The whole family traveled through time, and the best people were actually doing involution in ancien

Shen Mingzhu's family sold the bookstore with great profits. Shen Laosan's painting "Chasing Dreams" was sold for 100 taels of silver. After deducting the 80% handling fee deducted by the bookstore, they received taels of silver.

Shen Laosan bought three books on undergraduate examinations, spending 35 taels of silver, and Shen Mingzhu bought three books on geography and travel notes for 20 taels of silver, leaving 25 taels of silver.

Shen Mingzhu sighed: "Ancient books are really expensive! Six books cost 55 taels of silver. No wonder many people can't afford to read. In the future, we can exchange books and writing brushes, inkstones, paper and inkstones in the system."

The 55 taels of silver here are really expensive.

Shen Laosan understood this very well: "It is indeed too expensive."

Shen Mingzhu's eyes lit up, and she whispered to Shen Laosan: "Dad, what do you think about us developing printing and papermaking technology?"

Shen Lao San rolled his eyes and said, "Wait until your father passes the imperial examination and becomes a high-ranking official! Girl, don't forget the principle that it is a crime to possess a treasure."

Shen Mingzhu deeply agreed: "Dad, you are right. I will wait for you and brother to become high officials, and I will just lie down at home."

Shen Lao San said lovingly: "Don't worry, your father will work hard to make you a rich lady again."

Su looked at the two father and daughter chatting and laughing, her face full of happiness.

"This shopkeeper Wang has a good eye. He is willing to invest a lot of money. The set of four treasures for Zhuzhu must have cost at least 30 taels of silver, right?"

Shen Mingzhu smiled and said, "He didn't give it to me, he gave it to Dad through me. Speaking of which, this shopkeeper Wang is very good at doing business."

The family chatted and laughed as they walked down a busy street, preparing to go to the big restaurant in front for a big meal.

I saw a young man in a long green gown hugging a prostitute, laughing and walking into the big restaurant in front.

Shen Mingzhu pointed at the man in front and said, "Isn't that my second cousin Shen Mingjun? He's not studying in the academy, but hugging a prostitute?"

"It's Shen Mingshan. Isn't he looking for a marriage? He's only 19 years old. How can he find a prostitute at such a young age?"

Shen Lao San snorted coldly, "Every time the eldest family returns home, they cry poor in front of the old lady. The old Shen family can't even afford to eat or wear warm clothes, but they still support them in their studies. Is this how they study?"

As a university professor in his previous life, Shen Laosan couldn't stand this kind of students the most and felt sorry for the Shen family.

Shen Mingzhu said, "In that novel, the eldest wife's family lived a wealthy life in the city. Shen Mingkuan often used his family's money to pretend to be a rich man in the academy. He treated his classmates to a meal for 10 taels of silver. Those students thought he was a young master from a wealthy family!"

"Not only that, Shen Mingkuan also kept a mistress outside, and that mistress gave birth to two children for him. Shen Mingjun is even worse, a hypocrite."

"Not only did he often use the family's money to visit brothels, he also often went gambling. When he lost money, he would flatter the old lady and get money."

"The most disgusting thing is that the original Third Shen was expelled from the academy. In addition to the eldest Shen, Shen Mingkuan was also responsible."

After hearing what Shen Mingzhu said, Shen Laosan was furious. "What a scumbag, so disgusting. Zhuzhu, let's go home and tell the old lady, and find a chance to expose their true colors."

Shen Mingzhu said seriously: "Well, if we want to live a good life, we must get rid of this family."

She did not forget that there was a vicious female leader, Shen Mingzi, in the Shen family's first house!

Shen Mingzhu's family went to a new restaurant, ate a delicious meal, and packed some meat dishes for their family. Then they went to the grain store and grocery store to buy some refined rice, flour, brown sugar, salt, spices, white wine and other daily necessities.

A few people came to the cowshed carrying baskets on their backs, gave the cowshed guard a few coins, and drove the ox cart towards Shenjia Village.

Along the way, Shen Mingzhu saw that Su was being shaken badly by the ox cart, and said to Shen Lao San:

"Dad, let's buy a carriage from now on! Look how much it shakes Mom."

Shen Lao San put the quilt under his buttocks on Su with concern and said:

"We will definitely buy a carriage. We will buy an ox cart first after a while. We haven't divided the family yet. If we buy a carriage now, it will cause a lot of trouble and arouse suspicion from the villagers."

He also felt sorry for Su, but there was nothing he could do as he had to consider his family's safety first.

Su agreed with Shen Lao San's words, "Don't rush to buy a car. If we buy it now, there will be many hidden dangers. I'm fine, it's good to exercise."

Speaking of this, Shen Mingzhu thought of something and asked the system:

"Dog, how much money does it cost to buy a martial arts manual for physical training in the system?"

"The basic training method costs 50 taels of silver, the intermediate martial arts training method costs 100 taels of silver, and the advanced martial arts training method costs 300 taels of silver. Host, I suggest you buy the advanced martial arts training method, or the immortal cultivation method, blah blah..."

Shen Mingzhu couldn't stand it anymore and immediately called a halt, without asking any more questions about martial arts techniques.

She now only has 88 taels of silver in total, which is not enough to buy even a basic martial arts manual, let alone a high-level cultivation method.

“I’m really poor!”

Sighing, Shen Mingzhu decided to work hard to make money first. Who made her want so much?

The few of them returned to the Shen family, and Shen Mingzhu discovered that on the way back, the villagers were particularly enthusiastic towards them.

Even old lady Zeng, who had fought with old lady Shen, came over to greet them with her old face.

"Mingzhu! These are the cabbage seedlings your sister-in-law planted. They are so tender. You can go back and cook them."

"Mingzhu! These are the pickles your aunt made. They are delicious. You can take them back and eat them with your meal."

Along the way, this aunt stuffed a handful of cabbage into Shen Mingzhu's hands, and that mother-in-law stuffed a handful of pickles into Shen Mingzhu's hands. Shen Mingzhu's arms were so full that she couldn't hold any more.

Su smiled and said, "It seems that I am doing quite well in maintaining my aloof appearance. Haha..."

Shen Mingzhu was speechless. The families who delivered food to her all came from very poor families.

This time, their family purchased wild vegetables, allowing these people to earn dozens of cents, and they all knew how to be grateful.

It seems that when I get rich in the future, I can take these people out for some soup.

After all, in this ancient society, family power is very important. Everyone in the village hates the rich. If their family becomes rich and those people are still so poor, they will find ways to exclude and frame their family.

You have to know that here, the system of family joint responsibility is emphasized. Even if you become a high-ranking official, you cannot abandon your family hometown. If your family falls behind, it will be easy for you to be implicated as an official.

Shen Mingzhu sighed: There is still a long way to go!

As soon as they got home, Shen Mingzhu gave the 12 taels of silver she earned from selling wild vegetables to Old Lady Shen.

As for the change, Old Mrs. Shen didn't ask for it, and she didn't give it to them. The few hundred coins had already been used by them to buy daily necessities.

At dinner, Old Man Shen was shocked to hear that he had earned more than 12 taels of silver from buying wild vegetables yesterday! Looking at the pile of wild vegetables in the yard, his heart was pounding with excitement.