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

Zhao Jingyan took the silver note and went to the bookstore in the West Market.

All the bookstores in Shangjing were crowded with people.

He remembered that this bookstore had very poor business, and if it had the right to sell, not many people would know its location.

Unfortunately, before he reached the intersection with the bookstore, he saw a group of people running past in front of him.

"Come on, I know this bookstore sells it."

"Hurry up, hurry up, if you go too late, they will be gone!"

Zhao Jingyan couldn't help but quicken his pace.

"Manager Chen, can't we pay more? Can you sell us another copy?"

"That's right, Shopkeeper Chen. We didn't go anywhere else to buy. We came here specifically to take care of your business. Please give us a favor!"

"Shopkeeper Chen, as long as you have the brochures, I will buy ten of the books in your store!"

"Shopkeeper Chen, I want to buy fifteen copies. Sell the booklet to me!"

"Hey, how can you raise the price? I was the one who said this first!"

"So what if you said it first? Manager Chen didn't tell anyone anyway, so whoever offers the highest price wins!"

"Yes, count me in!"

"Me too!……"

……

Shopkeeper Chen behind the counter had a serious look on his face and didn't respond.

He took out a feather duster from the counter and hit the person crowded in the front with it.

"Give you a copy? Give you a copy! You can't even write your own name, and you want to take the imperial examination? I don't think I know what you're going to do with it!"

"It's all because of you guys. You do nothing all day long and sell the booklets at high prices. And you want me to keep one for you!"

Shopkeeper Chen said this as he hit it with a feather duster.

The man was hit so hard that he jumped up and down, covering his arm and hiding behind the person next to him.

The people nearby hurriedly dodged, fearing that they would be affected.

"Shopkeeper Chen, can't I buy it and leave it to my son?" the man shouted unconvinced.

"Son, marry your wife first, then tell me this."

When Shopkeeper Chen couldn't hit anyone, he slammed the counter.

The people around burst into laughter.

"Manager Chen, although we are not eligible to take the autumn exam, we can buy a book to study. What if we can take the exam next year?"

Someone yelled from behind the crowd.

"Then come after the autumn exam. There will be plenty of people there by then! Don't come now to join in the fun!"

Shopkeeper Chen remained unmoved.

"You don't make money, so aren't you afraid that your employer will punish you?"

"That's my business, it has nothing to do with you."

"Shopkeeper Chen, there's no stock anywhere else. Do you have any here either? Are you teasing us?"

"Go away. I'm very busy. Go as far away as you can."

Shopkeeper Chen chased the people out, closed the door, and prepared to close the door.

The students at the back pushed forward and said, "Manager Chen, Manager Chen, we are from Yuejian Academy. We were sent here by Master Zhang."

Shopkeeper Chen took a look and stopped.

He took out a booklet from the side and said, "Name, home address, college name, write it down yourself."

"Oh, you have to check your ancestors just to buy a tutorial book?"

The two men wrote down their information and handed it to Shopkeeper Chen.

"One copy costs 20 taels, two copies costs 40 taels. You cannot resell the copy. After the exam, you can take it back based on your scores."

Shopkeeper Chen took the silver and took out two books from the locked cabinet at the back.

The two students took the booklet and felt dizzy as if pie had fallen from the sky.

This booklet is out of stock elsewhere.

The price of a copy has been raised to one hundred taels on the black market.

They all had no hope. If the Master hadn't asked them to give it a try, how could they have been so lucky?

"Brother, if you can give me this booklet, I will give you twenty-five taels."

Someone with a quick mind immediately came forward and grabbed the two of them.

Someone else pulled over and said, "I'll give you thirty taels!"

"I'll pay forty taels, and I'll give you the money and the goods!"

"I'll give you fifty taels. Give it to me! You can read a book together! No one has earned five taels yet!"

The people who were bidding started arguing.

The two students had never seen such a scene before.

The two of them hugged the book tightly in their arms and took advantage of the chaos to squeeze out with their heads down.

They finally squeezed out of the crowd and breathed a sigh of relief.

They almost thought that they could not escape the encirclement.

At this time, several people rushed out from the crowd and shouted at the two people.

"Stop! Don't leave!"

"Stop the two people in front!" others also shouted.

The two of them didn't even take a breath and ran away.

Zhao Jingyan, who was standing at the outermost edge, saw two people with disheveled hair coming out with their heads buried.

He was so frightened that he dodged to the side, thinking that a madman had come.

Then I heard roars coming from inside and thought they were thieves.

Thinking of the dozens of taels of silver notes he had on him, he hurriedly covered his sleeve pocket and ran back.

Zhao Jingyan ran home in one breath, picked up the teapot on the table, and drank half of it in one gulp. Only then did he feel alive again.

At this moment, he felt his legs trembling and he sat down on the chair weakly.

He wiped his face with both hands dejectedly.

These past few days, his life has been like a roller coaster.

Why is all this happening?

He realized that he was getting a little obsessed.

He opened his book on the desk and saw densely packed notes written in brush.

This is the result of his hard work day and night for so many years.

Does it mean that he won’t pass the exam without the booklet?

A strong sense of unwillingness surged in his heart.

He is not convinced, he is not willing to give in!

No matter what books others have, he is still the chosen one!

Thinking of this, he sat down, opened the book, and began to review immersively.

If Zhao Jingyan knew that he had missed an important opportunity to buy books, he would probably regret it to death.

I guess in the whole of Shangjing, only Shopkeeper Chen has the booklet for sale.

At first, Shopkeeper Chen did not pay much attention to this tutorial booklet.

As a result, more and more people bought the books every day, and the first batch of booklets were sold out in just a few days.

When the second batch came, he was originally planning to put them up directly.

As a result, several familiar students came, all of whom came from poor families.

These students pooled their money and bought one.

They told Shopkeeper Chen that many people were jealous of the good sales of this booklet and went out of their way to buy it and sell it at high prices.

Children from poor families like theirs may not be able to afford the original price, let alone the high price.

Shopkeeper Chen felt sorry for these students who were qualified to take the exam but had no money.

He would rather give these hard-working and motivated people a chance.

He locked up all the second batch of goods, and anyone who came to buy them had to report the name of the college, the teacher's name, and the student's own name and address.

This is to prevent someone from buying one book and then buying it again so as to make a profit from the difference.

I guess Shen Yunjin knew about this and could only smile helplessly.

Shopkeeper Chen really cares about the students. People like him are rare and precious.

But for the boss, such a shopkeeper is not a qualified shopkeeper.