Chapter 24: Buying Books
A few days after the tiger hunting incident, Wang Daniu and his son specially borrowed an ox cart and rushed to the town with everyone, preparing to send some of their family's prey to the town to sell, and to buy more food in case of emergency.
Wang Daniu, who was sitting in the ox cart, asked his son who was sitting next to him: "Xiaohu, listen to your mother, you are going to go to the town to buy some books!" ”。
"Yes, Dad, last time I found out that I couldn't write an IOU if I wanted to, or did you ask the village chief to write it later!" Wang Xiaohu said a little angrily, thinking of the few tiger bones given to the village chief, he felt a pity in his heart, cheapened the village chief's old sour Confucian and fake scholar.
"Dad, I'm going to the town this time to buy more enlightenment books, and I'll learn and study by myself first, so that I can write myself!"
Looking at his son, Wang Daniu expressed his sincere admiration, he had read a few books before, but he felt similar to the book of heaven, he didn't recognize it at all, and sighed in his heart and said: "Or Xiaohu, you can go to the school in the town to study, and now the family has money!" ”。
Wang Xiaohu rolled his eyes and said: "I'm ten years old, and Mr. Ren can't accept it, but if he does, how can I have time to hunt in the school every day!" Isn't that a pity for my ability! In his heart, he was thinking: "If I don't hunt where I come from, where do I sell the prey, this is absolutely impossible, and the improvement of my strength must not be delayed, this is a strange martial arts world!" ”
"But Xiaohu, you didn't know how to read before, can you learn it if you buy a book?" Wang Daniu was very puzzled by his son's self-study.
"Dad, so I bought all the books for enlightenment, I'm sure I can learn it!" Wang Xiaohu said helplessly to his father, and at the same time thought, don't you know and guess? After all, he was literate in his previous life.
"Oh!" Wang Da Niu didn't understand at all, so he didn't say a word.
Wang Xiaohu sat in the car, looking at the road ahead, and kept thinking about the next arrangement.
"System" Wang Xiaohu called in his heart:
Host: Wang Xiaohu
Body: 10.0(+)
Force: 10.0(+)
Min: 10.0 (+)
God: 6.0(+)
Source: 10.1
Skill: Basic Archery: Dacheng (+)
Exercises: None
Realm: None
Looking at the increased source point, he shook his head and thought in disappointment: "The tiger also only gave one source point, I don't know what the standard for shooting creatures to increase the source point is, it seems that killing larger animals is 1 point, and the small ones seem to be a few tenths of a few, originally thought that the tiger could increase more this time, but the result is still a little, it seems that more ordinary animals will be shot in the future." ”
Looking at the basic archery skills on the panel, he thought worriedly: "In addition, the source point is already 10 points, and I still can't add basic archery, I don't know how much it will take to advance to the next level." ”
After an hour or so like this, I can already see the shadow of Qingniu Town, Wang Xiaohu also reacted from his contemplation, and sighed in his heart: "The journey is really fast, it seems that the snow on the road is not too deep, this is the first snow, and it will be more difficult to come next time, I remember that it was more difficult to walk before, it can be said that the heavy snow has closed the mountain, this time I must purchase more things, I don't know when I will come next time."
However, Wang Xiaohu suddenly thought: "But if you are alone, it should still be easy to get to the town, and you should be able to run back and forth quickly at ten times the speed of yourself, and you will need to explore your own abilities more in the future." ”
After a while, the people drove the ox cart into the town, and went to the drugstore and the grocery store to exchange all the prey they had brought into money, and then they all dispersed, and made an appointment to meet at the town gate when they returned.
"Dad, I saw it just now, someone actually brought the meat over, is it going to sell it to the restaurant?" Wang Xiaohu asked his father suspiciously.
Looking at his son's puzzled expression, Wang Daniu sighed in his heart and said, "Xiaohu, they probably have no choice, they need food for the winter, so they can only save some meat and sell it to the restaurant in exchange for some food." ”
"Dad, isn't it possible to eat meat, especially now that the weather is so cold, it can be preserved!" Wang Xiaohu continued to ask.
Wang Daniu continued to reply: "Meat can be eaten, but meat can be eaten quickly, you must know that a pound of meat can be exchanged for several catties of rice, and a pound of rice is enough for a family to eat for a day." ”
"Well, Dad, what are we going to buy first?" Wang Xiaohu said that he knew, and then asked what to do next.
"Now there is still a period of time before noon, let's go buy books for you first, then go to the Qingniu Inn to eat, after eating, we will go shopping, and finally go to buy food, hehe" Wang Daniu said his plan to his son, and when he said food, he looked at the ox cart under his butt and laughed, probably thinking that he could buy a cart full of grain this time.
"Well, listen to Dad, I remember that the bookstore is over there, and it seems that there is only one place that sells books." Wang Xiaohu said to his father while pointing in the direction to the left.
Wang Daniu looked at the direction his son pointed and said: "It's over there, there is only that one in the whole town that sells books, I went in to read it when I was a child, but I didn't know how to read at the time, it seems that it will come out in a while." At the same time, I thought to myself: "If it wasn't for my father's request, I wouldn't have entered the bookstore, it seems that I and the text are two worlds, and I don't know anyone at all." ”
After a while, Wang Daniu and his son drove the ox cart to the door of the bookstore, looking at the open bookstore, both of them were a little happy in their hearts, Wang Daniu said: "Fortunately, the door is not closed, just now I saw that there were not many people on the road, I thought the store would not open the door!" So saying, he bolted the ox cart to a nearby wooden pillar, and the two of them walked in.
I saw more than a dozen rows of bookshelves in the room, the shelves were full of rows of books, and when I looked closer, I found that they were some relatively old books, Wang Xiaohu took out a book from the shelf and opened it to look at it, most of the words on it were indeed unknown, only some more obvious glyphs, you can guess the approximately, and thought in my heart: "Although it is not the same as the words of the previous life, it seems that they should all be developed and evolved from hieroglyphs, and the difficulty of learning should not be so great!" ”
At this time, Wang Daniu shouted loudly: "Boss, is the boss here?" ”
"Here, here, come here!" After hearing the voice, I saw a middle-aged scholar with a somewhat haggard face walking out from behind the bookshelf in the corner.
The middle-aged scholar saw the two guests in the room and hurriedly said, "Are you here to buy books?" ”
Wang Daniu saw that the scholar was busy and said: "My son wants to read and write, buy some enlightenment books to read." After speaking, he pointed to his son who was holding the book.
Watching the two people dressed up, especially Wang Xiaohu with a bow and a knife on his back, and then said: "Oh, buy some enlightenment books, let me think about it"
"By the way, this book is good at explaining words and words, as well as literacy pictures, you can take it and take a look!" The middle-aged scholar took out two thick books from the bookshelf next to him, with a lot of dust on them, and then handed them to Wang Xiaohu, who was looking at him.
Wang Xiaohu, who got the book, immediately flipped through it, and found that it was indeed a book like enlightenment, and said, "Well, the two books recommended by Mr. are good, thank you, sir!" After speaking, he bowed slightly to the middle-aged scholar.
Looking at the polite Wang Xiaohu, the middle-aged man was a little surprised and said, "Yes, the little boy really needs to read more, only by reading can he know etiquette, know right from wrong, and distinguish between good and evil."
"Thank you Mr. for the compliment, but the kid also wants to buy some books such as history and biographies, and when he is literate in the future, he can look at the history of our country and learn more about the characters." Wang Xiaohu said calmly to the middle-aged scholar.
"Oh, go check it out on the shelf over there! It's all miscellaneous characters and the like, and if you talk about history, let me think about it! The middle-aged scholar pointed to the bookshelf in the corner where he had just stayed, and then went to the counter to think about it.
Wang Daniu watched his son calmly talk to the middle-aged scholar shopkeeper, and instantly felt that he was redundant in the bookstore, and then consciously went outside to watch the ox cart.
Looking at the books in front of him, Wang Xiaohu said: "I don't clean and dust, I feel like it's almost moldy", picked up a book and browsed it, but I couldn't understand the specific content inside, but guessed that it should be a miscellaneous book, and then I selected a dozen books, walked to the counter and prepared to check out.
When I arrived at the counter, I found that the middle-aged scholar had already selected the history books he needed and put them on the counter.
"These are two books, the history of our Great Chu Dynasty and the Xuanyan Road, which should meet your needs." After speaking, the middle-aged scholar wrapped up a few books and gave them to Wang Xiaohu, and then said with a smile: "A total of fifteen taels of silver."
Wang Xiaohu thought he had heard it wrong, and asked loudly: "What, how much do you say!" ”。
The middle-aged scholar said with an unchanged face: "There are a total of 15 books, a total of 15 taels of silver." ”
"Uncle, don't you lie to me if you see that I'm a child, my father is still outside?" Wang Xiaohu said with an unkind expression.
"Well, I really didn't lie to you, books are valuables, not cheap at all, even paper is very expensive!" The middle-aged scholar said helplessly.
"Then uncle, wait, I'll ask my father!" After speaking, Wang Xiaohu ran out.
Seeing his father next to the ox cart, Wang Xiaohu stepped forward and asked, "Dad, why are books so expensive, a book costs a tael of silver."
Wang Daniu looked at his son and said helplessly: "I don't know very well, but books are really expensive, I see that the village chief is very precious to his books, and he doesn't show them to others." ”
Wang Xiaohu thought that the ancient times were relatively backward, and the books were indeed not cheap, maybe the printing technology was not popular, and said: "Okay, then I'll go buy books", after saying that, Wang Xiaohu walked into the bookstore again, ready to check out.
Half an hour later, Wang Xiaohu walked out with a smile on his face.
Seeing that his son finally came out, Wang Da Niu hurriedly asked: "Xiaohu, why has it been so long, if I hadn't heard your voice from time to time, I would have thought something had happened to you!" ”。
Wang Xiaohu looked at his father and said proudly: "It's nothing, it's just that my uncle sees me as innocent and cute, and I have a talent for reading, so he gave me five taels of silver cheaper." ”
Wang Daniu reacted when he heard the five taels of silver: "Ah, how many books have you bought!" ”。
Wang Xiaohu rolled his eyes and looked at his father and said, "It's only fifteen books, it should have been 15 taels of silver, but the shopkeeper gave me 5 taels of silver." ”
"Ahh 10 taels of silver" Wang Da Niu felt that his bearing capacity had broken through the upper limit in an instant.
The middle-aged scholar in the bookstore on the other side sighed: "Alas, how did you meet such a little demon king!" Fortunately, the cost of paper and ink has been saved, so let's re-copy it yourself! ”
Wang Daniu also kept sighing here, and took his son to the inn for dinner.