Chapter 7: A Little Wave
Bell got up early in the morning as usual, and quickly got dressed and made the bed. She said hello to Mother Wu, who was sweeping the floor www.biquge.info and then ran to the kitchen to boil water with firewood. The weather turned a little colder, and the bell finished washing up first, and knocked on Xu Yuan and Su Jun's door with the boiled hot water.
Bell Er wrung a towel for Su Jun, and Xu Yuan was already out boxing in an undershirt. Su Jun sat in front of the mirror, and the bell combed her hair, and her long hair became neat under the conditioning of the wooden comb. "Miss's complexion is so good" When the two of them were concerned, Bell Er was more willing to call Miss Su Jun, and after more than ten years of shouting, this title also had feelings in it. Su Jun looked at herself in the mirror, her eyes were bright, her skin was fair and smooth, and she couldn't help but think of Xu Yuan again. "I feel that not long ago, I took you to eat the dim sum that my father brought back from Suzhou at home, and my mother was embroidering flowers next to me, just looking at us like this. Now that I'm married, it's like a dream. The bell coiled up the hair, circled it several times, and then used the hairpin to pick up a strand of hair and insert it to fix it.
After breakfast, Ling Gong'er couldn't wait to listen to Journey to the West, and moved a small stool to sit on, looking like a good student. Xu Yuan narrated slowly and leisurely, and the plot of the Havoc in the Heavenly Palace unfolded. At this time, Natural Curie welcomed two guests.
A middle-aged man, wearing a staff hat and a yellow silk shirt, was the shopkeeper of the teahouse that day. The old man followed him, his robe a little old but cleanly washed. They found the shopkeeper of the natural dwelling and explained their intentions. The shopkeeper looked confused, and couldn't figure out what the person who opened the teahouse was doing when he came to Xu Yuan, "Our owner doesn't know when he will come, why don't I talk to him when he comes?" "It's better to do this, you tell me where Xu Gongzi's house is, and I'll visit you in person." The shopkeeper looked at the two men for a moment, and called a fellow to lead the way. "Thank you so much."
Bell went to open the door with some dissatisfaction, and the people who disturbed her listening were not good people. The man asked with a smile: "But Xu Gongzi's family, I am the shopkeeper of Yipin Teahouse, I came to visit, please let me know." Ling'er nodded yes, said wait a minute, and took small steps back, "Master, someone outside is looking for you, saying that it is the elder of the teahouse." Xu Yuan was a little puzzled, but after thinking about it, he got up and went to the door, arched his hand and said: "The shopkeeper is good, I'm Xu Yuan, come in and talk about something, Ling'er go make a pot of tea." He led the two of them all the way in, and they introduced themselves, one was the shopkeeper of the teahouse that day, called Jin Fugui, but it was a festive name, and the other was the storyteller Zhao Tou.
The shopkeeper took a sip of tea and said: "Coming here today, there is really a reluctant request, may I ask if the Journey to the West is made by the son?" Xu Yuan replied: "Actually, this is what I heard from a traveling Taoist priest when I was a child, and when I saw that little girl was bored, I told her about it as a pastime. Before Jin Fugui was disappointed, Xu Yuan said again: "However, the story of Journey to the West is all in my head." Jin Fugui was stunned for a moment, looked at Xu Yuan's smiling face, and immediately understood what he meant. That's right, Master Xu. The story you told in our teahouse yesterday was very fond of our old Mr. Zhao after listening to it, I wonder if Mr. Xu can tell this whole story to the old man in detail, if there is a manuscript is better. Of course, we bought this story, and the price will not disappoint Xu Gongzi. Xu Yuan nodded slightly. Jin Fugui hit the railway while it was hot: "We will hand over this Journey to the West to Mr. Zhao to tell about it, and when the time comes, it will be famous all over the world, and Gongzi Xu will also gain fame and fortune." Lao Zhao also said: "I really like the story of Xu Gongzi very much. Xu Yuan groaned slightly and said, "You wait first." After that, he walked to the study, Su Jun came over with pastries, and thought that the two of them would salute and entertain Xu Yuan.
"This is the manuscript from the front of Journey to the West, you can take a look first." After that, Xu Yuan drank tea unhurriedly and ate the pastries made by Su Jun, which tasted really good. After Lao Zhao quickly read the more than a dozen pages of the manuscript, he saluted Xu Yuan: "Young Master Xu, such articles will definitely be famous all over the world, and it is really useless to hand over the story to us." "Jin Fugui secretly said that it is not good, how can you dismantle your own stage like this. Xu Yuan said: "I don't agree with what my husband said, writing words to readers is famous all over the world, so isn't it another form of telling books to you?" The story of Journey to the West is what any ordinary people are willing to hear, I think it is best to hand it over to you, you storytellers tell this story, there are ten hundred people listening, and they will spread the story, if in the end the story of Journey to the West is recited by everyone, this can be recorded in the middle. "Popular stories were not popular in the Great Zhou at this time, and the range of storytellers who could tell was not wide, so the profession of storytellers was mostly to tell some businessmen about down-and-out scholars, historical romances and the like, and there were also people who went to the countryside to tell the people, but this kind of storyteller did not have a good time. Xu Yuan's words moved Lao Zhao very much, storytelling is not a very respectable profession, but he enjoys the fun of storytelling very much, as if taking others into a new world. Su Jun glanced at Xu Yuan, and secretly said in his heart that he was very honest, this Jin Fugui was obviously here to buy books, but Xu Yuan didn't seem to know, he just talked about the story of Journey to the West and nothing else. "I promise that the story behind Journey to the West will become more and more exciting, and the appearance of various gods and demons will definitely make everyone fascinated."
Xu Yuan picked up the manuscript and said: "Shopkeeper Jin, this manuscript will be borrowed from Mr. Zhao for the time being, you will tell this story first, and we will see if the tea guests like to listen to it before discussing it?" Jin Fugui had no choice but to bother and leave with Lao Zhao. After they left, Ling'er asked Xu Yuan: "Master, why don't you sell the book to them, you will definitely make a lot of money." Su Jun said: "If you sell books like this, you can only make a small amount of money, which is called a good thing to sell." Xu Yuan knew that the appearance of Journey to the West would inevitably set off a storm, which Jin Fugui and Lao Zhao did not see. He got the romance of gods and demons novels out hundreds of years in advance, which would be a shock to the entire cultural class of the Great Zhou. At present, the mainstream still stays in the appreciation of poetry, and scholars use it as a pastime, but many people lack spiritual consumption, and this civilian literary form will surely cause a huge chemical reaction.
Today, many shopkeepers of teahouses have bought such a news. The shopkeeper of Yipin Teahouse bought a brand new story, which was not a big deal, but listening to the little guy tell the story, they had a hunch that this story was going to be popular. At this time, everyone looks at the Yipin Tea House, they want to know what kind of impact this story will have, and then consider whether to buy this story. This is the usual thinking of ordinary businessmen, especially in ancient times, there was no property protection, and everyone had a feeling that it was your honor to use your story.
Xu Yuan still continued his life, he didn't go to the natural residence today to see the business in the store, nor did he go to the Yipin Teahouse to see if they started to talk about Journey to the West. Laughing with the bell at home, eating the pastries made by Su Jun, writing and painting alone in the study, the slow-paced life in ancient times was really leisurely.