Chapter 109: Pen, Ink, Paper, and Inkstone
Qiao Mo'er rummaged through her small box and used a blackened wooden stick she picked up from the stove to write and draw on the ground.
In the past two months, selling pancakes, plus the leftovers from the previous vegetable sales, plus the money from selling grain, there are more than 100 taels of bits and pieces.
Fifty taels should be taken out and put aside for Qiao Xu and the three of them to read, and they also had to buy pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, although Mr. Kong had prepared pen, ink, paper, and inkstones in the school, but those could only be used in the school, and could not be taken home, and they had to make two sets of decent clothes for a few people......
After calculating it, Qiao Mo'er simply gritted her teeth and waved at her family, "Ming'er will all go to town." ”
When you have bought everything you need, you will see how much silver you have left, and then you will talk about buying land.
She doesn't want to be a powerful person, she just wants to be a small landlord, eat and drink, and raise the three boys in the family.
This time when she came to the town, Qiao Moer carried twenty taels of silver.
The first thing I went to was a bookstore very close to the town.
Dou'er was very excited, but Qiao Xu and Liu Zening were a little cramped.
If there is anything that is the most expensive in this year, it is undoubtedly pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
An inferior wolf pen costs 500 yuan, a second-class paper costs 2 yuan, the worst inkstone costs 1 or 2 silver, and ink...
Although it hurt, Qiao Mo'er gritted her teeth and bought three wolf pens, bought fifty pieces of paper, two inkstones, and two pieces of medium ink, and spent a full four taels and three hundred dollars.
No wonder I used to watch TV, and the scholars in it were so poor!
No wonder, the old man Qiao in the old mansion paid so much for Qiao Wenhao and Qiao Guanglin, and he didn't want an old face.
"When we first started learning, we bought some bad ones first, and then bought good ones when we learned them." Out of the door of the bookstore, Qiao Mo'er looked at the three of them with a hideous face, and said fiercely, "If any of the three of you doesn't study hard, I will whip him with wicker." ”
"I'm sure I'll study hard!"
Dou'er was excited, and hurriedly patted his chest to reassure.
Qiao Mo'er looked at Liu Zening and Qiao Xu again, and the two hurriedly reassured.
With a sigh, Zhen'er put the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone into the back basket again, and Qiao Mo'er asked Han to take them to the cloth shop.
Looking at the dazzling array of flower cloths, Qiao Mo'er couldn't take her eyes off her eyes, and tried her best to control her desire and desire to buy, buy, buy, and buy, Qiao Mo'er asked Qiao Xu to choose the three first.
"Uncle's clothes are good-looking..."After looking around, Dou'er stared at a white muslin and couldn't walk.
Thinking of Qiao Wenhao's sanctimonious appearance, Qiao Mo'er pursed her lips and didn't let Dou'er buy this white one.
"The white one is not resistant to dirt, let's buy this light cyan one, this one is not much better than that." Qiao Mo'er picked out a pale cyan muslin.
"That's fine." Dou'er hurriedly said.
"Mo'er, we don't need such a good cloth..."Qiao Xu frowned.
Liu Zening pondered for a while, and then said, "Mo'er, let's just buy a coarse cloth, there are few people in the village who can wear muslin, we go to school to read and read, not to attract attention..."
If the time comes, they will all be dressed in muslin clothes, and the others will be dressed in pudding...
"Then let's buy two horses of coarse cloth and one piece of muslin cloth for underwear." Hearing that what he said made sense, Qiao Mo'er pursed her lips and said.
This time, no one argued with it.
Qiao Mo'er picked another pale pink one for herself, and a big red one for Han's family.
"Why is my mother wearing such fresh?" Seeing her daughter holding the big red cloth and comparing it to herself, Han couldn't cry or laugh, "My mother is old, and people don't laugh to death when she wears it out." ”
At her insistence, Qiao Mo'er could only change to a light red one, and chose indigo blue for Qiao Guangfa.
A few pieces of cloth, a total of two or eight dollars.
I bought some more and then stopped.
When I went home, I passed by Mingyue Restaurant, and I originally planned to go in and sit, but I heard Xiao Er say that Lu Wei was talking to people upstairs, so I didn't bother anymore and went home.