After the failure of Li Kang's depilatory cream plan, the family's finances became more and more difficult, and life became more and more difficult.

Everything that Wen Wan's family could sell was sold to Mrs. Wen, and everything that could be pawned was sent to Mrs. Wen to the pawn shop, but the expenses were still huge, and Li Dang wanted to propose several times to sell the gold hairpin that Wen Wan gave to him at a discount, but he endured it and didn't say anything.

He was afraid that Wen Wan would lose the golden hairpin, so he didn't want a green hair, and really went to that temple to be a nun, and he also pulled himself to be a monk.

Why don't you sell your own baggage of books, Li Dare thought to himself.

That burden is full of required reading for the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty, and now it is the year of the big examination, and all the readers from all over the world are gathered in Bianjing, Li Dare feels that there should be a market for his books.

In particular, the dozens of volumes of Ouyang Xiu's anthology, beautifully bound and in excellent condition, if it were left in the auction house after a thousand years, it was estimated that it would be worth millions of dollars.

Li Dare knew that the engraving and printing industry in the Song Dynasty was a sunrise industry, and books were no longer as hard to find as in the Tang Dynasty, but good books were still worth a lot of money.

"No way!"

"No way!"

When Mrs. Wen and Wen Wan heard that Li Dang wanted to buy the book, they both voted against it categorically.

"There is a golden house in the book...... There are thousands of bells in the book! "Lady Wen used the famous words of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty to refute Li Kang.

Li Kang shook his head, in his opinion, this is completely a brainwashing tool for the rulers of the Song Dynasty who emphasized literature and suppressed military force to win the hearts of the people, which means that everyone should come to study, don't play with knives and guns, and as a result, the Song Dynasty was weakened, and finally it was desolate and desolate and was exterminated by the barbarian people from the north.

Wen Wan is also full of the concept of learning and excellence, and persuades Li Dare to shake his spirit, fight again in the coming year, and be Li Kang's strong backing.

Li Kang still shook his head, although his belly of mathematics, physics and chemistry knowledge, although the liberal arts are not bad, and writing vernacular essays is not satisfactory, but to deal with the cumbersome imperial examination of the Song Dynasty, burying his head in writing the four or six essays of classical Chinese, it is not something that he can easily play.

It is better to have a unique job than to have a lot of money in your hands, and Li Dare once again emphasized that he would abandon literature and practice medicine.

He cited the example of Su Shi.

This tall man from Sichuan, talented and talented, is said to have been praised as the prime minister's talent by the emperor who took office, but what is he doing now, farming on the eastern slopes of Huangzhou, and giving himself the nickname "Mr. Dongpo".

You think that he farms the land to cultivate his sentiments and exercise his body, but you are wrong, completely wrong, he is forced to make a living, and there is no way to farm.

This Mr. Su not only grows vegetables, but also acts as a small bag seller. It turned out that the salaries of the low-level bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty were not currency, but in kind, and Mr. Su was demoted again and again because of the Wutai poetry case, and he could only receive bags of military uniforms and grain as wages. Because the bags were unsalable, Mr. Su couldn't support his family, so he had no choice but to pick up the hoe.

He can't compare to Mr. Su, Li Dare is right, even Mr. Su has to carry a hoe, it is better to pick up the scalpel earlier, save some Xining ingots earlier, and live a more down-to-earth and comfortable life in the future.

How does Mrs. Wen know that this Li Kang is no longer the Li Kang of the past, although she has more or less heard of Su Shi's deeds, and also shouted grievances about Su Shi's experience, but she is still a little dissatisfied with Li Kang's confession, she believes that the young man in front of her must be unable to think about it for a while after failing the test, and he will still sit back in front of the examination table in the Gongyuan after more enlightenment and enlightenment in the future.

Mrs. Wen is not in a hurry to make Li Dare give up the idea of abandoning literature and practicing medicine for a while, the most important thing at the moment is to save her husband, after all, he has been in the army for many years, and there are still some friends and subordinates, as long as he can wake up, he may be able to survive the current difficulty.

Mrs. Wen pressed her face to her husband's ear and called his name softly, fantasizing that he would answer her call.

Who in this world doesn't want a "gold list title", Wen Wan felt uneasy about Li Kang's thoughts, how did Brother Li in front of him become so passive and evasive, it was still the young man who always described his magnificent career dream in front of him.

But she felt that she was a woman after all, so she should listen to men, that is, the so-called "marrying a chicken with a chicken and marrying a dog with a dog", Li Dang really wanted to be the langzhong of the medical center, and he would sit as a female shopkeeper of the medical hall and help him take care of his housework.

If you don't sell books again, I'm afraid that the family will not be able to open the pot, Li Dare insisted on his proposal again, and the gap in Wenkang's treatment fee is still large, after all, you can buy it back after the book is gone, and if the person is gone, it will be gone.

When Mrs. Wen heard Li dare to mention her husband, her body trembled as if she had been shocked, and her hands and feet were numb. If Wen Kang really wanted to never wake up as Li dared to say, for her, it would be a matter of the heavens falling.

"Sell it!"

Mrs. Wen nodded in agreement.

Li Dang followed Mrs. Wen's advice and carried a bag of books to the Xiangguo Temple bookstore.

This Xiangguosi bookstore was the largest book distribution market in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Li Dang went to the bookstore and found that it was full of readers with square scarves wrapped around their heads.

"Childe really wants to sell these books?"

The shopkeeper of a bookstore asked Li Kang with a puzzled face, how could this scholar personally carry his old books to sell.

"I already have these books below, and these are the books that have been purchased repeatedly!"

Li Dare told a lie, no way, no matter what era it is, it is really not easy to not care about other people's thoughts at all, and simply do your own thing.

After some bargaining, the owner of the bookstore bought all the books brought by Li Kang for five copper coins.

"Is this a tabloid?"

Li Dang found that there were all kinds of tabloids in the bookstore, most of them were A3-sized, with a dozen pages, which were very popular, and almost everyone came and went to read them.

"Yes, the tabloid in our store is different from the ordinary one, it is copied according to the new "Di Bao", and each copy only costs three copper coins."

The owner of the bookstore nodded and suggested that Li Dare buy a copy to read.

Li Dang took out three copper coins from his arms, took one of them, took a tabloid, squatted under a tree, and flipped through them.

In addition to reporting on the recent events in Bianjing City, most of this tabloid was copied from the imperial court's "Di Bao", many of which were announcements from the government and the recitals of the ministers.

Temple test!

It was the ultimate test presided over by the emperor himself, and only those who passed the examination were qualified to participate. Li Dang thought of Qin Guan, it seems that this Feng~ flow talent can be in Fan Lou for a few more days.

On the last page is a notice announcing the names of several civil Langzhong who have been specially supplemented as Hanlin medical officers.

"Oh!"

This Song Dynasty originally had the opportunity to become a national civil servant as a doctor.

Li Dare took a closer look and was dumbfounded, although this Hanlin medical officer didn't ask about his background or place of origin, he actually asked that he must be over forty years old.

The older the TCM practitioner is, the more popular he becomes, and it seems that this is true.

Li Dang returned to the Wen family with the copper money he got from selling books, but he didn't expect Qin Guan to come to the Wen family to find him, he came to deliver books to Li Dang.

What Qin Guan sent was a volume of Wang Anshi's recitals and anthologies, the pages were brand new, the ink had not yet dried, and it was obvious that he had just copied them.

"The book is a collection of essays given by the Duke of Su Shi to the following before Qin went to Beijing to take the exam last year, and after Lord Su Shi went to Jiangning to pay homage to Jing Guogong, Qin copied a copy."

Qin Guan solemnly handed the anthology to Li Kang, and said some words of encouragement, as if this anthology was the golden key to the scientific examination, with it, he could touch the door of the palace examination.

Of course, Qin Guan sent the book to repay Li Kang for saving his life that day!

Li Dang took the book with an embarrassed face, he had just sold all the books he owned at a discount, including the "Three Classics and New Meanings" compiled by Wang Anshi.

"Brother Li Kangxian, the palace exam is going to be postponed, Qin will stay in the capital for a few more days, if you are free, Qin will take you to a few familiar adults' mansions and recommend you to them."

Li Dang did not refuse Qin Guan's invitation, after all, he wanted to live more comfortably in this Northern Song Dynasty, and it would definitely not be a bad thing to know more dignitaries.

After Qin Guan left, Li Dare opened Wang Anshi's anthology.

Redundant officials, redundant expenses, redundant soldiers, extremely weak, and poor......

It is full of Wang Anshi's analysis and elaboration of the disadvantages of the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Dare reads and reads, in his opinion as a doctor, this is an ordinary anthology, this is simply a medical record, a medical record of Jiangshan Sheji.