Meizi and Wanjin waited in the queue for half an hour before they realized that the test they had to pass was to carve words on broken bricks.
Wan Jin and Mei Zi studied for a while, but when it was their turn, they learned about 70% of the same skills and were approved by the master.
After passing the customs, the guards took me to the shelf next to the city wall.
They were not very literate. They could only see the ink stains on the city walls and could not understand what was written on them.
"Why do we have to carve something on the newly built brick surface?" Wan Jin didn't understand and asked Meizi beside him, "Can you understand what is carved on the wall?"
Mei Zi shook her head, "I can't understand either."
The master who just happened to finish tracing the words came down, heard what they said, and kindly told them, "All the names written on them are people's names."
"Ah?" Wan Jin was even more puzzled, "Who are these people? Why does the government carve these people's names on the wall?"
"I heard from the Yamen that they were the people who built the city at the beginning of the year. The government is grateful for their help in times of crisis, so it is necessary to write down the names of these people so that future generations can see them." The calligrapher gestured in the distance, " Haven’t you seen this blockbuster? There are tens of thousands of names written on it. If there weren’t so many, there wouldn’t be any need for laymen like you to help.”
After Wan Jin came to his senses, he asked in surprise: "Is there me up there?"
"You?" The master was about to say why you are here, but suddenly he thought of his master's words. The women recruited from Beishan County to work were all the people who supervised the construction of the city wall last time. "Of course you have your name! Your name is What, I’ll look for it for you.”
"Ten thousand gold! Gold of gold."
"Hey, that's a good name." The master glanced at the wall hastily, "You have to tell me which county and village you are from."
Meizi and Wanjin replied expectantly: "Qian Zengzhuang under Liangzhou Prefecture, please help us look for it."
"What a coincidence, it's right in front of you!" The master looked back from the middle section, found two rows and pointed to two words in it and said: "This is your name, Wan Jin."
Wan Jin stared at the two words carefully. Although she was illiterate, she often saw the word "jin", so she had some impressions.
She reached out and touched the two words, "This is my name. Who would have thought that my name could be engraved on the city wall!"
"Master, please help me find her name. She comes from the same village as me. Her name is Meizi. Please look for her."
The master might have nothing urgent to do, or he might think they would be compatible, so he actually found one for them, "No, this one is from the top row."
"Mei Zi, look!" Wan Jin looked even more excited than Mei Zi himself, "This is yours, our names are engraved on it!" She thanked the master and looked around again.
"What's wrong? What are you looking at?" Mei Zi didn't understand her actions.
Wan Jin said: "I have to remember this place and take my family to see it later!"
An officer on patrol saw them and said, "Don't just look at them. A few pennies a day are not given away for free. Hurry up and get to work!"
Meizi and Wanjin had been carving characters for a day. They had been chatting about the carving skills on the way back to their residence. However, as soon as they got down to the cave, they saw other people in the same village packing packages.
"Are you ready to go back now?"
"It's time to go back. I really miss my children at home after being out for so many days."
"Yes." Wan Jin said, "The last time I went back was half a month ago. The last time I came out, the child held me and cried in a bad way."
"Don't worry. I asked the guard. The work on the east wall only lasts a few days. It doesn't matter if you go back a few days later."
Another person from the same village said: "We just didn't pass the test. If we passed, who wouldn't want to make a few more days of money!"
"That's right!" When it came to money, someone got excited, "Let me ask, how much money have you saved?"
"Everyone gets the same salary, what else can I ask?"
Wan Jin explained on behalf of the person who asked the question before, "You don't understand. She asked in a knowledgeable manner. We all go on business trips, so we naturally earn about the same amount, but our expenses here are different, so she asked how much money we have saved." .”
Meizi just smiled and listened to them without participating in them. She returned to her bunk and did some calculations. She found that she had saved more than 300 yuan in these days.
To her, this is a very substantial income, and poor people rarely have the opportunity to earn this kind of money.
