When she arrived at the bookstore, Zhao Ling'er realized that ancient books were so expensive!
A copy of "Disciple Rules", a "Three-Character Classic", a "Hundred Family Surnames", and a "Thousand-Character Classic" cost four taels of silver!
Four taels of silver equals four thousand Wen. Based on the current daily income of seventy-three Wen from the spicy soup business, it would take almost two months without food or water to afford these four thin books.
No wonder he was copying books there this afternoon!
It seems that in ancient times, reading was really a luxury!
After buying the book, Zhao Linger took Ayao to find Li Heng.
Li Heng was covered in dirt and was pouring a bag of wheat into the stone mill.
"Brother!" Ayao saw Li Heng and ran over to hug him.
Li Heng unconsciously took a step back, looked at Zhao Ling'er in surprise, and asked, "Why are you here?"
Zhao Ling'er smiled and said, "How is it? Are you used to it on the first day of work?"
Li Heng smiled, patted the dirt on his body with his hands, and said, "It's not bad."
"Brother, look, this is the book my sister bought for me!" Ayao handed the few books she just bought to Li Heng to read.
Li Heng stared at the book for a few seconds and said softly to Zhao Ling'er: "Thank you."
Zhao Ling'er said to Ayao: "Ayao, please choose one of the books you are studying now, and leave the remaining three books with your brother first. When you finish studying, you can come to your brother to pick them up, okay?"
Li Heng hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, no, the books are dirty when I put them here, so I'd better put them where you are."
Zhao Ling'er said with a smile: "It's okay. She won't know how to cherish the books if they are placed with me. It's better to put them with you. This will encourage her to finish learning a book quickly."
Li Heng looked at Zhao Ling'er and said, "Okay then."
Knowing that he could not stay here for long, Zhao Linger left with Ayao.
Li Heng stood there, staring at Zhao Linger's leaving figure until she completely disappeared.
Originally I wanted to meet Lin Wan'er, but it was too dark today and it would be inconvenient to disturb people so late, so after thinking about it I decided not to.
Zhao Ling'er returned to the inn and calculated today's expenses.
Today's income: Junpeng Inn Hu spicy soup business 73 yuan.
Today’s expenses:
Li Heng one tael of silver;
Breakfast, lunch thirty-seven cents;
Twenty-eight liters for drinking tea in a teahouse;
The carriage and horse cost one tael of silver;
The book fee is four taels;
A total of 52,065 yuan was spent.
Yesterday there were ninety-four taels, one hundred and ninety-seven cents left, plus today's seventy-three cents, the total is ninety-four taels, two hundred and seventy cents.
After deducting today's expenses, a total of eighty-nine two hundred and two hundred and five cents are left.
By the way, Lin Wan'er also costs money to make clothes, so she has to pay her some costs first tomorrow.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ling'er listed the things to be done tomorrow on a piece of paper.
Since everything has to wait for Lin Wan'er to finish the clothes, why not go shopping in Yunzhou, maybe there is a place where you can do spicy soup business.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
It was the waiter in the shop. He handed Zhao Ling'er an envelope and said it was sent by Mrs. Su.
Zhao Ling'er opened it and saw that the dress she sold to Mrs. Su last time was seen by Mrs. Wang, the governor's daughter-in-law. She liked it very much and asked Mrs. Su if she could get another dress similar to hers.
Zhao Ling'er suddenly remembered that she had drawn a total of three sets of clothing design drawings at that time. At that time, there was insufficient funds, so she only made one set.
Tomorrow I will ask Mrs. Su what Mrs. Wang looks like and tailor a suit of clothes for her.
I also want to ask Wan'er to make another dress.
She is too busy on her own!
It seems that I need to help her find one or two more embroiderers to work with her.
After considering these, Zhao Ling'er found that Ayao had fallen asleep on the bed.
She gently covered A Yao with the quilt and fell asleep herself.
Zhao Ling'er woke up from the cold last night. When she got up in the morning, she saw that there was indeed a strong wind.
The wind is blowing the leaves, accompanied by the whistling of the wind, winter is coming soon.
After sending Ayao to private school, Zhao Ling'er went to find Mu Yunqing.
Now that you have decided to hold an auction, let her know, maybe she can help with some ideas.
"Sneeze!" Zhao Ling'er suddenly sneezed while walking through the Su Mansion Garden. Maybe she caught a cold last night.
Zhao Ling'er took out a handkerchief to wipe her nose. When she turned around, she found that the boy from yesterday was walking towards the inner courtyard through another path.
Today he wore a dark yellow robe with gold patterns, held a book in his hand, and went straight forward.
Zhao Ling'er's eyes followed him until he completely disappeared.
She suddenly turned around and walked quickly in the direction he had just walked.
When she reached the end of the path, she discovered that this was the main house where Master Su and his wife lived.
It was inconvenient for her to go in, so she had to go back to the original route.
he is?
Young master of the Su family?
Could it be Mu Yunqing's husband?
He already has a child?
Zhao Ling'er shook her head, no, he looked fourteen or fifteen years old at most, it was impossible for him to become a father so early.
However, people in ancient times got married early, so if anything happens, it's not necessarily the case.
Zhao Ling'er took a deep breath and asked Mu Yunqing.
"Ling'er, have you had breakfast? Sit down and eat with me!" Mu Yunqing was eating breakfast.
Zhao Ling'er waved her hand and said: "I have eaten, please have a meal.
There were four bowls of soup and eight plates of snacks. She only tasted a small sip of each and then ordered her servants to eat it thoroughly.
"Hey, the bowl of spicy soup I drank when I met you that day was still delicious. I have been making all these body-tonifying soups all day long, and I have no appetite at all." Mu Yunqing said with a sad face.
Zhao Ling'er smiled and said nothing. She was thinking about how to ask the boy about his origins.