The three of them entered the room and sat down as guests.

Liang Xiankuan looked at the furnishings in the room, and asked Du Jinning with a smile: "Are you planning to go to the academy after the Chinese New Year?" Seeing Du Jinning nodded, he asked again, "Then what are you doing at home all day?" ”

"I didn't do anything, I read a book at home and help the family with some work. Just now, I went to my own field on the mountain. Du Jinning said.

Liang Xiankuan, she didn't know about this person, but she knew that he was not a simple-minded person, and he didn't deal with Guan Jiaze, so she naturally wouldn't say anything. "When you see people, you only say three points, and you can't throw all your hearts", she still understands this truth.

"Senior Brother Liang, why don't you go to the academy today?" Although he was curious about Liang Xiankuan's intentions, Du Jinning decided to say a few words first, and at the same time set Liang Xiankuan's words. Don't ask Liang Xiankuan about the situation in her family, but she doesn't know anything about him.

"There is something going on at home today, so I asked for leave." Liang Xian Kuandao.

Du Jinning bowed slightly.

Liang Xiankuan looked at her and said with a smile: "Why don't you ask me what's going on at home?" ”

Du Jinning was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile: "This is a matter of Senior Brother Liang's family, if Senior Brother Liang wants to say it, he will naturally say it; If I don't want to say it, I take the liberty of asking, won't it make Senior Brother Liang embarrassed? Although I am not talented and have not studied for a few days, I still understand the truth. ”

"If Senior Brother Du wants to say no, then don't we people even have a place to stay?" Liang Xiankuan said with a smile.

He asked again: "Where did Senior Brother Du study in the first place?" ”

"I didn't read it, so I was only taught a few words by my uncle and grandfather at home, and I read some books by myself."

"I also learned arithmetic from my uncle?"

Hearing this, Du Jinning was secretly vigilant, but his face was not obvious, and he shook his head with a smile: "It's not, my uncle and grandfather never told me this, but only taught me to read "Three Hundred Thousand", and memorize some "Analects", "Mencius", "Three Hundred Poems" or something. ”

She opened a pair of big black and white eyes, and asked curiously, "What, do you still have to learn this thing?" You can understand it at a glance. As if remembering something, she patted her head, "Oh yes, you call it arithmetic." Arithmetic is naturally a science. ”

Her expression became more and more curious: "What do you study on weekdays?" Which gentleman in the academy taught it? Isn't it so easy to learn this science? ”

It doesn't matter if she pretends to be naïve and stupid, but Liang Xiankuan is full of frustration: You haven't learned anything, and you are better than the first place in my academy, if you learn, then don't you go to heaven?

"No, I don't think it's easy, I'll know when my junior brother goes to the academy in the future." Du Jinning's words almost made Liang Xiankuan burst into tears, he decided not to talk about the topic that made people feel congested, and don't inquire about Du Jinning, quickly and decisively explain the matter clearly, and leave, "Because my junior brother is very good at learning, I am here to ask my junior brother to help me today." ”

"Help? How can I help? This time, Du Jinning was really curious.

"That's right. Our family is in the timber and furniture business, and there are a lot of things to do at the end of the year every year, and the family's account office is too busy. No, I've taken time off to go back to help these two days. Liang Xiankuan said, "Because you are good at studying, I want to ask you to do me a favor and go to my house to settle accounts with the bookkeepers." You can rest assured, the salary is calculated according to the identity of the old account room, five dollars a day. ”

As he spoke, Liang Xiankuan looked at Du Jinning expectantly.

Du Jinning also looked at him, feeling a little inexplicable.

The Liang family won't be short of people to this point, right? She did well in arithmetic that day, but she was only ten years old. Who's going to ask a kid to settle the score? There is no hair on the lips to do things, and everyone who asks the account room must invite the old account room, and the work is stable and careful, so that it is not easy to make mistakes. Doesn't Liang Xiankuan know this truth?

"Well, this ......" she touched her nose and asked in confusion, "Senior Brother Liang, can I ask the real reason?" ”

Liang Xiankuan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed "haha".

That's right, their family is indeed very busy, and he doesn't take a leave of absence to go home to help, but it's not to the point where there is a shortage of people enough to ask outsiders to help. He came to invite Du Jinning and gave him such a high salary, all because Du Jinning would be very productive in the future.

He heard Guan Jiaze brag to his classmates that Du Jinning had never been to school for a day, but in less than ten days of self-study and literacy, he was able to write very wonderful words - the book "Bad Luck Han Happened to Encounter Dongting Red" He also put down his body and asked Guan Jiaze to borrow it, and it was indeed written very well - plus that day's competition, Du Jinning showed his ability to never forget his skills, and his extremely strong arithmetic level, which made him very important, and he secretly had the heart to recruit.

He is not angry with Guan Jiaze, and wants to pull his classmates who have a good relationship with Guan Jiaze into his camp. He is not as naïve as Guan Jiaze.

Liang Xiankuan's mind and talent made the head of the Liang family cultivate him as the next head of the family. wants to be the head of the family and develop the Liang family, Liang Xiankuan understands that it will definitely not be possible for him to work hard alone, and he must have a helper.

And Du Jinning, although he was accepted as a disciple by Guan Lehe, returned to the Guan family. But Liang Xiankuan felt that Guan Lehe was a very bookish person, he was good to Du Jinning, but he loved talents, and he did not mean to recruit Du Jinning to serve the Guan family. In this way, their Liang family stretched out their hand first, and they might be able to recruit Du Jinning under their command.

After all, Du Jinning is a son of a poor family. Even if he is talented and intelligent, and he cares about Lehe, he won't go very far in the future. Because he has a family to support, he has to earn money, dress and eat to support his family. How difficult it is for such a person to go through the imperial examination. If he doesn't go through the imperial examination, then he will have to find something to do. Liang Xiankuan gave him a chance to make money, and slowly played the emotional card, are you still afraid that Du Jinning will not be grateful to Dade, befriend him Liang Xiankuan, and try his best to do things for the Liang family?

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Du Jinning finally passed the imperial examination and took the official career, now the Liang family has handed him an olive branch, and when he becomes an official in the future, when it is convenient, he can also give the Liang family some convenience, right?

In short, he admired Du Jinning's intelligence, talent and mind that day. He is very optimistic about Du Jinning, so he also hopes that when Du Jinning has not yet become a character, he will burn the cold stove and try his best to be good friends with Du Jinning.

Don't talk in front of smart people, since Du Jinning asked, Liang Xiankuan decided not to hide it, and said very frankly: "I said that day, I like you as a person, I think you are a very smart and capable person, so I hope to be good friends with you." However, it is true that my family is short of manpower. ”

As he spoke, he looked at Du Jinning expectantly, waiting for her answer.