Chapter 14: My Own God
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, his father Zhen Cheng entered the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the emperor.
The ladies of the Zhen family are not life-wives and do not need to enter the palace. Zhen Zhen gave his mother a New Year's greeting early in the morning, and worshiped his ancestors and ate dumplings with his brothers.
The rest of the time is in the house, what to do---- thinking about how to write her Journey to the West.
No matter, let's write down the part of the havoc in the Heavenly Palace that I told Yiyun first.
It turns out that there is not much text to write and draw and record cases every day, and I don't think it is difficult to write an article in this era. As a result, when this is written, all kinds of problems arise.
The first problem is the pen. Brushes! The original owner was just a little girl, and although she had practiced calligraphy for a few years, she still got tired from writing for a while. Also, the brush can't stand writing like this all day long! Shedding, non-stop shedding! How nice it would be to have a fountain pen! No! How nice it would be to have a computer! The code of word by word is outdated---- direct voice entry, converted into text in one minute!
The second problem is ink. The ink is not ready-made, it is to be ground out in the inkstone, and if it is light, the ink is too light to write; It's heavy, and my hands are so tired. Although Hongyun helped, she didn't want to grind until the third day. is also, during the Chinese New Year, they encircle people in the house to grind ink, which is too impersonal.
The third issue is words. It turned out to be written for myself, simplified Chinese, and I could write it as I wanted. Now I want to write it to others, Zhen Zhen can't write a lot of traditional Chinese characters, and there is no memory of the original owner Zhen Zhen! She hasn't learned yet. This is really a difficult way for a good woman to cook without rice. Now Zhen Zhen understands why the history and stories of ancient people have to be "passed on by word of mouth". I can't write it, I really can't write it!
This dream of an ancient writer is really not something that ordinary people can achieve. No wonder Haoxing looked so surprised when he thought he was going to speak.
Seeing that the dream of supporting himself as a writer without marrying is about to be shattered, Zhen Zhen is unwilling no matter what. She also wanted to die and struggle.
She took the manuscript she had written for three days to Haoxing and put forward her own suggestion: "Brother, I'll tell you a story, and you write it down." Let's find a bookstore to print the book, and you and I will share the income fifty-fifty. ”
Haoxing looked at what she wrote for a while, and found that it was the story of the "big trouble in the Heavenly Palace" on Chinese New Year's Eve, and immediately pulled down his face: "Want me to help you write this kind of thing?" Do you want to take it out and print it? Do you think it's the champion's article? Who buys it! You're not ashamed! Article through the ages! Do you understand? Stop mischievous, go aside! ”
The words "who buys it" woke Zhen Zhen up. Oh, yes! There were very few literate people in this era. Readers generally don't pay for such useless "idle books". It's a shame!
Journey to the West is an idle book that wants to open up the market, and the concept of consumption is a little advanced.
And cultivating the idle book market is clearly a matter of burning money, where can people like Zhen Zhen afford it? Just like online shopping, how much money was burned in the early stage to cultivate everyone's habit of online shopping, and finally crowded the physical shopping mall.
Well, forget about this thankless task. On the fourth day of writing, Zhen Zhen gave up.
It's frustrating to have your first plan of the new year fall halfway. Zhen Zhen folded his manuscript neatly page by page, bound it with needle and thread, and put it in a box with the psychological file as a souvenir.
Of course, it is really impossible for Zhen, a girl armed with knowledge, to sit still. She wondered if she could improve the pen. For example, if the ink is made thin enough and then sandwiched in a bamboo tube, just like a modern pencil, will it be popular? But where is the place where the ink is made?
She went to the West Wing study to talk to Haoxing about it.
Haoxing finally tasted some fame from her behavior: "Sister, tell me the truth to my brother, what do you want to do when you are busy working around?"
Zhen Zhen put her heart sideways, after all, her behavior also needs to be supported, and the eldest brother who loves her should be a good candidate, "Brother, I just want to find something fun and make money to do before I get married." ”
Haoxing said: "Are you afraid that the dowry given to you by our family is not rich enough, and you will be angry when you go to your husband's house in the future?"
Zhen Zhen said with a stagger: "I'm afraid that after marrying into my husband's family, my freedom will be restricted, and I can't do anything I want."
Haoxing asked: "Do you think that the freedom of the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law in our family is restricted?"
Zhen Zhen said: "Actually, I know that like our family, the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law are quite harmonious, and they are already very happy if they are not troubled by the evil mother-in-law, but my pursuit and thoughts are different from that of the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law."
Haoxing asked, "Oh? What's the difference? Let's hear it. ”
Zhen Zhen said: "You are the day of the eldest sister-in-law, and the second brother is the day of the second sister-in-law." But I hope that one day, I will be my own God. If you want to be your own day, you must have the ability to support yourself. ”
Haoxing said worriedly: "Sister, listen to my brother's persuasion and break this thought." If you do, you will be divorced by your husband's family. Then the face of our father and mother, the face of our Zhen family will be lost by you. Don't say you have to feed yourself, you may be smashed half to death by rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves when you go out. If you don't marry, your life will be the same as if you were divorced. Do you think the daughter of a big family wants to support herself? ”
Haoxing obviously couldn't understand his sister's desire for "independence", but was puzzled by his sister's pursuit of "looking down".
Zhen Zhen already felt from Haoxing's words that the cage of the social system he was in was far stronger than he thought. It's definitely not something that can be solved by "going out in disguise as a man", it seems that my initial idea was too simple. She goes out too little, knows too little about this society, and is too idealistic about her future.
Zhen Zhen was photographed back by his brother on both attempts, and he was really frustrated.
Haoxing didn't take his sister's two attempts as a joke, he told his father Zhen Cheng, and his sister frequently asked him for books to read, Jiang said that she counted very quickly, and so on.
The father pondered for a moment and asked Haoxing to call Zhen Zhen to the study in the West Wing.
Zhen Zhen asked Haoxing: "What is my father looking for me?"
Haoxing told the truth: "I told my father that you wanted to publish a book and make a pen."
"Huh? You betrayed me? Zhen Zhen said unhappily.
"I can't hide such a big thing from my father, if I really want you to marry one day, and you don't marry someone who is looking for death and life, then won't I hurt you?" Haoxing meant to nip in the bud the idea of not marrying.
"Well, sticking out the head is a knife, and shrinking the head is also a knife. Now that we've made it clear, let's go meet dad for a while. ”
Zhen Zhen said what he had said to Haoxing again in front of his father.
The father asked, "Do you now know what will happen if you choose this?"
Zhen Zhen nodded, indicating that he understood.
The father asked, "Do you still want to choose this way?"
Zhen Zhen thought for a while and said: "I gave up this choice, not because I was afraid, but because I didn't want my family to be affected because of me."
The father said, "If you just want to do a little more before you get married, this daddy can do it for you." Otherwise, Father really can't help you. In the girl's family, the name is the most important thing. When you are free someday, settle accounts for your brother. He is going to the Ministry of Industry after the New Year, and he will be very busy. ”
"Ministry of Works? Do what? Zhen Zhen asked.
Haoxing said: "The Prince's Mansion has not been repaired once in three years, and I want to overhaul it this time." Master Qian, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, went to Taixue to pick people and took a fancy to me. The list has been approved, and I just got the news today. He will take office after the New Year. ”
"Congratulations brother!"
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