By the time they wandered to the bookstore, the bamboo basket behind Wen Wuyan was already filled with all kinds of snacks.

There were many people walking around the town today, but the bookstore was unusually quiet. The owner had gone out early to find something to eat, leaving the waiter alone to guard the counter.

The servant imitated the shopkeeper's previous behavior, sat in the shopkeeper's chair, and picked up a book to read.

He only learned about 20% to 30% of the appearance, but the spirit is far from it.

He fantasized about how great it would be if he were the shopkeeper. When someone came to the store, he could ask the servants to greet them and he would only be responsible for collecting the money.

While he was fantasizing, he caught a glimpse of someone coming into the store.

The waiter was about to call the waiter to greet him, but his breath got stuck in his throat. There was no one else in the store except the waiter!

The waiter walked out from the counter with some displeasure, and sized up the visitor. He saw that the man was not dressed like a scholar, but rather like a farmer. Then he looked at the stick in his hand, and it was obvious that he was not here to buy books or paper.

He was secretly unhappy, and asked arrogantly and slowly, "What would you like to see? Books and paper? Or a writing brush and inkstone?"

Gu Qingqing, holding Sanhua, Dahua and Erhua, did not enter the bookstore, but stood not far from the door, because she felt it was not appropriate to bring three children in.

At this time, Wen Wuyan came into the store and asked, "Excuse me, do you need someone to copy books?"

After hearing this, the servant showed impatience on his face and looked up and down at the man in front of him again. He was wearing ordinary clothes with rough fingers, and he didn't look like a scholar at all.

If Gu Qingqing knew what the servant was thinking, she would definitely blind his eyes.

Today, the whole family was wearing the ready-made clothes she bought in town last time. Although they were not made of fine cotton, they were made of high-quality coarse cloth.

The servant pursed his lips and raised his head with a haughty look and said, "Yes, there are, but since you are a stranger, I guess you have never registered your name in our store. If you want to copy the book, if you have a familiar customer of our store to guarantee you, you can take the book to copy for free."

When Wen Wuyan copied the book before, it was Old Yang who gave it to him directly. He didn't know at that time that he had to find someone to act as a guarantor.

He will try to negotiate with the other party, "Brother, is there any other way? I have never registered my name in your store, but after a few visits, we will become familiar with each other!"

"Don't try to get close to me. There are other ways. You can take the book home and copy it after paying a deposit of 200 coins. There must not be any wrong characters, added characters, missing characters, graffiti, wrong lines, or random punctuation. You must copy it exactly as it is written in the book. If you are found to have made a mistake in any of them, not only will you not be paid, but you will also have to pay for the corresponding paper."

Wen Wuyan thought about it and felt that what the other party said made sense, so he nodded and said, "Of course, we can pay a deposit, but I don't know how much it would cost to speculate on a book?"

"Copy the Thousand Characters Essay, 30 characters for each copy."

"Okay, I'll give you the copper coins right now. If I give you the copper coins, you'll give me a receipt, right?"

Gu Qingqing wandered to the door of the store at some point and could naturally hear the conversation inside the house.

In Gu Qingqing's understanding, Wen Wuyan was the one looking for a job now. Although the other party's attitude was not good, if Wen Wuyan could copy books, it would be considered an income.

After all, after today, their family won’t be so busy anymore.

Not being busy means no income.

Moreover, his legs were not in good condition and not suitable for running back and forth, so he could use the time of copying books to review what he had learned and learn new things.

As a result, the servant's next words directly pointed out Gu Qingqing.

Normally, if you put a deposit in the store, the shopkeeper will issue a receipt. However, the shopkeeper is not here now, so he has no right to issue a receipt. At the same time, he does not want to lose face in front of this country man.

The servant simply started to force the man forward.

"I can tell from the looks of it that you are from the countryside. Have you ever touched a brush and learned to read? Don't try to copy someone you can't read. You look like an illiterate person, yet you pretend to be a scholar! Are you here to steal the books from our store? Go, go, go, leave now before I call the police."

A guy is going to heaven?

Gu Qingqing, who was at the door, came into the shop holding Sanhua and started to scold the clerk, "It's none of your business whether we can read or not, or how many words we know. You just need to collect the deposit and then check the books. Why do you look down on us like that? How many coins is your Three Character Classic or Thousand Character Classic worth? We can even pay the 200 coin deposit, so why would we covet your book?"

The scholars who came to the store on weekdays were all polite to him, but now he was being criticized by a village woman. The boy was so angry that his face turned red, and he was the only one in the store.

He even insulted her, "You ignorant village woman, you think you are great just by taking out two hundred coins? Do you know how expensive pens, ink, paper and inkstone are? With all your clothes, I don't know if you can buy an ink stick with all your money, and you dare to brag here that you can read? What does it have to do with me? If you can't read, wouldn't it be a waste of paper? You village woman, do you know how much a piece of good rice paper costs? Go away, don't disturb our business here."

Wen Wuyan didn't care if people talked about him, but if someone talked about Gu Qingqing in front of him, he would never forgive them.

Wen Wuyan immediately scolded the other party with a cold face, "Apologize to my wife! We asked you in a nice way. If you don't want me to copy the book, just say it clearly. Why use such hurtful words? If you don't apologize to my wife today, it won't be you who will report to the police, but we will!"

The servant was stared at by Wen Wuyan and was instantly frightened by his eyes.

Wen Wuyan stared at the boy intently and continued, "Does your boss know that you treat guests like this? Or is this just the way things are in your store? If so, we won't bother to associate with you."

If they hadn't heard along the way that Qingfeng Bookstore was pretty good and that all the readers in the town loved to come there, they would have gone to any bookstore.

When the servant was mentioned to the shopkeeper, he took a step back unconsciously. He was somewhat worried that the shopkeeper would find out. What should he do then?

Then he thought that he was the only one in the store now, and if he drove them away, the shopkeeper would naturally not know what happened when he came back.

Besides, the shopkeeper is his cousin's mother's brother. Even if he knew, he would just say a few words to him and would not fire him because of that.

Thinking of this, the servant became tough, "You are causing trouble in our store and you want the government to arrest me? Why don't you go and find out what our Qingfeng Bookstore is about. Leave now and I will pretend nothing happened. If you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude to you."

As the servant said this, he picked up a feather duster nearby and began to randomly clean the bookshelf, taking the opportunity to chase people out.

Wen Wuyan was provoked by the feather duster and took a step back. He seized the opportunity to grab the feather duster and said, "No matter what your background is, it is not a reason for you to verbally insult my wife. You must apologize today. After you apologize, we will leave without you having to chase us away. Do you really think that you are the only bookstore in Taohua Town?"

Although Wen Wuyan had an injured leg, he held the feather duster tightly in his hand and did not move at all no matter how the servant pulled it.

Just as both sides were getting angry and domineering, a familiar voice suddenly came from outside the door, "I'm just going to go out for a while, what's going on? Why are you making so much noise!"

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