Du Jinning himself is a half-sized child, even younger than the children in front of him, only ten years old; Qi Muyuan was only twelve years old, about the same age as these people. Only Zhang Hongwen is older, and he is only fourteen or fifteen years old, but several people don't realize it and only treat themselves as adults.

A few people went over to sit down, Zhuang Yue introduced it first, and then motioned for a few boys to come up and salute.

From the salute, you can see the difference between several people.

The three who were found from the goulan tile shop, thinking that they had stayed in the goulan for a long time, were bold, and did not feel panicked at all; and should have been taught, when saluting, behaving properly, bowing his eyebrows and pleasing to the eyes, and nodding his head a little; Although the two boys of the Guan Mansion are subordinates, they were born in the Guan Mansion, and they can be regarded as those who have seen the world, and they are not timid when they come forward to greet them, and their expressions are more generous than those people in the Goulan.

Only Qian Dongbao's grandson, who may have been treasured at home, and was born in a small family, stammered when greeting him, shrunk his hands and feet when he saluted, and looked very nervous, and he couldn't wait to come forward to salute him and say hello.

Du Jinning saw all this in his eyes.

She said, "Tell me about your respective circumstances, and why you want to work in our teahouse." ”

Although the two boys in the Guan Mansion heard their brother and cousin say that although this teahouse is a part of the seventh young master of Guan Qi, the young master Du is the youngest and his clothes are inconspicuous, but he is a powerful person, not only the shopkeeper, but also the seventh young master of his own family listen to him. Therefore, they did not dare to underestimate Du Jinning.

But this is ultimately the property of their own Seventh Young Master, and they have a sense of superiority in their hearts that others don't have. As soon as Du Jinning's words fell, Chen Jiaxing's younger brother stepped forward and introduced himself: "My name is Chen Jiarong, and Chen Jiaxing is my brother." Our parents were both on errands in the Guanfu, my father followed my lord out of the house, and my mother served in the courtyard of the five girls. I'm number four. As for why you are here? Of course, it's to make money, and I'm too old to stay at home and eat idle meals, right? ”

He smiled and bowed.

Seeing this, Liu Ze's cousin also hurriedly stepped forward and said: "My name is Wu Tianyou, I am the only son in the family, and my father and mother are also on an errand in the Guan Mansion. But my dad was in charge of the animals, and my mom was working in the kitchen. Like my brother in the Liu family, I came here to make money. ”

After they had finished speaking, there was a brief silence in the room, and no one spoke. However, a few boys in the hook bar quickly realized that something was wrong, and one of them looked at the older one, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, saying, "My name is Lu Xiaobei, and I was originally from the city." I was orphaned after my parents died. In order to make a living, I went to the hook pen to help with some chores, and I usually secretly learned their skills. I'm here ......," he paused, "and I'm eating too." ”

Du Jinning asked him, "Why don't you want to stay in the original hook bar?" Are the people there treating you badly? ”

Lu Xiaobei shook his head: "They are very good to me, saying that they are all poor people, and they can save food for me to eat, and they will not let me starve to death." But just because they are good to me, I can't be ungrateful. If I learn the skills to stay there, I will rob them of their jobs. So I had to find my own way and not embarrass them. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the two boys behind him: "They are in a similar situation to me, Wang Lusheng is father died, and his stepmother didn't want to raise him, so she wanted to sell him as a slave, he escaped and met me; Zhang Gou'er was bought by the head of the drama troupe, and then the head of the troupe died, and he had nowhere to go, so he followed me. We're all in this together. ”

Wang Lusheng and Zhang Gou'er nodded vigorously, indicating that what Lu Xiaobei said was what they wanted to say.

Lu Xiaobei said the last sentence, and seemed to realize that he had said it wrong, so he hurriedly added: "Of course, we don't want the owner to want us." It's okay to have one, it's okay to have two, and of course, it's better to ask for three. If one of us can make money, the other two won't starve to death, and we won't have to drag the others in the bar. ”

Wang Lusheng and Zhang Gou'er nodded again.

Guan Jiaze was born in a wealthy family, and was taken by Guan Lehe when he was a child, he has never suffered hardships, and he is also a simple person. Seeing that these three boys are as old as themselves, but they have no father or mother, and the clothes on their bodies are even worse than Du Jinning at the beginning - Du Jinning is at least taken care of by Chen, although the clothes are also tattered, and the patches are stacked with patches, but at least they are neatly sewn and the clothes are clean. But the three in front of me are full of holes, and they are so dirty that you can't see the color of the clothes themselves.

Du Jinning had a plan in his heart, but there was no expression on his face, and he said, "You let the two of them say it themselves." ”

Lu Xiaobei's face stiffened, scratched his head in embarrassment, took a step back, and motioned to Wang Lusheng and Zhang Gou'er with his eyes to speak quickly.

Wang Lusheng was not timid, told his own situation, and said: "I learned monkey drama with Brother Lu, and we did a good somersault." ”

However, Zhang Gou'er was a little nervous, and he stammered when he spoke, so Lu Xiaobei was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, and as soon as he stopped talking, he hurriedly added: "Dongjia, he usually doesn't talk like this, he is quite a neat person." ”

Du Jinning was noncommittal and shifted his attention to Qian Youcai.

"I ...... My name is Money and Wealth. Qian Youcai kept standing there with his neck bent, but under Qian Dongbao's glaring and encouragement, he finally mustered up the courage and stepped forward and said, "My name was given by my grandfather, and he expected me to make a lot of money, so he called me rich." I—I haven't made any money yet, so I want to come to the teahouse and earn money to support myself. ”

Seeing him like this, Chen Jiarong pursed his lips.

After a few people introduced themselves, Du Jinning still didn't say anything, just handed over two pieces of paper: "You pick your own people, work in pairs, and show me what I wrote above." ”

Looking at the notebook she handed over, several boys were dumbfounded.

Only money has money, and the eyes light up. Qian Dongbao was literate himself, and he wanted his grandson to pass on his mantle, so he naturally taught him to read. After all, there are a few people who are literate now, and it seems that those few are illiterate. In this comparison, his grandson has an advantage.

But Qian Youcai over there saw that the other people were stunned and didn't move, and he himself shrank his head, lowered his eyes, and didn't make a sound.

Qian Dongbao glared angrily.

Seeing that no one was talking, Du Jinning asked, "Which of you is literate?" ”

Qian Dongbao stepped forward and was about to speak, but Du Jinning glanced at him and successfully made him shut his mouth, and the smile froze on his face.

Du Jinning looked at those people and asked, "Which of you can read?" ”