Huzi stared at Ankang's face, and asked curiously, "Master, did mosquitos get into the tent last night? Why are there big eye circles today?"

Ankang waved his hand and said with a sad face, "I was so worried that I didn't fall asleep. You slept soundly."

"Hey." Huzi scratched his head in embarrassment.

Taking two steamed buns from the kitchen, Ankang and Huzi went to the office with their bookbags on their backs.Huzi's father squatted at the door smoking a pipe, while Huzi's mother was sweeping the floor in the yard.The stereotyped workers have yet to go to work.Ankang walked back and forth in the room, wondering how the magazine should be sold.

When Chen Ziche entered the door and saw Ankang walking around like a headless chicken, he knew that he was troubled.Without disturbing him, he sat down quietly and continued to select the manuscripts submitted by the students in the academy.

"Zi Che, Zi Che, what's wrong with this, why can't you sell it?"

Chen Ziche put down the manuscript in his hand and looked at him. Ankang has been frowning for the past two days, unlike the usual unscrupulous look before.He felt a little distressed in his heart, and always felt that Ankang should be in high spirits every day.He persuaded, "Ankang, don't worry. From ancient times to the present, there have been tens of thousands of books written, but not many of them can really sell well. Don't the salesmen go out every day? Like you said, open the book. Is Lu Zi afraid that no one will buy our books?"

"We still have to think of ways." Before Ankang finished speaking, Chen Xuan walked into the room with his hands behind his back.When the two met each other, they both sighed first.Chen Xuan opened the fan and fanned himself vigorously, he said, "Why don't these people know good stuff." He read the magazine page by page, and the story told was excellent.

Xiaoxia asked the bad dog all the way to the office.As soon as she entered the gate, she was stopped by her father, "Xia'er, why did you come here?" Huzi's father moved a chair and was sitting in the shade, facing the gate.

"Father, the third uncle is going to be gone. He told people to go back and see. You and mother should go back quickly."

Huzi's father quickly stood up and said, "I'm going to ask the young master for leave."

Xiaoxia looked curiously at the yard of the office.There is a jujube tree in the south of the yard with green leaves.There was a bang bang bang bang sound in the room, and Xiaoxia stretched her neck to look into the room, only to see two men in the room moving things.Seeing the people in the room looking at her, Xiaoxia immediately retracted her neck and stood obediently at the door.

Qiu Yuan came in from the outside, and when he saw Xiaoxia carrying the child on his back, he thought it was the daughter-in-law of some rigid worker.He asked politely, "Who are you looking for?"

"Ah?" Xiaoxia opened her eyes wide in surprise. She didn't expect anyone to talk to her, so she whispered back, "I'm here to find my parents."

Qiu Yuan was puzzled when he saw Hu Zi's parents coming out.He rushed home in a hurry, and told Xiaoxia to help look at the door, learn to be more diligent, help clean up when she sees messy places, and follow Huzi to eat lunch.Xiaoxia nodded vigorously, sent her parents out, and then re-entered the yard with the bad dog on her back.Qiu Yuan was still standing in the yard looking at her, Xiaoxia shyly put the bad dog down, hugged the bad dog and sat cautiously on the chair where her father sat before.

"Are you Huzi's sister?"

Xiaoxia responded, "Yes."

Qiu Yuan also saw his restraint, and said, "Just call us if you need anything. We're in the room to the north."

"Hey." Xiaoxia responded softly, without looking at him, she kept staring at the door.After Qiu Yuan left, Xiaoxia's back, which had been straight all the time, arched slightly, and she sighed softly.Is this a scholar?Do you want to be an official in the future?It wasn't until she saw Huzi coming in that she was completely relieved.

"Sister? Why are you here?"

Xiaoxia pinched the bad dog to keep him from walking around, and replied, "The third uncle in the village is about to die, so I'll ask my parents to go back and have a look. My parents asked me to help look after the yard for a while."

"Then call me if you have something to do, I'll be in the room."

Xiaoxia watched her brother enter the house, feeling proud in her heart.The younger brother in the family has been sent to An's family to work since he was seven years old, and he also followed the young master to the academy to study, and he can read a few words.Now he is still some kind of office director, who is in charge of things big and small in the yard.Xiaoxia sat peacefully on the chair, secretly watching the people entering and leaving the yard from the corner of her eye.The bad dog sat in his sister's arms for a while and then became dishonest, like a nail growing in his butt, always wanting to go to the ground.At first Xiaoxia was able to coax him, but the bad dog behind him stopped doing anything and was about to howl, Xiaoxia had no choice but to put him in front of her eyes.If one is not watched, the bad dog will run into the house.

"Bad dog." Xiaoxia called him anxiously, got up and chased him.

?The fan in Chen Xuan's hand stopped shaking, and he put it away with a "snap". He was already very angry today, so why was he called a bad dog when he went out.He quit immediately, put away his fan, and snorted, "Girl, I have no grudges with you in the past, but now, why are you humiliating me like this?"

?Xiaoxia looked at the man in front of her a little dazedly.What humiliation?When did she humiliate him?Why is this still slandering people?

"Girl? Girl." Chen Xuan stretched out the folding fan in his hand and dangled it in front of Xiaoxia, squinting his eyes, and said fiercely, "Why are you pretending to be stupid? You have to pay me for what happened today. Otherwise, this matter will be over."

The bad dog had already run into the house while he was free.As soon as Zhao Qin looked up, he saw a child wobbly holding the door and entering the room. He opened his mouth, "Where is the child?"

The child seemed to have seen something, and went in the direction of the tiger.Huzi turned around and called out in surprise, "Bad dog?"

?Chen Xuan was dumbfounded.Why was there someone in the room who called him a bad dog.Today, the anger was on the rise, and he opened the fan with a "snap", fanning himself vigorously, thinking silently, this is the young master's territory, the young master's territory.While handing the knife to Xiaoxia who was gouging out.Xiaoxia was at a loss when he saw him, and she was worried about the bad dog. When she heard Huzi barking, she boldly shouted, "Huzi, did you see the bad dog enter the house? Take him out, sister." Give it a good look."

"Hey." The house inside responded, and grabbed the bad dog's arm and carried it out.

Looking at the child in Huzi's hand, Chen Xuan was suddenly blessed and realized who this bad dog was calling.He glanced at Xiaoxia at the side with some embarrassment, thinking about how to speak.Ankang ran out with Huzi, still holding a magazine in his hand.He was looking at the bad dog for fun, and when such a big kid was funny, he started to play.

Chen Xuan put away his fan, coughed, grabbed the magazine in Ankang's hand, and stuffed it into Xiaoxia's hand, "Miss, I'm sorry just now. I thought that bad dog, bad dog was scolding me. Here, This magazine is my apology to the girl."

Only then did Xiaoxia understand why this man was so fierce just now.Immediately feeling a little embarrassed, she murmured, "No, it's fine."

Ankang saw a big joke. "Hahaha, this is so interesting. Isn't it, Bad Dog?" While calling Bad Dog, he still looked at Chen Xuan.

It was so boring for him to watch, Chen Xuan said that there was something else to do, and ran away with oil on his feet.

Xiaoxia held the magazine, why did she say, "'This, this book?"

"He paid you for it, so you take it." Ankang said gloatingly, "Chen Guanshi opened it for us today, and put his [-] magazines. We don't need to pay, and he even paid me." "Ha ha ha ha."

Even though Ankang says it's okay, bad dogs can run around.Xiaoxia still tied up the bad dog with the cloth strips on his back.One end is tied to the leg of the chair, and the other end is tied to the waist of the bad dog.She sat on a chair, carefully rubbing the book.Opening it gently, she was dizzy from reading the densely packed words.Although she didn't know a single word, it didn't stop her from flipping through the book with great interest.Xiaoxia was surprised to find that there are many pictures in this book.She can't read the words, but she can understand the pictures.She looked at each picture carefully with relish.Until I saw a page with a word next to the picture.She followed the tutorial in the book and read it stroke by stroke, and she was able to understand it.She was a little surprised, and tried to follow the order of gestures on the book with her hands. The more she swiped, the happier she felt, and she could actually read.She tried to read out in a low voice, "Mountains, rivers. Stones." She didn't come back to herself until the bad dog beside her was crying from hunger.Hurry to pick up the bad dog and coax him, and walk while shooting, still thinking about what he just saw in his mind.

Lunch is wontons eaten at a wonton stand on the street, and there is a sesame seed cake.After Xiaoxia fed the bad dog, she quickly took out her book and took the opportunity to ask Huzi for advice.She pointed to the words next to the small picture and asked, "Is this 'mountain'?"

"Yes."

"Is this the river?"

Chen Ziche glanced at it, "No, this is 'Chuan', which also means river."

"Oh." Xiaoxia nodded, silently chanting Chuan, Chuan, feeling that she could write it down, and hurriedly pointed to the next picture, "This is 'stone'."

"It's a stone."

Xiaoxia was very satisfied.I heard Huzi talk about the magazine before, and now she has read the book with her own eyes, and she can recognize two characters along with the book, so she sincerely praised, "This book is really excellent. I don't know anyone like this. As for the words, I can understand a little bit myself.”

The crowd fell silent.

Xiaoxia looked at Huzi anxiously, and whispered, "What? Did I say the wrong thing?"

Ankang sighed, "It's a good book, but we can't sell it now."

"Then why can't it be sold?" Xiaoxia was a little stunned. How could such a good book not be sold? "How much is this book?"

Huzi said, "Not much. A book costs half a penny. An ordinary book also costs half a penny. We also use colored dyes in the book, and the cost is high. It's not expensive to sell it at this price. I invite you every day." People go out and sell, and they can only sell two or three copies a day."

"It must be that others don't know the benefits of this book." Xiaoxia thought for a moment, then asked, "How much will someone pay for a day?" She had some calculations in her mind.I don't want to stay in the village all day.Now she is too embarrassed to go out in the village.

Ankang replied, "Sell a book for five coppers."

Five coppers.Xiaoxia swallowed, "Master, look, can I sell books?"

"Ah." The bad dog at the side said at the right time.

Xiaoxia hurriedly said, "The bad dog will not delay, I will carry him on my back, there will be no delay."

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