Ji Yu took the clothes, and Hu Liang accompanied her back to the town overnight, because it was too late, Hu Liang also stayed in the hospital and did not leave.

The next afternoon, at the appointed moment, Ji Yu took advantage of Dabao's medicine and just fell asleep, and hurried to the intersection in front of the academy to wait. Song Jing went back to the house to put down his things, and came to the rendezvous without a moment's delay, and the two went to the bookstore he said together.

The scale of the bookstore is not large, but it is quite complete, with a total of two doors, one sells the four treasures of the study, and the other sells all kinds of books.

The bookstore owner's surname is Fang, and after listening to Song Jing explain the situation, although he trusts him very much, he can't help but hesitate when he sees that it is a little girl.

Nowadays, reading and literacy is a privilege only for men, and there are not many literate male babies in the village, and she can read and write with a female baby?

Even if you are lucky enough to know a few, copying books is not something that can be done with literacy.

Ji Yu naturally understood the doubts in his heart, and asked out loud: "Can you borrow the boss's pen and paper?" ”

That's what it means to take the initiative to be assessed.

Boss Fang frowned. Or, let her write a few words, so that she can find an excuse to refuse, and it will not hurt the face of the two of them.

The guy in the store quickly sent the things, Song Jing studied the ink for her, Ji Yu thought about it for a while, picked up the pen and put the ink, and completed it in one go.

She inked a seven-word poem, every time she wrote a sentence, Boss Fang followed along, and when the last word was finished, she slapped her palms on the table and applauded.

"What a 'peach and plum spring breeze glass of wine, ten years of night rain in the rivers and lakes'! Good poetry, good poetry! I don't know if this poem comes from......"

Ji Yu was afraid that he would misunderstand, so she explained: "The author of the poem is an old gentleman named Huang Tingjian, and I also read it by accident...... I like it very much. ”

Boss Fang stroked his short beard and looked away, obviously thinking about how sacred this Huang Tingjian was.

Engaged in this industry, celebrities in the cultural circle know everything about it, they are still familiar with one or two, and it stands to reason that such a talent should have been famous in the literary world a long time ago.

But after thinking about it for a long time, I didn't get anything, so I thought I should be a hermit. He shook his head regretfully, and instead admired Ji Yu's words.

The poem is extraordinary, and what is even more rare is that Ji Yu actually writes a good handwriting, Song Jing picked up the piece of paper from the table and looked at it carefully.

The pen is full of ink and wielded freely, and there is an uninhibited free and wanton between the lines, which is very much like the feeling she gives people, and there is a flying that is hidden under the quiet.

The boss couldn't help nodding, and at the same time was a little surprised: "Generally, girls learn hairpins and hairpins, like your pen power and pattern, it is rare, not losing to men at all." ”

This is already a great affirmation.

Ji Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and the next step was to talk about the specifics in detail.

The Great Zhou Dynasty engraving printing has been popularized, and the general process is to write words on a piece of thin paper first, paste them on the wooden board, and then carve out the words, and then add ink to the board to print.

In general, printing a book is a huge project, with a long cycle and a lot of money, which determines that the price of a single book is not much lower.

Take the recently popular "Yuanqi Collection" as an example, with only 40 pages and no more than 100 famous poems engraved, but the cost of printing, paper and ink, and labor and food money together is 16 taels of silver.

How many people can afford this kind of price?

Based on this situation, the book copying industry came into being.

Not to mention that manuscripts are cheaper than engraved copies, so that some people who are shy of money can afford to buy books; Poor scholars can also solve their financial problems and make ends meet by copying books.

For example, Song Jing learned from his boss that he had been copying books here for four or five years.

Some people simply copy existing books for the purpose of making money, while others use copying books as a means of acquiring knowledge.

Ji Yu felt that Song Jing should be considered both, and she was more inclined to the latter.

Yesterday in the dark sky on the carriage, he held the book and read it tirelessly, like such a hungry and thirsty learning attitude, no wonder he was able to try the county and the government twice.

As for Ji Yu herself, it is obviously the first type, so she directly asked the boss which one can make the most money.

The main consumer group of the bookstore is the reader, and the reader is going to the imperial examination nine times out of ten, so the books for the imperial examination, the subset of the classics and histories are the most popular series, and the copying fee is also the most expensive.

But the business of copying books is easy to say, but difficult to say. Of course, the first thing is to see whether the handwriting is good or not, in addition, it is necessary to comprehensively consider a variety of factors, such as neat transcription, keeping the writing clean, and perseverance and meticulousness are indispensable.

Boss Fang took out a law-related book from the bookshelf and handed it to Ji Yu, asking her to copy this book first and try it.

The pen, ink and paper were all provided by the bookstore, because Song Jing introduced her, and the boss confiscated her money.

After agreeing on the time to hand over the book, Ji Yu took a few things and said goodbye and walked out of the bookstore, and Song Jing followed a little later.

Ji Yu looked at the newly received "Left Biography" in Song Jing's hand, which was a tome.

"You just handed in a few copies, and you're not tired?"

Song Jing smiled: "Writing is tiring, I won't do anything else except this." Besides, if you can make money and read books, why not? ”

It makes sense, Ji Yu can't refute it.

Song Jing paused and said, "I didn't expect you to write so well, and you've been practicing for a long time." ”

They are all from the same village, and he knows what the situation of the Ji family is and what the situation is in the second room.

Because of this, Ji Yu can still persevere in such a situation, which has to be admired.

In addition, I heard from my mother last night that the recent major events in the village were related to Ji Yu, and Song Jing felt that it was not easy for her to be an orphan girl.

Ji Yu coughed and said, "Hmm...... Well, you just said that writing isn't tiring......"

In fact, her hand, which is quite passable, is thanks to the interest classes she was forced to attend in her previous life.

If your limbs are uncoordinated, you can't learn dance, you can't complete the five tones, and you can't learn music, so you can only learn calligraphy and painting, cultivate and cultivate internal show, so as not to make your parents' faces too dull.

The two talked and came to a fork in the road.

Song Jing wants to go back to the academy, and Ji Yu wants to go to the medical hall, one south and one north.

"That ......"

"That ......"

Both of them spoke at the same time, and then stopped at the same time.

Ji Yu couldn't help but smile and waved at him: "I'm leaving, don't thank you." ”

Song Jing laughed and waved her hand: "You're welcome." ”

Ji Yu didn't like to delay when she received the job, so she copied the book while taking care of Dabao in the hospital, and after copying it in less than two days, she went to the bookstore to hand over the work.

Boss Fang didn't expect her to be able to go through the finished product so quickly, carefully checked it twice, and finally handed her a copy of "Zhu Ziji Notes": "Keep it at this level, and the price will double." ”

The book was not a long word count and was not a popular book, so it only lasted 150 words.

The doubling that the boss said naturally refers to the price of a volume, and the doubling of a volume is 300 Wen, and there are eight volumes of "Zhu Ziji Notes", which can earn almost two taels of silver.

Although it is far less than Song Jing's worth of one or two silver per book, Ji Yu is also very satisfied.

After all, I've been in the town for almost two weeks, and it's not a problem to bother the widows and them to help with the housekeeping.

Dabao's situation has stabilized, and with Dr. Xin's consent, Ji Yu decides to return to the village.

The dirt road was bumpy, Ji Yu didn't dare to take Dabao to squeeze the mule cart, and went directly to the town's carriage and horse shop to hire a carriage with a shed. The bottom of the carriage was covered with thick cushions to ensure that Dabao was safe and comfortable enough to lie down before the driver set off.

The carriage is not cheaper than the mule cart, and Ji Yu is a chartered car, and the fee for four kilometers is fifteen wen.

Ji Yu didn't feel sorry for this money, and she expected what she would encounter when she returned to the village like this, but she was not afraid.

When the illness is cured, the next step is naturally the time to settle accounts.