"...These can all be learned!" Granny Jin said, "Since other people can do it, it means it can be learned. It's just a little harder to learn!"
As he spoke, he took his granddaughter's hand and patted it: "Most people will choose to avoid things that are difficult to do, and are unwilling to spend time studying and exploring. But if you don't avoid it and face the challenge head-on, you will be a step ahead of most people and be able to seize this opportunity!"
Luo Xi's heart surged when he heard this.
Finally, I heard my grandmother say, "But as you just said, you should also listen to your own opinion. Think about it carefully. There is no rush."
Anxious Luo Xi opened his mouth to speak, but heard his grandmother and the governor continue, "But Xi'er is young and has no experience, which is true. He needs to learn everything slowly. After all, he is not a ready-made brick, so he cannot immediately help you..."
Luo Xi was a little confused. What did grandma mean?
The next moment, my grandmother smiled with a reserved but confident smile: "But I, an old woman, may be able to..."
Luo Xi: “?”
Grandmother pointed out her shortcomings first, in order to recommend herself?! Liu was also shocked, and subconsciously pulled her mother-in-law's sleeve, and whispered in fear: "Mother, you are already sixty years old..."
"How can I be sixty? I've only lived for fifty-nine years and three months!" Granny Jin didn't care at all and said with a smile, "Besides, age is not the main point. It's just a number! I can run and jump now, Xi'er is only eighteen years old, and I am only eighteen years old and four hundred and ninety-five months old!"
"..." Liu forced out a complicated smile.
Luo Xi was speechless for a moment. It was not a big deal, but her grandmother was the same age as her... Other people had three generations living under one roof, but in her family, three generations were the same age.
But I have to say that my grandmother was quite "scheming" when it came to taking the opportunity to show off. Her words were humorous and generous, which showed that she was good at talking and communicating with people. And she calculated the years and months so clearly, which showed that her brain was quick and she was good at math, and she was very good at calculating...
Such a talent, if placed in a workshop, wouldn't he be a timely brick? With all these things, how could a yellow-haired girl like her who couldn't even speak clearly compare to him? No, absolutely no.
If it was a competitive relationship, she would have been pinned to the ground and beaten by her grandmother.
Beads of sweat had already appeared on Luo Xi's forehead.
"Sir, what do you think?" Granny Jin folded her hands simply in front of her and asked Chang Suining with a smile.
Chang Suining smiled sincerely: "To be honest, I have had my eyes on you for a long time, but since you are my elder, I cannot open my mouth. It is great to hear that you have such thoughts now."
This was true and didn't seem fake at all. Granny Jin immediately smiled like a golden flower, while Luo Xi felt even weaker. She understood that she seemed to be an extra to her grandmother.
But...it's also good to have the opportunity to add something extra!
Perhaps inspired by this, Luo Xi mustered up the courage to say, "Sir, Luo Xi is also willing to study in the workshop!"
Chang Suining asked, "Which workshop would you rather work in, the porcelain workshop or the silk workshop?"
Shen Sanmao needs to manage the four major workshops, but the four workshops also need targeted people to manage them, so Chang Suining needs to make it clear where Luo Xi is going from the beginning.
For example, Yuan Miao, after meeting Li Tong today, has decided to study in the porcelain workshop.
Luo Xi hesitated for a moment after hearing this, and tried to ask in a low voice: "Sir...can I go to the shipyard?"
Chang Suining was a little surprised: "Are you interested in shipbuilding?"
Luo Xi nodded slightly: "Earlier, the master allowed me to copy the collection of books. I happened to see a few old books with drawings of mechanical engineering..."
She had been strangely drawn to it ever since.
In fact, this attraction is not accidental. She has been fond of carving since she was a child and has always been particularly interested in objects such as Lu Ban's Magic Lock, but she has never had the opportunity to study it in depth.
Chang Suining said clearly: "The shipyard's restrictions will be more stringent, or more tiring. Have you really thought about it?"
Luo Xi nodded without hesitation, but then couldn't help but look at her mother and grandmother.
"Xi'er has something she wants to do and she has the opportunity to do it, so grandma will naturally agree!"
What Liu was about to say was blocked by her mother-in-law's words of approval.
Well, I'm just going to the shipyard to learn how to build ships. Maybe I'll just do some accounting work. Anyway, I'm not going to board a warship to fight the Japanese soldiers... Just go.
As for which workshop she would go to work in, Grandma Jin meant that it would depend on where the governor needed her to go.
As for timely bricks, they will naturally be moved to wherever they are needed.
Chang Suining thought for a moment and said, "Then you can go to the silk weaving workshop."
The silk weaving workshop is different from other places in that it focuses on hiring female workers. If Granny Jin can become the owner of the silk weaving workshop in the future, it will be more convenient to manage the female workers. As a woman, it will be easier for her to detect problems in a timely manner and provide adjustments and solutions.
Since leaving Chang Suining, Luo Xi's mood was still floating, and she felt that everything happened so suddenly. For a girl who had been confined to the boudoir since childhood, it was not an exaggeration to say that leaving the house and going out to work was a turning point in her life.
Furthermore, another surprising thing is... has she become a colleague of her grandmother?
It turns out that the only thing that separated the grandfather and grandson from becoming colleagues was a grandmother who was good at seizing opportunities.
However... calling her a colleague was an exaggeration. After all, her grandmother was a reserve abbot, and she was just a reserve shipbuilding worker.
Shipwrights...
This name made Luo Xi suddenly laugh in her heart. This name was a little funny, but she read it over and over again in her heart. Gradually, she no longer wanted to laugh, but instead developed an inexplicable sense of cherishment.
It was as if...she suddenly had an identity that was truly and completely her own.
Not someone's daughter or someone's future wife, but someone who will be able to do what she wants to do.
In fact, during these days, when no one knew about it, she mostly felt helpless and confused.
Her younger brother followed their father to learn about the affairs of the governor's mansion, but she could only spend her time embroidering with her mother. She would occasionally read books, but what was the point of reading books? Was it to show that she was well-educated and thus marry into a better family? But since her father rebelled, her marriage was destined to be difficult. She was already 18 years old and had missed the best age for marriage.
These days, she often heard her mother worry about her marriage. Her mother once said to her with great distress: "Poor Xier, your best years are wasted like this..."
Yes, the good years...
Luo Xi also felt it was a bit of a pity.
She also doesn't want to waste her time anymore, but getting married doesn't necessarily mean her life is "not wasted", right?
Today she suddenly had a clear way out.
From now on, she will never waste her time in vain again.
After returning to their residence, Luo Xi happily packed clothes with her grandmother. It wasn't that they were going to move out right away, but they planned to pick out some clothes that were convenient for going out.
When Luo Guanlin came back with his son and learned about this, he was dumbfounded.
"...Xi'er is going to the shipyard?" Luo Guanlin frowned and looked at his old mother: "Mother, are you going to work in the workshop too?"
"How could a mother not discuss this matter with her son?"
"Discuss? Xi'er and I have our own business, we can make the decision ourselves, why should I discuss it with you?" Luo's mother got angry when she saw her son frowning: "Besides, I told you a long time ago that I am the head of this family now, not you. Did you not listen or remember?"
"..." Luo Guanlin's temples throbbed when he heard this.
"Besides, why do you think I have to go out and work at my age? Am I just sitting around doing nothing?" Mother Luo shook her hands, hitting her palms with the back of her upper hands: "Tell me, who is responsible for this situation now!"
Luo Guanlin: “…”
How did it get to the point of being his fault again?
His head really hurts.
"We can do whatever we want, so stop making such noises over there!"
As Luo's mother spoke, she pulled her granddaughter into the inner room to make the next plan. She no longer gave her son a look and said, "Who knows who will be the pillar of this family in the future!"
Since coming to the Governor's Mansion, although she seems to have settled down on the surface, she is still uneasy in her heart. This uneasiness is all because of her son's ignorance!
She couldn't stand these arrogant people! She saw that Wang Wangshan was gaining ground!
Now, Wang Wangshan's family and clansmen are living in Jiangdu City. It is said that three or four people in the Wang family have been selected by Wang Changshi, and the young nephews and nephews of the Wang family are also preparing to enter Wueryuan... If this continues, she may have to live outside the Governor's Mansion and move out of the Governor's Mansion in disgrace to make room for Wang Wangshan's mother!
She couldn't afford to lose face and couldn't swallow this humiliation.
Well, it’s better to rely on yourself than on others. It’s better to work hard on yourself than to rely on your son!
Late at night, Luo Guanlin looked through the half-open window and saw from afar the light in his old mother's room which was still on. He sighed helplessly, blew out the light and went to bed.
The governor lives in the courtyard, and the lights are turned off just after dawn every year.
As he felt sleepy, Chang Suining was still half-heartedly thinking about Jiangdu's affairs. The stall for setting up a workshop had already been set up. Jiangdu's move to attract talents had already attracted many craftsmen. Next, there were Meng Lie, Shen Sanmao, and Sister Li Tong. With time, A Che, Yuan Miao, and Luo Xi would slowly catch up, and there would be more people available...
As for the positions of directors of Wuer Academy, the Institute of Literature and the Institute of Mathematics, she has already appointed one person each from the Gu family and the Yu family. Both of them are talented and famous people in Jiangdu and are capable of convincing the public.
The gentlemen who were responsible for teaching the students were mostly recruited from these two schools, and all those who had submitted their business cards were used.
Chang Suining planned to select the directors of the remaining three academies through assessment and recommendation. After all, whether it was agriculture, engineering, or medicine, one had to make a living based on one's ability, and reputation was not the most important thing.
Each of the five academies has teachers who give lectures on demand, and the affairs within the academy are managed by the academy directors and hall masters, but there is still a lack of a master in charge... This master is equivalent to the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, and is required to stay in the academy for a long time to preside over the affairs.
Just based on this point, Chang Suining himself does not meet the requirements.
But she thought of someone who seemed like a good fit.
This person is capable, has a broad mind, vision, and is knowledgeable. He also has a good reputation among the scholars from humble backgrounds...
Just thinking about what they said when they parted, Chang Suining felt that the other party would not come to Jiangdu in the short term.
Chang Suining turned over, thinking about how to get the person. The sack method is not very applicable, and bribery will probably not be able to impress the other party...
If I try to explain it to him with emotion...it seems like there isn't much emotion to be said.
Thinking of the word "feelings", Chang Suining suddenly opened his eyes.
By the way, maybe she could write a letter to Cui Jing and ask him for help.
After making up his mind, Chang Suining fell asleep contentedly.
The next morning, Chang Suining met with the dismissed Chief Clerk Wang, Yao Ran, Luo and Wang, and handed over the affairs of the dismissed governor's office. When he was about to return to the army, he received a box from Qinghe and a letter.
The letter was written by Cui Lang, and the things were also given by Cui Lang.
After Chang Suining opened the letter, he realized that the box actually contained the Cui family's collection of books... To be exact, it was the manuscript that Cui Lang secretly copied.
Cui Lang cried in the letter, saying that it had taken him several months to copy these dozens of volumes, and his hands were about to break. If the handwriting was not beautiful or proper, he hoped that the master would not despise it and would just find someone else to recopy it.
He also whispered to her that he would continue copying after his wrist had recovered better. He specifically copied those that were placed in a separate box and locked, thinking that they were somewhat precious.
Chang Suining was very surprised.
The Cui family sent Cui Lang back to the old house in Qinghe to reflect on his actions, and asked someone to urge him to study... But he secretly copied the books and gave them away. Isn't this like a rat in the rice jar?
If this was a child of hers, she would have beaten him up a few times, but since this was not the case, she couldn't help but feel relieved.
This apprentice is really good.
Chang Suining showed a relieved and immoral smile.
But on second thought, Cui Lang was able to copy these books by hand... Isn't this an indirect way to improve himself and study hard? It's really a win-win situation.
In a corner unknown to anyone, the situation in which the Cui family was robbed happened quietly.
It is worth mentioning that Cui Lang copied more than just these books, there were also several long-lost medical books -
A few days later, in the medical hall of the Imperial College in Beijing, Qiao Yumian was flipping through the copied medical book in her hands. Seeing that there was even a carefully restored diagram of the human body's acupuncture points on it, she couldn't help but chuckle.
"It's a pretty good painting..."
At this moment, classes in the Imperial College were about to end. All the things that needed to be done were done. Qiao Yumian moved a stool and sat under the ginkgo tree in the courtyard. She carefully read the medical book that had just been handed to her, with careful descriptions of every stroke.
Medical books are precious, but that person’s thoughts are even more precious than the medical books.
As it was getting dark, Qiao Yumian returned home holding the medical books.
After Qiao Yubai returned home from class, he went into the study to read - Chang Suining had asked someone to send back many copies of his collection of books to Qiao Yang, and Qiao Yubai was very obsessed with them, and would spend time in the study whenever he had free time.
Qiao Yang, who was obsessed with his dog, didn't read many books and spent all his free time accompanying A Wu.
But it did not delay fishing. Ah Wu was a little older now and had become a puppy who could take care of himself. Whenever Qiao Yang went fishing, a chubby yellow and white mixed-haired puppy would follow him, wagging its tail.
Speaking of fish, the wife of the chief priest is stewing fish in the kitchen at this moment, and the aroma of the food is wafting in the courtyard in the early autumn evening.
At this moment, Wei Shuyi, who had just returned home from work, got off the sedan chair outside the mansion of Duke Zheng.
As the doorman came forward to greet him, he smiled and said, "You have returned just in time. Someone just delivered a letter to you, but it was not delivered to your courtyard in time."
As he spoke, he took out the letter and handed it over.
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