Travel to ancient times and become rich women with your bestie

The next day, the two got up when Xu Hui Niang knocked on the door.

I was worked like a slave by Old Lady Chen all day yesterday. My back and waist ached as soon as I got up. Fortunately, I didn't hear Xu Huiniang's screams.

After they finished making ice and cleaning up, Erhe came over. This kid seems to be dependent, too. Look, he got up quickly without anyone calling him.

The three of them walked towards the village entrance carrying their things.

There were still a lot of people at the market today, but Zhao Youwang was very enthusiastic when he saw them: "Dashu Niang! Tao'er Niang! Come on! Come on, put your things here and I'll help you carry them up. Sit here."

The two were still a little confused. Did Zhao Youwang pick up money?

After the three of them sat down, Zhao Youwang shouted and started to set off. As the ox cart was moving on the road, Zhao Youwang turned around and said to them: "Oh, your noble family's horse is so majestic. It is locked in my pen. My little grandson can't sleep and can't wait to watch it."

It turned out that it was thanks to that big horse that Zhao Youwang was so enthusiastic early in the morning.

The two of them had no interest in the horse, so they exchanged a few perfunctory words and then leaned against each other to take a nap. Erhe was very interested and chatted enthusiastically with Zhao Youwang.

Maybe this is equivalent to the passion of modern boys for cars.

We soon arrived in town. Today's market was very lively.

The three of them decided to wait until things got hotter before starting to sell, so they found a breakfast stall and started to eat breakfast. They rested until the time was almost right before they slowly set up the stall.

The reputation of their ice jelly has spread throughout the town. As soon as they put it out, the crowds gathered around them without any promotion. Today was a hot day, and one or two bowls were sold out very quickly.

When he was halfway through selling, he met Manager Zhang and Agui who were shopping on the street. Zheng Yuan wanted to buy twenty bowls for her to take back.

"Sister, don't bother, just make two bowls for me and Agui to cool down. This ice jelly has been made every day recently, you can keep these and sell them. By the way, when you come to the market today, I will ask Agui to bring today's goods over and you can take them with you, so that the child doesn't have to run again."

"Okay, it's hard work for you to run into the valley every day, Brother Gui."

Mrs. Zhang brought the ice jelly and stood beside the two of them, chatting with them while drinking. After finishing her drink, she put down the bowl and took Agui to continue shopping.

In less than an hour, all the ice jelly was sold out.

The three were packing their things, and Agui also brought some things over. The three of them packed their things together and started walking on the street again.

The total amount sold this time was 972 copper coins. Duan Minmin felt like her neck was going to break from carrying such a basket of copper coins.

There was no shortage of food at home because Mr. Jiang was around, and they could still get the ingredients for making ice jelly two or three more times. The main purpose of the two of them this time was to buy some paper, pens and enlightenment books.

Now that our family's conditions are getting better day by day, we will have to start working on Jiang's business. It is also time to teach the children to read and learn to do accounting.

Last time, they asked three slightly older children to count more than 2,000 copper coins, but they all made mistakes. Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin couldn't believe that if the family business took off in the future and they were asked to take charge, they would be cheated out of everything.

There is only one bookstore in Zhonghe Town - Qiming Bookstore.

There was no one in the store except for a waiter who was dozing off with his head propped up behind the counter. Three people carrying large and small bags of things walked into the store, waking up the waiter.

The waiter looked over and saw that the guys looked a little disappointed, but he quickly concealed it and ran out from behind the counter.

"You three, do you need anything to buy?"

"Little Brother, we want to buy an enlightenment book and some pens, ink and paper."

"Okay, auntie, please put the things at the door first and I will introduce them to you." The waiter helped the three of them put the things at the door, then returned to the store and began to introduce them.

"If you want some enlightenment books, Thousand Character Classic and Three Character Classic are both fine. You don't need to use very good pens, ink, paper and inkstones for beginners. Ordinary ones will do. When you have practiced enough, you can buy some better ones. Our store has paper and brushes specially prepared for beginners. Aunt, take a look."

The waiter led the three people to the bookshelf inside, showed them the Three Character Classic and Thousand Character Classic, and brought them some paper for them to touch.

The paper feels quite rough, but it is not a waste to use it for children who are just learning to write.

"Little Brother, how do you sell these things? Tell us."

"This piece of paper costs one hundred wen each, and the brush also costs one hundred wen each. The ink is more expensive, costing five hundred wen." The waiter handed the brush and ink to them.

Hiss! So expensive? They thought it was expensive, but not this expensive. No wonder there were only two or three scholars in the whole of Lao Huaiqing. The paper was about 30 cm by 60 cm, but it cost 100 wen, which was almost one wen per sheet.

Erhe almost fainted after hearing this. He stretched out his hands and tightly grabbed the sleeves of Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin, fearing that they would spend money impulsively again.

What a piece of junk, inedible and ugly, not even as big as a donkey dung egg and costs five hundred coins. Are you trying to rob me?

"What about this Thousand Character Classic?" Zheng Yuan asked, picking up a book from the bookshelf.

"This one costs one ounce of silver."

what? !

Is this book gold? Erhe didn't care whether Zheng Yuan would punish him or not, he just snatched it and put it back on the bookshelf. He pulled Zheng Yuan and wanted to walk out, but Zheng Yuan seemed to be stuck on the ground, Erhe couldn't pull him, and the same thing happened when he tried to pull Duan Minmin.

Erhe was so anxious that he almost cried. What was the point of buying these things?

The two young men were very smart and could obviously tell that they thought it was too expensive, so they hurriedly stepped forward and took another copy of Thousand Character Classic from the bookshelf next to them.

"Don't worry, Auntie. This book is printed and the paper used is very good, so it's a little more expensive. This one is hand-copied and only costs two hundred coins, which is enough for enlightenment."

Zheng Yuan and Duan Minmin took it and felt that the texture was indeed different. But the calligraphy was vigorous and clear, so the person who copied the book must have had good skills.

It is more than enough to buy it for children's enlightenment.

It is not difficult to make a brush, as they already have pig bristles at home. The 100-cent brush looked very rough, and the two were confident that they could make a better brush than that one, so they decided not to buy one this time.

"Brother Xiaoer, please give us a copy of the Thousand Character Classic, a piece of paper, and a piece of ink. If we buy these, can you give us a little less?"

Zheng Yuan told him what he wanted and started bargaining as usual.

The waiter refused very straightforwardly: "Aunt, these things are sold by our shopkeeper to take care of the children who want to be enlightened and the students in need in the academy. We don't make much money. Our shopkeeper asked for 150 coins for this student to copy a book, and with the paper, it's really selling it close to the book."

After hearing this, the two did not continue bargaining. It sounded like the shopkeeper was indeed a good person, so they decided to just consider it as supporting the education cause of this era.

Duan Minmin readily took out eight hundred coins from the basket and handed them to the waiter. Zheng Yuan took the things, and the two of them took Erhe out of the bookstore.

Erhe followed behind and looked at what Zheng Yuan was holding in his hand, then looked at the money basket on Duan Minmin's neck which was obviously lighter. His heart was bleeding. This bookstore was really a place that swallowed up money.

If you go in, all your efforts for the whole morning will be wasted!

The two men didn't care how upset Erhe was. After thinking about it, they realized there was nothing they needed to buy for the time being, so they took Erhe and went straight to the place where the ox cart was parked.