NOVEL NEXT Chapter 5 Participating in the Assessment
Zhao Laosi collected animal skins for sale in various villages and met all kinds of people. He had a strong feeling that Chen Mo would become a great talent.
"Thank you, Uncle Zhao."
I went back to pack my luggage. After Chen Mo finished speaking, he immediately went back and packed his luggage briefly. It was said to be luggage, but in fact it was just a simple small cloth bag and one tael of silver.
This tael of silver is equivalent to 1000 copper coins, 100 large coins, but he saved it for almost a month.
It was noon, and the sun was constantly burning on the passers-by. Chen Mo was sitting on a donkey cart with Zhao Laosi.
"Uncle Zhao, I wonder what the recruitment standards are for Shishan Martial Arts Gym?"
Chen Mo asked.
“I don’t know much about this, I just heard someone talk about it, like entering a martial arts gym.
Unless you have a background, you will work as a handyman when you first join, doing menial work and cleaning every day. You won't be able to start learning Kung Fu until you become an apprentice.
And even if ordinary people want to be a handyman, Shishan Martial Arts School may not be able to accept them.
There is no way. We are poor in literature and rich in martial arts. For ordinary people, practicing martial arts is still too far away, but Uncle Zhao believes that you can do it. "
Zhao Laosi looked downcast at first, but he was afraid of damaging Chen Mo's self-confidence, so he quickly encouraged him.
"Well, thank you, Uncle Zhao."
Chen Mo's expression was extremely calm. Even if there was no other way, he would find a way to practice after entering the Shishan Martial Arts Hall.
Half an hour later, the two entered the town. Boulder Town was located in a wide area.
Although the surrounding roads are difficult to navigate, it is rich in resources and is no worse than in towns.
Looking at the extremely wide street below and the pedestrians coming and going, everyone is wearing gorgeous and patterned cloth, and their complexion is much better.
Even the old men in their 50s and 60s on the street looked senile, which was in great contrast to the sickly and gloomy look of the old men in the village.
Which children are playing in the street? Everyone's face is rosy and their figure is no longer shriveled. They are more than one level higher than those in the mountain village.
The surrounding houses are also made of stone, and the structure has a decorative look from the original residence.
Fortunately, Chen Mo had traveled through time, otherwise entering a town for the first time would have been like entering a city with a mountain cannon.
The gap between towns and villages is so huge. It is hard to imagine how prosperous the imperial capital of the county city must be.
The two of them walked all the way to the west end of the town. On the street, there were shops and plaques in an endless stream. It was a bustling market.
"The biggest martial arts gym in the back is the Shishan Martial Arts Hall. Someone will guide you when Xiao Mo goes in. Whether you can go in or not depends on your luck?"
Zhao Laosi said as he sent Chen Mo to the back door.
"Thank you, Uncle Zhao, I'm going in."
After passing through the crowd, Chen Mo walked into the Shishan Martial Arts Gym from the back door. As soon as he entered the courtyard behind, Chen Mo couldn't help but be surprised. It was really too big, and the area was no worse than the gymnasium in his previous life.
There are wooden mannequins and dozens of young people, naked to the waist, exercising, but their exercise methods are different from ordinary ones, as if they are practicing some moves.
Chen Mo just stayed there stupidly until a young man who looked like an apprentice took him into a room.
In addition to him, there were ten children in the room, all with their heads lowered, standing motionless in the room and no one spoke.
Like Chen Mo, they are all eleven or twelve-year-old children. At this age where they were carefree in the previous life, they have to take on responsibilities here, and everyone's mind is more mature.
Chen Mo also stood over. Like the others, he stood motionless. After all, his behavior was too strange, which may not be a good thing.
After a while,
"Tap...tap."
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door.
Three young men wearing white cloth with martial arts designs and looking like apprentices walked in.
Needless to say, this should be the martial arts school sent to assess them.
"My name is Zhao Tian, you can just call me Senior Brother Zhao. Of course, I must pass the assessment.
Although we are recruiting handymen today, not everyone can join the handymen in our Shishan Martial Arts Hall.
Are any of you literate? As luck would have it, the young master happens to be short of a book boy. If any of you are literate, you can be directly promoted to apprentice. "
Senior Brother Zhao, the leader of the three, looked at the group of people and asked.
Chen Mo could only smile bitterly when he heard this. The writing in this world was completely different from that in his previous life. There was no chance of literacy in that small mountain village.
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. Suddenly, a child who looked thin and timidly raised his right hand.
Chen Mo's face was a little surprised. After all, those with a good background and a lot of money directly entered the martial arts school as apprentices.
Who would come to take part in the handyman assessment, so he didn't expect that some of them were literate.
"You can read."
It was obvious that Senior Brother Zhao was just asking casually and did not expect anyone to actually be literate.
"Well, I have studied Thousand Character Classic and Hundred Analects of Confucius. I know most of the characters, but the writing is not very good."
The little boy lowered his head and said shyly.
"Enough, enough."
A smile appeared on Zhao Tian's face. It was obviously good for him to find a literate apprentice. Even his tone became gentle and said:
"What's your name? Come directly to me."
"Liu Qingsong."
The little boy looked up with a timid look on his face.
Then he walked over at an extremely slow speed.
The other nine children looked at him with great envy, including Chen Mo. After all, he could become an apprentice as soon as he got in. It was much better than those of them who had to pass the test before they could get in as a handyman. As expected, in which world did he know knowledge? All have benefits.
"I know that you all want to join our martial arts gym as a handyman, but the places are limited and we can only recruit one person.
See that boulder outside the house? Just move two steps forward to pass the level. "
Senior Brother Zhao's face turned cold and he said, pointing to the huge stone outside the door.
When the nine children saw the huge boulder, their faces were all shocked. The boulder weighed at least three to four hundred kilograms. How easy was it for the eleven or twelve-year-old children to move it?
"call."
Several people gasped, the eleven or twelve year old children were not fully developed, and each one was skinny and skinny.
Lifting something weighing more than a hundred kilograms is already the limit, let alone moving a boulder weighing more than 300 kilograms.
"The way I see it, Senior Brother Zhao doesn't want any of us to pass, and deliberately creates a difficult problem to make things difficult for us."
A child whispered.
Zhao Tian seemed to understand their thoughts, his face was gloomy and his tone was cold:
"If you don't want to take the test, you can leave now, no one will stop you."
"Ugh."
Three or four children sighed and walked out of the room.
Apparently they gave up.
This was a child who looked dark-skinned, very strong, and about 1.7 meters tall. He was the strongest looking among the nine people.