Zhenfubao waved his hand and the warehouse was full of grain, and the whole family regretted it

Zhao Qiaoniang and Mulan quickly unloaded their backpacks. Master Bai was stunned when he saw the food and clothes in their baskets. He lowered his voice and asked, "Qiaoniang! Where are you going to rob again?"

Zhao Qiaoniang quickly waved her hands and said, "Master, how could we possibly be robbing? This is all thanks to Guaiguai."

She pointed to the candy next to her and said:

"Guaiguai led us to find a nest of rabbits. We smoked the rabbits out with fire and then carried them to the town.

Oh, and I bought a lot of stuff!"

She took out all the clothes from the backpack and said:

"These clothes, a single piece of clothing and a cotton-padded jacket, are only 80 wen, which is really cheap.

I also bought silver needles and a lot of medicinal herbs."

Master Bai and Madam Bai exchanged a glance, and Madam Bai said, "Qiao Niang! Why...why did you buy so many things? They must be very expensive, right?"

"It's not expensive! These silver needles and these medicinal herbs only cost three taels of silver." Zhao Qiaoniang smiled slightly, with an expression that looked like she was asking for praise.

Madam Bai's mouth twitched and she said:

"This silver needle should have been used by someone else, right?

Besides, it’s been a long time, this… is only one or two taels of silver at most, and these medicinal herbs, which is…”

Zhao Qiaoniang looked at Madam Bai and said:

"Aunt Bai, am I buying this too expensive?

I was also thinking that we still have a long way to go to Bianjing, so if we wait until winter and get a headache or a fever, it would be better to have these herbs."

Madam Bai looked at Zhao Qiaoniang's red eyes and said:

"It's... it's not bad, just a little bit expensive. Next time you should know how to bargain. Do you know what bargaining is?

For example, if he offers a price of one or two taels of silver, you have to know how to bargain and you have to find the shortcomings of that item.

For example, if he said that this silver needle costs two taels of silver.

You should say to him in a disdainful tone, "Huh? It's so expensive! It's so old, I think 500 wen is not bad."

Zhao Qiaoniang looked at her and said, "They said it's not possible. My silver needle is very expensive and must be tempered through thousands of hammers. What should I say?"

Mrs. Bai said as she packed her things:

"I asked a few days ago, and new silver needles are only one or two ounces of silver. Yours is too expensive.

There are skills to buying things, just like when you go to buy a vegetable, of course we can’t buy it now.

Next time you go shopping for groceries, the prices will be a little higher, so you have to bargain. For example, if something costs five cents, then ask if four cents is ok.

If it's worth 10 cents, ask him if it's worth 8 cents. That's a little trick in life."

Zhao Qiaoniang nodded vigorously. No one had really taught her this. "When I was in the Lin family, the most I ever got was a few coins, so no one told me this at all."

"This is something your mother should have taught you, but your mother never taught you anything.

I will tell you how to manage the household later. All wealthy families have to learn this. " As soon as Mrs. Bai finished speaking, Cui Ya and Mulan waved their hands.

Cui Ya said: "I don't think I'm cut out for this. I think practicing Kung Fu is quite interesting."

Mulan nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, I get a headache when I see that word..."

Master Bai now takes them to learn characters every day, and they are all the simplest and most basic characters.

But Cui Ya and Mulan couldn't understand it at all, but they both preferred to learn kung fu. Master Bai would wake them up early in the morning and teach them some of the most basic punches and kicks.

Master Bai looked at them and said, "Learning the simplest characters will be very beneficial to you."

Mulan murmured softly, "We don't have to take the imperial examination, so what's the point of learning to read?"

Master Bai stroked his goatee and said:

"Not many women can read, so if you go to Bianjing, you will have an advantage.

Think about Bianjing, it was a very prosperous and lively place with many opportunities.

But if you can't read, you will be restricted in every way, just like a blind person walking in the dark.

In Bianjing, notices posted by government offices and documents issued were full of text.

If you know how to read, you can keep abreast of policy changes and people's living conditions. You won't be confused or deceived by others.

Wealthy families also like to find people who can read and write to help, either to handle correspondence or to manage accounts and other chores.

If you have this ability, you will have another way out in life."

Zhao Qiaoniang nodded and carefully wrote the three words "Zhao Qiaoniang" on the ground with a branch.

Master Bai said, "Qiao Niang has a really good memory. I think I only taught you these three words once."

Zhao Qiaoniang nodded shyly and said, "Yes, but I did remember it, but I couldn't write it well."

"It doesn't matter if you can't write well. You have to practice your calligraphy every day, but you also have to study hard." Zhao Qiaoniang was also very good at one subject, and she liked writing more. If she was taught five characters today, she would have to write these characters over and over again today.

But when asked to learn kung fu, she showed no interest.

Lin Wanwan was also curious because these characters were different from the Chinese characters in her previous life.

So every time she watched Master Bai teach them to read, Mrs. Bai hugged Lin Wanwan and said, "My dear, we can't understand it, why don't we go to bed early?"

But Lin Wanwan cried every time, and Master Bai said distressedly:

"If the child wants to watch, just let her watch! What if she can understand it?

Besides, children should be taught from a young age, my dear, don’t you agree?”

Mrs. Bai shook her head helplessly and said, "You said I spoiled her, but you spoiled her even more."

Master Bai laughed heartily and said:

"When our sweetheart grows up a little, I will teach her music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and kung fu.

Old woman, you can teach her medicine and embroidery..."

Mrs. Bai hugged Lin Wanwan and said:

“How can I learn everything?

Isn't it enough as long as she can grow up happily? Don't she have two older brothers? "

Master Bai stroked his goatee, his eyes full of smiles:

"You said the same thing to our little girl back then, and I've actually regretted it all these years.

If only she had learned more when she was little."

Mrs. Bai looked at Lin Wanwan in silence: "Yeah, that's right. It never hurts to learn more."

Lin Wanwan agreed madly in her heart. This ancient time was much more terrifying than she had imagined. She wanted to learn everything now: Kung Fu, music, chess, calligraphy, painting, medicine...

Anyway, she wants to learn everything as long as it is beneficial to her.

To be honest, after coming to ancient times, she felt very insecure, and there was no such thing as space.

It would be so convenient if there was something like a space like in other farming novels.

What's more, they are fleeing from famine. I can't imagine how comfortable and safe they would be if they had a space.

Unfortunately, imagination is beautiful, but reality is impossible to achieve.

She watched Master Bai carefully writing on the ground: "This is the first sentence in the Three Character Classic: 'Man is born good.' You will learn these six words today."

Lin Bo nodded and said, "These six words are quite simple."

Cui Ya scratched her head and said, "Ah? Easy? Why do I feel it's so difficult?"