I became famous for writing ridiculous stories in ancient times

Fu Wenyu has never seen such a situation.

So he inquired carefully and found that most of the "abnormal" customers mentioned by shopkeeper Zhang were female relatives. Combined with the fact that they were so poisoned by Sun Xiucai's "A Tale of Two Sisters" that they were speechless and choked, they probably hoped that Sun Xiucai would lose the competition, so they bought the storybook to support them.

After all, women who could read in ancient society were often not short of money. Especially those who have dowries with them are much richer than their husbands who can only live on monthly money.

This can be considered an unexpected surprise.

Shopkeeper Zhang thought about it carefully and felt that this guess was quite accurate.

He immediately laughed and said: "This is interesting. Sun Xiucai probably never imagined that he would have such a day. No wonder, the words he wrote were not liked by women."

"It was okay in the past few years, but in recent years, no women have come to buy his storybooks."

Fu Wenyu secretly slandered.

‘It is strange that it is not counter-invented by female readers when it is written that they share the same husband, and the children they bear are legitimate children. ’

‘If this wind is strong enough, it can knock Sun Xiucai off his back. ’

Thinking of this, Fu Wenyu suddenly realized a problem and said, "Uncle Zhang, when Sun Xiucai starts selling his storybooks, please ask someone to pay attention to it."

"According to the bet we made before, the agreement was based on the number of scripts sold. In other words, if I send someone to buy it, it will be counted as long as it is not discovered. Since they support me so much , then I can’t let them down, I have to win this competition.”

Recalling the bizarre content in Sun Xiucai's "A Story of Two Sisters", Fu Wenyu shook his head, "I'm not worried about the content in the storybook. "A Story of Two Sisters" will definitely lose."

"So we can't let Sun Xiucai have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters."

Shopkeeper Zhang nodded slowly, "That makes sense."

"I'll discuss it later with Rongsheng Bookstore. When the sale officially starts, each party will send a clerk to watch the other's place to prevent them from cheating. Then secretly I also asked the owner to send people to keep an eye on Sun Xiucai and Rongsheng. Over at the bookshop, let’s see if they make any inappropriate noises.”

"By the way, Sun Xiucai's story books are still being sold at Rongsheng Bookstore this time. It's also strange. I don't know why Sun Xiucai is still devoted to them after being deceived once."

It’s Rongsheng Bookstore again…

Could it be that they were behind it?

Fu Wenyu didn't forget that he thought this bet was a bit strange before.

However, there was not enough information to make a judgment yet, so he kept this in mind and prepared to wait until the sale officially started to take a closer look.

In the blink of an eye, the day came when the storybooks were officially launched for sale.

Because of the bet, the storybook "I'll give you five thousand taels and leave my son" is only sold in Liuzhou, and there is no arrangement in the capital. But thanks to the fact that the two story books, "Treasure Map of Rebirth" and "Zhen Niang Biography", had sold well in the capital before, Gong Wenbin simply placed a big order with Kaiyuan Bookstore.

Five hundred sets in total!

The printing house had just finished binding them a few days ago, and the five hundred sets of freshly made books were put on board by the people he sent. It is estimated that it will only take two days to arrive in the capital.

As for other people who had already made a reservation, on the day when the sales officially started, they took the slips written when making the reservation and picked up one, two, three, five, or even ten or one hundred sets. .

If the walls are placed high in the house, the books will disappear quickly.

Such a scene made Kong Yun, a clerk at Rongsheng Bookstore, open his eyes wide.

‘Why did it sell so fast! ’

‘No, I have to tell the shopkeeper quickly. ’

One day passed, and Kaiyuan Bookstore not only sold all the reservations, but also some individual customers who did not make reservations also came to buy. Including the 500 units taken away from the capital, a total of more than 4,000 units were sold.

Kong Yun walked towards Rongsheng Bookstore with heavy steps.

At this time, in Rongsheng Bookstore, Shopkeeper Xu and Sun Xiucai were celebrating.

Shopkeeper Xu made a congratulatory gesture, "Congratulations."

"Thirty-eight hundred sets were sold on the first day. According to this bet, you, Sun Xiucai, will definitely win in two months. After all, Fu Wenyu's "The Legend of Zhen Niang" was only sold in the end. There are only more than two thousand sets, which shows that this kind of love story is not what he is good at. "

At the same time, he also sighed in his heart that 3,800 units were sold on the first day, which should be considered unprecedented, right? It is worth noting that he and Sun Xiucai tried their best to make use of their past relationships.

Sun Xiucai was also somewhat proud of himself.

In fact, some time ago, when he saw Fu Wenyu's storybook, his heart did skip a beat. I am the one who writes stories about talented people and beautiful ladies, so I know very well how well the other person writes.

So deep down, he was really worried for a while.

However, the number of 3,800 sets made him confident again. I feel that writing this kind of storybook means that I am the ancestor among my ancestors. What does Fu Wenyu, a boy whose hair has not even grown yet, know?

He didn't even marry a wife!

And I heard that he was still observing his father's filial piety, so he must have never been to the brothel Chuguan.

If you ask him, Fu Wenyu's words are okay at the front, but really not good at the back.

How can anyone write that the wife ran away after getting married?

The same thing happened to Tian Yuhong. Bai Mei ran away, so why not take this opportunity to marry another wife? Even if Bai Mei came back in the future, he would not dare to say anything if he demoted his wife to a concubine because she ran away first.

He is really just a young boy.

As he was talking, Kong Yun came in quietly.

Shopkeeper Xu looked up and saw him. He was in a good mood and asked casually, "Are you back? How is Fu Wenyu's storybook selling? Do you have 2,000 copies?"

Kong Yun hesitated.

Sun Xiucai also asked, "Is there less than 2,000 sets?"

Kong Yun opened his mouth and answered in a low voice, "... 4,315 sets were sold."

Manager Xu was shocked, "What?!"

Sun Xiucai's face turned pale, "Say it again!"

Kong Yun swallowed subconsciously and explained, "Beijing, Beijing took away 500 sets. A businessman from outside heard that it was written by Mr. Fu, and bought 300 sets on the spot, saying that he would take it back to sell. There were also 200 sets, 100 sets, 50 sets, 10 sets, and so on."

"In short, by the time they closed, 4,315 sets had been sold."

"Thousands, it's true!"

"It's really 4,315 sets!"

Fu Wenyu sold more than 500 sets on the first day, and then...

Manager Xu and Sun Xiucai turned pale.

At this time, those who bought the storybooks had already finished reading both stories.

The ending of "The Story of Two Beauties" is that the two sisters and the young master of aristocratic family live happily together. The young master of aristocratic family finally took the imperial examination, won the first place in the exam, and asked for pardons for the two girls.

As for the fate of the human traffickers that Fu Wenyu was concerned about, it was also mentioned in the storybook, saying that one day when the three of them were traveling, they happened to run into someone kidnapping children. The sister recognized that the human trafficker was the one who kidnapped her, so the young master of aristocratic family immediately ordered his servants to arrest the person and hand him over to the government.

This is also OK.

Fu Wenyu thought that catching the human trafficker was enough, and he couldn't ask for too much.

He should read what he wrote.

The ending of the storybook "Give You Five Thousand Taels, Leave My Son" is of course that Tian Yuhong successfully found Baimei, and then the two resolved the misunderstanding and reconciled.

Surprisingly, because Bai Mei was already three months pregnant when she left, Tian Yuhong finally discovered the mother and daughter's residence when she was patrolling somewhere and saw a little girl on the street who looked exactly like Bai Mei and was also wearing Bai Mei's favorite pink clothes.

Facing Tian Yuhong who came to her house, Bai Mei ignored him at first.

But she couldn't stand Tian Yuhong's pleading, and when the two talked through the door, she also noticed from each other's words that there was something fishy about the previous "being separated", so she talked frankly.

After the conversation, they found out that they were all deceived!

Tian Yuhong couldn't believe it.

He murmured: "How could it be, how could it be..."

Bai Mei suddenly realized, "So that's it..."

The two resolved the misunderstanding, Bai Mei also forgave Tian Yuhong, and asked her daughter to call him "Dad". But Bai Mei firmly rejected Tian Yuhong's proposal to "go back with him".

She said seriously: "Honglang, a forced melon is not sweet."

"Your parents, even your elder sister, don't like me. During those days in the Tian family, they made things difficult for me. I was only happy when I was with you."

"But after leaving you, I am happy every day, and I only feel sad when I think of you."

Bai Mei shed tears and said: "You are a person, and so am I. You want me to go back with you, and live a happy life with your loving husband and children around you. But I also want to live a happy life, and I also want my daughter to live a happy life. So if you can't convince your parents to treat me and my daughter well, I will not go back with you."

Tian Yuhong felt very painful.

He finally promised: "Don't worry, Mei'er, I will definitely do it."

So Tian Yuhong went home, first to find out the truth of what happened that year, and then had a big quarrel with his mother.

"Why did you lie to me?!"

"You told me that Mei'er coveted wealth, but you told her that I was in love with someone else. I studied hard, I took the imperial examination seriously, and I earned you a crown and a robe. How did I let you down?"

"You didn't even want your own granddaughter?"

Mother Tian burst into tears.

In fact, Mother Tian had regretted it a long time ago.

Because after driving Baimei away, things did not turn out as she expected. Not only did her son not want to marry a more helpful wife, but he also stayed away from home all day and became a patrol censor.

Her husband and daughter also blamed her.

So she regretted it a long time ago.

It's a pity that the bitter fruit had already been borne. Even though Tian Yuhong later took Baimei and her daughter back, she acted kindly and stopped saying some sarcastic and indirect words, but the gap between her and her son and daughter-in-law could not be made up.

In the end, not only did her son and daughter-in-law not get close to her, but even her husband and grandchildren didn't like to visit her. At the end, she died alone in bed due to the negligence of a servant.

As for Tian Yuhong and Bai Mei, they were of course in love and lived together until old age.

After reading the endings of the two stories, Liu Changlian was thoughtful.

"Everyone wants to live a happy life..."

"Yes, everyone wants to live a happy life, Mr. Fu is right."

So in the evening, she happily said to her husband Lei Xiucai: "Both my mother and sister-in-law received letters from the capital. The results of the general examination are out. My father is not on the list, but my brother is ranked 12th."

Lei Xiucai was overjoyed, "Twelve?"

"Brother, that's a sure win!"

The rankings in the palace examination are generally similar to those in the general examination. Since Liu Changyan is the twelfth in the general examination, as long as there are no major problems in the palace examination, he will be a second-class Jinshi.

Second Class Jinshi, how can you not make people overjoyed!

It can be said that as long as Liu Changyan, his uncle, is here, it doesn't matter even if his father-in-law fails to pass the Jinshi exam in the future. The Liu family can prosper for decades. And when Liu Changyan's official position is promoted, after reaching the fourth rank, he can still be shielded by one person. If he can be promoted to the second rank, there will be two spots for shielding.

If my father-in-law has passed the Jinshi examination by then, or he is already old, wouldn't he have a chance...

The reason why Lei Xiucai did not consider Liu Changyan's son and Liu Changmiao's brother-in-law was because the descendants of a family like the Liu family would definitely take the orthodox imperial examination path. Therefore, no matter how many sons Liu Changyan has, they will not consider Meng Yin's way of becoming an official before they are fifty, which is destined to fail to be promoted.

People without fame are not eligible for Mengyin, so Liu Changmiao, the brother-in-law who doesn't like to study, can also be excluded.

Therefore, there was only his father-in-law in front of him.

Just thinking about it made him feel excited!

For Lei Xiucai, who currently only has the title of scholar and failed the examination twice, having Meng Yin as a 'retreat path' is really the best thing.

He is Liu Changyan's direct brother-in-law and belongs to the category of Mengyin.

Liu Changlian knew what Lei Xiucai was thinking, so she smiled and said, "My mother said that before my father went to the capital this time, he once lamented that if he still couldn't go to high school this time, he would take a break."

"He intends to recruit two disciples in Liuzhou."

Seeing Lei Xiucai's eyes suddenly light up, Liu Changlian added: "So I thought, why don't we go back to Jiangzhou first and wait for my father to come back and discuss it with him?"

"You are his son-in-law. Even if dad doesn't choose you as his disciple this time, as long as we are still in Liuzhou, you can still ask him for advice from time to time, right? When he comes back this time, he won't go out as much as before."

Lei Xiucai nodded repeatedly, "That makes sense, madam, what you said makes sense."

"Then I'm going to write a letter to my mother. She has been urging us to go back recently, saying that she has not seen my granddaughter for a while and is really worried about it. But it is still more important for me to study, and she will definitely understand."

No one knows the difference between a scholar and a scholar better than him.

Lei Xiucai did not want to miss this rare opportunity.

Hearing this, Liu Changlian laughed and said, "Yes, she must be able to understand."

After watching the last customer leave, Fu Wenyu said goodbye to shopkeeper Zhang and went home.

Zhou and Fu Rong were also very concerned about his gambling.

Zhou said: "Is it going well this time?"

Fu Rong asked eagerly: "Brother, how many units did you sell on the first day? We are still discussing today. If you sell less, I will use my private money to buy your storybook."

"Brother, you can't lose to that Sun Xiucai!"

Use your private money to buy his storybook.

Isn't this just brushing orders?

Fu Wenyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said hurriedly: "Don't worry, my calligraphy books sold more than Sun Xiucai's. Brother Zhang said when he came back that Rongsheng Bookstore only sold more than 3,000 sets, which was less than mine. ”

Zhang Er is very busy today.

He was sent to Rongsheng Bookstore to keep an eye on them selling scripts, but because Fu Wenyu and Shopkeeper Zhang were worried that they were falsely reporting the number, he kept a close eye on them all day long. From time to time, he would take the initiative to greet the customers and try to find out if they were really here to buy story books. I don’t remember the specific number of "A Tale of Two Sisters" sold very clearly.

But he certainly does not exceed four thousand sets.

Therefore, he surpassed the opponent on the first day.

Judging from the past few story books, some will be sold one after another in the next two months, and neighboring cities will occasionally come to restock.

If nothing else, the bet is safe this time.

But just a few days after Fu Wenyu said these words, no more than ten days later, the accident happened.

A group of people knocked on Fu's door in the middle of the night.

The leader, a man in his thirties, claimed to be from the capital. He was dressed in rich and noble clothes and looked very imposing. His face was stern but hopeful, and his expression was complicated and nervous.

The first thing he asked after meeting Fu Wenyu was, "Who told you the content in your Newspaper Book?!"

Fu Wenyu was stunned when he was woken up.

No way, could it be that the words have come true?