The Literary Hero of the Republic of China (民国之文豪) [MTL]

Chapter 7- 8

　　Chapter 7 Western Restaurant

　　Mu Qiong was not surprised to be rejected.

　　He also knew that it would be difficult to find a job if he went directly to the door and asked, but if he didn't ask, he didn't know how to find a job.

　　He has never gone out to work in his previous life, and he usually discusses things with people or makes friends through the Internet, but now he lives in a world without the Internet.

　　It wasn't even his world at all.

　　Standing on the streets of the concession, he felt vaguely at a loss, but the situation at home made him have to adapt to the world as soon as possible.

　　Mu Qiong came out of the bank and went into a soy sauce shop nearby to inquire.

　　At this time, the common sauce garden shops in the south of the Yangtze River were shops specializing in selling all kinds of sauces, including condiments such as soy sauce and some pickles. Probably because the logistics was not developed at this time, and there were no refrigerators or freezers. People often ate pickled food and various sauces, and the business of the sauce garden shop was very good.

　　The owner of the Jiangyuan shop also rejected him without hesitation.

　　Mu Qiong asked many shops, but he couldn't find a job. He wanted to find a higher-level job, such as being an interpreter, but he had no connections, and there were some places where he couldn't even get in. Get close and be driven away.

　　In modern times, merchants can complain to drive away customers with clothes, but in this era, if you don't leave quickly, you may be beaten.

　　As for the plot of meeting a nobleman who would make a fortune in some novels... Anyway, he didn't encounter it.

　　Mu Qiong walked on the street for more than an hour, and finally saw a job recruitment notice.

　　It was an insurance company called Hezhong, which wanted to hire a scribe.

　　Mu Qiong didn't know much about insurance companies these days, but he thought he could do the job of a scribe.

　　This Hezhong insurance company was on the second floor of a clothing store on the side of the road. When Mu Qiong went up the small stairs next to the clothing store, he saw seven or eight men in robes busy inside.

　　He originally thought that men in the concessions in the Republic of China should wear suits, but in fact they didn't. From what he saw along the way, everyone generally wore long gowns.

　　"Hello, are you hiring a scribe here?" Mu Qiong asked with a smile.

　　"Yes, do you have a letter of introduction?" A man sitting at the desk, looking about thirty years old, with a neatly trimmed beard above his lips, looked up and asked Mu Qiong.

　　"I saw the recruitment notice posted below." Mu Qiong said, of course he didn't have a letter of introduction, and he didn't even know that he needed a letter of introduction to find a job at this time.

　　"We don't want a letter of introduction." The man glanced at Mu Qiong and immediately refused.

　　"I don't have a letter of introduction, but I should be qualified for this job. I came from Beijing, and I was in the preparatory class of Peking University." Mu Qiong said: "My Chinese is very good, and I can also speak English and French."

　　During this period, Peking University was at its most glorious time. As for the Peking University preparatory class, in fact, it is a middle school that can directly enter Peking University, and you must pass the exam to enter.