"In that case, I'll find it for you. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

After saying that, the second aunt pretended to be rummaging, but in fact, there was no need to look for it, because the things were placed under the bed.

There is only one pen, and the workmanship is rough and barely usable.

The same is true for ink, where agglomerates and impurities can be clearly seen, and it is estimated that they are made with scraps.

The inkstone is okay, a plain porcelain plate, although it is the same equipment that does not enter the stream, but at least it looks quite pleasing to the eye.

The paper was the worst, only ten sheets were given, and all of them were only about 16 carat in size. The worst thing is that the quality is not good, and when you pick it up, you will brush it and drop the slag.

Guan Kunyu didn't say anything, because he knew that Guan Kunru and the second uncle were also using this kind of paper, but the pen and ink and inkstone were slightly better.

It's just that...... That's too little, isn't it, ten pieces of paper, what is enough?

"Second aunt, this kind of paper is almost bad, maybe you can't give a few more pieces of paper?"

The second aunt said impatiently: "Ten first, and then come to me when you run out." A piece of paper is enough to use for a while, and when you run out, I'll give you another one every two days. ”

Guan Kunyu pursed his lips, it is normal to use the positive and negative use of printing paper, but this kind of inferior paper ...... And it takes two days to give one, how is this enough!?

However, he also knew that it was almost impossible for the second aunt to get some benefits from her with her non-disadvantaged nature, so he was going to ask the second uncle to see if he could give himself a little more.

In Guan Kunyu's opinion, although the Guan family is a little tight, no matter how it is said that it is a family of 100 households, just a few pieces of paper, how can it not be taken out?

When he came out of the second aunt's side, Guan Kunyu found the eldest aunt, he didn't dare to ask the second aunt and the second uncle directly, otherwise she would find out that something would definitely be in vain, but she could ask the eldest aunt.

When I passed by the kitchen, I saw my aunt coming out of it with a plate of snacks, and Guan Kunyu hurriedly went up and asked.

"Oh, they're discussing things with the old man, just right, you can send them this plate of dim sum, there's still vegetables stir-fried in the pot."

After speaking, the eldest aunt handed the snack to Guan Kunyu's hand.

Before leaving, I didn't forget to instruct.

"This is for your grandfather, you kid is not allowed to steal it!"

Cut, I'm a human being in two lives, how can I steal food for a few snacks? But then again, the dim sum made by the eldest aunt is really a bit gluttonous......

Guan Kunyu swallowed his saliva, originally he didn't have that mind, but now he was hungry when his aunt said this, so he had to trot up and quickly send the things away from the province.

Arriving at the door with a snack, Guan Kunyu stopped because he heard the voice of the old man Guan inside.

"Second child, if you want to take the test for Xiucai, I am a hundred supporters, but ...... But why are these books so expensive? ”

The second uncle also sighed, looking at the book list uncomfortably.

He wants to try his luck in the imperial examination, but even if he tries his luck, he has to prepare for the exam, not to mention that there is Chen Jiru's help at this time, so there is no reason to paddle.

But if you want to work hard to sprint for the exam, how can you be without books if you want to sprint for the exam!?

He Chen Jiru is willing to help you solve your questions and answer your doubts, it is a righteous person, but he is not a humanoid self-propelled library, codenamed Index, no matter what book he opens, he will come.

Therefore, if you want to take the Xiucai exam, you have to buy the book first!

This is the truth from ancient times to the present, you don't see the future generations of college entrance examinations, graduate school entrance examinations, civil servants, career editors and other examination candidates who are not a bunch of review materials, buy to see or not to say, at least look at such a thick pile of review materials - peace of mind!

But, buying a book costs money!

This is especially true in this era of high book costs.

Old Man Guan held the list of books that Chen Jiru helped to prescribe, and then looked at the price that the second uncle inquired about, and only felt that it hurt to be careful - his grandmother's, if he bought all these books, it would cost more than 30 taels of silver, which was enough to buy two acres of mature paddy fields in Songjiang Mansion! If it is a newly cultivated field on the edge of the tun, even if it is four or five acres, it can be bought!

The second uncle also had a painful face, the Guan family didn't look at it and occupied a lot of land, but just like the company's start-up, the money spent will always be more than the money earned, if it weren't for the fake public help and private sending the following military households to do a lot of private work for the Guan family, it really wouldn't be able to survive. Nowadays, it costs so much money just to buy books, so it must be false to say that you are not distressed.

"A set of Zhu Zi's "Four Books and Chapters and Sentences Collection Notes" is two and a half pieces of silver, which is expensive!"

"Mr. Chen said that my set of manuscripts has too many fallacies, and the set he recommended is a fine school book, so in order not to make jokes in the examination room, it is not okay to buy it."

Old Man Guan sighed and said: "One or two of "Yihai Yuanzhu" and one or two of "One Room Deshi Lu", what is this?" ”

These two books are both anthologies of current literature compiled by Feng Gu District Feng Daren, "Yihai Yuanzhu" is a five-year collection of more than 200 famous scholars' essays, and "Yifang Deshi Lu" is a compilation and engraving of the answer sheet of the first room of Jinshi who was responsible for judging the papers when Feng Daren served as the same examiner of the examination in the eleventh year. They are all famous articles, and they can be very beneficial to read. ”

Old Man Guan rolled his eyes twice, and then turned over:

"These are just words, there will always be some use, but ...... But what is the matter with the price of each part of this Jinchang Bookstore Shu Chongfu's "Romance of the Gods", and the eight coins of silver for each part of Li Ya's engraved "Moon Dew"? ”

The second uncle wiped the cold sweat on his head, was silent for a long time, and finally spoke:

"These two books are what Mr. Chen wants...... Son...... The son doesn't look at it. ”

Old Man Guan was stunned, awkwardly threw the bibliography aside, and the rest of the books were not interrogated, coughed twice, and said:

"Are these books...... Well, you should have bought them all, but it's really...... Expensive! You go and ask Mr. Chen, "The Romance of the Gods" and "Moon Luyin" and "Notes on the Four Books and Chapters and Sentences" we bought them, can we borrow other books from Mr. Chen? ”

The second uncle suddenly felt that it was very reasonable, these books are useful, but they are indeed too expensive, the candidates are generally acquaintances and friends who buy one or two copies each, and then borrow and copy each other, except for the rich and noble, few people will buy it all at once, after all, such a set of nearly thirty taels of silver is not something that anyone can afford.

Besides, Chen Jiru also said, these are not all at all, before each exam in the future, you must buy some of the latest anthologies, detailed explanations of past questions, simulation papers, and the final sprint for 30 days or something, not to mention ordinary farmers, small landlords' families have to be shocked and their livers tremble.

Just talking about a tael of silver, I guess everyone doesn't feel anything, so it's good to convert.

Many people like to use grain as a general equivalent to convert ancient and modern prices, and come to the conclusion that such and such an item is roughly equivalent to how much money is modern times.

However, the author does not agree with this conversion method, after all, it is also grain, and the difference between the yield per mu in modern and ancient times is too large, which will produce a large error.

Because the author likes to compare the amount of money he earns from a day's work when he buys things, he prefers to take the most basic labor as a general equivalent across time and space.

That is to say, it is tacitly accepted that one day of labor in the general sense of ancient people is equivalent to one day of labor in the general sense of modern people. If an item can be earned by ancient people for one day's labor, then the price of this item can be used as a reference price with reference to the amount of remuneration that modern people get for one day's labor.

At this time, the money earned by a strong laborer in the Songjiang area for a year (note: it is not saved, it costs this money to eat, drink and Lazar) is roughly floating around ten taels of silver, and in order to calculate better, it is set at an annual salary of twelve taels, so according to the constant price of labor, one tael of silver in "Yihai Yuanzhu" is equivalent to one month's salary, and two taels of silver in "Romance of the Gods" is two months' salary.

For the toiling masses with a monthly salary of 3,000 (yes, it's the author's poor beep), "Romance of the Gods" is an iPhone-6s-Plus! "Yihai Yuanzhu" is an iPadmini!

Unless you're really detached from the masses, you can't buy notched black apples like you buy magazines, right?

If you go to someone's house and see a bookshelf of books, try to imagine that it is a shelf full of notched black apples, and you will be able to understand the extent of the male trench on the bookshelf in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the norm for scholars in the Ming Dynasty was to have a few essential books at home, and then the rest...... One word, copy! One more word, borrow!

Anyway, it's definitely not just to buy it!

But copying books is too time-consuming, and if you want to catch the next exam, you will definitely not need this trick.

And the Guan family is a hundred households in Tuntian, and there are few people around who can borrow books from each other, so I can only ask Chen Jiru again.

It's a pity that although Chen Jiru is very willing to lend the Guan family books, the Chen family itself is not a rich and noble family, and he also did not buy all these books, he relied on the help of his friend Wang Heng to be able to read so many books.

So Chen Jiru suggested that the second uncle and them go to the Wang family for help, as long as they can see the Wang family's collection of books, it will definitely be better than those sold on the market, and they can even see some so-called "secret tips"!

But the second uncle chose to give up after thinking about it, although Wang Heng promised to teach his own Kunru and had the status of a master and apprentice, but there was a county test agreement between them, and now Guan Kunru has not passed the county test and posted it to beg others, and he can't pull off that cheek.

"Dad, I asked Chen Gongzi, his books are not complete, except for a few classics, the books in this list are all seen in the Wang family, as for those classics, they are required books, if they are copied, it is very easy to make mistakes."

Old Man Guan pondered for a long time, and finally nodded and said, "That's it, let's buy it ourselves." ”