The three brothers all plan to take Man Bao's advice and send their children to school, so Lao Zhou will naturally not object anymore.
Although he is the head of the family, if all his children make the same decision, he will not object too much.
He just doesn't want to pay for it himself.
However, although he did not contribute any money, he agreed to Qian's idea of dividing the money again.
Not only did Zhou Dalang and his wife have a meeting last night, but old Zhou Tou and his wife also talked quietly for half the night.
How important reading is, you will know when you read Man Bao.
In the past, did they recognize Ligustrum lucidum and yam? Did they know how to grow ginger?
Not to mention selling the wheat as wheat seeds to Mr. Bai at a high price.
In the past, they thought that studying could help them become officials, teachers, and accountants, but they did not expect that studying could have so many benefits.
So deep down, Lao Zhoutou also wanted to send his children to school.
However, there are too many children at home!
Not to mention the ones they have now, they will have more children in the future, and he still has two sons who are not married yet.
If a precedent is set now, will the children born in the future be given away?
If they all have to be given away, my family doesn’t have that much money.
Regardless of the fact that the family currently has nearly 400 taels of silver, if it is really used for studying, this amount of money is not much at all.
Moreover, the number of children born from one child to another is not the same. Now the children have no conflicts. When they have children in the future, they will settle this old score.
No matter how small a thing is, it can cause a huge commotion.
Qian also felt that it was not good for the public to provide the money, so she and Lao Zhoutou discussed it and said: "In the future, each house will still have a lot of money to spend. We can't let them take money from us all the time. I
What I mean is that this time some money will be distributed, and the family will change the rules. From now on, in addition to the output of the fields, each house will hand over 50% of the money it earns, and keep the other 50%."
Old Zhou thought for a moment and then nodded.
So the next day, everyone in Lao Zhou's family heard the good news.
Man Bao was extremely excited and asked happily, "Dad, how much money can I get?"
"How can you be so happy when you have so much money?"
"I have a lot of money, but I also like money. Who wouldn't be happy if I have more money?"
Lao Zhou thought about it for the first time and said: "I discussed it with your mother last night and decided to follow the last plan. The boss, the second, the third and the third family are fifteen taels, the old is forty taels, and you guys are five taels."
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Everyone became happy.
Lao Zhoutou warned: "Although you have money, don't spend it arbitrarily. There is a lot of money for children to go to school. There is no need to buy books. Let Manbao copy a few books. You can make do with them, but you need pen, ink and paper."
, as for the inkstone, two people can use one..."
Man Bao: "...Dad, Datou Daya and the others have to go to school, and I have to copy for a long time."
"What are you afraid of? Sir, classes won't start until after the Lantern Festival. Aren't there still about ten days left? Try it first and see how many books you can copy."
Man Bao felt that her idea just now was really wrong. How could she think that her father was being generous? He was still so stingy.
She snorted and turned away, then said to Zhou Dalang and the others: "Brother, if you go to the county seat, just buy pen and ink, I will buy the paper."
Manbao's paper is always bought from the mall. It is cheap and easy to use. It saves a lot of money compared to buying it from a bookstore.
So she can always use paper as she likes.
Zhou Dalang and the others thought for a while and said, "Why don't we give you the money and you can lead your nephews and nieces to buy it? We don't understand this either."
Lao Zhoutou immediately said: "Yes, you lead them there. Aren't you familiar with the bookkeeper? You let him calculate it cheaper. Our family buys so many things."
Except for the first time when Zhou Erlang carried her to the bookstore to buy Manbao's school supplies, she bought them by herself every time.
Either led by Zhou Lang, or led by Wu Lang and Zhou Lang, or together with Bai Shanbao. Anyway, the books, pens, inks, paper and inkstones she wanted to buy were all her own choices.
Therefore, Lao Zhou's family is very confident in her vision and bargaining ability in this area.
The main reason is that the bookstore owner is a scholar at first glance. When they meet him, they can't help but feel weak, and they even lose three points when bargaining.
So it’s better to study.
After reading the book, no matter who you meet, you can bargain confidently.
Man Bao didn't have any objections. When he took the money from his brother and sister-in-law, his eyes rolled and he had an idea.
The next day she took a stack of paper and a few strings of copper coins and ran to Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang, and asked them excitedly, "Do you want to copy the book and sell it?"
The two of them were very interested, "What book are you copying?"
"It's just the "Thousand-Character Classic" and "The Analects of Confucius," Man Bao said, "I brought both paper and money."
Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang are not short of money, but they are very interested in making money by copying books.
Man Bao smiled happily, put the paper on the desk, and said: "Twenty liters per book."
Bai Erlang nodded repeatedly and already pulled the paper over, but Bai Shanbao knew how much a copy of "The Thousand Character Essay" sold in the bookstore.
The worst kind of hand-copied ones costs a hundred liters, let alone those printed on paper, the best ones cost 300 liters.
Whether it is the former or the latter, the price of Manbao is almost comparable to the price of water spinach.
So Bai Shanbao was unhappy, "You have too little."
"It's quite a few. I don't mind if there are ink spots in your book, or if your writing is not neat, as long as the handwriting is good."
Bai Shanbao thought about it, and hearing it this way, the requirements seemed very low.
Man Bao had asked the shopkeeper about the rules and prices for copying books, so he confidently said to his two friends: "The books the bookshop wants are very strict. There can be no typos, no ink spots, and...
It has to be arranged neatly and the words have to be beautiful..."
Man Bao once copied a lot of books for Mr. Zhuang. She really wanted to take over some book copying work from the bookstore for fun. Unfortunately, after reading her handwriting, the bookstore owner cruelly rejected her.
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She realized that when it came to copying books, she was already ahead of Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang. As a result, she didn't even get the job of copying books from the shopkeeper, let alone them.
Only she can use the books they copied.
However, she also had requirements, "This is a book for teaching and educating people. You must copy it carefully. There are no typos or omissions."
Bai Shanbao was persuaded by her and nodded: "Don't worry, if there are any typos, we will copy them again."
Anyway, it is copied page by page. If there is a typo on any page, just throw it away.
Man Bao became happy and took out the pen and ink from his book box, "I'll copy it with you."
Bai Shanbao was curious, "Why do you need so many books?"
"For my nephews and nieces, they will also go to school."
Bai Erlang couldn't help but stare, "Wouldn't there be about ten more people in the school?"
"There are so many, and we can't go up to the five and six heads, so there are only seven."