Chu Ying put the newly printed Four Books and Five Classics into a wooden box with an opening, as long as it was placed on the bookshelf, it could be taken directly from the wooden box, and the wooden box could also protect the books.

When the straw was made, Ye Qiu was asked to make paper, and Bai Yuhe tore off the paper and put it on the bluestone slab to dry. Sometimes the two of them will help Chu Ying print after the work is done, because the printing has just begun, and there is not much to do, Chu Ying has printed a hundred commonly used books, and the outer hall is already full of books.

Chu Ying put a set of books in the basket, took two pieces of cake and went out early, but when Grandpa Li came with an ox cart, he didn't see anyone else in the cart.

"As long as you still have money and money to go to the city, other people have gone to the city to find a job to sell some other things, but now the world is not good, you can't find a job, and even many shops in the city have driven away many people." Grandpa Li also lost some weight when he looked at it.

"I also think that I can make some money is some money, and the paper business is not good now, but it is better than not doing nothing."

"Yes, so I also go into the city every once in a while to find some work, or I will dig wild vegetables with my mother-in-law, I can dig a lot of them before, but now there are fewer and fewer."

Chu Ying saw that there were many people picking wild vegetables along the road, and some of them had dug up the grass roots, and it was about to start summer in a few days, and the surplus grain at home was now a little almost exhausted.

Wait until the summer when your wheat can be harvested, and then you will be more comfortable. When she arrived at the Lu Mansion and looked at the soup stall in front of the door, Chu Ying approached and looked at the porridge in the big wooden barrel, which was relatively rare, but it was better to have than nothing.

"Hey, don't cut the line." Chu Ying looked at the villagers who were lining up with bowls and looking at her, and quickly turned her head and walked towards the gate of the Lu Mansion.

After entering the gate, seeing that although there were not many servants, a few more sturdy guards were added, and waiting for Hei Tan to pick him up, Chu Ying entered the Lu Mansion.

Lu Ming looked at the cloth bag that Chu Ying took out of his backpack, opened the burlap outside, and inside was a wooden box with a mouth, Lu Ming took out one of the books, the shell of this book was soft leather, and the title of the book was carved on it.

Flipped through a few pages, the words on it were very neat, there was no wrong word, and the same words were the same, but such a small book, only two bamboo slips, turned out to be a whole Analects, Lu Ming flipped through it from beginning to end, and indeed all the content was on it.

I didn't know what Chu Ying said about printing before, but now it seems to be similar to the way of rubbing the words on the stone tablet, with these bookcases, you can lose some weight. "Have you checked any of these? Is there something wrong? ”

"After checking, every page must be word-for-word, otherwise you have to re-engrave it." Lu Ming looked at Chu Ying's hands, which were not white and tender, but now they had a lot of calluses on their fingers.

"You make another set and I'll send it to Mr. Qingyan, have the previous military books been printed? Those military books are always flipped through, and the bamboo slips will have to be re-strung together in a few days, and the handwriting is a little worn and has to be redone, so there should be such a book that can be read for a long time. Lu Ming put the book away, and saw the words "Ten Thousand Miles of Study" engraved in the back corner of the book.

"I've done a good job of Mr. Qingyan, you know a lot, I made 50 sets, you can help me give it away, and it can be regarded as a little thank you for helping me ask someone to copy the book." Chu Ying looked at Lu Ming, who was slightly shorter than herself, and it seemed that she had grown a lot taller recently.

"You remember this, by the way, this is the title deed of the bamboo forest and the partial courtyard, you have taken it." Chu Ying took the title deed and hurriedly said goodbye, and found Grandpa Li to go to the yard to have a good look.

Chu Ying stood on the top floor of the dilapidated main building, overlooking the entire courtyard, most of which were covered by wild weeds, and several small courtyards were scattered everywhere alone, with no connection with each other, Chu Ying drew the approximate location of each small courtyard on the drawing, and the work of the paper workshop had begun to unfold slowly, and it was time for him to start tidying up the yard.

On the second day, Chu Ying went to a few broken temples and recruited a few beggars who looked a little more honest and reliable, cut all the wild grass in the yard, turned the ground over, and went to the yard of the wild grass to look a lot cleaner.

Then the vegetation of each small courtyard was repaired, the lotus pond was dug up again, the other streams were connected, the inlet and outlet channels were dredged, the water flowing in the river was brought in, and the lotus root wrapped in lake mud was transplanted.

On the ground without vegetation, Chu Ying was not ready to scatter grass seeds, waiting for Uncle Qi to call a few masters to discuss how to repair and strengthen a few small yards, and Chu Ying took the order to purchase.

The matter of printing at home was handed over to Wang Jiyuan, who had gone to a private school and was also involved in some miscellaneous books, so it was more reassuring to hand over this matter to him. On the other side of the bamboo forest, Lu Meng and Qian Yong are taking care of it, after all, it is just making pulp, as long as the process is not wrong, it is not difficult to do things with more heart and effort.

Chu Ying originally thought that those houses would only be repaired and strengthened slightly, but the carved beams and painted buildings, one by one, did not look like the furnishings of ordinary people, and everything had to be taken to the master to spend a lot of silver to repair.

Some Chu Ying, who cost some money, directly asked someone to redo it, which saved some time. At first, Chu Ying thought that it would take 3 months at most to decorate, but the decoration of the exterior and interior took 4 months.

The main reason is that there is not enough funds, so the renovation time can only be prolonged, and the next step can only be started with the money to buy doors and windows vegetation, so that it took a few months to complete the project.

The budget of 0 taels of silver at the beginning has also soared to 20 taels, and there is no need to get his salary from Lu Ming this year, and he is about to borrow money from him until next year.

However, when Lu Ming was asked to visit after the completion, he nodded frequently, and Chu Ying felt that the silver was worth it.

Because it is mainly a library, it took more than 2 months to wait for all the books in the categories to be printed and placed on the shelves, and these are still very common books on the market, Chu Ying, who copied it from Mr. Qingyan, has not yet started printing.

Because whenever Chu Ying felt that he should copy them all over this time, Hei Tan brought another box of books, although the typesetting was relatively boring, but Chu Ying also read a lot of books with Wang Qiyuan, especially the military books and history books, and had a good understanding of this dynasty.

Chu Ying now knows that this dynasty is somewhat similar to the Western Han Dynasty, but it is a little different, at least the names on these history books are not very familiar to him, looking at Mr. Qingyan's strategy for the Battle of Biansai is also very unique, originally thought that this was a peaceful and prosperous era, but now it seems that his daily practice can not be relaxed, in case the battle situation is difficult to control, he can also protect Ye Qiu, if he can, he will also make a contribution.

Chu Ying wrapped the bookcase and put it on the bookshelf, looking at the bookshelves that filled the two rooms, Chu Ying felt that this was a time-consuming and laborious thing, but if she could really make the library, it would definitely give a lot of convenience to the scholars in the township, and she could also make a little money.

Chu Ying rubbed her temples, touched the bow and arrow that had accumulated dust, and waited for the matter of Wanli Study to be completed, so she had to take a good vacation.