The waiter of Xinghua Study came out with a tray of lunch and saw the shopkeeper smiling glamorously in front of the counter. He asked curiously, "Shopkeeper, why are you so happy?"
The shopkeeper saw him trying to put the tray on the table and immediately stopped him, "No, don't put it here! Don't dirty my money jar! Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
When the waiter saw this, he knew that the shopkeeper had come across another interesting storybook. He had just gone to the backyard to cook, and he didn't know who had delivered the storybook.
He didn't think about Xing Nong at all. After all, many poor scholars came to write storybooks, but few of them were bestsellers.
The best-selling novel at present was written by a girl named Mingzhu Mengchen.
It’s just that Mingzhu Mengchen just sent off the original story a few days ago. How could he have written a new story so soon
In the past, it usually took her a quarter to publish a storybook.
But he couldn't guess who else could have made the shopkeeper so excited, except Mingzhu Mengchen, so he asked, "Shopkeeper, was it Mingzhu Mengchen's book that was delivered?"
The shopkeeper carefully put away the half of the storybook and said, "No, it's the lonely star from the sky, the plainly dressed girl who just came in."
There was admiration in his tone.
Waiter: “…”
It was her
The waiter placed the food on the tray on the counter that the shopkeeper had tidied up.
The shopkeeper kept muttering while eating, saying that the story of the lonely star in the sky was much more brilliant than that of the pearl covered in dust, with a different structure and more moving.
That handwriting is far better than Mingzhu's.
He is just too good at asking for money!
Otherwise, you can earn more!
Although the girl's clothes were rustic and looked like she had no knowledge, he suspected that she deliberately wore tattered clothes to scare him and make him let down his guard.
What a scheming woman!
He had never heard of the idea of copyright!
She said that all the copyrights of the script belonged to her, and that if the script was published, adapted into a play, or used as a copybook, etc., she would get half of all the dividend income!
He refused at first, but the other party simply didn't want to sell the storybooks, and without saying a word, he just walked away and went to find the next one.
As a result, he compromised in a hurry and now feels that he has missed out on tens of millions of taels!
If he had known that the other party was so scheming, he would have negotiated the price at the beginning!
Regret!
Seeing that the shopkeeper looked like he had suffered a huge loss, the waiter was surprised and asked, "Then why did you agree to this, shopkeeper?"
The shopkeeper rolled his eyes at him and said, "Stupid, although I made a lot less money, but with my many years of experience in selling storybooks, I can guarantee that the bookstore's profits will definitely double by the end of the year. By the way, don't tell anyone about Tianwai Guxing's true identity, and don't let anyone steal my God of Wealth."
Waiter: “…”
So powerful
"In order to keep this God of Wealth, I gave him a deposit of ten taels first. If I break my promise, I will have to pay one thousand taels." The shopkeeper said proudly.
The wool has almost been plucked out, so he has to hold on to his master's belt tightly!
Bah bah bah... .
What master? He doesn't work for her!
It should be the belt of the God of Wealth!
The shopkeeper was laughing so hard that his body was shaking, which was totally inconsistent with his bookish temperament.
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Xingnong left the study and walked towards Bailu Academy. She planned to take Xinghui to a restaurant for dinner, and then buy some rice and flour to take home.
It was noon time, and many students from Bailu Academy went out to eat. When they saw Xingnong waiting there with a chicken cage, they all looked at her in surprise and whispered, "Who is that? Could it be the family of a student from our academy?"
"That shouldn't be the case. It seems that there are no such poor students in our academy!"
"It's probably someone's relative who came to ask for money."
... ..
Xingnong looked at the students coming out of the academy and let them stare at him.
After a quarter of an hour, no one came out of the academy.
Xingnong couldn't help but suspect that Xinghui had left. After all, he was not here to attend classes, but just to do odd jobs. He didn't need to follow the schedule of the students in the academy.
Xing Nong was about to leave when a slightly unexpected voice sounded: "Sister Xing Nong?"
Xing Nong turned around and saw a handsome young man with delicate features showing a warm smile, "Xing Nong sister, it's really you. Are you here to see Xing Hui?"
Xingnong recognized him as Gu Zesen, the son of the village chief of the neighboring Taohua Village.
From the original owner's memory, this was a young man who was as warm and dazzling as the sun, someone she dared not look directly at.
Because it’s so excellent!
Gu Zesen is a student of Bailu Academy and Xinghui's idol. He passed the examination to become a scholar at the age of sixteen, and was the top student on government stipend, which made him even more amazing than Shen Zhiyuan.
Shen Zhiyuan is also very capable, ranking tenth in the college entrance examination. Both of them are the pride of Bailu Academy.
Both were set to leave in more than a year.
Xinghui always said when she returned home that Shen Zhiyuan was overestimating his own abilities and wanted to compete with Gu Zesen for the position of dean's disciple, and he wanted to compete with Gu Zesen in everything in the academy.
Gu Zesen ignored him.
The Gu family was from Gujia Village, so they knew each other.
The original owner called him Brother Gu, but Xingnong couldn't call him that for a moment, so he nodded.
"I don't know whether Xinghui has left or not. Come on, I'll take you in to look for him. Don't worry, the academy allows students to bring their families in, you just need to follow me." Worried that Xingnong might not dare to go in, he took the initiative to explain.
Xing Nong followed him in.
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Under a big banyan tree in the academy.
Surrounded by students.
A teacher frowned and looked seriously at the two people arguing in front of him.
Xinghui's face flushed with anger. He angrily said, "I did this problem. My sister taught me how to solve the pheasant and rabbit problem in the same cage, so I can solve this problem! You lied to the teacher!"
Shen Zhiyuan disagreed when he heard this. Compared with Xinghui's anger, he seemed confident and calm, and spoke appropriately: "As the saying goes, a gentleman is honest. How can you lie? Is your sister talking about cousin Xingnong? But cousin Xingnong is just a country girl who has never been to school. How can she do arithmetic? What's more, she blocked the questions of our entire college students?"
Xinghui: "I didn't lie! You are the hypocrite. You saw my answer on the ground and deliberately said in front of Master Zhang that you did it! You also said that you dropped a piece of paper when you got on the carriage this morning and I picked it up. You are full of lies, hypocrite."
Upon hearing this, Shen Zhiyuan first looked incredulous and then hurt, as if he didn't want to argue. He said to Master Zhang, "Sir, I may have misunderstood cousin Xinghui."
The other students in the academy couldn't stand it. Zhang Zichong, a classmate of Shen Zhiyuan, stood up and said, "Where did this misunderstanding come from? Brother Zhiyuan, you don't have to cover up for him! What he said is full of loopholes. He said his sister taught him to do it? He comes to the academy to clean every day, at least he can learn some knowledge. He said he did it himself, and I still believe he is gifted. But he said his sister, who has never read a book, taught him? Who would believe this?"
The other students nodded, "I don't believe it anyway. It's enough for ordinary girls from wealthy families to learn to read and write, and learn the arts of music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Who would learn arithmetic? Except for the aristocratic families, who have inherited the family tradition. But is his family like that?"
"Doesn't Master Zhang intend to accept a disciple? Could he be deliberately solving the problem in front of Master Zhang so that Master Zhang would accept him as a disciple?"
... ...
Listening to what everyone said, Xinghui felt angry and upset. He knew that no matter how much he said, no one would believe him, but Master Zhang might not believe him. He couldn't help but said, "Master Zhang, I'm not lying. My sister really taught me this question."
Master Zhang frowned. He had known that the young man was eager to learn, so he had asked him to listen to the class outside the classroom. Today, when he saw that he had actually solved the problem, he wanted to accept him as his disciple. He didn't expect that he had done it on purpose to show off and to deceive him.
He shook his head in disappointment: "Honesty is the foundation of a person, kindness is the root of a person, both cannot be lost!"
Xinghui's heart sank when he heard this, and he lowered his head in disappointment, "I have always followed the master's teachings and treated people with sincerity."
With his background and identity, no one would believe anything he said, right
"You take care of yourself!" Master Zhang shook his head and walked away.