Blissful Days After Widowhood Chapter 20: Exam 2

Ningxi and the others now live alone in a remote place. When they come from other places, they have to pass through two clean corners. Ningxi has set up checkpoints at these two corners.

The first place was a money bag with a blue background and a small white flower in a prominent position under a locust tree. A few pieces of broken silver and a lot of copper plates were stuffed in it, so that Meng Shuangshuang could hide and secretly See how passersby react.

The appointed time is approaching. Candidate No. 1 hurriedly walked over, suddenly stopped in front of the purse, looked around, quickly picked up the purse and stuffed it into his sleeve, then continued to go to the purse as if nothing had happened. Walking forward, Meng Shuangshuang jumped out excitedly with an expression of "I haven't caught you yet!", causing Candidate No. 1 to take two steps back in shock.

Meng Shuangshuang stretched out her slender fingers to Candidate No. 1: "Okay, take it out, you don't have to take the rest of the exam, we won't choose a greedy person."

The other party had to embarrassedly return the purse that had not been warmed to Meng Shuangshuang, and turned away with annoyed expression.

It didn't take long to meet the No. 2 who was walking by Meteor, and Song Tianshun, who lived opposite his house, couldn't help sneering in his heart. , he didn't believe that this poor boy could hold back the money.

So when Song Tianshun greeted No. 1, No. 1 just raised the corner of his eyes coldly and did not intend to ignore him.

Song Tianshun didn't care, he smiled and continued to walk forward. When he got to the locust tree, he naturally saw the blue and white money bag, he picked it up suspiciously and opened it, and took a deep breath: "So No matter how much money you lose, you won’t be in a hurry to die!”

Song Tianshun held the purse in his hand and looked at both ends of the road. There was no one in sight. He scratched his head in embarrassment. I missed the exam, and I don't know what to do with the purse in my hand.

Meng Shuangshuang was about to jump out when suddenly Song Tianshun seemed to have made up his mind. He stood firm on the spot with a firm expression on his face, but looked to both sides of the road from time to time, he was determined to wait here for the owner.

Meng Shuangshuang walked out with a smile: "Hey, isn't this Brother Song? I remember your number is No. 2. It's almost time, why are you still standing here?"

Song Tianshun touched his head apologetically: "I don't know who lost a money bag here. I want to wait here and see if the owner can be found."

Meng Shuangshuang was unhappy: "Is it more important to take the exam or wait for the owner? Is my booth so worthless to you?"

Song Tianshun was so anxious that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet: "No, no, don't get me wrong, Miss Meng, I really don't mean that. Exams are naturally important, but this..." He raised his purse to give Meng Shuangshuang looked at it, "Look at this purse, it's so worn out and reluctant to replace it with a new one, it means that the owner of this purse must not be a rich man. If you lose the purse, you must be very anxious and will definitely come back to find it. And the money There is so much money in the bag, and there is a medical clinic not far away. These may be life-saving money! If I just walk away like this and the money bag is picked up by others, wouldn't it kill a person for no reason? !”

Meng Shuangshuang pretended to be surprised: "Hey, isn't this Aunt Wang's purse ahead?"

Song Tianshun looked at her uncertainly: "Really?"

"The pearls are not so real. I've seen Aunt Wang take them out several times. Look at the white flowers that are stained with a little brown, or they were accidentally splashed when I was buying fish with her a few days ago. By the way, I heard from Aunt Wang yesterday that Uncle Wang was sick and was going to her son-in-law's house to borrow some money to see the doctor. Needless to say, this money must have been borrowed by Aunt Wang and her son-in-law." Meng Shuangshuang said nonsense.

Song Tianshun hurriedly said: "Then we have to send it back quickly!"

Meng Shuangshuang grabbed the purse and said, "Leave this to me. I'm very familiar with Aunt Wang, so I'll send it to you. Hurry up and take the exam, it's still too late."

"That's hard work for Miss Meng!" Song Tianshun bowed to her, turned around and strode away.

Meng Shuangshuang pretended to take a few steps in the opposite direction of him, and when Song Tianshun disappeared, he jumped back, put the purse back in place, and hid again, giggling Laughing: "This is quite fun!"

Ningxi said that this test is to test whether the people who come for the exam are greedy for money. If a person who is greedy for money takes over their booth, they will definitely cut corners, and even buy cheap and spoiled raw materials to charge shoddy ones. Broke their sign.

I didn't expect that there are so many people who are greedy for money. It's only been less than a morning. Six out of ten people in the past directly picked it up and put it in their arms, four passed the test successfully, and one more She didn't see the purse on the ground at all, so she walked over without looking sideways. Ning Xi didn't tell Meng Shuangshuang what to do in such a situation, but she thought that if she didn't look around when walking, it meant that he didn't save any money at all. When he thought about picking up money, he was definitely not a greedy person, so he didn't stop him.

In the second stage, Ningxi specially invited back an old beggar from the temple outside the city. The old beggar was dirty and tattered, and the sour odor could be smelled ten steps away, lying on the ground far away. When he saw someone coming, he clutched his stomach and called out, "Ouch, oops."

When someone comes to him, the old beggar will stretch out his hand to pull the person's robe: "Good-hearted, save the old man, the old man has a bad stomach and is about to die, please do well and save the old man's life. Let's go!"

Ning Xi watched from a hidden place. Anyone who showed disgust on his face, or spoke harshly to the old beggar, or even punched and kicked, would be eliminated. Feeling dirty and not too tired, he helped him up and took him to the hospital in person. Ning Xi came out and told him that he had passed the test. He agreed with the person to take the final test and let him go home first.

This test is about people's love, their own booth, and nothing can fall into the hands of a selfish person.

Meng Shuangshuang really admires Ning Xi. She was worried at first. There were more than 50 people who signed up. How could she choose? There were a large number of people, and in the end, only ten people were left who could actually take the exam.

Song Tianshun is one of them, and there is also a cheerful and generous girl named Zhou Chunli. Her parents died early. She dragged a younger brother and a younger sister to live at a young age. The family was so poor that she could see the ground When the money was paid, he never had the slightest selfish desire to take it for himself. Meng Shuangshuang liked her, and quietly told Ning Xi that he would leave the booth to her.

Ningxi said that since the exam is open, it must be fair and impartial, and not favoritism.

Okay, then the test.

The first question is to test the examinee's sense of taste. To be delicious, it is not a matter of human beings. It also has to pay attention to talent. It's better to leave early.

Ningxi's house was in poor condition, and there were not many stools to be found. Ten candidates were sitting in a row on the ground in the courtyard. Meng Shuangshuang placed five cups in front of each of them, and gave each one another one. paper, a long, thin strip of charcoal, and then let everyone write on the paper what they tasted in the cup.

As soon as these conditions were finished, four people immediately raised objections: "Girl, you are not embarrassing, and you didn't say that you must be literate to come!"

Meng Shuangshuang was busy comforting everyone: "Don't worry, we don't take the writing test, it doesn't matter if you can't write, just tell me quietly, I can help you write it on paper."

Then everyone felt at ease. They reached out to the cups in front of them. The first two cups were very simple, a cup of vinegar and a cup of sugar water. Almost everyone tasted a little and wrote it down immediately. Those who couldn't write also called Meng Shuangshuang over. Helped to write it down.

At the beginning of the third cup, it was difficult, because it was not just one flavor, but a mixture of several kinds. At first taste, it was one flavor, and it turned out that there was another kind of low taste. Some were scratching their heads, some were confident, and Meng Shuangshuang watched it interestingly.

The last cup of Huanglian was boiled with salt, sugar, vinegar and peppercorns, and soy sauce was added at the end. The taste was so good that Meng Shuangshuang licked a little and wanted to vomit, and some people who tasted it had their teeth bared. Grinning, the lovely girl Zhou Chunli, with a calm expression, wrote a few lines.

So soon? But don't miss anything, Meng Shuangshuang went to the back while worrying and took a peek at it. It's incredible, all of them are written correctly, and one is not bad. It seems that this time, Miss Zhou is sure to win.

Hey, that who, Song Tianshun, why did he turn in the papers so quickly? Meng Shuangshuang hurried over to take a look, and it was all right.

After the taste test, everyone went to the stove to make a dish. It was very simple, just ordinary stir-fried vegetables. What Ningxi looked at was not their cooking skills, but the feeling of cooking. What judging criteria can only be understood.

After two rounds of screening, there were four people left. Although Meng Shuangshuang seemed to think Zhou Chunli was the best, to be honest, the other three people were not bad. Handy very quick and capable.

"Ningxi, how do you choose the remaining few?"

"No hurry, everyone help chop the firewood first." Ning Xi calmly said.

The remaining four candidates scrambled to the firewood pile, the one who moved the firewood, the one who was swinging the axe, and the axe who didn't rush to find the axe. Under the walls of the eaves, everyone took this as an exam question, for fear that Ning Xi would feel that he was too lazy to be lazy.

Meng Shuangshuang nodded with understanding: "Ning Xi, you're seeing if they can endure hardship!"

Ning Xi said: "No, I just thought, the firewood for the car I bought yesterday should be chopped early, otherwise there will be no firewood in the kitchen in two days."

Meng Shuangshuang: "..."

After everyone was sweating profusely, they finally chopped up the firewood, Ning Xi clapped his palms and announced loudly, "Listen, now all four of you are qualified to take over our lo-mei stall. , as long as anyone can come up with fifty taels of silver, I will accept him as a disciple."

The whole yard fell silent all of a sudden.