The new book of the burning prairie star

The next day, the headman's second son, Yang Jinmen, drove the ox cart over. Yang Biao had spent most of the afternoon learning from him yesterday before he could skillfully drive the ox cart. In order to avoid suspicion, Yang Jinmen parked the ox cart at the gate of the courtyard. As soon as Yang Biao took the whip, he jumped off the cart and said, "Brother Biao, I'm going to the fields. When you go to town to buy things, just park the ox cart in the backyard of Junlai Restaurant. They recognize my ox cart."

"Okay, thank you uncle!" Yang Biao nodded to express his gratitude. After watching him leave, he shouted into the yard, "Mom, Xiaohua, and Yang Lin are going to town."

"Here we go, here we go!" Yang Lin ran out of the yard first and was very excited when he saw the ox cart. "This ox is so strong and beautiful!" Xiao Hua smiled and pulled Xiao Zhang to the ox cart. "Little brother, you have to grow up quickly so that you can drive an ox cart like your big brother."

"Hmm..." Yang Lin walked around the cow and touched it, feeling overjoyed.

"I guess my little brother can't hear anything we say now." Yang Xiaohua joked with a smile.

"Come on." Yang Biao carried Yang Lin onto the ox cart. Xiao Zhang's mother and daughter also climbed onto the cart and sat in the middle. Yang Biao swung the whip and hit the ox. The ox mooed, and the ox cart slowly set off.

The ox cart swayed for half an hour and finally arrived at the town gate. Xiao Zhang and the other two got off the cart first. Yang Biao drove the ox cart to the back door of Junlai Restaurant. The people in the restaurant looked at the ox cart, nodded to Yang Biao, and opened the back door wider so that the ox cart could enter the yard. After parking the cart, Yang Biao went to meet Xiao Zhang.

"Mom, let's go to the cloth shop first to buy clothes for winter." Yang Biao suggested.

"Wow, we are going to have new clothes to wear." Yang Xiaohua was very happy.

Yang Biao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth: "Let's go to Xuji Cloth Shop." Xuji Cloth Shop is the largest cloth shop in the town. It has branches in the county town and the provincial capital. It has all kinds of cloths and the prices are reasonable.

Yang Xiaohua lingered over the various fabrics, feeling that her eyes were not enough and she was dazzled.

Yang Biao picked out a piece of pink cloth and asked Xiaohua: "Do you like this color, Xiaohua?" "I like it!" Yang Xiaohua's eyes sparkled.

"This cloth is too expensive, change it to something else." Xiao Zhang put the cloth back without saying anything, and Yang Xiaohua's eyes dimmed.

"Take this one." Yang Biao picked up the cloth again and handed it to the shop assistant standing beside him. The shop assistant happily took it and held it in his hands: "What kind of cloth do you need, sir?"

"Well, let's take a look." Yang Biao picked out two pieces of coarse cloth, which could be worn when working. Two pieces of white cotton cloth, which could be used as underwear for the whole family. There were also two pieces of sky blue silk, which were said to be used to respect clothes before respecting people. They were kept for future travels. He picked out a piece of indigo cotton cloth for Xiao Zhang. Then he went to check out, and the total cost was eight taels and one hundred and twenty coins. Xiao Zhang was so distressed that she smacked her lips. With such a frugal person around him, Yang Biao felt that a quick decision was the best strategy.

The next step was to go to the blacksmith shop and buy an iron pot, three iron shovels, two hoes, a hatchet and a kitchen knife. Unfortunately, the shop didn't have bows and arrows for sale, so I spent three or four hundred coins.

Then he went to the grocery store and bought ten bowls, ten pairs of chopsticks, a cutting board, and a pottery jar for oil. Seeing that there were seeds, he bought some common vegetable seeds. Then he went to the rice store and bought fifty catties of rice at twelve cents per catty. He also bought twenty catties of white flour at eight cents. At the strong request of Xiao Zhang, he bought another fifty catties of brown rice at five cents per catty. He asked them to deliver all the goods to the oxcart parked in the backyard of Junlai Restaurant.

After buying these daily necessities, it's time for the family to go shopping. Although shopping doesn't cost money, everyone is still very happy.

"Mom, I'm hungry." Yang Lin smelled the fragrance and couldn't walk anymore.

"Let's try the wontons." Yang Biao took the lead.

"That's great. I've only heard of wontons, but never seen or eaten them." Yang Xiaohua was pleasantly surprised. "Me too, me too," Yang Lin agreed.

Little Zhang felt very uncomfortable looking at the two little ones, so she did not stop Yang Biao and the others from taking a seat.

"Wow, wontons look like this!" When the wontons were served, Yang Xiaohua first stared at them. There were green chopped green onions in the wontons, which looked very beautiful. She scooped a wonton with a wooden spoon, blew the hot air, and drank the soup with her lips: "It smells so good and tastes so good!"

Yang Lin's wontons were served, and he imitated his sister: "Mmm, delicious!"

Originally, she was worried about how much money she had to spend today, but when she saw the children enjoying their meal, her mood suddenly improved. "Mom, you should eat too," Yang Biao said. Not wanting to spoil the children's fun, Zhang also lowered her head and started eating.

After eating, Yang Biao paid thirty-two coins and went to Hongshu Bookstore to hand in the copied book. Little Zhang and the two children were waiting at the door. Yang Biao went in alone: ​​"Manager Fang, I have copied it. Please take a look."

Shopkeeper Fang carefully flipped through the two copied books page by page to confirm that there were no typos or omissions. He handed the books to the clerk beside him and took out three taels of silver from under the counter: "Yang Biao, Mr. Liu got a few rare editions. You can copy one for 15 taels. However, the conditions are quite harsh. You must copy it at his home and cannot take it out. Do you want to go?"

"Go ahead. Shopkeeper Fang knows me well. As long as I can make more money, it doesn't matter if the conditions are a bit harsh."

"Okay, I'll go and reply, you come with me." Seeing Yang Biao nod, Manager Fang quickly asked the shop assistants to go to the backyard to pull out the carriage.

While waiting for the carriage, Yang Biao explained the situation to Xiao Zhang who was waiting at the door, and asked her to take the two children to Junlai Restaurant to wait for him.

"Are you Yang Biao?" Mr. Liu looked at the young man in front of him and frowned slightly: "Write a few words and see." The housekeeper next to him quickly ordered the servants to prepare writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, and spread the paper on the table. Yang Biao took the brush in his right hand, dipped it in ink, and wrote down the eight big words "The great river is surging up and down."

"Well, the characters are strong and powerful, and the strokes are sophisticated. Very good." Mr. Liu touched his chin with satisfaction. Manager Fang also smiled: "Mr. Liu, I won't introduce anyone carelessly."

"Well, come and copy it tomorrow at 7:00 p.m." Mr. Liu looked at his housekeeper, who understood and took out a silver ingot and stuffed it into Fang's sleeve. Fang touched his sleeve, and then smiled and bowed to say goodbye.

Shopkeeper Fang was Master Zhou's classmate when he was young. It was also for Master Zhou's sake that Yang Biao did not have to pay a deposit for copying books. So Yang Biao was very grateful to them. I wanted to visit Master Zhou today and ask about the things I didn't understand after reading these days, but Xiao Zhang and the others were waiting at Junlai Restaurant. It would be inconvenient to take them with me. People in ancient times were really unfriendly to widows.