North and South groceries

Dean Tang's enthusiasm for writing was very high. This "Xue Ling Canal" took him less than two days to finish.

Luo used someone to copy a copy, and then sent it to Si Niang through the post station, and asked her to find someone to draw illustrations in Chang'an City.

These illustrations must not only be numerous, but also beautifully drawn.As long as there are enough illustrations, even those illiterate little ladies can understand the story just by looking at the illustrations, and the degree of delicacy is directly related to sales.

There are a lot of talents in Chang'an City, so it's easier to sort out this matter.

I heard that in Chang'an City, there have been quite a few poor children who have been able to read and write in recent years. Many of them are working part-time. In order to reduce the burden on the family, some of them help others to settle accounts, and some There are those who write home letters and fill out express orders, and those who help others draw patterns, and they can do anything.

The existence of this group of people has also brought many benefits to the lives of the people of Chang'an. Services such as writing family letters to help people settle accounts are much cheaper than before, but the service quality is much higher than before.

Luo Yong felt that under such a big environment, it should be easy for Si Niang and the others to find a few people to draw illustrations.

He didn't expect that the book had just arrived in Chang'an City, and before Si Niang could make arrangements, the little ladies who knew her would grab the job in a big way.

Whether these little ladies are married or unmarried, they are basically relatively leisurely. There are so many servants and maidservants at home, and they don't have to bring their own children after they give birth.

There are also some children who are relatively older, or those who are too old to talk about marriage, so they are even more idle. They either sit at home or go out to play all day long. Sometimes they get tired of playing. He often went to Nanbei Grocery to do white labor with Luo Siniang.

On the day when this storybook was delivered to Nanbei Groceries, these women happened to be there, and when they found out that it was a storybook, they clamored to read it, but Si Niang could trust them, so she agreed.

In the end, it was unbelievable. This story was so pleasing to the little ladies, and they liked it so much that they took over the job of drawing pictures.

Si Niang said that they couldn't take this story back to them, and asked them to come to Nanbei Groceries to paint every day in the future. She also said that she would prepare everything for painting tomorrow and bring them here.

"What else do you need to bring? How many things do you have? I have everything at home. I'll let someone move it here tomorrow morning."

"I also have them at home, and I'll bring some over tomorrow."

"Siniang, don't worry about it, just leave this matter to us."

"Yes, yes, just leave it to us with peace of mind."

"..."

Not to mention, the literary and artistic accomplishments of these little ladies from the gentry are really not covered. In the past, there was no room for their accomplishments. They often wrote a poem during a banquet to get some praises, or they were talented women It's just that the title of her husband's mother's family is honored.

Some ladies may be satisfied with such compliments when they are young, but as they get older, they will inevitably feel a little dull. If a man is outstanding, he can become an official and become a marquis. No matter how talented a woman is, No matter how many people praise him, it is only praise.

The "Song of Baidie" produced by the Luo brothers and sisters last time surprised many people. This time "Xue Ling Canal" is bound to set off a trend, as long as I think that I will also leave my signature on this book , These little ladies are very excited.

In the days that followed, they went out early and returned late every day, regardless of whether it was sunny or rainy, they had to report to North and South Grocery every day, and they were a bit more diligent than those men who went to court.

The adults in the family know that they are helping the Luo brothers and sisters to draw illustrations, but they don't stop them. There are also those who often have people bring all kinds of food over, and those who pick them up in person in the morning and evening, and those who don't care...

The painting of these little ladies is a painting of a spring. In the city of Chang'an, where the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, there is greenery everywhere, which is a good time for outings.

And the office on the second floor of Nanbei Sundries is almost completely like a studio at this time, and there are a lot of raw drawing papers, because it is the first time to add paintings to the storybook, and the styles drawn by each of them are different. Different, in order to achieve a more unified effect, their previous paintings were basically scrapped.

At the end of April, they finished the final arrangement and correction work. The hard work during this period of time was finally compiled into a picture book.

The story of this picture book is written by the white stack scholar, and the pictures are drawn by many people. In the corner of each picture, there will be one or several small signatures. A pseudonym taken.

After that came engraving, printing, coloring, and binding. By the time this new book hit the shelves, the Dragon Boat Festival had already passed.

The first batch of new books will be sold at North and South Groceries first, because there have long been rumors that Baidie Scholar has written a new book. Grocery purchases.

This first batch of books, a total of a thousand volumes, was put on the shelves in the early morning, and they were sold out before noon. In the next few days, people who had read this book talked about it, and those who hadn’t read it scratched their heads and looked forward to it. The North and South groceries are on the second batch quickly.

Si Niang and the others are not idle, printing non-stop to catch up with work, and her friends also help to run back and forth, often after a day's work, everyone is covered in sweat and ashes, how can they be as dignified and virtuous as they used to be? Elegant temperament, but the heart is very full.

This time, for this job, they not only got the right to sign, but also got a remuneration. In the future, as these booklets continue to be printed, they will continue to get remuneration.

Si Niang also promised them that if the picture book sells well this time, if there is such a job in the future, she will ask them to do it again.

These remunerations, as well as the right to sign the works, may not be a big deal to the current gentry.

But for these women, their lives are like finding a way after wandering around a huge wilderness for countless years.

They have found a place to display their talents, and those who want to work hard now have a direction, and their lives seem to have sustenance.

And the income is also real. These incomes represent that no matter what kind of changes their lives encounter in the future, they can rely on their own hands to support themselves without depending on anyone.

So this time the book was a big hit, and these little ladies were even happier than Siniang.

In the early summer of this year, some young ladies in Chang'an City finally discovered a path of life of their own.

There are also countless little ladies, because of the publication of this book "Xue Ling Canal", they have fallen into an unprecedented magnificent fantasy, which is a place they could not reach by relying on their own imagination.

Unsurprisingly, there was a wave of raising small animals in Chang'an City soon, among which dogs were the most popular.

Not only the little ladies are keen on all kinds of small animals, but even the young gentlemen are no exception. Most of these two-year-old teenagers are not fantasizing about magnificent love, but about making achievements and traveling the world with their swords.

I heard that there is also a young boy who tells others all day long that the puppy he raises is a spirit beast, and he will help him achieve hegemony in the future, and so on.

As a result, he was severely beaten by his father, and the Guan family did not let him out.

In addition, in Chang'an City, there is also a group of patients who are deeply poisoned by white-stacked scholars, mainly young ladies, occasionally mixed with individual young men.

These people are also unique, and they come up with ideas every day, and there are many young people who follow and support them, and go crazy with them, causing many parents in Chang'an City to have a headache.

However, with the publication of the new book "Xue Ling Canal", I heard that these people have gradually divided into two factions, one is the "Mulberry Picking School" and the other is the "Beast Picking School". What are you doing.

Some people have also criticized these phenomena, thinking that these picture books published by Nanbei Grocery have brought down the social atmosphere.

When Si Niang heard about it, she disapproved: "My elder brother said that people are not good enough for young people. Youth is about crying, laughing, and chasing. That is the real and fresh youth. At a young age, you can spend the whole day Do what that old master does."

So some people said that Luo Siniang's teeth were sharp, and she would definitely not be able to marry in the future.

Si Niang didn't care, Er Niang was in her late twenties, and she had never heard that she was going to get married, so how old was she, so she was in a hurry.

On one side, the city of Chang'an was very lively this year, on the other side, Li Ji and others were fighting Koguryo in the Liaodong Peninsula.

The Tang army has plenty of troops here, and they have launched fierce attacks again and again. They have won several battles along the way, but the further the battle goes, the more difficult it is to fight. Mohe asked for reinforcements there.

Countless soldiers died on the battlefield every day, on the side of the Tang army, on the side of Goguryeo, and many Mohe people who came to support Goguryeo.

Wars have always been cruel. The victory of a war has always been watered with countless blood, and the failure of a war has also been buried with countless lives.

Those who died on the battlefield, they either had wives and children to support at home, or they were just young men who didn't know anything.

They had never seen a lot of prosperity, never heard those novel and interesting stories, and never had any magnificent fantasy, so they died on the battlefield in such a tragic appearance, and left the world hastily.

Compared with that, the absurdity of the young people in Chang'an City is nothing.

In their lives, at least they have been obsessed with joy because of certain things, and there have been magnificent colors.