When Gu Beichuan heard this, he immediately frowned, and at the same time, he was surprised, but also a little clear.

I took it for granted.

Reading and learning to read and write is still a big problem for most people from poor backgrounds in this era.

It's just that Zheng Jianjian is the housekeeper of the Gu Mansion.

It is not easy to be illiterate, but it is not easy to handle all the matters properly, and it takes effort to think about it.

Seeing Gu Beichuan's brows furrowed slightly, Zheng Jian chuckled in his heart, and a bad premonition swelled.

He knew in his heart that many large families were extremely strict in selecting housekeepers.

Not only does it require a clean family background, but it also has certain requirements for reading and learning characters.

If it is a very noble family, it will even require the housekeeper to have a child's fame!

This alone would have dissuaded many people, including him.

Although Gu Fu is not a powerful person in the court, he is also extremely wealthy.

Being able to be the housekeeper of the Gu Mansion, Zheng Jian is grateful from the bottom of his heart.

It was not in vain that he was bold at the beginning, and took Gu Beichuan to walk on this Qiandu West Street.

Therefore, since he served as the housekeeper of the Gu Mansion, he has been dedicating himself to doing his best in everything.

Although Gu Beichuan has never urged him to be demanding, he has always held himself to the highest standards.

Whether you are away from home or behave in the world, you will first think about whether you are the housekeeper of the Gu family, whether you will lose face by doing so, and then consider your own wishes.

He felt that only by being so conscientious could he be worthy of the high monthly money that the master gave him!

However, no matter how well he did, he never read or read, it was always a terrible scar on his career that would not be erased.

Now, it's time for this scarring to strike.

The lord is naturally very generous and benevolent, but he lives in Qiandu West Street, where there are high-ranking families and dignitaries.

Many times, it is important to pay attention to a person who can't help himself.

As the Gu Mansion earns more and more money, if the housekeeper is still an illiterate rough man, it will inevitably lose his face if it is spread out.

And between these high-ranking families, face is an extremely important thing.

In contrast, it seems normal to fire a housekeeper.

Zheng Jian seemed to have anticipated his end, and there was no resentment in his eyes, but a little gratitude.

Gu Beichuan is already the most generous master he has encountered since he looked for a job. not only appointed him as a housekeeper, trusted him in everything, and gave him reuse, but now he has found a job to read and write.

It's because I can't bear it, I can't understand it, I can't see it really, how can I complain about the master's family?

Zheng Jian is calm and ready to meet his fate.

However, this look fell on Gu Beichuan's eyes, which made him a little unhappy.

What do you mean?

It's normal that you can't read and write, but what do you mean by not being ashamed at all, and even a little calm?

After thinking about it, his words couldn't help but increase a little: "My Gu Mansion is also a decent family, and as a housekeeper, how can you be illiterate?" ”

When Zheng Jian heard this, he was suddenly awe-struck, and sighed in his heart: "After all, I have to go." ”

"If you let others look at it, you still think that I can't afford to read in the Gu Mansion!"

"From tomorrow, you will go to the street to find a few Confucian scholars, study the local chronicles of the Canglan River Valley for me, and transcribe a summary."

"By the way, find a teacher for yourself, good students learn to learn, if you don't learn to be able to read 10,000 words, don't come back to see me."

"All expenses should be reported and borne by the government."

Zheng Jian: ???

Yes?

His gaze was glazed, and his expression froze a little. As if I had been greatly stimulated, I couldn't recover for a while, and I lost my ability to think.

After a while, he clarified the meaning of Gu Beichuan's words. It's just that the surprise in my heart has not decreased, but it is like a stormy wave, wave after wave, pushing to a climax.

"Sir, you... You just said that you want to pay for me to study and learn calligraphy? ”

Gu Beichuan raised his eyebrows and said, "Let you go and invite a few Confucian scholars to study local chronicles for me, and by the way, find a gentleman to read and write, what?" Do you have to say these things several times? ”

Seeing Zheng Jian's surprised look, Gu Beichuan even wondered if there was any loophole in his words, or an ambiguity that was easy to misunderstand.

But if you think about it, there is none!

In that case, what is going on with this Zheng Jian?

How can a person who is usually quite smart, not even understand such simple words now?

However, these words are like these words, for Gu Beichuan, it is dull and tasteless, and it is very ordinary.

But when it fell into Zheng Jian's ears, it was really a thunderstorm.

It's just a high monthly payment.

It's just that there is no harsh criticism on weekdays.

But now, he has to pay to send the people of the house to study and read!

This, this, this... There is such a master in this world!

This really shocked his three views.

Before, I often heard people say that his master was a literary star in the sky.

At first, he didn't believe it, Wen Quxing was a man among the gods, even if he went down to earth, how could he be so good?

But now he believes!

Let's ask such a good heart, except for the heavenly immortals, who can have it?

Thinking of this, Zheng Jian fell to his knees with a puff, kowtowed to Gu Beichuan, and said with tears in his eyes: "Zheng Jian swears here, in this life and this life, he will definitely serve the Gu family for generations, if he violates this oath, he will not die well!" ”

Zheng Jian really has never read a book, and even if he swears, he can only say the price of not dying well.

If you are a serious reader, you must be able to pull out a series of oaths that seem cruel and vicious, but in fact they are insignificant.

However, this is obviously not the point, the point is that Gu Beichuan didn't know what Zheng Jian's nerves were, so he suddenly knelt down and kowtowed.

Thinking about it, I don't have a clue.

In the end, it can only be attributed to the fact that this is a terrible custom in Zheng Jian's hometown.

"Okay, okay, don't talk about these false things, I'll go to the street early tomorrow morning to recruit people, remember to find some reliable readers, have you ever understood?"

"Don't worry, sir, the little one will definitely handle this matter properly."

When Gu Beichuan heard this, he nodded, and by the way, he picked up a volume of local chronicles of the Canglan River Basin, entered the room, and planned to read it by candlelight.

The so-called recruitment strategy of the imperial court is not a reliable way out.

God knows how long it will be released, but everything must be tight.

Li Dongbi paused when he saw him leaving, picked up a volume of local chronicles, and wanted to go back to his room.

But halfway through, he turned back and reached out for another roll.

He is a half-step cultivator, and his spirit is strong, even if he sleeps a few hours less at night, it will not have much impact.

In this case, at this critical moment, it is better to help Gu Beichuan share one or two more.

Of course, this is done like this, but it is never said.

Not only can it be said that I read two volumes in one night, even if it is one volume, it is also impossible to say.

Otherwise, where will you save face?

After doing so, he glared at Zheng Jian fiercely, as if threatening him not to say it.

But this threat, for some reason, is really intimidating.

When Li Dongbi also left, Zheng Jian was able to get up and said with emotion: "Cold face and hot heart, Master Li, you are such a person." ”

Speaking of which, Li Dongbi often has a straight face in the mansion.

With a body of cultivation, he is much higher than Gu Beichuan, and his body often exudes a martial arts atmosphere, which is really terrifying for a mortal like Zheng Jian who does not know martial arts.

But Zheng Jian knew that this seemingly ruthless and somewhat face-saving Master Li was a first-class kind-hearted person in the house.

It's just that he doesn't want to say it.