When the bookstore owner saw Xu Qing coming in, he immediately welcomed Xu Qing in enthusiastically: "Oh, sir, you are here."
Then he ordered the bookstore clerk: "Quick! Get the tea ready!"
Then he called Xu Qing and said, "Master, please take a seat quickly."
Today's bookstore shopkeeper was a little uncharacteristically enthusiastic, which made Xu Qing a little confused.
Last time, the bookstore owner's attitude towards me was just a little warmer and more polite.
But today, he was as enthusiastic as a family, which made Xu Qing wonder if the shopkeeper had any serious illness.
Xu Qing sat on a seat and asked: "How was the book purchase?"
The bookstore owner smiled happily and said: "The supply exceeds the demand! The supply exceeds the demand! Young master, you don't know. In today's Yongzhou City, there may be people who don't know about Kaiyuan Bookstore, but there is absolutely no one who doesn't know about "The Condor Shooting"!"
At this moment, several young people walked in, looked at the shopkeeper and said: "Shopkeeper, has the follow-up to "The Condor" been released?"
The shopkeeper stood up and shook his head and said: "It's not used yet. Sir, please go home and wait patiently. We will start selling the condor as soon as it is published."
"Yan Wu, a thief, has the nerve to write a storybook when he's like this! He's not a son of a man!"
"That's right, don't let me catch him! If I catch him, I'll tie him to a chair and I won't feed him until he writes a hundred times a day!"
"Brother is so merciful. If it were me, I would cut off his legs so that he can only write scripts on a chair for the rest of his life!"
After they finished complaining, the last few people said in unison: "Shameless old thief!"
The bookstore owner and Xu Qing looked at each other...a little awkwardly.
The bookstore owner said awkwardly: "Why don't you come with me to talk inside, so that your mood will not be affected outside."
Xu Qing nodded and said: "Let's go, let's go."
It’s not that I’m afraid that the movie won’t affect my mood. I don’t feel bad when I see the book selling so well. I’m just afraid that it will affect my own safety...
People in this era really dare to do things that modern people can only talk about.
Just like Xu Qing's neighbor, a murder case occurred because the two fell in love with the same woman.
Then the murderer in prison heard the news that his beloved woman had married someone else a few days ago...
If Xu Qing hadn't happened to be next door, this case might have become an unresolved case.
Every year, there are many unsolved cases in the yamen. Due to technical problems, many cases cannot be solved at all. The files are forgotten as they are put aside, and over time they become unsolved cases.
Terrible ancient people!
Although it is unlikely that these men in scholar's robes would be able to do such a thing, they must be guarded against!
What if one of them happens to be mentally ill?!
inner hall
Xu Qing sat on a chair and put a stack of manuscripts on the table and said, "This is the manuscript for next month."
The shopkeeper took out twenty taels of silver from the cabinet and said, "Master, this money is the royalties for this batch of manuscripts. Please keep it."
As he said this, the bookstore manager stuffed twenty taels of silver into Xu Qing's arms.
Xu Qing looked at the twenty taels of silver and asked doubtfully: "Didn't we decide on a roll of seven taels of silver?"
The bookstore owner shook his head and said: "How can we only sell seven taels of silver to match the master's good story? The master's story has helped our bookstore earn so much money. If I return the seven taels of silver to the master, I will really have a bad conscience."
ah!"
Xu Qing would naturally be happy if someone gave her more money.
From seven taels to twenty taels, it has more than doubled!
After returning home, Su Qian was already waiting for him.
Looking at Xu Qing and Su Qian who looked comfortable and happy, she frowned in confusion and said, "Where have you been?"
Xu Qing said: "I went to the bookstore to submit the manuscript for next month."
Su Qian was slightly startled after hearing this. She hadn't sent next month's money to the bookstore owner yet. Xu Qing's pen retouching fee wouldn't have changed from seven taels to two taels, right?!
However, Xu Qing didn't notice the mysterious expression on Su Qian's face and said, "Boss, do you know how much money the shopkeeper of that bookstore gave me?"
Su Qian pursed her lips and said, "No...it can't be Erliang, right?"
Xu Qing shook his head and smiled: "Twenty taels! Sold for twenty taels!"
Su Qian felt a little relieved when she heard this number, and then said, "Congratulations."
Xu Qing looked at Su Qian and said with some emotion: "It was the boss who led his subordinates to this road in the first place. If it hadn't been for the boss..."
Su Qian shook her head gently and said: "There is no need to talk about the past. By the way, are you ready for the poems that will be used in the poetry meeting tonight?"
"Poetry meeting? What poetry meeting?" Xu Qing was a little confused after hearing Su Qian's words, and then was startled: "Today is the poetry meeting?! So fast!"
Since losing mobile phones and clocks, Xu Qing rarely keeps track of time, but she didn't expect that this day would come so quickly!
For some reason, Su Qian felt quite unsure when she saw Xu Qing looking like this...
She looked at Xu Qingdu: "Be more serious! Are you ready for the Chinese Valentine's Day poem?!"
Xu Qing said awkwardly: "Of course... of course I'm ready..."
Although Xu Qing can't write any good poems, what makes him different from other talented people of this era is that he stands on the shoulders of giants.
…
This description is not appropriate.
He didn't stand on the shoulders of giants, he built a villa on the shoulders of many giants and lived in it!
Then Xu Qing looked at Su Qian and asked, "Boss, are you going too?"
He had always thought that Su Qian, a lazy person, had already turned down the Poetry Fair. After all, Su Qian, like him, would refuse social gatherings like this.
Su Qian nodded and said, "If I don't go, do you know the way?"
Xu Qing felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. He really didn't know the way without Su Qian.
In the evening, Xu Qing also changed into a white scholar's robe, which he had recently made in cloth clothing.
In this era, there were no ready-to-wear shops, only cloth shops, or you could buy cloth and make it yourself.
If you don't want to do it yourself, there are embroiderers in the cloth shop who specialize in sewing clothes for customers. Every piece of clothing can be said to be tailor-made.
It's just less efficient.
Su Qian was still wearing the same white skirt she had attended the poetry gathering last time, and her hair was still in a simple ponytail.
There was no jewelry on her body, and she never used a hairpin in her hair.
I didn't even wear my hair in a bun or use any rouge or gouache.
The whole person has the feeling of being naked.
However, even without applying makeup, Xu Qing still looks stunning in the world.
Walking to the entrance of a garden, Su Qian said: "In order to avoid other people's gossip, you go in from here and I go in from the side door. When the poetry meeting is over, you and I will meet here."
Xu Qing nodded, then handed the invitation to the servant aside and walked in.
"Brother Xu, are you also coming to the poetry meeting?"
Hearing this voice, Xu Qing turned around and saw Xiao Ye standing behind him. Next to Xiao Ye stood Xiao Ruxue, who was obviously shorter than Xiao Ye.
