The Little Lucky Girl

Ming Youyou's eyes lit up, and she ran to discuss with Village Chief Guo, "How about we cook a few more chickens and send them over?"

When Village Chief Guo saw that half of the chickens were sold, he felt relieved. Seeing that she wanted to increase the quantity, he refused without thinking: "Sell all of these first."

As long as he could sell all twenty, it would be enough to make him happy for the whole day.

It was the great uncle who was more courageous. "The carriages from the city to our county should be coming over soon, so let's add five more."

Then Guo Ren was sent to deliver a letter to his family.

After Manager Feng and his men had a good rest, they saluted from a distance to the group of people coming from the front, then mounted their horses and galloped away.

Ming Youyou then noticed that Lord Tao had also come.

Magistrate Tao attached great importance to this first pilot project. Not only did he bring yamen runners to help maintain order, he also treated everyone to a meal at his own expense, which was considered a disguised way of helping Xiaguan Village's business.

When passers-by saw the county magistrate eating buns on the roadside, those who were not hungry also wanted to try some, so the business became even better.

After finishing his meal, Magistrate Tao took the water that Ming Youyou brought over and drank a few sips. Then he took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to her, saying, "It's from your parents."

Hey, didn’t I just write one a few days ago? How come it’s here again so soon?

"Are they okay in the capital?" she asked worriedly.

"It's alright," Magistrate Tao said with a smile, "You're just sending this letter as a by-product."

Ever since meeting Manager Feng, County Magistrate Tao felt that this man was useful and wanted to recruit him, so he asked Ming Dalang to write a letter to persuade him.

Ming Youyou felt relieved and looked slowly, "Oh my God, my dad actually passed the civil servant exam."

It seems that exile was a big shock to her father. Even someone who doesn't like reading could pass the exam. I wonder how much effort he must have put in.

Magistrate Tao nodded. He knew more about this matter. Although Ming Dalang passed the exam, he did not have a position.

He did a few business deals for the Ministry of Revenue in the capital, without much capital and with a small storefront. He made a lot of money without showing off.

The Minister of Revenue immediately noticed this talent and snatched him away from Lord Du.

But the old minister thought it was a pity for him to be just a clerk, so he retained his position and allowed him to run the business as a commoner.

It just so happened that the trade routes on the side of County Magistrate Tao had made progress, and the goods shipped to the capital also needed a place to be sold. After discussion among several families, they opened a Jinxiu Shop and let Ming Dalang manage it.

Magistrate Tao said to her, "Since your father is in charge of the capital, the share of the new shop will naturally go to him, and not to you."

Ming Youyou blinked her eyes, and then she realized that she had also opened a shop in the capital, so she didn't think so much about it.

But after hearing what Lord Tao said, I felt like I had lost a lot of money.

She snorted and said, "Since it's also called Jinxiufang, do you have to pay me 200 coins for the naming fee?"

"Oh, you're thinking about this money too. You're really calculating." Magistrate Tao tapped her forehead and said, "Okay, you're poor now, so I'll give it to you."

Ming Youyou happily took it and said, "My lord, you and my father must work hard. We will open one in every big city in the future."

Magistrate Tao smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'll give you the naming fee when the time comes."

Zheng Huan and his two companions went to the county town early in the morning and did not return until the evening.

"How is it? How is it? Did you pass this time?" Ming Youyou asked impatiently.

They looked at her with heavy faces.

"It still doesn't work?" She sighed and comforted him, "It's okay, we can just try again."

Alas, their script has been revised so many times that I don’t know how many editions it has gone through. Madam Xu is really picky.

"Don't think about it, just eat first. If you eat something delicious, you will feel better."

Ming Youyou looked at their chicken coop sadly. They had eaten quite a few chickens recently because of the heavy work of road construction.

Now there is only one lonely hen left inside, which is the best egg-laying hen.

She endured the pain and said, "I'll just stew it for you."

Feng Xuxian couldn't help laughing, and Zheng Huan and Lu Tai also smiled happily.

"Is it really that important to just eat a chicken?" Ming Youyou said disdainfully.

She suddenly understood, her eyes lit up, "Did your book pass?"

They nodded frantically and showed her the bookstore contract.

"So, the storybook can finally go on sale?" she said in surprise.

"That's right," Feng Xu said first, "and there is communication between bookstores. Madam Xu said that in half a year at most, our books will be available in stores across the country."

Ming Youyou exclaimed, "Doesn't that mean we're almost achieving our small goal?"

Zheng Huan smiled and nodded, then took out some silver from his sleeve pocket and gave it to her, "This is the reward given to us by Madam Xu."

Seeing that she was so happy that she almost lost her eyesight just holding such a small piece of silver, Zheng Huan and the other two felt very regretful.

Originally, the money should have been twice as much, but when Madam Xu asked them which promotion they wanted to choose, the three of them chose the highest level without thinking, and even paid a sum of money out of their own pocket.

Really, when you see copper coins, you know to be frugal, but when you get silver, you become your old spendthrift self again.

Ming Youyou expressed her understanding, "Because you used to hit people with silver." She still remembered the big piece of silver they threw at her in Zhuangyuan Building.

But he didn't plan to let them eat the chicken. "I brought back a lot of buns, and everyone was scrambling to buy them today." Because they were the same style as Lord Tao's.

"We ate too much at lunch, so we're not hungry yet." Zheng Huan said, "Someone invited us to dinner. Guess who it was?"

Feng Xu was gesticulating exaggeratedly beside him.

She looked at him for a while, then widened her eyes and asked, "Isn't that the storyteller?"

"That's him," the three of them laughed. "I don't know where he heard the news from. He came to us right after we came out of the bookstore."

"I didn't expect Uncle Liu to be such a nice person," Zheng Huan said with emotion. "After reading our story, he praised us repeatedly and kept asking us to tell it to others."

Lu Tai also said: "He also said that he would tell the story to everyone in their industry in two days, and let everyone come to tell it, and he guaranteed that everyone in Dayu's teahouse would hear it in the future."

Ming Youyou suddenly had a bad feeling, "And then I asked you to hand over this story to him?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"No money?"

"Give back the money?" the three asked in surprise.

I knew it was like this. Ming Youyou sighed, "You have been fooled by Uncle Liu. If you tell the story using a vernacular novel, you have to pay the author a fee."

"And if you pass it on to other people to tell, they will also charge an original fee," she said, "So not only does he save money from you, he can also make money from other storytellers."

Zheng Huan and the others were quite touched just now, but now they realized how naive they were.

"But Uncle Liu has no choice. He has too many lovers and never has enough money to spend."

Ming Youyou waved her hand and said, "It's okay. When you discuss the second book, just ask him for more."