On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon raises its head, and everyone in the small household makes cattle.
The first lunar month has passed, but the city still maintains a lively atmosphere. The second day of February is the Dragon Head Festival, the Plowing Festival, the Farming Festival, etc. Folks will carry out many folk activities to pray for peace and a good harvest. There are also local customs in Huaizhou.
There are quite a few, among which the most important one is worshiping the Earth God, because the Earth God is in charge of good weather and the safety of people and animals. Affected by this, there is a temple dedicated to the Earth God in the city that is very popular. The only one that can compete with it is Jiran Bookstore.
After five months, Jiran Bookstore's first "Taidu Cup" essay competition has officially ended. Today, the winning prizes were awarded in the building, attracting many people to watch.
Jiran Bookstore was renovated at the end of last year. The overall layout has not changed much. The main focus is on color matching and details. The reddish-brown building looks more luxurious, while the interior is mainly bright and light colors to improve readers' reading experience.
, there are even more details to deal with, such as reinforcing the stairs outside the building, setting up a long rain shelter, and opening up a small area on the first floor to provide seats for students... For this award, it was also placed in the center
A platform was built.
At this time, a handsome young man wearing a green robe was standing on the stage and said calmly: "Next, we will announce the top three winners of this essay competition. The third place is Guan Ruyang, whose masterpiece "Thousand Winds", the second place,
Li Yu, for his representative work "Hong Ke", won first place, and Fang Xi, for his representative work "Blue and Red Lock", invited three people to come to the stage to receive the award, and Fang Xi gave a speech."
Immediately, the three people named came on stage one after another. Li Yu, standing in the middle, bared his big white teeth and looked at Tang Ji with a smile.
But everyone in the audience immediately became uneasy.
"Li Yu? It seems to be His Highness Youwang, right? His Highness Youwang is only the second best?"
"I watched it in the public area that day, and the beginning of "Green Red Lock" was indeed very exciting. I also think Fang Xi takes the first place."
"Brother, please be careful. If you dare to line up in front of King You, this seat may be in danger!"
"..."
But the discussion soon reached Li Yu's ears, who shouted angrily: "Am I the kind of person with a small belly? Fang Xi's book "Blue and Red Locks" is very exciting. I am
I also admire Fang Xi very much. Danger? What’s the danger?”
Tang Ji shook his head helplessly, handed the three special trophies to the hands of three people, and then said: "Don't worry, everyone, our Jiran Bookstore is one, two is two, and will never let down everyone's efforts.
Let me mention the rewards of this event again. Fang Xi won the first place and received 500 taels of silver. The work "Blue and Red Lock" will be officially put on the shelves in a month. The profit earned by then will be divided into 50 and 50 between our store and him.
, Li Yu, Li Yu forget it, Guan Ruyang won two hundred taels of silver for third place, and the proceeds from the work will also be divided. In addition, the fourth to tenth place will also be rewarded, as well as the authors of the shortlisted works this time.
Everyone will get the privilege of reading books in our store for a month!"
Hearing this, the audience first expressed shock, and then cast envious eyes on the stage. Many people secretly decided to wait until the next Jiran Bookstore event, and they would also try to submit. If they were shortlisted, at least they could save one
Months of reading money, if you are lucky enough to get a ranking, you will make a lot of money!
"Hey, hey, what does Li Yu mean? Forget it, I am the second place after all, you have to give me something, right?" Li Yu asked quickly.
Tang Ji was too lazy to talk to him. This guy had been living and dining in Jiranju for more than two months. He didn't know how much money he spent and where he got the reward. He stopped thinking about it and turned to Fang Xi and said: "Say
Tell me your acceptance speech."
"Well, thank you so much, Shopkeeper Tang." The man standing opposite him bowed and thanked him. Watching a few people walk off the stage, he coughed a few times and said, "I am Fang Xi, the author of "Green Red Lock". First of all, I have to thank
Shopkeeper Tang and Ji Ran Bookstore can give me this opportunity..."
Under the stage, Li Yu leaned on the pillars of the room, looked at Fang Xi on the stage and said to Tang Ji: "The book this guy wrote is really good. It feels like it can be compared with "The Condor Shooting". Hey, when will I
It would be nice to be like him."
Tang Ji nodded slightly, "Blue and Red Lock" is a fantasy novel that focuses on Eastern mythology. Fang Xi's mind is indeed very big. Even he, an old bookworm who has read online articles for more than ten years, thinks it is very good, indifferently
Smiling, he stretched out his hand and patted Li Yu on the shoulder: "Fang Xi is a round older than you, you are still young, you have a chance to surpass him!"
"You're right, I'll do more research when I get back!" Li Yu held his head high and regained his confidence, but then he thought that he was going back to Kyoto soon and might not have time to write a novel at all, so he couldn't help but sigh and said: "
Everything in the palace has been packed up, how are you doing over there?"
"It's almost done." Tang Ji has been busy with the bookstore these two days, while Ji Ran and Jiang Ran are taking care of it.
Hearing his perfunctory answer, Li Yu turned his head: "You don't want to go, do you?"
"Do I look like the kind of person who goes back on his word?" Tang Ji saw that Fang Xi on the stage had finished speaking, so he replied casually and walked over.
Li Yu looked at his back and murmured: "Yes! Otherwise you wouldn't deduct my second place reward!"
Soon, Tang Ji made a summary on the stage and answered some questions from the crowd, and the award ceremony came to an end.
After the crowd slowly dispersed, Tang Ji walked up to the second floor, put a thick stack of rice paper in his hand on the counter, and said to Yao Jin who was keeping accounts: "Shopkeeper Yao, after I leave,
Ji Ran Bookstore will leave it to you. These are the last ten volumes of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". You can release them slowly. After that, "Blue Red Lock" and other books will be queued for a long time. There will be no books in the future.
When it's time to print, please remember to send me a message."
While he was speaking, Yao Jin had already put down what he was doing, quickly took the rice paper, nodded and said: "I will live up to the expectations of the shopkeeper."
Tang Ji nodded slightly. Yao Jin was a very honest and trustworthy person. This can be seen from the fact that there has been almost no problem with the water flowing in the tent in the bookshop in the past few months. He touched his chin and thought for a while: "How about I add some more for you?"
Example money?"
"It's absolutely impossible, shopkeeper, my money is already enough for household expenses." Yao Jin waved his hand quickly. He couldn't find another shop in the entire Yunhuai City that gave the shopkeeper a hundred taels of silver per month.
money shop.
He is not greedy because he does not need to be greedy at all!
Hearing this, Tang Ji couldn't hold on any longer: "Okay, if there are any problems in the bookstore in the future, you can contact me at any time."
"Yes!" Yao Jin agreed with his hands raised.
Afterwards, Tang Ji explained something more and turned around to leave.
Li Yu followed him down the open-air stairs: "Tang Ji, where should we go next?"
Tang Ji slowed down his pace, thought for a while and then replied: "I'm going to the Jianghai Chamber of Commerce."