Xiangye

Chapter 19
The matter of the cheating girl is still to come. On this day, although his hand hurts badly, Gao Wen still gritted his teeth and insisted on writing two chapters.In his previous life, he was also a lover of literature, and he also wrote some essays and articles on tofu cubes.

He even thought that if he didn't want to be an editor in the future, he might be a professional writer when he had time.I can write whatever I want, I can write whatever I want, I don’t have to work from [-] to [-], and I don’t have to look at the face of the boss. Those days are simply heaven.

Now, I can be regarded as a professional writer, but this day is so boring.But in order to survive, he had to persevere.

Interest is not the best teacher, survival is.

After finishing writing, my mother pretended to ask casually, and asked Gao Wen where the story was written.

Gao Wen knew that his mother was eager to know what happened to Monkey King after he was crushed behind the Five Elements Mountain. The problem was that a side storyline suddenly opened up in "Journey to the West"... No, it's not a sideline either.It is about how Tang Seng was favored by Western Buddhists and became a Buddhist scripture learner.Only after Tang Seng appeared, Sun Wukong would be rescued from the mountain by him and become Master Xuanzang's apprentice.

Seeing that the main character has changed, Gao's mother is obviously a little disappointed.But soon he was attracted by the story of the joys and sorrows of Tang Seng's parents, with tears in his eyes for a while, sighing for a while, and his teeth itching with hatred for a while...

When Gao Wen thought about his mother's emotional instability, how could he dare to continue talking, so he hurriedly stopped, and only said that he hadn't figured out the next story, so let's stop here.

That night, he heard his mother toss and turn in another room, and couldn't sleep well all night.

"Forget it, don't tell stories to her old man in the future. Even if you want to tell, you have to tell these unpleasant plots quickly. The old man's psychological endurance is not enough, and I don't want to see the author abuse the master."

The first three days were fine, but on the fourth day, not to mention writing a book, even holding a pen was a painful thing.

At this time, the first joint of the middle finger of Gao Wen's right hand, the tip of the index finger, and the pad of the thumb had been worn down by the pen so that the capillaries inside could be seen.As soon as I picked up the pen, it felt like I was scorched by a soldering iron. I shivered with pain, and cold sweat broke out from my vest.

Brush writing is slow, and it took a day for the ancients to enter the examination room to write a stereotyped essay with only a few hundred words.But I have to write more than 1 words a day, which is five times that of them.

Not only that, but he kept recalling the original text of "Journey to the West" in his mind all the time. After this, his whole body became in a daze, and he didn't even notice the drooling from his mouth.

In the end, he just mechanically repeated the stroke by stroke.

Finally, it came to Chapter 12 "Xuanzang built the assembly with sincerity, Guanyin manifested into a golden cicada", and "Journey to the West" is written here, so that the origin of the story is clearly explained.Only when the reader sees this, will he say "Oh": "It turns out that the monkey is going to assist Tang Sanzang to go to the West to obtain the scriptures in the future, and he will achieve a positive result!"

After working hard for the past few days, the first book is finally finished, and there is only one last line left.

However, when I looked down, the words on the manuscript seemed to come to life, tossed and twisted, and condensed into a lump, but I couldn't see anything clearly.

My heart was beating wildly, and in the cold weather, my body was sweating one after another.My wrist was as soft as cotton, shaking so badly that I couldn't hold the pen tightly.

"Oops, something went wrong!" Gao Wen quickly took a deep breath, and then slapped his right hand vigorously with his left hand until it became red, hot and painful, before he felt any sensation.

He gritted his teeth and wrote: "Taizong said with a smile: "My brother, when I go to the west, when can I go back?" Sanzhao said: "Only in three years, go back to Shangguo." The mountain is far away and the road is far away, so the royal brother can drink this wine: I would rather love a piece of soil in my hometown than ten thousand taels of gold in another country.' Fang Sanzhao realized the meaning of the soil, thanked him for his gratitude, drank it all, and left the customs with his thanks. King Tang Drive back. After all, I don’t know how to go here, let’s listen to the next chapter to break it down.”

After writing, a book is completed.Gao Wen pushed the window open with a cry, and threw out the bald pen that had been worn down to a few bristles.Suddenly, he felt like crying: "Zhi Niang, who invented the writing brush, it's so frustrating!"

At this moment, suddenly, he saw a figure flashing outside the gate of his courtyard, and an old man was poking his head outside.He stepped into the courtyard gate, hesitated for a moment, and stopped.

Isn't this person Yu Xingyan, the owner of Linlang Bookstore on Qianjinri, and who is he? What is this old guy doing here?
Could it be that he was scolded by me that day, and he was not convinced in his heart, so he came to seek my bad luck?
Gao Wen's mother had very good ears and had already heard Yu Xingyan's voice. The sound of the loom stopped, and then walked out gropingly, asking, "Who is there outside?"

Yu Xingyan, Boss Yu saw an old woman walking out of the house, and quickly put on a smile: "Dare to ask, is Mr. Gao Wen at home?"

Gao's mother: "My son's name is indeed Gao Wen, but he is not a Mr. Gao. Two generations of our family have worked in the yamen, so we can't afford to be called Mr. Gao."

Boss Yu said with a smile: "So it's an old lady, why can't I afford it. Mr. Gao can write well, and the words he wrote are really wonderful. According to the old man, even those who are good at reading may not be able to write. Such a beautiful story."

As he spoke, he handed a bamboo basket to Mother Gao: "A little heart, please accept it."

Hearing that outsiders praised her son, Gao's mother smiled: "My son's story is naturally very pleasant, but Chen Guangrui and his wife are really miserable. Not to mention that he was killed by gangsters, his wife was also taken away. As for Jiang Liu Son, it’s even worse... Hey, if it wasn’t for the monks to take in... Hey... Come here, bring anything, don’t want it, don’t want it.”

Taking the bamboo basket, Mother Gao touched it with her hand, but inside was a snack, two handfuls of dried noodles, and a dozen oranges.Especially oranges, which only grow in the south, are rare and valuable in Shaanxi, so they hurriedly returned the bamboo baskets.

Yu Xingyan was startled when he heard what Gao's mother said about Chen Guangrui and Jiang Liu'er, and immediately knew that Gao Wen had also written the story behind Chapter 1 of "Journey to the West".After so many days, I don't know whether he has given it to another bookstore.

If so, you will be in trouble.

He said anxiously: "Madam, if you don't accept your kindness, you will be looking down on me."

Gao Wen said: "Mother, I want you to know that this old gentleman is the owner of Linlang Bookstore in our county, and he and his son are also old acquaintances. Since it is his wish, you can accept it, so-called disrespect."

Now that the son said so, Gao's mother thanked her before accepting the things.

After Gao Wen finished speaking, he opened the door: "Old Mr. Yu, what kind of wind brought you here today, and you want to come and see me, a prodigal? Why, after a few days, you finally understand the benefits of my manuscript." , Taste the taste of it?"

Although he was smiling, there was a trace of irony between his brows.

He also understood in his heart that the old man's visit today must be because of "Journey to the West".The owner of a bookstore doesn't have the time to talk about poetry and Taoism with me, a civil servant, and exchange feelings, not to mention that I scolded him so badly that day that I almost lost my anger.

This sentence made Yu Xingyan blush, and he was so embarrassed that he wished there was a gap in the ground to get in.

But the fate of this old man in this life was quite bumpy. From being a proud young man to failing repeatedly in the later years, he finally became a merchant for rice and rice as a scholar, farmer, businessman, and businessman. I don’t know how many people in the church laughed at him. , the heart has already been trained to be extremely strong, and the skin is thicker than the wall.

The so-called getting rich with kindness, in order to get rich, the old man put up with it.

Not only have to endure, but also have to say something to ease the stiff relationship between me and Gao Wen.

He forced a laugh, and said: "What kind of wind could it be? The old man came here with Monkey Walker's heel Dou Yun."

Gao Wen laughed loudly: "Mr., please come in and talk." At this time, he was sure that Yu Xingyan came for his manuscript, and then everyone should get down to business and discuss conditions.

"That's annoying."

When they entered the room, neither of them took the initiative to mention the manuscript of "Journey to the West".They only talk while peeling the oranges, the atmosphere in the room is warm, the two seem to be old friends who haven't seen each other for many years, they have endless things to say, but they are actually thinking about each other in their hearts.

Yu Xingyan is young and has rich life experience. Looking at the situation of Gao's family, he naturally knows that Gao Wen's life is difficult.In fact, you don't need so much nonsense to deal with this kind of person, just throw money at it.

It was strange to say that after talking to Gao Wen for a long time, he felt inexplicably not knowing how to speak.

It took him a lot of effort to find Gao Wen today.I thought he was a scholar, so I searched in the circle of scholars, but no one knew.

Later, by chance, he heard that a Min Zhuang named Gao Wen beat his corps leader, a man named Han Kui.Originally, these two were small people, and fighting was not a big deal.The problem is, standing behind Han Wei is Huang Wei and Huang Zhubo, who is not easy to mess with.Hitting Han Kui refuted Huang Wei's face. With Huang Zhubo's temperament, he didn't know how to deal with Gao Wen in the future.

Everyone said that Gao Wen was miserable and would be in big trouble.

The ancients lived a simple life in their spare time, and once this kind of gossip came out, it was like having wings, and it spread to everyone in just a few days.

Hearing Gao Wen's name, Yu Xingyan was stunned: Is this Gao Wen the other Gao Wen? No, how can a person who can write such a good story and have such a good pen and ink be a humble man?

Forget it, go and have a look anyway, and you won't lose anything.

So, he inquired about Minzhuang Gaowen's address and came to him.

This is really the right thing to do, it turns out that Gao Wen who wrote "Journey to the West" is the Minzhuang Gao Wen who caused a lot of trouble in the city a while ago.

(End of this chapter)