Chapter 2132: Shared Joy
The biography of Xiang Mingxue written by Bai Erlang is divided into three volumes. For the first volume, he found a bookstore owner himself and paid him directly according to the number of words, which was extremely low.
Later, Bai Shan went to negotiate for the two volumes, and they directly discussed the share of the profits. Although there were many people who copied books in the capital, as long as they were engraved and printed, they basically had to share a share of the money. So until now, the bookstore has sent money to Zhou's house every month.
Bai Erlang glanced at the teacher through the book again and whispered to Zhou Liru, "I think the best one is 'The Legend of the Three Heroes'. I read it a few years ago. It's also your aunt's book, but she probably didn't bring it..."
Liu Huan immediately asked, "Why haven't I heard you mention that? The film you recommended to me last time, 'The Ten Years of Dahua,' was good, but it felt like a history book."
"I was still in Yizhou at that time, and I didn't know you yet. How could I have told you if you hadn't asked me?"
Liu Huan sighed, "You Yizhou people have so many chivalrous stories."
"That's right. Manbao and Baishan are average in other areas, but they're very good at selecting books. They always manage to buy better books than I do. Last time, Baishan bought a handwritten copy of 'Jinshiji' at a stall. When I first glanced at the cover, I thought it was about gold, bronze, seals, and stones. Who knew it was about two knights seeking immortality? It's quite interesting. It's just that one of the characters has the surname Jin and the other has the surname Shi, so that's why it's called 'Jinshiji'."
Yin Huodu couldn't help but put down the book and asked, "How are the words and sentences?"
"Banbai, it's not as popular as the one I have in my hand. The wording and sentence structure are very gorgeous. I think it's very beautiful. There are also several poems written by the author in it. I think they are all worthy of submission."
Lian Yin Huo couldn't help but ask, "Where's the book?"
"I've finished reading it. Manbao is reading it now. Ask her."
Manbao actually brought some books. She had Koko with her, so she brought the most books.
Not only was there a full bookshelf in her space, but she also brought a lot of books in her luggage. After all, she couldn't conjure books out of thin air, right?
So she had a big box specifically for her books. In addition to some medical books, there were also some of her notes, some classics, history books, and a lot of blank books and pens and ink.
She had always taken care of the box by herself, so apart from herself, not even Bai Shan knew what books she had brought.
When Yin Huo asked, she went to the car to look for it, then took out the book and gave it to him. By the way, she also took a book for Zhou Liru, but it was not the "Three Heroes" recommended by Bai Er, but "The Ten Years of Dahua".
She said, "You are still young, so don't read miscellaneous books like 'The Legend of the Three Heroes'. After reading the medical books, occasionally read the classics and history books when you have time. 'The Tenth Year of the Great Transformation' is written in vernacular Chinese and is very interesting. You can take a look."
Zhou Liru took it and agreed.
She is not as good as her younger aunt. She needs to read a book many times before she can remember it. Especially now that she has to learn acupuncture, pharmacology and pulse diagnosis, she does not have much free time.
So she read few other books. Basically, she read whatever her aunt recommended to her.
After distributing the books, Manbao began to secretly search on the bookshelf in the space. He soon found a book that he had never read but had always been interested in. Then he looked around, reached into the box and flipped through it, and put it in his arms as if he had taken it out of the box.
Seeing her being so furtive, Bai Shan knew she wasn't reading a serious book. Thinking that he was also short of books recently, he leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Do you have any other books?"
Manbao's eyes rolled, and he rummaged through the box again, taking out a book for Bai Shan.
The two of them sneaked back to the room with the books.
Mr. Zhuang saw it from afar and couldn't help shaking his head.
The post station had ingredients provided by Daji, and we finally prepared a decent dinner.
While Bai Shan and his companions were having dinner, the postmaster gave his son twenty coins and asked him to ride the post station's horse to his uncle's house to get seeds.
So before it got dark, Manbao and his friends found the seeds of the hawthorn tree and wrapped a small bag of them in paper.
Manbao examined them carefully and found them to be viable, so she gave half to Yicheng and said with a smile, "Just make sure the soil is slightly damp when you spread them. Don't water them too much. Since your Yue family can grow them, why not ask for more advice?"
The postmaster bowed and thanked him. Actually, he was not very interested in growing this thing, but his wife wanted to make money from it so that she took so much trouble.
He said that it takes three or four years to dig up the roots, and the roots of a single hawthorn tree are not worth much, so it is unnecessary to go to such trouble.
Manbao, however, felt that the post station was in such a dilapidated state, and their family's life was not much better, so it would be a good thing to have some additional income.
Manbao collected the other half of the seeds, found a small box in the space to put them in, and then wrote a note and put it on the shelf.
After the encyclopedia's research comes out, she will look at how to plant it. If the seeds are difficult to cultivate, she will hand them over to the encyclopedia for breeding, and then find a way to send them back to her third brother and others to plant.
The roots of the hawthorn tree have many uses, but the medicinal herbs they grow on the mountain are still a bit scarce.
It was getting dark, and the postmaster lit the lamp with great reluctance.
Seeing the familiar expression on his face, Manbao knew what he was thinking and said with a smile, "It's getting really cold. Don't you have a brazier? Why don't you use it to light a fire and turn off the lights?"
The postmaster said, "How can this be good? The adults are here and we can't go in the dark. Besides, they need to read."
Bai Erlang and others on the side were holding the book with great interest, showing great diligence.
Mr. Zhuang knew that what they were reading were not serious books, otherwise how could they read them so enthusiastically?
He glanced over and said directly, "Don't read it, put down the book and rest your eyes."
Bai Erlang and the others reluctantly put down their books and sat down around the brazier.
Bai Shan sighed, "This year is colder than previous years. It's not even warm yet."
The postmaster sat beside him and replied "yes" with a nod and a bow.
Bai Shan asked curiously, "Are you starting to sow rice seeds now?"
"Yes, the rice seedlings have already sprouted. They can be planted in half a month..." The postmaster had not expected this immortal-like figure to know the farming seasons. He smiled and said, "We're better off here. I heard that there was a snowstorm on the grassland this year and smallpox broke out, killing many people. The snow hasn't melted over there yet, and we don't know what life will be like. Are you going north to Xiazhou or somewhere else?"
The news from the post station has always been much more informed than that from other places, and some of the news from the capital has been filtered out. Also, because there is too much news sent to the capital, they have no chance to know many things.
Bai Shan said, "Let's go to the Western Regions."
He made no secret of their purpose, saying, "I heard there's a vaccination method for preventing and treating smallpox in the Western Regions, so we went over there to look for it."
The postmaster was surprised for a moment and said, "If such a method could be found, it would be a great merit. Doctor Zhou is really amazing."
Manbao, who was stirring the fire nearby, paused for a moment and then accepted the compliment.
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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