Today is August 15th, Mid-Autumn Festival, a good day.
There wasn't a cloud in the sky, so it was a nice day.
Schools and academies were on holiday, and the city's students took advantage of this time to get together in groups, visiting restaurants or even the entertainment districts.
So if you look over, you'll occasionally see a few students passing by on the street.
On Cangshan Mountain outside Qingyan Town, there is a college. It is Qingcang College, one of the three most famous colleges in the entire prefecture.
Zhou Mingyang is a student of Qingcang Academy.
His family is the famous Zhou family in Qingyan Town. The well-known philanthropist Zhou is Zhou Mingyang's biological brother, who is 15 years older than him.
The whole family is in business, but there is one exception, Zhou Mingyang, who doesn't like doing business and likes reading.
Old Master Zhou was so happy that he shouted that smoke was coming out of the Zhou family’s ancestral tomb.
Although Zhou Mingyang is just a student now, he is better than many people in the Zhou family, so he is very favored in the Zhou family.
Zhou Mingyang's academic performance at the academy was average, and his only hobby was reading storybooks. Perhaps he read too many of them.
In the past one or two years, I have been unable to find one that suits my taste.
Sometimes he even secretly went to the capital to look for novels. Unfortunately, they were all the same old stuff, and he could only find one or two that were worth reading.
He had originally wanted to use today's holiday to secretly go to the city to look for the storybook.
Yesterday when he passed by Yunshang Book Pavilion after school, he saw a notice at the door.
It is said that there are new storybooks on the shelves today.
He hadn't intended to care about it at first, thinking that even if it was a new script, it shouldn't be any different from the previous one.
Finally, his good friend Song Yue said to him: "Brother, don't go to the provincial capital. It's too far. It takes a whole day to go back and forth by carriage. Let's buy this instead.
I heard that Fatty Chen, the owner of Yunshang Bookstore, has given this book a very positive review and is working overtime on it."
Zhou Mingyang was unconvinced. "Come on, we've almost finished reading all the books in the three bookstores in Qingyan Town. They're not as good as you say."
After saying that, he complained again: "Can't these storytellers write something interesting?"
"Hey, hey, hey, brother, don't disbelieve me, or you won't be able to buy it when the time comes.
Let me tell you, the younger brother of my childhood friend next door in my hometown in the countryside used to be educated and now works as a copyist at Yunshang Book Pavilion. You wouldn't disbelieve what he said, brother. My childhood friend told me this himself." Song Yue told him.
"Really? Don't make up stories, kid. Let me tell you, if it doesn't look good, I won't give you face." Zhou Ershao said arrogantly.
"Brother, we both know each other. How could I not know how much you like storybooks? How could I joke about this?
And think about it, everyone knows that Fatty Chen from Yunshang Book Pavilion is obsessed with storybooks. He's already said it, so how bad do you think it can be?" Song Yue was trying to persuade his friend earnestly.
Zhou Mingyang thought for a moment and said, "Your analysis is correct. Let's not go to the capital city. Let's go over there and take a look before they snatch everything away."
After saying that, he ran away without waiting for his friend.
Song Yue also chased after him, shouting "Wait for him".
At the Yunshang Bookstore, Chen Zongwen was a bit nervous today. He was confident in the book's content, but he wasn't sure how it would sell. After all, Li Yu was a newcomer and not yet well-known.
The most important thing is that the price of this book is relatively high, 5 taels of silver per copy, the same price as the Three Character Classic.
I’m afraid that readers will be scared away when they hear the price.
They have prepared a total of 200 copies, and will decide whether to produce more based on the sales performance.
This was the price he and Qu Xiangbai agreed upon.
Both agreed that the content and story were good, and with the cover and illustrations inside, the cost was inevitably high.
It is normal that the price is higher than usual.
The library opens at 9am every morning (around 9am).
Before the door opened, there were already several people queuing at the door. They were all servants and maids from the wealthy families in the town.
Rich families would not come to the bookstore in person to buy storybooks; many of them were bought by their servants.
There's a new book out today, and it's pretty good. These people are much more informed than the average person, which is why the queue at the door is filled with servants and maids.
Of course there are exceptions, namely Zhou Mingyang and Song Yue.
Song Yue pointed at a servant and said to Zhou Mingyang, "Isn't that Liu Fengzi's servant?
This guy keeps saying in the academy that we're not doing our jobs by reading storybooks. Well, the new storybooks are on sale now, and his servant got here earlier than us. What a hypocrite!
Zhou Mingyang said with understanding: "Okay, you also know how strict his perverted father is. He definitely won't let him go out. And he's studying at home, so it's pitiful.
It would be nice to read some storybooks and relax. "
Song Yue sighed and said sympathetically: "This kid's father is really a devil. Alas."
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