Not long after, Lu Fuzi really brought two young people to Xu's house. was about to speak, but saw that the two brothers of the Xu family were copying books, so they walked over to read it, only feeling a little strange, and feeling that there were some doorways, but they couldn't see the interior.

When Xu Yuanzuo saw that Mr. was coming, he brought two more young people, and hurriedly asked his younger brother to pack up his things and go upstairs to work hard, and talk to Lu Fuzi by himself.

Lu Fuzi and Xu Yuanzuo sat opposite each other, and two thirteen or fourteen-year-old teenagers sat on a small stool behind them, looking up at Xu Yuanzuo.

"These two are your apprentices, "Three", "Hundred" and "Thousand" have all been memorized, and they can write and calculate, but they are poor and don't plan to read anymore, and they want to find an apprentice, so that they can have a place to live in the future." Lu Fuzi said.

Xu Yuanzuo smiled and asked the names of the two, it turned out that one was called Lu Dayou and the other was Gu Shuisheng.

"Dayes, what did we meet last time?" Xu Yuanzuo remembered the appearance of this Lu Dayou, but he couldn't think of dating for a while.

Lu Dayou smiled and said, "Fat brother, don't you remember?" On the day I went to Shanghai, you took my boat to catch fish in the lake. ”

Xu Yuanzuo sighed, lightly tapped the corner of his forehead, and said, "Yes, yes." ”

This is the boy who was talking to Xu Yuanzuo on the boat that day.

Seeing this, Lu Fuzi said: "This is the youngest son of my cousin's family, who often goes to Shanghai, and has been to Zhoushan as far as possible." In your hands, you must discipline him strictly, and you must not indulge him. ”

Xu Yuanzuo knew that this was Lu Fuzi's group of relatives and friends. As for Gu Shuisheng, who didn't speak, he was probably just a relational household, so the master didn't take more favors into it. He said: "Since it was Master Lu who brought you to see me, it must be useful." Lu Fuzi hurriedly waved his hand and said: "What should you do, if you want to beat or scold, you will rush back." I'm just entrusted by people to be loyal to people. ”

Xu Yuanzuo smiled: "The master is attentive, I am a student of the master, how can I not know?" But you're still young, and you're paid according to your work, and it's up to you to do what you do. ”

Lu Da was bold and said: "I understand the reason, according to the rules, the apprentice has no salary for three years. My mother said, as long as the fat brother is willing to teach me skills. ”

"Uh-huh!" Lu Fuzi snorted: "When you go outside, you must be decent." What to call indiscriminately? ”

Xu Yuanzuo saw that Lu Dayou was cramped, and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's because of friendship." He added: "But outside, the friendship between us is not worth publicizing everywhere, otherwise I will not be able to speak for you in front of the shopkeeper." As he spoke, he looked at the muffled Gu Shuisheng.

"Yes, yes." Lu Dayou hurriedly responded.

"Just call me Yuanzuo." Xu Yuanzuo said.

"Brother Yuanzuo!" The two hurriedly decided on the title, how dare they call Xu Yuanzuo's name.

When Lu Fuzi saw Xu Yuanzuo giving face like this, he was naturally happy in his heart, and when he saw Xu's mother coming out, he smiled and said, "Aunt Xu, you are so blessed." The eldest brother is sensible and capable, and in just a few days, he has already done things that others may not be able to achieve in three or five years. ”

Mother Xu smiled when she heard this, and said: "Thanks to the master's promotion, my family Yuanzuo has to talk about it every time, and I dare not forget it." ”

It was the sedan chair that carried people, and Lu Fuzi became more and more happy when he heard it, and he really praised two sentences. They sat downstairs and talked, and the voice was not so small that the neighbors on the left and right could hear it clearly. Thinking that Lu Fuzi was also a decent person in Zhu Li, he gathered around when he spoke.

Lu Fuzi saw more of the audience, and bragged more and more for Xu Yuanzuo. forgot that he said that Xu Yuanzuo was "stupid and stupid" and other derogatory comments, and only said that he could see early on that this kid could do things as a "cautious old man".

Xu Yuanzuo is not inferior to himself for working in the Xu family, but he is not proud at all. It's just regarded as an ordinary job, which is equal to the office workers of later generations. At best, the unit has a better reputation and a higher salary. Listening to Lu Fuzi's boasting at the moment, he has simply become a successful person with a successful career!

After a short period of cerebral congestion, Xu Yuanzuo settled down, and while listening to Lu Fuzi bragging about him, he thought in his heart: Although everyone knows that the Ming Dynasty is an official standard, they feel that only being an official is "being a man", otherwise they are not even human. However, at present, the total number of officials in the country is only 80,000, and the population of the Ming Dynasty during the Longqing period is by no means more than 80 million. This proportion is one in a thousand, where do ordinary people go to see so many officials?

It's like the three aunts and six mothers-in-law in later generations, because the child of a relative's family entered the top 500 to be a supervisor and department manager, and they also boasted everywhere that they had a "successful career".

This situation is exactly the same.

Xu Yuanzuo had a smile on his face, but he felt ridiculous in his heart, but naturally he would not dismantle his own stage. If you have a good job, your mother's face is bright, and the neighbors are willing to help, so the family is naturally more relaxed. These favors are all interlocking, and being too modest will make people look down on them, and the road will get narrower and narrower.

"Can you call the shots and recruit people in?" A high-pitched voice came out of the crowd: "Don't mistake the shopkeeper, even you have lost your errand." ”

Although the words are reasonable, this tone is unpleasant.

Xu Yuanzuo looked over, but she was a lean and lean woman, with dark skin, and she looked like she was from a fishing family.

This woman is also a celebrity in Zhuli, but the wife of a blacksmith Qin, and she doesn't know how much resentment she has caused with her big mouth. Whenever she sees someone good, she will pour some cold water; Whenever she saw that people were in distress, she would make mockery. The philistine fools who hate people and laugh at people in the little talk book are written in her image.

Mother Xu is not a bully, and when she was about to have a seizure, Xu Yuanzuo had already gotten up and smiled heartily, pulling everyone's attention to herself. Of course, he wouldn't quarrel with a country fool, and he would be embarrassed if he didn't win.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have something to say, little brother." Xu Yuanzuo said loudly, but it was crisp and heavy, and he was already like an adult.

"I work in my hometown of Xu Ge in the county town, and everyone knows about it." Xu Yuanzuo said: "Thanks to the wrong love of Xu Lao Xiangguo and Xu Dagongzi, and the care of the Xu family's shopkeeper, now the younger brother is also in charge of a line, and the silver handled is not less than three or five thousand taels." There is a shortage of talents to help you, if you have more than 13 or less than 20 children in your neighborhood, and you want to find an errand, you can come to me, and arrange the amount of talent, and the remuneration and future naturally don't need me to say much! ”

Everyone was amazed when they heard this, although they knew that Xu Yuanzuo had planned a good errand, but they didn't know that they were already in charge of a line.

"You're not bragging, are you? How can anyone give a line name to a young child like you! The big-mouthed lady of the Qin family shouted first.

Everyone looked at Xu Yuanzuo again, and they felt that it was not credible.

Xu Yuanzuo smiled: "Those who are willing to believe come, and those who don't want to believe are free." How can I force it? It's just that today everyone happened to give Lu Fuzi face, and the neighbors gathered here, so I just said it. ”

Seeing that Xu Yuanzuo didn't explain, everyone believed more.

Half of the inhabitants of this place are businessmen, half are craftsmen, and there are almost no people who actually have acres of land at home - if they did, they would not live here.

The way out for the children here is very narrow, and the best way out is naturally to study, but unfortunately in recent decades, only the Lu family brothers have appeared, and that is still Shen Xiang. The real Zhuli people are only Lu Fuzi, a student.

The second class is Xu Yuanzuo, who went out to find a reliable business firm as an apprentice, and then as a buddy, and when he got old, he became a shopkeeper, which was very promising. If you can save some savings and do business, you will be like an elite among people. As long as you don't have a ruined family and accumulate three or five generations, maybe you can still raise a person and come out.

Again, the first class is to learn the craft from the craftsman, as long as you are willing to work, you will eventually be able to eat enough, wear warm clothes, and live a well-off life, belonging to the middle class. As long as you are diligent and thrifty, accumulate virtue and hope, after five or seven generations, most of them will be able to have children go to school and change their families.

The worst ones are to hold boats, move goods, and work as tenant farmers...... These people are at the bottom of society, suffering and living in the worst conditions, but at the same time they are the most numerous and have few opportunities to change.

If it weren't for Xu He's really four or six not to rely on, Xu Yuanzuo's family should also be a small rich and healthy family. Mother Xu wants her two sons to go to school, although she is a little anxious, but it may not be impossible. Even before Xu Yuanzuo took over, Xu Liangzuo could give it a go.

Now, although Xu Yuanzuo has been reborn, the situation at home is ...... Don't mention it.

"Brother Xu, how many employees do you recruit there? Is it powerful? Someone asked aloud.

The others just watched nervously how Xu Yuanzuo answered him, and no one cared about that Qin Da's salivation.

Xu Yuanzuo said: "The day is clear, and the two can't be too far apart, most of them are found nearby." He said: "I think we have Master Lu sitting here, good at learning, and patient teaching, no tuition, so we let our children read "Three", "Hundred", "Thousand", can clearly add and subtract algorithms, how much I want over there, and they are all positions, not hard work!" ”

When Lu Fuzi heard Xu Yuanzuo repay the favor, he even had a bright face, and said proudly: "Exactly, the big families in the township party do good deeds and set up a righteous school, as long as the children are not too stupid, literacy is not a problem." ”

"There are really not many people who take care of the neighborhood like Brother Yuanzuo." Gu Shuisheng, who had been dull and silent, suddenly said something, just on the point, which attracted admiration from all around.

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