Chapter 73
It was an ordinary day.
Fu Wenyu was originally settling accounts with Fu Wenshu and others at home, preparing to share the money he earned in Beijing this time.
According to the original plan, after deducting the cost of all the income of the martial arts team, the remaining amount was distributed in a ratio of 3:3:4. Fu Wenyu 30%, 30% on the account, and the rest of the people shared the last 40%.
Fu Wenyu's 30% was the result of his platform and effort, and he deserved it. As for the 30% on the account, it was some fixed expenses, such as clothes, swords, and eating out, etc. The last 40% was distributed according to the contribution ratio, which was the monthly salary of the martial arts team members.
Before going to Beijing, this model had been carried out twice.
Because of the hot scene, even the lowest contributor in the martial arts team in the previous two times was divided into more than ten taels of silver. Everyone was jubilant and excited on the first day of the money distribution. Even though Fu Wenyu repeatedly told them to be low-key and not show off their wealth, other people in the village could see some clues from the generous sales of meat, the successive weddings, or the purchase of new clothes and the plan to build new houses, and knew that they had made money.
So after the first distribution of money, the threshold of the Fu family was almost trampled. They all wanted to use the back door to get their children or themselves into the martial arts team. Among them were not only people from Fujia Village, but also people from neighboring villages, and some distant relatives, etc.
But Fu Wenyu knew that the martial arts team could not last long, so he rejected them all.
The same thing happened. After the story was finished, that is, after they returned from the capital, the popularity of "martial arts" began to decline, and the money they could earn every day became less and less.
"It would be great if we could make so much money every month." Counting the dozen or so taels of silver that he got, Fu Wenhe couldn't help but sigh.
The other people in the martial arts team nodded silently.
They have earned dozens of taels of silver in the past few months, while at this time of year in previous years, they either worked in the fields or did odd jobs in the city, and they could not earn more than two taels of silver in a month after working so hard.
So at this moment, they all sincerely hope that this good life can last longer and longer.
Zhang Er came over at this time.
He knocked on the door loudly, "Wenyu, Wenyu, come out quickly, something big has happened!"
"Zhao Da Niu has been found!"
Because it has been too long, Fu Wenyu, who came out to open the door, did not remember who this person was for a while, and asked in confusion: "What Zhao Da Niu, I don't know her."
"Yes, you really don't know her." Zhang Er was so happy that his mouth opened wide, and he directly told the whole story, "But you know her mother!"
"Do you remember?"
"When you were setting up a stall in front of the bookstore, an aunt who had lost her daughter came to you and wanted you to write that she had found someone, and she really did."
Fu Wenyu carefully Recalling, "The one who went missing on the Lantern Festival and wore a red cotton-padded jacket?"
"Yes, yes, yes," Zhang Er said, "Now their family has found her. Isn't it a coincidence that the girl was sold to another place, but you wrote about her disappearance in the Liuzhou tabloid, and wrote about her appearance in detail. As a result, someone saw her and recognized her, so they wrote a letter to the Zhao family."
"Now the Zhao family has found her, and they found the bookstore to thank you. My uncle asked me to come and call you quickly."
"Wenyu, come with me!"
It turned out that they really found her. The "missing person notice" printed in the Liuzhou tabloid is useful. After confirming the news, Fu Wenyu was also very happy and felt that his money was not wasted. After all, his royalties from the Liuzhou tabloid were all used for this.
On the way into the city, Fu Wenyu got more information from Zhang Er.
It turns out that Liu Daniu was not lost, but was abducted to another place. Because she was very young and looked ordinary, she was eventually sold to a family as a maid. She had no choice in her life as a maid. Although she knew she was abducted, she had no way to go home.
It was also a coincidence that she could come back this time.
Because of the storybook printed on it, Liuzhou Tabloid has been very popular in the past year, and its sales have been rising steadily. Thousands of people in Liuzhou alone bought it every time, and some of these people would carefully keep it after reading it, while others didn't care at all and threw it away.
Such scenes are particularly common in teahouses and tile houses, so some people collect them, or pay to recycle them, and then resell them to others. Some people specially sorted out the paper containing a certain storybook separately, and then sold it at a price lower than that of the book.
So Liuzhou Tabloid was spread out like this, and it spread more and more widely. For a while, it was popular for merchants from other places who came to Liuzhou to buy such second-hand tabloids to take home, either as gifts, to show to their families, or to resell.
And because Fu Wenyu received two taels of silver every month, after the "missing person notices" were printed once, they were printed a second time, a third time, and without new ones, the old ones were repeatedly printed on the Liuzhou tabloids. As a result, one of them was obtained by the girl of Zhao Danniu's master.
The girl was also kind-hearted. When she learned that Zhao Danniu's parents had been looking for her, she begged her parents to send a letter to the address on the Liuzhou tabloid. It was said that when the Zhao family went to pick her up this time, they didn't even ask for the redemption money.
This is the whole story. Fu Wenyu sighed and got off the ox cart, and then saw the family at the door of the bookstore.
Zhao Da Niu's mother, Liu Cuilian, who had a sad look on her face at first, is now in high spirits. Not only is she in good spirits, but she also looks and feels younger.
As soon as she saw Fu Wenyu, she quickly pushed her newly found daughter and said eagerly: "Big girl, it's thanks to Mr. Fu that you can see your parents again."
"Kowtow to Mr. Fu!"
When Zhao Da Niu was pushed by her mother, she knew that the person in front of her was the "benefactor" her father told her several times on the way. She immediately knelt down without hesitation, "Da Niu thanked my benefactor!"
Fu Wenyu was startled and quickly bent down to help him up, "No need to be polite, get up, get up."
After helping the person up, he took a closer look, and sure enough, the "Zhao Daniu" in red clothes in front of him was exactly as her mother described, with a mole on her face, and she looked very similar to Liu Cuilian.
Fu Wenyu was deeply moved after seeing off the enthusiastic Zhao family. He felt that it was necessary to continue printing this "Missing Person Notice". Two taels of silver is just a small sum of money to him now, but to some people, it is a hope.
Although the delivery speed of Liuzhou tabloids is not as fast as modern newspapers, the Internet, etc., so that it took almost half a year for the Zhao family to find their daughter, but as time goes by, it will spread more and more Guang, as long as the person is still alive, it is possible to find him back.
As for the fact that Zhao Da Niu was found, apart from rekindling the hopes of those families who had also lost their children, it did not cause as much of a stir as that of Chen County Wang Po and Liuzhou Li Si. One of the reasons is of course that Fu Wenyu's initial deception worked, and few people would think that "words can come true" anymore. Another reason is, of course, that Liuzhou is now attracting everyone’s attention.
That's when the results of the provincial examination come out.
This year is the year of the triennial rural examination, and coincidentally, this year's rural examination happened to be held in the Gongyuan in Liuzhou, so after summer, scholars carrying luggage appeared one after another in the interior of the city.
And after the results were released, the popularity became even more unparalleled. People everywhere were talking about the newly released candidates. Especially Liu Changyan, Liu Juren's eldest son, who had already passed the scholar examination, won the title of Jieyuan in the provincial examination this time.
The people of Liuzhou are so proud.
But at this time, a person Fu Wenyu didn't expect, Liu Changmiao, actually came to the door.
The place where Liu Changmiao made an appointment with him was a private room in Fugui Restaurant. When Fu Wenyu entered, he noticed that his expression was very different from before. He was very serious today.
Fu Wenyu was curious. He didn't know that this young master who used to have a cheerful personality and was quite carefree could even say "I'm not good at studying but I have a family business that I can inherit. My father and my brother will not ignore me." If he had anything to worry about, he sat down and said, "I haven't congratulated your brother on winning the Jie Yuan yet. Your family must be busy these days. I heard that many people come to visit. Why are you free to come out and see me?" What's up?"
Liu Changmiao answered briefly, "My father and brother are very busy. The concierge collected a basket full of gifts, but I sneaked out." He took a deep breath and said with a serious expression: "Mr. Fu, I would like to invite you You write the script."
Write a storybook?
Because he had seen Liu Changmiao in a Liuzhou tabloid before and sent him a storybook written by him, Fu Wenyu subconsciously thought that the other party wanted to ask him to be a hotshot and write a storybook for him, so he was stunned for a moment before replying, "I'm afraid it will take a while. To disappoint you, I have no plans to write a storybook for the time being.”
Liu Changmiao was anxious, "Why? Is it because you don't have free time? But don't you only go to the school every five days? You should have a lot of free time. And you have also finished writing "The Treasure Map of Rebirth", and Zhao Yunfei can do it Traveling with Chen Jing, why don't you have any plans to write a new storybook? You have clearly said before that I can write a storybook as long as I give you money."
Fu Wenyu: "...?"
Zhao Yunfei and Chen Jing traveled together in the world. Doesn't it have anything to do with whether he wrote a Newspeak book or not?
However, from what the other party said, Fu Wenyu also saw that Liu Changmiao meant to let him write a designated storybook like "Green Tea Cousin", so he no longer had any objections and said instead: "You want me to write The kind of storybook that can 'come true'?"
"Actually, it can't come true."
"And when I said this before, it was because the incident about Mrs. Wang of Chen County was spreading, and I was worried that more and more people would think that 'the words come true' would be detrimental to me, so I came up with such an idea. "
"Most people no longer think so, so there is no need for me to write designated scripts for others." Looking at the other person's expression, Fu Wenyu made a suggestion: "How about I write a sentence for you? The kind?"
Liu Changmiao was like taking the funeral examination, "But, I have prepared the money and saved it for a long time. In order not to affect my brother's provincial examination, I came to find you today. Five hundred taels. I will give you five hundred taels. You can help me." I’ll write one, just one!”
Five hundred taels? !
Fu Wenyu's movement to stand up suddenly stopped, then he leaned forward, coughed twice and said, "What about that, please tell me in detail."