Chapter 20 Chapter 20
In human society, there are millions of soldiers who have to take the civil service exam. The same situation is no different among the demon clan.
"That's the organization of the Monster Bureau!"
Although Ning Su had already dealt with the Monster Bureau once, from a job-seeking perspective, he still found it very interesting to listen to Mi Gao talk about the benefits and salaries of the Monster Bureau.
Similar to the pursuit of stability by young people during economic downturn, the benefits that the demon bureau can provide are naturally related to stability.
Moreover, this stability is not as simple as the stability of human beings for just a few decades.
"I heard that the oldest demon in the Demon Bureau has been working for hundreds of years."
Just as the demon clan has existed for a long time, the Demon Bureau is also an old organization with many years of history.
In the past, wars and changes might have led to reductions in the number of demon bureau members, but that was due to the general environment. Whether in a demon bureau or not, they would be affected by the external environment.
As the saying goes, it is better to be a dog in peacetime than a man in troubled times, and the same goes for being a monster.
In recent years, with the slowdown in economic development, the little demons who used to make a living in human society have gradually found it difficult to make a living.
As a result, entering the demon bureau has become a popular thing.
"Anyway, all the little demons I know will take the exam this time."
Just like the topic that the little demons discussed before was how to get a rich human to support him, now that the trend of taking civil service exams is on the rise, everyone has naturally become the new era's civil service exam demons.
Whether you can pass the exam or not, just take the exam first.
Anyway, one or two months is just a blink of an eye for these little demons. If they don’t do this, they have to do something else. They might as well give it a try. Maybe they can get a stable job.
"The ginseng spirit said that there won't be any work for the next one or two months, so we should study hard."
When saying this, Mi Gao made it clear and also saved face for the ginseng spirit - in fact, this old ginseng was the one that wanted to get ashore the most among all the little demons.
It is no exaggeration to say that he is a fan of officials.
Mi Gao didn't dare to think about how he would maintain this already fragile friendship if he made it to the shore but the ginseng spirit failed the exam.
Looking ahead to the future, these are all happy troubles. The problem lies in the present: how to surpass the increasingly competitive civil service exam takers.
Mi Gao started reviewing and didn't even eat. He would absorb some moonlight at night and spend the rest of the time reading.
As a roommate, Ning Su naturally respected and supported Mi Gao's behavior. Not only did he take charge of the cooking, he also gave Mi Gao the money he earned from the previous case.
"You use it first. The exam comes first."
For the demon race, moonlight is not only food, but also a good thing that can effectively improve review efficiency.
If they had not obtained a few bottles of moonlight before, they would not have dared to use it like this when preparing for the exam - if word got out, the other little demons would make trouble.
What kind of family dares to be so extravagant?
Mi Gao couldn't understand the book, so he forced himself to cram the knowledge into his head. He took the Yuehua handed to him by Ning Su, still a little confused.
"You don't need it?"
Ning Su thought Mi Gao was talking about using the moonlight to practice, and said calmly: "I'm not in a hurry."
Mi Gao slowly typed a question mark: "No, the exam is coming up soon, why aren't you in a hurry?"
Ning Su blinked, not understanding what the exam that Mi Gao was talking about had to do with him.
"You are also a demon, don't you want to take the test?"
Mi Gao is so disappointed that he missed this opportunity. He doesn’t know when the next time will be!
Fortunately, it told Ning Su the first time it got the news.
Born as a human being, but became a demon later in life, Ning Su obviously still has certain difficulties in identifying himself.
After realizing that he also needed to take the exam, Ning Su quickly fell into panic, and the DNA of exam-oriented education rooted in his blood began to move.
Even Ning Su, who was usually calm, couldn't help but panic at this moment.
"No, I haven't taken an exam for a long time. What is this exam about?"
Obviously, Mi Gao, who had little experience in taking exams and had been reckless throughout the whole process, seemed much calmer than Ning Su: "What are you afraid of? I haven't taken any exams myself."
In comparison, for Ning Su, who went through high school and was admitted to a good university, taking the exam for the little demons was a complete dimensionality reduction attack.
"Wait." Ning Su suddenly realized something.
"Do you know what this civil service exam is about?"
"I don't know." Mi Gao seemed particularly confident when saying this.
"Anyway, just review first. As long as you don't panic, it's the other monsters that are panicking."
The exam is about to start, but you don’t know what the exam will be about. This is unimaginable for human test takers.
Ning Su has been studying since he was a child, and almost every exam he encounters has a clear exam scope and review strategy.
Take some exams that are said to have no examination scope. Over the years, a thick amount of preparation materials have been summarized by predecessors.
This was the first time Ning Su had seen an exam like the one for the Monster Bureau where he had no idea what the exam was about.
"This is normal." Mi Gao's friend, the firefly demon, came to visit. It was still a little afraid of Ning Su, so its voice was still very soft when it said this.
"The last time the Monster Bureau recruited monsters was over a hundred years ago."
More than a hundred years ago, although it was the end of the dynasty, the examination method was still the imperial examination.
At that time, it was estimated that the Demon Bureau did not know how to set the questions, so they copied a set of questions from the human exam.
Soon, Ning Su also saw the materials of the previous exam, the most valuable "real questions" in preparation for the exam.
It was a very qualified set of questions for the imperial examination, divided into three parts: interpretation of classics, examination poems and policy essays.
The meaning of the classics are short sentences found in the Four Books and the Five Classics, and the requirements are to explain and analyze their meaning; the test poems are poems, which strictly speaking also require attention to the use of rhymes.
As for policy essays, they are written in an eight-part essay with a certain format based on actual events.
Ning Su: “…”
He suddenly felt that it was not an easy task to be admitted into the Monster Bureau.
Fortunately, before Ning Su had time to scare himself away, he heard the firefly spirit reveal the truth about the last written test.
Because the questions were too difficult, the little demons had a conflict with the examiner on the spot. After a thrilling fight, the questions were made simpler.
"What has it been changed to?"
"Recite the Three Character Classic from memory."
Ning Su: “…”
Your standards are really flexible.
Now that Ning Su realized that the little demons' review was ineffective and not much knowledge could actually enter their brains, he was not so anxious anymore.
After calming down, he began to think about what he really wanted to do.
My last job was to make music, and with my good looks, I was half-heartedly willing to make it, but the result was not a happy one. Now that I have to make a choice again, what should I do?
While thinking about this question, Ning Su sold the music of another song.
As a music up-host, he is not considered a large-scale up-host, but over the long term, he has also formed cooperative relationships with some music companies.
By helping others compose and produce music and working a little hard, you can earn enough money to survive in this city.
Now he can feed himself and his whole family will not have to worry.
But it's hard to say that he likes selling his works in this way to make a living.
"...You have a happy trouble." Mi Gao commented sharply.
It is precisely because we have choices that we become entangled.
If little demons like them fail to pass the exam to get a job, they can only rely on acting cute to trick people into giving them some food.
"Sherina seems to be very popular recently." In addition to his keen sense of smell, changing his appearance is also one of Mi Gao's abilities.
According to Ning Su's observation, Migao is a dog that follows the crowd. Generally, it will become whatever dog breed is popular.
As time went by, even the neighbors would ask Ning Su: "How many dogs do you have at home?"
Whenever this happened, Ning Su would remain silent.
Fortunately, Ning Su's entanglement was limited. Not long after, he had to go out and go to the civil affairs department to receive his good citizen reward certificate.
According to Xiao Du from the Monster Bureau who informed him, this was a follow-up to the weasel case.
Thanks to the Demon Bureau for being able to take action early, the weasel demon was arrested in time. Through the weasel demon, the police also uncovered several other incidents.
With the simultaneous intervention of several departments, these bad things were nipped in the bud before they happened.
When Ning Su went to collect his certificate, he happened to meet a family who came to present a banner to the civil affairs department.
"Thanks to all of you comrades, otherwise my husband's life would have been lost." The person wiping her tears was an old lady. Her clothes were wrinkled and her fingers were covered with traces of making a living.
Next to her was an old man who was silent.
Seeing Ning Su's curiosity, the staff of the civil affairs department quietly introduced to him: It turned out that the old man was diagnosed with cancer last year and needed surgery.
The family had managed to scrape together some money, but when the time came, the money was gone.
The old lady was so scared that she called the police immediately. After some investigation, the police found out that the money was transferred by the old man himself.
There is no doubt that he believed the instigation of others and wanted to try out the immortal's "magic method".
In the end, of course, this magic trick was useless. It was just a trick created by the weasel demon. The money was paid, but the operation could not be performed.
Now that the police have captured the weasel monster, the money has naturally been returned, and it has not affected the surgery schedule.
For the old lady and her family, this was undoubtedly a way out of despair.
"They are lucky." The staff sighed.
There are even more people who, due to various reasons, lose their money and cannot get it back.
After the old lady finished crying, her daughter came in a short while later. The daughter looked very frosted, but when she saw the staff, she still thanked them repeatedly.
Later, for some unknown reason, they heard that Ning Su was the enthusiastic citizen who caught the suspect, and the old lady and her daughter came over to thank him again.
Ning Su's eyes swept across the old lady's chapped hands and her eyes filled with tears of gratitude, and he couldn't help but pursed his lips.
When the old lady left, there was a bottle of Yuehua in her pocket.
Ning Su told her that this was the water he often drank, and it was not certain whether it was useful or not, but she could try it for the old man.
The old lady left in a daze. Xiao Du sighed, "This may not be useful for cancer."
The best you can do is make the other person feel more comfortable.
"That's fine."
Xiao Du had no intention of commenting on Ning Su's actions, but on the way back, he silently opened up WeChat Moments permissions to Ning Su and moved him from the "work" group to the "friends" group.
Compared to interacting with a cold and heartless person, Xiao Du is a normal person and naturally prefers a soft-hearted friend.
It’s like knowing that many aspects of this world are terrible, but there are always bright spots.
After returning home, Ning Su took the review materials from Mi Gao and sat at the table to open them.
Although there was news about the civil service exam, there was no next step for a long time. Mi Gao gradually became lazy and recently took advantage of Ning Su's absence to secretly play games.
At this moment, seeing Ning Su suddenly pick up the reference materials, he immediately panicked as if he was caught by the teacher while slacking off. His eyes rolled around and he stammered, "What's going on?"
"What, what?"
Ning Su ignored Mi Gao's anxiety, closed the review materials, sighed and said, "Look at this, you won't be able to pass the exam to become an editor."
The review intensity is too low.
Soon, Mi Gao’s good friend, the ginseng spirit, the king of the demon veins in City A, received Ning Su’s invitation.
"Senior, I have a question to ask you. Are you interested in sitting down and chatting?"
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