It was square-shaped, and inside it were the characters that Tong Wenyao had mentioned before. She was a little surprised and said, "Uncle Dagen, your handwriting is beautiful."
Wu Dagen scratched his head and said, "The characters I carved are not very good-looking. It was only with He Chuan's help that they became so beautiful."
"Uncle Dagen, you're welcome. Your carvings are pretty good too."
Now that Uncle Da Gen has already carved it, she will try to see if she can make rubbings of the words. Then she will get some classic books to make rubbings.
There happened to be a book of Thousand Character Classic next to Uncle Da Gen. Tong Wen Yao collected the engraved blocks, and then took them to the kiln next door with Xiao Huaizi to make them. The characters for the rubbing were convex, so they could be directly rubbed by dipping them in ink.
Tong Wenyao began to copy the characters from the Three Character Classic. When Wu Huai saw this, he clapped his hands and jumped, saying, "Sister Yao is amazing!"
The printed characters didn't spread out due to the ink, so the overall printing was quite successful. However, with this type of printing, you need to wait for the ink to dry after printing on the entire sheet of paper, otherwise it will spread to other places.
Tong Wen Yao printed all the words on that page in a short while. Overall, it only took a cup of tea to complete the printing, which greatly improved efficiency.
The next step was to find the village chief and ask them to find people in the village to copy the books. After looking around, she found that the location here was okay for papermaking, but it was too small for making rubbings of books.
Is there any suitable place in the village? She thought about it and it seemed that there was still a lot of open space next to the big elm tree at the entrance of the village, and it was also close to the village school. Then, when the time came, she could make the rubbings and give them directly to them for study, and it would be much more convenient to transport them out.
The village still has to pay for the necessary construction and materials! However, this time, they could form a collective joint venture with the village, and share the profits later. The profit sharing would remain the same as previously agreed upon: she would take 10% of the net profit, and the rest would be divided into two parts: one for working capital in the village account, and one for the villagers.
He found Wu Dagen and said, "Uncle Dagen, you're still carving these days. If the paper mill is short of carpenters, you can find other carpenters to do it. The carving will be used when the house in Dayushu is built."
When Wu Dagen heard that this mission was so important to him, he said seriously, "Wen Yao, I will do my best!"
After everything was settled, Tong Wen Yao took Xiao Huaizi to find Kong Ming. They were still living in the house where the Tong family first came. Only Xiao Bao was there now. Tong Wen Yao pushed the door and was about to go in when she was stopped by Xiao Bao.
"Wen Yao, the teacher has a fever now. It's better not to come in to avoid infection."
Tong Wenyao said, "Xiao Huaizi, wait for me at the door. I'll go in and see the Master."
Seeing that she didn't listen, Xiao Bao said anxiously, "Wen Yao, don't go in." She looked at her blocked hand and said, "Bao Yi! I'm a doctor myself. I'll check on the master. Otherwise, if the condition gets serious, it will be disastrous."
He heard the hesitation behind him, and Tong Wenyao said gently: "If the teacher doesn't get better soon, the children in the village will be delayed in their classes. I brought medicine when I came here."
Thinking of Xiao Huaizi standing at the door, he finally put down his hand that was trying to stop her and said, "Then you can watch the Master from a distance, otherwise I'm worried about getting infected."
"Bao Yi, I also had a fever last night, but I got better after taking the medicine, so you don't have to worry."
Tong Wenyao was familiar with the courtyard, so she opened the door and went in. Kong Ming was leaning against the wall at this time. Bao Yi saw the teacher half sitting up and hurriedly said, "Teacher, why are you up? Lie down quickly."
"Ahem, ahem, it's nothing. I heard your voices from inside the house, so I just got up." Tong Wenyao walked over and said, "Master Kong, let me take your pulse. If it's an epidemic, you'll need medicine."
After hearing this, Kong Ming stretched out his hand and said, "Thank you for your help." Tong Wenyao placed her hand on his wrist and frowned. His fever didn't seem like an epidemic, but rather a normal fever. To be on the safe side, she said, "Master Kong, please open your mouth and let me see your tongue."
The white tongue coating is obviously a sign of fever, not caused by an epidemic.
"Your fever is normal, not an epidemic. Bao Yi will come to our house later to get some medicine to make for Kong Fuzi." After saying that, she took out a white ceramic pill from her bag and said, "This is a pill for treating epidemics. If you experience chest congestion and a rapid rise in body temperature, you can take this morning and night."
After hearing this, Kong Ming said with gratitude: "Thank you, Miss Tong."
She glanced at him and said, "You're welcome. I'm doing this so that the two kids at home can go to school earlier." Although she said this, Kong Ming still thanked her! Otherwise, he didn't know when his fever would be cured.
After reading it, Tong Wenyao felt that the bedding here was a bit thin. Although it was spring, the weather was still cold, so she said, "I'll have someone send another quilt over later."
Bao Yi said from the side, "No need. The teacher was afraid of infecting me, so he and I slept separately. But if the teacher just has a fever, I will sleep in another room tonight."
Although there is a kang, it will still be cold if it is not lit during the day, not to mention that Kong Ming has a fever.
She saw that there were many books beside Kong Ming, and thinking that she would need books to make rubbings of books, she asked, "Mr. Kong, can you sell us some of the books on your desk?"
Good books from ancient times were hard to find, especially books by famous authors. Books by famous people from previous dynasties were even harder to find. Aristocratic families would collect these books and place them in their own library for their family members to read. This was what happened to the Tong family back then, but when their property was ransacked, all these books disappeared.
Kong Ming said, "Since Miss Tong is interested in the books, you can take them back and read them carefully." Tong Wenyao shook her head and said, "Mr. Kong, I want to make rubbings of these books."
Hearing Lu's confusion, he asked, "Rubbing?"
"Exactly. Normally, if you want a new book, you have to find someone to copy it. But now with rubbings, one person can do the work of five copyists."
He was a little excited after hearing this and said, "If that's the case, then books will be much cheaper, and more people will be able to read." Kong Ming wanted to get up and look at the so-called rubbings, but she stopped him and said, "Master Kong, you're not well yet. Don't be exposed to the cold wind, otherwise you'll get a headache."
"Okay, okay! I'll come visit you when I have the chance." He seemed to have thought of something and said, "Don't worry, I will never steal your technology."
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