Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 207 Let's Eat Here From Now On
Mrs. Xie had heard her son's voice a long time ago, put down her needle and thread and came out of the main room, and heard Mrs. Chen talking like this.

Although they couldn't figure out what it meant for the Du family to be so close to their mother and son even after they rejected the marriage, they couldn't just refuse blindly and put on a estranged attitude because of their good intentions.

She smiled and said, "Sister said so, then we will have the cheek to stay."

She chatted well with Chen, as early as not long after they met, the two of them were called by their sisters.

When Mrs. Xie came out, Du Jinning didn't have to go into the main room to say hello to her. He immediately greeted her and took Xu Chengyuan to her room.

Xu Chengyuan glanced at the main room, but was disappointed that he couldn't see Du Fangfei.But it was not easy for Chen Shi and Du Jinning to see his strangeness, so they had to follow Du Jinning into the house.

"How is your storybook drawing going?" Du Jinning asked.

Mentioning this, Xu Chengyuan became much more energetic.He opened his book bag, took out a picture book from it, and handed it to Du Jinning: "The first book is finished, take a look, and I will correct any inappropriate things."

Du Jinning opened it and looked.

The first few pictures of this comic strip were drawn under her guidance.Which plot to choose for the painting, how many characters to draw, what the characters look like, and what to write in the concise words on the right to explain the plot, she gave them guidance one by one.The following paintings were drawn by Xu Chengyuan himself. Du Jinning read a few pages and was very satisfied.

Xu Chengyuan completely understood her intentions and handled both the painting and the text very well.

"Very good." Du Jinning said, "No problem at all."

Xu Chengyuan was also very happy to hear that.

Du Jinning held up the album in his hand: "This is a finished product, can you give it to me?"

Xu Chengyuan nodded.

Du Jinning put the picture album away carefully, and gave Xu Chengyuan five taels of silver: "This is the money for this picture album."

"Thank you." Xu Chengyuan was a little embarrassed, but still took the money.The family is still in debt, so he can't tolerate hypocrisy.

"The rest, I will draw as soon as possible." He said.

Du Jinning thought for a while and asked him, "How long can you draw a book without affecting your studies?"

"Ten days." Xu Chengyuan said, worried that Du Jinning might misunderstand that he was not serious about painting, he explained, "At the beginning, I was a little uncertain, but once I know how to draw, how to choose plots and characters, it will be much easier. I will finish my homework in the academy in my spare time, and I can draw a few pictures in an hour after returning from school in the evening."

Du Jinning nodded.

In this comic book, there are only a few pictures of a single character, and the focus is on similarities, and it is enough that the objects can be recognized. There is no background at all, and there is no need to color them. quick.A book for ten days should be more than enough.

However, she still warned: "Don't ruin your eyes just to make this little money. Don't use your eyes when the light is bad at night. Either don't draw or light up the lights. Get up and move around during class, don't Sitting all the time. I don’t have one book or two, long-term work, if you break your health, I won’t be able to explain it to Aunt Xu.”

As she spoke, she continued: "Actually, you can use five yuan or one tael of silver to outsource part of the work. You can choose a reliable one in the class, help you read the script, choose the plot, and write the explanation next to it. It's not difficult for you students in Class A. After he finishes picking, you can just paint, so you can get on much faster."

Xu Chengyuan's eyes lit up immediately.

He heard from Du Jinning that a storybook has one million or more characters, and as long as the comic books can be sold, the job can't be finished in a year or two.Outsourcing part of it and increasing the speed of the picture album, on the whole, it seems that the money is less, but the speed of making money is accelerated.Their family is in urgent need of money now, and how to balance painting and studies is also a problem. This year he plans to take the county exam.If he followed Du Jinning's method, all his troubled problems would be solved.

"Thank you, Junior Brother Du, for your guidance." He stood up and bowed to Du Jinning respectfully.

Seeing his sincere bow, Du Jinning was also very happy.

If Xu Chengyuan only focused on the little money in front of him and was unwilling to give up part of the profits, such a person would definitely not be able to become a great weapon, and the cooperation between them might stop here, and she would have to reconsider her eldest sister's marriage.

Now that Xu Chengyuan knows how to choose, he is not limited to small profits, and knows how to be grateful. Du Jinning naturally has a different sense of him.

She asked again: "Are you taking the county test this year?"

Xu Chengyuan nodded: "I plan to give it a try."

"Then don't draw for the time being. I'll print the story book and sell it first. After your county test is over, I will print the comic strip. The county test is important."

Xu Chengyuan was very touched that Du Jinning could think of him so far.

He was a little embarrassed, but he still said what was in his heart: "I want to draw ten volumes first, and pay off the family debt first, so I can try it with peace of mind."

The ten picture albums together with the handed-in volume totaled 55 taels of silver, plus the embroidery tuition of ten taels of silver promised by Chen, they could basically pay off their foreign debts.

Most importantly, after paying off the debt, maybe the Du family can agree to his family's marriage proposal?He didn't want to see him come back after getting the honor, and Du Fangfei was already engaged to someone else.

"Okay, that's no problem." Du Jinning said.

"There may be a while before dinner, please go ahead, I'll practice calligraphy for a while." Du Jinning opened the book bag, took out the four treasures of the study, hung the paper on the wall, and hung his wrist to practice calligraphy after grinding the ink.

There is only one table in this room, Xu Chengyuan was still a little embarrassed, and was planning to read a book by himself.Seeing that Du Jinning only practiced calligraphy on the wall and didn't use a table, he stopped being polite, spread out the paper, and began to draw comic strips.

Xie was worried about her son, so she quietly came over to take a look, and she was very happy to see Xu Chengyuan and Du Jinning doing their own things very seriously.

I went back to the main room and pointed out the three sisters of the Du family. Seeing that they were all practicing needlework and didn't need to stay here, I went to the kitchen to help Mrs. Chen cook, and told Mrs. Chen about the situation of Du Jinning and Xu Chengyuan. .

Du Jinning took the initiative to bother Xu Chengyuan to send him back, and then left him to eat. If Mrs. Chen didn't know her plan, she wouldn't be worthy of being the mother of a child prodigy.

At this moment, she heard that the two of them get along very well and can work hard on their own, she thought about it, and said to Mrs Xie: "Why don't you just eat here every day. Brother Yuan comes here every day anyway. Pick you up, you two have to cook when you go back, it’s very troublesome. It’s nice to go back after eating, it’s warm. If you go back later, Sister Fei and the others can learn more hours every day .”

(End of this chapter)