Chapter 950

The roads around the capital extend in all directions. By the way, there are more post stations, small towns and inns for sleeping. There is no shortage of places to live along the way.

It took an extra day to arrive at the city of zhezhou. Nothing happened next. Li Changting asked everyone to go back and have a rest.

Qingtingfang is now in the summer vacation, and the park is also on holiday. Some workers go home, some stay for the summer vacation, but the remaining four apprentices and Chunhua consciously study in their vacation time.

Xu Qing met them in the evening and told them that they would be examined in five days. After passing the examination, he would become the official pastry teacher of qingtingfang.

But Xu Qing didn't say what the specific assessment content was, just let them prepare in advance.

Then Xu Qing sent a letter to the hope college in the suburb. She told the dean that she would like to go to the college again to recruit some apprentices when the summer was coming to an end. She hoped that the Dean would make it convenient and that the children would sign up enthusiastically.

The Dean immediately replied a letter to her after reading it, which said that she was very welcome to come.

It's no secret how well qingtingfang's apprentices are treated in Hezhou. It's said that Xu Qing can't afford to raise these apprentices as his own children. He specially invited his master to teach them how to read and practice calligraphy. It's hard for a new master to have the heart even if he can afford the money.

Therefore, it is a great deal of confidence for the dean to give the child to such a person, and it would be a pity to miss such a great opportunity.

Originally, Xu Qing planned to wait until the summer passed, but at that time she might not be free, so she had to deal with them in advance.

After the order goes down, Xu Qing continues to stay in the space to make wine, and the outside affairs are handed over to Li Changting.

It takes time to make wine, but I can't drink it for a while. Anyway, Xu Qing brewed all the ripe fruits at home.

Other wine is not brewed, but not so anxious.

You know, she doesn't know anything about wine tasting. She doesn't like to drink much at ordinary times. First, she chooses something simpler that she can drink, and then she moves the others.

These days, two men stay in the space. They have built the wooden bridge and pavilion in the lake, and even paved a road up the mountain.

A lot of fruit trees were planted on the mountain. The trees in the front were common fruit trees. Later, Xu Qing tried some fruit trees that were not sure whether they would bear fruit.

Now Li Changting takes a few buckets of water from Lingquan every day to go up the mountain and water the fruit trees one by one. When the fruit trees grow, he will water the lake.

On the right side of the mountain, which is close to the house, it is used to grow spices, such as Zanthoxylum bungeanum, star anise and cinnamon. There are two of each kind, and the other short plants are planted at the foot of the mountain for easy picking.

Most of the spices used by Xu Qing were bought from outside. Now the place is spacious, so he can grow some of them himself.

In front of the room, Li Changting and duanmuxiang finally decided what to do.

They went out of their house quietly at night. Now the people in the city of zhezhou also go out at night, so the gate is unobstructed. When they come back, there will be a pile of bluestone slabs in the space.

Two men have been struggling for a month, but they still plan to lay bluestone slabs on the open space in front of the house.

The yard is paved with bluestone slabs for work. Later, when you spread some things to dry and deal with a large number of food materials, you don't have to always squeeze in the kitchen. The key is also convenient for cleaning.

It's not easy to lay the ground flat on the ground. Fortunately, when building the house, the two men learned a lot from the bricklayers. The flat floor in the house is their achievement. It's a piece of cake to lay a yard.

When the yard is laid out, it's time for Xu Qing to assess the apprentices.

Xu Qing thought for a long time about the topic of this assessment, and summed up her requirements for the pastry maker. As long as the pastry is clean and tidy and qualified, and the pastry maker's character is OK, she will pass the test.

On the day of the exam, the four apprentices and Chunhua all came to the shop early. In order to avoid the lack of light, Xu Qing set the exam time in the morning. It was just dawn, but it was not so hot when the sun had not yet risen.

Looking at the apprentices dressed neatly and standing tall and straight in front of him, Xu Qing nodded with satisfaction in his heart, and then his eyes swept to the end.

"Why is there one more person?"

Summer bud step forward, nervously line a gift: "master, I also want to participate in the assessment, I also can make cakes."

Next to the summer solstice look very calm: "master, I taught her, please let her also try, I am sure she will not let you down."

Xia Ya doesn't usually get along with Xu Qing, so it's hard to see her nervous. But before the summer solstice, she worked with Xu Qing every day. She knew that Xu Qing was not a difficult person to talk to. As long as she could make sure to convince Xu Qing, some rules would be harmless to Xu Qing.

Sure enough, Xu Qing said, "OK, you can have a try."

Xia Ya looks happy, at the same time, she is relieved. She is the same age as Chunhua, but she looks half a head shorter than Chunhua.

Counting up, Chunhua is 14 years old. The girl's age is just when she tries her best to raise her height. In the blink of an eye, she can almost reach Xu Qing's chin.Xu Qing: "well, let's start quickly, or it will be hotter later. Everyone will sit at the table. Do you see the pen and paper in front of us? Everyone has a seat."

With that, Xu Qing opened the manuscript in front of him and asked the first question: "what have you done since you got up this morning? Write slowly, don't worry, don't talk too much, write a name at the bottom, then give it to me and sit back. Don't talk, don't talk, write your own, peek and you'll be disqualified. "

The six children are still very good. They all pick up their pens and bury their heads in writing. Each of them has a good posture, and the speed of writing is not slow. It seems that the two years of reading and calligraphy are still very effective.

Although we don't know why Xu Qing asked such a question, we think the owner of the house has her own deep meaning. They just need to answer it obediently.

In less than ten minutes, the six children handed in their written answers in turn. Xu Qing then asked the second question: "tell me your views on the pastry industry and your future plans. Just tell me the truth. If you don't say it well, you won't be blamed. Hand it in when you write it well."

After that, Xu Qing looked down at the six answers in his hand.

The first question is just warming up, but from these answers, Xu Qing can see something.

Except Xia ya, who is a worker, the four apprentices and Chun Hua are obviously very conscientious in their study. Their handwriting is neat, their sentences are correct and their narration is clear.