After he and his mother-in-law separated, he built a house and stocked a warehouse full of grain and

Shui Qing gave the money. Seeing that Fan Jin was still and had no intention of going out, he asked, "Is there anything else?"

Fan Jin murmured for a long time, his fair cheeks turned red and he said, "I don't have enough money."

He knew that his family did not have much money.

The first time I sold Polygonum multiflorum and bought a lot of things, and I had three taels of silver left. The second time I sold it for six taels and bought some fabrics as gifts for my father-in-law's family, and I still had four and a half taels left.

Shuiqing gave him half a tael of silver.

Shui Qing was extremely surprised. The purchasing power of money these days is quite powerful. How much can five brushes cost?

Half a tael of silver is equivalent to [-] Wen. It’s not enough to buy five writing brushes?

Fan Jin said embarrassedly: "It's really not enough. The smallest and most inferior writing brush costs 120 yuan. I'm not lying to you.

It would be a waste of time for five children to practice calligraphy with only one brush. "

Shui Qing quickly explained: "I don't believe you, I just didn't expect the writing brush to be so expensive!"

"It's not expensive. If you don't understand the craftsmanship of the brush, once you understand it, you will know that a brush is worth more than 100 yuan." Fan Jin defended his favorite thing.

Shui Qing became interested and asked curiously: "Do you understand?"

"I heard Master mentioned that wool, weasel tail hair, stone badger hair, and civet hair are mostly used for finer wool materials, while pig hair, horse tail, ox tail, and rat whiskers are mostly used for cheap ones.

What I use is pig hair, but it is the cheapest pig hair. As long as it is not defective, it costs 150 yuan a piece.

Because the wool needs to be deodorized and impurities removed with lime water first, if this step is not done well, the wool will be completely destroyed and cannot be used at all;

After cleaning and drying, you need to comb, trim, press, and mix the wool...then arrange the wool on the trimming board in order, and cut the wool to the required length according to the length. Do you think this requires a lot of patience and patience? careful?

After finishing it, it is time to tie the thread. This is the initial completion of the pen tip. Later, you need to select the pen holder and install the pen holder and pen tip. Some of them also need to be decorated with engraving, but this is expensive. "Fan Jin's dark eyes glowed brightly when he mentioned the things he loved.

Shui Qing listened and thought, ah, it is purely handmade, the process is complex and difficult, no wonder it sells for such a price.

Then she realized that Fan Jin could remember it so clearly, so he must be very fond of it. She asked, "Do you want to buy an expensive pen?"

Fan Jin shook his head.

"Really don't want to?" Shui Qing didn't believe it.

Otherwise, even if the Master had said it, it would be impossible to remember it so clearly.

Fan Jin continued to shake his head and said helplessly: "Shui Qing, I know the amount of money our family has. Now we have a total of seven and a half taels of silver. We need at least a hundred taels of silver to build a courtyard. We may not be able to collect enough when the Polygonum multiflorum is over."

Besides, our family also needs some money for emergencies. Even if we have enough money, we can’t use it all. We can just use the brushes, no matter how good or bad they are. "

He had no ability to make money. He copied 53 articles a day, and it took three days' wages to buy the worst writing brush.

All readers like a good pen, but sometimes you can’t just look at whether the pen is good or not, but you also have to look at how poor you are.

Shui Qing listened, and somehow felt a sad taste from it.

Hey, when children from poor families study, they have to be very careful even to buy a pen.

By the way, "Wait a minute, let me see if it's available in the mall?"

Fan Jin raised his head in surprise and asked blankly: "Will writing brushes still be sold in the mall?"

Shui Qing said proudly: "As long as you can't think of it, there is nothing it won't sell! It has everything in the sky, on the ground, in the water, it just depends on whether you have money."

The corners of Fan Jin's lips rose. He had never thought of buying it in the mall. He was a little curious about how much a brush in the mall cost.

However, writing brushes are rare and extremely difficult to make, so they must not be too cheap in the mall...

Shui Qing opened the shopping mall and searched under the stationery category.

She took a look at the price to activate this category. Since it is a small category and it is an item that can be used frequently, the activation price is not expensive, only 1000 yuan.

She quickly found the brush and was shocked when she saw the price.

Fan Jin couldn't see the prices in the mall, but he could see Shui Qing's face and asked worriedly: "What's wrong?

It doesn’t matter if it’s too expensive, no.”

Shui Qing recovered from the shock and asked in surprise: "Guess, the price is something you would never expect!"

Fan Jin is in trouble, does this mean expensive or cheap?

Shui Qing didn't really expect Fan Jin to guess correctly, so he directly announced the answer: "Ten small ones cost [-] yuan, medium ones cost [-] yuan, and large ones cost [-] yuan." (price listed on a certain website)

Fan Jin has a general understanding of the price system in the mall. He knows the prices of bamboo mushrooms and skirt mushrooms, the prices of chicken head rice, polygonum multiflorum, rice white noodles, etc.

But he had no idea that the brush, his most cherished brush, would be so cheap!

He calculated: "The price of one pound of rice can buy two large brushes?"

"Hmm, how about I buy ten of them and you can check the quality? If they are not easy to use, you can use them as practice pens for a few children at home. It won't hurt." Shui Qing suggested.

This afternoon, except for those few families in the village, every family was eager to go out with their whole family. They were particularly diligent and collected 110 kilograms of chicken head rice in one afternoon.

The deposit directly increased by more than 1!

For the activation fee of one thousand, Shui Qing didn't even blink an eye.

The only thing she worries about now is: how to turn the money in the mall into silver.

Fan Jin nodded blankly.

After checking the water, it was opened. With a wave of his hand, ten large, medium and small trumpets came out!

Total cost: 27 yuan!

Fan Jin looked at the thirty extra brushes in front of him.

The nib of the pen is sharp and delicate, the brush strokes are smooth and even, with no uneven hairs. The brush is overall round and full, and the softness and hardness of the brush hairs are both hard and soft.

The four virtues of a brush are "pointed, neat, round, and strong", and the brush in front of you all conforms to them!

Even much better than the one he bought for 150 Wen!

Shui Qing didn't know much about brushes. Seeing that Fan Jin didn't speak, he asked, "How is it? Isn't it good? Can I use it to practice brushwork with a few children?"

After all, it is mass-produced by machines. Maybe it only has form but no connotation?

Although she doesn't understand the connotation of the brush.

Fan Jin finally moved his eyes away from the brush and looked at Shui Qing, who exclaimed with joy: "Shui Qing, that's great!

This brush is great for everything! Why is your mall so awesome? The products you produce are cheap and neat. "

Shui Qing: ...Because there is something called a machine.

It’s strange that in a place with a lot of machine production, purely handmade and purely natural things are respected;

In a place that relies purely on manpower, the biggest advantage is the price alone of large quantities of things produced by machines.

price?

Shuiqing had a flash of inspiration and had an idea in his mind.

She figured out how to make money in the mall in a clear way!

Maybe, instead of waiting until next year, the courtyard can be built before the Chinese New Year this year...