The salted fish couple is fleeing famine

Chapter 83

When it comes to writing travel notes, the two children have top-notch mobility. Because there are recorded diaries that can be read, the two discussed the outline of the story in a few days.

When children write travel notes, of course they must be childlike, and there must be a lot of storytelling elements in it. Cuihua suggested that the two start their stories from the perspective of the black tiger and the black panther.

The two were very able to listen to suggestions, and named their first storybook "Two Black Dogs on the Road".

Inheriting the old Yuan's family's naming waste, the family has plausible arguments: children can't understand books that are too complicated, so the title should be simple and easy to read.

It’s not that simple. Cuihua suggested that they draw pictures and write stories at the same time. The pictures take up most of the page, and the description of the story has a lot less words. This is a proper ancient comic book.

In order to draw the two dogs vividly and interestingly, especially the expressions of the dogs, Mr. Fan, a great scholar, has been reworked many times.

Heihu and Heibao were the worst. They were dragged to be models and asked to make various expressions. Dogs are not born easily!

It took a lot of effort to figure out the shape of the two students' favorite dogs, and the two dogs were clearly distinguished on the dog's head.

The story begins from a place called Daqingshan in Shudi:
The black dog mother lives with her master in a deep mountain forest. The master is a good hunter, and the black dog mother is an excellent sentinel, a good hunting helper. Every time she goes out with her master, she can help find a lot of prey
The happy days passed very quickly, and the black dog mother became a mother in the blink of an eye.
When six little black puppies were born, the owner was worried, how to feed so many dogs?There is not so much food at home to feed them.
This problem was solved when the owner's twin grandchildren came to the house, so the two male dogs named Black Tiger and Black Panther were brought home by them.
At the end of the first comic book, the two dogs are leaving their hometown with their owners and embarking on the road to escape.

This booklet has 2000 pages, and the total number of words in it is only more than [-] words. The story is easy to make up, but the drawing is the most difficult.

Fortunately, Mr. Fan, a rejuvenated Confucian, was very interested in this matter and contributed a lot of drawing skills.

After tossing and tossing for a whole month, the first volume was produced. Cuihua also arranged to find a bookstore to discuss cooperation, and printed 1000 volumes for the two babies at her own expense.

Daxia already has movable type printing technology, but the engraving cost of pattern prints is slightly higher, and other people also have chromatic printing.

These can be solved in front of money ability. Cuihua herself finds the comic strips of the two children very interesting. She has no doubt that this is attractive to the children of the Great Xia Dynasty. There are too few toys for them to play with.

There are no children's books, except for Sanbaiqian, who make up stories by word of mouth from family to mouth, so there is a solid blank market.

The big head is a little worried about his mother's big handwriting: "Mother, if you print 1000 copies at a time, will it be too much? There are also colored ones, and the cost of a book is one or two silver. If we can't sell them all, we will lose money." .”

Ertou is more excited than worried, so he is not worried that their storybooks will not be sold. They are so beautifully written, the big deal is that he will spend less money in the future and sell him one for three to five years.

Cuihua didn't take it seriously, and said firmly: "1000 volumes sounds like a lot, but we don't want to sell them in a bookstore. Your uncle's escort agency can help us send them to more places. A bookstore sells 50 volumes. Just find 20 bookstores and it will be sold out quickly!"

"Let's find a way to solve the problem when we encounter a problem. Mom is very confident in your storybook!"

"Besides, the seal has already been printed. It's a big deal. Later, you will give each of your classmates a copy. There are so many younger brothers in the family, and each of them will have a copy. It will be gone soon!"

The two heads looked at his mother with accusing eyes, he didn't want to give it away for nothing, except for the prince and the little princess, as well as the brothers and sisters of the uncle's family, he was not willing to give it to anyone else, how could he give such an expensive gift!
Mr. Fan rolled his eyes as he watched from the side. He had never seen someone who was so used to children, and he sold more than 1000 taels.

The adults don't have any pressure at all, but the two children are under a lot of pressure and feel very nervous.

Years ago, the five major bookstores in the capital all carried a colorful children's storybook, and the store even specially made a small bookcase for the storybook to sell this book. Of course, this is also a masterpiece of Cuihua, old Yuantou How can you not support your grandson?

Independent bookcase, what is the technical difficulty of this kind of work?Made ten for my grandson in one go!
Most of the people who enter the bookstore are men, and most of them are scholars. However, there is such a special bookcase there. The storybooks on it have two black dogs on the cover, with cute expressions, which are very eye-catching!When I opened it, I found that the pattern is still colorful, and the story is very childlike.

"Man, is this book for children?" the guest who came in asked while flipping through the storybook. The pattern is pretty good.

"Yes, this is a storybook written by two little gentlemen. They said it was for children of the same age as them. Master Fang, why don't you bring a copy to your children? I, an adult, find it very interesting to read it. Tight."

"Hehe, you little fella still thinks you are a child. I flipped through a few pages, and it looks okay, but your price is not low, a book costs two taels of silver!"

"Master, this is colorful. Don't think it's expensive. The cost of this book is more than one tael. The seller paid for the printing. Otherwise, our owner would not be willing to print it so well."

"Haha, it's easy to talk about, then give me two books. There are many children studying ethnology, so keep one at home."

On the first day, miraculously, all the five major bookstores in the capital opened comic books, and the one with the most sold ten copies. After waiting for a day, they jumped up and down for joy when they heard that they had sold nearly 20 copies.

They haven't been able to sleep well at night, and they don't eat well these days. They are afraid that they won't be able to sell. They can sell more than ten copies a day. If they sell for a few more months, won't they be sold out?
It may be that the Chinese New Year is approaching, and rich families will start giving boxing gifts, and this storybook has become one of the gifts for children.

The adults who bought the book did not have time to read it carefully, but the children who received gifts at the end of the year were so happy. Why is this story book so beautiful?The story is so interesting!

There is often a mansion with the surname of Wang, and the uncle of the eldest room gave this storybook as a gift to his eldest nephew. After the little friend Wang got it, he read it in one go, and when he was happy, he showed off to his cousins. Calf.

"Grandmother, grandma, I want big brother's storybook too, I want too!" Little friend Wang has five or six cousins, and he would not be happy to give it to anyone, so he almost got into a fight.

"Oh, don't cry, don't cry, why are you fighting over a storybook, grandma is going to be angry!"

"No, no, I want it, grandma, this story book is really good, and the dog in it is so smart, I want one too!"

"Master, ask uncle, where did you buy this book? Hurry up, buy a few more, one for each person!"

Similar conversations took place in many wealthy households in the capital on this day. The sales volume, which was originally tepid, exploded on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. A total of [-] volumes of comic books in five bookstores in the capital were sold out.

Smart black tigers and black panthers have become popular objects in the hearts of children in the capital. Everyone really wants two such smart dogs. Even the cat and dog market is booming, especially black puppies.

In the palace, little Princess Jingyao is holding a comic book, shaking her head and reading it. She still can't read all the words. Empress Gao has read it to her three times, and she guesses right by looking at the picture.

"Mother's queen, Yaoyao also wants two Heihei, the Heihei from the Ertou elder brother's family!" Princess Jingyao has seen the real body of Gouzi.

"The queen mother will ask someone to go to the kennel to pick two equally smart ones for you, okay?" the queen discussed.

"They are not black and black, only black and black are smart!" Little people are not easy to fool, people know the difference between dogs.

"That Hei Hei belongs to Brother Ertou's family. They have already been raised by their family. They can't change their owners. How about letting Hei Hei from Brother Ertou's family have puppies and give Yaoyao two more?"

"Then when will Hei Hei give birth to Xiao Hei Hei?" "Then let the mother send someone to his house to ask?" "Okay, go, go!"

Cuihua looked at the palace servant who came to ask for a dog on New Year's Eve, speechless.

"Elder Tang, Black Leopard and Black Tiger are male dogs. How about I ask someone to choose a few beautiful bitches to be their wives later on, and let the little princess choose after their wives give birth to dogs?"

"Uh, then our family can only report back to the empress like this. The princess also said that the two young masters of the madam's family should continue to write the second volume."

This is a reminder from the ancient edition. She is still such a small book fan, Cuihua can't laugh or cry, but it's the Chinese New Year, and she doesn't care about these things. Her men are all on their way back to the capital.

(End of this chapter)