Zhang San looked back at him and said, "It's nothing, just ask?" ”

The middle-aged man asked again, "How about the correct answer?" What about answering incorrectly? ”

Zhang Sanyi was stunned and smiled: "There is a prize for answering correctly, and it doesn't matter if you answer wrong." ”

The middle-aged man replied quickly: "I will transport the sheep to the other side first, and then bring the sheep back by the way, just like I will transport the wolf or cabbage, and then I will transport the rest of the wolf or cabbage, and then I will transport the sheep over on the last trip." ”

Zhang San looked at him stunned and asked, "You can do it, I can do it, everyone can do it; One person can do it, two people can't do it together. What does this do? ”

The middle-aged man looked at Zhang San strangely, thought for a while and said, "Dreaming." ”

Zhang San finally became interested, at least this middle-aged man's brain was still very effective, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised and asked: "A monkey riding on the tree, a monkey on the ground, how many monkeys are there in total?" ”

The middle-aged man opened his mouth and was about to say, "Both." Seeing Zhang San's smiling expression, he hurriedly said, "No! ”

The middle-aged man thought for a while, his eyes lit up, and said, "Dare to ask Childe, is this a monkey or seven monkeys?" ”

Zhang San said with a disappointed face: "Even if you are right, come and see my hand." You can't think about the last three questions, you must answer them correctly quickly, there will be a prize for answering correctly, and you will be rewarded with ten dollars, and there will be nothing if you answer wrong. ”

The middle-aged man hugged his fists and said, "Childe, please ask the question." ”

As he spoke, Zhang San stretched out a finger and asked, "How much is this?" ”

Middle-aged man: "One. ”

Zhang San stretched out another one and asked, "How much is this?" ”

Middle-aged man: "Two. ”

Zhang San stretched out his third finger and asked, "What is one plus one?" ”

The middle-aged man didn't think about it and replied quickly: "Three." ”

Zhang San laughed, the middle-aged man thought about it before he reacted, looked at Zhang San speechlessly, and returned to his stall to ignore Zhang San.

Seeing that the middle-aged man ignored him, Zhang San walked back to his stall and asked, "I'm asking you a question, if you answer me, hire you as a gentleman." ”

The middle-aged man clenched his fists and said: "If Childe wants to have fun, there is a tile fence over there, why bother to come to my stall for fun." The business of the villain to make ends meet, and I hope that the son will raise his noble hand. ”

Zhang San smiled slightly, took out the official seal, handed it to him and said, "I only ask you the third brother's question, and if you answer correctly, you will naturally be hired, and it doesn't hurt if you answer wrong." ”

The middle-aged man took the seal, his face changed, and he said, "My lord, may I ask." ”

Zhang San asked, "First question, how do you know that I am not a candidate?" ”

The middle-aged man said: "Adults don't have the temperament of candidates, and they don't have bookish anger." ”

Zhang San nodded, this is also a kind of person, and it is also a necessary skill for a stall teller, Zhang San then asked the second question: "Do you think it is important to read 10,000 books or to travel 10,000 miles?" ”

The middle-aged man thought about it and replied seriously: "My lord, I think both are important, you have to think about reading, you have to think about walking, and the most important thing is to put what you see into your stomach, otherwise the most talented people in the world will be copyists and post men." Therefore, I think it is not so important to read 10,000 books and travel 10,000 miles, but to put these 10,000 books and 10,000 miles of knowledge into your stomach. ”

Zhang San nodded, he could be regarded as an understanding person, but his answer was indeed decent, and Zhang San asked again: "Then do you think that the people can make it." What does it mean to know if you can't? ”

The middle-aged man looked at Zhang San in shock, chewing on this sentence repeatedly, watching Zhang San not speak for a long time, Zhang San was also looking at him, the middle-aged man had been thinking for a quarter of an hour before looking up at Zhang San with his fists and solemnly saying: "My lord, I have all the people in my heart, and the students admire and admire." ”

Zhang San smiled slightly and said: "I was ordered by the emperor to establish the Great Song Daily, and I want to hire you as the deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper, I don't know if you are willing to give in." ”

The middle-aged man clenched his fists and replied, "It's all up to the adults." ”

Zhang San nodded with satisfaction and asked: "Do you know any great talents, unambitious, open-minded, good at getting along with others, capable of bending and stretching, and moral?" ”

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment and said: "I have a classmate, surnamed Xu Menglong, who has a talent for pipe music, is open-minded and makes friends, but he drinks and lingers in Qinglou on weekdays, and I don't know ...... adults." ”

Zhang San waved his hand and said, "It's okay, those who have become big things since ancient times are not informal, you take me to see him." ”

The middle-aged man hastily cleaned up the stall, thought about it and looked at Zhang San again, smiled, put things on the table, and took Zhang San away.

The middle-aged man on the road introduced himself as Li Hanliang, and this Xu Menglong was originally the top name on Zhejiang West Road to enter Beijing to take the exam, and he didn't want his father to be assigned to Lingnan because of a fraud case during his school, and Xu Menglong was also dismissed from his reputation because of his father's affairs, and lost his qualification for the exam.

Li Hanliang was afraid that Zhang San would misunderstand, so he praised Xu Menglong's talent again, Zhang San didn't have any bad feelings for such a person, but he didn't have a good impression of it, but since Li Hanliang praised him as nothing in heaven and earth, Zhang San also wanted to take a look.

It is precisely because he lost his qualification for the examination that Zhang San is more willing to use him, and this political stain may accompany him throughout his life, and even if he wants to be an official in the future, he may not be able to be an official, so he can always be used by Zhang San.

Li Hanliang took Zhang San to turn a few streets, came to an alley, entered the second door of the alley and stopped, gently patted the wooden door and shouted: "Menglong, is Menglong at home?" ”

At this time, the voice of a child inside came out: "Here it is." ”

The wooden door opened, and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, with two buns, looked at the middle-aged man and said, "It's Mr. Li who is here, my husband has a hangover and hasn't woken up, you go to the yard and wait for a while, I'll call my husband." ”

Zhang San looked at the sun overhead, it was almost noon and he hadn't woken up yet, the two waited in the courtyard for a while, and a middle-aged man in his thirties in the house pushed open the door and shouted: "I heard Qingfeng say that Hanliang is coming, come on, come on, come into the house and let's drink two glasses of ......, ah, there are guests, you wait for me to clean up." ”

Zhang San looked at him in disheveled clothes and dressed in clogs, and he didn't see how talented he was, but Zhang Sanzhi frowned when he saw this free and easy realm. Li Hanliang looked at Zhang San and said embarrassedly: "Menglong is free on weekdays. ”

After a while, Xu Menglong cleaned up and opened the door here to look at Zhang San and then at Li Hanliang, Li Hanliang hurriedly introduced: "This is Master Zhang Yi of the Trust Institute of the Academy, and this person is Xu Menglong." ”

Xu Menglong looked at Zhang San and hurriedly saluted and said, "I've seen the adults, please come to the adults' house." ”

A few people entered the room and sat down, and Xu Menglong said: "Yesterday, one person drank alone under the moon and had a greedy cup and hangover so far, but it made the adults laugh, I don't know what the adults came to me for?" ”

Zhang San nodded and smiled: "I came this time because of Huang ......." ”

"Xu Menglong is not at home?" Zhang San was just about to speak, when a big man outside the door staggered in with two pimple-like people.