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Although Master Wu felt sorry for Shen Ge's money, she was also happy to see him filial, and she pushed him to sit inside after talking.

Wu Qiu heard the movement in the room and came out. Seeing Shen Ge and his mother standing in the yard talking, he was pleasantly surprised, and came over to say hello with a smile on his face, "Brother! Are you here?"

"Yeah." Shen Ge sized her up, showing a gentle smile, "I haven't seen you for a while, Qiu'er has become a grown girl."

"Ge'er, don't praise her. She ran out yesterday and played wildly with the second girl next door. She couldn't even bear to come back after dinner, saying that she is still not convinced." Mrs. Wu was a little worried, "Seeing is about to marry She's a big girl, but she's still like a little girl."

Wu Qiu pouted, not daring to speak out.

Wu Qiu is only fifteen this year, she can barely be considered a big girl, and she has to save face.Knowing her temperament, Shen Ge didn't interrupt, and waited for Mrs. Wu to babble about recent events before she asked, "Ms., is the master here?"

"He's still in school, and he's probably going to finish soon. Qiu'er, go and tell your father, Ge'er is here."

"Hey."

Wu Qiu responded crisply, turned around and ran out.

Wu Qiu is the youngest daughter, and there is an elder brother ten years older than her who is studying in the capital, and she plans to wait for Qiu Wei to come back to take the exam.Wu Qiu has always been by his parents' side, and has always been favored at home, so he is quite lively.

Seeing the back of her running out, Shen Ge couldn't help smiling.

"Ge'er, go back to the house and sit down, Mistress will make you tea."

"Master, don't be too busy, I'll just help you here."

"This is not possible, this is not possible. Your wife always said that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen. You are a scholar, so how can you get involved in the stove." Mrs. Wu said, pushing Shen Ge to sit in the living room, and made him a pot of tea, " Drink tea first, your wife will be back soon."

When Master Wu heard his disciple coming to the door, he really quickened his pace and turned back.

Mrs. Wu is over 40 this year, about the same age as Mrs. Wu, but looks like she is about ten years older than Mrs. Wu.He has always been a serious person, even when facing his proud disciples, it is difficult to show a kind expression on his face.

Shen Ge stood up and saluted Master Wu. Master Wu nodded slightly, sat down first, and took a sip of the tea poured by Shen Ge, "Are you feeling better?"

"It's much better. The doctor said to take good care of it, and it will be back to normal in the future."

Master Wu nodded solemnly, "Your health is not a trivial matter, you have to listen to the doctor. If you tell you to take good care of it, take care of it, don't take it seriously."

Shen Ge should be, and Master Wu asked again, "I heard from Siyuan that you don't plan to end next year?"

"Hmm." Shen Ge explained with some embarrassment, "The doctor asked me not to participate in the autumn festival in Mingqiu. I think it's difficult for me to pass next year. It's better to wait for the next one."

Master Wu felt a little regretful that Shen Ge couldn't take advantage of his youth to take down Juren and win the title of a young Juren, but after all he felt sorry for his disciple, Master Wu comforted Shen Ge, "Forget it, you are still young, it is not a bad thing to suppress."

"Well. But I thought it would not be a problem to study hard at home behind closed doors. I plan to set up a school in the village."

Mrs. Wu was a little surprised, he put down his glass, "In Shenjia Village? Are you busy? Don't waste your studies."

"I save it, don't worry, teaching children is not a lot of trouble, and it will not delay my studies. I have received a lot of help from the village. Now that I can take care of it, I want to give something back."

Master Wu looked at the shy Shen Ge, and said with relief: "Opening a school is a blessing, if you can't take care of it, you can come and tell me at any time, and I will find a teacher to sit in the school with you."

"Thank you, master, one day I will not be brave."

Master Wu nodded, and imparted some teaching experience to Shen Ge, telling Shen Ge not to panic in case of trouble, and to come to him if there is any problem.

Master Wu's hands and feet were extremely agile, and she quickly cooked the dishes and asked the two of them to eat.

There are five dishes on the table, three meat dishes, one vegetarian dish and one soup, all of which are big pieces of meat.Mrs. Wu took Shen Ge's bowl and filled him with soup, "Ge'er, you should drink more and make up for it."

Shen Ge didn't expect that she would kill a chicken, so he quickly stood up and took it with both hands, "Thank you, Master, I will do it myself."

"Eat quickly, don't be too polite." As she spoke, Master Wu took another fat chicken leg for Shen Ge, signaling him to eat more, and Wu Qiu beside him didn't treat him like this.

Under Wu Shiniang's persuasion, Shen Ge was fed up as usual.After the meal, Mrs. Wu took an exam on Shen Ge's homework. He saw that Shen Ge had regressed these days, so he told Chen Ge to take more snacks in his heart, even if he didn't end next year, he couldn't lose his homework.

Shen Ge replied ashamedly, chatted with Master Wu for a while, and then walked out of Master Wu's house with a basket filled with books and food.

The books were given by Mrs. Wu, and the food was forced by Mrs. Wu.Master Wu's combat prowess is outstanding, and it's useless for Shen Ge to refuse. Every time she comes, she will carry a basket of things back.

Shen Ge originally planned to go to Xiao Siyuan's house to look for him after dinner.Xiao Siyuan came over with his classmates yesterday, but Shen Ge didn't find a chance to talk to him alone, so he came here specially today to chat with him.

Xiao Siyuan's house is not far from Wu Fuzi's house, only two alleys away, Shen Ge used to be taken by Xiao Siyuan to eat at home when he was studying, so he is very familiar with Xiao Siyuan's house.

Shen Ge walked around to Xiao Siyuan's house, and was surprised to find that Xiao Siyuan's house was locked, and no one answered after knocking on the door for a long time.

The neighbors of Xiao's family heard the movement and saw that it was Shen Ge, and stood in front of the door and asked, "Shen Xiucai, are you here to see Xiao Xiucai?"

"Yes. Auntie, is there no one at his house?"

"I don't know. His family seems to have gone out early in the morning and hasn't come back yet. If you have anything to do, Shen Xiucai, please leave a message for him. I'll tell them when they come back."

"Thank you, ma'am, it's fine, I just stopped by to have a look."

The neighbors greeted warmly, "I know you are friends, can you have a meal? Why don't you come to my house for a meal?"

"I've been at the master's house, thank you very much." Shen Ge said goodbye to the aunt after thanking her, and turned to He Ji's study by the way.

Kunjiu County is a large county. There are several studies in the county seat. He Ji is not the biggest one, but it is the closest to Master Wu's academy, and Shen Ge has dealt with it the most.

Seeing Shen Ge coming, He Ji's shopkeeper He stood up and greeted him with a smile, "Rare guest, Shen Xiucai, are you feeling better? Come in and drink tea. A few days ago, I entered a batch of anthologies, and I specially reserved them for you. When a book comes out, do you look through it?"

"Thank you, shopkeeper He." Shen Ge sat down with shopkeeper He He, and took the collection of essays in his hand, "Your collection is really well printed. I think that in the entire Kunjiu County, you are the only collection that can publish Juren's collection. gone."

"That's right." Shopkeeper He touched the short beard on his lips proudly, "I specially commissioned someone to compile this collection, not to mention Kunjiu County, but the entire Daning City. I am the only one."

Shen Ge cut to the chase, and said with a smile: "I know you're so good, I'm here today to print the book."

"Oh, Shen Xiucai, you also want to publish a collection of poems?"

"It's not a collection of poems." Shen Ge took out the scriptures he had written in the past two days from his back basket and showed them to the shopkeeper, "I recently wrote a scripture, please read it first."

Shopkeeper He took the booklet, read it quickly, then turned around to read it a second time, looked up at Shen Ge, with some hesitation on his face.

Shen Ge knew that he had something to say, so he hurriedly asked for advice: "I'm still young, and I haven't written this yet, so I don't know much about it. I would like to ask Shopkeeper He to give me some advice. If you have any questions, just speak up."

Shopkeeper He coughed, "Since I say that, I will be blunt. Your script is very original, but are there any poems missing? Look, you don't have a single line of poetry from the beginning to the end, and the words you use are also very different. It’s too straightforward, I’m afraid it’s printed—”

As soon as Shen Ge heard shopkeeper He's remarks, he knew that he was not optimistic about what he said, and his opinion was a good opinion, but Shen Ge couldn't change it.He is not good at poetry, he can write well, but it is difficult to write good works, not to mention that some poems written in this script will become popular.

Shen Ge was a little worried, he had no income for a long time, and finally came up with a way to make money but was rejected again.

After thinking for a while, Shen Ge then asked: "Master He, if I pay for the printing myself, can I put it in the bookstore and ask you to sell it for me? I will give you [-]% of the sales fee."

Shopkeeper He has a store and connections here, so it doesn't take much trouble to put the scriptures in the store for sale, and you can charge a few cents more.Shopkeeper He readily responded, "Just bring the book over, and I'll sell it for you. Shen Xiucai, how much do you want to sell for a book?"

Shen Ge thought for a while, stood up and walked to the place where Shopkeeper He put the script, picked up a script and asked Shopkeeper He: "How much money does this book cost?"

What Shen Ge took was the storybook that Xiao Siyuan brought him yesterday, shopkeeper He glanced at it, "This book is 25 coins."

"Then my book will also sell for 25 coins."

Shopkeeper He smiled, "The price isn't that high, you just have to send the script after you finish it."

"In this case, thank Shopkeeper He first."

"You're welcome. But Shen Xiucai, it's your first time writing a storybook. It's not worth printing it out. If you're quick, you might as well copy a few copies first and send them on consignment. Let's see if they can be sold. If you can sell them, you won't be able to print them again. Night."

Shopkeeper He's suggestion was very sincere, if he hadn't been familiar with Shen Ge, he wouldn't have said that.Shen Ge bowed to him gratefully, "Thank you, Shopkeeper He, for your suggestion."

"Shen Xiucai, you are welcome, I am waiting for your book."

Shen Ge agreed, and looked at the collection of Juren in his hand. This book cost sixty Wen, and he was not willing to spend money to buy it.Xiao Siyuan must have bought it, and he can just borrow it to have a look.

Shen Ge didn't mind if he didn't buy shopkeeper He, he sent Shen Ge out, and before saying goodbye, he persuaded, "Shen Xiucai, you are still young, it is a serious matter to be admitted to Juren, don't put your mind on the story book .”

"I'll save it." Shen Ge smiled, "I'll ask you to keep the matter of writing the story book a secret, so don't tell the outside world that I wrote it."

Shopkeeper He nodded in understanding.The story books are small talk, and they have never been popular, and the writers often use aliases, even Shopkeeper He himself, and he doesn't know who wrote the few story books in the study.

Shen Ge bid farewell to shopkeeper He and went to the grocery store to buy straw paper. The school will open soon, and there are many places to use paper. It is too expensive to buy paper, so it is better to use straw paper first.

Shen Ge was worried that the schoolchildren would spend too much on pens and ink, and the villagers would feel that they could not afford it, so they would not let the schoolchildren go to school.Anyway, for schoolchildren who are just learning to write, straw paper should be enough, and saving a little is a little bit.

Shen Ge's physical strength is not good, the back basket is half full, and his shoulder hurts from the pressure, he lifts the back basket up, and prepares to walk to the city gate with his hands and go back home.

Shen Ge had just taken two steps when a person ran over recklessly behind him, almost knocking Chen Ge down.Shen Ge staggered, but fortunately the man had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and immediately stretched out his hand to straighten Shen Ge, "Hey, I'm sorry, are you okay?"

"No problem." Shen Ge turned around and saw a young man sweating profusely from running, he smiled friendlyly: "You have to go to work first."

"Actually, it's not a big deal. There is someone selling beef at the end of the alley. I have to hurry up and get the money to buy it for my old mother to taste, lest I won't be able to buy it later."

"beef?"

"Yes, it's at the end of the alley. Brother, if you want to go, hurry up. If you miss this village, you won't find this store." After finishing speaking, the young man rushed home to get the money.