On the day the exam officially began, those who weren't taking the exam would continue to help out, treated as overtime, and paid overtime. Others would set aside their afternoons to take the exam.

Perhaps everyone remembered what Shen Jia said during the last assessment, so the first group of people who came in were all full of fighting spirit. After all, seeing that the people who came in with them were already one level higher than them, plus the treatment after becoming a manager, anyone with eyes could see it.

So it looked like they were extremely excited, and the rest of the people were even more excited thinking that they could be promoted to managers so quickly.

So, with everyone eagerly anticipating, the new round of shop manager promotion assessment officially began.

Because of the experience from the previous time, all aspects of the process this time were carried out in an orderly manner. Shen Yue even put on her serious demeanor when teaching, looking around the examination venue.

There were quite a lot of people this time, and it took the four of them quite a while just to calculate the scores. When the results were finally announced, everyone was extremely excited.

"Okay, okay! Don't get too excited, everyone. The results are already in my hands. There are only six people this time, and the competition is very fierce. Don't be sad if you didn't make the cut. We at Shen's will have more opportunities for you in the future."

Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, Shen Jia knew that more people would be sad after the results were announced, so some things had to be said in advance.

Everyone was relieved of their nervousness after hearing her words.

"We all know, so why don't you just announce the results right away?"

"That's right. We haven't been able to sleep or eat well these days. We're just waiting for the final result."

"We all know, boss, please don't keep us in suspense."

"Alright then, I'll announce the results now. The top six are..."

The person whose name was called jumped up excitedly and happily told the good news to the people around him.

What made Shen Jia happy was that the first four people selected this time were all girls, which was just right for separating the shops managed by men and women. Because the shop locations were selected based on ranking this time, the last people to be selected often had no initiative.

And although Shen Jia said that you can bring your spouse with you, not everyone is so lucky. Both husband and wife work in the workshop.

So this is the best arrangement at the moment, and she doesn't need to interfere specifically. Although everyone is a decent person, there are some unexpected things that Shen Jia doesn't want to appear in his own company.

Just when everyone thought that the news would be enough, Shen Jia asked the others who were still working to come over. Then Shen Jia spoke again, and the content of his words made everyone start to think.

“In fact, everyone knows that among the four classes of people in our dynasty, namely scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, even the merchants who are despised by the public will send their children to school as long as they have money.

This was even more true for the literati, nobles above them, and the royal family. Even women could read and write, and those with outstanding talent would be called talented women.

But what about you? If you had money, would you send your children to school to learn calligraphy for a better future? As far as I know, some shop owners in this town all started out as apprentices, secretly learning calligraphy and then looking for opportunities for advancement.

In fact, everyone wants to do the same thing. However, cultivating a scholar is not just a matter of talking. The cost involved can often directly drag a well-off farming family into poverty.

They couldn't judge whether the child was talented or not, and being able to learn a few words in the village was considered a good family.

As for girls, they can forget about it. Once they join another family, all the upbringing they have done will be wasted.

But today, Shen Jia's question stumped them. If that was the case, then why would an official who was more knowledgeable than himself allow women to learn to read and write? Was there a secret that they didn't know about?

So after Shen Jia had spoken for a long time, he whispered, "Right! Master, why do they insist on having their daughters study? Isn't it what they themselves say that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent?"

"Then you've misunderstood. This sentence means that if a woman has talent but thinks nothing of it, then she is virtuous. It means that a woman should pay more attention to her own virtues, not that she should stop studying and learning."

"I know that Dongjia was educated before, otherwise she wouldn't have taught us so much. But Dongjia, you, Teacher Shen, and Madam Fuqiu are exceptions. Some women who have studied have eyes that seem to reach the sky. We, their parents, can't control them at all."

"I don't know what he's talking about. Is it that he simply looks down on his parents who raised him, or does he feel that he shouldn't just succumb to the fate you've arranged for him?

The former was worse off than not studying. He looked down on others after learning just a few words. But he shouldn't be like that now. As long as you are motivated, you should have learned a lot from me and will definitely be able to deal with your own children.

The latter has learned too deeply. Is there anyone who can understand her? I think you can send such people to our workshop. She really needs enlightenment.

This is one of the reasons why I want to keep you. Our workshop plans to adopt the same assessment method as now in next year's recruitment.

You are also aware that what we have been learning recently is becoming more and more in-depth, and everyone knows more and more. Everyone knows the benefits of this.

In order to enable future workers to start work more directly, we now want to directly recruit children around fourteen years old. Both boys and girls can come to the workshop's training classes for advance learning.

Everyone's children can attend for free, but children of other people who are not our employees will be charged a certain fee. But don't worry, it will never be as high as the college's fees.

Everyone can tell their families the news after they go back and think deeply about it together. There is no rush to start the class."

Everyone had forgotten what Shen Jia had just said. At this moment, there was only one thought in their minds: if they wanted to enter the workshop in the future, they would have to study in advance, and the difficulty was increasing rapidly.

I was thinking before about letting my child try it as soon as he turns fifteen, but now it seems that such a good thing will never happen.

I am the lucky one who came in early, but how can my mediocre workshop compare with Teacher Shen? I looked back at the people around me and thought to myself: I must send my child here.

Unfortunately, everyone had the same idea. Some people even started to ask excitedly, "Boss, can only your own children come?"

"If it's your child, then there's definitely no limit. If it's your sibling, then the limit is two people. This is also for the capacity of our workshop. I think everyone knows the size of our current classroom, right?"

"Does the host only allow participants around fourteen years old? Can we allow older ones? My child didn't make the cut this year, and I'm thinking of letting him continue to participate."

The author has something to say:

I referred to Baidu for the interpretation of "A woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent", and also added some of my own thoughts.