Lu Ming put the list of books he had sold in the past few days on the table, and looked at Chu Ying, who was drawing something. "This is a book for sale, you look at it, when the time comes, make up the goods, if you want to use the money to withdraw the silver, just go directly to the shop, you don't have to go to the house, you haven't used the jade pendant I gave you."

"Okay, Ye Qiu, you take out more of the books that sell well and put them in the box." Chu Ying drew the drawings of the dormitory, and because there was a study building next to it that could be used for self-study, there was no desk, only a bed and some storage cabinets.

"Don't believe Qingyan's nonsense, he's just prevaricating you like this."

"I know." Of course, Chu Ying can distinguish between angry words and truthful words, but since Mr. Qingyan said that if he really hit the tiger and lifted him in front of him, he can't break his word.

"There are quite a lot of people selling books and coming to you now, the study is much more lively than before, and the business of this restaurant made by Ye Qiu is good in the morning and at noon. But why isn't there a la carte menu? You can earn more money that way, but you don't make much money from this vegetarian dish spoonful by spoonful. Lu Ming looked at the crowd lining up at the door of the restaurant, and he definitely wouldn't be in line.

"I still have to help you think about it, you see some dishes that are more in line with your appetite, didn't you eat many dishes before." Chu Ying had already made the ingredients that could be found here in the way of stir-frying for Lu Ming to eat, but the people here were used to eating steamed and stewed food, and they were still a little unaccustomed to stir-frying.

"According to my appetite? Do you want me to come to your place more often? Looking at Lu Ming's cheap smile, Chu Ying just wanted to wipe the black finger painted with charcoal on his face.

"Your taste is so tricky, and those rich children should also like to eat the dishes that can get into your eyes." Qiu Li led a man in a coarse green cloth robe to this side.

Although this scholar is dressed relatively plainly, his eyes are delicate, his eyes are clear, his eyebrows are slightly raised, and the corners of his mouth are raised, "You are the master of the study?" ”

Chu Ying put away the drawings, stood in front of the man, and lifted her heels slightly, but it was still only up to the man's chin. "Why don't you want to? Should the chief be a white-bearded old man, holding a book in his hand and reciting the words of the sages every day? ”

The corners of Gong Yunran's mouth flashed with a smile, this kid looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, his face was delicate and full of childishness, if it wasn't for Nian Shu, who was guarding the door, he would definitely not believe it, but at such a young age, with such a big yard and so many books, it seems that he relied on his father to break out of this world.

"Is that it, in the lower palace cloud dyeing, I don't know if it is convenient for Zhai Chang now?" Chu Ying looked at Gong Yunran's beautiful face, and was a little distracted, this person didn't attract much attention at first glance, but the more he looked at it, the more ugly it became.

"You say."

Gong Yunran gave Chu Ying a look and looked at Lu Ming next to him. "Please, the pansies and poppies in the garden to the north are just right, let's talk while we walk."

Gong Yunran looked at Chu Ying, who was in the posture of some adults, and did not look like the child who was estimated to be provocative just now, but now he was serious.

"Don't go out with strangers casually, be careful that others sell you." Lu Ming glanced up and down at the palace Yunran.

"Don't worry, I will definitely be sold by someone else, and I will help him count the money." Gong Yunran looked at Chu Ying, who was joking, and her childish appearance was full of childishness that she couldn't get rid of.

This study palace cloud dye not only came once or twice, this small corner has been to themselves, although the predecessor is Yayuan, inevitably a little fat powder, but the furnishings and decorations here are more elegant, even the flowers planted are not too bright those.

"Say something." It's not that no one is looking for themselves these days, most of them are submitting manuscripts and renting places to do business. However, Shu has been taking it to Qiu Li all these years, and this person is not mysterious and mysterious, but it doesn't seem like he came to submit a manuscript.

"There is a large piece of vacant land to the west of this study that has not been paved in any way, is it for other purposes, or is it not used for anything for the time being, or is it planned to be rented out?"

"What business are you going to do?"

Gong Yunran looked at Chu Ying, who was still young but saw things very thoroughly, "I don't do business, you should know about this new decree, this new inspection system can give a good opportunity to the children of the poor family who have no family background, there are many academies, but there are very few studies related to current affairs, and it is definitely not possible to read books empty, I want to set up a lecture hall in that area, invite some Confucianists to give lectures, and it is also possible to run a school at that time." ”

"What about the charges?"

"If it is much cheaper to run a school than other schools, there is no charge for this lecture hall." Originally, Chu Ying had thought about running a school, although there were many schools in the city, but most of them paid for the patriarchs of various clans to teach the children of rich families, even if it was another school, the fee was quite expensive.

"Why do you want to do this? This new probation system has come out, why don't you go to the examination for a half-official position? That's a lot easier than running a school. ”

Gong Yunran lifted the petals of the poppy and blew away the little insects in the heart of the flower, "If there is no cheaper school, even if there is such a good policy, it will be difficult for some poor children to get a good opportunity to study, and they will still not be able to get ahead, so they can only turn their heads to the loess and turn their backs to the sky for the rest of their lives." ”

Chu Ying looked at this Gong Yunran, although he had an outstanding temperament, but he didn't look like a child of a rich family in coarse cloth clothes, "In my opinion, you don't look like a person who has too much spare money at home and has no place to spend it, so you have the money to run a school?" Where is the money to rent my place? ”

Gong Yunran chuckled, "As long as you are willing to rent, you naturally don't have to think about the money, I will find a way to get it." ”

"What about the gentleman in the lecture hall? Ordinary gentlemen don't have any real insights even if they want to speak, and gentlemen who have opinions are reclusive and don't want to come out to give lectures. Gong Yunran watched Chu Ying say a lot of problems that needed to be solved, it seemed that this kid had thought about running a school.

"As long as you want to do it, these are not problems, do you rent me your yard? If the price is right, you can buy it, and as far as I know, you can only spend more than 30 taels so quickly. ”

Chu Ying sat down on the stone bench and looked at the trickling stream by the river, "I can rent it to you, but I think you don't have that much money at the beginning, waiting for a student to charge one-third of the tuition, so you don't have to worry about this rent, that piece of land has nothing, you must spend a lot of silver to build a school, I can pay some silver, what do you think?" ”

Gong Yunran thought about it for a while, this one-third of the tuition fee will be divided into her share of the money earned in the future, although she is not running a school by herself to earn much money, and she will not collect a lot of money by then, but when there are more people, this is also a lot of money, but now it is really difficult for him to come up with the rent and the money for running the school at once.

Ask my father if it's not possible, but the moment he came out of the house, he swore not to ask the family for another penny, Gong Yunran looked at this huge study must have spent a lot of silver money, and everyone collected these silver coins I don't know how long it will take to return to the capital, this chief is not a mercenary person.

Chu Ying looked at Gong Yunran, who was a little hesitant, "You go back and think about it again." "Doing business is not doing public welfare, but you can use the method of doing business to do public welfare, Chu Ying can't not pay a penny of silver to this Gong Yunran to make a school.

Part of the money collected will naturally be used to offset the cost of building the school in the early stage, and the rest will be used for scholarships, repairs and supplies for books.

Gong Yunran looked at Chu Ying, who had already shaken her robe and was about to go back, "Don't think about it." ”