Mom takes her baby to travel through ancient times? Farming and business are both important

The bookstore is a small one, located in a not-so-bustling place in the city, not too far from the college. After all, it is for the convenience of students in the college to buy things.

There weren't many people in the bookstore at the moment. The shopkeeper was sitting by the counter, fiddling with his abacus. When he saw someone come in, he just raised his eyelids slightly.

“The books of enlightenment are all on the right.”

Bai Zhizhi nodded and walked to the right.

On the bookshelf on the far right, I saw books related to enlightenment, but they were all things that Ruibao had already learned or was learning, and were not the books on the book list.

Bai Zhizhi then slowly looked at other bookshelves.

It’s true that although this bookstore is not big, it has quite a lot of books, and you can see all kinds of books.

In addition to the enlightenment books that students will use, there are books that will be used for various exams, which account for the largest proportion.

In addition, there are various travel notes and various storybooks.

However, the notebooks Bai Zhizhi saw were all relatively introverted, and she didn't find any that were more open. She just took a quick look and stopped paying attention to them. Instead, she began to look for the books on the list seriously.

She stayed for quite a while, but the shopkeeper didn't rush her or even glance at her.

It was not until Bai Zhizhi walked to the counter with a pile of books that the shopkeeper slowly raised his eyelids.

"Is that all?"

"Yes, that's all."

Bai Zhizhi nodded, ready to spend a fortune. She knew that ancient books were the most expensive.

Sure enough, the shopkeeper did not disappoint her. After calculating the abacus several times, he finally came up with a shocking number.

"All these books together are worth five taels and two cents."

The shopkeeper's voice was flat and calm. He just stood there motionless after he finished speaking, without holding out much hope.

He has seen many parents like this, who buy books for their children but don't know the prices of the books. They buy a lot of books and end up being short of money when paying the bill.

Those who are in a better situation can barely take two books away, but those who are in a worse situation can't take any at all.

Judging from the way this person is dressed today, he shouldn't be too short of money and should be able to buy one or two books.

Just as the shopkeeper thought, Bai Zhizhi didn't bring much money when she went out. She had originally planned to go shopping at the market later, but now, after buying the books, she has nothing left.

Bai Zhizhi sighed as she took out some silver and placed it on the counter. "Boss, please count it."

Hearing this, the shopkeeper opened his eyes with a little surprise. When he saw the silver ingots and copper coins on the counter, he quickly put on a smile.

"Yes, yes, what the lady gave me is absolutely perfect. I'll wrap the book for you right away."

As the shopkeeper spoke, he quickly pulled out a few pieces of paper, carefully and tightly wrapped the pile of schoolbags, and finally stuffed another stack of paper on top.

"These papers are my gifts to Madam. If you need them, please come back."

Amid the shopkeeper's cheerful farewell, Bai Zhizhi walked out of the bookstore with a heavy heart. It would be better not to come here too many times.

No one told her that books were so expensive.

What Bai Zhizhi didn't know was that these were already considered cheap. These books were only related to the most basic exams. When she wanted to buy higher-level books in the future, the prices would only be more expensive than this.

After returning home, Bai Zhizhi announced to her family that Ruibao was going to take the imperial examination.

Upon hearing the news, everyone in the family was very happy, except Mrs. Liu, who looked a little uncomfortable and looked at her two children several times.

Bai Zhizhi didn't notice any of this, but instead told her family, "Although the teacher said Ruibao is talented, we can't put too much pressure on Ruibao. We just need to treat him normally."

"How can that be? Studying is a brain-intensive activity, so I need to eat more good food to replenish my body."

Qian was a little bit dissatisfied. Their family was finally going to have a scholar, so how could they just ignore him?

"Mom, Ruibao isn't the only child in the family. We can't let Ruibao chill the hearts of the other children, right?"