Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Entering the house, after taking a shower, Xiaodie came in and spread a mat on the ground.

Su Mu felt sorry for the little girl, and robbed the floor, saying that the bed was hot.

The weather in Beijing is dry, and there is no humidity in the house. It is cool and comfortable, but there are a little more mosquitoes.

Today's life is the same as it was a while ago, one in the sky and one in the ground, lying on the ground, Su Mu may still be a little depressed.However, Xiaodie on the bed was already breathing evenly, so she was able to sleep.

Maybe it's because of her youth, or maybe it's because of her strong confidence in Su Mu.

I think back then when I first crossed over, my life was not the same.

Su Mu couldn't help but wryly smiled, young people can stand failure, I'm only 20 years old, why is my mentality so old.It's not my style to worry about gains and losses when encountering a little difficulty!

Isn't it just that there is no money, and the manuscript will be written tomorrow, won't it be there?

Thinking of this, Su Mu relaxed and fell asleep quickly.

On the second day, Su Mu got up late and didn't have breakfast, so he lifted the test basket to the eaves, lifted a stool, rubbed the ink, and started writing.

To be honest, he is already penniless, and his only possession is a piece of pancake in his pack, which is the leftover dry food on the road.If you don't get some money back, you will starve.

Su Mu didn't expect Wu Nianzu to take care of his food either, the Wu family seemed to be very poor and had no food left at all.And Su Mu couldn't do anything to ask for help, besides, this guy went out early in the morning, and he probably wouldn't go home until it was dark.

It doesn't matter if I don't eat for one or two meals, but if Xiaodie is starved to death, I will feel sorry.If a man is so messed up that even his family suffers from poverty, is he still called a man?

Therefore, the moment he picked up the pen, Su Mu felt nervous for no reason, for fear that the manuscript he wrote would not meet the wishes of the bookseller.

In his previous life, he studied classical literature in college, and last night he had already figured out what to write.

Since you want to plagiarize, you have to copy the most classic ones, and the four great classics are the best choices.Of course, "Journey to the West" is no longer possible, leaving only three choices: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", and "Dream of Red Mansions".

Ordinarily, among the three books, "Water Margin" has the strongest storyline and the highest market value, but the monkeys in "Journey to the West" have already been charged with rebellion, and "Water Margin" is even more so. *Nakedly yelled out the opposition slogan of doing justice for the sky, "Go to Tokyo, take the dog emperor bird seat and give it to my brother".Su Mu had already stepped on a landmine once, so naturally he would not commit such a foolishness again.

As for "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", this book is also difficult to write.

It's still the same problem, the former Su Mu didn't have a photographic memory, and it was impossible to memorize a long novel verbatim.

He remembered the main stories in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but he didn't remember many details.And this book is more about the battle of wits and courage between counselors, and the details are very full. If you accidentally copy it wrong, it will cause a big joke.

For example, in the section about fighting the Confucians, what did Zhang Zhao say, and how did Zhuge Liang respond; what did Gu Yong say, and how did Zhuge Liang refute?

Therefore, the only choice left to Su Mu is "A Dream of Red Mansions".

To be honest, he only had a general impression of this book, and he didn't remember the specific plot clearly from the other three books.

However, this book is not good at storyline.Most of them are about the love of children and the romance, such as who Baoyu talked to today, what he ate, and what poems he recited; How do people live now, and what kind of life is lived in the prince's house... When writing, you don't have to follow the original, just follow the main plot, and then add the details according to your own imagination. .

Fortunately, Su Mu has watched both versions of the TV series "Dream of Red Mansions", and he still vaguely remembers some words and sentences from the original work, so even if it is made up, he can still deal with it.

Thanks to the explosion of information in later generations, if you want to, you can easily restore the life of Zhongming Dingshijia in words by looking up information on the Internet.If you were an ordinary scholar of the Ming Dynasty, how did you know what the people in the mansion gate eat, wear, and play? It would be strange if you didn’t make a joke about the emperor using a golden pole.

Thinking of this, Su Mu suddenly became enlightened, so he picked up the pen and wrote the origin of the psychic gem according to the style of the opening chapter of "Journey to the West". Anyway, the two novels start with stones.

Probably because of the writing experience of "Journey to the West", I couldn't hold back this writing, and I wrote it in one breath, Zhen Shiyin lost his daughter, and the section about the fire in the Gourd Temple, about [-] words, very smooth.

According to the format of Ming and Qing novels, there must be an author Ziyun at the beginning, a poem or a fu or something.Fortunately, although Cao Xueqin wrote an elegant book, he didn't have this problem. The beginning of the book was quite plain.Among them there is only one "Good Song".

However, this poem is so famous that anyone who has read the book will remember:

The world knows that gods are good, but they can't forget their fame.

Where are the ancient and modern generals?A pile of grass in the barren mound is gone.Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, only gold and silver can't forget.In the end, I only hate that there are not many gatherings, and when there is a long time, my eyes are closed.Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, only the beautiful wife can't forget them.

On your birthday, you express your kindness, and on your death, you go with others.Everyone in the world knows that gods are good, only children and grandchildren will never forget them.There have been many infatuated parents since ancient times, who has seen filial children and grandchildren.

……

Relying on the rough memory to finish writing this chapter, Su Mu read it again and felt quite satisfied in his heart. Compared with the original work, there is at least [-]% similarity.

He chuckled and thought: Maybe I, Su Mu, am a relatively young person.

Xiaodie came out and told Su Mu that it was time to eat.

Su Mu smiled wryly in his heart, just a piece of pancake, what else to eat, just bear with it.

Just put on a serious look and said that when I do my homework, I have to do it in one go, and I don't like to be disturbed the most, or Xiaodie, you can eat it first, and I will use it on the street when I go out.

Xiaodie took it seriously, complained a few words, and ate the pancake with a bowl of hot water.

Being disturbed by her like this, Su Muwen lost his mind, and wanted to just go out with the manuscript to exchange money.But after thinking about it, Chapter 1 of Dream of Red Mansions actually has no plot, and the main line of the story has not yet been released. If it is just released like this, booksellers may not be interested.

It seems that Chapter 2 has to be produced as well. The title of this chapter is "Mrs. Jia passed away in Yangzhou City Leng Zixing Lectures at Rongguo Mansion", which mainly introduces the background of the book. Only after reading this chapter, readers will It is to enter the atmosphere of this book.

However, such things as status are really strange, Su Mu bit the bullet and wrote a few sentences, only feeling as if a bowl of paste had been poured into his head, and his pen seemed to be rich in gold.

While feeling annoyed, there was a sound of reading from the north room: "The benevolent, the benevolent, is the greatest. The righteous...cough, cough..."

It was Wu Nianzu's father who was studying, and the old master didn't know what disease he had. He couldn't catch his breath after reading a few sentences, and coughed violently.

"Father, you're not in good health and you're breathing hard, so don't read it." It was a woman who spoke, naturally it was Old Wu's sister.It is still soft and waxy, very pleasant to hear, but full of concern.

"Confused, learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. Next year will be the Spring Festival. If you don't study hard at this time, when will you work hard? Cough...cough..."

"Father, do you want some water? Why don't you moisten your throat first, and my daughter will go to the kitchen to boil some hot water for you."

"Okay, cough..."

The door opened with a creak, and a woman in moon-white came out with a bowl. It was Wu's second elder sister.

It was probably because Su Mu hadn't come out when she went to the north room to serve her father, but now she suddenly saw someone sitting under the eaves looking over, she was startled and couldn't help but take a step back.

There were only three of her family living in this small courtyard, but now there were two more people, and for a while, she didn't come to her senses, thinking that bad guys had broken in.

But in an instant, she remembered that her younger brother had rented the room to Su Mu.

Immediately he breathed a sigh of relief, subconsciously stretched out his left hand and patted his plump chest lightly, with a look of fear.

This is the first time for Su Mu to see Wu's second elder sister. When he saw it, he was shocked: How could such a wretched person like Wu Zapi have such a beautiful elder sister? It must be God. The place is wrong.

Needless to say, Ms. Wu has good facial features and fair skin. Although she is a head shorter than Ms. Hu, she has a very good figure.

To be honest, this is the most beautiful woman Wu Jie has ever met after traveling to the Ming Dynasty.

The most important thing is that this person is graceful, dignified and decent, showing the demeanor of everyone's lady, and he is a classic beauty.In contrast, Ms. Hu was born too modern.

Su Mu stood up and made a bow: "Su Mu, I met Miss Wu."

Probably because she felt that she was a little rude, Ms. Wu hurriedly gave a little blessing, did not speak, twitched the corner of her mouth, turned and went into the kitchen.

Su Mu secretly praised in his heart: "What a polite girl, speaking of appearance, she looks a bit like Baochai in the [-]rd edition of the series "Dream of Red Mansions."

"Baochai……"

The inspiration came suddenly, Su Mu only felt that the whole person was refreshed, and he didn't dare to delay any longer. He immediately picked up the pen and finished writing the story until the white snake told Xu Xian his address, and asked him to find a time to come and return the umbrella until.

A total of [-] words.

Shaking his sweaty right hand, Su Mu let out a long breath, and read the manuscript again, feeling extremely satisfied.

For this book, he has strong confidence. The ranking of the top four masterpieces is not random.

Unlike "Journey to the West", this is a female photo novel, and women's spending power is much stronger than that of men.

With the manuscript in hand, Su Mu strode out of the courtyard. When he passed the outermost courtyard, he was almost in tears from the poop pulled by those donkeys.

Strange to say, I feel sick as soon as I am hit by a donkey, but I don't feel hungry.

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"Boss, do you want a manuscript?" Su Mu went straight into a bookstore that seemed to be quite large.

"Yes!"

"As long as you want it, how about the Runbi?"

"Look at the quality, show me the manuscript." The boss stretched out his hand, took Su Mu's manuscript and glanced at it, with a look of disappointment on his face: "It turned out to be a storybook novel, I thought it was Shiwen!"

"What, is Shiwen selling well recently?" Su Mu asked curiously.

"Of course, there will be the provincial examination soon, and then there will be the general examination. In the year of the big competition, Shiwen anthology will naturally be in demand." The boss replied with a smile: "My little gentleman, if you have a good stereotyped essay at hand, you might as well take care of me. I The acceptance price here is fair, [-]% higher than other places, and an article of [-] words is [-] articles."

"It's only sixty." Su Mu laughed dumbly, talking about stereotyped essays, what he did was nonsense, not to mention selling money, even if it was for nothing, he would be ashamed.Of course, the quality of the "Selected Essays of the Number One Scholar in the Ming and Qing Dynasties" that he memorized is absolutely high-quality, but these articles themselves are used for the examination of Jinshi, so how can they sell sixty essays: "Boss, don't you want novels? Would you like to read my manuscript first?"

The boss sighed and replied, "I don't want to read it. No matter how good your novel is, you still have to wait a few months before reading it. If you don't believe me, go and ask. Ever since the incident of Journey to the West, there has been another novel in the capital. Which bookstore dares to print new books, for fear that they will be seized by others if they are not careful."

"Ah, so that's the case, then...forget it."

……

If one fails, they switch to another.

In the end, it was still the same thing. Because of the seizure of "Journey to the West", all the booksellers were afraid and decided not to accept new books in a short period of time.

Today, the "Journey to the West" case has not yet reached a conclusion.What should and should not be written in novels, and the imperial court did not come up with a unified standard, so everyone decided to wait a few months before discussing.

Besides, even with the review standard, the flexibility of the text is extremely large, just like sister Zhiling's chest, it is not clear when it changed from d to a, and it is not clear when it changed from a to d go.

Better not take that risk.

……

After walking through five or six bookstores in a row, the answers Su Mu got were all the same, without exception.

Seeing that the afternoon was going to pass soon, Su Mu shook his head looking at the sunset in the sky: It seems that the dream of becoming a rich writer has been shattered, at least in the short term.

Things are not the same as I imagined!