Ye Chunqiu hesitated and said: "The reason why the grandson's article is well written, favored by the examiners, is also a coincidence, when I went to take the county exam, I happened to meet a bookstore, so I flipped through a few books, one of which is an ancient book of eight compositions, its words are incisive, thought-provoking, grandson only read in the bookstore for half an hour, then he benefited greatly, at that time the grandson wanted to buy it, but the bookseller said that this is a unique ancient book, the world can not find a second book, the price is a hundred taels of silver, the grandson is shy in his pocket, so he had to go back, Now my grandson wants to prepare for the next year's township exam, and he has to work hard, so he wants to buy the book, but he just ......"

One hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, at least for the Ye family.

The Ye family is not in business, so if you want to say that there is grain in the barn, this is the same as today's imperial court, because it collects taxes in kind, so the tax in a year is only two or three million taels of silver, and the rest are in kind.

However, Ye Chunqiu is now the Ye family's greatest hope, once he is promoted, it will be a difference from his current identity.

The old lady, like all small landlords, usually lives a frugal life, but he never hesitates to study and sacrifice his ancestors.

One hundred taels ...... He hesitated a little and called someone: "Go and call Song'er." ”

After a while, Ye Song came in a hurry and hurriedly saluted the old lady: "Dad, you called me?" ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Ye Chunqiu out of the corner of his eye, pretending to be blind to this nephew.

The old lady said fairly: "Go to the account to pay one hundred taels of silver to the Spring and Autumn Period, he will take the imperial examination in the coming year, and he needs to buy books, and the matter of reading must not be delayed." ”

Ye Song was stunned for a moment: "What book is so expensive." ”

The old lady has never liked others to ask questions: "If you are asked to spend money, you will spend it, ask so much what to do, the preparation for the Spring and Autumn Exam is a matter of the sky, don't say that you take a hundred taels of silver to buy books, even if it is two hundred taels or three hundred taels, you don't need to hesitate." ”

Ye Song couldn't help but look at Ye Chunqiu, and saw that although Ye Chunqiu's face was calm, he seemed to have something to look forward to.

He sneered in his heart, you are a concubine, you think it will be great if you win Xiucai, and you actually took a hundred taels of silver to buy books, and my new clothes are only three or four taels of silver.

Ye Song said: "Dad, it's not that my son is talkative, it's just that there is no money in the account now, these two years are not good years, and there are many people in the family...... A few days ago, my son also checked the accounts, and now the account is only forty or fifty taels, and this is to prepare for the festival the day after tomorrow, but the hundreds of catties of oil squeezed out of the small oil mill at home can still be exchanged for some money, even if you send the oil now, Zhao Dong's family in the county, it will have to be settled next month, if the father really wants, it can be raised in the middle of next month, but now it is not possible. ”

The old lady also seemed to know the difficulties of being in charge, and seeing Ye Song's sincere face, he didn't mean to blame, so he looked at Ye Chunqiu and said, "Spring and Autumn, I'm afraid that the matter of buying books will delay some effort, and it seems that I have to talk about it after the festival." ”

Ye Chunqiu looked worried: "I'm afraid it's too late, the bookseller sold it to someone else." Then I'll go to the county tomorrow and pay the bookseller a few taels of silver as a deposit. ”

Ye Song chuckled in his heart, it's really a hundred taels of silver to buy a book, what kind of book is also expensive?

The books of this era are indeed worth a lot of money, but the average old book is only a few hundred dollars, no matter how much, it is only two or three taels of silver, but a hundred taels of silver books, then there are only lone books and ancient books, but the general solitary books and ancient books, which are all rich people's things, are kept for collection like antiques, and the Ye family does not have the financial resources to collect unique books and ancient books, how can this book be so valuable? Ye Chunqiu, this kid, spent so much money to buy a book, and he was afraid that he would sell it to others, so he had to pay the deposit tomorrow, not only that, but the most important thing is that his father has always been thrifty, but he has to pick a few taels of silver, how can he support spending such a big price to buy a book for Chunqiu.

Oh, Dad just mentioned the Spring and Autumn Township test. This book...... I guess it's important.

Ye Song's eyes narrowed, and he still had a smile on his face, but this smile seemed a little stiff.

And at this time, Ye Chunqiu and the old lady had already put the topic aside, Ye Chunqiu said some strange things he saw in Ningbo, Ye Song didn't have the heart to listen, he only thought about the booksellers in the county, the county in this era is actually not much, the so-called booksellers are even less, and there are only a few of them.

By the way, also, what did Chunqiu do when he went to the third child? No, we have to figure things out.

Ye Song rushed to the third room, but he didn't come empty-handed, but he brought a silk cloth from Songjiang, and his heart was very painful, but he always knew that the third daughter-in-law, Zhao, always liked to take advantage of some small advantages.

Seeing the second brother coming, this time Ye Bai didn't dare to slack off, the second child is in charge of everything in the family, if he is lazy, shouldn't he eat the northwest wind like the boss in the future?

Zhao is a person who has always laughed at people, this is true for Ye Chunqiu, and even more so for this second uncle, she personally poured tea, and Ye Song was not in a hurry to drink it after he sat down, but went straight to the point and said: "I saw that Chunqiu came here just now, what did he do?" ”

Ye Bai seemed a little hesitant, and Ai Ai didn't know how to answer.

Ye Song only looked at it, and it seemed that there was something greasy in it, so he pointed to the silk cloth: "Last time I went to Hangzhou, I brought some silk, thinking about making a few clothes for my younger brothers and sisters, I was not free a few days ago, but today I happened to take the time to send it, younger brother and sister, this is Songjiang's silk." Oh, Juncai is not young anymore, since he doesn't like to read, it doesn't matter, and the people in the clan don't just read books to become instruments, you see the eldest brother ......" Speaking of this, he smiled awkwardly, and stopped at the point, nothing more than to say, the boss was not the same as Xiucai, but so what, and then continued: "I just thought, I have to let him have something to do, our Ye family also has hundreds of acres of land in Shanggou, and seven or eight households take care of it, but I don't worry, I have to let Juncai go through the experience, and after the autumn harvest, let him collect rent, the third child, younger brother and sister." What do you guys think? ”

Speaking of which, there is nothing I don't understand, silk is nothing, it's just a hammer deal, but let Juncai collect rent, which is tantamount to letting Juncai meddle in the affairs of the family, Juncai is not even a child, I am afraid it is difficult to take the road of the imperial examination, and the exam is still examined, but it is still necessary to take precautions, Zhao's eyes lit up: "This ...... The second brother is too wasteful, oh, it's time for Juncai to experience. Her eyes rolled: "Chunqiu Fang just sent some money to let the third child do something for him." ”

Ye Song's eyes narrowed: "Do something, what do you do?" ”

"Gift-giving, said that he was a showman, thanks to everyone's help, he will also be a student of the grain in the future, so ...... Also said...... Isn't it the Mid-Autumn Festival the day after tomorrow, please help him say something, uh...... Uh......" Zhao looked a little hesitant and said: "Originally, I shouldn't have said it, but since the second brother asked, well, Spring and Autumn said that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, while the big guys are here, the rules of the family have to be re-established." It has always been orderly for the young and the old, and it is said that there is no such thing as bullying the big with the small in this world. ”

Re-establish a rule, and the young and old are orderly.