C1683 The First Bucket of Gold
C1683 The First Bucket of Gold
Shenho nodded and looked at the menu pinned on the wall. She then picked up a few other recipes and wrote them down.
The first line was full text and the second line was short text.
The surrounding people immediately cried out, "Little girl, your second line is full of missing arms and legs. This is not good!"
Shenho immediately cupped her hands and said, "This uncle understands. I did not deliberately write wrong words, but Little Second Brother's knowledge is limited. I really can't remember so many strokes, so I improved it a bit. It was convenient for people who hadn't read a book to read. If you want to talk about reading, you naturally have to write according to the original handwriting! This is just a helpless action. "Please enlighten me!"
When that uncle heard Shenho's words, he nodded and said," The young lady is still considered sensible. It is rare for her to write her own character at such a young age. I wonder if the little girl is..."
That uncle originally wanted to ask which young lady Shenho is from, but when he saw Shenho's tattered clothes, he was instantly unable to say anything.
Shenho immediately understood the other party's meaning and immediately said in embarrassment, "My father was originally a scholar and passed away a few years ago. My words were all taught by my father."
She could only push all the reasons to her cheap father!
The surrounding people immediately revealed a look of understanding.
Even so, he was already a prodigy.
Unfortunately, she was a girl. Otherwise...
Too bad!
Shenho did not feel that it was a pity at this moment. In her heart, she was glad that when she was three years old, she was forced by her mommy to practice calligraphy. She found so many letters to copy.
If it were not for the fact that she copied so many works in her previous life, she would probably be blind for the rest of her life!
Sure enough, not a single talent was redundant.
That shopkeeper lost his bet and was a bachelor. He directly pointed out 50 wen and was about to pass it to Shenho.
Shenho waved her hand and said, "It's just a small matter. It's not worth being serious about. What this uncle said is right. Learning is to be firm and solid. This kind of opportunistic actions can be done occasionally, but the real use is still the knowledge taught by the teacher."
When the group of people saw Shenho being young and speaking like an adult, they immediately looked at her in a different light.
After getting familiar with everyone, Shenho finally asked her own question, "Uncles, Uncles, Do you think I can read that word?"
"Yes, I can. It is very rare to have such a character at such a young age." The uncle who had just criticized Shenho immediately said, "He's not much worse than the teachers in our town's academy."
Shenho smiled and raised her second question. "Then if I want to find a job to copy books, can it work?"
The people around were stunned. It was the first time they saw a girl copy a book.
However, her handwriting was not bad.
At this time, one of the people in the crowd said, "I know that the town's foreign secretary Old Madame has been asking for Buddhist scriptures recently, but she has never found a suitable person to write it. The word 'young lady' is pretty good, you can try it."
Shenho immediately bowed to this person. Thank you for your advice, uncle. "
That person saw how polite Shenho was and immediately said, "How about this. You go to Minister Zhou's house and tell him that I, Feng Er, introduced you."
At this time, the manager opened his mouth. "Little girl, you should thank this Mister Feng Er! He is our town's academy's mister."
Shenho was overjoyed and bowed again. "Thank you, teacher."
After receiving the news, Shenho turned around and went to Minister Zhou's house to recommend herself.
In the beginning, Minister Zhou's house did not allow entry. He only allowed entry after announcing his name as Second Mister Feng.
Minister Zhou's old mother believed in Buddhism and had always wanted to find someone to properly copy Buddhist scriptures.
However, the Elementary Scholars were too embarrassed to accept such an internal matter. They were worried that people would say that they were insulting the cultured and earning women's money.
They weren't worried about affecting their status, right? The handwriting was bad again.
Thus, they had never found a suitable candidate.
Shenho also knew that it was better to just write a word than to speak any more nonsense. Hence, when Old Madame arrived, Shenho directly waved her ink and wrote a piece of Diamond Sutra silently.
Once again, she thanked her mother who had transformed into the devil flower and forced herself to copy many Buddhist scriptures when she was practicing writing. Therefore, Shenho recited and wrote a section of the Buddhist scripture. It was also very convenient for her to do so.
When Old Madame saw that Shenho had finished writing, she was immediately overjoyed. "Aiyaya, the little girl's handwriting is really good! This hairpin Xiao Jie is not much worse than Scholar."
Shenho's heart was already filled with tears: That's right, that's right. I've practiced calligraphy for more than 20 years!
Zhou Old Madame looked at Shenho's clothes and more or less understood in her heart.
This is a child with a hard life!
A child who was able to produce a good word would definitely not have a low birth. Now that he was in such a dire state, it really made one's heart ache.
Zhou Old Madame immediately got someone to prepare a new set of clothes for Shenho and said, "I approve of this word. I have the Diamond Sutra and the Prajna Prajna Prajna Mi Duo Heart Sutra here. When will you be able to finish copying them?"
Shenho weighed it and said, "If I only write it here, I will remove the time to go back and forth and it will take around ten days. If I bring back Hu to write, it will only take six days."
Zhou Old Madame hesitated for a moment and said, "Then your home..."
Reporting to Old Madame, I have already established my own family. It has nothing to do with my family. " Shenho smiled sweetly.
Zhou Old Madame felt even more uncomfortable in her heart.
How sad must she be in order to force the child to become independent?
"Alright then. Take it back and copy it." Zhou Old Madame said, "The faster the better, but you must not make a mistake!"
Shenho nodded vigorously.
"I will first pay you five taels of silver as the deposit. After copying and writing, I'll pay you five taels of silver. What do you think?" Zhou Old Madame asked.
Shenho immediately stood up and bowed to Zhou Old Madame," Thank you Old Madame! "
When she left Minister Zhou's house, Shenho had already changed out of her clothes and carried two bags in her hands.
One of the bags was filled with ink, ink, paper, and half-new clothes. The other was filled with food that Old Madame had given her.
When Shenho walked back, she was very happy in her heart.
This was the first bucket of gold that she had earned in this world.
She believed that with her own hands, she would be able to earn more money.
Shenho was once again grateful to her biological mother in her previous life for forcing her to learn so many talents. She had finally used them in this life.
When they were walking back, Shenho told Second Uncle Wang what happened today. She almost scared Second Uncle Wang to the point that he could not stand it anymore.
"What? Do you know how to write? Why haven't I heard you say that before?" Second Uncle Wang asked.
Shenho replied, "I didn't go out before. I used to practice writing with a stick at home. When I was three, my father taught me how to recite the Three Character Classic. I could not only memorize but also write."
Second Uncle Wang felt like he was hallucinating.
He never thought that he would save a little prodigy!