Chapter 033 Sapphire

Luo Ran was not interested in the candy and snacks, but took a few more glances at the small box. There are all kinds of small toys, slingshots, windmills, bamboo dragonflies, whistles, and so on. There are also a few small stones. Seeing two or three small blue stones, Luo Ran's heart suddenly became happy. Yes, if I'm not mistaken, those three little blue stones are modern sapphires.

Sapphire is one of the natural mineral crystals embedded in stone or minerals, with high hardness, precious ore that does not change under the action of atmosphere and chemicals, and after polishing, the color is beautiful and the texture is crystal clear, the luster is brilliant, hard and durable can be used to make jewelry.

Seeing that the sapphire, which is worth a thousand gold in modern times, is regarded as a child's gadget by everyone like that, Luo Ran has indescribable emotion. There are two possibilities: first, it is estimated that in this era, people have not yet realized that gemstones have the same value as jade and jadeite; The second family and grandma's family don't know much about gems, or they don't care, after all, who will carefully check children's gadgets.

"Grandma, these blue stones are very beautiful, and they are more beautiful than jade pendants." Luo Ran pointed to the three sapphires and said.

"Ran Er still knows about the jade pendant. Hey? These blue stones are really beautiful, and they don't look like ordinary stones. Kid, dad, come and see. Grandma Zheng handed the three sapphires to Grandpa Zheng.

Grandpa Zheng took it, carefully hit it in his hand for two long times, and then said, "This, if I'm not mistaken, this should be a sapphire." Boss and second, where did you find these pieces? ”

"Dad, these rocks should have been found and played with by Fan Er when he was young." Uncle Zheng replied.

Grandpa Zheng understood that sapphires were as expensive as jade, so he said, "I didn't expect Fan'er to find this good thing." Since I took it this time, I will give Wen Xuan Wen Sheng Ran'er three. ”

Uncle Zheng said with a smile: "What's that, not to mention that Wenxuan is not an outsider." ”

After Zheng heard it, he felt that this thing was too valuable: "Dad, this is really a sapphire, it can be worth a lot of silver, how can it be used as a gadget for a few children." ”

Luo Youli also felt that he couldn't let a few children accept it, so he quickly spoke: "Yes, Dad, this thing is too valuable, and it's a shame that the child loses it." The eldest brother and the second brother can take it back and save it or exchange it for silver. ”

Grandma Zheng waved her hand directly and said, "Since you have given it to a few children, you can't take it anymore." It's just so good that you can exchange the silver to make life less tight. ”

Luo Ran was really reluctant to look at those sapphires, but since a few people knew the value of sapphires, this should be able to exchange for a sum of silver. Originally, I thought that if sapphires were not precious stones in this society, they could collect them, collect a lot, and polish them into various styles to make jewelry unique and beautiful, but since they can be exchanged for silver, it is better to exchange them for silver in this situation. It is estimated that it can be exchanged for dozens of taels of silver, after all, the general jade pendant is also about a few taels of silver, and these sapphires are not big, and the color is not particularly good. Also, if you can't buy it in the town, you have to go to the county seat.

Luo Ran looked at the gem, and after a pain in his flesh, he said, "Grandpa and grandma, a few of us can't hold it, my cousin Luo Ping will definitely snatch it when she sees it." This was originally saved by Zheng Fan's cousin, and it is okay to let his cousin exchange it for silver in a big place. "Actually, what Luo Ran wants to say is that his family is not separated, and if the Qin family finds out, they will definitely snatch the gem away, even if they change the money, it is not safe. But because of Luo Youli's presence, he was embarrassed to say this about the Qin family directly, so he only turned a corner and said Luo Ping, but everyone present understood what Luo Ran meant, except for Wen Sheng.

"If this thing is in our small place, it will definitely not be able to exchange a few dollars, and you have to go to the county seat, almost a few dozen taels of silver. When the time comes, I'll take a trip. Grandpa Zheng heard Luo Ran say this, and immediately understood, this daughter's family is not separated, and this will not be a daughter's at that time. It's more reassuring to hold it at home, and you can also help your daughter if you change the silver.

In the end, Uncle Zheng wrapped the gems and put them in his pocket, and found an opportunity to go to the county seat to exchange for silver in the future.

Looking at the small box, Luo Wensheng shifted his interest again. I can't put it down while holding the small box. The big guy laughed when he saw it, and Luo Wensheng, who was laughing, felt shy, but he still held the box and didn't let go.

Uncle Zheng gave Luo Wenxuan a small package, looking at the shape, it was a book. Three books: "Three Character Classic", "Hundred Family Names" and "Thousand Character Text". This time, Luo Wenxuan and Luo Ran began to fall in love.

Needless to say, Luo Wenxuan knew that his cousin was the only one in the family to study since he was a child, and he could only support his cousin. Although I really hope to study in the school like my cousin one day, I know that this is impossible. So when I saw these books, I was very excited.

As for Luo Ran, not to mention, he was considered a high-achieving student in modern times, but in ancient times, he suddenly became semi-literate. Just since he found out that he only knew two or three words on the couplet on the door of Luo's house, he still guessed it, Luo Ran knew that something was wrong, and it was too insecure to be illiterate. At this time, the characters were too different from modern times, and they were not the same as ancient Chinese writing. So seeing these books is like a wolf seeing a sheep.

"You're polite, I see that these children still like to read, especially Wenxuan, who are almost ten years old now, so they can't delay any longer. Do you have a charter here? "Grandpa Zheng knows that it is difficult for Luo Wenxuan to enter the school with the current situation, but no matter what, he will put pressure on his son-in-law who has given this tendon, don't let him only know, and be the labor of that family. As a parent, seeing that several children are suffering from insufficient food and clothing, they still want to support their nephews to study and take the Xiucai exam.

"This, Dad, now the situation at home can't afford to send Wenxuan to school." Luo Youli was frustrated. I never thought about it so much before, but I thought about it more than I did for decades this time, and suddenly I realized that what I did as a father was too unqualified.

"Alas, then you can still provide for your nephew to go to school......" Grandpa Zheng was very annoyed when he saw his daughter and son-in-law's uncompetitive appearance. This is really my own mistake, I originally thought that this Luo Youli was honest and loyal, and it was just right for his daughter to marry him. I didn't expect ...... Alas.

Luo Ran knew that his grandfather was about to be angry with his father, although he was not angry, but now was not the time to get angry, "Grandpa, grandma, don't be angry with your father." This time, my grandparents and uncle asked me to take out ten taels of silver and let Brother Wen buy the test papers that were used for the test. But my mother said that the previous five taels of silver had not been repaid, or this time I would lend Brother Wen Ming five taels of silver, let Brother Wen Ming make an IOU, and make up the IOU for the last five taels of silver, which is a total of ten taels of IOU. ”