Trying hard today

In order to give Shen Xianyu a beautiful wedding, Gu Linyuan deliberately bought a piece of land in Shenjia Village, and then hired someone to build a house.

It's winter now, and everyone in the village has nothing to do. Gu Linyuan's salary is not low, including three meals a day, so he immediately rolled up his sleeves and got busy.

Shen's father and Shen's mother didn't know what Gu Linyuan was thinking at first, but they were still happy that he was willing to stay in Shenjia Village, so that his daughter would not have to worry about being retaliated by the fox demon.

Shen's father brought elder brother Shen to help, and mother Shen took elder sister Shen to help the hired village craftsmen.

Seeing Shen's father and Shen's mother, Shen's eldest brother, beaming, the corners of Shen's sister-in-law's mouth twitched slightly.

If they knew that Gu Linyuan was thinking about their favorite daughter/sister, they wouldn't be so happy, would they?

Although they were worried about Xianyu's marriage all day long, and met many people, they didn't see them too anxious, and they were happy every day.

Mrs. Shen looked up at the sky, and she already had a premonition that in the not-too-distant future, there would be a scene of chaos at home.

Knowing that Gu Linyuan was going to move out, Shen Xianyu probably had a plan in mind. He bent his lips and counted his small coffers. He decided to take advantage of these free days to write more novels so that he could earn a "dowry" for himself. ".

He also used the excuse of looking for Gu Linyuan to "learn scriptures", and often pulled Gu Linyuan to talk.

At first, I was just looking for an excuse to get along with Gu Linyuan more. Unexpectedly, some of the things Gu Linyuan said were quite interesting, and I couldn't stop listening to them.

After going back, I thought about it, and then added a little ink to make Gu Linyuan's plain narration vivid and interesting, making people feel like they were on the scene.

Gradually, more and more people came here admiringly.

Even the storyteller in the teahouse and restaurant in the small town began to talk about Shen Xianyu's picture book.

And because the town is a transportation hub, many businessmen and bodyguards who travel to the north and south will pass by here. Seeing that these picture books are good and the price is not high, they waved their hands and bought some to take back as gifts.

The bookstore owner was overjoyed, as if he regarded Shen Xianyu as a hen that lays golden eggs.

Every time Big Brother Shen came to deliver a new issue of the picture book, he would repeatedly ask Shen Xianyu to write more.

Brother Shen agreed, but he didn't tell Shen Xianyu about it when he went back.

In his opinion, even if his sister doesn't do anything, he is willing to support her.

Now he has to earn his own money to subsidize the family. It is already a dereliction of duty for him as a brother, and he still wants his sister to be a cow and a horse?

Don't even think about it!

However, after a period of time, such things as plagiarism and piracy appeared.

Many picture books with the same content appeared on the market, and the bookstore's customer base was divided.

There are even some people who follow the example of the bookstore owner and open a bookstore. They also recruit some people from the bookstore owner and hire another group of people. Every time a new picture book comes out, people buy it, and then work overtime to let themselves The same people hand-drawn the same picture book and put it in the store for sale.

In order to suppress bookstore owners, they also lowered the prices of picture books.

Ordinary people, as long as things are similar, they will basically buy what is cheap.

Those servants and maids sent by high-ranking officials and nobles also have their own careful thinking. The masters also give them the same money to buy those pirated copies, and they will get more profits.

Anyway, this picture book is not something imported or used, just for fun, who cares if it is a pirated copy or a genuine one?

After coming and going, the business of the bookstore owner is getting less and less.

What's more, she personally went to Shenjia Village to find Shen Xianyu, and wanted to pay him a high price so that he could draw a picture book for herself.

Shen Xianyu still had a bottom line, he was grateful to the bookstore owner for helping him when he was at his worst, plus things like money, if he didn't bring it with him when he was born or died, it was enough, so he refused.

Hearing about this incident, the owner of the bookstore was greatly moved, and added a lot of money to him on top of the original amount, for fear that Shen Xianyu would be poached by others.

Shen Xianyu felt that the owner of the bookstore was pitiful, and after thinking about it all afternoon, he wrote several proposals and asked Brother Shen to bring them to the owner of the bookstore. As for whether the owner of the bookstore is willing or not, that is another matter.

In fact, piracy has its advantages and disadvantages.

The good thing is to increase the popularity, let more people know about your products, and then come to buy them.

The downside is that your own cake is divided.

At this time, if no improvement is made, it can only be replaced by pirated versions.

The proposal given by Shen Xianyu mainly has several directions: first, increase the price and quality, and take the high-end route, but do not give up the civilian market.The latter is still the same as before, the audience is mainly ordinary people, winning by quantity.The former needs to take the delicate route, the paper should be of that kind of precious, and the packaging should be carefully thought out, and it is best to give some small things that people like. It's even better.

The owner of the bookstore was very happy with the plan given by Shen Xianyu. He slapped his thigh and immediately found someone to do it.

Knowing that the owner of the bookstore started to take action, Shen Xianyu didn't ask about the follow-up matters, and stayed with Gu Linyuan every day, discussing what to draw in the next issue of the picture book.

Because of Gu Linyuan's guarantee, Mrs. Shen simply turned a blind eye, closed one eye, and let Shen Xianyu go.

But in private, he still repeatedly warned Shen Xianyu to be more disciplined and not cause scandals such as unmarried pregnancy, Shen Xianyu was extremely helpless.

How can he be born as a man?

There are many people and strength is great, but within ten days, the outline of the house has begun to take shape.

Gu Linyuan left the money to Shen's father, and asked him to be responsible for the house. If there is not enough money, wait for him to come back.

Before leaving, Gu Linyuan deliberately went to find Shen Xianyu. When he thought of leaving, he felt a little disappointed, but for their future, he still gritted his teeth, "Miss Shen, I will go out in a few days."

"Where are you going?" Shen Xianyu was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Just... just walk around." Gu Linyuan was a little nervous, clenched his hands into fists, and stuck them to the sides of his thighs.

"When will you come back?" Shen Xianyu felt a little disappointed, and didn't really want Gu Linyuan to leave.

"Come back soon." Looking at Shen Xianyu's gloomy face, Gu Linyuan was a little guilty but also a little happy. He took out a golden hairpin inlaid with green gemstones from his bosom, and handed it to Shen Xianyu, "This... ...I bought it for you specially."

"..." Looking at this heavy golden hairpin, the corners of Shen Xianyu's mouth twitched slightly.

It's the third world, and this person's straight-male aesthetics are as suffocating as ever!

"Why... don't you like it?" Seeing Shen Xianyu's indescribable expression, Gu Linyuan panicked and asked cautiously.

"No, I like it very much." Shen Xianyu sighed, took the golden hairpin and held it in his hand, "Thank you, but don't spend money like this in the future."

"It's fine if you like it." Gu Linyuan's face turned from cloudy to sunny in an instant. If he had a tail, it would definitely be turned into a propeller by now. He tried his best to suppress the corners of his mouth, his eyes were full of joy, "Don't worry, I will be back soon of."

"En." Shen Xianyu nodded, "Be careful on the road."

"I know."

Worried that after he left, Chen Haojue would come to pester him, so Gu Linyuan went to Chenjiacun specially, and found Chen Haojue to "drink tea", which scared Chen Haojue into trembling, and vowed again and again that he would not go to find Shen Xianyu while he was away, so he was satisfied away.

In the past, Gu Linyuan didn't care about things like gold, silver and jewelry, but he will soon have a family. If he wants to give his wife the best, he can't do whatever he wants like before.

After dealing with several difficult cases in a row, his wallet filled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he also met many powerful people who regarded him as a guest of honor.

Thinking that the house was almost finished and his adoptive father was about to arrive in Shenjia Village, Gu Linyuan hurried back with his bags.

When he arrived in Shenjia Village, the house was almost built, and the tables, chairs and benches he had ordered before arrived one after another, and it was ready for people to live in.

After building the house, there are a lot of materials left.

Gu Linyuan proposed to use these woods to repair Shen Xianyu's house, Shen's father was still a little embarrassed, but Gu Linyuan persuaded him, and then he happily agreed, feeling that Gu Linyuan is a good person.

However, it didn't take long before he was slapped in the face.

After dinner, Gu Linyuan took out the presents he bought for the Shen family one by one.

What he prepared for Shen's father was a 100-year-old Daughter Red and top-grade Yuqian Longjing. After seeing it, Shen's father was very happy and praised Gu Linyuan repeatedly.

For Shen's mother is a set of exquisitely made pure gold jewelry, Shen's mother likes this kind of jewelry at her age.

But she and Gu Linyuan were neither related nor related, so how could she accept such a precious thing so easily, and repeatedly declined.

In the end, Gu Linyuan couldn't hold back and accepted it.

A set of jewelry and fine rouge powder for Mrs. Shen, and a fine jade pendant for Mrs. Shen, both of them were very happy to get it.

"Miss Shen, this is a gift I bought for you when I went out." Gu Linyuan blushed a little, and pushed an exquisitely crafted box over. Shen Xianyu opened it and saw that it was full of silver tickets and gold coins. ingot.

The Shen family was stunned. Father Shen was about to speak when Gu Linyuan knelt down towards him, "Uncle Shen, Aunt Shen, eldest brother, sister-in-law. I really like Miss Shen and I really want to marry her. These are some small gifts from me to Miss Shen, the betrothal gift is not included, my adoptive father is already on his way, he will arrive in a few days, and then formally come to propose marriage, I hope you can make it happen."

Except for Mrs. Shen, the other three were stunned, especially Father Shen, whose jaw almost fell to the ground.

He pointed at Gu Linyuan with trembling hands, unable to say a word for a while.

The bits and pieces that he ignored in the past gradually emerged before his eyes. He thought that Shen Xianyu's approach to Gu Linyuan was just to be grateful for his life-saving grace.

Originally thought that Gu Linyuan didn't reject Shen Xianyu's overtures, but he was just a nice person.

Unexpectedly, Gu Linyuan came up with such an idea!

After thinking it over, Shen's father turned pale and was about to speak. Shen's mother was one step faster than him, cheerfully helping Gu Linyuan up, "Daoist, are you serious about what you said?"

"Of course." Gu Linyuan followed Shen's mother and stood up. He looked at Shen Xianyu with tenderness in his eyes.

"I really like Ms. Shen. If you are willing to hand over Ms. Shen to me, I can pamper her for the rest of my life, and I won't let her do any dirty or tiring work." Gu Linyuan said, "I know you will rest assured Miss Shen, just bought a piece of land in Shenjia Village and built a house, and I plan to settle down in Shenjia Village in the future, as long as you want to, you can live together, there are quite a lot of rooms."

No matter how capable Gu Linyuan is, no matter how sincere his attitude is, no matter how much he thinks about Shen Xianyu, Father Shen and Big Brother Shen will not look good.

Anyone who brings a pig home, eats it and serves it deliciously, only to have his own cabbage smashed, will not feel too good.

Gu Linyuan also knew that what he did was unethical, so his attitude was even lower. Even if Father Shen and Big Brother Shen beat him up, they would never fight back.

With Shen's mother and Shen's sister-in-law making peace in the middle, even if Shen's father and Shen's brother were upset, they had to admit that Gu Linyuan was the best candidate.

It's not that no one came to talk about Shen Xianyu's marriage these days.

But the people they were looking for were either old widowers with several children or people with disabilities. How could they have the heart to push Shen Xianyu from the fire pit of Chen Haojue to another bigger fire pit?

Therefore, I can only bite the bullet and agree.

But he never gave Gu Linyuan a good face again.

Having said that, Gu Linyuan couldn't stay at Shen Xianyu's house anymore, so he moved there that night.

Father Shen looked at the tea leaves and daughter Hong in the room, and couldn't get angry, Shen sat on the bed with this face and said nothing.

"Okay, you're almost done, don't get cheap and act like a good boy!" Seeing his expression, Shen's mother couldn't laugh or cry.

Father Shen snorted and didn't speak.

"With the condition of our daughter, it is not easy to find such a good child as Lin Yuan. If you scare Lin Yuan away with a straight face all day long, there will be no place to cry! "Mother Shen took off her shoes and went to bed, and blew out the candle beside the bed.

It is said that the mother-in-law looks more satisfied with her son-in-law,

"If I had known this brat was uneasy and kind, I shouldn't have let him live in!" The more Father Shen thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, wishing he could pick up a hoe and beat Gu Linyuan up!

"Yes, if we don't let him live in, then what will our daughter do?" Mother Shen asked with a smile, "There are already a lot of gossip between her and Ligui's house now, if she becomes an old girl, those gossips will get worse .Yes, you are amazing and can support her for a lifetime, but can you stop other people from gossip? Anyway, I like Lin Yuan very much. Don't go to bed, sleep on the floor for me!"

"Hey, I found that you are getting more and more courageous now!" Shen's father turned over and frowned at Shen's mother.

"Otherwise? If you want to find a young, beautiful and gentle one, I won't stop you." Shen's mother turned her back to Shen's father arrogantly, without looking at his face, "If you have the ability, you can divorce me! When you see it, will the child be with you or with me."

"Hey, I can't cure you anymore, can I?" Shen's father lifted the quilt to cover the two of them, Shen's mother pretended to struggle a few times, and finally the situation came to fruition, and the two of them huddled together until midnight before they finally stopped.

Shen's father fetched water, wiped Shen's mother's body, then went to bed, held Shen's mother in his arms, and whispered about Shen Xianyu's marriage.

The atmosphere is called harmony.

On the other side, Gu Linyuan was lying alone on the bed, feeling that there was no one in the room at all.

He used to sleep alone, but knowing that Shen Xianyu was not far away from him, he could accept it.

Now that I am far away, I just feel empty in my heart.

Gu Linyuan sighed and turned over, only looking forward to marrying Shen Xianyu home as soon as possible, when the wife and children are hot on the kiln, it can be regarded as reaching the pinnacle of life.

A few days later, Gu Linyuan's adoptive father finally came, bringing with him a group of fellow apprentices.

They came to the door respectfully, visited Shen's father, and picked a recent auspicious day, planning to marry Shen Xianyu into the door.

Gu Linyuan's adoptive father is a very serious person, always with a straight face and rarely smiles.

But now because Gu Linyuan finally found a girl he likes, the smile on his face never stopped, and his senior brothers got goosebumps all over the place.

The news that Shen Xianyu was going to get married spread like wind from Shenjia Village. Hearing this, Chen Haojue became even more distraught, and looked at others with contempt or sympathy, which made him even more ashamed.

Without Shen Xianyu, Chen Haojue's life is like a refugee's. He can't make any money, so he can only pawn the things at home to sell money one after another. Only a thick cotton coat is left on his body, which is dirty and completely naked. The scenery of the past is Jiyue.

In the past, there were some girls in Chenjia Village who liked him and secretly stuffed him with food and embroidery, but now that he looks like this, no need for his family to tell him that he is unreliable, and they are far away from him.

Just when Chen Haojue couldn't hold on anymore, the fox demon came back.

She went back to the fox cave to recuperate for a long time, and used a lot of natural materials and earthly treasures to make up for it. She barely regained her human form, but her vitality was also severely injured, and she could no longer use spells in a short period of time.

The fox demon was worried about Chen Haojue, and went back to Chenjiacun regardless of the advice of other foxes.

On the way, she met some people. She only said that she was the daughter of a wealthy businessman in the south, and she followed her family to join relatives, but she encountered bandits on the road, and her parents were killed. people.

Because she was good-looking and looked like a weak willow supporting the wind, no one doubted her words, and some good-hearted ladies brought food to her.

The fox demon didn't like such crude food, but he couldn't show it, and thanked him with a smile.

Someone invited her to stay at his home for a while, and then reported to the official for her, and asked the official to send her home. After hearing this, the fox demon felt a little bit in his heart. If she really reported to the official, her identity would not be concealed. So weeping like pear blossoms with rain, he only said that his family was kicked out by his uncle's house. This time he came to the north to join his mother's natal family. When a family was sold to that fat rich businessman, then life was really worse than death.

A group of people sighed unceasingly.

The fox demon won the sympathy of everyone and managed to stay in Chenjia Village.

She originally wanted to live directly at the scholar's house, but she didn't know what excuse to find, so she ended up living in the next door to the scholar's house.

Going down the mountain this time, the fox demon deliberately brought a lot of gold, silver and jewels, some of which were cheated by her little sister from rich men, and some were stolen, all of which were very valuable.

In order to express her gratitude, she specially gave the aunt next door a gold ring as a thank you gift.

The aunt next door was very happy to accept it, and she devoted herself more and more to the fox demon.

During the meal, the fox demon pretended to be casual, and asked who was in Chenjia Village. For the sake of the gold ring, the lady next door knew everything and said everything.

Then, the fox demon remained calm and changed the topic to Chen Haojue next door.

Speaking of this, the aunt next door sighed, and talked about Chen Haojue, Shen Xianyu and the fox demon, with a look of regret.

And the fox demon was extremely embarrassed when he heard the aunt next door talking about him as a "little beast", but he didn't dare to say anything, and he was almost hurt internally.

The aunt next door saw that her face was not good, so she didn't think much about it, she thought she was frightened by the fox demon, so she said a few words of comfort, and changed the subject.

After the meal, the lady next door cleared the table, holding a pile of bowls to wash.

A cold light flashed in the fox demon's eyes, he flipped his right hand, a stone suddenly appeared at the feet of the aunt next door, the aunt next door didn't pay attention, slipped on her foot, fell to the ground, and the bowls and plates shattered all over the floor.

It hurt her badly.

The fox demon hooked her lips in satisfaction.

Old godmother, let you scold me, do you regret it now?

Early the next morning, Chen Haojue took a pair of shoes and was about to go to the pawn shop in the town to pawn. When the door opened, he saw the fox demon who had been with him in the mountains a few months ago appear in front of him, and he was shocked. Buttocks sat on the ground, "Ah!"

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Accidentally, the number of words exploded orz Happy Children's Day everyone!

The fox demon is back and has met the scumbag, so it's time to slap him in the face!Thanks to the little angels who voted for me or irrigated the nutrient solution~

Thanks to the little angel who voted [Landmine]: Xicheng Jue, 1 meowing rabbit;

Thanks to the little angel who irrigated [nutrient solution]:

Qingyao 00021 bottle;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!