A penny is hard to beat a hero. (This book is reprinted in 1 Literature Network.6.)

It's a cliché, Xiao Mo is not a hero, but now he really needs to worry about money.

When Xiao Mo, Xiao Shenyan, and Xiao Yi left the Xiao family, Xiao Shenxing prepared nearly 200 yuan of money for them, as well as some gold and silver jewelry of the Liu family, thinking that so much money would be enough for the three of them to live for a long time anyway.

Under normal circumstances, this is indeed the case.

However, Xiao Mo himself does not know much about the price and expenditure of this era, and over the years, he has been used to living a life of clothes and food. When Xiao Shenxing was an official before, most of his food, clothing, housing and transportation were supported by the imperial court, and after returning to his hometown, these things were also the worries of the Liu family. As for Xiao Yi, so far he probably hasn't even touched the silver.

For these three people, naturally they can't be expected to have any financial management concepts, and since the three of them came to Shanxian County, there are indeed too many places to spend money.

First of all, Xiao Mo's body was weak, and the long time of driving and riding made his already weak body more and more tired and weak, but he didn't want to trouble Xiao Shenyan, but later learned that Xiao Shenxing was disabled by torture, and Liu was also seriously ill because he left home, he was in a bitter mood, internal fire and external weakness, and finally couldn't hold on anymore.

Then, after the three of them decided to live incognito in Shanxian County in the future, Xiao Mo, Xiao Yi, and Xiao Shenyan needed to forge their identities, find a way to settle down in Shanxian City to register, and ask the people in the government to forge household registration in Shanxian County.

Xiao Shenyan once served as the chief secretary of a county, and he knew how to do it, but it required a lot of money, and in order to dredge up and down the relationship, after settling down, he lost nearly eighty yuan in his pocket.

By the way, after forging a fake identity, Xiao Mo's name was still Xiao Mo, but Xiao Shenyan changed his name to Xiao Nianzu, and under Xiao Mo's suggestion, Xiao Yi took the opportunity to change his name to his original name - Wang Jirui.

Although it is a forged identity, Xiao Mo will participate in the imperial examination in the future, become an official in the court, and find an opportunity to return to the Xiao family, changing his name will do more harm than good, after all, there are many people with the same name and surname in the world, as long as the two people around him change their names, Xiao Mo is not afraid of being taken lightly.

After settling in Shanxian County, since he wanted to settle down for a long time, he couldn't live without a residence, so Xiao Shenyan found a small courtyard and bought it, and spent more than 60 yuan.

Coupled with the travel expenses when he came, the purchase of some daily necessities, and all kinds of books and books that Xiao Mo needed to continue reading, all kinds of books came down, and after the end of the qiē, Xiao Shenyan and Xiao Mo were surprised to find that the two hundred yuan of money on their bodies were unconsciously only ten yuan.

Two hundred pieces of money, enough for a large family to live for more than a year, was squandered by the three of them. The remaining money can't even tolerate Xiao Mo's illness again, so Xiao Mo is careful about what he does now.

And then, the three of them need to live in Shanxian County for five years, at least until Xiao Mo gains fame, which is still under the condition that Xiao Mo's future scientific research has been smooth. Not to mention the expenses required for the intermediate scientific examination, once Xiao Mo achieves fame, he will need to travel to Beijing to participate in the palace examination, plus the necessary exchanges after entering the literati circle in the future, the remaining little money is not even a fraction.

The most important thing is that the expenses mentioned above are all incurred when Xiao Mo is the only one who participates in the imperial examination.

As for Xiao Mo, he also wanted Xiao Yi - now Wang Jirui - to participate in the scientific expedition with him, this is Xiao Mo's promise to Xiao Yi, although the situation is different now, Xiao Mo does not intend to break his promise.

Even, when Xiao Mo learned from Xiao Shenyan that it would cost fifty yuan to send a letter to Huanzhou, he was already worried about the living expenses of the three of them next month.

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"Now that the identity and household registration issues have been resolved, and the news has been notified to your grandfather and grandmother, we have no worries, and after you are in better health, we will reopen the class, and with my knowledge, it will be no problem to teach you to the palace examination at all." You don't have to think about anything else, just follow me and read with me......"

After Xiao Shenyan talked about some trivial matters in life, he began to talk to Xiao Mo about his future plans.

Or because of the catastrophe of the Xiao family, Xiao Shenyan and Xiao Mo have talked a lot more these days, and Xiao Shenyan will also discuss with Xiao Mo when he encounters things, and he is less of a teacher-like majesty than a few months ago, and more cordial and harmonious between relatives.

But when Xiao Shenyan spoke, Xiao Mo was silent, frowning and thinking hard.

Seeing Xiao Mo's appearance, Xiao Shenyan was slightly stunned and asked, "Mo'er, what's wrong?" What's on your mind? ”

Xiao Mo nodded, looked up at Xiao Shenyan, and asked, "Fourth Grandpa, how much money do we have left now?" ”

Hearing Xiao Mo's question, Xiao Shenyan looked at the brand-new books and high-grade pen, ink, paper and inkstone placed around him, his face turned slightly red, sighed, and said, "There are only a little more than eighteen left." ”

Now Xiao Shenyan also understands that during his time away from home, he doesn't need to buy those brand-new books at all, and he can also use some old books, and the money spent is only one-tenth of the money. Pen, ink, paper, and inkstone do not need to buy this kind of high-quality, and cheap ones can also be used. If so, the three of them wouldn't have to be so embarrassed now.

It's a pity that Xiao Shenyan has long been accustomed to these high-quality pen, ink, paper and inkstones, and at that time, he was only bent on creating a good reading environment for Xiao Mo here, but he ignored the use of money.

Seeing that Xiao Mo looked a little worried, Xiao Shenyan hurriedly said: "If we save money, this money is enough for us to live for a year, and we still have some of your grandmother's jewelry here, and we can mortgage it to the pawnshop for some money when needed." And I think the eldest brother will send some money over one after another. ”

Xiao Mo shook his head and said, "Fourth Grandpa, many of the jewelry that Grandmother gave us are her family heirlooms, I want to return them to her in the future, I can't just sell them cheaply." In addition, I don't think we should ask my grandfather for money anymore, not to mention that the money on us is already all the cash of the Xiao family, after experiencing this catastrophe, the Xiao family is not only greatly injured, but also offended all the side branches and distant relatives, it is estimated that it will be difficult to squeeze out any money in a short period of time. Moreover, my grandfather and grandmother have been imprisoned this time, and they will need a lot of money to support them in the future. ”

Hearing Xiao Mo say this, Xiao Shenyan hesitated for a moment and then said: "When I left, I also brought a Tang version of "Dream Collection" and a Chinese version of "Notes on the Book of Songs", and they can also be exchanged for some money if necessary. ”

Listening to Xiao Shenyan's words, Xiao Mo subconsciously shook his head again, expressing his disagreement, he knew that Xiao Shenyan cherished these two ancient books as if they were his life, and he also knew that this was not a long-term way.

At the same time, Xiao Mo's expression was still a little trance-like.

The last time I was worried about money, it seemed that it was when my parents were alive in the previous life, and I was used to the life of the young master of the landlord's family, and this feeling seemed to have long been forgotten. Looking back now, it feels like a world away.

Money is struggling, that's a problem.

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