
A Handbook for Getting By in the Ming Dynasty
明朝谋生手册
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 3.5M Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Song-Yuan-Ming Dynasties
- Updated
- 9y ago
- Source
- Qidian
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I came here because I saw the author's amazing work in other groups, and I came here specifically to admire this unprecedented and unprecedented book.
Oh no, I died from the poison. You are only fourteen years old. Why do you like a 9-year-old child to call you dad so much, and accept it very naturally? As a modern person, do you think it is disgusting? The protagonist still thinks that it is natural to be affectionate with each other calling him "daddy". He likes to be someone else's stepfather so much.
I really like this book, especially the first half. Maybe it's because I'm from Shexian County, and I often see places that I'm familiar with appearing in books. I also made a special trip to the places mentioned in the book. When I see my hometown written about in a book, I always have an indescribable feeling. Like Xiaobei
The author is now the owner of Yanjiu New Books. Has a person who writes novels become a person who reads novels?
In the comment area, there are actually several complaints about paragraphs being too long... They are all new people on the Internet who can no longer read paper books or read past literature... Two or three lines of online text in recent years are really harmful... It's no wonder that many college students now can't even write a good article before graduation...
I've read Chapter 4 and I still can't understand it, and I'm not interested in men.
Recommend new books
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[Comment] Is there anyone like me?
Every time I see the name Shuai Jiamo, do I feel like I've eaten Roujiamo?
Regarding Jinbao, I am currently reading Chapter 6 and have something to say. The protagonist spent money to buy him, isn't it right for him to serve the protagonist? As for being grateful for helping him study? With this paper, ink and kung fu to teach two little girls to read, it would be great for the whole family to have a happy time. The protagonist's family is not a wealthy one, but his father's business is not profitable and he is seriously ill, yet he wants to provide for a scholar. It's not that we can't be nice to Jin Bao. The book boy can just read beside him when the protagonist is studying. What he can learn is what he wants. It's not necessary for the protagonist to wait for the book boy to read. This is too much! The previous chapters describe this man as being very thoughtful and not a good man. Why do you want to support such an ancestor? It is impossible to form a good relationship. Wan Xuezhai in The Scholars describes it very well. Of course, the protagonist may also be able to extort ten thousand taels of silver. A normal uncle-nephew relationship with the same clan, helping the poor nephew to study, and repaying the uncle when he becomes prosperous in the future is a good story that everyone tells. The prosperity of servants will only cover up the disgraceful history. As for the candied haws, you can give it to him, but you can't give it to your sister and him at the same time. It will make him have the illusion that I and the host's lady have the same status. Coupled with the matter of studying, it will only encourage Jinbao's ambition and not be grateful. The protagonist must learn the rules and distance. For those who have read the later episodes, let me tell you how the issue of Jin Bao's identity was dealt with later. Of course, the author insists on writing that Jin Bao will be grateful throughout his life and become the protagonist's right-hand man, but I can't help it.
I misread the title of the book, Ming Dynasty Murder Manual