Cao Zixin's paper and ink shop is opened on the west section of Changmenpu Street, and the name of the shop is called "Mian Zhai", which is to take ink incense pen dance, and the meaning of book life.

Speaking of which, Cao Zixin's store has just been open for half a month, and in addition to him, the boss, Yu Shu, the account-teller, doesn't even have a guy who does chores.

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't write and keep accounts, Yu Shu would definitely ask the shopkeeper Cao for two wages.

At dusk, Cao Zixin blocked the door panel at the door of the store, closed it to the outside world, returned to the store to take the account book handed by Yu Shu, and spent a cup of tea to list her accounts.

Today's business is good, the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are combined, and a total of more than five taels of silver have been sold, which makes Yu Shu, who has only ten copper plates in his whole body, blush.

Five taels of silver, one tael is ten jiao, one dime is a hundred copper plates, five taels it is five thousand copper plates!

Even if the cost of purchase is deducted, there are at least three percent of the hand, and then the rent is removed, and you can earn one or two taels of silver a day, which is thirty taels a month, and Aunt Liu has saved thirty years of wages, and there is no such number!

"What's wrong?" Cao Zixin put down his pen and pulled his collar, and Yu Shu's eyes looking at him made him feel a little cold in his neck.

"Shopkeeper, you are quite capable, depending on your age, at most you are twenty, this can be done in Changmenpu, I take the liberty of asking, what did your ancestors do?"

Since the Song Dynasty, there has been a policy of "not suppressing business", and in the Da'an Dynasty, the imperial court was even more relaxed to merchants, merchants could occupy land and buy land, and their descendants were not prohibited from taking the test for fame.

In the local area, some wealthy businessmen donated more grain and rice in drought and disaster years, and every time someone was named a foreigner, not in office, but with a number of good titles, it was much easier for future children and grandchildren to gain fame and fame in the official career than others.

"My grandfather was a showman." Cao Zixin put away the account book, turned around and pulled out a few pieces of paper from under the shelf, pressed them with a paperweight, and saw that there were not many ink heads in the inkstone, so he pushed some more ink strips in, and said to Yu Shu:

"Since you know how to write ten big numbers, I won't teach you anymore, today I will teach you to recognize a few pieces of paper in the store, not requiring you to write, but to remember a look, I think you are so smart, you won't be able to learn."

Yu Shu put his hands on his cheeks, lying on the counter, watching him change the brush with a small rod, holding it properly, brushing the paper, from right to left, writing five words in turn.

After Cao Zixin wrote it, he pointed to teach her to read:

"Cloth paper, cold gold paper, Chengxin paper, rattan paper, hemp paper, you can read it."

He read it three times in a row before he asked Yu Shu to read it.

Yu Shu is an open-minded and studious person, even though he feels that it is a bit embarrassing to be taught literacy as a child, but he still honestly followed it again:

"Cloth paper, cold gold paper, Chengxin paper, rattan paper, hemp paper."

"It's a good reading," Cao Zixin praised, seeing that she looked quite well-behaved at this time, she couldn't help but reach out and wanted to pat Yu Shu's head, but she shook her head presciently to avoid it.

Just kidding, in terms of actual age, she is much more than this kid, so she can't take his turn to pat her on the head.

Cao Zixin's palm fell into the air, he smiled, took it back, and pushed the piece of paper where the writing was written in front of her, "You read it a few more times, I'll go pack up my things, and we'll go together." ”

"Hmm." Yu Shu saw that it was not dark yet, so she was not in a hurry to go home, hooked Cao Zixin's high stool with her calf, sat down with the paper, and memorized these words attentively.

"Here, that's today's wages." Cao Zixin packed up his things and put a handful of copper plates on the counter.

Yu Shu folded up the writing paper and stuffed it into his arms, pulled the money on the counter and stuffed it into his belt.

Cao Zixin still remembered that when she was paid yesterday, she counted them one by one, and when she saw her so big today, she said curiously:

"Why don't you count today?"

Yu Shu raised his eyebrows at him, "I didn't know you yesterday, but I'm familiar with you today, can it be the same." ”

Listening to this child's funny words, Cao Zi was happy, put one hand on the counter, and teased:

"Believing people so quickly, it's no wonder you were summoned for an afternoon yesterday."

Yu Shu rolled his eyes at him, and said half-truthfully, "Do you know that I will be called by him in vain?" If it weren't for your coincidental arrival, maybe he would have apologized to me later. ”

Yu Shu is right, she is not a person who is willing to suffer by nature, just the shopkeeper of the silk shop across the street, if it wasn't for Cao Zixin who came out halfway yesterday, she has a way to let him double the advantage of taking advantage of herself.

Cao Zixin didn't know the details of Yu Shu, just when the young man was talking big, Xiaoxiao bypassed the topic and led her out of the store, and the two of them buckled the door panel and locked it.

The land of Changmen Pu Street is expensive, and after dark, there are special patrols to catch fast, usually not afraid of thieves stealing, and those who are not at ease can arrange their own guys to live in the store, and Cao Zixin belongs to the kind of people who are at ease.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the Fushou store, don't you want to buy paper money?"

"I know the road, you can go with your business." Yu Shu is reluctant to go with Cao Zixin, which is the same as not wanting to see the leader again after work.

"It's okay, I'll send you over, lest you get lost and you won't be able to catch up with dinner when you go home late."

When Yu Shu settled accounts with Cao Zixin yesterday, he inadvertently joked that the family does not wait for anyone to eat, and he doesn't want him to remember, no, look at the shopkeeper Cao who has led the way, Yu Shu can't refute her temporary face of food and clothing, and quickly followed.

***

In the dead of night, Yu Shu listened to Yu Xiaoxiu, who was sleeping at the other end of the house, snoring, turned over and got out of bed, put on clothes and shoes, and pulled out a bag of dark money banknotes hidden under the bed.

On the way from the lower room to the back door, there was a small forest, and there was not even a lantern on the road at night, Yu Shu felt the darkness, got into this small forest, found a flat place and squatted down, leaned against an old tree, put down the bag, rubbed the leaves on the ground with the soles of his feet, and took out the fire.

After tinkering for a long time without lighting the fire, Yu Shu sweated on her head, and was about to stand up and stretch her waist, when she heard a series of footsteps behind her, stepping on the fallen leaves "clattering", and she was scared and fell to the ground as soon as she pouted her buttocks.

"Second young master, don't go inside, the slave family is afraid."

"If you're afraid, I'll rub it."

"Annoying, where do you put your hand, well, ah."

"Shhh

"Hmph, you're still afraid that people will hear it, you're really afraid that you won't dare to recruit slaves, alas, the third master treats slaves well, and the slave family is to you."

"It's all me that you hooked"

At the end of the tree, a pair of wild mandarin ducks were flirting, and on the other side of the tree, Yu Shu was lying in the grass and didn't dare to gasp, depressed and just wanted to hit the wall.

Okay, the nephew dug into the corner of the wall and dug into the uncle's head, and the cuckold was still her stepfather in name, and she bumped into such "good things"! .