Three days after returning to the door, Xiaoxiao went back directly to the General's Mansion, although she had her own house, but the General and Tang Wei were willing to support her scene, so she was not welcome.

The formation of returning to the door is also very large, everyone sees Shangguan Feng's considerate attitude towards Cheng Xiaoxiao, especially Tang Wei, who is very happy for Xiaoxiao in his heart, and he is entrusted with a good person, there is probably nothing more joyful than this.

It was already the lunar month, and Cheng Niuniu did not go back with the dog after attending Xiaoxiao's wedding ceremony, and planned to stay here to accompany Qingqing for the New Year.

Seeing that he was going to take the township test after the New Year, this time Cheng Niuniu was not as relaxed as usual, and stayed at home every day to study, which made Cheng Qingqing complain that he was a nerd.

Probably because Prince An and Princess An were there, Qingqing and Niu Niu had only come to the palace once, which made Xiaoxiao feel very bored.

After enduring it for another two days, Xiaoxiao really couldn't stand it anymore, so she went directly to the house.

"Eldest sister, why are you here?"

Qingqing was a little surprised, after all, the eldest sister and the two newlywed Yan'er should be like glue, how could they have the leisure to come to them.

"What? Don't you welcome me? ”

"How could it be, I wish my eldest sister would come every day."

"Where's Niu Niu? Why didn't you see him? ”

"Don't mention it, Niu Niu is a nerd now, he only knows how to read and read every day, and he has no joy in life at all."

As soon as Qingqing mentioned this, she frowned,

"Eldest sister, it's just right that you're here, hurry up and persuade Niu Niu, you only know how to read books every day, and what if you really become a fool if you read it again?!"

Xiaoxiao.

"Let's go, let's take a look."

When Xiaoxiao and Qingqing walked, Niu Niu was writing with a pen, and the focused Qingqing shouted a few times but didn't hear it.

walked up to Niu Niu and pulled his ears, and Niu Niu reacted.

Seeing Xiaoxiao on the side, a trace of joy flashed on his face, and he quickly took out some cotton cloth from his ear, and his tone was also joyful:

"Eldest sister, you're here?!"

"Well, I heard your second sister say that you are studying, so come and have a look."

Cheng Xiaoxiao walked to the desk as she spoke, picked up the words written by Niu Niu and looked at it, and when she saw that there were still words on the back, she couldn't help but be stunned:

"Why are you writing on both sides? And it's not clear at all to write like this. ”

"This paper is a bit expensive, so I don't think I can waste it."

Niu Niu scratched his head a little embarrassed, the paper is very expensive now, if you really want to talk about it, it is a few points more expensive than the meat.

It's no wonder that the sons of the poor are reading less and less now, even if they buy this paper, they get a lot of silver in a year, if they just rely on farming, how can they support a scholar?!

"Expensive? How expensive can this paper be? ”

Xiaoxiao asked in surprise, she remembered that she had bought paper in the town before, although it was a little expensive, but with their current living conditions, it was still possible to buy paper.

"Now a piece of paper has risen to 20 wen, if you don't save a little bit, I'm afraid it will cost more and more."

Cheng Niuniu explained, thinking that there were many classmates in the academy who were like him, so he couldn't help but say a few more words:

"Many of my classmates couldn't afford to buy these papers, so they bought some white coarse cloth and wrote on them, and only when they were a little formal, they were willing to use them."

"What do you say? Twenty texts? ”

Xiaoxiao really hasn't bought paper in person for a long time, so she doesn't know the price of paper now, and after hearing Cheng Niuniu's words, she was really shocked for a while.

"Yes, eldest sister, paper is getting more and more expensive now, many children of poor families can't afford to use paper, the town is better, twenty wen a piece, I asked the price in this capital that day, the cheapest paper is thirty wen, and those good ones can be sold for hundreds of wen."

"This, this, it's terrible, isn't it?!"

Xiaoxiao was shocked, the price of this paper actually caught up with the price of meat, it was terrifying.

"This paper is so expensive, I'm afraid that those poor families can't afford it."

Well, it's true, and several of my classmates eventually gave up studying because they couldn't afford the papers.

After all, there are still families, and they can't force their families to ruin because they want to study. ”

Cheng Niuniu was a little depressed when he said this, if it weren't for the eldest sister, I was afraid that he would be like those people now, and he would have to give up studying.

"Then no one objected?"

"Huh? Against what? ”

Niu Niu was a little confused for a while, and didn't understand what Xiaoxiao meant.

"Paper is so expensive, doesn't anyone have an opinion, no one complains?"

"How can there be no opinion?! What if you just have an opinion?! The imperial court can't control it, this papermaking technology is in the hands of the Lin family, even the imperial court, and they can't tolerate anything,"

Hearing Niu Niu say this, a trace of understanding flashed in Xiaoxiao's eyes, this papermaking technology is in the hands of private people, and the court really can't do anything with them except for it, personal monopoly capital, Xiaoxiao can't help but have some support, this emperor, it's too much to talk about.

There is no paper-making technology, there is no salt-making technology, no wonder other small countries dare to bully their country, paper-making and salt-making, such a profiteering technology, in such ancient times, should be in the hands of the supreme power, as a result, I didn't expect these two, neither of them, but became a personal monopoly capital, which is really ......

Xiaoxiao didn't know what to say for a while, put down the paper in his hand, glanced at Niu Niu who was frowning, and patted him on the back:

"It's okay, Niu Niu, you don't have to be so economical, we can still afford to raise you."

Cheng Niuniu's brows furrowed even deeper after hearing this, Xiaoxiao didn't know why, looked at Qingqing, saw Qingqing holding back a smile, and asked:

"What's wrong? Am I saying something wrong?! ”

"Eldest sister, what you say ......"

"What's wrong?"

Xiaoxiao didn't feel that she had said something wrong, her face was full of question marks, but Qingqing only smiled again, so she had to look at Niu Niu again,

"Niu Niu, you say."

"Eldest sister, in the future, don't say anything about raising me, I'm already so old."

Niu Niu said with an awkward face, Xiaoxiao nodded, daring to feel that this is self-esteem.

"Yes, eldest sister, you say this, I don't know your relationship with Niu Niu, and I think you have a little white face."

As soon as Qingqing's words came out, Xiaoxiao's face darkened, and she had a calm face:

"Qingqing, your words are really getting more and more out of proportion.

Is it all this mess that Wei Wei learned? ”

Tang Wei came over with joy, but as soon as she walked to the door, she heard Xiaoxiao say bad things about her, and immediately walked over dissatisfied:

"Xiaoxiao, I heard it all just now, are you saying bad things about me?!"

"Is there one? How do I not know what I just said?! Qingqing, did you hear that? Niu Niu, did you hear that? ”

Qingqing shook her head and nodded again, looking embarrassed.

And Niu Niu took the book on the side and shook it:

"Eldest sister, Sister Wei, I'm studying."

Tang Wei......