noffsinger Chapter 1276 They really were considering the surname
Chapter 1276 They really were considering the surname
Under the puzzled gazes of the crowd, Yan Qiao took the salary slip from the yamen runner, who presented it to her and bowed, saying, "My daughter will report on time."
A stone stirred up a thousand waves.
Some speculate that Yan Qiao was unwilling to remain a merchant and wanted to enter officialdom through the newspaper.
Some speculate that Yan Qiao was sent by Lord Shen to participate in the assessment.
Regardless of what others said, Yan Qiao remained calm and composed.
Xue Li shook her arm vigorously, "Manager Yan! No, no, no, I can't call you manager anymore. Miss Yan, you're really amazing! Not only are you good at business, but you've also become a member of the newspaper!"
Yan Qiao looked at the salary slip in her hand and smiled slightly: "Miss Xue, I think you can do it too."
Xue Li shrugged: "I don't care. At worst, I'll just send some side dishes to the government office."
She has thought it through in the past two days.
She delivers three times a day: in the morning, in the afternoon, and in the evening.
If you're lucky, you can see Lord Shen at least twice a day.
That's not entirely impossible...
Yan Qiao didn't understand what "sending side dishes to the government office" meant, and only said, "I'll wait with you for the results."
“Okay!” Xue Li took her arm and looked at Fang Xianyue.
Fang Xianyue announced the name of the seventh person who passed the test: "Yan Chunhua".
Spring flowers?
Everyone was slightly startled upon hearing the voice: "It's a woman again!"
How many women have passed the test already?
Su Mei has one, Wu Lingyue has two, Yan Qiao has three, plus this Yan Chunhua...
"Four now!" everyone exclaimed.
By this point, four out of the seven who passed the test were women!
Just as everyone was surprised, Fang Xianyue called out another name: "Tan Yun".
"Your daughter is here!" a female voice rang out from the crowd.
"hiss--"
Immediately, gasps of surprise filled the air.
"It's a woman again!"
"This is the fifth one!"
After receiving their salary receipts, Yan Chunhua and Tan Yun returned to the crowd. At this point, two names remained to be announced.
Everyone's hearts pounded with anxiety, and they secretly prayed that they would be one of the lucky ones.
"He Guangzheng!"
When the ninth name was uttered by Fang Xianyue, sighs of lamentation rose and fell throughout the hall.
Only one spot left...
They basically have no chance.
After receiving the voucher, He Guangzheng and Zhou Ran came to Yan Qiao and bowed, saying, "Miss Yan, from now on the three of us will be working together at the newspaper. Please give me your guidance."
Yan Qiao was taken aback by his words. He Guangzheng gave a soft "Ah" and added, "I am from Tongan County, just like Brother Zhou and Miss Yan."
Turns out we're from the same hometown!
Yan Qiao smiled slightly and returned the greeting, saying, "You two are too kind. There's nothing to criticize or instruct. From now on, we just need to work together to do our jobs well for the adults and the newspaper."
He Guangzheng and Zhou Ran smiled and nodded, then pulled each other to the bulletin board to reserve a spot and wait to read the announcement.
Xue Li stole a glance at the two of them, then covered her mouth in surprise and said, "Miss Yan, three people from your Tong'an County have passed the imperial examination! Truly, this is a county worthy of being led by Lord Shen..."
Yan Qiao suppressed the slight pride in her heart and smiled, "Miss Xue, there's only one person left, and I feel it will be you."
"It's me?" Xue Li pointed to herself, not believing it at all.
Hearing the prayers rising and falling around her, she waved her hand: "So many people are waiting, I certainly can't..."
Before she could even utter the word "drama," a name she had heard a thousand times before came out of Fang Xianyue's mouth: "Xue Li!"
"Xue Li?!" the crowd cried out in despair.
"Xue Li?!" Xue Li exclaimed in surprise.
At this moment, she even suspected that there was another "Xue Li" among the applicants.
"Xue Li?" Fang Xianyue called out again, his gaze slowly turning to her: "Is it you?"
"It's me..., isn't it?" Xue Li's mind went blank, and almost instinctively, she asked, "My lord, how many Xue Lis are among those participating in this assessment?"
The wailing in the arena turned into laughter.
Fang Xianyue's lips curled into a smirk: "Just you!"
There really is only one "Xue Li".
Xue Li froze on the spot, feeling as if the surroundings had suddenly lost all color and sound.
All she could hear was her own thunderous heartbeat, and all she could see was the wide gate of the government office behind Fang Xianyue.
she?
薛梨？
Did you pass the assessment?
He became a community official?
"I...I..." She took two steps forward with trembling steps, unable to utter a complete sentence.
Fang Xianyue felt a headache coming on. He took the salary certificate directly from the yamen runner, stepped down the stairs, and strode up to her: "Xue Li, congratulations. Keep the certificate safe."
Xue Li was lost in thought, staring blankly at the voucher until Yan Qiao secretly tapped her back. Only then did she snap out of her daze and shakily raise her hand to take it.
"My lord..." Fang Xianyue asked in a trembling voice as she turned around, "From now on, will I be able to see Lord Shen every day?"
"?"
This was the first time Fang Xianyue had ever heard of such a peculiar inquiry.
But he still answered, "Half and half."
Xue Li's eyes lit up.
Half and half, that means we can see each other every other day!
"Alright!" Fang Xianyue returned to the stone steps and formally announced, "From today onwards, the above ten people are officially clerks of the newspaper. If you have any questions, you may come to the Household Affairs Office to find me."
After saying that, he turned and went back to the government office, and the discussion among the crowd grew louder and louder.
"Six! Six women! Two more than men!"
"Guys, this is so embarrassing, I'm leaving now..."
"What's so shameful about that? It's just two more."
"Only two? That's all? Dude, aren't you overlooking something?"
"what?"
"Of the more than 200 people who participated in this assessment, only 10% were women!"
"What? One-tenth? More than twenty people?"
"Yeah! Only twenty-odd!" The man covering his face said, "Over twenty people took the test there, and six passed. We have nearly two hundred people, and only four passed..."
Isn't this shameful enough?
"this......"
The men looked at each other, their expressions varied.
After a while, some people felt too embarrassed and ran away covering their faces, while others felt unconvinced and squeezed to the bulletin board to wait and see the booklet of the six women.
Soon, the yamen runners posted the ten-page newsletter on the bulletin board.
With varying motivations, everyone's eyes were fixed on the booklet.
Someone read aloud in a low voice: "Yan Qiao wrote...After the autumn harvest, grain prices continued to fall for more than seven days, and have gradually stabilized in the last three days. However, some outside merchants, posing as officials from neighboring prefectures, are aggressively buying up high-yield rice seeds at rock-bottom prices in the suburbs. The people are warned not to believe them..."
"Xue Li wrote: ...Qingzhu, Baiyun, Yonglu, Hekou, Weishan, and Wufang counties are all preparing to establish county schools. Among them, Qingzhu County officially started construction two days ago, and the county governments of Baiyun, Yonglu, and Hekou posted notices a day ago to recruit teachers for county schools...Xue Li also appealed to all those with aspirations to actively respond to the call and work together with the prefectural government and the county governments to build a better Liuyang Prefecture."
"Su Mei wrote..."
After reading through one notice after another, I found that every word on them conveyed sincerity.
They are truly thinking about the people.