Urban Sims

Chapter 109
one year later.

In the territory of Qingzhou, a new thing that has never appeared before suddenly became popular, and it became popular in all prefectures and counties!

Zihua Bookstore!

As if overnight, this chain of bookstores that opened in various prefectures, counties and counties in Qingzhou quickly brought people endless novel experiences.

People did not expect that there are so many twists and turns, strange and magnificent, suspenseful and eye-opening stories in this world, which can be seen in the "Story Club" sold in this bookstore. Jokes, jokes, and brain teasers bring countless jokes and fashionable terms to people's serious life.

In these "Story Meetings", there are also touching chicken soup for the soul, which has enabled countless people to find the motivation to overcome obstacles and move forward straight, and rediscover the meaning and true meaning of life, a stream of positive energy , so that Qingzhou, a place with a relatively backward economy and simple and honest folk customs, has injected a different regional temperament.

"Zihua Anthology", which is a must-buy for literati, contains thousands of high-quality poems, poems, articles and theories, which has greatly improved the humanistic atmosphere and overall poetry appreciation level of the intellectuals, especially Tian Zihua's poems, which have reached the "everyone" Where literati gather, one must hear Zihua's poetry."Although most of the poems and songs in "Zihua Anthology" were not written by Tian Zihua himself, the small part belongs to the essence of Tian Zihua's writings, and has become a famous piece that countless scholars in Qingzhou must memorize.

"Haiping Wenxian" Tian Zihua has become an idol figure known to everyone in Qingzhou, a group of literati and inkmen.

As for "Manga", don't ask me how popular it is. Every month at the end of the month, go to the door of Zihua Bookstore and see the length of the queue to buy comics. Atom bombs were dropped one by one, killing countless literate people, 10 minutes, as long as the queuing time exceeds 10 minutes, you will pass the latest issue of "Comics", how much money you pay, if no one else reads it You won't be able to buy it until it's all over.And the wonderful stories in "Comics" are like a TV with 100% ratings. Every time an issue is released, the voices of plot discussions and "wow" exclamations can be heard in every city, street and alley. .

In addition to some old antiques that are difficult to accept new things, "Manga" has become the most fanatical extracurricular reading for young and middle-aged intellectuals, men, women, especially teenagers. The comic books, such as the newly released game consoles and I don’t know how many people have become obsessed with Internet cafes, how many students’ academic performance has declined, and how many parents have had headaches and irritability, and how many times domestic violence has occurred... Small comics have become the culprit for the tense relationship between countless children and their parents.

It is precisely because of this that Haiping Wenxian Tian Zihua was blacklisted by countless parents and cursed countless times in the street, forcing Tian Zihua to add a sentence on the cover of each comic: "Children, don't read comics. ".

In just one year, the sales of the three kinds of books in Zihua Bookstore increased by more than ten times after the average sales volume of each issue was less than a thousand.

In the 18nd year of Zhitiansheng, in December, after the No.13000 semi-monthly issue was released, according to the sales statistics, the sales volume of the three books in this issue is: "Story Club", which sold 15000 copies, "Zihua Anthology", 17000 copies were sold, and Manga, [-] copies were sold.

These data are very astonishing, because the prices of books in this world are generally very high, and the fact that they can sell so many shows their popularity on the one hand, and on the other hand, it also shows that there are many rich people and intellectuals. The literacy rate in this world is not as low as Zhou Ming imagined.

And in order to increase sales and expand influence, the prices of the three kinds of books in Zihua Bookstore are lower than those of pirated books (mainly because of the printing cost of Zihua Printing Factory, which makes piracy unprofitable). To reduce readers' reading expenses as much as possible, Zihua Bookstore also provides "half-price recycling and low-price rental" services, that is, readers buy a book, and after reading it, they can return the purchased book at half the price. These half-price recovered reading materials, and then provide external book rental services at a lower price...

Relying on various methods, Zihua Bookstore has countless loyal readers, and even made more than 98% of the bookstore profitable, and the amount of profit is quite considerable.

……

years later.

In the [-]rd year of Tiansheng, the third day of the first lunar month.

Qingzhou, Hedong County, Cui's family in Anping.

The magnificent and festive Cui family courtyard is going to have a very distinguished guest today.

To welcome this distinguished guest who came from afar, the whole Cui family prepared many days in advance according to the highest standards. The patriarch, Uncle Zu, stood at the door and waited in person. , after the gorgeous carriage among dozens of martial arts guards appeared, each of them was shocked and excited: "Here we come, we finally come."

The gate of the compound.

On the gorgeous carriage, a pair of exquisite embroidered shoes embroidered with peonies, lightly lifted the hem of the skirt, and gently stepped on the carpet spread to the feet, a young woman with pure white fox fur on her shoulders, dignified and cold, with phoenix eyes After seeing the people waiting at the door and the magnificent layout in the courtyard, Xiumei frowned slightly inadvertently.

"I really don't want to come to this place."

As the noble daughter of the Cui family in Qinghe, Zhongzhou, she left two months in advance and traveled three thousand miles to Qingzhou, a side branch of the Cui family, to visit her relatives. , at this time of the new year, visit this branch of Cui's family - even if this branch is so remote that no bird shits.

No one is willing to come, so Cui Yunhua can only take the initiative to ask Ying to share the worries of his father and brother, because the task of visiting relatives can be counted as a contribution to the family. A lot of benefits will also improve the status of those who complete the task in the clan... It is precisely because of these points that Cui Yunhua, who has been smart since childhood, took over the difficult task of this clan, and everyone is grateful to her.

but……

The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment. As an important branch of the Qinghe Cui family, the various performances of the Anping Cui family made her very disappointed.

Taking the ostentation that greeted her today as an example, it was too vulgar and disrespectful. First of all, no matter how honorable the guests are, the patriarchs and elders don’t need to go to the door to greet her in person. Her obscene gaze and dumbfounded appearance made her feel as if she had eaten a fly... and the layout of the courtyard was extremely tacky with gold and red, and there was no particularity in the layout. She could pick out a hundred things that were inappropriate.

"The Anping Cui family, is it really a branch of the Qinghe Cui family? Even if it is, it must be the kind of maidservant, right?"

There is a huge gap. On the one hand, Cui Yunhua is quite proud of her good family education. On the other hand, after this family visit is over, she decides that she will never accept such tasks in the future.

However, no matter how much complaints there were in his heart, Cui Yunhua, who looked normal, still maintained the basic etiquette. He personally presented a package of homeland and a tree root brought from Zhongzhou, and Cui Ping, the patriarch of the Anping Cui clan, gave back a branch And a bag of apricots... After some friendly greetings, they entered the Cui family courtyard together.

After staying for three days in a row, Cui Yunhua barely adapted to the environment here. The reception she received was good. The whole Cui family, young and old, paid attention and cared for every detail. It feels very good, such as the Haiping dried fish, Haiping whale meat, etc., the taste is good, and it does not have the flavor of the sea.

In the past two days, Cui Yunhua, with her noble temperament, elegant demeanor, and proper conversation, not only makes people feel like a spring breeze, but also makes the whole Cui family feel ashamed of themselves. , feel ashamed.

Therefore, the invisible sense of distance made Cui Yunhua, in the past two days, at Cui's house in Anping, did not meet a few friends whom he could talk to. What kind of friends do you meet...

However, in the Cui family compound, there is an innocent girl of fourteen or fifteen years old who always likes to pester her and even show her some of her favorite miscellaneous books.

These kinds of miscellaneous books have strange names on the covers, such as "Story Club", "Zihua Anthology", "Manga", etc. She has never read them, but they are treasured by this girl as treasures, and she tries her best to show them to them. I recommend it... Cui Yunhua, who was extremely bored, opened a book that children like to read with a glance at it...

Cui Yunhua, who had read more than a dozen books in a row for two days and two nights, rubbed his sore almond eyes, and asked the girl, "Rou'er, why have I never read these books? Where did you buy them?" ? Can you take your sister to buy some and come back?"

In a few days, her mission of visiting relatives will be completed. She wants to take dozens of these miscellaneous books back to Zhongzhou and read them slowly on the way back.

Cui Rou, who was dressed in a pink skirt, shook her head, and said nonchalantly: "These books in Zihua Bookstore are sold out now, so I can't buy them anymore! Unless, let my cousin give you a set!"

After finishing speaking, she approached Cui Yunhua's ear mysteriously and whispered: "Sister Yunhua, let me tell you a secret, Zihua Bookstore was opened by my cousin, and my cousin Tian Zihua is you The author of the books I read, and the cartoons he draws, I like to read the most!"

After finishing speaking, she proudly puffed up her small chest, and smiled showing two small canine teeth.

what?
Cui Yunhua stared wide-eyed, and quickly found a few books of "Story Club", "Zihua Anthology", and "Comics". Sure enough, he saw the word "Mr. Zihua" where many authors' pen names were signed.

She asked eagerly: "These books and comics were created by your cousin? Your cousin is 'Mr. Zihua'? You didn't lie to me, did you?"

Cui Rou pursed her mouth, and immediately said unhappily: "Sister Yunhua, why would I lie to you, Mr. Zihua, it's really my cousin, I didn't lie to you!"

"Cousin Zihua is here!"

"Cousin Zihua brought a lot of presents!"

"Cousin Zihua, miss me!"

Outside the Cui family compound, there was a burst of lively noise suddenly. In the peaceful compound, after hearing a name, it was as if a pot had exploded. Everyone ran to the front yard desperately, cheering and jumping, and it was extremely lively.

"what!!"

The girl in front of her suddenly screamed, her legs were like a taut clockwork, and she quickly jumped out of the house, shouting as she ran: "Brother Zihua, my gift!" Cui Yunhua jumped, and she was stunned.

After a long time, she murmured, "Mr. Zihua, what kind of person is he?"

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(End of this chapter)