After giving up being the wife of a powerful official, Ling Yunlu became a concubine

The scholar came over and bowed to Shen Yunjin, "Student greets the concubine."

"Do you two know each other?" Wang Zhaozhao asked softly in Shen Yunjin's ear, covering her mouth.

Shen Yunjin signaled with his eyes: I'll tell you later.

"All the books are worth one tael and twenty wen in total." Han Yang quickly calculated the price and prepared to wrap the books with paper.

"You didn't count wrongly, did you? We have so many books?" Wang Zhaozhao looked surprised.

"There's no mistake in the calculation. I often help the shopkeeper collect money." Han Yang said calmly.

"The books here are all handwritten, not original, so they are cheap."

"These astronomy and geography books are a little more expensive. These storybooks look expensive, but they are actually only worth a few dozen coins."

When Wang Zhaozhao heard this, his face turned red and he hid behind Shen Yunjin.

"Shouldn't the storybook be more expensive? Why is it still so cheap?" Shen Yunjin was confused.

"The shopkeeper doesn't like to sell storybooks, saying they are poisonous books. It was only because my students saw that the business in the shop was really slow that they suggested that the shopkeeper take them in."

"The shopkeeper is a good man. He allows students from poor families to copy books and sell them on consignment, and he also provides them with pens and ink for free."

Something flashed through Shen Yunjin's mind quickly, but she couldn't grasp it immediately.

"It's no wonder that the business in this store is so bad. The owner is not here. It might as well just close down." Wang Zhaozhao complained.

Han Yang immediately became nervous, "The shopkeeper is not in the store, there must be something else going on."

"No matter what's going on, you can't take the monthly salary from your boss and not do any work, right?"

"Girl, you can't judge others by your own standards." Han Yang was angry.

"This bookstore is not doing well. In order to maintain expenses, Shopkeeper Chen teaches children from rich families and uses his monthly salary to make up for the bookstore's losses."

"I see quite a few academies nearby, why is the bookstore business not doing well?"

"Other bookstores make money from storybooks, but Manager Chen believes that scholars should have good character and should not be influenced by those miscellaneous books, so he resolutely refuses to sell them."

"Later, I saw that he was really working too hard, so I suggested that he collect some better booklets to sell."

Shen Yunjin understood that Manager Chen was a kind-hearted and responsible person.

However, when it comes to studying, Shopkeeper Chen has certain insistence.

Shen Yunjin paid the silver and pulled Wang Zhaozhao into the carriage.

"Jin'er, was that a student just now?" Wang Zhaozhao couldn't suppress his curiosity as soon as he got on the car.

"Yes, his name is Han Yang, and he is a student of the Imperial Academy. I heard that he is very talented and intelligent. Maybe he will be on the list of this year's autumn exam."

"How do you know him?" Wang Zhaozhao's eyes looked a little vague.

"It happened this morning. Let me tell you..." Shen Yunjin recounted what happened in the morning.

"He is quite an interesting person!" Wang Zhaozhao pursed her lips.

"But his family is probably very poor. Look at his clothes, they are all washed white, with patches on the collar and cuffs. He is still copying books in a bookstore. It seems that he can't even afford to marry a wife."

"That's nothing. People like him won't be poor all their lives. Only people with a blind eye would think he is poor."

"Hey, what kind of person is he? Why didn't I see that? Am I blind?"

"Jin'er, you are so bad. I won't pay attention to you!" Only then did Wang Zhaozhao realize that her best friend was teasing her.

Shen Yunjin pursed her lips and smiled, thinking that as long as her best friend didn't marry Cao Meng and lose her life at such a young age, it would be fine.

In this life, she and her bestie must live well.

"Jin'er, look, there are so many people gathered there!"

Wang Zhaozhao, who was originally lifting the curtain to look outside, suddenly waved at Shen Yunjin.

The carriage was getting closer and closer, but because there were too many people, its speed slowed down.

At this time, the two saw a woman with grass stuck in her hair on the street ahead. On the board in front of her was written: "Selling myself to bury my father, five taels."

The woman lowered her head, had a slender figure, and looked very charming, but her clothes were covered with patches.

In front of her was a person covered with a mat, probably her father.

There were a lot of people watching, and everyone was talking about it.

"This story of selling one's body to bury one's father couldn't be fake, could it? I heard that a rich man gave the woman money and took her home, but she was stolen that night and she disappeared."

"I don't think so. This girl looks very neatly dressed."

"Li San, don't you have a wife? Why don't you just buy one and get married tonight." Someone started to make a fuss.

"That's right, Li San, she looks like a virgin, you've made a good profit of five taels of silver!"

Li San smiled obscenely when he heard this, "Miss, can you please raise your head so that I can see if it is worth five taels of silver?"

The woman slowly raised her head, revealing a small face the size of a palm.

"Ah!" The crowd around them all stepped back as if they had seen a ghost.

"Ah!" Wang Zhaozhao, who was sitting in the carriage, couldn't help but cover his mouth.

I saw that the woman had a large red birthmark on the right half of her face.

"Bah, bad luck!" Li San spat on the ground.

"Li San, the other half of the face is still visible, just focus on that side."

The onlookers burst into laughter.

"Bah, I can buy one from a human trafficker for only five taels. Is it worth spending five taels of silver to face such an ugly thing every day?"

"Forget it. Now is a peaceful and prosperous time. Who would be short of money and sell their daughter? Don't be so foolish. It's not easy to find someone like her. Just make do with her."

"Then I'll take the money and go to Chunfeng Tower. I don't know how many times better Liu'er is there than her. Whoever wants it can take it, but don't call me!"

Li San squeezed out of the crowd and left. The woman lowered her head expressionlessly again.

The onlookers were whispering, but no one offered money.

"Jin'er, let's buy her!" Wang Zhaozhao felt compassion.

"After you bought it, have you thought about how to take care of it? It's not just some random cat or dog that you can just feed."

"I just feel so sorry for her." Wang Zhaozhao looked at Shen Yunjin pitifully.

She loved to eat, and she would use her monthly salary to buy food for her personal maid.

"Forget it, I give in to you." Shen Yunjin couldn't stand Wang Zhaozhao's puppy-like behavior.

"I'll give you five taels of silver, but I won't buy her. Just let her use the money to bury her father."

Wang Zhaozhao took the silver and hugged Shen Yunjin happily.

Shen Yunjin saw through the window pane that Wang Zhaozhao said something to the woman and pointed at the carriage.

The woman kowtowed heavily to Wang Zhaozhao, and then kowtowed three times to the carriage.

Seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, the onlookers dispersed.

Wang Zhaozhao also jumped onto the carriage, and the street returned to normal.

When the carriage arrived at the palace, the two men got off and said goodbye reluctantly. At this time, a man walked out from the back of the carriage.

"Why are you here?" Wang Zhaozhao asked in surprise?