Towards the end of the month, according to the note, Miss Guo sent someone to pick up the fan the day before the end of the month, and if the fan was qualified, she would send two taels of silver on the last day of the month. Spring return took advantage of the day of the private school holiday to ask Qi You and Zhixing to make the poems on the fan first, and in March, she planned to paint the fan directly, so as not to let the two of them spend energy on this poem, although Qi Xiucai said that the two of them were in the hospital test, but she did not dare to take risks.

After the hospital examination, there is the township examination, and the work of the middle half a year must not be relaxed, and the days are becoming more and more urgent.

Since Chungui let Zhixing also participate in the township test together, Zhixing is full of energy, studying diligently every day, and no longer dares to slack off.

But Qi You got up early, and his spirit was much better than Zhixing, so he took the job of composing poems by himself.

Taking advantage of the sunny weather, he entered the study early, and after returning from the spring, he went into the kitchen to ponder and eat, leaving him alone in the room.

Qi You looked for the paper and spread it out, but was shocked by the thick ink on the paper, and then was attracted by the picture outlined by the yellow lines inside.

In the past few years, there has never been such a fan.......

From the first one to the last one, he knew that Chungui's fan paintings had their inner meanings, and the paintings were also brilliant because of the meanings they were given, but today these four paintings made him unable to calm down for a long time. Why didn't he understand the meaning of the painting of Spring Return, although it was a few simple strokes, but the meaning in it could make most diligent students sigh.

On the other hand, the books he and Zhixing copied every day were repetitive, and there was nothing new.

He picked up a red and white book on the side with his backhand, and a thought flashed through his mind, and he immediately caught it and wrote down the first sentence of the three-character scripture casually.

After looking at the fan picture of the spring return, he also drew a picture of a villain feeding the bird in the same way, and on one side was the words "At the beginning of man, nature is good".

The words and paintings complement each other and are quite interesting.

In an instant, the sorrow that had been entangled in my heart these days was suddenly pulled away, and it suddenly became clear.

Yes! Copying books is limited, but if you copy the original books brilliantly, wouldn't it also be called an ingenuity!

Just like these three-character scriptures, children are not interested in reading books, but if they are accompanied by paintings, they can appear that the text is more understandable, and these simple strokes are more interesting!

He looked back and forth several times and felt that this was feasible before putting it down, and outside the spring returned to the kitchen, took water and poured a few plots of land, and picked up a shovel to loosen the soil.

The sweaty face is slightly red, but the corners of the eyes and eyebrows are still smiling, and the spirit is like the tough pampas grass in this early spring, soft and strong.

Qi You raised his eyes slightly, looking at it calmly.

is just a woman who is two or three years older than him, but she farms the land and sets up a stall to paint fans, so that the family is supported step by step, but he can only earn a meager amount of money for copying books, and the imperial examination has to wait for a year.

Thinking of this, Qi You's heart couldn't help but feel stuffy, and he was uncomfortable.

He lowered his head to look at a page of the book, gently stroked the three-character scripture on it, and made up his mind.

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When he came back in the spring, Qi You had already finished four poems, from the depressed ambition to the joy of the title of the gold list, the four poems were in different moods, but they still did not lose their ambitions.

People like Chungui who don't understand poetry can see it, she turned her head and looked at Qi You with a smile, but she didn't want Qi You to look at her quietly, the child's eyebrows have become more and more handsome and wide.

Chun Gui was a spirit, and subconsciously said: "Tired, rest for a while, I'll fry the ham later." ”

Qi You still looked at her without saying a word, Chun Gui raised his hand and shook it suspiciously: "What's wrong?" ”

Qi Youcai came back to his senses suddenly, put away the rice paper with a smile, and put the blank book aside: "It's nothing, I just want to go to the market again in a while, and these books at hand are almost finished, so I have to change some new ones." ”

Chungui listened to it and thought about it, but shook his head again and again: "No need, it's too rushed, it will take less than half a year from the hospital exam in March to the township exam in August, you two should prepare for the exam well, don't copy this book." ”

Qi You didn't refute, only raised the book in his hand: "I still have to take this batch of books after copying them." ”

Chungui only responded to him: "Then find a time to go over." ”

The second day is the day of handing over the fan diagram, Chungui sent away a few small ones, Chungui and Cai's stayed in front of the stall together, Cai's still made a few baskets of steamed buns, then Li Zhicun also passed the scene so innocently, Chungui has been accustomed to the two of them sending buns and gnawing buns as if no one was around, and only regarded himself as a person who looked out for them.

After Li Zhicun leaves, the Cai family will return to the original state.

The carriage of the Guo family arrived before lunch, and the spring return had just fried wild onion eggs, and a new bush of wild vegetables by the small pond in the yard was also fried, and a bowl of preserved duck was served. Cai brought his own white-cut chicken and two bowls of vegetables over and planned to eat them together.

Several children were also walking side by side from Sweetwater Village, Qi You sent Zhiyuan home first, and when he came back, the carriage had already stopped at the door.

When I returned in the spring, I thought that there would only be a housekeeper or a small servant Guo, but I didn't expect that this trip was Guo Ruyi who came to the door in person. The family was talking when they were interrupted by the knocking at the door, and Chun Gui went out to greet him, and two girls got off the carriage, it was Gu Ruyi and her girl. Chungui hurriedly trotted over: "Miss Guo, why did you come here in person?" ”

Guo Ruyi wore a royal blue brocade jacket today, with a plain white long skirt underneath, wrapped in a snow-white cape, and called the whole person delicate and pretty.

"Sister Yue, I'm sorry, as soon as I recycled the fan, I came over to take a look, and by the way, I bought some milk at home, thinking that you have a child at home, so I took the initiative to bring you some." Saying this, the housekeeper Guo in the back had already personally moved a small bucket down.

Chungui was flattered, this milk is the food of rich families, and ordinary villagers want to raise cattle and plough cattle, how can they raise a cow.

"Miss Guo, you're too ......."

Guo Ruyi seemed to know that she was going to refuse, so she hurriedly interrupted: "Sister Yue, I mean to be friendly with you, don't refuse." ”

After all, the little girl is not very old, and her tone is a little delicate, and Chungui softened when she heard it, so she had to thank her.

Steward Guo only helped to send the wooden barrel into the back room and waited in front of the carriage, only Guo Ruyi entered the door with Xiaoyue.

A few children in the family sat at the dinner table, and they didn't even say a word with Cai's family, everyone knew that this was the young lady who bought fan noodles, and they were afraid of saying something wrong about the business of Chungui.

Guo Ru first shook Chungui's hand, and said apologetically: "Sister Yue, blame me for not picking a good time, which disturbed your meal." ”

Chun Gui hurriedly waved his hand: "It's okay, Miss Guo has eaten, if you don't mind, you can have a meal at my house?" ”

Guo Ruyi smiled at this time: "I have a late meal at home, so I came to you to see the noodles first, and I can eat it when I go back, so I won't bother Sister Yue." ”

Speaking of fans, Chun Gui reacted, and the two of them hurriedly entered the house and took out the whole picture, which was dyed with four pieces of black paper, which startled a lot of people, even Guo Ruyi didn't expect it.

But when Chun Gui spread out the paper, the stick figure outlined in yellow immediately occupied the sight.

Guo Ruyi's eyes wandered and he didn't say a word.

The rest of the people are beating drums in their hearts, and even Chun Gui is a little lacking in confidence, after all, she only drew this stick figure for Zhiping when he was bored, and the child can accept it, so the Guo family may not be able to do this business.

Thinking like this, she thought about saving herself

"Miss Guo, I only have these colors of dyes here, so I use yellow, but if you make it into a fan, the yellow on it can be replaced with gold dust."

Black with gold powder, simple and slightly atmospheric.

Unexpectedly, Guo Ruyi's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this, and he raised his eyes and looked at Chun Gui with an approving face: "Sister Yue, I don't know how to praise you." ”

This sentence made Qi You, who had just entered the door, also breathe a sigh of relief.

Guo Ruyi continued: "Even if this kind of painting is not made as a fan, it is okay to find a storyteller and add a few strokes to make a book. ”

Before he could react to this rejuvenation return, Qi You raised his eyes and said, "Dare to ask Miss Guo, are there any books with patterns on the market?" ”

Guo Ruyi was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "Except for medical books, I don't think there is any." She smiled helplessly: "I wish there were, my younger brother is now even stumbling over a thousand words, but he loves to watch people draw, and in recent days, he has been saying something at home if he adds a few strokes to his books, he will be able to learn thoroughly." ”

Miss Guo looked helpless: "These days, the family has found a new master for him who has retired from Kyoto, and he has taught students in the imperial examination, I just hope that it will get better." ”

Speaking of this, Miss Guo's face was also difficult.

Qi You nodded when he heard this.

Chungui didn't want to listen to people's shortcomings, so he pulled the topic back to this fan: "Miss Guo, are you satisfied with this painting?" ”

Guo Ruyi hurriedly showed a smile: "Satisfied, of course satisfied." ”

As she spoke, Xiao Yue, who was beside her, took out a money bag and offered it with both hands.

"Sister Yue, you are really my lucky star, I want to come to my store to welcome a lot of customers again."

This noodle was made and sold after the trial list of the college, and with the heart of the students' imperial examination, I thought it would be a big seller.

Chungui raised her hand to take it and gently checked it, but the weight in it seemed to be heavier than two or two, she looked at Guo Ruyi with a puzzled face, but the girl only smiled at her.

Chungui secretly sighed, and what he wanted to do was Miss Guo's reward again.

One received the silver and the other received the fan, Guo Ruyi also had time to leave, after putting on the gauze hat, she raised her feet and stepped over the threshold, I don't know what she thought, she glanced at Qi You and Zhixing who were standing next to her, and then looked at the spring return full of ingenious thoughts, and couldn't help but say more: "Sister Yue, why haven't you thought about opening a shop in the town?" ”