"I have two taels of silver a year here, and I bring my own pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and if I don't have books, you can buy them here, which is cheaper than the price of the bookstore outside. In addition, if it is far away, it will definitely have lunch at a private school. Of course, you can also bring your own, help heat it in the stove, and give the cook ten dollars a month. If you don't bring your own, you can eat in a private school, and you will be given 200 wen a month as food. I'm having lunch at noon, so I have to eat it in the morning, otherwise my stomach won't be able to bear it. "Mr. Wen is still very satisfied with this student, he is quite wise, has a calm temperament, is not impetuous, is good at observing words and feelings, and his qualifications are not bad. In fact, he just said the previous paragraph, and he would accept him, and it would be good for a five-year-old baby to think of this. But his later words are more in line with him, he is not the kind of old stubborn who doesn't know how to change, what is the purpose of studying? Isn't it just to become an official after gaining fame? Why say those high-sounding words? It's better to be honest.

Thinking that Gu Chengyu would become his official student tomorrow, he still carefully advised, because he knew that the peasant families were not well-off, and they generally only ate two meals a day, and when they entered a private school, the diet was different from that at home.

"Thank you, sir, for the reminder." Two taels of silver doesn't sound like much, but when you just go to a private school, you have to buy pen, ink, paper, inkstone and books, and you have to give gifts during the New Year's holidays. No wonder it is said that it was not easy for poor people to read in ancient times!

"Then the books are right here with the gentleman! By the way, I paid the bundle and food expenses, how much silver did Mr. calculate? "Daddy Gu is like handing over the bundle today, and tomorrow he only needs to bring the six rites of apprenticeship.

"Three books, one is one hundred and eighty wen, which is twenty wen cheaper than the bookstore outside, and the food fee is two hundred wen, and the bundle is two taels, a total of two taels and seven hundred and forty wen. And since it's my student, forget about the forty wen, just give two taels of silver, and the book will be given to you tomorrow when you come. Mr. Wen thought that it was not easy for the farmer, and although the clothes on the father and son were all muslin, the fabric was brand new, and it must be difficult to wear, so he gave forty Wen less.

"Thank you, sir, student!" Gu Chengyu saluted Mr. Wen again.

Father Gu took out three taels of silver from his arms and handed them to Mr. Wen, and Mr. Wen counted out three hundred pieces of silver from the purse he carried with him and gave them to Father Gu.

"Then Xiao'er and I won't bother Mr., let's go back!" When Father Gu saw that the matter was done, he planned to leave, and he felt a little uncomfortable staying here.

Gu Chengyu looked at his father's stiff back from the moment he entered the door, and his heart was a little sour, the status of ancient scholars was high, and the peasant man felt a little shorter before he could speak. In addition, the Gu family has been poor for so many years, so his father has insufficient confidence to speak. Alas! Gu Chengyu cheered himself up, he must study hard, otherwise he would be sorry for so many golden fingers, and even more sorry for his father and mother who thought about him! But it's too early to think about this, it's better to make your family rich first. Doesn't it say that money is a man's guts?

After coming out of Mr. Wen's private school, Gu Chengyu and Gu's father went to the study bookstore again.

"Shopkeeper Pan, we're here to disturb again." Father Gu greeted Shopkeeper Pan with a smile on his face.

"Yo! Seeing Uncle Gu's face full of spring breeze, presumably Xiaobao has passed Mr. Wen's questioning, right? But going to read? I'm going to be a reader in the future! "Shopkeeper Pan is also very happy to see the two of them! This means that his business is coming!

"Haha! You guessed it! This is not? Tomorrow is going to private school! I brought Xiaobao over to buy some four treasures of the study, as well as paper with large characters, what do you recommend? Let's talk about it first! I don't want it, you have to give me something cheaper. ”

Shopkeeper Pan was a little surprised when he heard this? Could it be that this Gu family is not short of silver? "What did Uncle Gu say? How can I give you the worst? I bought the book from Mr. Wen, right? I won't tell you the truth, Mr. Wen is the best for students, as long as he is a student of his private school, he will sell it cheaply, the books are all copied by hand, or hired by someone, or copied by himself, and the books sold to students will be cheaper than those outside, we all know this. However, he only sells them to his students, and he still has some necessary items, those exams, or other books that he still has to buy from me. "Actually, Shopkeeper Pan knows in his heart that one hundred and eighty Wen is still worth earning, but he is now a student of Mr. Wen, so he can't say some things, right?

What the shopkeeper Pan knows, Gu Chengyu can also think that the cost of the manuscript is lower, after all, it is just waste ink and paper, of course, this must be good and fast, and there can be no typos, otherwise it will have to be rewritten, so it will waste paper and ink. But in this way, one hundred and eighty wen can earn forty wen at least, so that it is not only a reputation, but also a benefit for students, so why not? However, this is less income for the bookstore, and the bookstore has more hand-copied books, and if it is used for printing, it is estimated that it will cost 200 tens of texts a copy, so the manuscript sells for 200 texts, and the bookstore is also black.

"I'll get you pen and ink, and you'll take a look." I saw that the shopkeeper Pan took out three inkstones and a few brushes from the counter. Gu Chengyu also practiced calligraphy with the teacher in his previous life, although the teacher said that his writing was more than upright, but his aura was insufficient, and he had no backbone, that is, the craftsmanship was too strong. But because he liked it, he didn't give up, he practiced for two years, and he knew a lot about brushes and Yantai.

There are several kinds of brushes, the shopkeeper Pan should only take the brushes that write large characters and write small letters, and the others, he can't use them now, Gu Chengyu picked up one of them and looked at it carefully, this should be made of rat whiskers, and there are other rabbit hairs, and there are no good varieties such as wolf or sheep hair, this is just an ordinary brush, the price is not expensive, but it is not the worst.

The inkstone is also extremely ordinary, it is a porcelain inkstone, but it is a white fine porcelain. Then I picked up the ink ingot that I had just put on, this ink ingot was rectangular, there was no pattern on it, it was glowing with black light, and the touch was not very delicate, and it was of medium quality.

These things, he thinks are enough for him to practice calligraphy now, in fact, he is now using all the poor quality is nothing, but the ink ingot is too poor, and the taste is not very good. The brush can't be bought too badly, which will affect his practice of calligraphy. All right! He admits he's hairy, but why should he save it? If you don't have any money, go earn it! You can't make a fortune by saving money.

Gu Chengyu picked out a white porcelain inkstone with green bamboo painted on it, took another ink ingot, plus two brushes with one large and one small mountain rabbit hair, and put them aside, "Shopkeeper Pan, how much do you need to calculate these?" I don't want it if it's expensive! Half-jokingly, he looked at the shopkeeper Pan, who was still about to take the ink ingot.

"Yikes! Did you pick it out so quickly? Shopkeeper Pan looked at the pile selected by Gu Chengyu and exclaimed: "You have a good eye, and you have picked the most affordable and good materials in my inventory." If I didn't know you, I wouldn't be willing to take them out! ”