Chapter 179 Frustrated

That rumor seemed ridiculous now, but at the time he believed it like other tenants. Who spread the rumor first?

Wang Erlang's eyebrows were furrowed and he almost switched sides without thinking about it. Forget it, the wind was stronger and he was timid, so he hurriedly ran home with his nephew on his back. The two of them had a lot of fun along the way and ate a lot of dust in their mouths.

Shanyin County also experienced strong winds.

Although the nine production sheds of Peng's Craftsman's Shop are all built with felt walls, they are supported by wooden frames inside and outside, making them very strong. Be careful with candles on windy days, and add two trucks to each corner of each production shed.

The water spray tank trucks are filled with water.

The craftsmen and officials greatly praised the Pengjia people.

Youchu moment.

The competition is over.

It can be seen that this competition is not taken as seriously as the last time at Fu Lu Craftsman's Shop. There is only one inspector of each production shed, plus a member of the Peng clan.

But the test time is not slow, but very fast.

There are one hundred craftsmen in each production shed, ten rows of production areas, and ten people in each row.

In each horizontal row, the craftsmen only walked once, leaving only one utensil, and the remaining nine were eliminated and left.

Only the number of master inspectors of craftsmen is ten more, which just makes up the number of the first hundred.

During this process, the inspecting craftsmen remained silent, and any artifacts that the Peng clan members liked and stopped to inquire about were basically kept.

If there are ten quasi-craftsmen in a row and all their crafts are exquisite, nine people will still be eliminated.

This selection method only has no impact on the final "first place".

The would-be craftsmen worked hard for two days, but it was fine to be eliminated because of the merchants' preferences. What's damning is that no one in the Peng clan picked up some of the artifacts and took a closer look! This is too slight. Who doesn't complain? Who doesn't get angry?

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After the eliminated would-be craftsmen left Peng's craftsman's shop, they shouted angrily: They will never participate in competitions organized by merchants again. This is simply contempt for craftsmen!

It was Wang Ge's turn, and following the inspection craftsman was the boy's father, Peng Sanlang. The man stopped and saw that Wang Ge was so young, and immediately remembered what Erlang had said in his complaint.

Wang Ge's face was so dirty that it was almost hard to see his appearance, and his clothes were also dirty and old. A quick look revealed that he was born in poverty.

"Not bad." Peng Sanlang picked up the "wind" meaning wooden pendant and praised it perfunctorily. The "second wood money" underneath it didn't leave the tool bench before he put it down again.

The son was ignorant, so he selected the craftsman's wife into the top 100 and gave her some reward money to make up for it.

The inspection craftsman nodded to Wang Ge: "Pass."

Is this going to be retained?

Wang Ge's full draft explanation was useless, and for the first time she felt aggrieved because Mr. Peng didn't look directly at the wood she was carving.

The other nine people lined up beside her were even more aggrieved. The one on her left side was the most aggrieved! The craftsman and Peng Sanlang strode past, saying in turn: "Leave, leave, leave."

Then I went to the back row.

In less than half an hour, one hundred artifacts were selected.

Even more speechless came. Except for the main inspection of the craftsman's workshop where two utensils were selected, only one item was selected from the other eight sheds. The ones selected were designated as the top ten.

Now there is only one would-be craftsman standing in each row, and Wang Ge is in the third row from the bottom. Peng Sanlang and the inspector of craftsmen walked to the man in front of Wang Ge and stopped.

It’s over!

Wang Ge knew he had no chance.

Sure enough, Peng Sanlang picked up the man-made wooden utensil and nodded with a smile: "Not bad."

The inspection craftsmen were too lazy to go back and shouted directly: "The rest of the people leave!"

When Wang Ge passed by Peng Sanlang, for some reason, she always felt that the other person had been waiting for her gaze. Peng Sanlang felt that his eyes were well placed, but in vain because Wang Ge did not look deeply.

The Peng family, including Peng Sanlang's father, Peng Jiaren, didn't know why. The inspection rules were suddenly changed! The changes were even more hasty! Originally, the top ten places were evaluated by the inspection craftsman, but only the "first place" was judged by the craftsman.

Officials decide.

From second place to one hundred, the Peng family has the final say.

Then Peng Sanlang is not polite. This little craftsman's wife has scared his son, but he is generous and doesn't care. Choosing her to be in the top 100 is enough compensation, and there is no hope of being in the top ten again.

Moreover, he specifically chose the would-be craftsman in front of her. This feeling of being condescending and being able to easily influence the fate of others is so good!

It's night, early in Xu.

The bad weather turned dusk in Weiting into night, and night into dusk.

The thatch house was blowing loudly everywhere. Wang Peng couldn't sleep, so he turned sideways and asked Wang Yun: "Aren't you afraid, brother?"

Wang Yun was almost asleep. She turned over in confusion, put her little hand on Wang Peng's arm, and patted her gently: "Brother, don't be afraid, I'm here for you."

Wang Peng's eyes suddenly became bright and clear, and he was really not afraid anymore.

Wang Erlang moved closer to his elder brother and turned sideways.

Wang Dalang chuckled.

"Hey, brother is not asleep."

"Well. You were afraid of strong winds when you were a child."

"When I was little, when I was little...? Ouch..." Wang Erlang let out a strange roar and sat up!

What's going on? What's going on, what's going on? This voice howled so loudly that Wang Dalang and Wang He all sat up and asked in surprise.

"Oh... Wu..." Wang Erlang's voice changed. He grabbed his head with both hands and lay down heavily. "It's okay, an insect bit me on the buttocks." When he was reborn in this life, he saw a wild tiger pounce when he opened his eyes.

Sister-in-law Xiang, how could I have been a child?

The childhood he remembered was the childhood of his previous life and the previous life.

But that’s not right! If this is the case, he is not considered reborn in this life, he should be possessed by a soul!

The possessed body is definitely Wang Er's body. Why was he suddenly possessed? He must have been killed by a wild tiger at that time.

Is Wang Er, who was killed by a wild tiger, the same person as him?

If you count it as a person, then he has not lived three lives, but four lives!

Xu Zheng moment.

Wang Ge returned to Linmuyuan. The wind blew all the way and she could turn into a snake. In such bad weather, no one was practicing hard in the production area. She knocked on the door of the courtyard more than ten times and shouted at the top of her lungs. Lady Meng heard it and ran out.

Open the door for her. "I haven't dared to sleep because I was afraid you would come back."

"Sister Xie Meng."

Lady Meng was stunned and smiled happily.

After the two people reached the door, the door panel was still blown by the wind.

Entering the house, Wang Ge lay down on the bed, shivering slightly. What kind of weather was this? It turned July into September.

Hu Jiangniang raised her upper body and asked Madam Miao from behind: "Miss Wang is back? How did you do in the exam?"

"The first hundred."

The craftsmen are used to going to bed late, and they are all very awake at the moment. Wang Ge didn't even make it into the top ten? But that's normal. Master craftsmen dare not say that they are perfect in all skills, let alone a quasi-craftsman.

Lady Meng: "Very good. Only one of the nine people will be chosen."

Wang Ge quickly said "yes".

Madam Hu: "Can you tell us how the competition organized by the merchants is different from the one you and Madam Meng competed with last time? How much reward will the top 100 get?"

Wang Ge didn't reply.

"Miss Wang? Wang..."

Snoring slightly.

Hum, pretending to sleep! Madam Hu Jiang lay down boredly.

At this time, several ox carts belonging to the Peng family were about to return home.

Peng Sanlang swayed along with the car, thinking about what happened tonight, he felt depressed and angry.

No matter how rich a merchant is, he cannot use a horse-drawn carriage to travel. He cannot paint his carriages or use silk curtains. He can buy a boat shop and pay three times the price of the boat shop to the government. This is all. However, the rules of the craftsman competition suddenly changed.

Instead of respecting my father, I am deepening the conflict between merchants and craftsmen!

This technique was too damaging! It was so frustrating that he didn't understand it until he thought about it.

After tonight, more than half of these nine hundred would-be craftsmen will despise their own family, right?

Humph, so what if you are spurned? Can one of these nine hundred losers be admitted to the Master Craftsman's Examination?

When the car stopped, the man from Pengjia at the front got out of the car and did not forget to tell Saburo: "These one hundred pieces of wooden utensils should be put into the utensil room and sealed up." The remaining eight hundred pieces are still left in the craftsman's shop, and they will all be rewarded to the tenants when the time comes.

Bar.

Merchants' families are not allowed to buy "official slaves", that is, servants and concubines. No matter how rich the Peng family is, they can only hire tenants to serve as slaves, but this cannot be said openly. Furthermore, how can tenants really be the same as slaves?

Command and beat and scold at will?

The top 100 wooden items were all handed over to Saburo. After Peng Jia lamented the difficulty of being a merchant, he frowned and asked, before Erlang could reply, "What happened?"
Chapter completed!