Xianghua snorted, strode past the jewelry stalls, and stopped in front of a small stall selling books.

When the boss saw the guests, he cheered up and said, "Yo, little girl, what kind of books do you want to buy?" ”

Xianghua thought that there was no school in the village, and Donglin and Xiangmiao were too young, so her father would definitely not worry about sending them to Taiping Town to study, so it was better to buy some books and go back to read them.

"Do you have a picture book?" Donglin They don't know many words, and they have to read while looking at the pictures.

The book seller was stunned for a moment, how can there be any picture books? But this kid seems to be illiterate, and it's important to sell two copies to make money.

He rolled his eyes, picked up a book and showed Xianghua a few pages: "Little girl, look at this book, there are a lot of paintings on it!" ”

Xianghua took it and flipped through it, but she didn't understand what the painting was, and the paintings in ancient times were too abstract. But compared to the others, it's really a lot of painting.

It was too late, and then it was too fast, and the taro suddenly rushed out from behind and snatched the book, and threw it at the book seller!

The book seller was annoyed and angry, "Why did you smash me? ”

Taro smiled coldly: "Don't you look at what book you gave this little girl." ”

Xianghua lowered her eyes and looked at it, what kind of book is this?

When someone heard the movement, they came around to see the excitement, saw the books that fell on the ground, and scolded one after another: "It's insulting to Sven, sell "Jin × Mei" to children!" ”

When Xianghua heard this, she immediately felt that her eyes were a little spicy after seeing the painting.

The book seller is still quibbling: "Do you think the book is called that?" There's nothing degrading in there! ”

Someone picked it up and looked at it: "Do you think that everyone won't recognize the book cover if you change it?" Draw those pickled words into pictures, and everyone won't recognize them? You can take the vote yourself! ”

The face of the book seller who was said by everyone was red and white, and he rolled up his bookstall and ran away.

Taro looked back and saw that Xianghua's face was blushing, and she looked east and west, but she refused to look at him, so she knew that she was awkward.

"Now you know how good it is to read, right?"

Xianghua also stiffened: "I don't want to buy books." ”

Taro took her hand: "Buy books and go to the bookstore, don't look at these stalls, how many unsightly things are there." ”

Xianghua had never been in a bookstore, and when she entered and saw that it was full of men, she was stunned.

Taro is commonplace, although he is dressed simply, but he has a different bearing, walked over and chose a few copies, and saw that Xianghua was still at the door, so he walked back and brought her over.

"And bother to carve a seal for this girl."

Xianghua asked in a low voice, "What do you want a seal for?" ”

Taro also whispered back: "You can't write your name well at the moment, and you will inevitably be underestimated by some people, and it will be much easier to do things with a seal." ”

"Oh." Xianghua smiled and said, "I like the words you write." You can write one for me and let them copy it. ”

Taro nodded and was stunned: "Okay." ”

It took a little trouble to engrave the seal, and the two of them waited, and Xianghua recognized the "Three Character Classic" when she was idle and had nothing to do, and Taro sat on the side to teach her.

I didn't see a woman come in the bookstore, and the other people who bought the book pointed at Xianghua from time to time, but they only whispered.

"Your seal is ready." The bookstore man handed over a small box.

Xianghua paid the money and thanked her, and took it and held it with love.

Taro smiled and opened a purchased book and asked her to try it below. Xianghua dipped a little ink clay and stamped her own seal in the lower right corner.

The three words "fragrant flower" jumped on the paper.

Xianghua laughed and held the seal in her hand: "This is the happiest gift I've ever received!" ”

When Taro saw her smile like a flower, he couldn't help laughing.

The two of them were talking happily when they came out of the bookstore, and Xianghua kicked something coldly, and was so frightened that she sighed.

The man on the ground also groaned, and it turned out to be a grizzled beggar.

Xianghua hurriedly went to help and apologized repeatedly: "This ...... Brother...... Uncle, are you okay? ”

"Okay? What a good! The beggar clutched his stomach and cried out, "You just stepped on my stomach and broke my intestines!" ”

Taro sneered: "Your intestines are broken, and you still speak so loudly." ”

The beggar was stunned for a moment, and said in a different tone: "...... You care about me, if you step on me, you step on me, you have to give me money to go to the doctor. ”

Taro was about to speak, but was stopped by Xianghua. It was a fact that she had just kicked him, and she should be held responsible.

"All the money I have on me is used to buy books, and I don't have much left, so I'll give it all to you."

Xianghua took out the purse and poured the remaining copper plates into the palm of her hand, about one or two hundred wen, and put them in the hands of the beggar, "That's all." ”

The beggar looked at the copper plate in his hand in a daze, then looked at the fragrant flower with a serious face, and sat up angrily: "This money, you should call it Huazi!" ”

Taro saw through this man's trick, and said angrily, "Aren't you just called Hanako?" ”

The beggar was stunned for a moment, hugged Xianghua's feet and said, "Even if you are a beggar now, it wasn't before!" I was also lifted and had to wait for a comeback, but now you have trampled me to cripple me, don't even think about leaving without paying a hundred taels! ”

The onlookers said: "Yo, where are you so precious in Wenqu Xing?" Look at how old this little girl is, you can't bear to lie to others? I'm afraid that my conscience is not bitten by a dog, right? ”

The beggar said, "Where did I lie to her?" I'm sleeping well here, she kicked it up! I know everything in the six arts, if you don't believe it, just take the test! ”

Sure enough, someone coaxed: "Then sing a little song and listen to it!" ”

The beggar said angrily: "Do you give money? I'll sing if you give me money! ”

The crowd burst into laughter. The old man will not bend his waist for five buckets of rice, nor will he sing for money.

Xianghua heard what he said, and moved other thoughts, and asked Taro in a low voice: "What are the six arts?" Will you? ”

Taro said: "Etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, mathematics, and the six arts of a gentleman are all to be learned." ”

Xianghua nodded and said, "Then you take him a test." ”

Taro didn't like this beggar very much, so he deliberately chose a bitter arithmetic problem.

"We're from the countryside, so it's not too hard for you. It is only said that the ridge of the field is ten feet thick, and there are two rats piercing from both ends. Rats drill a foot a day, and so do mice. However, the big rats burrowed twice as fast as the previous day, and the small mice were half as fast as the previous day. Q, when can they meet? ”

Taro stood up with his hands in his hands and spoke eloquently, Xianghua could keep up at first, but then she fainted.

Although she could calculate it with the knowledge she had learned before, she really didn't bother to put this thought into it.

The onlookers saw that it was a beggar who was playing tricks, and it was a countryman who was tricked, and thought it was a joke that could not be played on the field, but as soon as the question of taro came out, everyone present was shocked.

Everyone pondered and thought about it, and many people still had words in their mouths:

“…… Rats doubled daily, mice halved daily......"