Chapter 38 Preparation for the start of school 2
Yuan Ping took Du Yue to the largest bookstore in the city, Wenhua Bookstore. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Du Yue stood at the door and looked inside, it was really big, stepping in, the shopkeeper was standing behind the counter, there were a few customers in the store, or in the selection of books, or in the selection of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, occasionally there were guys shuttling through it, but they didn't make a sound, occasionally someone asked, it was also a soft voice.
Maybe it's because of the bookstore, the guys here are not as enthusiastic as the guys in the store, probably because they are afraid of disturbing the quietness, Du Yue walked directly to the bookshelf with a lot of books, ready to choose the books needed for enlightenment. The guy didn't pay attention to Du Yue and the two, the guys here are all called by you when you need them, and the guys won't take the initiative to come over and ask what you need, Du Yue thinks this is very good, if it is as enthusiastic as other stores, this bookstore can't be as quiet as it is now.
Du Yue directly skipped those that looked like books, she didn't need these, she was busy lately, and she didn't have time to read this when she bought this, so Du Yue didn't have to spend time on it. Yuan Ping was illiterate, so she could only watch Du Yue choose, and she couldn't give any advice, and she couldn't talk in such a quiet place, so she just followed Du Yue quietly.
I've read more than half of the books here, Du Yue still hasn't found what I want, in fact, Du Yue just wants to find an enlightenment book like the three-character scripture, thousand-character text, aren't these enlightenment books in ancient times, these are relatively simple, the content is also easy to understand, and it won't be too difficult for children to learn, but Du Yue just didn't find it, is there no such book, a few days ago I saw Liu Yuanli read the Analects, Liu Yuanli has only been in school for a long time, is the Analects a book for enlightenment, but the enlightenment with this is too profound, At the beginning, it was just learning words, Du Yue felt that this was not very good, so she still held out hope, hoping to see the three-character scripture, the thousand-character text and the like. But Du Yue was destined to be disappointed, Du Yue read all these bookshelves, but she couldn't find a copy she wanted.
"Man, what are the books for children?" Du Yue asked the guy who was closer to him softly.
"The school uses the Analects." The guy said.
"Is there only this, is there anything else?" Du Yue couldn't find it herself, but she didn't give up yet.
"This is the only one to be enlightened." The guy said truthfully.
"Okay, thanks." Du Yue only had a dead heart, what kind of dynasty is this, why is the enlightenment book so profound, and it is not necessary to take the Xiucai test from the beginning. Du Yue couldn't find the books he needed, leaving the bookshelf, the books couldn't be bought, but he still had to buy some pen, ink, paper and inkstones, so Du Yue first came to the place where the brushes were sold, first selected three brushes, and then went to pick an inkstone, a piece of ink, some of which Du Yue picked didn't look very expensive, Du Yue hadn't bought these things, and he didn't know how much it was, so he didn't dare to pick too good.
The last thing to pick is the paper, just look at these papers are stacked one by one, each stack is two feet long, one foot wide. Du Yue didn't know how to take this, so she could only ask the buddy.
"How is this paper sold?" Du Yue asked, pointing to the paper in front of him.
"This is a hundred words." The guy replied.
"How many knives are there?" Du Yue asked, she didn't know how much the guy said, so she had to ask the guy.
"One hundred shots." The guy replied, fortunately, the guy didn't laugh at her, and told Du Yue directly.
"Then get me two knives for this." Du Yue saw that the price was still within her budget, so she asked the guy to get her two pieces of paper, thinking that she might only be able to write some three-character scriptures or thousand-character texts to enlighten the children, and the paper needed should not be too little, and her own house was about to be built, so she had to draw a picture by herself, Du Yue liked their kind of house type. So Du Yue asked for two knives at once, estimating that he could use it for a long time.
Du Yue took the pen and ink inkstone she had just selected to the counter, and the guy helped Du Yue carry two pieces of paper to the counter and settle the bill together.
"This pen is 20 wen, the ink is 80 wen, the inkstone is 60 wen, and the two knives of paper are a total of 360 wen." The shopkeeper crackled and pulled the abacus, and after a while, he quoted Du Yue the price of all the things. Fortunately, Du Yue's selection is relatively poor things, or it is more than this price, no wonder there are few people in the farmer's house, these pen, ink, paper and inkstone are so expensive for the farmer, there are indeed few farmers who can afford it, these are all consumables, and when they run out, they have to buy new ones.
Du Yue took out a tael of silver and handed it to the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper took it, gave change to Du Yue, and handed it to Du Yue 640 Wen. After settling the account, Du Yue put everything in the back basket and left the store.
"Sister Yue, aren't you here to buy books, why didn't you come out without buying books?" As soon as Yuan Ping walked out of the door of the bookstore, he asked Du Yue, and felt a little strange, how could he say that he came to buy books but didn't buy them, didn't he say that he bought them for enlightenment when he was in school.
"I didn't find what I was looking for, so I didn't buy it." Du Yue said, there is no way, seeing that enlightenment is just a confession, Du Yue doesn't want it.
"It's already the biggest bookstore in town, and if you can't find it, there won't be any other bookstore in the city that you're looking for. If you want to be more complete, you have to go to the provincial capital, but the provincial capital is too far away from us, and I heard that it will take two days to get there. Yuan Ping said, generally the largest store in the city, no matter what the store, the things are relatively complete, and the things in the small store will not be so complete, but the largest bookstore in the city is this. Yuan Ping had never been to the provincial capital, so he only mentioned it to Du Yue, knowing that Du Yue would not go, after all, it was too far.
"If you can't buy it, forget it." Du Yue said, "Do you have anything to buy?" Du Yue knew that Yuan Ping had taken the money out, so he asked.
"Forget it, I still won't buy it." Yuan Ping thought for a while and said, she brought out the fifty taels of silver tickets given by Du Yue before, thinking about coming to the city to buy something this time, but she didn't think of what to buy now.
"Why, I'm not willing to spend it, I really keep it as a dowry." Du Yue teased.
"Why, I just don't know what to buy." After having this money, Du Yue made fun of Yuan Ping, but at this time Yuan Ping's face was still red.
"Okay, keep it if you don't spend it. If I don't want to go shopping, I'll have to go back. Du Yue said, the land he bought, there are still so many weeds, I have to go back to clean up first, there are only two days left, the school is about to officially open, I have to prepare the three-character scripture and the thousand-character text, and the time is not enough, so Du Yue doesn't want to go shopping, but he still asks Yuan Ping, if Yuan Ping wants to go shopping, he will accompany him.