Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Workshop Screening
When Kang Zhuqing learned that Shi Jin had signed up, she anxiously paced around the house.
At that time, she and Shitu were working hard in the field, facing the loess with their backs to the sky. When she heard the news, she threw away the plow and ran back.
Kang Zhuqing was right. When she returned, registration had already ended. Fortunately, Shi Jin had registered.
Fortunately, I didn’t miss this opportunity.
Kang Zhuqing learned from Shi Jin that there would be a screening process after registering, and they said that they would select people who were dexterous and meticulous.
Hearing this, Kang Zhuqing felt relieved.
When it comes to being meticulous and dexterous, she dares to say that no one can compare to Shi Jin. This is how Shi Jin gained his reputation for mending clothes for others.
Kang Zhuqing asked, "Did you say when the screening will be carried out?"
Shi Jin was still a little nervous, "Three days later..."
During these three days, all the girls who had signed up in Li County were at home wondering how the selection process would work.
Shitou believed in his sister unconditionally and encouraged Shijin.
Although the county government said that this workshop is just the beginning and there will be more workshops that only recruit girls in the future, who knows when the next workshop will be, it would naturally be better to be selected this time.
And Shi Jin didn't want to wait for a moment, she just wanted to do things for Lin Si as soon as possible.
While waiting for screening and roll call, Shi Jin met many acquaintances, and everyone started chatting with each other.
"I don't know what this screening is for."
"How would we know? We don't even know what this workshop does."
"How can I care so much? I just heard it's the county lady's workshop, and the monthly wages are 100 coins."
"I suspect that if they only hire girls, it must be related to the mending business."
"I thought so too. Only mending and making clothes are suitable for girls."
Shi Jin listened from the side and felt that everyone's guess was the same as hers. If she really was mending clothes, then she was confident that she was not inferior to anyone.
When Shi Jin and the girls from Li County were ready to show off their embroidery skills, they were taken to a large pond by the yamen runners.
Lin Si sat and watched from a distance, without showing up, so as not to put pressure on these women.
Ding Pu and Zhao An stood by the pool, preparing to explain to the women how to make paper.
Ding Pu was very sleepy. He had not expected that there would be a follow-up to the papermaking matter, and that he would be responsible for on-site assessment.
He just wanted to be a servant who could have enough food to eat. Is it so difficult?
Shi Jin looked at the unfamiliar pool and the things soaking in it that he couldn't identify, and felt increasingly uneasy.
It's not about screening, mending and making clothes.
The other girls were also slightly surprised. They all looked troubled, not knowing what to do next.
Can they do it?
If we compare strength, wouldn’t we be at a disadvantage?
Zhao An is usually taciturn. He always gets nervous when talking to people he doesn't know well. It's natural that he can't speak when faced with this kind of situation.
Ding Pu sighed slightly beside him. The county lady was still watching, so the screening had to continue.
Life is not easy, Ding Pu makes a living by performing.
Ding Pu stood up and said a few words, probably saying that this screening was to test the meticulousness of their work. Then he asked Zhao An to pick up the double-layer bamboo curtain and demonstrate to them.
"I'll only demonstrate this once, ladies, watch carefully."
Shi Jin's heart was beating fast, and he and the other girls were nervously waiting for Zhao An's next move.
Zhao An couldn't speak, but he was good at his work. He picked up the bamboo curtain and first used the thick curtain at the bottom to copy the bottom, and then covered the surface with the thin curtain.
Shi Jin could clearly see that the fibers on the double-layer bamboo curtain were of different thicknesses, and they were not simply thrown into the pond and taken out at random.
Ding Pu pointed at the bamboo curtain placed on the table and said, "See clearly, the thicker side at the bottom sinks to the bottom, and the thinner side at the top only takes the surface."
Zhao An only performed a few moves, and they didn't seem difficult, which immediately made several girls confident.
Isn't it just a matter of putting that plate-like thing into the bottom and top of the pool and taking it out?
Several other servants set up a curtain in front of the pool as a cover, so the idea of some of them to screen at the end was dashed. If they went at the back, they could see how the people in front did it, and the people behind could learn more from their experience.
It seems that this is not going to work.
The yamen runners called out names in the order they registered, and the first woman whose name was called looked as if she had lost all hope in life.
If I had known this, I wouldn’t have run so fast.
She walked to the big pool behind the curtain, looked at the double-layer bamboo curtain beside her, and copied paper according to Zhao An's method.
But when she submerged the bamboo curtain into the water, she found that this matter was not as simple as it seemed.
Her copying was not even at all, with more on one side and less on the other. There were obvious signs of a serious gap. She could only dive into the water and try to start over, but this time she made an even bigger mess.
Seeing that the time was almost up, she could only hand the bamboo curtain copy to Ding Pu and Zhao An for review.
She could even see the two men shaking their heads slightly.
After finishing the screening, the lady went out through the back door without saying a word to the girls waiting for screening. The whole process was fair and just.
Then came the second, and the third.
The girls waiting downstairs could only see someone being called over and then leaving through the back door. They had no idea whether they were selected or not.
Soon it was Shi Jin's turn.
Shi Jin first picked up the bamboo scoop and checked it up and down. Then, instead of rushing to submerge the bamboo scoop into the water, he reached down and stirred the bottom.
She had just discovered when Zhao An was demonstrating that the bottom thick curtain was taken out very evenly. She thought that he must have done it many times to have such experience.
But since it was her first time, she certainly couldn't do it so evenly, so she had to resort to other methods.
Shi Jin picked up the double-layer bamboo curtain, took a deep breath, and slowly sank to the bottom.
The movements must be gentle and slow. Then the upper layer, also gentle.
Shi Jin looked at his slightly uneven fibers and could only sigh slightly.
Sure enough, this thing requires experience.
After handing the bamboo curtain copy to Ding Pu and Zhao An for review, Shi Jin also left through the back door.
Kang Zhuqing had been waiting at home for a long time. When she saw Shi Jin coming back, she kept pulling her aside to ask what the screening work was and how she performed. If it was really mending clothes as everyone guessed, then Shi Jin's performance was not very good.
Shi Jin shook his head. "It's not about sifting, mending, or making clothes. I don't know what kind of work that is, but it does require carefulness and dexterity."
Kang Zhuqing asked again, "So how did you perform?"
Shi Jin forced a smile that was uglier than crying, "Mother, I don't know how I performed, nor do I know how others performed."
Kang Zhuqing had an inexplicable confidence in his daughter. "I believe you can do it. In terms of meticulousness and dexterity, how could you lose?"
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Lin Si participated in the entire assessment. After looking at the list of qualified candidates, she remembered a person named Shi Jin.
In the end, a total of fifteen people were selected. The workshop is still small now, and it will definitely expand in the future, and she will also open other workshops.
Chunyi brought a bowl of floating yuanzi and gently placed it on the table. This was the snack that Lin Si had to eat every afternoon.
Maybe it was because Lin Si had a good appetite and ate on time after he came here, so he grew taller and taller. He no longer had short legs as before, and his fingers began to become slender, no longer short hands.
In comparison, spring comes more slowly.
Chun Yi patiently waited for Lin Si to finish eating the Fu Yuan Zi, and said, "Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao will come to see you later."
After eating a bowl of hot snacks, Lin Si felt relaxed all over.
During these four months, Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao taught physical education classes to the children in the manor regardless of the weather.
The children were so weak at the beginning that they could not lift stones or run circles. Even when they did horse stance, their lower body was unstable and they were about to fall.
Now, he can run around the manor three times every morning without any problem, move stones, and do horse stance steadily.
Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao felt that they had laid a very solid foundation, and the next step was to upgrade.
Teach them how to kill and chop people correctly, no, how to protect the county lady correctly.
Two days ago, the two sisters met Zhu Shixi in the county lady's mansion who had just finished dissecting a rabbit.
Faced with Zhu Shixi's bloody hands, the two sisters accepted it calmly and even greeted her.
Then the three of them started chatting, and as they talked, Zhu Shixi learned that the two sisters were going to teach the children in the manor advanced martial arts.
He said that there are many ways to kill people, and as long as you cut the right part, you can achieve many different effects.
Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao have empty minds and feel sleepy when reading, but they are diligent and studious when it comes to martial arts.
The moment he looked at Zhu Shixi, it was as if he had met a soulmate, and the three of them had a long conversation all night long.
"Nan Qiao, what you mean is that as long as you kick the lower left side hard, you can make the enemy urinate continuously, thereby severely humiliating the enemy on the spiritual level, and then kill him while he is ashamed and angry?" Lin Si stroked his temples lightly and felt a headache.
Nan Shuang continued, "That's right. Not only that, if the enemy is a man, you can also attack his lower body fiercely, causing him unbearable pain and losing his ability to resist. Then, crush his ribs with a kick, causing pain from top to bottom! This kind of pain is unbearable for ordinary people, and he will suffer terribly before his death."
Lin Si was silent.
If she remembered correctly, she should be cultivating talents with all-round development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor, not cultivating some assassins who like to kill people in strange ways!
However, attacking the lower body is correct and can be adopted.
That's all. Forget about anything else that makes you urinate uncontrollably. It's too inefficient and a bit embarrassing.
"Who came up with these ideas with you?" Lin Si asked.
Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao don't look like the type of people who can come up with these methods.
Nan Shuang and Nan Qiao looked at each other, "It's Madam Zhu."
Lin Si's head hurt even more. How could a gentle girl who wanted to save the world be raised by her to be a bloodthirsty medical freak?
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