Although the Xia family has fallen, it is better than ordinary people, and with the Xia Li family protecting Xia Wanrou in front of her, Xia Wanxin has never thought about making money. Before she overheard Xia Wanrou and Qingya's conversation, she didn't even know that transcription could make money.

Where can I transcribe a book? Who is it sold to? How much does it cost to have a copy?

Xia Wanrou had no clue, but it was impossible for her to ask Xia Wanrou and Qingya.

"They're so selfish, they won't tell me." Xia Wanxin thought so.

Tangled and entangled, and finally decided to find Xia Li's.

Early the next morning, she went to Xia Li's room to ask for peace. Xia Li's eccentric little daughter, seeing her come so early, she was happy and distressed: "Why don't you sleep for a while?" It's cold! ”

Xia Wanxin shook her head and said, "I want to get up early and help my mother do something." ”

"Our family is really sensible." Xia Li was very impressed.

Xia Wanxin took the opportunity to say to Xia Li's family: "Mother, I seem to have heard my sister and Qingya discussing that they want to make money by transcribing books, sister, she must still have this family in her heart, and now she regrets that she did it against her grandmother before, so she wants to earn a sum of money to please her grandmother." ”

"She's got a big idea now, and we can't count on her." Xia Li pursed his lips and looked at Xia Wanxin lovingly, "Our Wanxin is a good child of filial piety, but we can't learn from your unsuccessful sister." ”

"I must be filial to my mother."

Xia Wanxin finished saying beautiful words, and then asked pretending to be ignorant: "Can transcribing books also make money?" Transcribed and sold to whom? Do you earn more? ”

Xia Li did not doubt him, and said: "The official engraved books are expensive, and many poor scholars can't afford them, so the owners of private bookstores will usually buy one or two official engraved books and bring them back to someone to transcribe, and then sell them cheaply to those who can't afford to buy official engraved books." Transcribing a book of normal thickness can cost about two or three hundred dollars! ”

"So little!" Xia Wanxin was a little disappointed.

Xia Lishi, who has been tired of running around for silver money recently, said with a wry smile: "Two or three hundred yuan is a lot, enough to buy an ordinary piece of cloth to make a new dress." ”

Wouldn't two copies be enough to make a new and better dress?

Xia Wanxin counted with her fingers in her heart, there are still five days, Brother Banjiang's academy will be on holiday, if she works a little harder and transcribes a book in two days, she can buy a new ready-to-wear clothes before Brother Banjiang comes back, and wear them to see Brother Banjiang when the time comes.

With such a plan in her heart, she said to Xia Li with a regretful face: "Mother, it's a pity that my handwriting is not as good as my sister's, otherwise I can transcribe books to earn money to pay off my family's debts." ”

Seeing that her daughter was so sensible, Xia Li couldn't help but feel distressed: "Transcribing is too hard, and it's not good for your eyes, where can you use it to earn this money!" ”

After Mrs. Xia and Xia Li went out that day, Xia Wanxin quietly went out and ran to the private bookstore with her head and tail exposed.

Her words are the elegant little seals that women like, and they are very delicate. Xia Wanxin thought that she was very good, and even wanted to ask the boss to raise the price for her. Who knew that the boss read her words and refused to accept it at all. Basically the people who buy books are scholars, and few people like this delicate boudoir font, although they don't pay attention to the muscles and bones of the words, but they should be more atmospheric.

Xia Wanxin refused to give up, her eyes drooped, and she immediately made up a lie that someone in the family was sick and waiting to transcribe the book to earn money to buy medicine. She said it sincerely, and the owner of the private bookstore believed it, and handed it over to Xia Wanrou, but it also suppressed the price.

"I'll give you two hundred and thirty dollars for a book, and you will buy the paper, pen and ink yourself, and if you are willing to copy it, take it." The boss said to Xia Wanxin.

Xia Wan was so hateful that she almost gritted her silver teeth, but thinking of Mrs. Lu's position that had not yet arrived, she still obediently and skillfully took over the original from the owner of the private bookstore.

The Xia family is not a demon, and Xia Wanrou will not take the initiative to pay attention to them, especially after one more child.

So these days, Xia Wanrou is either copying a lonely book in the room, or playing in the room, not knowing that there is a person in this courtyard who is also secretly transcribing books.

It was Qingya who noticed that something was wrong first.

In the evening of that day, Xia Wanrou secretly hid two white-skinned sweet potatoes in the kitchen stove, and after nightfall, she estimated that the sweet potatoes were already roasted, so she sent Qingya to the kitchen to dig them.

After Qing Ya came back, she said to Xia Wanju: "The second girl doesn't know what she is doing, it's all this hour, and there is still an oil lamp in the room." ”

Since the Xia family was in debt, Mrs. Xia wanted to save some money for lamp oil and encourage everyone to go to bed early.

Xia Wanrou disagreed: "Maybe I can't sleep today!" ”

Qing Ya just mentioned it casually, and didn't delve into it, and the two of them with Xia Wanrou held a roasted sweet potato, and happily peeled the skin and ate it.

The skin of this sweet potato is white, but the pulp is red, fragrant and sweet. Peel off the skin, and the aroma of sweet potatoes spreads out in the room, waking up the already snoring man.

So while the master and servant were eating, they broke off small pieces one by one, blowing them cold, and fed them. The two of them ate fiercely and quickly, and soon the two of them couldn't take care of themselves, two sweet potatoes, and one and a half went into the stomach of the unit.

Qingya went to the kitchen again to bring water to serve the summer evening soft face and rinse her mouth. She said, "The light in the second girl's room is still on!" ”

"Did you forget to close it?" Xia Wanrou guessed.

Qingya said: "When the maid sees her shadow reflected in front of the window, she just doesn't know what she is doing. ”

She has been at Xia's house for many days, and she knows that Xia Wanxin is not a good-hearted person, so she is a little worried about what she is doing to hinder her own girl.

Neither of them could think of a reason, so Qingya kept this matter in her heart.

Xia Wanrou woke up the next morning, and Qingya helped her comb her hair while saying, "The maid got up on the fifth watch day to go and see, and the light in the second girl's room was still on." ”

Xia Wanrou was completely surprised: "What is she busy with!" ”

When I met it during breakfast, Xia Wanrou really saw that Xia Wanxin's eyes were blue and black.

Xia Wan's heart was too haggard, not only Xia Wanrou, but Xia Li and Mrs. Xia also saw it.

Xia Li asked worriedly, "Wanxin, where are you uncomfortable?" ”

Xia Wanxin shook her head and said with a strong spirit: "It's okay, it's just that I have been thinking about how to earn money to pay off my family's debts in my heart for the past few nights, and I haven't slept well." ”

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Xia Wanrou a little provocatively.

Xia Li really said: "Wanxin, you are too sensible, much better than some people. ”

Some people are summer evening: "......"