Houmen Fenghua: Meet the best evil mother-in-law

Chapter 701 Makes More Money Than Copying Books

I don't know if I came early, or most scholars look down on this job. The other two tables are occupied, but the table of scholars is empty.

When Pu Yangyun appeared, many people looked at him. He felt his face was hot, but considering his family background, he still walked over bravely.

The maid behind the desk gave him a registration form and asked him to fill in the information.

After he finished filling it out, let him wait for a while, and then sent his application form and the articles he brought inside.

Pu Yangyun didn't know how long it had passed, anyway, the waiting time was tense, and it felt particularly difficult.

But in fact, before the cup of tea was cold, a woman came out to spread the word and brought him into the yard.

Pu Yangyun had never seen Prince Chongqin's mansion before, when he saw her, he thought that this young and beautiful woman was the legendary Princess Chongqin, but only when the other party opened his mouth did he realize that the other party was the eldest daughter of Princess Chongqin. Maid, her name is Spring.

She is responsible for the recruitment of this matter.

She had read the title of Pu Yangyun's report and the article she wrote, and thought it was pretty good, but she just wanted to ask him a few questions.

The eldest servant girl has bright eyes and bright teeth in spring, and when she smiles, it makes people feel very kind. Her demeanor is probably not worse than that of the daughters of some families.

Pu Yangyun heard his own heartbeat, and was afraid to look into his beautiful eyes: "You...you can ask."

"Okay, then I will ask. If my question offends you, I will apologize to you here first. I am also here to complete the task assigned by the master. I hope you will not be angry." Said, the big maid Spring He got up and made a salute.

How dare Pu Yangyun accept the gift, the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, not to mention the big maid next to Princess Chongqin, was sent to interview someone, it must be the celebrity in front of Princess Chongqin, he quickly avoided, waved his hands in a panic: "Girl, you're welcome. I'm just a grassroots person. I can't stand your courtesy."

"I'm just a servant who works, and I should make an apology to you." The big servant girl Chunchun was polite and well-paced, almost dominating the entire meeting.

In the following conversation, Pu Yangyun followed Chunchun all over, almost asking and answering, the bottom was almost wiped out.

It was rare for the maidservant to see such a "simple person" in spring, so she took a few scrutinized glances and gave Pu Yangyun a topic, asking him to go back and sort out an article, which would be handed over to her in three days.If he passes the test, he can get a job that does not require shifts.

Pu Yangyun is at a loss, and the accountant still needs to write?

Also, what is "eye hygiene"?
When leaving, Pu Yangyun had an extra project outline in his hand, and he was asked to tell a story about eye diseases caused by improper use of eyes under the topic of "Eye Hygiene". Can understand the degree.

At the back, a copy of "Jinling Fiction Newspaper" was attached.

Pu Yang said: "..."

Did I read it wrong, or did the other party take it wrong?
After hesitating for a while, Pu Yangyun wrote two manuscripts, one is a serious scientific essay, and the other is a vernacular novel.All were handed over to the big maid, Chunchun, to let her choose.

After reading it in Chunchun, the maidservant did not speak. Instead, she asked someone to call a few aunts who could not read big characters from the backyard, and asked another maidservant who could read to read to them, to see who could understand them, as long as they understood half of them, Reward two taels of silver.

Although two taels of money is not much, but listening to a story, you don't have to do anything, as long as you get half of the answers correct, how wonderful it is.

Therefore, the aunts racked their brains to remember that afterward, only one-third of the aunts answered 40% of the eye protection questions correctly.

After finishing all this, the big servant girl turned her head in spring and said to Pu Yangyun: "Do you understand?"

Pu Yangyun nodded blankly: It turns out that those requests she made were really for ordinary people to understand? !

He seemed to understand why he was given the "Jinling Fiction Newspaper".

Compared with serious science fiction, ordinary people must prefer country language and all kinds of gossip stories.

Only by putting scientific knowledge into these stories will it be easier to spread.

"Since Mr. Pu understands, then I will give Mr. Pu another chance, and I will trouble Mr. Pu to go back and moisten the pen before coming back."

"Thank you!"

Pu Yangyun respectfully saluted Chunchun, the maidservant, and was very grateful.

If it's normal, people don't need to explain it at all, just tell yourself that it can't be done.

But she didn't, she told herself with actions—why he couldn't.

Knowing the reason, Pu Yangyun knew what to do. He didn't write any hard scientific essays, and devoted himself to writing vernacular novels.He chatted with his parents, his brother-in-law, his nephew, and his neighbors...

Tell them the story he wrote, revise it over and over again, find people to try it, and gradually change it into a story that everyone understands.

It is easy to remember and easy to understand.

At the back, there is also a jingle attached.

One foot from the eyes to the book, one fist from the chest to the desk;
There are laws and regulations for holding the pen with three fingers, and the operating specifications must be understood.

There is a time limit for continuous reading, and the three exercises for eye protection are often practiced.

Reading and studying sit upright, the waist, neck and eyes are relaxed.

……

Seeing this new story, the eldest maid Chunchun showed a smile: "Very good, you have been admitted!"

Pu Yangyun became the editor of the Propaganda Department of Daming Glasses Factory, and was mainly responsible for writing publicity.

"real?!"

When Puyang Yun's family learned about it, they were very pleasantly surprised.

It is said that he is a scholar who is useless, but Pu Yangyun has no fame yet, but he got a job with 10 taels of silver a month, and he doesn't need to be exposed to the sun and rain, as long as he writes a few articles, he will be fine. ? !

Is this... too easy?

Pu Yangyun nodded with a smile: "It's true, I have signed a contract, at least four articles per month, if there are extra, I will reward two taels of silver for each article."

Two taels of silver per piece can make more money than copying books.

When copying books in the past, it took only half a month to copy a book, and it only looked like a few hundred words.

Later, with the advent of movable type printing, copying books became even more worthless, and people thought that your copy was not printed clearly, and they were worried that your copy might contain typos.

All in all, no matter how you calculate it, it is not as cost-effective as movable type printing.

Just write letters for others, and earn a little more money.

It is believed that this kind of thing is not written every day, and people can't write a few letters a year. A letter with a few copper coins can at most earn some hard work, which is not enough to support the family.

So scholars, apart from the imperial examination, really can't find any suitable jobs.

To be a gentleman requires fame, without fame, it is worthless in a place like the capital.If you want to be an accountant, you also need people to dislike you, and you also need to be able to do accounts.

Scholars want to keep the choice of scholars, the face is very small, on the contrary, they are not as good as ordinary people who can't read a few characters, doing coolies, farming, part-time jobs, small business, as long as they can support themselves, they can do any kind of work.

Unexpectedly, the recruitment of workers by the big-eyed glasses production factory opened a new door for scholars in the capital circle.

(End of this chapter)