was difficult, and these thoughts slowly faded.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh. When he was in the Khitan, Meng Xuezhu was a person who squandered money with righteousness, so that he could make friends from all walks of life. After arriving in the Song Dynasty, he became more interested in money, just because the environment changed. Now that the imperial court is under the rule, he should let his family live a better life and earn more money. What kind of achievement, thinking about it, I feel impossible.

Thinking of this, Meng Xuezhu stood up, went to the window and pushed open the window, looking at the stars in the sky. A few days ago, Chen Rui's army passed by their village, and everyone saw the current Song army, which was strictly disciplined and majestic. Later, I heard that the Khitan 10,000 cavalry were annihilated, and the surrounding people really discussed it for a while. Such a result, for the army of the Central Plains, is the story of other dynasties.

When I go to the government office tomorrow, can I really pass the exam? If you really pass and enter the military school, what kind of life will you have in the future? Here on Hebei Road, there was no shortage of people who joined the army in the past. However, at that time, they all relied on personal bravery, or their tall bodies, and they recruited the army by exams, which I had never heard of before. For ordinary people, this kind of thing is not even daring to think about it, which is really against common sense.

Looking at the stars in the sky, Meng Xue was a little distracted. In this silent night, the dreams of my youth came to my heart. At that time, I also wanted to fight the sword world, I also wanted to conquer the world, and I also wanted to make contributions.

Early in the morning of the second day, without waiting for the sun to come out, Wei Xin and the others called Meng Xuexue up and said, "Xuexue, go to Yamen today, and I wish you a victory." If you win, come back and let's have a victory wine together. ”

Zhu Zhaoren said: "That's it." Let's send you together to meet someone else, don't miss the hour. ”

Meng Xuexue looked at everyone and nodded: "Okay, thank you." And when I clean my face, I need to clean up when I go to the yamen. ”

Everyone laughed together, and someone fetched water, helped Meng Xuexue wash his face, and cleaned up carefully.

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