Those who do business are called merchants, because of different regions, they are divided into Zhejiang merchants, Hui merchants and so on......

But there are only two kinds of businessmen in the world, businessmen who make money and businessmen who make black money.

But Du Shen doesn't think of himself as a businessman, so naturally he has nothing to do with the latter.

But he felt that chalk with hay was still chalk, but a shop that only sold chalk was not a good store.

Therefore, in a certain corner of the capital, a shop with a "stationery store" opened unconsciously.

……

Around noon.

A man dressed as a scholar came to the door of the stationery store.

His name is Meng Wen, he is a scholar who fell off the list this year, but he has not extinguished the idea of taking the test to make a name for himself, and has stayed in the capital, fortunately, he has a unique job, that is, painting, and it is very realistic, plus the handwriting is also good, in his own small circle, it is also a little famous, and he also sells calligraphy and paintings for a living on weekdays.

But recently, the brush at home has been used for too long, and the painting is not very satisfactory, and even the ink ingots are almost used up, so he wants to go out and buy some.

It's just that although Meng Wen is not poor, he is not so rich, and after walking around the capital, he found that the prices of the brushes in his photo were a little too high, and the psychological price could not be bought.

Just when he was disheartened, lamenting that there were frozen bones on the stinky road of Zhumen's wine and meat, and that Confucian scholars were not as good as dogs, he passed by the corner of the street and miraculously found that a new shop had opened here, and the introduction hanging in front of the door seemed to be specialized in selling pen, ink, paper and books.

It's just that the name of this store is really weird, it's called "Stationery Store", and there are still couplets written on the left and right, good quality and low price, and feel at home.

Although there were doubts in his heart, Meng Wenguan had neat fonts for these two couplets, and the style was quite unique, so he gritted his teeth and walked in.

There are two people in the store, one elder and one young.

The older one is Du Shen, who sits on the Taishi chair, sipping tea gracefully, and the younger one is Xu Pengju, who holds a quill pen and writes the book......

If you look closely, you can see that it is written exactly: a, o, e and other vowels.

Xu Pengju wrote very carefully, he felt that his master was really talented, not only invented the chalk blackboard and the Chinese pinyin alphabet, but also made a quill pen that was conducive to writing.

This pen is simply amazing, the fluency of the tip of the pen is extremely smooth, and the font written out is also quite exquisite, Xu Pengju has been reluctant to put down since he used this quill pen, and he held it in his hand all day.

If you didn't know that he was a member of the scourge of the capital some time ago, it is estimated that everyone would praise him as a reading seed when they saw him.

Du Shen is also very satisfied with the changes in his three apprentices, but the store has just opened today, but there is no one to interact with, which is not a good thing after all.

Fortunately, I got the quill pen out by myself, which satisfied the bad taste of assigning homework to the apprentice, otherwise I would definitely be full of unhappiness now.

But just then, Meng Wen walked in.

As soon as he entered the door, he first looked inside the store, and saw that there were not pink and white short sticks, or goose feathers, as well as some bottles and cans of things, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

He wanted to buy pen and ink, but he didn't see it.

No wonder it has a strange name, it turns out that it is not a serious store.

Shaking his head, Meng Wen was about to leave.

And what about Du Shen?

Finally, a scholar came, and it seemed that he also wanted to buy something, so how could he just let the family go.

Friends, please stay!

Du Shen hurriedly put down the teacup and hurriedly greeted him.

"Wait! Your Excellency is here to buy something? ”

Meng Wen stopped, although he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of this store, he still nodded and said: "Yes, it's just the pen and ink I want to buy, it seems that your store doesn't sell it." ”

Come buy pen and ink?

Du Shen suddenly realized, and then his eyes lit up, and said: "Nonsense, since this store is in the name of stationery, it naturally has pen and ink." ”

As he spoke, he picked up a quill and then took out a bottle of ink.

"Look, isn't this just pen and ink!"

What's that?

Meng Wen was stunned, "What does the store mean, can it be that I, a scholar, don't know pen and ink!"

Du Shen glanced at him disdainfully and opened the bottle, "This is ink." Then, he pointed to the quill and said, "This is a quill pen, how is it not pen and ink?" ”

A quill is indeed a quill pen, but this ink is not the ink of later generations, but it has been sharpened and sealed in advance.

Meng Wen leaned his head up, looked at the bottle in surprise, and sniffed it gently.

Well... It's the aroma of ink...

But......

This goose feather is a pen?

The corners of Meng Wen's mouth twitched, and he arched his hand and said: "Shopkeeper, don't bully me for reading few books, this is obviously a goose feather, how can it be a pen." ”

Xu Pengju, who was struggling to write on the side, heard this, became dissatisfied, raised his head and shouted angrily.

"Where did you come from, you dare to disrespect my master."

Xu Pengju put down the pen and paper, slapped the table, and glared at Meng Wen angrily.

He is quite similar to his senior brother Zhang Hao, his respect for Du Shen is from the heart, but with the traditional idea of respecting the teacher, unlike Zhao Xiu, who was fooled before bowing to him, so when he saw that the other party actually questioned his master, he immediately rolled up his sleeves, eager to look at the other party's head.

Meng Wen was taken aback by this angry shout, and hurriedly explained: "This little brother should not be angry, it is not that he is disrespectful to your master, but I have never heard of the saying that this goose feather can still make a pen." ”

Du Shen was also taken aback,, why didn't he find out that his apprentice had such a hot temper before, and he started without saying a word.

Wait a minute......

Where did the word poor come from?

Hiss......

Looks like you taught it yourself, right?!

Du Shen's old face flushed, if he let Wei Guogong know that he had brought his son into a dirty boy, he would not have to fight with himself!

But just when he wanted to say something to appease the grumpy Xu Pengju, Xu Pengju spoke again.

With this opening, Xu Pengju made it easy for Meng Wen to argue.

"You say goose feathers can't be used as pens?"

He didn't reveal his identity, just picked up the quill and looked at each other with a sneer.

Looking at that posture, it seems that there is a tendency to think of doing it.

Meng Wen was shocked by his eyes, and sneered: "I have never heard of such a thing. ”

Xu Peng raised his eyes and showed disdain, thinking that it didn't exist if he hadn't heard it? Poor is poor.

How did you say that sentence from your own master?

Oh, it's better to read 10,000 books than to walk 10,000 miles, and that's true today.

"And let you see for a long time!"

Xu Pengju took out his "homework book" and then hesitated, put it aside, took out a new piece of rice paper, took out a new pen, and wrote a line of small characters on it.

"Widen your eyes and see, how is the writing of this quill?"

Meng Wen was dumbfounded, and two words came out of his mouth: "Very ugly." ”

On the rice paper, the words Zhengda Guangming are written crookedly.

It's like a dog crawling.

Du Shen hid his face with his sleeves in shame.

This third apprentice is good at everything, well-behaved and sensible, although he used to have all kinds of bad habits, but after getting started, he was gone, but this word was really a little difficult to handle.

Xu Pengju also blushed, but he was angry.

"How dare you insult me like this!"

He pointed at Meng Wen in disbelief, gritted his teeth, and couldn't wait to swing it up, and the person who smashed it was full of peach blossoms.

"Ahem! Pengju don't be impulsive! ”

Du Shen still knew his apprentice very well, and quickly stopped his move of wanting to fight each other.

Alas...... It's still good to be a fool and Zhang Hao, who inherited most of his advantages, and knew that he and Zhao Xiu would not stay in the academy to supervise the work today.

This business that came about with great difficulty is estimated to be yellow.

Du Shen had a hard time, and was even thinking about whether to add another course on ideology and morality to his apprentices, and educate them to be righteous men and gentlemen like himself.

And yet at this moment.

But Meng Wen turned his gaze, stared at the quill, and asked tentatively, "Ahem...... Dare to ask the shopkeeper, oh no, dare to ask sir, how much does this quill cost? ”

Although he was shocked by Xu Pengju's "words", Meng Wen, who was a calligraphy student with painting skills, keenly noticed that this quill pen was a bit unusual.

Looking at the lines, the thickness is the same, and the strokes are smooth without breaking points, although it may not be suitable for painting, but if it is writing, it must be extraordinary.

He was a little thirsty, just thinking that this quill, which he had never heard of, should be very expensive, right?