Chapter Twenty-Eight: An Apprentice Was Accepted
"Oh? How much salt is needed in total? How much cloth? Do you have any other needs? I'll see if my stock here is enough, if it's not enough, I'll go to Chang'an City again and buy more back, since they are all in a hurry, they can't delay any longer. In line with the principle that the customer is God, Lin Sen wants to complete their transaction request as soon as possible, so as to better win the trust of these people.
"Uh, this ...... I did write down everyone's requests, but the total number was really unclear, and Grandpa and I didn't know how to read, and we didn't know how to count. When Xi Junmai said this, his tone couldn't help but be low, and he even had a little inferiority complex.
"Oh, don't worry. Tell me one by one, and I'll write it down. Lin Sen's heart moved, he waved his hand carelessly, turned around and went to the back frame to find the pen, ink, paper and inkstone he had just bought.
Of course, he picked the cheapest, but it still cost him a lot of money, which shows that reading and writing is indeed a very expensive thing, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford, so it is no wonder that the civil officials are basically controlled by the major families.
It is difficult for the children of the poor family to find some people who can read and write, and if they want to let them come out to be officials, it is indeed difficult to convince the public with their knowledge.
Lin Sen wrote down all the things that Xi Junmai dictated one by one, but it was definitely the most familiar simplified Chinese characters.
Although he knows most of the traditional characters, after all, he also practiced big characters with his father when he was a child, and there were calligraphy classes in school, but if he wants to write those traditional characters now, it is really a little difficult for him, but fortunately, he does not plan to take the civil official route, let alone go to the top exam, just make a record, and use simplified Chinese characters without delaying his own use.
"Oh, in this way, a total of twenty-three catties and seven taels of salt are needed, about 30 horses of ordinary cloth, and a few other odds and ends.
If these small bits and pieces are not in a hurry, just other things, I will have almost enough, you can take them back and send them from house to house. Lin Sen had already calculated all the numbers in his heart, and said indifferently.
And Xi Junmai's father and son looked at Lin Sen with a lot of reverence in their eyes, and for knowledgeable people, people will always have some respect.
"It's just simple arithmetic and writing, nothing like that." As soon as Lin Sen looked up, he saw the eyes of the father and son, waved his hand and said indifferently.
"It's really good that you bought your memory, so many things, what was sent, what you needed, you can remember everything one by one, I'm far worse than you." Lin Sen said with some envy.
He is very clear about his level, it is nothing more than the light of universal education in later generations, and the level is just ordinary, memory and intelligence, etc., that is, an average level, and even emotional intelligence is a little low, because he has been protected by his parents too well since he was a child, and he has too few things and people to contact, and he will always look at everything around him with the greatest kindness.
Fortunately, he is still self-aware, even if he crosses over, and has a plant transformation system in hand, he never thinks that he will be able to dominate when he comes to Datang.
I don't even have the idea of going to the officialdom, those guys are the real human spirits, even if he has the opportunity to join, if he crashes into it, most of them will be swallowed by people and there will be no bones left, and he will end up miserable, so it's good to live his own life honestly, and let others do it if he gets ahead.
"My memory is just average...... "Xi Junmai said that he was a little speechless and stopped, "It's not as good as Lang Jun's knowledge, and he is respectable." ”
"What kind of knowledge do I have, with your cleverness, learn a little, it's just a matter of time before you surpass me." Lin Sen said sincerely.
"Well, yes, if you want to learn, I can teach you. I just don't know if you're willing to learn from me, a hairy boy. Only then did Lin Sen react to what Xi Junmai meant.
Since the two of them have officially become their spokesmen among the mountain people, this kind of statistical work will definitely be indispensable in the future, and it is always troublesome to expect them to do it themselves, so it is better to bring Xi Junmai out, and he can also be his right-hand man. The key is that he can basically be liberated, most of the time he can just sit at home and count the money, how much can he save.
Before Lin Sen's words fell, there was a "bang" over there, and Xi Junmai knelt down without saying a word, and kowtowed three times with a "knock knock".
"The teacher is above, please accept the student's worship." Xi Junmai said in ecstasy, this worship is really a sincerity, Lin Sen felt that the ground was going to be knocked out of the pit by him, and there were red marks on his forehead.
Xi Weizhong next to him was also excited, his face was about to twitch, his big mouth was grinning to both sides, and tears of laughter came out.
Even if those good families with good family backgrounds want to learn from others, they will often be denied entry, but all knowledgeable people will regard their own things as treasures, and they will not let ordinary people see them, let alone mountain people like them.
I thought that my whole life might be like this, and I didn't even know what my name was, let alone write it, but now someone told them that they could teach them, and it was really a pie-in-the-sky thing, how could there be any reason not to catch it right away.
"Oh, don't." Lin Sen was busy trying to pull Xi Junmai up, but the difference in strength between the two was too big, so he didn't pull it.
"The student came in a hurry today, and he didn't bring the six rites, and I hope that the teacher will forgive the sins, and I will definitely make up for it next time." After Xi Junmai finished speaking, he wanted to give a big gift again, but after seeing Lin Sen waving his hand to stop it, he hurriedly stood up honestly.
Before, I was afraid that Lin Sen would regret it if the apprenticeship was slow, but now that he has become Lin Sen's official student, he naturally has to listen to the teacher's orders at any time.
At this time, the relationship between master and apprentice is not as weak as that of later generations, the so-called heaven and earth monarch teacher, the teacher can be said to be second only to his own Lao Tzu, and even some things can not listen to the father's opinion, but what the teacher says must be followed. And Master, Master, is it like a master like a father, when this Xi Junmai faced Lin Sen again, he naturally had a different attitude.
"Okay, I'm really not used to these red tapes, and we don't need to get too angry, how to get along or how to get along.
I will definitely do my best to teach, although I am shallow, but I will definitely teach you all the things I know without reservation, and I look forward to the day when you surpass me. Lin Sen encouraged Xi Jun a few words awkwardly.
He was still not too used to his sudden identity as a teacher, and originally wanted to help as a friend, but he obviously underestimated the importance that people attached to this kind of knowledge inheritance at this time, and he was really a little uncomfortable with being so serious.
"Thank you, the students will study hard and live up to the expectations of the teacher." Xi Junmai solemnly arched his hand again, indicating that he bowed his head and was taught.
"Let's get here today, these salt and cloth should be enough, and the rest of the small bits and pieces that I don't have will be put on the next trip to Chang'an to buy them together."
You go back and send it first, and the next time you come over, I'll start teaching you, and I need time to sort it out and figure out how to teach it. "Lin Sen is actually not very sure about what he will do, and he does need a little time to buffer.