Su Jinyao walked to the front of the ancient frame and looked at the timbers displayed on it one by one. To be honest, Su Jinyao has learned a lot of things, plus her memory is amazing, and she can remember some things after reading them, so she also knows a little bit about wood discrimination. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to tell at a glance that the small boxes and jewelry boxes left by her mother at home were made of fine wood.

But these logs are placed there, and it's good that you can see the patterns when you open the skin, and those trunks that don't open the skin are placed there, and Su Jinyao really can't name them.

After looking at a few pieces, he finally asked, "Shopkeeper, then you can help me choose one." I'm really dazzled, and I don't know how the effect looks good. Look at what kind of wood is used for these four words, and what color is carved into the words? ”

"Oak bar." The shopkeeper took down a section of the trunk on the Bogu shelf and showed the cross-section to Su Jinyao: "The wood is fine, the pattern is unique, and after these four words are engraved, they are filled with green lacquer, which can show a leisurely and casual (xìng) in the mountains." Even if it is a restaurant, it can be a little more casual and elegant. ”

Su Jinyao was very satisfied when she heard it, and felt that what the female shopkeeper said was what she thought. It seems that this woman not only looks beautiful (xìng), but also (tǐng) in her bones. He said, "Okay, let's do it according to the shopkeeper's advice." So how much does this oak plaque cost? How much deposit do I have to pay? How soon will I be able to pick it up? ”

The woman thought for a while and said, "The wood used to make our plaques is not sold by size, but by catties. A piece of material of the same size, the heavier the density, the more laborious it is to carve, but the effect is also good and more durable. As long as you take good care of this signboard and apply it with beeswax every day (chūn), it will not be weathered, moth-eaten or mildewy (qíng) after using it for a hundred years. Therefore, I really can't calculate the price of the guest officer now, I have to wait until the material is selected for you, and I will not know until I have passed the scales. As for the deposit, you can give a tael of silver first. Refund more and make up less, do you think it's okay? ”

A piece of silver is actually just a piece of wood, which is really not cheap. However, listening to what this woman said, Su Jinyao didn't think it was very expensive. After all, this signboard is a façade of the small water shop, although it is said to be a direct attack, it can't be too cold. Then he said, "Okay, just one or two pieces of silver." ”

Su Jinyao took out a tael of silver and handed it over, and the woman said, "Can the girl's handkerchief stay with me?" I'm going to copy it, and I'm going to use it. ”

Su Jinyao frowned when she heard this, looked at the handkerchief in her hand, and said, "This is the ink treasure that people reward me, I really don't dare to slack off." Why don't you copy it now, I'll wait a minute. ”

When the woman heard this, she frowned slightly, but this was also what the guest meant, and after thinking about it, she said, "My skills are not enough, and the work of copying will take one or two days; But my brother is skilled, girl, wait a minute, I'll ask my brother to see if he can copy it now. ”

Su Jinyao nodded, and said yes, and the woman turned (shēn) and entered the small door again.

After a while, the woman came out again, but with a man in her arms. The man is in his thirties, tall and handsome, and should be the woman's senior brother. It could also be her husband.

Su Jinyao didn't understand for a while, why was this man so tall and handsome, why was he helped out by this woman? But when I saw that his eyes were dull and unfocused, I knew that he was blind, or that he had a serious eye disease.

It's just that I heard the woman say just now that she asked her senior brother to come and copy the handwriting, and said that her senior brother is better than her. But how can a person with an eye disease copy handwriting?

Su Jinyao's eyes flashed with doubts, and she didn't say anything for a while when she saw the man walking towards this side.

The woman who was holding him should have seen Su Jinyao's doubts, so she said: "Copying is about resembling a god, I can help my senior brother draw the shape, and he will master the 'god' in it, so that it can be done as soon as possible." ”

Su Jinyao nodded, maybe these two people cooperate tacitly, and there is really something special, this is someone else's job, and she doesn't need to be picky about anything. He asked, "Then how long will I wait?" ”

The woman didn't answer this time, but turned her head to look at her senior brother.

The man said to Su Jinyao: "Girl, bring me the handkerchief with the words written on it." ”

Su Jinyao handed over the handkerchief. However, Su Jinyao stared at the man's hand touching the handkerchief and found a detail, that is, he was not only touching the words on the handkerchief, but also touching the whole handkerchief, especially when he touched the red lotus embroidered on the corner of the handkerchief, his fingers trembled slightly, and he paused for about a second.

Although it was only a very small and subtle reaction, Su Jinyao also saw it. But she didn't know what the owner of the veil or the owner of the veil had to do with the shop, and she didn't want to explore too much, so she didn't speak.

Even if these two people really have something to do with it, Su Jinyao just treats them as a passerby, as long as it's not a big deal, it won't involve her head.

The man touched it for a while, then nodded and said, "It's the four words 'Quanqing Bamboo Fragrance' written on the silk handkerchief with the woman's eyebrow pencil." There are not many strokes, the rules are neat, and it is not written by a very special person, so it is not difficult to copy. About an hour is fine. Girl, you see if you should wait here, or go to your errands first, and come back in an hour to get this veil. ”

Su Jinyao was also surprised when she heard what this man said. The words written on the silk handkerchief with an eyebrow pencil actually have no major traces. It's not as good as writing with a brush on rice paper. At most, a little fixing agent is added to the eyebrow pencil, so the marks of the eyebrow pencil are left on the silk handkerchief, rather than penetrating into the cloth. But that's it, this man's kung fu is really good, and he can even touch it.

Seeing that Su Jinyao was stunned and did not recover immediately, the woman said again: "Girl, this is already very fast." It is also very difficult for us to copy, and our shop is very demanding, and if we want to do it, we must do it well and do it like, so we will not just follow the depiction. If the girl really can't wait, then we can't continue this business. ”

Su Jinyao was told by her, so she hurriedly said: "No, you are wrong, the shopkeeper is wrong." I didn't dislike anything, but I just felt that this big brother was so accurate with his hand touching skills, and I was amazed and unconsciously distracted. An hour can be waited, so I'll leave the veil here while I'll do something. I'll come back when it's done, and the estimated time will be about the same. ”

"That's when I think too much. Girl, please don't care. After the woman finished speaking, she helped her senior brother to sit aside, then spread the silk handkerchief on the table, asked him to touch it carefully, and then walked over and said to Su Jinyao: "Girl, please rest assured, we will take more care to protect the guests' things, and there will never be the slightest damage." What does this handkerchief look like here, it will be like this when you come back. ”

"Okay, then I'll go first." Su Jinyao left this shop at this time.

Walking out of the door, Su Jinyao walked quickly in the direction of the bookstore without looking back. But when he had walked through a street, he turned a corner and immediately stopped, and hid in the corner of the wall and looked in the direction where he had come, wanting to see what was going on with the shopkeeper in the shop.

However, Su Jinyao looked at it for a while, and she didn't see any changes in the shop, nor did she see the meaning of the female shopkeeper coming out to look, so she turned (shēn) and left.

The reason why Su Jinyao is like this is to see if the other party will follow her because of this handkerchief. If someone really followed, or if she paid special attention to the direction in which she left, this matter (qíng) would be very strange, and Su Jinyao would be more careful in the future. But everything is as usual, and Su Jinyao can be regarded as relieved.

But Su Jinyao didn't know that after she left, the tall and handsome man sat on the seat, staring at the handkerchief in front of him in a daze.

The woman stood behind his (shēn) and stared at the handkerchief before asking, "Yes...... Senior sister's words. She used an affirmative sentence, which shows that she also sees the origin of this word.

The man didn't answer, nodded silently, and touched the red lotus embroidered on the corner of the handkerchief with his hand.

The woman asked again, "So, senior sister has been here?" ”

This time, the man responded: "It should have been here." The person she was thinking about, she had heard that the last place to lose news was around here. I just don't know if she left this handkerchief with another meaning. ”

The woman said, "Could it be anything else?" I saw that the little girl was eleven or twelve years old, clean and beautiful, but she did not have the luxury and nobility in her bones, but she looked cold and steady. It shouldn't be someone from the side of Senior Sister (shēn). ”

The man said, "No, this little girl should really just have a chance encounter with her senior sister." The senior sister left Mobao, maybe she also wanted that person to see it one day. When I saw it, I knew that my sister had come to look for them. ”

The woman asked again, "So, this plaque must be made?" ”

"That's natural, not only to do it, but to do it well. Xiaoyu, get a pen and paper. After the man finished speaking, he touched the words on the handkerchief with his hand again, but this time he was only touching the words.

The woman named Xiaoyu nodded, went to fetch the pen and ink, laid out the paper, pressed it with a paperweight, and then handed the pen dipped in ink to the man. But then he asked, "Either I'll do it." As I said, I'll draw the shape, and you'll draw the 'God'. ”

"No, my sister's words are only the ones I copied." After the man finished speaking, he had already left a stroke on the rice paper. However, this stroke is very slow, and you can see the solemnity in his heart.

The woman watched from the side and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

Since Su Jinyao didn't know anything about this, she didn't care about it, and still went to the bookstore according to the last agreement.

Su Jinyao came to the bookstore, and Zhu Nanshan, the shopkeeper, and Jiang Zitao, the ghostwriter, were there.

As soon as he saw Su Jinyao coming, before Jiang Zitao could speak, Zhu Nanshan hurriedly said, "Girl, you're here." Two days ago, the book printing workshop you had chosen came to you, and said that if the girl wanted 300 books to be printed now, they would follow, and the 20 copies that were printed would still be given away. If the girl's side can't settle down, they will have to take on other jobs. This work is not small, at least it will take more than 20 days or a month to print, so I will ask you to reply here. I've been pressing you, and I've dragged it on until today, can you see if you can give an answer immediately? ”

Su Jinyao frowned when she heard this, feeling a little anxious. However, people are also in business, so you can't just watch the door-to-door business not be done. But it would be too long for her to wait for more than 20 days. But if you want to choose another one, there is no discount. These twenty books may not seem like much, but if there is a large demand in the future, it will be a lot of money.

Su Jinyao pressed her palm, signaled the shopkeeper Shao'an not to be impatient, and then turned to Jiang Zitao and said, "Is the manuscript I want written?" Show me. ”

"Okay, okay, 30,000 words is a lot, and I wrote more than a thousand. Girl, you've seen it. Jiang Zitao said, taking a small cloth bag in his hand, which contained a neat stack of manuscripts.

Su Jinyao took the manuscript and nodded, and said to Zhu Nanshan: "Wait a minute, I'll reply to you after I read it." Whether it can be printed into a book depends on how he begins. ”

Zhu Nanshan nodded, and had to wait patiently. However, I also kept rubbing my hands, as if I was in a hurry.

Su Jinyao secretly saw Zhu Nanshan's small actions in her eyes, and she already knew a little bit in her heart that Zhu Nanshan should have received some benefits from this bookstore, or received a promise that if the business was completed, he would give him any benefits, so he was in a hurry to reply, and wanted to promote this business as soon as possible.

However, Su Jinyao had no intention of breaking it. She felt that Zhu Nanshan would not do anything about the price, since the price was there, if she didn't trust it a little, she would inquire, and then she might show her feet, so that she would definitely not ask him for anything in the future if she knew the real price of someone else's house.

It is very likely that the price given by this bookstore is indeed cheap, and the quality is still acceptable, but perhaps out of competition, and wanting to win over a bookstore owner like Zhu Nanshan, he promised Zhu Nanshan a condition. Maybe he has done this business, and the book printing workshop will take out some benefits from his own pocket to give Zhu Nanshan.

Since the wool didn't come out of her own (shēn), Su Jinyao didn't want to worry about it. Others have matched you with each other, and they have done their best. As long as the quality is excellent and the price is reasonable, she doesn't care if the book printing workshop (ài) woos Zhu Nanshan.

While thinking, Su Jinyao also looked at the manuscript written by Jiang Zitao this time. It's not that Jiang Zitao writes badly, but that Su Jinyao has the ability to use two minds. But after reading the first page, Su Jinyao also retracted her thoughts and read it seriously.

I have to say that Jiang Zitao has really opened up, and this time the manuscript is really good. In addition to arranging the direction of the story according to the outline that Su Jinyao had drawn up for him before, he also extended some of his own imaginary bridges and (qíng) sections, and the character settings were also much richer, and the inner monologue was also described very well.

It can be said that this is completely good, and it is really not easy to attract Su Jinyao's attention.

After reading the first dozens of pages, although she hadn't finished reading all 30,000 words, Su Jinyao nodded and said, "Shopkeeper Zhu, I can give you an answer to this book printing (qíng)." I want to print 1,000 copies at a time, and I want to give away 70 copies. ”

After speaking, Su Jinyao took out two small ingots, which Qi Niang gave her before, five taels of silver, and put them on the counter. said to Zhu Nanshan: "Shopkeeper, here are ten taels of silver, and I am ready to print the book and pay a deposit." Are you going to do it for me, or am I going to go with you personally? ”

Zhu Nanshan didn't expect Su Jinyao to pay the deposit so happily, and it was not 300 copies, but directly became 1,000 copies, and this business was several times bigger. So he smiled and said, "It's still the girl, you can say it yourself." I'll take you over now, not far from the back street. If you have any other requirements, you can tell them all along with it, girl. ”

Su Jinyao nodded, but did not immediately follow Zhu Nanshan, but turned to Jiang Zitao and said: "The feeling of writing this time is right, and the idea is also very good, but I took a look, and the (qíng) section can be extended a little more." You don't have to be inhibited, you can roughly follow the outline of the story I wrote, and the details can be written according to your own meaning. As long as it's not too much, and it doesn't fit the development of this storybook (shēn), I won't ask you to change it. ”

"Yes, I see. Thank you, girl, for being perfect. Jiang Zitao also looked very excited. After all, he also heard Su Jinyao say just now that he wanted to print a thousand books directly. This is definitely a big sale, and he really didn't expect that one day someone would be able to spend money to print his book, and a thousand copies would be printed at once.

But after another thought, Jiang Zitao felt that something was wrong, so he asked Su Jinyao: "Girl, I persuaded you last time, this book is not yet completed, and it can't be printed." You see, I've just written a beginning, and the follow-up (qíng) section hasn't been expanded yet, so why do I have to print a thousand copies directly? If I had to continue writing, I am afraid that I would not be able to finish half of the content in two months. ”

Su Jinyao listened and said: "You persuaded me last time, but I also told you, this is my silver, my book, you don't have to worry about it." As for what you write this time, just follow this rhythm and develop this (qíng) section. Don't be in a hurry, but I'll give me 30,000 words after 10 (rì), and you must finish it. ”

"Yes, Zitao understands." Although Jiang Zitao made it clear, he still didn't understand, why was the proprietor in a hurry to print a book before it was finished? But after all, Su Jinyao repeatedly emphasized that it was her business (qíng), her silver, and it had nothing to do with him. Then forget it, let this rich and ren (xìng) little girl toss.

Su Jinyao saw that Jiang Zitao was no longer confused, so she took out two pieces of silver and handed them to him