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That is to say, books are expensive now, and Si Pei has brought books related to the Four Books and Five Classics to the academy. In the Si family, there are only elementary books such as "Three Character Classics", "Hundred Family Surnames", and "Thousand Character Classics" available. Si Xiu watched.

When Si Xiu actually read the book, he realized that the things he had thought before were too simple. At this time, the books were all vertically typed, and they were all in traditional Chinese characters without punctuation marks. It took me a while to get used to it, and I felt dizzy after watching it for a while.

In those worlds before, there were no such books, but modern society still mainly uses vernacular Chinese. As for those ancient classical Chinese, they are only used for extracurricular reading. When there is no mandatory requirement to recite a lot of ancient prose, just focus on learning some excerpts of them.

Si Xiu was the type of person who was not very keen on learning ancient Chinese. Even if he thought that he might go to the ancient world in the future, he forced himself to read some related articles, but the development of the world and the world was not consistent. The inherited books It's also very different, just like the elementary school books in front of me, if I didn't have the memory of my original body to help me, I wouldn't even be able to read some rare words in it.

Besides writing, the original body has physical memory, but it does not mean that Si Xiu can take over immediately, there is also a process of adaptation, when practicing calligraphy, because Si Xiu is not familiar with traditional characters, there is no shortage Lack of pens and strokes. Fortunately, the rest of the Si family did not turn over Si Xiu's desk because of illiteracy and respect for knowledge. Si Xiu was still vigilant, and the waste paper for handwriting was secretly either burned or flooded.

Of course, after knowing the price of the paper, Si Xiu stopped such wasteful behavior. Since then, he has been dipping a brush in water and practicing calligraphy on the sand in the yard, so that he can "destroy corpses and wipe out traces" anytime. This kind of behavior was even praised by Si Zhang in his arms, saying that Si Xiu was sensible and knew how to save money for the family.

When Si Pei returned home, Si Xiu also inquired about the scope of the academy's professors, and was thinking about when to mention it to Si Pei, so that he could teach him something. Let him put in more effort. After Si Xiu arrived, his body may have gradually improved due to the influence of his soul, so Si Xiu was not worried that Si Pei would not agree.

As for the issue of being too old, it was not in the scope of Si Xiu's consideration. Teenagers were the time to learn things the fastest. Si Xiu never lacked confidence in his learning ability.

It's just that before my own ideas have been put forward, and my ideals have not even begun, I can never imagine that I have fallen into the current situation.

Si Xiu didn't expect that the service industry that he didn't engage in when he was a woman would indeed be able to enjoy it as a man in the closed-minded ancient times. How should such a profession be called, duck or cowherd?

Si Xiu, who used to be complacent about his current appearance, now regrets his appearance, and can't help but sigh in his heart, who made him look so good-looking?It's no wonder that others will play their own minds.

However, Si Xiu saw that Guanshi Wang was easy to talk to, and his attitude towards him was kind, so he still wanted to struggle a bit: "Guanshi Wang, you see it is fate that we met, can you show me your hand and let me do something Anything else?"

"Other?"

When Guanshi Wang heard Si Xiu's words, he found it a little funny.

It's not the first day he does this. Although not every newcomer will meet him, he has met quite a few people. After knowing his situation and where he is going, some curse, some despair, and some pretend to give in and then Secretly planned to escape, of course, they must have failed in the end.

This was the first time that someone wanted to make a deal with him.

Si Xiu saw that Guanshi Wang was smiling and didn't look angry, so he quickly seized this opportunity and said to Guanshi Wang: "Guanshi Wang, I have studied and have some talent for arithmetic. It only takes one month, no, half a month. , I’m sure I’m qualified for the accountant’s work, you belong to the bank, and you must do a lot of account reconciliation work, I can help, no monthly fee, just make sure I eat and give me a place to sleep.”

It stands to reason that such a labor force that does not require wages and only requires a minimum living guarantee is the favorite of capitalists at any time, but Guanshi Wang is not an ordinary person.

Steward Wang didn't directly reject Si Xiu's statement, but asked, "Master Si, do you remember how much you are worth?"

Si Xiu didn't know why Manager Wang asked such a question, but Si Xiu still knew the price: "Remember, 200 taels."

Si Xiu felt that he would never forget the number of 200 taels.

Steward Wang asked again: "Then do you know how much it would cost if I bought someone from Ren Yazi, a child as old as you?"

Si Xiu was somewhat at a loss for Wang Guanshi's question: "I don't know."

In his memory, Si Xiu heard the Si Zhang family say many times about the past glory of the Si family. The old house of the Si family in the county was also spacious and bright. The family was in decline, in order to save the family's beginnings, all the servants and maidservants in the family were sold, and none of them were kept for redemption. Si Zhang's hands also became rough from delicate to rough due to long-term labor.

From Si Xiu's memories before and after, there was only the old house in the village and his family, and what he said to Si Zhang was like listening to a familiar story, without any fluctuations in his heart.

As a matter of course, Si Xiu has never seen the current popular human trading.

Si Xiu's answer was expected by Wang Guanshi. Wang Guanshi smiled and said to Si Xiu: "The servants who usually work are basically three or five ounces each. If you choose a servant girl for the master's house, you have high requirements for appearance. One point, at most ten taels of silver, you said I bought you for 200 taels, what is that for?"

Si Xiu felt something was wrong when he heard it, he struggled and said, "But I can read and read..."

Didn't it mean that scholars were respected in ancient times?Didn't you say that scholars are superior to others?

Steward Wang didn't care about what Si Xiu said, and asked Si Xiu, "Did you ever get a job in the exam? Is he a child?"

"Ah?" Si Xiu was dumbfounded by Steward Wang's question again.

Seeing Si Xiu's bewildered look, Steward Wang couldn't help laughing: "You are only a scholar if you have achieved fame. If you are a child, even if you don't have the fame of a scholar, my people don't dare to think about you casually. It's a pity... "..."

That's right, just like students must have a diploma, the status of a scholar is also distinguished by fame. Even if you are talented and well-educated, as long as you are white for a day, you are no different from others.

Because of his health, the original body has never read a book seriously, and everything is just what he sees and hears, not to mention Si Xiu, who can't even read all the characters, and the characters can barely be written properly, so as not to show timidity in front of others. Where did you think about the matter of taking the test for children?I don't even have any confidence.

Tongsheng also needs to have a basic understanding of the Four Books and Five Classics in the imperial examination.

Steward Wang said to Si Xiu again: "Do you know how much the accountant earns a month? How many years does it take to train a skilled accountant?"

Before Si Xiu could answer, Guanshi Wang replied: "Their monthly payment is more than ten taels a month, and their annual income is less than 200 taels, and a reassuring accountant has passed through our ten taels." It takes a few years of training to mature."