Farmhouse Golden Phoenix

Chapter 18

The county school was not too far from the government office. At the gate of the county school, Li Zheng and Song Li went in first.Su Qinghe looked at the solemn and solemn gate from outside, turned her head and said with a smile: "Father and mother, the eldest brother and the second brother will study here in the future, should we move to live in the county?"

Su Jingsen laughed loudly and rubbed her head: "If you want to live in the county, you have to buy a house in the county. Do you know the price of a house in the county?"

Su Qinghe shook his head, and Su Jingsen stretched out three fingers to make a gesture: "300 taels, it's not the same and you can buy it, but your elder brother and second brother will have to study in the county for at least three years, maybe we can earn money in three years." That's enough silver."

Su Zhang gave him a white look: "Aren't we going to build a house?"

"Who said that you can't buy a house in the county after building a house? After we build a house, we can go back to the village and live in other people's houses." Su Jingsen said with a smile. He himself is very optimistic. The conditions are good, and I have a smiling face every day.

Mrs. Su Zhang also laughed: "Well, I will wait for you to earn us enough 300 taels of silver, and then come to buy a house. However, I don't want a small house, I want a big house with two front and back yards In the future, Zhiping and Zhian will get married and have children, so there is no need to find another place."

"That's for sure, the two are small, if we want to buy, we can buy the three!" Su Jingsen waved her hand very generously, and Su Zhang smiled lightly: "Virtue! You can earn money before talking, who can't talk empty words ?”

Su Jingsen chuckled twice, but didn't speak to her.Su Qinghe looked left and right, and found that this street was indeed worthy of a county school. Almost all the shops around were selling books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and occasionally there were a few clothes shops or small tea houses.

Su Qinghe grabbed Su Jingsen's arm and jumped out of the car: "Father, let's go to the bookstore and have a look."

Seeing that Li Zheng and his wife hadn't come out yet, Su Jingsen gave Su Zhang a few words, and then walked to the bookstore with Su Qinghe.Inside, a young boy was standing in front of the bookshelf arranging books, and the shopkeeper was making calculations at the counter.

Seeing Su Qinghe's father and daughter enter the door, the little boy greeted him with a smile: "Do you two want to buy books? Our store has the most complete collection of books, and you can find anything you want, but there is a young master studying in the county school at home?"

"Do you have skills for the common people here?" Su Qinghe looked up at the little boy, who was taken aback for a while. Usually, people who buy books here either want the Four Books and Five Classics, or poetry and songs, or secretly buy two books of villains to fight with each other. , the first one to buy agricultural books.

"The little girl wants to buy Qimin Yaoshu? Do you know what Qimin Yaoshu is about?" The shopkeeper was also a little curious, and asked with a smile. farming."

"The little girl knows quite a lot. I also have Qimin essentials here, but there are different versions. There are Northern Wei, Sui, Tang, and Five Kingdoms. Which version does the little girl want?"

The shopkeeper asked with a smile, Su Qinghe didn't hesitate at all: "I want the latest one."

The buddy is very clever. He has already brought out several books. Su Qinghe browsed through them. The content of the two books is roughly the same, but the content of the latter is slightly more than the former. In the last volume, a few grow crops.

In the Tang Dynasty, the folk customs were open, and there were few sea bans, so many people from foreign lands came to the Central Plains, and more people from the Central Plains went overseas.Between the trips, some overseas crops were recorded.

There are many additions to this book.However, at most it records the appearance, the shape of the plant, and how to plant it, but it doesn't involve half of it.Thinking about it, Jia Sixie wrote the vital skills for the people after practicing them himself. He had only heard or seen the overseas crops, but had never cultivated them. Naturally, he couldn't write them down.

"How much is this?" Su Qinghe looked at the shopkeeper with sparkling eyes and asked, the shopkeeper took it over and looked through it, then stroked the goatee: "This is two taels of silver."

Su Qinghe opened her mouth wide in astonishment, two taels of silver for a book?Robbery?

Su Jingsen also felt that it was a little expensive, and looked down at Su Qinghe: "Xiaohe, didn't we agree to ask your fifth uncle to bring a copy later?"

Su Qinghe was a little hesitant. She just remembered now that Uncle Su's bookstore is in the town, which is relatively close to the school, but in modern terms, it is the bookstore near the elementary school, and the bookstore near the elementary school will sell it at most. Some books only for elementary school students?

"Guest officer, it's not easy to buy Qi Min Yao Shu." The shopkeeper shook his head and smiled, and put the book in his hand: "These books are all in the hands of officials, and ordinary people don't look down on them." , in our county, I guess, only the county master and master have it."

Su Qinghe blinked, a little confused: "Why are they all in the hands of officials? How come you still have them here, Uncle?"

The shopkeeper saw that Su Qinghe's powder was tender and cute, so he reached out and pinched her little bun: "Because after reading this book, you will know how to farm the land and manage a land well, so officials must read this book." Kind of books. As for what I have here, it’s because I have a way to get them.”

Su Qinghe quickly understood whether it was a real child or not.Let's not talk about whether ordinary people can afford books, even if they can afford them, they basically buy something that will help the imperial examination, so that they can get ahead.

This kind of teaching people to cultivate the land is not used by ordinary people.Ordinary people have their own set of sayings and methods handed down from their ancestors. Scholars disdain to read them, and businessmen don't need to read them. Naturally, no one buys such books.

The more she thought about it, the more Su Qinghe felt that her fifth uncle probably didn't have this book.So, looking at the book in the shopkeeper's hand, Su Qinghe's gaze became even hotter.

"Little girl, I won't lie to you. If you don't believe me, go to the bookstore next door and ask. They definitely don't have this book." The shopkeeper said with a smile. Just as he was talking, someone behind him said: "Qi Min Yao Shu? The shopkeeper, Do you still have this book here?"

"Of course, since my bookstore is the most complete in the county, I have all kinds of books." The shopkeeper was quite proud, Su Qinghe turned her head and saw a young man in a blue gown standing behind.

"This little girl wants to buy it?" The young man met Su Qinghe's gaze, smiled and asked, and the shopkeeper nodded: "Well, what kind of books do you want to read, Master?"

"Hey, Brother Shen, why are you here?" Before the boy could answer, someone asked, and then Su Qinghe heard Li Zheng's voice: "Brother Su, do you want to buy books?"

Standing next to Lizheng was a young boy in his teens who looked like Lizheng. Brother Shen said with a smile, "Hello, Brother Song, are you out for lunch? This is..."

"Oh, this is my father. We are here to find Uncle Su." Song Haoming said with a smile, then looked down at Su Qinghe: "Is Uncle Su going to buy books?"

"Let's see, Haoming, is it difficult to buy this important technique for Qimin?" Su Jingsen nodded slightly, looked at Song Haoming and asked, Song Haoming was a little surprised, but after thinking about it, he nodded and said: "It's really rare, But it’s not that you can’t buy it, if Uncle Su wants this kind of book, I’ll give Uncle Su some attention.”

Su Jingsen thought for a while, then nodded and said, "That's good, that's good, I'm just looking around, you know that Uncle Su doesn't know a few words."

The face of the shopkeeper over there was not very good, and he put the book away with a smile on his face: "Although there are other places, but the ones like mine are cheap, but there are no more. I also think that this little girl is cute. If you sell it for silver, forget it.”

Song Haoming frowned slightly, he was born in a farming family, so he knew how much two taels of silver were.

Suddenly, the young boy said, "Shopkeeper, I want this book." Then, he took out a piece of silver and handed it to the clerk. The book was wrapped up, and then handed to the young man: "This young man knows the goods, this book is really worth two taels of silver."

The boy smiled, lowered his head and handed the book to Su Qinghe: "Little sister, this book is for you."

Su Qinghe's eyes widened. What does this plot development mean?
"Mr. Shen, why are you so embarrassed?" Su Jingsen hurriedly declined, and the young man smiled and stuffed the book into Su Qinghe's hand: "It's okay, since it belongs to little brother Song..."

Turning his gaze to Song Haoming, Song Haoming hurriedly said, "This is my uncle from the same village." He didn't say much, that is to say, he was just from the same village.

The young man didn't take it seriously, and continued with a smile, "Since I'm acquainted with Song Xiaodi, this book is considered a meeting gift. It's a mere gift. Please don't hold it against me, uncle."

"This..." Su Jingsen was a little embarrassed, and Li was trying to smooth things over: "Since it is nephew Shen's wish, Brother Su, you don't want to refuse. However, since you have accepted nephew Shen's book, Brother Su, why don't you come here at noon?" Do you mind having one more person for a meal?"

"I don't mind or don't mind, this is what I should do." Su Jingsen nodded quickly and said, smiling at the Shen boy: "Little brother, if you don't dislike it, then don't refuse the lunch at noon. It just so happens that everyone knows each other. You can also talk more."

Su Qinghe heard that Su Jingsen meant to accept the book, so she quickly hugged it in her arms, stroked it, and nodded with a smile: "That's right, big brother, come and have dinner with us, I also want to thank you big brother .”

The boy declined twice, but was blocked by Su Jingsen. The farmer's enthusiasm only dragged the boy to invite him to dinner.In the end, the boy couldn't hold back Su Jingsen, so he had to follow a group of people to the restaurant.

Song Haoming knew about the Su family's situation, so he didn't take them to the Zuixianlou, he just found a restaurant on the street. In the past, this restaurant was used to entertain students. It looked elegant and the price was not too high. .

After ordering a table of dishes, a group of people sat down according to priority. Li Zheng was the main seat, Shen Juvenile was on the left, Song Haoming was on the right, and Su Jingsen was in the last seat.Su Zhangshi, Song Lishi, and Su Qinghe ordered another table of meals.

(End of this chapter)