Late at night, Matt came back after working for more than sixteen hours, and brought back a cheap pen, a bottle of ink and a small amount of manuscript paper as promised.
"Brother, what on earth are you going to do with these?" Matt asked.
The room was too dark, and most places in the slums were not even connected to electricity, let alone electric lights. Lynn lit a candle and used the candlelight to examine what Matt had brought back: "Write novels and make money."
Matt was stunned: "Wha...what?"
There was not much manuscript paper to buy. In order to save money, Linn filled the pen with ink and chose to try writing on his own hand first: "Write novels and make money."
"Write a novel?" Matt and Lynn have lived together since childhood, and have never discovered that the other party has the ability to write novels.
"It's so late, you should go and rest first." Linn knew that it was difficult to explain this matter to Matt. Only by writing the first draft and seeing his ability could he feel at ease.
"When will you write novels? Don't you even like reading them?" Matt didn't want Lynn to give up on himself because of his disability, but writing novels seemed to him to be too unrealistic.
Instead of writing and drawing, it is better to go out and find the simplest job, even if you can only earn one hundred copper coins or fifty copper coins a month. "Writing novels is difficult, and you can't make money casually. Brother, how about you?"
forget it……"
After Lin checked the pen, he reached out and patted Matt: "Don't worry, you can get up tomorrow - what's wrong with your face?"
Because he didn't light the candle just now, his attention was mainly on the pen and paper, so he didn't take a closer look at Matt.
Now that the distance was closer, through the candlelight, he could clearly see a few bruises on Matt's thin face.
Moreover, before he went out, his corruption value was shown as [-40], but now it has become [-30].
According to the rules that Lin En has mastered in the past few days, the larger the value of the depravity value, the more depraved the person is. On the contrary, the smaller the value, the more upright the person is.
There are injuries on his face and his corruption level has increased, indicating that Matt may have encountered something outside.
"Face? Ah... I fell. The road was too slippery. It was covered with snow. Fortunately, it didn't fall from the house." Matt touched his nose and explained.
"Really?" Linn keenly observed that things didn't seem to be that simple, but Matt didn't confess, so he didn't delve deeper. "Then be careful in the future and don't let anything happen."
"Okay, okay..." Matt, who was a little guilty, had no intention of interfering in Lynn's affairs.
Thinking about it from another angle, it would be good to write something to make Linn feel that his life is meaningful. After his own affairs are properly resolved, he can find time to help him find a job.
"Brother, I'm going to bed first. If you need anything, call me."
"Go, good night." Lin En had nothing to do during the day. Now that he had pens and manuscript paper, he immediately decided to finish the first draft overnight.
In this way, he could make money and leave the slums earlier, otherwise he suspected that he would freeze to death in this winter soon.
The first mystery novel he selected was the most famous "Sherlock Holmes" on the planet.
Firstly, this novel is composed of a large number of short stories, which is very suitable for serialization in newspapers. Secondly, this novel is known to almost people all over the world. It is the best work that has been tested by the market. Thirdly, the world background of the novel is consistent with this.
Close, easy to adapt, high acceptance.
Based on these points, it is undoubtedly the most appropriate to choose "Sherlock Holmes" to open up the situation.
And although Linn read it when he was a child, this book is indeed worthy of being a classic. He still remembers the general content of it. In addition, he is a mystery novelist, so he wrote a very similar version based on his memory.
It's not difficult to come.
The only thing that hindered his progress was that the original person in this body didn't know many words. Although he had been studying hard these days after inheriting the memory, there were still deficiencies.
Therefore, he could only write a rough draft first, and then polish it and finalize the finished product after he has a deeper grasp of the words of this world.
December 24, dawn
Matt woke up after sleeping for a few hours, rubbed his eyes, and was surprised to find that Lynn was still sitting at the table writing a novel.
There was already a small pile of written manuscripts stacked beside him, and the manuscript paper he bought was almost used up.
"Brother...have you been awake all this time?"
"No, I'm almost finished writing. I'll take a break after finishing." Lin En concentrated on writing.
In the past, catching up on manuscripts on Earth made him feel extremely painful and troubled. After coming to another world, he was extremely energetic.
"...Okay." Matt took some of the manuscripts written by Lynn and started to read them.
When Lin En's legs were still good, she worked hard to support him in reading for several years, so he didn't have to put much effort into reading the novel. He was quickly attracted by the exquisite ideas in the first draft, and was so surprised that he opened his mouth slightly and couldn't help it.
He said confidently: "Brother...did you really write this..."
"How's it going?" Lynn put down the pen and looked at Matt expectantly.
As a native of this world and the first reader, Matt's reading opinions are still very important.
"I...I think it's good..." Matt's eyes brightened. He was first surprised how his brother, who was usually a rough guy, could write such a meticulous story, and then he became happy for Lynn.
You can make some money by writing like this, but that's not the most important thing.
The most important thing is that Lin En has found his own value. He does not have to sit in a wheelchair all day long and cannot do anything, nor does he need to go out to find the hardest job to earn the meager salary.
"Do you have any opinions? Tell me." Linn felt relieved after hearing Matt's comments.
The significance of Matt's evaluation is not the difference between commoners and nobles, but the acceptance of earth and other worlds.
As long as Matt can read it and think it's good, he will be sure to conquer those newspapers and their main audience - the aristocracy.
"Opinion... uh... I can't say, anyway, it's pretty good-looking... These reasonings are unexpected and reasonable, and I felt a hearty feeling when I saw it at the end..." To make a specific evaluation, it is beyond Matt's ability.
, he thought for a long time but still didn't know what valuable advice he could give, so he could only say some intermittently meaningless words.
"Okay, I'll keep writing. I'll polish it up and submit it to the newspaper later." Lin En was not surprised, picked up the pen and continued writing.
"Okay, brother, after you finish writing, I will help you submit the article. I will get bread first and finish my work." Matt was in a particularly happy mood, got out of bed and made two portions of black bread.
Lin En was also in a good mood, probably because she was hungry all night after writing about it. She even ate all the black bread that was usually difficult to swallow.
"Brother, do you need me to buy some more manuscript paper?" Matt asked after eating, washing up briefly, and getting ready to go out to work.
"Buy some more, as well as ink, and another bottle." Linn nodded.
"Okay, I should be back this afternoon and buy it for you then."
"Afternoon? Why so early?" Linn remembered that Matt left early and came back late every day, especially in the winter when every house in the wealthy area needed to clean their chimneys. There was so much work to do that it was too early to come back before ten o'clock.
"Did you forget? Today is Christmas Eve." Matt reminded.
"Christmas Eve?" Lin En suddenly remembered that today is December 24th, and this world also has a holiday like Christmas Eve. "No wonder... Okay, then I'll wait for you to come back."
Matt grinned and showed a bright smile: "Brother, let's go out and have some fun tonight? It's hard to have some time. You need to relax properly and go out for some air. This can also be regarded as an early celebration of your becoming a novelist."
In the past few days after traveling to another world, Linn had hardly gone out except to go to the toilet.
In fact, the main reason is that his wheelchair is too old and inconvenient to move around. The road conditions in the slums are also very bad, with potholes everywhere.
If he went out alone, he would probably be able to move to the entrance of the alley even with all his strength.
Of course, if you have a younger brother by your side to take care of you, all these problems will be solved.
"Okay." Lin En is very interested in Christmas Eve in another world. He also urgently needs to understand this world personally. Through further analysis by more people, he can see the 'corruption value' and himself has the 'Reincarnation' mark.
reason.
Since Matt has time, there is no reason for him to refuse.