Nianzu went to the bookshop in Hazhou Town to check whether he could get the job of a scribe. Since every year many prepared for the Civil Services Examination, books were needed which mostly came from the Capital.
The owner of the shop, Tai Sung, was hesitant to give work to Nianzu. "Master, I will scribe each book for 100 cents. If you doubt my skills, then I can show you," asserted Nianzu.
Tai Sung quickly handed him the brush which he had dipped in the black ink. "You have five minutes. Scribe this entire page," Tai Sung opened the book on Han Governance. "Start," Tai Sung commanded Nianzu, and he started writing the characters on the spare notebook. The assistant of Tai Sung, Mo Shen, was bewildered to see the way Nianzu imprinted the characters.
