I became famous for writing ridiculous stories in ancient times

Hearing what shopkeeper Zhang said, Fu Wenyu nodded in agreement.

"Indeed, not everyone is Mr. Murong."

"His paintings are so outstanding, even if they give him more polish, he deserves it. I think as long as I can invite Mr. Murong to paint in the future, then I don't have to worry about not selling the hardcover edition."

The illustrations for the regular edition of the "Legend of the Divine Eye" storybook were drawn by the scholar in the printing room. The sample drawings were confirmed and printed very early. But the hardcover version is much slower because it was written by Murong Bai.

Now that the book has just been sold, feedback from readers has not yet been received. Fu Wenyu feels that if the feedback on the hardcover version is good, he can ask Murong Bai for long-term help in the future.

Even if he charges twenty taels for a set of paintings, it is still a very cost-effective deal.

All fifty sets of hardcover editions were sold. In addition to the cost of one tael per copy and the twenty taels given to Murong Bai, there was still a profit of three hundred and thirty taels. In other words, so far, Fu Wenyu has earned a total of 365 taels of silver from this "Legend of the Divine Eye". As for the two taels of silver each month from the Liuzhou tabloid, he had decided to use it all to subsidize the publication of missing persons revelations, so it was not included in it.

Moreover, in the story "Legend of the Divine Eye", as the story unfolds, the advertisements he secretly placed in the story for "Jinshizhai" and "Jubaolou" were not in vain, and they really sold a lot of things. .

Together with the profits from the two story books, it has exceeded the remuneration that Tang Yuanwai had given him before.

Fu Wenyu was still very happy about this.

After all, the heavy gifts that Mr. Tang sent out before did indeed make him feel pressured. Now after careful calculation, I found that it was all paid off, and I immediately felt like I was "debt-free and light-hearted".

While Fu Wenyu was thinking, shopkeeper Zhang had already arranged the banknotes.

"Wen Yu, this is your share."

Fu Wenyu came to his senses and took it over politely, "Thank you, Uncle Zhang."

Shopkeeper Zhang laughed and said how much money he gave to Fu Wenyu meant that Kaiyuan Bookstore earned more and his rewards were also greater. So now he is watching Fu Wenyu put away the stack of banknotes. Apart from hoping that Fu Wenyu will write a story every month so that Kaiyuan Bookshop can earn so much money every month, he has no other bad thoughts.

But thinking of the storybook, shopkeeper Zhang asked curiously: "Wen Yu, did Li Lei really become an immortal?"

Li Lei is the protagonist of the story "Legend of the Divine Eye".

Because of a tip from an old gentleman, he discovered that his stepmother and brother were evil-minded and wanted to replace them, so Li Lei revealed the true colors of the mother and son.

Later, the stepmother lost the trust of Mrs. Li and Mr. Li. She could no longer do anything at home and could not intervene in family affairs. Li Cha was divided into some family property and sent back to his hometown.

Li Lei, who cleaned up the villains around him, grew rapidly in the following time.

Because the randomness of "Gambling on Stones" is too strong, cutting out jade every day is really eye-catching, so Li Lei only took a look occasionally in the following days, and his focus was on antiques. While learning from the old masters, he also used his 'divine eyes' to verify, so he soon became an authority in this field.

During this period, he also took people to various places to collect antiques.

After receiving it, you may keep it for yourself or resell it after meeting someone who is destined to do so.

But no matter what time it was, he always kept in mind the advice of the immortal: 10% for personal use and 90% for good deeds. As for the antiques and jade that have not been sold yet, he plans to sell them all when he gets old. Ninety percent of the proceeds were used to do good deeds, lest the immortals think he was dishonest and punish his descendants after his death.

But despite this, the Li family's money has accumulated more and more.

Decades later, there was a severe drought.

Li Lei, who has turned his ancestral shop "Jinshizhai" into the largest antique shop in the world by relying on the words "genuine goods at reasonable prices and children without deception", and made the Li family one of the top wealthy families in the local area, did not hesitate after hearing the news. He sold his collection of antiques and jade without hesitation.

Since he didn't have enough money, he also spent more than half of his "10%". Finally, he hired a ship to buy dozens of ships of food from overseas and donated it to the court, saving countless people from hunger.

The Li family was also personally given a plaque by the emperor saying "The Family of Great Mercy".

Because they were praised by the emperor, the Li family also had a good reputation in the local area and formed good relationships with many people. Therefore, Li Lei's life will go smoothly in the future, and he will be healthy and pain-free.

When he was ninety-nine years old, the original immortal came to sleep.

The immortal told him that he was also a great virtuous person in his previous life.

The so-called 'opportunity' in this life is a test. If he fails to withstand the test, he will be poor and riddled with diseases in this and the next life.

But he withstood, not only withstood the test, but also saved tens of millions of people over the decades. Therefore, Li Lei no longer has to endure the pain of reincarnation in the mortal world, and will be among the immortals after his death.

This is the ending of the story "Legend of the Divine Eye".

I don’t know whether readers are satisfied or not, but Fu Wenyu felt quite satisfied after finishing writing.

It starts with ‘immortal’ and ends after becoming ‘immortal’.

And the central idea of ​​the entire story is to teach people to be good.

Fu Wenyu also revealed some deceptions in the jade and antiques trade in his storybook. And through the "chubby young man" who is addicted to gambling on stones at the beginning of the story and eventually becomes crazy and becomes a beggar, as well as other characters, readers are told that people who are obsessed with gambling will not end well.

So now when shopkeeper Zhang asked, Fu Wenyu said: "I think I can."

If there really are "immortals caressing my head", then it is not strange to have "people who do good deeds and can be ranked among the immortals". After all, some immortals in the "Heavenly Court", as well as city gods from various places, etc., were all kind to me during their lifetime. A good man of the people.

Shopkeeper Zhang was thoughtful.

And as the storybooks were sold one after another, most readers had also read the ending.

They shouted happily, "Immortal, Li Lei has become an immortal!"

"He will be an immortal from now on."

"Not bad, not bad."

"I used to think that because his family was so wealthy, I was afraid that it would attract bad people. Later, His Majesty the Emperor personally gave him a plaque, and I felt relieved. After all, His Majesty is rich all over the world."

"Now that Li Lei has become an immortal, the descendants of the Li family will also ascend to heaven."

"Yes, yes."

After the storybook of "The Legend of the Divine Eye" was sold, Liuzhou City was bustling for several days.

Readers discussed Li Lei who became an immortal in twos and threes, discussed the fate of his stepmother and Li Cha in the storybook, and discussed whether good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil. It's not that they are not repaid, but that the time has not come yet. For a time, there were fewer petty thefts in the city. It seemed that those thieves also wanted to become immortals after death, so they wanted to accumulate more merit while alive.

And relying on this style, Jinshizhai also became popular.

Anyone who has been to Jinshi Zhai will find this sentence hanging on their wall: "Genuine goods at fair prices, no deception". It is said to have been written by the ancestor of the Tang family, the "Great Good Man of the Tang Dynasty".

Therefore, for those who want to buy antiques recently, the first choice is Jinshizhai.

For this reason, Fu Wenyu also received a gift from the shopkeeper Jin Shizhai, a pair of vases said to be left over from the previous dynasty. Although they were not worth much, they were very beautiful. In the end, Fu Rong took them away to make vases.

Besides that there is good news.

As the people's "wishes" were printed in Liuzhou tabloids one by one, no one came true except for the lucky Li Si. Therefore, those who fantasized about "dreams coming true" were disappointed and at the same time, their minds were gradually attracted by other new things happening in the city.

Nowadays, Fu Wenyu rarely hears words like 'Words come true'.

His stall for writing wishes was also put away.

I believe that as time goes by, fewer and fewer people will mention it. And even if someone mentions it, there will be people around him who will tell him, 'It's all false. I/my father/my brother-in-law/my mother/my sister/my aunt spent a hundred yuan, but Mao didn't even see it. I know how much I regret it. If I had known this, I might as well have bought a few more kilograms of meat. ’

Fu Wenyu is quite satisfied with this progress. In fact, if the incident of "Li Si" hadn't happened, the flames of public opinion would have been extinguished earlier by him.

After all, a few drops of water cannot stop the ocean.

Fu Wenyu, who had some free time, decided not to write a new version of the story until readers would forget that the story had become true.

If he wrote another thing that would happen in reality, then his hard work during this period would be in vain. After all, it has been verified by thousands of modern netizens that once the initial popularity has passed, people's interest in a thing will decrease a lot. A specific example is the countless "Weibo hot searches" without any follow-up.

Therefore, even if another storybook 'comes true' in the future, the impact will not be so great.

But Fu Wenyu, who was writing storybooks, was free, but Fu Wenyu, who was reading, was not. He discussed it with his mother, Zhou, and decided to start studying again this year.

Although the original owner was a talented person and was very talented in the Four Books and Five Classics, Fu Wenyu had never been exposed to these, so he was reviewing them hard based on his memory.

During this period, news came one after another from Fu Qingshi and others who had carried their bags to Chen County.

The jade mountain discovered by Chen County was indeed surrounded.

The local government ordered that no one can secretly enter the mountain to quarry stone. Violators may be whipped, beaten with rods, or imprisoned, and their proceeds will be confiscated by the officers, and their families may even be blamed. So after arresting dozens of people, the rest stopped and only dared to stand far away with coveted eyes.

Fortunately, Chen County is not without a way to survive.

Because the government also needs people to quarry stones, and if jade is found, they will receive a sum of money as a reward, so Fu Qingtong and others transformed themselves into quarry workers.

This job does not include food but accommodation, and people will search you when going up and down the mountain. But as long as you can pick up a hammer and finish the assigned work, you will get fifty coins that day, and you can get a reward for finding jade. So although it was a bit hard, they decided to work there until spring plowing and then come back.

If you are lucky enough to find a piece of jade, you won't have to worry about this year.

Fu Wenyu heard this from Fu Dashi.

Because his second uncle Fu Qingshi also stayed in Chen County, although Fu Dashi was not anxious on his face, he was still a little worried about his son. Therefore, whenever he sent goat milk to him recently, he would stay and talk to his grandfather. Chat more.

Fortunately, in early March, many people who went out came back.

Fu Qingshi lost a lot of weight, but he was very excited.

After entering the house, he lowered his voice and said, "Daughter-in-law, we are getting rich. We are going to get rich."

Aunt Fu, who was pushed awake, was about to ask why he came back so late. After hearing this, she sat up immediately and asked excitedly: "I got rich, what do you mean by rich? Did you also find a piece of jade in Chen County?"

Fu Qingshi laughed, "I didn't find it in Chen County, I bought it on the way back!"

Aunt Fu was shocked, "Bought it?"

"But I heard that not every stone has jade. And the stones with jade often cost dozens or hundreds of taels. Where do you have so much silver?"

But Fu Qingshi nodded affirmatively, "This one must have it!"

Then he untied his bag, picked up a stone the size of a human head, put it on the table, and then excitedly said to Aunt Fu: "You, what did you see?"

Aunt Fu's expression was already dull, and she murmured: "...light?"

This stone actually glows!

How can a stone glow? !