Bai Erlang pointed at them and said: "You are too shameless to say these things. Don't you often tell us that there is heaven outside the sky, and there are people outside the world?"
Man Bao said: "That's for the two of us. You can't say that for you."
Bai Erlang: "Then what should I say?"
Bai Shan stood up, followed his teacher's example, put his hands behind his back and said with a serious expression: "Erlang, don't belittle yourself."
Manbao put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "That's right, that's it."
Bai Erlang was stunned for a moment, frowning and asked, "Why should mine be different from yours?"
Man Bao sighed, "Because I am not good with Shan Bao and I am too proud."
Bai Erlang always felt that she was not criticizing themselves, but boasting, but seeing the shameful and heavy look on her face, he could not provide any evidence.
After getting lucky, Bai Erlang snorted and turned his head to ignore them. After a while, he turned back and said: "If I really get admitted to Taixue, you can invite me to have a meal at Zhuangyuan Building again. If not,
If you pass the exam, it means what you said is wrong, and you have to compensate me for a meal."
Man Bao turned to Bai Shan and said, "Junior brother, is he stupid? Do we look like fools?"
Bai Shan shook his head, "It doesn't look like that."
Bai Erlang stared at them.
Man Bao said: "How can it be that if you win, the profit is yours; if you lose, the profit is also yours?"
Bai Shan thought for a moment and then said: "Well, if you get admitted to Taixue, it will be a happy event. Such a happy event, how can you not treat us to a meal? If you only get admitted to four subjects, it will be a happy event."
It's quite a pity. Although this is your ideal, I think you will still be sad in your heart, so how about Man Bao and I treat you to a meal?"
Bai Erlang asked: "Then what if I can't even pass the four subjects?"
Bai Shan looked at him silently and said nothing.
Those two days were spent by Manbao reviewing for Bai Erlang. Although she didn't know much about the abilities of other students, according to Feng Zongping's judgment, Bai Shan's ability was not bad and there was a high possibility that he could be admitted to the Imperial College.
study.
Then use Bai Shan's ability to deduce Bai Erlang's ability...
Judging from the topics they discussed after returning home in the past few days, there were no big problems with their Tie Jing and Mo Yi. She listened to the few questions Bai Erlang was unsure about. The harsh examiner might deduct points, but it shouldn't be.
It will be deducted, so...
Man Bao said confidently: "If you can't even pass the four subjects, Bai Shan and I will treat you to two meals." Then we will beat you twice!
Man Bao and Bai Shan looked at each other.
Bai Erlang felt relieved.
The three of them stayed until it was not too hot in the afternoon and then went out to go shopping, mainly looking for bookstores.
If you look for a bookstore near the Sixth School, you won't be able to find one. The nearby mansions are too expensive, and you can't afford to buy or rent a general store.
So they walked down the Sixth School and after walking half a street, they found the bookstore.
There are three shops next to each other, and there are many nearby stalls selling calligraphy, painting, wood carvings and other things that literati like to buy.
There were many things among them that Bai Shan and the others had never seen before. The exquisite styles really refreshed their understanding, and the prices didn't seem to be very expensive.
Bai Shan found a unique pen holder in a small stall. When asked, he found out that it was only one tael of silver. He immediately whispered to Man Bao: "No wonder Magistrate Yang wasn't very surprised when we gave him the pen holder."
, it turns out that there are so many strange study rooms in the capital."
Man Bao nodded, looked at it with a paperweight, and said in a low voice: "It's really unique. There are many more styles than what we saw in Yizhou City."
Bai Shan and Bai Erlang nodded repeatedly.
Therefore, the three of them decided not to spend money to buy it. Otherwise, how much would it cost to buy back so many good things?
How long does it take to use it after buying it?
The three of them suppressed their desire to shop and turned around to enter the bookstore.
Once you enter the bookstore, it becomes less tempting because most of it is filled with books.
Bai Erlang didn't want to buy books, but Bai Shan thought that the collection of books in the Imperial College must be richer than that in the bookstore, and Man Bao wanted to save money, so he wanted to read Bai Shan's books, so he didn't buy them easily.
The three of them browsed around the bookstores and found no books they particularly liked, so they began to write.
You cannot buy this thing from outside stalls, because good pens can basically only be bought in big bookstores. The ones made from outside, no matter how exquisite they are on the surface, are just not as good as those made by famous artists.
Bai Shan picked several pens in the pen holder, but they all frowned and were not satisfied.
The shopkeeper saw it and glanced at the clothes they were wearing. He saw that although they were ordinary silk, they were still old and new, and they were very close-fitting. There was also a tall guard following behind the three of them.
He smiled slightly, turned around and took out a box from the shelf behind him and said, "Young master, you are not satisfied with these pens? Why don't you take a look at this one?"
The shopkeeper opened it for Bai Shan.
Bai Shan knew it was not cheap when he saw it alone in a box. He reached out to take it, took it out and looked at it carefully, and then handed it to Man Bao.
Man Bao also looked at it carefully, touched the tip of the pen gently, nodded slightly and said: "It's okay."
Bai Erlang took it and turned the pen around to look. He saw a familiar mark and said, "Isn't it the Zhai family's Hu brush? My father said it's not as good as the Sichuan brush. The one my husband uses is the Sichuan brush."
Man Bao insisted: "This one is okay. Shopkeeper, do you have any other pens here?"
The shopkeeper knew that they were all experts, so he smiled and said: "Of course there are some. How many do you want to buy, gentlemen and ladies? Do you all need such good brushes?"
Man Bao thought for a while and nodded: "That's about right. Let's see how good yours is first."
The shopkeeper invited them to sit down in the small room next door, and then went to get two boxes of pens. The boxes were opened, and there were four pens in each box. Bai Shan looked at them and found that each one was no better than the one he packed alone.
A box of tea, now I am more satisfied.
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "This is the Sichuan brush that the young master just mentioned. This box is full of Hu brushes. But if we want to say that the best pens today are Xuan brushes, do you ladies want to take a look?"
"
The three of them shook their heads together. Xuan pens are tribute pens, but the ones in circulation are not as good as tribute pens. With the reputation of tribute, even one tael can be sold for three taels.
Bai Shan and the others don't need propaganda to decorate their appearance yet, so they naturally choose affordable ones.
Bai Shan likes to write very much, so he prefers pen and ink. Man Bao also knows this, so he carefully chooses it for him.
Bai Shan picked three, put them aside, and asked, "Are there any more?"
The shopkeeper then went to get two more boxes and said with a smile, "Everything is here."
Man Bao asked the price and picked two. Bai Erlang thought that he was going to study in the Imperial College after all, so he also picked two boldly.