In just one day, Zhou Ye really found a very good job for Zhou Ang.

Copying Buddhist scriptures for others.

Chen, one of the local noble families, saw that in recent years, the old lady of the family saw that in recent years, she gave birth to four great-granddaughters in a row, but there was no great-grandson, so she personally went to Baoguo Temple to burn incense, and made a promise in front of the Buddha that as long as she gave her a great-grandson, she would reshape the golden body for the Buddha, eat long fasts, and light seventy-two glass lamps for a whole year. In addition, it is necessary to have people copy 10,000 copies of the Diamond Sutra and distribute them to spread the Dharma.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, or if the Dharma is really vast and boundless, in short, this wish was made, and within a few months, the old lady really added a great-grandson.

So, of course, the Chen family had to take their wishes seriously.

Zhou Ye said: "I have inquired clearly, a copy of the "Diamond Sutra", about 5,000 words, the Chen family provides paper, ink and pen, but the font is square. It is allowed to take it back to your own home to copy, and the time is arranged by yourself. For each copy, you can get 50 pen. It's not a lot of money, but it's a lot. The point is that this is a good thing to worship the Buddha, and it is to accumulate merit! Do you think, in terms of what you are asking for, isn't this the most appropriate?"

It's certainly the most suitable good job!

The key is that the profession is very appropriate, and it is also a temporary worker, so you don't have to think about the bad thing of being labeled as someone else for the rest of your life once you go to work in this era.

Although a scripture is as many as 5,000 words, and it is not easy to copy one, the salary of 50 wen is indeed not low—in April, when the harvest is not good, the price of grain is the most expensive, and the price of rice is only about 50 yuan. Multigrains are certainly cheaper!

To put it another way, Zhou Ang's mother Zhou Cai and his sister Zhou Zihe were busy all day, washing clothes, drying clothes, sewing and mending and then sending them back, and the income was only about a dozen yuan, and it has to be said that it is the current peak season! When there are few merchants, although they are idle, they earn less than ten yuan a day!

And if he copied it carefully without distractions, Zhou Ang felt that it should not be a big problem to copy a copy of the "Diamond Sutra" a day and get a reward of fifty wen.

The downside, of course, is that it's a temporary worker after all.

Copying 10,000 copies of the "Diamond Sutra" can be called a huge project, but there are many people who want to earn this money, at least a hundred and ten people must be no problem to gather, and more than that, hundreds of people are not a problem, each person can copy one copy a day, and this work is likely to be over in a month or two.

But for Zhou Ang, it was enough.

Speaking of this, I have to mention, according to the memories left in my mind, Zhou Ang learned that in this world, there seems to be a large-scale and systematic engraving printing, which is mainly used to print various classics of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Of course, the six Confucian classics that Zhou Ang usually reads are listed, and all the Buddhist classics are also listed.

But what is ridiculous and helpless is that Zhou Ang wants to read, and the most economical way is to copy the book himself, while the rich man makes a wish to worship the Buddha and wants to give away the scriptures, and he feels that the printed ones do not show the piety of the Buddha.

As for movable type printing, it is not even thought of, and there is no market at all.

Therefore, manual copying is the mainstream of cultural communication in this era.

At this time, Zhou Ang was overjoyed, so he naturally hurriedly thanked him.

Zhou Ye laughed and said: "Since you also think it's good, Brother Ang, you can go to Jing'anfang Chen's house tomorrow and go to Ermen, just say that it is recommended by Xu Dian Shi of Lingzhou County." With your good words, you can't be wrong in this matter!"

Zhou Ang thanked him again when he heard this, Zhou Ye saw that the matter was over, and even if he got up to leave, Zhou Ang did not stay in vain, and sent it outside the gate until he went back.

Zhou Cai was busy drying clothes outside, and as soon as Zhou Ye left, she asked, "Your eldest brother is here, is there something wrong?"

Before the matter was stable, Zhou Ang didn't prepare to say anything, just replied: "I entrusted my eldest brother to help me inquire about some things, and when I got some results, he came over to tell me." ”

Zhou Caishi nodded when he heard this, and did not ask again.

The next morning, after getting up for dinner, Zhou Ang went out again after his mother and sister.

But he didn't go straight to Jing'anfang.

It is very important to make money, especially in his current family situation, he is not afraid to start from small things, earn a little money to improve the living conditions of his family, and at the same time find a new way, this is what he must do, but the priority of this matter must be ranked behind the threat of the fox demon.

So he still went to Sogo and Guangshou today.

In the two lives before and after, he was not a careless and rough person, although he was getting more and more anxious, but the more anxious he was, the more calm he became, and the more careful and patient he became when he found someone.

However, helplessly, this is not a sufficient condition to find that middle-aged man.

So, once again, he found nothing.

By noon, seeing that the sun had begun to set west, he reluctantly ended his search for someone for the time being, and went to Jing'anfang instead—he had to settle the matter first.

The Chen family's house covers a wide area and is easy to find.

Zhou Ang followed the explanation of his eldest brother Zhou Ye, found the second door, explained his intention to the doorman, and the other party quickly led him in, turned three times and two times, and entered a flower hall.

It was a middle-aged man in his forties who looked like a private school gentleman and received him.

Zhou Ang directly reported his intentions, and according to the guidance of his uncle Zhou Ye, he said that he was recommended by Xu Zhong, the classic history of Lingzhou County-this recommender is very crucial, without a referrer, people can't trust you at all, and they won't deal with you.

That person's name is Chen Jing, it turned out to be a teacher in Chen's family school, recently Chen's side added a new ding, and the family was busy at home, so he temporarily came over to take charge of finding someone to copy the "Diamond Sutra".

After asking Zhou Ang's name, teacher, and origin, he was a little surprised, and asked: "Zhou An and Zhou Zitai in Lingjiang Academy, do you know him?"

Zhou Ang was immediately solemn and said seriously: "That's an uncle!"

Chen Jing laughed at first, then became a little gloomy, and said, "So, the deceased Zhou Ding Zhou Ziping is your father?"

This time it was Zhou Ang's turn to be a little surprised.

He said, "Exactly." Sir, know my father?"

Chen Jing sighed, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn't say anything, just smiled: "Since it's you, there's nothing to say!

As he spoke, he had already gotten up, took a piece of cut paper from the bookcase next to him, pointed to the book that was opened on the bookcase, and said, "The pen and inkstone are all here, please ask the virtuous nephew to copy a page." ”

When the virtuous nephew shouted, Zhou Ang knew that there should really be some relationship between them.

However, he just hesitated, but did not ask much, after sitting down, he adjusted his mood, picked up the pen, carefully copied a page of the book, and when he finished writing, blew it, picked it up, and handed it to Mr. Chen Jing Chen seriously.

Although he knew that in the middle of his writing, the man had actually been watching it.

At this time, Chen Jing took the page and didn't look at it, turned around and took a printed copy of the "Diamond Sutra", a small roll of good paper, three new brushes, and an ink ingot wrapped in oiled paper, and said: "This is what is needed for five copies of the scriptures, you can take them back! Remember to be serious, the scriptures must not be wrong, and must not be smeared or deleted, the paper here is redundant, you can use it with confidence!"

Zhou Ang hesitated for a moment, took the thing, gave a deep salute, and said, "Thank you, Uncle Shi!"

However, Chen Jing immediately said: "You want to call Shibo!"

Zhou Ang was stunned for a moment, smiled, and said, "Thank you so much!"