The reason why Xu He suddenly had this plan was actually because after the government test, he had visited a bookstore in Yangzhou with Chu Yuan and others.

Among the books sold in the bookstore, in addition to the daily Confucian classics, the most common ones are Cheng Wen and Zhiwei books of scientific research.

But there are differences in the way these books are run.

For example, the books used in the imperial examination are only sold and not borrowed, because they are afraid that the readers will take them back and copy them.

However, the books of the Zhiwei category are sold and borrowed, and the business is still very good.

Because compared with the Song and Yuan dynasties and earlier, there are more people who read and read in this era.

After literacy, everyone's search for the spiritual world is much higher than in any other era.

Xu He casually flipped through some of this era at that time.

It can be said that the routines are more serious, and most of them are stories of talented and beautiful people.

It's not so much a story as a story written by the creator in the tone of a note.

Absurd, and the logic is not clear, don't even think about it if you want to get some truth from the story, anyway, the main theme is a horror, or a list of gods, Buddhas and ghosts.

Pu Songling's story is different, although "Liao Zhai" is a legend of Zhiwei, but in terms of truly reflecting the real society, he surpasses similar works of any dynasty.

For example, compared with the Chronicles of the Six Dynasties, although the latter also reflects the evils of social suffering and the marriage system, "Liao Zhai" has more works in this area and has more in-depth content.

For example, such as the famous "Promoting Weaving", "Xi Fangping", "Dream Wolf", "Plum Girl", "Raven Bird", "Gongsun Xia", "Lu Ling", "Cui Meng", "Shang Sanguan", "Red Jade", "Shi Qingxu", "Xiang Guo" and other articles, are all more detailed than similar works in the Six Dynasties.

Compare Liao Zhai with the Tang Dynasty legend, the latter mostly focuses on the tragedy of young men and women falling in love, but Liao Zhai not only writes about the persecution of people by etiquette, but also has a positive side, such as writing about the persistent pursuit of love between men and women.

This is clearly superior to the Tang Legends.

But none of this is important, the important thing is that "Liao Zhai" is good-looking, and there is no such thing on the market.

No one has me, that is the barrier to making money.

Xu He wrote so excitedly for one night.

The next day, when Li Sikui got up, he found that his senior brother had already gotten up and sat by the window to work hard.

See, what is the gap?

That's the gap!

The senior brother is well-read, and he is the first small Sanyuan in the founding of Nanzhili, if it was someone else, he would have been blinded by this title a long time ago.

But his senior brother is still working so hard.

Look at yourself......

Relying on the flexibility of the brain and the unforgettable reading of books, I think I am sorry, and I often have lazy thoughts in the past.

Li Sikui got out of bed with a lot of thought and came to Xu He's case.

I saw a thick stack of paper manuscripts piled up on the senior brother's case.

Seeing that the senior brother was [working hard], Li Sikui quietly took down the top one of the manuscripts.

But as soon as he took a look, he suddenly felt bad.

I saw that the manuscript read: "Lu, a villager, loves snakes." Every time you get a small snake, you swallow it all, like an onion. The big one will cut it off inch by inch with a knife, and he will eat it. Chew it and get bloody. And good at smelling, taste the wall and smell the snake fragrance, rush to the outside of the wall, the snake is full of feet, when there is no saber, first devour its head, and the tail is still graceful in the mouth. ”

"Vomit ......" Li Sikui retched after holding the case after reading it.

The movement woke up Xu He, who was [creating], and saw that it was Li Sikui, Xu He smiled and said, "Get up, wash up, and we'll go out for exercise and have breakfast after a while." ”

Hearing breakfast, Li Sikui retched even more.

Xu He was a little surprised at first, thinking that this child had eaten something unclean last night and had gastroenteritis.

But when he saw the manuscript he had just written in Li Sikui's hand, he immediately laughed.

It turns out that this manuscript is the article "Snake Fetish" in "Liao Zhai".

is talking about Pu Songling's fellow villager Wang Pu Ling's servant Lu Fengning, who has a penchant for eating snakes.

Every time he gets a small snake, he always swallows it whole, just like eating a green onion.

When he met the big snake, he cut it inch by inch with a knife, and then held it in his hand and ate it, chewing it crisply and soundly, and the blood was stained on his cheeks. His sense of smell was very keen, and once, when he smelled the scent of snakes through the wall, he hurried out of the wall, and sure enough, he caught a snake more than a foot long.

He didn't happen to have a knife with him, so he ate the snake's head first, and the snake's tail was still twisting and writhing around its mouth.

In modern times, this is probably a pica patient.

But at that time, no one understood this, and everyone thought this person was weird.

Monsters.

Pu Songling is not all about writing thought-provoking stories.

This kind of story is actually very eye-catching.

After all, Xu Hewen copied this book, with the intention of making money, and what the people like is the market value.

This kind of bizarre story is very much like the "Global Strangers" and "Guinness Records" on the bookstall before the Internet age, and the books in the hidden drawer under the boss's tricycle are all bestsellers of mobile bookstalls!

Xu He pulled back the manuscript in Li Sikui's hand, solemnly put it back in its place, and carefully pressed it with a paperweight before standing up.

Li Sikui looked disgusted, but he still couldn't help asking: "Senior brother, I've only heard that Lingnan people are fond of snakes, and there are also people in Hailing who eat snake meat?" Or is it eaten raw? ”

Xu Hewen copied "Liao Zhai", so naturally he would not copy the original text stupidly.

The beginning of the original text reads: "Lu Fengning, the servant of Pujin, the king of Yuxiang, is a snake lover." ”

At that time, if someone really investigates it, although it can be used as fiction, but after all, it is troublesome, so Xu He changed it casually.

Distressing, in the face of the first reader, you have to explain, it's very troublesome.

So Xu He said: "This is not my villager, but also a story I have heard, recorded in someone else's voice!" ”

Li Sikui breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought that my father actually came to a place where Ru Mao drank blood as an official!" ”

“……”

The sky was already slightly lit up at this time, Xu He led Li Sikui out after washing, according to the arrangement of the [summer camp], he should trot for a while at this time.

But under the cool morning breeze in the morning, the two walked along the willow bank and talked pleasantly.

After exercising, the two returned home, and as soon as they sat down to eat, there was a knock on the courtyard door.

Ding Ze went to open the door, only to see a scholar dressed as a businessman standing at the door.

When I saw Xu He, the person who came was very polite: "Prime Minister of the case, you can let me find it easily!" ”

Xu He put down the dishes and chopsticks and asked, "Are you ......?"

The person hurriedly smiled and said: "I am the shopkeeper of Guangling Bookstore, surnamed Ji, I went to Hailing to visit a few days ago, who knew that the old lady of your house said that you are now in the house, no, I found out about your residence in Yangzhou, and I specially came to the door to disturb again!" ”

"Oh?" Xu He said: "Shopkeeper Ji is looking for me? ”

"I came to ask for the first anthology, and the book shop is willing to buy it at a high price!"