Farmers' group pet: the blessings of powerful ministers are soft and deceitful

Chapter 24 Can You Afford It?
After buying cloth and cutting the meat, the two came to the bookstore closer to the gate of the city, because scholars prefer to stay away from the crowds, so the bookstore does not need to open in a crowded place.

Before going in, Jiang Ning quietly stuffed Shen Chenlan with a tael of silver. This silver was the one her mother gave her in the morning, because the husband wanted to buy some things for reading, and those things cost money.

In addition, she brought money with her when she went out, and the husband also took all the money from selling the ready-made clothes and medicinal materials just now.

Shen Chenlan was impolite at this moment, said "Thank you lady", and walked in.

Jiang Ning was taken aback.

Her face blushed quietly, this was the first time her husband called her that.

There were quite a few people in the bookstore, and there were gorgeously dressed young masters as well as poor kids like him.

He first walked around the bookstore, learned about the placement of various books, and found an interesting thing.

The most popular in this bookstore, the ones that gather the most people are not the books used for the imperial examinations, but those scripts and dramas.

Shen Chenlan saw two or three teenagers gathered together, seeming to be discussing the plot.

He shook his head with a smile, and went straight to the area where the book he wanted to buy was.

He had passed the children's test before, and the next step was to be a scholar.

When he was recuperating at home two days ago, he took the opportunity to visit the only scholar in the village, Master Xu.

Xu Fuzi told him that after the children's examination, there is the courtyard examination, which tests poems and policy theory. There are two exams in three years, and this year there is one exam. It will be held in April.

He had already thought about it, and it was only a few days before April, so there was no time.

Just don't take the exam this year, wait for a year next year, and take the exam in the year after next, it will be much safer.

He was not in a hurry to buy books, but read through them several times, and bought them after confirming the contents.

No, just flipped through two books and saw that there are a lot of repetitive content in it.

In modern times, tens of millions of people have passed the college entrance examination on a single-plank bridge. How could they not even understand this bit of common sense?
But as soon as he read two books, someone with malicious intentions said: "Hey, you are so poor, you can't buy it, if you can't afford it, don't break other people's books."

Shen Chenlan was concentrating on it, and suddenly felt that the surroundings became quiet, and raised her head, only to realize that the man who was discussing the picture book with other students on the other side just now stood beside him at some point.

He put down the book and said lightly, "What's the matter?"

Hearing Shen Chenlan's question back, the man seemed to have encountered something new, but he didn't mind repeating what happened just now.

"I said, if you can't afford it, don't spoil the book in the bookstore. You read it so fast, it doesn't look like you want to buy it." At this point, the man paused for a moment, his eyes moved to his I looked up and down and said, "Besides, can you afford it?"

At the end of the tone, it was full of teasing and ridicule, which attracted many scholars around to stop and watch.

Even the shopkeeper not far away stopped his busy pace and leaned aside to look at the poor boy.

He saw this man as soon as he entered the door just now, he was unfamiliar, he was different from ordinary scholars, and he walked around the book shop as soon as he entered.

It is a rare magnanimity for children from poor families.

Looking at the clothes on his body, they are not expensive, and he probably doesn't have much money on him.

He has seen many scholars like this.

Seeing this situation, the guy next to him was afraid that someone would cause trouble, so he lowered his voice and asked the shopkeeper, "Boss, do you want me to kick people out?"

(End of this chapter)