Chapter Ninety-Three: Fuxue Front Street
Fuxue Front Street is also full of shops.
Because of the close to the school, most of them are engaged in pen, ink, paper, inkstone, antique inscriptions, books, calligraphy and paintings, and calligraphy and painting mounting, and the cultural industry is extremely prosperous.
Gu Wenxuan followed his memory into one of the shops and bought a few copies of calligraphy in different fonts, and then went to Huiwenzhai, the largest bookstore on this street.
Huiwenzhai occupies a large area, or two floors.
The first floor is mainly used to sell books related to scientific research, such as the Four Books and Five Classics, historical calligraphy dictionaries, current classics, and review materials similar to trial records.
On the second floor, there are basically miscellaneous books such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and travelogues, drama books, and some paintings and calligraphy for someone to take away.
The shopkeeper of this bookstore is very good at business.
Even the guys are trained to be polite and polite when they see people before they say anything, and their voices are neither high nor low when they talk back, and they are extremely patient.
The store also took out a number of books every now and then, and customers who entered his bookstore only had to pay five cents to stay in the carved area and read such books all day.
Of course, the premise is that there can be no damage or private collection of books, otherwise you don't want to lose money, you must compensate for ten books, and if you have the ability to read it, you have to copy the book to compensate.
The popularity is not ordinary.
When I entered, there were many scholars in robes in front of several rows of bookshelves, standing or sitting, each holding a book in their hands and reading with relish.
Gu Wenxuan stood in front of the bookshelf that placed books suitable for children and talents to study, Rao was already prepared in his heart, but he was still surprised by the price of books.
Five of these books are a set of children's examination papers over the years, and the price is 18 taels of silver.
Over the years, the examination papers of Xiucai have been more expensive, and the paper is not good, but it has almost doubled, a full thirty-five taels of silver.
The question is!
I haven't eaten pork, and I've never seen a pig run.
In fact, the practical value of this kind of book is not high, go to his bookstore owner is kind and benevolent!
If you don't believe in evil, look at it all the way.
As his daughter-in-law said, there are only two books that are really used for the imperial examination review materials, even in Fucheng, the largest bookstore.
Gu Wenxuan went to look in front of the bookshelf where books such as historical records were placed.
Sure enough, one of the sets of medium-grade paper, the handwriting can only be regarded as a history book, the price is fifty-six taels of silver, which is simply more expensive than the sky!
No wonder Gu Dalang's dog didn't lend him a look at any books before, but it wasn't that once he turned to a book with a price, he was exposed, and his father lost his money.
Gu Wenxuan secretly exhaled, put away his useless thoughts, and began to concentrate on finding current articles about current affairs in recent years.
At that time, Zhou Banxia did not stay in Ruyi Fang for a long time, so she had to remind the shopkeeper a few words, and when she sat down for a while and saw a guest coming to the door, she asked to say goodbye and leave.
found a good reason for himself, which was to make up for the loophole that he was not in the city in the morning, and Zhou Banxia went around to the Zhao Jiayin Building.
Zhao's Silver Building is as before, when the guests enter the store, the guys will greet the guests and pick up jewelry, and they will be enthusiastic and flattering.
She also deliberately shook in front of the young man who had entertained her before, apparently her disguise skills were very mature and she was not recognized at all.
Even if the young man looked a little puzzled, he didn't have it, but he didn't give Zhao Jiayinlou a chance to make money this time, which really shouldn't be.
The silver building passed in front of the pawnshop, and the pawnshop did not change much, except that there were no guests coming to the door for a while, and there were no more guards or men.
Xu is the weather is clear, this area is originally lively, and there are many people in the afternoon, and there are carriages and cars on the street, so Zhou Banxia simply went directly to Fuxue Front Street.
To Fuxue Front Street, which is less than a kilometer, but similar to the street of modern culture street, is also bustling with pedestrians, and there is a nearby shop.
After a general understanding of the prices of the four treasures of the current house, Zhou Banxia decisively adopted Gu Wenxuan's previous proposal, went to a shop at the end of the street and alley that operated the four treasures of the study, and did not leave.
According to Gu Wenxuan, don't look at the location of this store, but the four treasures of the study inside are satisfactory to the students who rush to take the exam every year, and the price is also the most fair.
When she stepped into this shop, she really saw that it was not the time for the government examination, and there were several students in half-new and old robes who were choosing the four treasures of the study.
Business is actually very good.
Zhou Banxia went directly to the counter where he bought the inkstone.
The inkstone she brought back from Gaofu before was good, but the two pieces she kept for herself were a little feminine, and the rest had already been given to Dajiang Xiaohe.
I asked for a price.
Some are expensive and some are cheap.
Don't think about the inkstone from the south.
The texture of the carver is slightly eye-catching, and the movement is 1,200 taels of silver, it is no longer a study utensil, it is a literary play.
picked a piece of Yishui inkstone from Linxian County, which is so-so, and it costs twenty taels of silver.
Reading people's stuff really isn't cheap.
Then go to the counter next to the ink ingot.
You get what you pay for.
Inferior ink ingots are really not easy to use.
In the end, I still picked five boxes of ink strips in a box of ten pieces of silver for two taels of silver, and ten boxes of ink strips in a box of ten pieces for one or two pieces of silver.
Boy.
The ink alone cost twenty taels.
In the past, all the four treasures of the best study room were used in Gaofu, and I didn't realize it, and the things of the scholars really burned money, and it was not unreasonable for the poor family to be difficult to get a nobleman.
Pick the brush again.
There are more types of brushes.
There are brushes of all kinds of hair.
There are thirty wen and thirty taels.
I asked for 40 and 60 brushes, two different origins, different grades of brushes.
There are 20 large brushes, 30 medium and small brushes, and finally, 10 each of the three types used in the scientific examination.
There is not much rice paper left at home, and now she also needs to use paper and pencils, and it is not at this price to go to the four treasures store in the county town to buy it.
Considering that Dajiang Xiaohe is also the second team mate who consumes school supplies, Zhou Banxia simply asked for a few more rice papers and a few boxes of ink ingots.
Think about it again, since fifty or sixty taels of silver have been spent, it is better to pay the silver ticket by rounding up the whole number, and I want some low-grade paper and ink suitable for novices to practice calligraphy.
Finally, it is inevitable to pick up ink, paperweights, inkstones, pen washes, pen holders, pen holders, arm rests, ink cartridges, bookcases, test baskets, and paints.
The shopkeeper made a big deal and was very happy.
Not only did they give away five brushes called "Five Sons Dengke", but even the rice paper that was defective and uncut in the storage took the initiative to give the lowest price to this Linxian private school lady.
At this time, ten silver tickets with a denomination of ten taels of silver were given, and it was almost time to meet Gu Wenxuan, so let the guy go to Huiwenzhai to find Gu Wenxuan.
Gu Wenxuan was stunned.
Buy so much?
Is it much?
Just look at the paper and look more!
Seeing the cold light in Zhou Banxia's eyes, Gu Wenxuan decisively confessed.
It's not much, it's less than half of our toilet paper, what did it cost?
Zhou Banxia gestured.
Spank?
Fifty taels?
Look again!
Two slaps?