Hao's mother carried his shoes and socks, staggered behind her little feet, and chased her all the way to the hall, only to see his wife leading the grandfather and grandmother in from outside.

Seeing Huai'an running barefoot, Shen Yu scolded lightly: "Nonsense." ”

When Huai'an saw his parents who were thinking about him, he smiled brightly, put on his shoes and socks very cooperatively, and threw himself forward to hug his mother's neck.

Xu Tinglan picked him up and stroked his back.

Mother's strength is small, and it is rare to be willing to hug him once, Huai'an hangs on her like an octopus: "Mother! ”

Xu Tinglan smiled and comforted him: "Okay, okay, my mother is back, and they are all back." ”

"Cool ~ back ~ " A milky voice sounded from behind everyone: "Back back~"

Everyone in the house hurriedly turned around, only to see the little meat dumpling in the nurse's arms clapping their hands excitedly.

"Peng'er will call her mother?!" There was a commotion in the hall.

The nurse coaxed her: "Sister Peng'er, call again, call mother~"

"Niang~" This time, the pronunciation is quite accurate.

"Good, good!" Chen smiled from ear to ear, praised the nurse and said, "You brought it well." ”

Shen Yu was not to be outdone, and clapped his hands at his daughter: "Peng'er is called Dad, Dad-"

Sister Peng nodded heavily, and replied simply and loudly: "Hey! ”

The laughter in the room then stopped, and burst into more cheerful laughter.

The more this happened, the more encouraged Sister Peng became, clapping her little hands in the nurse's arms and rushing towards Shen Yu.

Shen Yu didn't mind what her daughter said and did, she hugged her in her arms for a long time, and suddenly remembered something, and asked with a smile: "Mother, how is my little cousin?" ”

Chen was stunned, his smile gradually disappeared, and he sighed abruptly. She was happy to have her children and grandchildren return safely, but when she remembered the tragic death of her cousin's family at the hands of the Japanese invaders, her heart ached again.

"Sick, sick." Chen said: "Lang Zhong came to see it, and said that he was depressed, and he was injected with needles and medicine, but there was no improvement at all. ”

Xu Tinglan just went home, only then did he know the tragic situation of his relatives in the neighboring county, and followed his mother-in-law to visit the wing, afraid that he would be too sick to give the child, Chen did not allow Huai'an to set foot in the wingroom these days, and Shen Yu also handed over Sister Peng to the nurse.

The room was filled with a strong smell of decoction, and sure enough, I saw a young man who was younger than Huaiyuan sleeping on the bed, thin and bone-like.

Chen wiped his tears in distress, Shen Yu stepped forward and sat on the edge of the bed, reaching out to probe the temperature on his forehead, it was hot.

"The child has undergone a sudden change, and there must be depression in his heart, and he must recuperate slowly, and he can't be in a hurry." Xu Tinglan said to Li Huan's daughter-in-law: "Right now, the Langzhong in the city has been recruited, and from tomorrow onwards, please invite a few more Langzhong, such a good child, you must not make mistakes." ”

"Yes, grandma." Li Huan's daughter-in-law responded.

As the eldest daughter-in-law, Xu Tinglan naturally has to do as much as possible in the family's affairs. The current head of the Chen family in Anjiang County is Chen's cousin, but he is not a grandfather after all, Chen's own brother serves in the military department of the capital, and Chen Yong's family has changed dramatically, so he naturally came to his closer aunt and grandmother first.

As for whether the child will be adopted by the clan in the future, or adopted by Chen Chong, his uncle in the capital, or live in the Shen family, it doesn't matter, the important thing is to take care of him and save his life.

Xu Tinglan was afraid that there would not be enough maids in the upper room, so she brought up two little girls who did things safely, and asked a competent mother-in-law to take care of them. The newly promoted girl worked harder, and when she couldn't pour the decoction, she kneaded it into a pill and took it with warm water, and reported Chen Yong's situation to the East Courtyard every day.

Shen Yu also went to the Chen family's ancestral house.

The master of this generation of the Chen family is the eldest son of Chen's cousin, and Shen Yu is also called cousin.

The cousin warmly invited him to sit in the flower hall, and only asked him about the battle outside the city, without mentioning the situation of Chen Yong's family.

Seeing this, Shen Yu had no choice but to open the skylight and say something bright, and euphemistically asked about the future of Chen Yong's parents and family. Although their branch is closer to their uncle's house, their uncle Chen Chong is far away in Beijing, and the ancestral house is still the same sect in the end.

The cousin said more tactfully: We are also very sad about the death of the same sect, but now that the city gate has just opened, who knows if there will be a small group of widows in the neighboring counties? The Chen family has already suffered, and they don't want the tragedy to happen again.

At Shen Yu's age, he has long been accustomed to seeing people's hearts cold, and he can still say quietly: Since your Chen family doesn't care, our Shen family has full authority to handle it, and it is not considered an arrogance.

"Virtuous nephew Gao Yi." The cousin just expressed his gratitude, and did not care about Chen Yong's recent situation from beginning to end.

Shen Yu laughed in his heart, and he had a rough number, and when he got home, he went to the room to say goodbye to his mother first.

Of course, he wouldn't directly count the mother's family in front of his mother, but just made an excuse, saying that the family of the Chen family's old mansion was disabled when defending the city, and there was a shortage of manpower at present, so he took the initiative to take over the affairs of Chen Yong's family.

Chen is a smart man, and when he hears the sound of the strings, he knows the meaning of elegance, so he doesn't ask more, and asks him to go down and hand it over, and be sure to hand it over to the appropriate person.

She only said these two words, and she was already choked up and unable to speak, and two old tears crossed the corners of her eyes. Imagine how painful it would be to wait until Chen Yong's illness recovered and found that the bones of his parents and relatives had no one to collect.

Seeing that his mother was sad, Shen Yu stood up, lowered his hands and stood up, and said with a warm voice: "No matter how sad the mother is, she must take care of her health, this matter will be handled by her son, but the mother can be relieved." ”

Chen shook his head and sighed long: "This child is only ten years old, without his parents' support, how can he go ...... future?"

Shen Yu hurriedly said: "Isn't there still our family, when I return to the capital, my uncle will ask him to come over, so I will send him there, and if my uncle is inconvenient, he will stay." Diet, daily life, reading and exams, all with a few children in the family, will not be bad. ”

Hearing this, Chen eased up a little.

Shen Yu coaxed left and right, and finally persuaded his mother to stop her tears. As a result, as soon as he stepped out of the hall, he bumped into his little son who was a dog, and carried his son back to the east courtyard.

Huai'an has only heard that there is a little cousin at home, and he is curious, and he always looks into the east wing when he is in the grandmother's house. But children in this era are too prone to early death, and adults are very cautious, and children of his age are often not allowed to come into contact with sick people.

In the same way, in the face of a child as old as Huai'an, the adults would not directly say cruel words to him, "Chen Yong's whole family died at the hands of the Japanese Invaders". In the face of Huai'an's long and short questions, Shen Yu only said casually: "My little cousin's family is out in trouble, so send him to live in our house for a while." ”

"Oh......" Out of trust in his father, Huai An was convinced of this, and asked, "What disease does little cousin have?" When will it be good? ”

"It should be soon." Shen Yu asked strangely: "What are you anxious about?" ”

"When he's well, I can take him to play flying chess!" Huai'an Road.

The eldest brother and cousin are seven or eight years older than him, and they are reading day and night, and they feel a lot of pressure at a glance, the two sisters have begun to learn female red embroidery, the big girl doesn't like to take him to play with a little child, Zhao Pan wants to go to school, and he can't see him a few times a month, Peng'er doesn't dislike him, but she can't even speak clearly, and the road is unstable.

He's really lacking playmates.

"It's all about playing." Shen Yu flipped out his homework yesterday, and a page with large characters and half a page of black circles.

Huai'an was unconvinced, he was still a child, and it was his nature to love to play.

"Today's words are handed in, and yesterday's circles are rewritten." Shen Yu said.

Huai'an lost his smile and went to practice calligraphy with a small face.

After he finished practicing his calligraphy and put away the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, Shen Yu took out a stack of rice paper cut into the size of a palm and gave it to him.

It turned out to be the final version of the bookmark! Looking at the lifelike villains with different shapes on the paper, Huai'an was excited.

He praised: "Dad, you are obviously robbing money!" ”

But seeing that his father's face changed, with a hint of unfriendly emotion, Huai'an felt a chill on the back of his neck.

Then he was beaten by his father from the West House to the East House, and while seeking the protection of his mother, he shouted that he was wronged.

God is pitiful, he is really praising people!

The horse's fart slapped the horse's hooves on the ......

Chapter 30

In the final analysis, it's because of lack of culture, You can obviously praise a wonderful hand, but you have to say that people rob money, and it's strange that they can't be beaten.

Huai'an didn't reflect on his education level, but sighed, saying that his father has become more and more violent recently, and he will beat people at every turn.

However, for the sake of him drawing such a beautiful bookmark, Huai'an decided to forgive him unilaterally...... Ahem, it's not because of cowardice.

The next morning, after asking his father and mother for permission, he took the sketch and took Changxing to the bookstore.

Not long after the ban was lifted in the county seat, the bookstore had not yet started, and the guys were cleaning the yard and sorting out the tools to prepare for the start of construction.

Seeing Huai'an coming, the two shopkeepers came up to report their work.

The 10,000 copies of the 10,000-volume "Illustrated Thousand Character Text" have been completed, and after the rebellion has subsided, the distribution rate to several neighboring states and counties has been completed in accordance with Huai'an's instructions, and the words and address of "Dandelion Children's Bookstore" have been printed on the back cover, and the solicitation information has also been published.

Everything is running smoothly step by step, Huai'an nodded with great satisfaction.

"Do other counties use the same marketing model?" Shopkeeper Li asked.

After getting along for a long time, the two shopkeepers learned some new words from Huai'an, and they learned and used them very fluently.

"To change," Huai An said, "the shape of the schoolbag is simple, there are too many imitations on the market, it is not new, we have to change to a very new marketing model."

Huai'an mysteriously took out the sketch, and the two shopkeepers looked at each other.

"Make it into a bookmark and come with the book, the style is random, and you can redeem a full set of hidden items when you draw them." Huai'an briefly introduced the rules.

In this era, there were all kinds of bookmarks, leaves, metal, thin pieces of jade, and horns folded out of paper......

So Huai'an's idea is not very surprising, but the question is ...... How do you print a pattern in so many colors?

In fact, as early as the previous dynasty, there was a three-color printing Jiaozi, but most of the prints in the market nowadays are black or red spot color printing, which does not have this technology.

Huai'an thought of the rubber stamps he played with his classmates in his previous life, and one way to play was to play with color seals, one seal and one color, and when they were overprinted together, a colorful pattern would be formed.

In fact, the same principle is true for early color printing, one color for one edition, and multiple colors are overprinted on one paper. From two-color and three-color to gradually enriched, combined with hand-painted paintings, exquisite prints are formed, such as the Yangliu Youth Painting seen in art textbooks in later generations.

Huai'an went straight into the backyard and communicated with the stereotype master about the printing technology.

The two shopkeepers were stunned when they heard this, and said in their hearts, where is the ancestor of the Shen family buried? How to specialize in prodigy? Or from all walks of life?

The master has carved most of his life, and naturally he has heard of the principle of overprinting, and the big bookstores in those big cities can even print four-color and five-color color patterns, and the effect is excellent.

The old master sighed: "That requires a lot of tools and skills. ”

Under Huai'an's persuasion, the master finally agreed to give it a try, but he needed to customize some new measuring tools and fixtures.

If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. Huai'an will not save money on R&D expenses, and waved his hand: "No problem!" ”

So he asked the master to draw the figures, handed them to the shopkeeper Xu, and asked him to find the best carpenter in the city to make the utensils, and he must be accurate.

He has only one request: to make the best prints with the best paper, the best ink, and full heart!

Huai'an stood on the stool, looked around at the craftsmen and men in the yard, and asked excitedly: "Complete the plan formulated by the two shopkeepers, and send everyone double the monthly money this month, do you have confidence!" ”

"Yes!" Everyone replied in unison.

The two shopkeepers supported him on the left and the right, for fear that the ancestor would fall off the stool.

When I got home, I bumped into my dad going out - Zhao Zhixian wanted to have a treat.

It's really a hell of a day on the Yellow River, and Zhao Zhixian will also invite Shangguan to dinner? He's a man who doesn't even care about the governor's son.

Shen Yu laughed and laughed: "What kind of expression do you have?" ”