A little sweet through the fragrant

The excitement in the village didn't spread to the county, but when Yuncheng packed up his things back to the village, he took out the wooden box, looked at the jewelry inside, and sighed.

The Chinese New Year was brought forward, which disrupted his plans a lot.

Originally, he thought that it would be the Chinese New Year in February, when he would get the bonus and two dividends, and he would have money left in his hand, so he could discuss with Ye Cunshan to get the gold bracelet out first.

Ask Yun Renyi to sign an IOU for how much it costs, and set a deadline to pay it off, and he also explained it during the worship.

Now he has asked about the price of gold, but the bracelet cannot be printed out, and the IOU will be difficult to get. When I go back to Yun Renyi's house, there will be another quarrel.

He was weak in combat and couldn't handle this kind of thing. He rushed to the end of the year and didn't find a chance to tell Ye Cunshan.

He also remembered that he had previously agreed to confess to Ye Cunshan that he could draw, and was thinking about going home this time, when he went to ask about the style of the bracelet, he could draw it by hand, and just wait once and forget it.

Amid the busy schedule, Ye Cunshan ushered in the last exam of this year.

Yuncheng heard about the academy's examination system from Liu Xiaotian. There are monthly examinations and a scoring system is adopted.

One point is awarded for the excellent ones, half a point for the passing ones, and no points for those below.

The small academy is different from the Guozijian. There are no big rewards. This scoring system is nothing more than a warning to the students. When you look at the scores at the end of the year, you will know how well you have studied this year.

Some people are afraid of exams, they can't avoid them at ordinary times, and they always have to hide at the end of the year.

Therefore, many students were absent from the examination at the end of the year.

Liu Xiaotian said: "If you score more than eight points, the academy will reward you with a piece of green mountain ink."

Qingshan Moyuncheng was deeply impressed.

When Ye Cunshan brought him to the county for the first time, Ye Cunshan mentioned Qingshanmo in the chat with Du Zhichun.

A piece of Qingshan ink is enough for him to repair for two years.

"Academy is so generous?" Yun Cheng was surprised.

Liu Xiaotian curled his lips, "Qingshanmo asked for three taels of silver, and my family Yuanmo had to pay before."

Three taels of silver is definitely not enough to complete two years of repairs.

Yuncheng later realized that, a long time ago, Ye Cunshan had a strange temper with Du Zhichun.

He also laughed.

So childish.

Today is also the last day for Liu Xiaotian to come to work this year, and he brought window grilles and couplets to Yuncheng.

There is only one pair of couplets, and more window grilles.

The window grilles are cut out of red paper at the corners, Liu Xiaotian is dexterous, as long as it is not too small, he can cut it.

The sets given to Yuncheng are all plate-sized perfect circles, and his favorite one is a cute tiger window grille squatting in the middle of the word "Fu".

This pattern is exquisite, with too many hollows, Yun Cheng dare not touch it.

"I think your craft can make more money than selling couplets."

Liu Xiaotian pursed his lips and smiled, "If there is no price for this thing in our county, the people of the couplet will make a pair of stickers no matter what, but the window grilles are optional."

That's it, the window grilles he cut out every year can also be sold short.

He said to Yuncheng: "This year, Yuan Mo will copy the manuscript for you, and I will come to your house to work. The two of us have more money left than in previous years, and the red paper has gone to make up the goods again. After all, we have earned a lot more than last year." Two."

Their families are all small incomes of ten or twenty.

In the rush for the New Year, a few taels of silver can be put into the wallet, and the family can eat some meat on New Year's Eve for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Yuan Mo also finished copying the manuscript of Zuosin-in-law's second volume. Yun Cheng confirmed that the pages were correct, and after paying the rest of the wages, he exchanged a few auspicious words with Liu Xiaotian and said goodbye this year.

For lunch, Yuncheng sent it to the academy with a food box.

Ye Cunshan said that there is no need to bother, but actually smiled so much that he squinted his eyes, and called Ye Yan to come out together, ordered a pot of tea at the tea stand outside, and occupied the table for dinner.

In the afternoon, Yuncheng was going to the jewelry store. He and Ye Cunshan would not buy anything, so he asked Ye Yan if there was anything he wanted to bring to his sister-in-law.

Ye Yan still has a lot of money brought out from home this time, and this year he will study with Ye Cunshan, and Yuncheng is in the county, so he can always have a meal.

For heating, there are also stoves and briquettes sent by Du Zhichun, and there are two taels of silver left in my pocket.

He didn't have time to go, so he gave the money to Yuncheng and asked him to help buy a pair of earrings.

"Two taels of silver, should I be able to buy silver earrings?"

Yuncheng said yes.

The earrings are small and out of proportion, counting other miscellaneous items, two taels should be enough.

Ye Cunshan asked Yuncheng to buy an earring as well, "Others have you, it seems me petty to say so."

Yun Cheng laughed dryly.

He doesn't want earrings, but a gold bracelet.

Ye Yan's teeth became sour when he saw the two of them flirting with each other, so he took a step ahead after eating quickly, leaving the young couple to talk for a while.

Yuncheng took out the lamb pendant from his bag and gave it to Ye Cunshan.

When I received a handkerchief before, the planned gift in return was a red string or a ring, but now it has been replaced by a lamb pendant.

For the pendant, he used Boiling Yang Yang as a reference, because Ye Cunshan is also a black leather man, so he added some embellishments to the embroidery method, mainly the adjustment of the eyes, which looks in line with the aesthetics of the times.

He couldn't hold back the smile when he received the things, and he still spoke in a strange voice, "I think you haven't given it to me these days, so I thought you didn't embroider it."

After all, Yun Cheng embroidered the little tiger so fast, but he couldn't wait for the lamb to be given to him.

Yun Cheng kicked him lightly under the table, "Aren't you afraid that you will be distracted during the exam?"

This person loves to show off, so it's enough to show him off for a while before the exam is over.

If he gave it out earlier, then he would not be focused on studying.

Yuncheng said: "I will go to the paper shop later and ask them about their vacation arrangements. Do you have anything to bring to Cunyin?"

Ye Cunshan hung the lamb on the schoolbag, thought about it, took it off and hung it on the side of the sachet, and said without distraction: "No, what do you have to say to the brat."

Yun Cheng clicked his tongue.

This person is still a duplicity arrogant.

The lunch break was short, Yuncheng took the food box home after talking with Ye Cunshan, and went to the jewelry store to get Linglong balls in the afternoon.

The deposit given at that time was five taels, and he was refunded one tael when the work was completed today, and the total price was four taels.

For the earrings chosen by Liu Yun, Yuncheng chose plum blossom stud earrings.

Looking at this thing from the eyes of future generations, the details are too rough. At present, many people can envy it.

After packing the two pieces of jewelry into the small satchel, he made a detour to the coal shop.

This is the first time in his life to do charity independently, and he still contributed anonymously in ancient times. They made achievements, and Yuncheng was sincerely happy for others.

It's okay not to go out, but when I go out, I always want to see how the business is doing.

The shopkeeper that the Cheng family wanted to send hadn't arrived yet, and Xu Feng was still in charge of the shop.

Before the briquettes could be pulled over, it was ordered that Sun Yang would drive a donkey cart to deliver the goods every day.

Now there are only a few dozen pieces of briquettes in the store for personal use, and there are people queuing up to register when the goods are empty. When the briquettes are made, they will be delivered to the door.

The shop next door only sells lotus root powder, which has only recently emerged, and the price is not expensive.

Looking at it from a distance, the big barrels sell better than the small barrels.

The soap balls are now sold side by side, both flavored and unscented, on a table in front of the door.

Yun Cheng pretended to be passing by without entering the door to disturb him. He walked along the road to Jinghe Paper Shop and asked about the New Year's arrangements in the shop.

Shops in Yu County are closed on the first day of the new year and open on the fifth day of the new year, and rarely close early.

He and Ye Cunshan are going back to the village after the exam, if they don't meet, they will leave first.

When he came, Ye Liang was still entertaining guests, he was led by Cunyin to rest in the backyard room.

Ye Qingyang had been out for a long time, and this time he was allowed to go home early during the Chinese New Year. Cunyin now has a room by himself, and he has packed up his things. He asked Yuncheng and Ye Cunshan when they would return, "I won't be with you anymore, I have something to do over."

What can happen to the family of children.

When Yuncheng asked, Cunyin was very annoyed, "It's not Mr. Jiang, it's Jiang's paper shop. He has been coming to our shop for several days, and persuaded us to learn the student's mind, saying that doing so would not last long. Cooperation, we want us to be serious businessmen, saying that we want to make money and not do charity, so it’s better to give it for free, my ears are callused, if you have nothing else to say, don’t come, it’s annoying!"

Yun Cheng: ...

Well, I know you're mad.

After asking again, I found out that Cunyin was going to whisper to Ye Liang these two days, so that he would bring him to the county next year.

As a result, enough of the rainbow farts ahead, Yu$xi] Du, the family is short of negotiating terms, seeing Ye Liang is about to agree, Master Jiang is here!

And it was very late every time, Ye Liang was not only accompanying the customers, he also had to take care of the big and small things in the shop, so he had no time to deal with the kid Cunyin.

He was wronged to death, "Why don't you take me with you, why hire someone to cook? I can do it, and now I'm worried, what if I can't come out next year."

He still wants to save money to recruit a son-in-law!

Yuncheng asked before, marriage here has to wait until the age of 17 or [-].

The age of 15 is relatively high, excluding the baby who has a good relationship with the two families, there are few people under this age.

What Cunyin is worried about is not getting married in advance, "Grandma is not so enthusiastic about me, but I still keep a close eye on the marriage. After I was ten years old, someone came to my door and said that they didn't agree. My brother will also help me. There will be a big problem. It is that there is a shortage of people to work at home, and I am afraid that if I go back, I will not be able to get out."

Obviously doing some chores outside, I don't want to do them at home.

The conflict between him and his family is not as big as that of Ye Cunshan. He is purely a child. He has seen the lively world outside, so he would like to go back to a small family and circle around the stove.

Yuncheng patted his head and felt that his hair was easy to rub, so he rubbed it, "Don't worry, there will be more silver in the store next year, and the patriarch will go to the dyeing workshop to cooperate with dyeing wool, and then I will teach people new patterns of weaving ribbons , I'm in the county, so it's not easy to run back and forth, you are my younger brother, I will definitely teach you first."

Cunyin rushed over and hugged him, "Sister-in-law, you are so kind! You are my dear sister-in-law!"

Yuncheng asked him again when he would go home.

That deposit must be going with them, "I packed my little baggage, and I can leave anytime!"

He wanted to go together, so Yuncheng didn't give him a birthday gift in advance. They sat here for a while in the afternoon, drinking tea, eating lotus root starch, and some small pastries and melon seeds and peanuts, chatting about going home again this time buy what.

Yuncheng also said: "No wonder you don't want to go home, how can you have so many delicious things when you go home?"

Chu Yin straightened his waist: "I earned it all myself!"

After he finished teaching the two sisters of the Cheng family, he didn't have any idle hands. Xiaohe and Xiaofei were the main shopkeepers in front of the store, and he would also knit sweaters and trousers after he was busy with chores.

Now that the weather is cold, people will buy them as soon as they are woven and released.

Woolen products are commissioned on a piece-by-piece basis, and I have saved a lot of money these days. "How can we make money by knitting sweaters when farming?"

Now he also has the dream of looking forward to his elder brother Jackie Chan, "Yu County can be so good, I don't know what Fucheng is like, and what Kyoto is like."

These words awakened Yuncheng's dream of looking forward to her husband, Jackie Chan, and smiled at Cunyin, hehehe silly.

Ye Cunshan, who was taking the monthly exam, sneezed.

The paper shop won't close until New Year's Eve, and they can take their savings home with them tomorrow.

Before Yuncheng left, Ye Liang also sent Master Jiang away, and said something small to him, "Cunyin wants to keep it in the shop, you can go back and ask Cunshan, and discuss it with your family during the New Year."

The paper shop had just opened, and the village had to worship the ancestors on New Year's Eve, and there was a lot of work to do during the New Year. It opened on the fifth day of the new year, so he had to come early, and he would have no time to talk about it when he got home.

Yun Cheng responded, thinking about it, or being polite, expressing his concern for the shop, and asking about Master Jiang.

With such fierce price competition, it's not surprising that people don't get annoyed.

The low price paper was set in the shop after many considerations.

First of all, Ye Cunshan has been to several other rich counties and prefectures, so he knows the normal paper price in other places.

The second is that their current paper quality cannot keep up, and it is not suitable for the price to be too high.

Generally speaking, if there are papermaking workshops in the local area, the price of paper will not be too expensive, otherwise others might as well go to merchants to buy paper from other places.

The Jiang family is very smart, just a line lower than the businessman's paper.

Therefore, the price Ye Cunshan proposed at first was the price of regular paper from other places, ranging from [-] to [-] yuan. In this range, the paper quality is also divided into grades.

Their initial quality was inferior to that of 150-wen paper, so they were priced at [-] Wen.

This price is more conducive to long-term development, and the existence of the wharf will bring many foreign businessmen.

The Jiang family was brought here by outsiders with papermaking skills, so it is hard to guarantee that there will be no one else in the future.

Rather than wait until the competition breaks out and slowly push back the price of two hundred coins, it is better for them to be honest and do their duty at the beginning, so as to make a word of mouth, they can also win the favor of the county lord and ask for protection.

There are also ways to deal with Mr. Jiang.

The original idea of ​​the paper workshop was to become a paper mill and distribute goods to other paper shops.

After the basic paper was produced, Yuncheng also talked about the production methods of bamboo paper, tissue paper, rice paper, etc., and other adjustments in the same process can always be tried.

It's just that I didn't expect Mr. Jiang to be so impatient. It hasn't been a month yet.

Ye Liang has been talking with him for a few days now, Mr. Jiang originally came to dig a hole for Jinghe Paper Shop, but now he is hanging by carrots from Jinghe Paper Shop.

"He didn't let go until he saw the sample paper, and said in turn that I wanted to use his family's papermaking technology."

Because the Jiang family also makes paper, and the current technology is much better than theirs, the process of basic inferior paper can be said.

After finishing speaking, Master Jiang fell silent.

This is not too different from the process of good paper. After Jinghe Paper Shop develops for a while, and the labor is proficient, it will be able to catch up with the quality of Jiangjia Paper Shop.

He is a foreigner and stingy. When he came here, he bought a small storefront in a deep alley. Naturally, the material for the papermaking workshop was not very big. It was a bamboo forest. Before bamboo paper was made, his family also used bark as a transition.

Looking at their development direction, Mr. Jiang knew that this opponent would not go out of business because of the low price, and would squeeze him out first.

But if he was asked to sell paper with the paper workshop in Jinghe Village, he would not be ashamed.

Yuncheng was relieved when he heard this.

The contemporary people think differently from him, even the villagers are unwilling to teach papermaking to other people with foreign surnames, let alone Mr. Jiang.

The paper making in his family must be done with the help of his relatives.

Using one's own relatives can keep Fang Zi secret, and the cost will also increase accordingly.

Firstly, following him to a faraway place, I was not used to it in various aspects.The second reason is that papermaking is really hard. The fire is hot in summer, and the water is freezing cold in winter.

Over time, small frictions can accumulate into big conflicts.

In addition to the monthly money, other subsidies must be added, and the relationship between all parties must be balanced.

His family's current paper price seems to be very profitable. If it is divided in such a circle, Mr. Luojiang may have a little more paper than if he took the paper directly from the workshop.

Then why not try to get goods from paper shops and sell them for money?

Ye Liang: "As the cost drops, the price of his paper can also be reduced. Some scholars with a lot of money will definitely continue to buy his paper."

The three study books in Yu County also give priority to cooperating with the Jiang family, so that the orders will increase.

If it wasn't for the fact that the workshop was also in the village, he wouldn't have done this business.

Yuncheng was also cheerful.

He took half of the workshop's dividends, and the business was negotiated, and the next year's dividends will also be large.

Before it was dark, Yun Cheng strolled to the academy to pick up Ye Cunshan from school.

After coming to Yu County, only two days before Ye Cunshan's exam, he came out to deliver meals to others, and stood at the gate of the academy again, his heart still throbbing slightly.

The exams are no longer than usual, and they can hand in the papers earlier.

It's not like the elementary school students in later generations. The teacher will stay in class and say to pay attention to safety. Now that you hand in the paper, you can leave early.

You will know the result of this test when you come back from vacation, and count the points to get rewards.

While Yuncheng was waiting outside, Ye Cunshan and some classmates were discussing what to give Mr. Du as a New Year gift.

This year Du Zhichun brought the stove and briquettes to the academy, and later the album was brought to the academy as a gift.

Individually, it is a small amount of money, but because of the quantity, it is not cheap.

In previous years, the New Year gift to Mr. Du was all wine. This year, apart from what Du Zhichun gave to his classmates, Mr. Du also bought cheap paper and put it in the academy for others to use. If he only bought wine, the gift would be too thin.

Ye Yan said: "Do you still have the woolen sweater? You can also send the woolen sweater there."

Ye Cunshan shook his head, "Du Zhichun ordered thirty sets."

Thirty sets are the number of scattered additional purchases. My family has them, and Fucheng and Kyoto also ask people to give them away.

Now the village deposits silver to weave one piece in the shop, and his family boy will go to buy one piece, without giving others a chance.

Huang Ze said, "Mr. Du doesn't like us to buy expensive ones either."

Ye Cunshan frowned and thought for a while, "How about buying some window grilles and sending them?"

There is no shortage of couplets in a scholarly family.

There are not too many delicate things like window grilles, and there are still some things to choose when they are pasted up, and they are not expensive to spread out, and Mr. Du will not blame them by then.

Someone recommended Liu Xiaotian, "That Fulang cuts window grilles very well. He can cut those with words and pictures."

Liu Xiaotian has passed the trial period, Yuncheng gets along well with him, and Ye Cunshan has a good impression of him.

They chipped in and bought red paper from their classmates.

They bought this paper and used it to write couplets when they returned to the village. It's a pity that they are not very talented, otherwise it would be great to give Mr. Du the spring stickers.

Huang Ze is a native of Yu County, so the matter of finding someone to cut window grilles and give New Year's gifts is left to him, and the others can leave.

It's getting late today, and everyone will leave tomorrow. Ye Cunshan doesn't stay, so he can leave after discussing this matter.

In the courtyard, I also met Du Zhichun.

"You didn't leave?"

The monthly exams in the academy did not have small cubicles like the imperial examinations. They came according to the usual seating order, and the tables were slightly opened between the same tables.

This distance is enough for Du Zhichun to see the black and white sheep on the mountainside of Ye Cun.

Strange in style and strange in appearance.

But after looking at it, I want to look at it again.

What is he thinking about, he will not be reconciled if he doesn't understand.

Knowing that asking Ye Cunshan would make Ye Cunshan proud for a while, he pointed to the lamb pendant and asked, "What is that?"

How to be ugly and cute? ?

Ye Cunshan didn't think the lamb was ugly, but also thought that Yun Cheng was very thoughtful.

No wonder it took several days to embroider.

The sheep's face is made of brown embroidery thread, and the outer body of the sheep is made of milky white cashmere thread. Yuncheng embroiders it with a seed needle. The effect is fluffy. The cotton inside is filled with more cotton than the little cute tiger. It feels soft and soft to the touch, which is good. pinch.

Ye Cunshan took off his palm and showed it to Du Zhichun.

Du Zhichun wanted to take it to see, but Ye Cunshan asked him to wash his hands.

Du Zhichun: "..."

Forget it.

When he came back from washing, he took the lamb pendant and looked at it carefully. He knew without guessing that it was embroidered for him by the young husband of Ye Cunshan's family.

"I wanted to know that your husband was such a good embroiderer. Why would I introduce him to a tailor shop? Just keep it at my house. This embroidery is cheap for you."

Ye Cunshan felt that he couldn't speak well, and if he praised Yuncheng, he would praise Yuncheng, why step on him?

"Why do you call me cheap? I married a husband based on my ability."

It was Yun Cheng who came to the door by himself.

Hey.

Du Zhichunming didn't speak secretly, "My uncle's housekeeper bought a few little tiger pendants at the annual market. They must have been embroidered by your husband, right? Ask him if he's free. Twelve There are five in the same Chinese zodiac, and I will send them to Grandpa Kyoto."

Kyoto is a direct lineage of the Du family, and their family has grown to this stage, and it is already a big family.

A family like theirs that has been an official before will not be bad to the branch, so I hope that there will always be someone in the family who can pass the imperial examination and become an official, so that the family will continue to prosper.

Naturally, the out-of-town branches also want to express their feelings.

Du Zhichun said that according to the price of Xiaomenghu, he did not urge him, and believed that the couple would not delay the construction period.

Just added: "That sheep, don't be shameless."

Ye Cunshan was still not willing to ask Yun Cheng to embroider him with a black face.

This black-faced sheep can only have this one in his hand!

"Don't worry, not only sheep, but also other zodiac signs are not black."

Du Zhichun didn't even notice, returned the lamb pendant to Ye Cunshan, walked out with him, and took out a book from his school bag, which was the first volume of "Zuo Son".

Ye Cunshan's eyes lit up, "It's printed?"

"All the cities are starting to sell." Du Zhichun smiled smugly, "Last time Liu Wenbai's "The Goddess Fu Yaolu" was copied in my study without making a lot of money. Can it sell better than "Fu Yaolu", discussed with my second brother, took a boat to the prefectural city of Kyoto to give New Year's gifts, and brought the book to the two places to print and sell..."

Before he finished speaking, Ye Cunshan saw Yun Cheng waiting outside and waved to him.

Du Zhichun also temporarily shut up, and walked to Yun Cheng together.

He didn't know that the book was written by Yuncheng, so he congratulated him: "Before you return to the village tomorrow, you can go to the study to get the retouching fee."

Say it again.

"My family wants to seize the opportunity this time, so the craftsmen are mainly engraving blocks, and they don't print much. The county towns we pass by on the way will print part of it first to test the water. The response is good, so we will add it while other families are still engraving. We printed it vigorously, and when they finished engraving and started printing, our books were already overwhelming, and even if we couldn’t sell a copy, there were not a few small shrimps left.”

On the way to Kyoto, counties with acquaintances all operate in this way.

Because the time was too short, people farther away have not sent a message back, only know that the response from Fucheng is particularly good.

Du Zhichun said: "It's time for Yu County to issue it in the next year. Looking at the study schedule, it should be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Yun Cheng was so happy that he wanted to turn around in circles, and squeezed Ye Cunshan's hand tightly. He also wanted to inquire about Ye Yan's book.

Ye Yan has become obsessed with writing novels, and it's hard to pass the manuscript. If the manuscript is suppressed because of his "Zuo Son", I'm afraid I will feel bad.

Yun Cheng tentatively asked: "Then you will receive other manuscripts later, and print them like this?"

Du Zhichun shook his head, "The risk is very high. After discussing with my second brother, shopkeeper Yu dared to be so bold because he was optimistic about Brother Ye's "Zuo Son". We dare not take such a big risk for another book. .”

If you get a good price from an acquainted paper shop, it will cost several hundred yuan a knife.

This time, the ship for the New Year gift will go to Kyoto, and will pass through Fucheng and other counties along the way.

How can there be such a favorable time, place and people in the future.

Du Zhichun said: "I received two manuscripts this month, and the other one will be published after "Zuo Son-in-law". When I return, I just repeat the operation again, and the deadline is in Yu County."

Yun Cheng's and Ye Yan's manuscripts added up to exactly two volumes, so he was relieved and thanked Du Zhichun.

Du Zhichun thought he was overjoyed, and said: "Thank you, brother Ye thanked me. I urged him to go to the study to hand in the manuscript, but I didn't expect him to be so careless, how to write, how to write, this plain language, I Dad read it and said he couldn’t believe it was written by him.”

Ye Cunshan: "..."

The real author stands before you and you don't know it.

Du Zhichun also teased Ye Cunshan, "Brother Liu is also in Fucheng, I don't know how he should feel when he sees this "Zuo Son"."

Yun Cheng blinked, looked at Ye Cunshan, then at Du Zhichun.

Terrible.

Ye Xiaoshan still has a secret in his family.

"Brother Liu, who is it?"

Du Zhichun didn't say anything, he thought he had given Ye Cunshan a "slap in the face and turned over" script, and left him a chance to show off to his husband, did a good deed, waved his hand without taking away a cloud, and left Ye Cunshan where he was. Stare with a smile.

This smile, why does it feel like he is carrying a knife?

He led Yun Cheng home and told him to go back and tell him.

When I go back tomorrow, everything in the house has been packed, the kitchen only has rice and noodles, no vegetables or meat.

In addition, you can get the refill fee tomorrow, so I will be generous tonight, and Yun Cheng also treats Ye Cunshan to eat pickled fish.

At the end of the year, every household is busy preparing new year's goods, and few people come out to eat out. This time they come to eat fish, and the boss asked them to choose.

The last time I came to eat, I didn’t have much money on hand. I chose silver carp. The meat is thick and easy to boil.This time Ye Cunshan picked sea bass, saying that the meat is tender, plump and elastic, and the sliced ​​and stewed sea bass has a small earthy smell and is not easy to boil.

Yun Cheng ignored him and asked him to think about what to say, then looked down at "Zui Son".

Ye Cunshan hated Du Zhichun for talking too much.

"I'll talk about it when I get home."

Yuncheng looked around, this shop is small, there is not even a waiter, only the owner and his wife are busy with work, one collects the bills at the front, the other takes care of the spoon, and there is no one else.

There are no other guests at present, so I don't know what Ye Cunshan is hiding.

"I actually know Liu Wenbai. My cousin said he was a classmate. He wrote "The Goddess Fu Yaolu". He got 100 taels of writing fee and moved to Fucheng."

Yun Cheng silently deduced that Ye Cunshan also wrote novels before, and took "The Goddess Fu Yaolu" home, guessing: "Could it be that he was the one who inspired you?"

Ye Cunshan showed a particularly disgusted expression.

Yun Cheng understood in seconds, "Oh, he passed the draft and you haven't."

Ye Cunshan: "..."

Yun Cheng: "You two don't have a good relationship, and he even came to you to show off."

Ye Cunshan: "...Stop talking."

Shame.

His tall and reliable image in front of Yuncheng is about to collapse.

Yun Cheng smiled, and asked Ye Cunshan what his pen name was before, "The pen name Liu Wenbai knows."

Now everyone names Mr. So-and-so and layman so-and-so.

The first edition of Yuncheng did not write a pen name, but used "Mr. Anonymous".

He is going to come up with a name for the second draft.

Ye Cunshan understood what he meant, "No need."

Yuncheng said, "Why not? Don't you want to help me take the blame?"

Ye Cunshan was speechless for a while.

He feels that it is self-deceiving to slap others in the face in this way, after all, it is not something he wrote himself.

But Yuncheng's creative thinking also gave him inspiration.

Not all contemporary scholars like to read novels about beautiful women like flowing water.

If you can write aggrieved, you can naturally write cool texts.

He wanted to say that he would write one himself, and counting the days, he might not have time this year.

Yuncheng persuaded him, "We are one husband and wife, we are not polite, let's find this matter first and then talk about it."

And even if Yuncheng didn't use Ye Cunshan's pen name, Liu Wenbai would know that "Zui Son" was written by Ye Cunshan.

He didn't want to be blocked and beaten by readers, and he didn't want Ye Cunshan to speak out.

Everyone else who knew kept their mouths tight, but even the kid, Cunyin, didn't tell anyone else.

Liu Wenbai always wanted to go home for the New Year. When he came back, when his classmates chatted, everyone said that Ye Cunshan wrote it, and he had to carry the blame.

Ye Cunshan obviously thought of this too.

Thinking about Yuncheng's next book, he will still write about his son-in-law. Although at the beginning it looked like a story about turning around and slapping his face, but until the last moment, he didn't know if Yuncheng would suddenly reverse his limit.

Then he gave his name: "Mr. Yinshan."

When Ye Cunshan took his pseudonym, he hadn't put it together with Yun Cheng.

He has a good relationship with the brothers Cunyin, and the old saying that there are mountains of gold and silver, so I directly applied it.

Say it now, and take a look at Yuncheng, Yuncheng really thinks something is wrong.

"No, you have to have me in your name. What does that brat want to save money for? He will recruit a son-in-law in the future, and ask his future husband to use a pseudonym."

Ye Cunshan laughed at him, "You don't spoil him now?"

Yun Cheng quickly glanced around, but no one came, he whispered, "I want you to pet me now."

Ye Cunshan followed his words, "Then what name do you think should be chosen?"

Yun Cheng's cheeks flushed, "Mr. Cunyun!"

These words inevitably remind people of "Cunduoyun", the careful temptation of the couple when they expressed their hearts for the first time.

At that time, Yuncheng was considered illiterate by Ye Cunshan.

Ye Cunshan also remembered, and after a little calculation, "You learn characters really fast."

The second half of the sentence "It's a pity not to take the imperial examination" was not mentioned.

My brother can't take the imperial examination. It's hard to say it, and it adds to the frustration for nothing.

He didn't know that Yuncheng didn't want the imperial examination at all.

too tired.

When the sauerkraut fish was served, the two chatted less.

The curfew in Yuxian County is not strict, but it can't be delayed until midnight and hang around outside. After eating quickly, the two go home together hand in hand.

Yuncheng's eyes have now adapted to the night, and he will no longer be troubled by night blindness, becoming blind at night.

On the way, Ye Cunshan said to carry him, Yuncheng hesitated, but decided to go by himself.

Being carried on his back, he likes it.

Walking hand in hand is another kind of romance.

"Just to digest food."

After the exam, Ye Cunshan also had some free time, so he could have a good talk with Yuncheng about the daily life.

"Tomorrow, I got the touch-up fee. I'll go to the pier to see if I can buy you some pears and persimmons."

Yuncheng likes to eat fruit, which is expensive. He bought pears and persimmons last time.

Because his voice was hoarse, he ended up stewing rock sugar pear water, and he ate up the persimmons one by one.

Yun Cheng blushed, and blamed Ye Cunshan, "You told me to buy less, look at this, I ate it up before the Chinese New Year."

Ye Cunshan squeezed his hand and looked sideways at him.

There are no lanterns on the street, and all the way along the way, there are only dim lights coming from the courtyards of each house.

Yun Cheng wore a dark blue jacket, under the moonlight, his small face was bright and clean, his eyes were starry, and a glance at him from the corner of his eyes could make Ye Cunshan's heart tighten. unfamiliar emotions.

It seemed that he was a soldier standing on the sand, waiting for Yuncheng to inspect.

The wind blowing the yellow sand blinded his eyes, and he didn't dare to blink.

In comparison, he should be more imposing, but Yun Cheng's seemingly non-existent gaze made him tense and did not dare to relax.

Nervous and apprehensive.

I'm afraid that if I'm not careful, I'll show my bad side in front of Yuncheng, and show some shortcomings, which makes people disliked.

He suddenly became frightened, afraid that his recklessness would scare Yuncheng away and ask Yuncheng to draw a big red cross on him.

He hid his emotions deeply, and when he returned home, he boiled water as usual for the two of them to clean up and wash. The same bucket of hot water was used to scald Yuncheng's feet, and Yuncheng didn't notice anything wrong.

He also asked Ye Cunshan to talk about the taboos of worshiping ancestors in the village, "I'm afraid I'll make a mistake when the time comes, why don't you tell me again?"

The rules of ancestor worship in the clan are not much different from those of other people's families, that is, the ancestors are all the same, so the scale is slightly larger.

In advance, it is necessary to ask people to sweep the ancestral hall, prepare spice offerings, and prepare pigs, sheep, wine and fruits.

There will be a fast before this, and the first day of worshiping the ancestors must take a bath and change clothes. On the day of worshiping the ancestors, the clothes must be neat and tidy, and they should not be angry, noisy, or laughing.

"Actually, it's a serious occasion, so you don't have to be nervous."

Yun Cheng had asked Liu Xiaotian about these rules in advance, and he had already memorized them by heart, so he checked with Ye Cunshan again to confirm that there were no omissions before he could rest assured.

There is also a banquet for ancestor worship, which is equivalent to eating the New Year's Eve dinner with the ancestor worship meal.

This is nothing, Yuncheng has experienced it in his previous life.

After worshiping the ancestors in the front, replace the bowls, chopsticks and cups, and the juniors can still eat at the table.

He asked Ye Cunshan: "Will you sit at the same table with me then?"

Although he had no hope, Yuncheng was still disappointed when Ye Cunshan denied it.

He is a brother, and after he gets married, he will be a husband, and he will sit at the same table with women, husbands, and children.

Ye Cunshan is a man, he will sit at the same table with other men.

"Oh, then I'll be with my cousin then."

Tomorrow, they had to get up early and rush home, and the two of them didn't quarrel tonight—actually, Ye Cunshan didn't dare to quarrel with Yun Cheng after Ye Da made a fool of himself in front of Yun Cheng.

Yun Cheng was still in his filial piety, and he was afraid that this kind of intimacy would put him under psychological pressure.

Yuncheng also maintained a tacit understanding with Ye Cunshan, and he looked the same as usual on weekdays, and would roll into his arms as well when sleeping, but his hands and feet remained obediently.

Being pushed in the morning, Ye blushed and slowly backed away, pretending not to know anything.

Ye Cunshan sighed inwardly.

He's going home soon, and when he gets home, he's going to make trouble for his father who can't get rid of him.

Day by day, really idle panic.

He said he got up early and hurried on his way, but in fact the time was the same as Ye Cunshan's going to school.

Yun Cheng didn't stay in bed, and got up with him. They squatted in the yard together to brush their teeth, dipped a pig hair toothbrush in tooth powder, and brushed their teeth slowly.

Yuncheng has already packed his things, and after washing up, the two of them can take them with them and leave.

I still rented a donkey cart when I went home, and this time I only took them back to the village. The price was higher in the middle of the year.

Ye Cunshan rented two cars, and when the time comes, Ye Yan will take one with Cunyin, and he will take one with Yuncheng.

Going to the study in the morning, Yun Cheng was with him.

In his small satchel, there is also the anti-fraud short comic that he drew last time, which was inspired by the "scalper" and Tuoer he met on the street.

I drew it on a whim before, and later said that I would send it to the study when I had a chance, but he was overwhelmed by the news of the Chinese New Year and forgot about it.

Just put it here today.

Ye Yan also came to the study.

Shopkeeper Yu didn’t know it was his novel, and no one informed him. He wanted to try his luck, and felt that Du’s study was not so rigid.