Chapter 107
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It took Shao Hui two months to successfully wipe out the bandits. Before leaving, Cheng Yeran invited him to their home for dinner. It was their first meeting and Shao Hui had a good impression of their family. He stayed for dinner that night and had a good chat with Cheng Yeran. Later, he often came to their home for meals.
Sometimes during mealtimes, Shao Hui would sit at the dining table in his home, just like a member of their family.
Shao Hui also said that their food is the best in the whole county. If he could come every day, he would like to subscribe to his house for a monthly meal.
A young general, who was not so arrogant and was very friendly to the people, was quite likable. During the meal, he would tell them some stories about his past experience on the battlefield. Even Liu Ya, who hated men, listened with great interest.
Lin Yu was also fascinated by what he heard. He had saved him last time. Men like him are rare.
Shao Hui also said that everyone in his family was too thin and weak, so they could practice martial arts. His brother could also practice martial arts to strengthen his body and not be bullied.
Although the other party is of noble status, he likes to eat sausages from Cheng Yeran's house. Later he found that the soap was not as flashy as he had imagined, and its cleaning power was better than he had thought. He also bought some soap and planned to give some to his family when he got home.
When he ate sausage for the first time, he talked about it with Cheng Yeran, who said that the sausage was good, could last longer than fresh meat, was cheaper than jerky, had a richer taste, and would be good if made into military rations.
After hearing his words, Cheng Yeran had an idea. If they could take over the big business of military rations, they would never have to worry about food and drink in their lives.
"But this may not last long. However, we can make something saltier, which should not spoil so easily." He thought of canned luncheon meat, which is packed in an iron can and eaten after opening.
Without casing, it is saltier. Cheng Yeran doesn’t really like the taste, but many people like it.
Shao Hui told him to try making some, and when they were done, have someone send them to him so he could discuss it with his father.
During their last meal, Cheng Yeran told him about his magazine and that he wanted to open a gallery in the future.
Shao Hui asked him, "Are you telling me this because you want something from me?"
"That's not the case," Cheng Yeran smiled shyly, "Actually, I have something to ask of you. I want to write about your purchase of paintings in my magazine. With the influence of the young general, it will surely attract many people to follow suit, and then our paintings will also be worth more."
He had seen many such things before he traveled through time. If a piece of art or a clothing brand was bought by a certain celebrity, or if certain foreign royal family members loved to wear their clothes, then their brand would increase in value and become a sought-after brand.
He also wanted to use his status as a young general to raise the value of Yang's poems and paintings.
However, Yang Shiming did not use his real name in his paintings, so Cheng Yeran gave him a stage name, Hermit in the Bamboo Forest.
"You can write. Can you write about that incompetent prince?" Shao Hui asked him.
"After all, he is a member of the royal family. I'm afraid it's not a good idea..." Cheng Yeran really wanted to write about it. Common people like to read more about royal family members.
"Write it down. I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong." Shao Hui even asked him to add the price. "He spent 30,000 taels, and I spent 50,000 taels. You must write down the fact that it's cheaper than his. You must also write that I saw the ingot with my own eyes, but he didn't. Don't worry, I'll tell him that ingots are a man's business when I go back, and he will definitely not come to trouble you."
Cheng Yeran didn't listen to him. Since he agreed to write it, then only he would be the one to write it. Another person could also write it, but it had to be a friend whose name it was not convenient to reveal.
In the evening, he and Shen Yuntang returned to the study. Cheng Yeran discussed with Shen Yuntang about making canned sausages, but the process was more complicated than making ordinary sausages.
"You can use some food preservatives so that it won't spoil easily." Cheng Yeran wanted to search for it the next time he went to Wangchunlou to see if he could buy some.
"Okay, you're about to take the exam, don't think about these things which will distract you, just tell me what you want to do and I'll do it." Shen Yuntang was afraid that he would tire his brain out by worrying about these things all day.
"You are also very busy every day. You have to do almost all the work of running the magazine by yourself. You should give him an assistant, or set up a magazine company." Cheng Yeran hugged him to his arms distressedly, and put his palm on his flat belly: "Teacher Shen, you have lost weight recently."
Shen Yuntang was already a little alert when she sat on his lap, thinking that he was going to do something again. She didn't expect that this series would have a third episode!
"If you want to do it, go back to your room and do it. Don't act this out anymore. Aren't you tired of it?" Shen Yuntang asked him with a red face.
"Seeing that you like it, you never get tired of it no matter how many times you perform it." Cheng Yeran even increased the stimulation this time, "The classmates will be back from lunch break soon. Teacher Shen doesn't want others to see you like this, right? If you don't want to, just cooperate with me. Let's hurry up."
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Lao Zhao came back from selling soap and made a lot of money. He wanted to take a break and take the Beijing-Li route again next year. However, not long after he came back, he heard that his family had produced a new magazine.
He ran to buy a copy and read it, and found that the pictures inside were beautiful.
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The content is rich and there are many kinds of gifts, including soap, playing cards, and handkerchiefs. The gifts alone make it worth buying this book.
The magazine is temporarily on sale in the store, and those who didn't buy the paintings are rushing to buy them.
Of course Zhou Hua's father was also exhausted and was ready to expand the scale of the printing factory.
When Lao Zhao went to the Shen family to place an order, the new batch had not yet been printed.
Because it is a book and is printed in color, although the printing and paper are not as good as future magazines, it is several levels higher than other illustrated books of this era.
Lao Zhao had never sold books before, but he thought he could make a lot of money, so he immediately ordered a thousand copies.
He didn't dare to order too much. The retail price of a book was two taels of silver, and the wholesale price was one tael and seven cents per book, which was equivalent to the price of many bars of soap.
However, he thinks that although the purchase price is high, the selling price will be higher.
Previously, Prince Jing sold a painting for 30,000 taels. Although the offline painting is small and the printed version is not as exquisite and beautiful as the original one, more than a dozen ingots can be seen at one time, winning by quantity.
When Uncle Zhou heard that there was a new order for one thousand books, he went back to work overtime, cursing.
Shao Hui returned to the capital and was commended by the emperor. He gave him a lot of things. When Prince Jing was young, he didn't get along well with the general who protects the country. Now he sees that the sons of his rivals are all so outstanding, but he only has one son, who is a fool. He was furious and went home to beat up the prince. He also put him under house arrest, forcing him not to leave the house.
The Crown Prince is always causing trouble and is often confined by the old prince. This year he was confined for an especially long time, three months after three months. Originally, the old prince would go to a farm outside the capital every year to escape the summer heat, and would be gone for several months at a time, but this time he did not even go out and just stayed in the mansion to watch over his good-for-nothing son.
When Prince Jing heard that Shao Hui had returned, he thought it was all over. The beautiful girl had become someone else's husband and there was no possibility for him and her to be together in this life.
He also asked his father whether Shao Hui had said he wanted to get married and whether he had brought back a beautiful girl with him. He was beaten up by the old prince again, who said that he was thinking about beauties all day long and that Shao Hui was not as vulgar as him.
When Prince Jing heard this, although he was beaten, he was happy in his heart. How could Shao Hui, that blockhead, please the beauty? He must have been rejected by the beauty before, so he still had a chance.
If he could get the beauty and show off in front of Shao Hui, Shao Hui would be so angry that his nose would be crooked.
Who knew that before he could show off, Shao Hui came to him and showed off the two paintings in his hands.
When he arrived at Prince Jing's room, he unfolded the two paintings and said, "Not only did I buy two paintings, I also saw the real people with my own eyes. Are you envious? It's useless to be envious. You can't even leave the house."
The prince was so angry that his teeth itched, and he was so sour, "What's the use? He won't follow you even if he sees the real person. You still don't have the ability. I didn't lose."
"Do you know why I didn't bring him back?" Shao Hui looked at his face expectantly, as if he was laughing at a joke. "Because he's a man. Can you be a man?"
"A man!?" The prince was stunned, as if he had seen a ghost. "How could a beauty like that be a man? How did my sweet-smelling brother become a stinky man?"
In order to prevent Prince Jing from getting too excited, Shao Hui lied to him and said, "The painting also exaggerates his beauty. He is just an ordinary man in real life."
Hearing that she was just an ordinary man made him feel more uncomfortable than if the beauty was a man.
He covered his chest and curled up in the chair. "Why does the world treat me like this? I finally fell in love with someone, and it was a man. It's not like I haven't wanted a man before. He looks pretty on the surface, but he is inferior to me in every way. Men are fragrant and soft, while men are smelly and hard. Wuwuwu, it's not good at all, my handsome man."
Shao Hui: “…”
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Cheng Yeran took part in this year's exam. He had only been studying in the academy for one year, but his grades were better than most of the people in the academy. The teacher also encouraged him to take the exam.
Seeing how popular Xia Xiaowu was in the academy, he felt jealous. He wanted to take the exam this year too, and he wanted to become an official to surprise everyone.
As a result, something happened at home again, and his mother asked him to go home quickly without any delay.
In the past, Xia's mother rarely called Xia Xiaowu back home in such a hurry. He was also worried that something uncontrollable might happen at home, so he went back.
As soon as I got home, I saw that the whole family looked very solemn, and Shen Yunfeng had a wound on his face.
"What's the matter? Did you make your mother angry?" Xia Xiaowu immediately pulled Shen Yunfeng over.
Before he made a move, Shen Yunfeng started crying, "It was my father who was always dishonest and touched me."
"Bah, you're talking nonsense. It's obviously you, the vixen, who seduced your father-in-law." Xia's mother yelled beside them.
"Stop slandering me and saying bad things about my father." Xia Xiaowu slapped him in the face and knocked him to the ground.
"Don't you know what kind of person your own man is?" Shen Yunfeng had had enough of this family. He originally thought that Xia Xiaowu would feel sorry for him and seek justice for him after he came back, but who knew that Xia Xiaowu would stand on their family's side after he came back.
After he got married, he felt the change in Xia Xiaowu. When they were having an affair in their previous life, Xia Xiaowu was very gentle to him, often praised him for his good looks and gave him gifts.
The two of them had endless things to talk about at that time, but when he lived his life again, he married Xia Xiaowu as he wished, but Xia Xiaowu had changed. Not only did she often insult and beat him, she also stopped chatting with him, often saying that he was vulgar and didn't even recognize a single word. They had no common language and were not at all as good as his cousin.
If Xia Xiaowu was still as good to him as he was in his previous life, it would be fine if the Xia family tortured him, and he could endure it, but he clearly felt that Xia Xiaowu no longer loved him, and he could not tolerate it.
"If you dare to hit me again, I will let the whole village know about your family's scandal. I don't care even if no one believes it. You want to be an official, right? Whether it's your husband who seduces your father-in-law, or your father-in-law who shamelessly molests his son's husband, you are the one who is embarrassed." Shen Yuntang had had enough and was not going to endure it anymore. He wanted to resist. In the future, she would be an official's wife, the most honorable person in the family besides Xia Xiaowu, and everyone else should listen to him.
"What are you going to do? How dare you say such shameless words? Son, quickly get a piece of cloth to cover his mouth, and sneak into the river when it gets dark, so as not to let him bring shame to our family." Xia's mother was worried about her son's career and wanted to kill Shen Yunfeng, but no one in their family had ever killed anyone, and they didn't dare to kill anyone. If Xia Xiaowu was involved in a murder case, he would forget about becoming an official. She was just saying this in anger. She wanted to lock Shen Yunfeng up first and beat him up a few times until he surrendered. She could then use this incident to control Shen Yunfeng in the future.
"I have already told my aunt about this. If you dare to touch me and kill or injure me, she will report to the police immediately." Shen Yunfeng did not tell anyone, he just threatened them.
Unexpectedly, his words really frightened the Xia family. Mother Xia pointed at him and said, "You, what are you going to do? Aren't you afraid that my son will divorce you?"
"Divorced me, what's the reason? Is your father-in-law shameless?" Shen Yunfeng covered his swollen face and stood up slowly, his eyes revealing a fierce look, "My request is very simple, I don't want this matter to spread throughout the village, from now on none of you are allowed to hit me or scold me, I won't wash clothes, I won't wash dishes, and don't ask me to do any housework. I am a scholar's husband, you have to support me, anyway, I have a rotten life, if you want to divorce me I will divorce, I will immediately report to the government, saying that my father-in-law molested me, use my life to exchange his father's name, in exchange for him not being able to do
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Official, it’s worth it. ”
When taking the exam, not only the candidate's own character will be examined, but also the character of his family. If a family member has committed a crime, the candidate will be disqualified. If Shen Yunfeng goes to the police and says that his father-in-law molested him, although Shen Yunfeng will die, his father-in-law will also die, and the record will have to be recorded. Xia Xiaowu will never be able to become an official in the future. Not only will he not be able to hold an official position, but his entire family will be ridiculed by the villagers.
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