Chapter 24: The Four Treasures of the Study

"Good paper! Excellent paper! ”

Wide-eyed and carefully looked at the paper in his hand, although it was still slightly yellowed, but it was only a little bit, at least Wang Cheng had never seen a whiter paper than it; And after feeling the touch of the paper again, after tearing it a little harder, Wang Cheng's face completely changed.

Smooth to the touch and strong!

"This, how is this possible?!"

Taking a deep breath, Wang Cheng felt that his hands began to tremble a little.

He is not a person who has never seen the world, and he doesn't know how many times he has seen the white paper that the Li family paper workshop has sent to the palace all the year round, and he has even used one or two of them, but compared to the one in his hand now......

There's no comparison!

Whether it is the color, smoothness or toughness of the paper, the paper of the Li family paper mill is incomparable with the chapter in the hand now, so there is only one left, that is, the water absorption after the ink is written.

As if he saw Wang Cheng's thoughts, the little guy next to him suddenly asked, "This guest officer, do you want to try our paper yourself?" There is pen and ink next to it, so you can give it a try. ”

"Huh? This paper ......"

Pinching the paper in his hand, Wang Cheng was a little eager to try, but he was a little reluctant.

You don't have to think about it to know that this paper is definitely not cheap!

And as the shopkeeper of a bookstore, the daily sale of pen, ink, paper and inkstone is naturally the norm, Wang Cheng's love for paper is not comparable to ordinary people, the thought of such a good white paper just let himself try the pen, he subconsciously felt a little distressed.

"Hehe, don't worry about the guest officer."

I don't know if this little guy can really guess Wang Cheng's thoughts, so he quickly said very politely and enthusiastically: "We have a blank paper specially written for the guest officers, you can just use it." ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Good. ”

After hesitating, after all, he still couldn't stop his curiosity, and Wang Cheng nodded.

However, as soon as he nodded, Wang Cheng regretted it in his heart, and after being stunned for a moment, he smiled bitterly and shook his head. He, an old shopkeeper who does business every day, was a little confused by a little junior who gave two or three sentences. If you don't sell it after trying it out for a while, your old face will not be able to hang up......

……

Not long after, the shopkeeper Wang took a small stack of white paper from Xinhua Bookstore and left in a hurry.

With such a large shop, at first glance, it was a well-trained little house, and there was a white paper that could crush the tributes of the Li family's paper mill, and everything Wang Cheng saw in the Xinhua bookstore suddenly made him extremely curiousβ€”he didn't have the heart to look at the pen, ink and inkstone sold in other people's stores, because this white paper alone was enough.

And the price is quite reasonable.

Wang Cheng bought a small stack of white paper, which in the words of the little guy happened to be a mention - he didn't understand what Xinhua Bookstore's mention of the bottom meant, nor did he carefully count how many of them were at the bottom, but it seemed that there were about a dozen of them, each about a foot long and six or seven inches wide.

When I got these dozen pieces of paper, it was only 20 yuan.

Although this price is much more expensive than the best white paper in the Li Family Paper Workshop, after trying to write a few words, Wang Cheng felt that it was worth it. At least for the magnates in Chang'an City, if they can get better paper, they will definitely not care about how expensive it is......

After Wang Cheng left, soon more than a dozen people walked into the Xinhua bookstore.

After most people went in, they heard the guy say that there was only pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and no books to sell, so they all turned around and left; A small number of people are slightly interested in the blank paper, but after hearing the price, they are so shocked that they don't even dare to try it.

People in these years are particular, and if you don't plan to buy someone who just wants to give it a try, I'm afraid it's really hard to find!

So when Li Zhiyun, who got the news, hurried to the Xinhua bookstore and walked into the Xinhua bookstore, the entire hall on the first floor was extremely deserted. Originally, the store was large, but now because there are no books for sale for the time being, only a few cabinets are placed for pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other goods, and most of the places are empty.

Other than that, it's a shopkeeper and a guy who looks like a little guy.

After the little guy stepped forward to greet him, Li Zhiyun's brows furrowed slightly: "Sure enough, just like what Shopkeeper Wang said, the young guys in this store are really well-trained...... Hey? It's clean! ”

After taking a closer look at the guy, Li Zhiyun blinked in surprise.

It's not that the clothes are clean, it's that this guy is clean!

Because on this summer afternoon, Li Zhiyun was so close to this guy that he didn't smell a trace of sweat! So after coming back to his senses, Li Zhiyun couldn't help but take a closer look at the clothes on the other party......

"Objectively, there are no books to sell in our store for the time being, only four kinds of goods: pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

"Hmm."

Li Zhiyun was not surprised when he got the news from the shopkeeper Wang, who he knew, but after glancing at the container, he asked in amazement: "The four treasures of the study...... What are the Four Treasures of the Study? ”

"Returning to the guest officer, the four treasures of the study are pen, ink, paper, and inkstone!"

Obviously not the first time to answer this question, the young man replied with a slight smile.

"The Four Treasures of the Study...... Pen, ink, paper, inkstone...... Wonderful! ”

After smacking for a moment, Li Zhiyun slapped his palm and couldn't help but admire. In addition to books, the most important thing in the study is the four things of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but he is called the four treasures of the study, and this is the first time he has seen this statement.

So after the magic was over, Li Zhiyun asked: "Man, who said the statement of the four treasures of the study?" ”

"Hehe, I don't know."

His eyelids jumped twice, and the young man quickly shook his head.

After asking a few more words, seeing that the young man's mouth was very strict, Li Zhiyun didn't care, just nodded and said, "Then bring me fifty pieces of paper, a pen, an inkstone and an inkstone, and pack them for me to take away." ”

"I'm sorry, officer."

After listening to his words, the young man smiled and asked, "There are several sizes of paper in our house, how big do you want it?" You see, that's what we have now. ”

Led Li Zhiyun to a table, and he immediately saw papers of different sizes.

There are so many of them.

After not immediately looking at the color and texture of these papers, and at the same time taking these different sizes of paper into his eyes, Li Zhiyun had a strange feeling: The size of these papers does not seem to be cut out randomly?

Just when he was flustered for a moment, the little guy continued: "Generally speaking, everyone commonly uses eight and sixteen open, if you are used to paint, then four open, or even two open is better, and no matter how big it is, it is the whole one." ”

"Eight open? Sixteen open? What does that mean? ”

"This ......"

After hesitating for a moment, the little guy smiled all over his face: "I don't know about this, I only know that different sizes of paper have different names, and they are all classified by numbers and an open word......"

……

Sleeping on a stiff neck, the pain was terrible, and I barely managed to water for a chapter.