The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 29
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Although the status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty was very low, they could earn considerable income after all.

And writing a book is not considered a business, at most it can only be said to deal with merchants.

What's more, Xie Shen didn't use his real name and surname, so there is no need to worry about it.

Xie Shen entrusted Wang Shouwen to do all this matter, after all, he was more familiar with the bookstores in Yuyao City than he was.

Saying goodbye to the two friends, Xie Shen returned to the bamboo building alone.

It was still early at this time, Xie Shen saw his sister-in-law Xie Chenshi and Shui Yun choosing vegetables in the house, so he walked over with a smile and put the wrapped rouge and zhehua on the table.

"I bought it to honor my sister-in-law."

Xie Chen twirled the red rope binding the package with great distress, and sighed: "Why did Xiao Lang buy these, I'm not a lady from a wealthy family, so I can't wear them."

Xie Shen knew that his sister-in-law was concerned about money, so he said loudly: "It's rich or not. Although our family is a little poorer now, it will get better. The money spent on these purchases was saved by the support of friends, and my sister-in-law doesn't need money." Worry."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Hearing that Xie Shen didn't spend money randomly, Xie Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Xie Shen turned to Shui Yun again, and said softly, "Of course you have it too."

"Thank you son, if the servant has clothes, you don't need to spend money."

She was interrupted by Xie Shen before she finished speaking.

"You can't say that. If you follow me, you will suffer and suffer. Naturally, I have to think about you."

"Sister-in-law, Shuiyun and I will go upstairs first."

"Go."

Xie Chen smiled gratifiedly, and said lightly: "When the rice is cooked, I will call you again."

Xie Shen made a salute to Mrs. Chen, took Shui Yun's hand and climbed up to the attic several steps in succession.

"My lord, why bother spending so much money for my slave's family?"

After the two came to the attic, Shui Yun made a cup of tea for Xie Shen, held it by the young man's hand and said softly.

Xie Shen shook his head and said: "Since you have followed me, you are a family. How can a family be called a fee?"

"Young Master is so kind to me, it's my family's blessing to follow you."

Xie Shen took Shui Yun into his arms, and said loudly: "The days will get better and better in the future. Take this and keep it, don't show it to others easily."

After speaking, Xie Shen took out the manuscript of "Story of the Stone" that he memorized silently in the academy from his cloth bag, and handed it to Shui Yun.

After thinking about it, he still felt that it was very inconvenient to carry this kind of thing with him.If Confucius found out that he was still writing these novels while studying sage books, he would definitely think that he was playing with things and losing his ambition.Xie Shen managed to leave a perfect image in Kong Jiaoyu's heart, so naturally he didn't want this image to be flawed.

But these manuscripts cannot be given to the cooperative bookstore at one time.After preliminary calculations, Xie Shen felt that it would be more appropriate to send manuscripts to the bookstore once every ten days.This time is also the time when Xie Shen entered the academy once.At that time, Xie Shen can go home and pick up manuscripts from Shui Yun for the bookstore.

"Young master, what is this?"

Shui Yun looked at the thick stack of manuscripts in bewilderment, and asked softly.

"This is "The Story of the Stone." Xie Shen let out a breath, and continued: "It can be regarded as the first novel I wrote."

Xie Shen shrugged his shoulders and said: "This is a golden mountain. Whether our Xie family's situation will change greatly in the future depends on it."

Hearing what Xie Shen said was so miraculous, Shui Yun also became interested.

"Can I have a look first?"

"Of course, as long as it doesn't spread."

There must be more female readers of Dream of Red Mansions than men. I am afraid that people like Shui Yun will love it after reading Dream of Red Mansions.

Three days passed in a flash.

Suddenly, a new novel called "Story of the Stone" appeared in Feng's Bookstore in Yuyao City.

The author of this novel is called Langya Zhenren. I don't know if the word "Renren" is stuck in his name. The "Story of the Stone" written by him is very interesting, as if it has a fairy spirit.

Feng's Bookstore only tentatively copied a hundred copies at first, but they were sold out within three days.The shopkeeper Feng Changfeng was naturally overjoyed, and immediately decided to hire someone to copy another [-] copies.

These spectators read it ten times, just because they were very interested, but they found that it was gone. When they stomped and scolded their mothers, they were looking forward to the follow-up story.

They rushed to Feng's Bookstore together, hoping to buy the follow-up books immediately, but they found that Feng Changfeng didn't have any follow-up manuscripts here, so they were naturally disappointed.

However, Feng Changfeng told them that because "Story of the Stone" was being written now, the real Langya did not have any more manuscripts, but the real Langya would push out the follow-up manuscripts and hand them over to the bookstore in a few days.

Some hope is better than nothing.Although they were still unwilling, they left the bookstore.

And in a restaurant not far from Feng's Bookstore, Xie Shenzheng was having a celebration banquet with his friends Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi.

Naturally, Xie Shen had expected the manuscript to sell well, but it was beyond his expectation that the manuscript sold out to such an extent in a short period of time.

As for Wang Shouwen and Xie Pi, they admired Xie Shen even more.

We must know that in this era, scholars are absolutely biased.It's too late to read the Four Books and Five Classics all day long, so I don't have time to write novels.

But Xie Shen not only received special training from Confucius, but also wrote such an amazing "Story of the Stone", he is simply a child prodigy.

Xie Shen was having a drink, but he could hear the people at the other table chatting happily, and what they were talking about seemed to be "The Story of the Stone".

"Have you heard that this "Story of the Stone" sold more than 600 copies in just three days. Although there are only ten chapters, it is still addictive. I also got a copy from Feng Changfeng through my relationship."

"Yes, I heard that the author of "Story of the Stone" is an old man who is over half a hundred years old. No wonder the writing power is so profound."

"It seems that real Langya is about to become popular. Do you think the prices of the books sold in Feng's Bookshop will increase?"

"It's hard to say. Now they can sell even the price-increased books, it depends on whether Feng Changfeng has a conscience."

"If you want me to say that real Langya wrote such a good "Story of the Stone", he deserves more rewards."

If it wasn't for his utmost restraint, Xie Shen would almost burst out laughing.

I don't know who was the first to report that the real Langya is an old man, but the false rumors are true.

However, from the conversation of the young masters just now, Xie Shen can be sure that "Story of the Stone" is completely popular.

The next thing Xie Shen has to do is to release "Story of the Stone" slowly, and this rhythm must be mastered.

As for the profit of "Story of the Stone", since it is 60-[-], Xie Shen's first draft fee should be [-] taels.Afterwards, the sales of "Story of the Stone" will definitely increase, and Xie Shen's manuscript fee will naturally increase.

(End of this chapter)