Tang Qinqin walked up to the master with a nervous and apprehensive mood.

The master's eyes flashed, and it was fleeting, so fast that Tang Qinqin didn't notice it at all.

"Why do you want to learn about the preservation of ancient books? What do you think is the preservation of ancient books? Do you agree with the practice of putting it on the shelf? What is the rationale? ”

As soon as he came up, the old master quickly threw away a few cannons, which made Tang Qinqin's expression stunned for a while.

The old master looked at her with a smile.

quickly sorted out his thoughts, and Tang Qinqin answered the master's question quite smoothly.

"Okay, go out and turn left, walk slowly and don't send it." The old master stretched out his hand and gestured, then lowered his head and found Tang Qinqin's name on the list, ready to write.

Aiming at Tang Qinqin's sneaking gaze, the old master glared: "What are you looking at?" Still not leaving? ”

Tang Qinqin had no choice but to turn around and walk out with a little regret.

Lan Lan and the others were waiting for her outside, and when they saw her come out, they all came over to ask her about her question and answer.

"I think the answer is pretty good, but I don't think the old master's face is satisfied." Tang Qinqin no longer had a nervous aura at this time, and his tone was much calmer.

"Haha, the master is just like that, look at everyone's face stinks. It's not just for you. Lan Lan said with a smile.

"But I see that his face is very kind to you." Tang Qinqin told Lan Lan what he had just observed.

"Maybe it's something else. Anyway, everyone thinks that the master is not smiling, and he seems to be a strict master. Lan Lan didn't feel that there was anything unique about her.

"Forget it, it's useless for us to guess here, won't we know the result if we come back in the afternoon, let's go, let's go and fill our stomachs first!"

……

After enjoying a delicious lunch in a good mood, a few people wandered to the place where the morning exam was taken early.

I thought there should be no one else here except them, but when I arrived, I found that there were not only people, but also a lot of them.

A blank piece of paper was pasted at the door of the room, with two large characters of "notice" written on it, and several people stepped forward to watch, which turned out to be the "selected list" written by the master himself.

There are a total of 189 people participating in the assessment, and it seems that there are only about 20 people on the list, which is quite fierce.

At that moment, several people held their breath and began to search for their names from top to bottom.

"Jiang Mengru, Xia Lan, Sheng Qingchuan, Shen Jinsong......" Tang Qinqin saw several familiar names passing in front of him, but he didn't see his name for a long time.

Holding the heartstrings that couldn't help but get nervous, I insisted on seeing the end, and the penultimate name "Tang Qinqin" finally appeared.

"Whew". With a gentle breath, Tang Qinqin's heart was finally steady.

The rest of the people who were not selected did not have the opportunity to do so since then, and those who still have the intention of learning can continue to participate in the assessment until they enter the eyes of the master.

The players who did not have names on the list regretfully left, leaving only two dozen people waiting at the door.

A short time later, a staff member they had seen with the master before came over and took them to the master's studio.

It is said to be a studio, but it is actually a large room, with several rows of bookshelves placed on both sides of the wall, on one side of the bookshelf there are many books that feel very quaint just by looking at the spine, and on the other side there are more various restoration tools, bottles and cans, etc.

"If you come, take a good look, it's a little late today, so you don't have to get started. In the future, remember to wash your hands before touching these books, and wear gloves if necessary. ”

The old master pushed the glasses that had slipped off the bridge of his nose upward, and his eyes skimmed over the faces of the two dozen or so people one by one.

"Passing my assessment doesn't mean that you can't listen to me carefully, how valuable these books are, I believe you all know in your own hearts, becoming an ancient book protection worker, it is equivalent to becoming a doctor who must be careful and distracted, and your patients are these ancient books that have various thorny problems and need urgent treatment."

Tang Qinqin looked up at the lenses that reflected from time to time when the master spoke, and his thin but upright figure, and the stereotype of him began to change a little in his heart.

This little old man is actually far from being as impersonal as he appears.

Likely, it's faintly a little cute in it.

"Sheng Qingchuan, Tang Qinqin, and when you are drunk, the three of you are originally doctors, and you should be able to understand what I mean. I hope that everyone can take care of ancient books as much as they love their own bodies. ”

"Okay, come around honestly, your task this afternoon is to observe carefully, if you have any questions, you can ask questions later, and tomorrow I will come and officially take you to start from the most basic process."

The master waved his hand, then walked to his work table and began to continue his work.

Behind the old master, there are three "senior brothers" who are immersed in the restoration of ancient books, one of them is the person who just went to bring them over, except for the big battle when they came in and let them look up, the old master gave a brief introduction to both sides, and the rest of the time was immersed in their own work world.

Noticing this, Tang Qinqin couldn't help but look at them twice.

She seems to understand a little bit why the master has to conduct an assessment to screen apprentices, this work is destined to often sit in front of the table around the ancient books, what is needed is a calm and down-to-earth person, they can sit still, can calm down, will not fish for three days and dry nets for two days.

This afternoon, the players all quietly gathered around the master's table, watching the master's ancient book restoration work with full attention.

For some reason, it should have felt very boring, but almost no one was distracted, but instead felt a rare healing from each step of the master's repair operation, and witnessed the original missing pages gradually look new, almost intact, and everyone's hearts swelled with an indescribable passion - is it that in the future, they can also do this, and they can also use their own hands to wake up the ancient books that have been sleeping in the torrent of time for a long time, so that it can glow with its original brilliance?

At six o'clock in the afternoon, one of the master's apprentices came over and whispered that they could leave and that they could stay if they had any questions, and specially instructed them not to be late for the meeting time tomorrow morning.

Everyone did have questions, but there were too many questions, because there were too many things they didn't understand, and they didn't know where to ask for a while, so they all tacitly said goodbye to this senior brother and quietly retreated.

Tang Qinqin thought about things and walked behind unconsciously, Song Yuanze came to her side and easily saw through her: "Something? ”

"I'm wondering, should we do a serious apprenticeship, and arrange the sense of ritual that we should have?"