Chapter 278 Let’s Write a Storybook
Zhao Yimu didn't expect that this servant was so fierce, and he felt a little embarrassed.
Xiao Menghua stopped him and said, "My servant is ignorant. Please don't be offended. This is my first time here too, so I don't know how to recommend anything. I heard that the food here is delicious. Please order whatever you like."
Zhao Yimu looked around: "Most customers ordered mutton soup, I'll try that too."
Zhao Yimu glanced at Xiao Menghua's clothes and said, "Sir, I'm really sorry that I soiled your new clothes. How about I treat you to some soup today? Please don't refuse, or I'll feel really bad."
Seeing that his tone was sincere, Xiao Menghua also thought that a bowl of mutton soup was only 12 cents, so he thought he could afford it.
"Okay, thank you very much, brother."
The two ordered two bowls of mutton soup and a bowl of beef ramen.
Xiao Cui had heard that beef ramen was delicious, and she had always been curious about what it tasted like. Today, she finally got to try it!
Xiao Menghua also swallowed his saliva, looked at the pancake soaked in soup in the bowl, and took a small bite.
The taste was indeed delicious, and she couldn't help but eat it in big mouthfuls.
Zhao Yimu was also surprised: "This soup is so delicious. The mutton in Yangcheng is very smelly, but this one doesn't have any smell at all."
Xiao Menghua swallowed the bread in his mouth: "This is the sheep from the barbarian tribe, so it doesn't have any smell."
Xiao Menghua asked again, "Young Master, are you from Yangcheng? I heard that Yangcheng is very prosperous because it's close to the capital."
Zhao Yimu: "Yangcheng is indeed more prosperous than Fencheng as a whole, but no matter how prosperous it is, it is only for the rich. Ordinary people are still the same."
He changed the subject: "I just heard at the door that this shop is owned by the princess, so powerful people are comfortable wherever they go."
Xiao Menghua is not stupid. From what he said, it seems that he is somewhat dissatisfied with the powerful people.
And she heard that this shop was opened by her cousin's confidant? How did it get involved with the princess?
"I heard that this shop is not owned by the princess."
"Isn't this the logo of Youranju?" Zhao Yimu asked, pointing to the pattern of three flowers.
He just understood it all. This logo belongs to Youran Ju.
Xiao Menghua was also confused. Thinking that his cousin was the prince's subordinate, it was hard to say whether the princess and the others were really in collusion.
Xiao Menghua was a little wary: "Why are you asking this?"
Zhao Yimu did not hide it and said frankly:
"I just arrived in Fencheng. I heard that the palace was recruiting teachers, so I wanted to try my luck. I didn't expect there would be so many people. It's really..."
Xiao Cui thought to herself, I knew you were not a simple person.
Xiao Menghua: "You are still a scholar. Since you dare to apply to be a teacher in the palace, does that mean you are quite knowledgeable?"
"Brother, your compliment is too great. I am only a scholar at present, and I only write some storybooks occasionally to make a living."
Zhao Yimu came from an ordinary family and only received some subsidies after passing the imperial examination.
He has been striving to become a juren for many years, but always failed. He was hit so hard that he thought it would be nice to be a scholar in this life.
So I started writing some storybooks and selling them.
Xiao Menghua perked up when he heard this: "Can you write storybooks? Which ones have you written?"
"They are all low-class people. Please don't make fun of me, sir."
"Why aren't you good enough? It's not easy to write a good storybook. The wife bakery in Bincheng was built on storybooks. I think you should try writing one too. You can make a lot of money."
Zhao Yimu's eyes lit up: "I wonder which bookstore it is? I'll go ask today."
"It's Qingyun Bookstore on Yongsheng Street in Bincheng. They don't have a branch here, but they accept submissions. You could give it a try."
Xiao Menghua has been submitting his works to Qingyun Bookstore, but he has been rejected every time.
Zhao Yimu instantly felt as if a cloud of fog had been lifted. "Thank you for your advice today, brother!"
Xiao Menghua smiled and said, "I just said it casually. I didn't expect you to be able to write storybooks. You're really amazing."
"I don't dare to be a gentleman, I just make a living."
Xiao Menghua smiled and said, "Being able to make a living is impressive. I wish you success on your first try."
"Thank you, brother!"
Zhao Yimu said goodbye to Xiao Menghua and left excitedly. Xiao Menghua looked at his back and sighed:
"I'm lucky today. I even met a man who can write storybooks. I should have asked him for some guidance earlier."
Xiao Cui didn't think so: "Miss, I see he looks poor, so I guess his writing is also average."
Xiao Menghua looked at Xiao Cui and said, "What's wrong with you today? I've never seen you so unreasonable before!"
"Anyway, I just think he has bad intentions! Miss, you have to be careful. Men who can write storybooks are the most likely to deceive people!"
Xiao Cui hates scholars with greasy hair and powdered face who talk about love the most. They look like they have many schemes. It’s better for her to have a man who can actually make money.
Xiao Menghua felt that their arguments were not making sense.
"You don't understand what it means to be with a man who is as hard as a log. You don't even know what I'm talking about."
Xiao Cui grumbled, "I think you've never suffered hardship. If your family can't even afford to eat, do you still like these pretty boys?"
"What are you mumbling about?"
Xiao Cui quickly smiled and said, "I didn't say anything, Miss. I just said that the sun is a little strong today. Let's go back!"
Xiao Menghua felt a little annoyed as he watched the weather getting hotter and hotter.
She said sullenly, "Go back!"
What annoyed her more than the weather was that her family wanted to find her a boyfriend.
Ever since her mother found out that her cousin had found a man, she started looking for one for her.
She used this as an excuse to persuade her mother to slowly investigate the other party's background, in case he was also a man-loving person.
Her mother also thought so, which gave her some time to catch her breath.
Who can understand her suffering? She just wants to find someone she can talk to, why is it so difficult?
After leaving the restaurant, Zhao Yimu went to a bookstore. He bought the cheapest paper and pen and planned to go back and write a storybook to submit.
It is so difficult to enter the palace now, it is better to write articles to make a living and then wait for the opportunity.
Xie Shuangbai has been extremely busy lately. The business in the border trade zone is so good that the daily shipment of instant noodles is so huge that it seems that the supply is almost insufficient.
He also called Wang Yun and Hei Dou and asked them to recruit people to make instant noodles in the border trade area.
While observing the merchants coming and going, he observed what goods were easy to sell, what were cheap, and what merchants from the north and south liked.
Ning Yuan failed to reach an agreement on the car business with Xie Shuangbai last time and was planning to go back.
After that, he had dinner with other shopkeepers and heard the news that a border trade zone was going to be opened in Fencheng, so he rented a house in Bincheng and planned to bring some things back.
As soon as he heard that the border trade zone was opened, he immediately brought his servant here.
He looked at the inn he was about to stay in and felt that it was just ordinary, not even as good as the largest restaurant in their Huacheng.
I feel that the North is just like this.
Only after he and Zhuzi actually moved in did they realize how convenient it was.
The flush toilet, the separate wet and dry showers, and the running water, everything was so new, and he looked at them intently.
"Bamboo, there's something in this inn!"
"Look, sir," Zhuzi pointed at the sign on the corner of the bed sheet, "Isn't it the same as the one at the Wife Cake Shop?"
Ning Yuan looked carefully and found that they were indeed the same.
The three-flower logo of the Wife Cake Shop is very small and cannot be seen clearly unless you look carefully.
It turns out that this inn is also opened by the owner of the Wife Cake Shop!
Ning Yuan regretted it the moment he thought of this. He should have cooperated with him in the first place!
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