I am engaged in construction in Datang

Generally speaking, in a village or a town, it is enough for someone to pass the second-class exam.

Those who take the first-class exam are the team leaders. The leader takes the first-class exam, and the others take the second-class exam. They plan to go to more distant places to make money, and then several pools will start working together. Those who have the first-class certificate can also take local apprentices.

"That's fine. The first-class certificate is ten strings of cash." The student wrote down Zhao Feng's name and home address. "Where do you live now?"

"I haven't found a place to live yet." Zhao Feng answered truthfully.

"There are many houses under the big stone steps of the playground. The village has turned them into temporary residences. Each house has bunk beds, which can accommodate about 8 to 12 people. It depends on the size of the house. If you don't mind living with others, you can apply for it. It only costs 5 cents a night." The student said, "The village also sells boxed lunches here. They are cooked from the village's workshop canteen. There are three cents and five cents."

Zhao Feng nodded immediately after hearing this: "Arrange a seat for me."

If you stay somewhere else, it will cost at least twenty or thirty cents a night. The big bunk beds are cheaper, but the environment may not be as good as that in Zhuangzi.

"Okay, but you have to pay attention to your own hygiene. The farm will send people to check every day whether the house is dirty or messy. If there are many people living in the house, it is easy to get sick. The disease will spread from person to person, and everyone will get sick in the end." The student said: "The farm will give each house a piece of soap and a piece of scented soap for free every week. It can be used for washing clothes and faces. You must keep yourself clean and tidy. Don't think about hiding it. If you are found, it will be theft. There is a reward for reporting it. The farm will recycle the unused soap."

Zhao Feng nodded. He had never used soap and perfumed soap before. He heard that they were very valuable and could not be bought on the market.

"Okay, here is the key to your room." The student took Zhao Feng's money and handed the key to Zhao Feng. "The mattress and quilt on the bed are old items replaced by the farm. They have been washed, dried in the sun, and steamed for disinfection. If you are not used to them, you can prepare them yourself."

"You're used to it. You're not a nobleman." Zhao Feng was flattered. He didn't expect that the bedding was not only washed and dried, but also steamed. It was probably cleaner than the ones he used at home.

After completing the formalities, Zhao Feng carried his luggage and went to the house.

School will not start until five days later, which, according to Zhuangzi's calculation, is Monday.

There are two calendars in the village. One is based on the current Zhenguan calendar. Now it is the ninth year of Zhenguan. The other is the Tang Dynasty calendar commonly used in Zhuangzi. Now it is the 18th year of Tang Dynasty. The number is counted as one, not eighteen.

Zhao Feng found it miraculous that the higher-ups didn't care and this Tang calendar was slowly becoming popular.

The room was for eight people, with four bunk beds, a rectangular table, and eight chairs. Five of the beds were already occupied, and the other three were covered with straw mats.

The floor is clean and tidy, there is no peculiar smell in the house, and the quilt is folded neatly.

"Hey, new people are here?" A voice came from outside the door, and five men came in with bowls in their hands: "Go buy some food, the restaurant truck is here."

One of the men saw Zhao Feng staring at the plate in his hand and said, "If you don't have a bowl, you can pay a deposit of ten coins like we did and use the bowls and chopsticks from the manor. When you don't need them anymore, return them and the manor will return the deposit to you. Don't think about making your own plates to cheat the manor out of money. The people in the manor are kind and won't mind, but the common people will be angry and will beat you up."

Thousands of people have benefited, including those who worked in the workshops in the village, those who were sick and cured, and those who lived in the slums. Every family's life has improved. Before, they could not eat a piece of meat for a month, but now they can buy meat every few days to satisfy their cravings.

Everyone is protecting Zhuangzi.

"Go quickly, or you'll have to run a long way to the workshop cafeteria to buy food if it's gone."

"Okay, I'll be back soon." Zhao Feng put down the package and ran in the direction his roommate pointed.

The person in charge of the lunch boxes today is a woman from the village.

Zhao Feng ran over and said, "Young lady, how much do you want for this lunch box?"

"Oh, you still call me a young lady at my age!" The woman laughed and teased, then pointed at the dishes: "Three vegetarian dishes are three cents, one meat dish is five cents, and ten cents is up to you."

Zhao Feng looked at the dishes and felt confused. Why were so many of them meat?

He pointed to the bean sprouts and pork fried with vermicelli, which had little meat in it, and asked, "Is this considered meat or vegetarian?"

"It's vegetarian, and there's not even any shredded meat. What kind of meat is that?" The woman marked an area for Zhao Feng. "This side is all vegetarian. The meat today is only sweet and sour carp, stir-fried pork with garlic sprouts, and big plate chicken."

"Are eggs considered vegetarian?" An egg costs several cents now!

“It’s full of leeks, how can it not be considered vegetarian?” the woman said as another person came hurriedly to get the food.

"Aunt, today's meal is five cents." The man took a breath and handed the plate to the woman: "I want big plate chicken, fried eggs with leeks, and fried bamboo shoots with shredded pork."

"Okay." The woman took the plate, filled a large plate with food for the man, then took the bowl and pressed it down when she poured the rice.

"I also eat for five cents. I need to rent plates from the farm." Zhao Feng said quickly when he saw that the food was getting less and less.

After getting his meal, Zhao Feng carried the plate back to his room, feeling dazed.

Wouldn't Nuzhuang lose money by selling food like this?

inside the house.

After a few people introduced themselves to each other, they found that they were all taking the same exam, so they naturally had more common language.

"In order to get ten strings of cash for me, my grandfather dug out all the money that my great-grandfather had hidden in the fields." A young man who looked like a rich boy sighed, and then ate his lunch box which cost ten cents.

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"It's true. My family is a branch of a branch of a branch of a branch. It just looks impressive. In fact, my eldest brother has a hard time studying and he still lives in a Taoist temple." Cui Wang sighed again: "I'm not good at studying."

Several people chatted for a while. Some were servants sent by noble families, some organized their own teams and worked alone, and there was one like Zhao Feng, who was sent here with money raised by the village.

Zhao Feng chose a bed, made it up, and went out with the man from the village who had raised money to send him there to find a temporary job.

Within five days, those who could make it arrived one after another, and the villagers who could not make it no longer waited for them.

There were only 156 applicants for the first category certificate, more for the second category, a total of 732, and fewer for the third category.

……

At the foot of Mount Li, Nvzhuang.

"Engineer Wang, how is the construction of the teaching building going?"

"It is ready for use. There are three floors in total. The first floor has two large lecture halls. The podium is at the front, the lowest position, and the seats are in a stepped shape to ensure that the last row can also see the blackboard. The second and third floors are small classrooms."

It is enough. Two large classrooms are used to teach the second type of certificate, and the small classrooms are divided into the first and third types. There are fewer people taking the third type of certificate, and the study time is also shorter, so a small classroom is enough.

"Engineer Wang, keep the two large lecture halls and four small classrooms, and start painting and renovating the other classrooms."