Travel through time and become the wronged stepmother

Jiang Luorou jumped out of the ox cart, tied the ox and brought several children to the scholar.

When the scholar saw that the visitor was Jiang Luorou, he asked, "Why is this lady here this time?"

Jiang Luorou said with a slight embarrassment: "Sir, you are so polite. I want to buy a set of Four Treasures of the Study for my child, but I have been looking for it in the county town for a long time and have not found it. I didn't see your husband here, so I came to ask for directions. .Sorry for any inconvenience."

The handsome scholar said politely: "Madam, you're welcome. It's your duty to help others, so why bother?" Madam doesn't know. Most of these private schools are located in the south of the county, so there are many bookstores and pen holder shops. Madam, please You can see many bookstores as you walk south. Madam, if you want to go, go to Rongbaozhai or Moge to buy. The quality of the pens, inks, paper, inkstones, and classics sold there is guaranteed, and the clerks there are also kind to others."

After Jiang Luorou learned the answer she wanted, she stood up and said thanks: "Thank you very much, sir, for letting me know. I'm very grateful."

After bidding farewell to the scholar, Jiu and his children got on the bullock cart and drove south.

It didn't take long before I saw a lot of young people wearing robes, holding folding fans, and talking a lot on the street.

Jiang Luorou knew that she was not far from the book shop, so Jiang Luorou slowed down the pace of the ox cart. Looking forward from shop to shop, I soon saw a simple and elegantly decorated pavilion with the three characters "Rong Baozhai" written on the plaque.

Jiang Luorou got off the oxcart without any further hesitation. After fastening the oxcart, she walked into Rongbaozhai with her three children. The clerk came up and asked politely: "Does this lady want to buy books or paper? Please tell me so that I can recommend it to you."

Jiang Luorou replied very politely: "Brother, I want to buy a set of Four Treasures of the Study. I would like to ask you to introduce them to me."

The shop clerk said to Jiang Luorou politely: "Madam, you are so polite. I am lucky to be able to serve you."

The bookstore clerk led Jiang Luorou to a counter. Jiang Luorou took a closer look and saw that the trays on the counter were filled with various brushes, and behind them were strips of ink painted with various patterns. There are inkstones of different shapes and sizes on the back shelf, with carved animals, and the shelves slightly lower are filled with stacks of papers of different colors.

Jiang Luorou was just like Grandma Liu when she entered the Grand View Garden. She was dazzled by what she saw and didn't know the north or the south. She was dumbfounded there for a long time and couldn't recover.

The shop clerk was used to seeing Jiang Luorou in this kind of situation and said, "My wife must have been dazzled by it. It doesn't matter. I will introduce you to her."

Jiang Luorou said calmly: "Then please introduce me to me, little brother."

After receiving Jiang Luorou's reply, the store clerk began to talk.

The bookstore clerk pointed to the brushes in the tray and said: "Madam, please look, the brushes in this tray are made of fine goat hair. Each one costs 200 yuan."

"What's in this tray here is a Zihao pen. It's made of fine mountain rabbit hair. Each pen costs 400 Wen."

"In this tray is a mouse-hair pen, which is made of chinchilla hair. Each pen costs 400 Wen."

"In the tray over there is a wolf hair pen. It is made of wild wolf hair. It is expensive to sell for only 2 taels of silver."

Jiang Luorou was dumbfounded, knowing that studying in ancient times cost money. This is not a waste of money, it is a waste of money. If a coolie on the dock wants to buy the cheapest brush, he has to carry a sack for three days, and it's just a brush.

Ning Zicheng on the side was also frightened. He did not expect that even for the cheapest pen, his mother would have to sell 20 bowls of potato flour to buy it. How much potato flour would my mother sell to support my education? He couldn't imagine it. He really likes reading, but he can't do it to make his mother so tired. Forget it, you can support yourself by working as a coolie when you grow up, so why make your mother so tired?

Ning Zicheng thought to himself, then pulled Jiang Luorou's sleeve and said, "Mom, why don't we leave? Zicheng found that he didn't want to study anymore."

When Jiang Luorou heard this, she knew that this cheap son was feeling sorry for her, so she bent down and comforted her: "Mom, I understand what you are thinking, but Zicheng will regret it for the rest of his life if he gives up what he likes." If you're afraid that your mother will be too tired to study for you, then you should study hard and don't let down your hard work for your mother."

Zicheng said with red eyes: "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely study hard."

After Jiang Luorou calmed down Ning Zicheng's emotions, she slowly stood up and motioned to the bookstore clerk to continue the introduction.

The clerk cleared his throat and pointed to the ink strips on the tray and said, "Madam, please look over here. This is the best pine smoke ink. A strip costs 400 wen."

"He pointed to the plate on the left again. This plate is made of oil smoke ink. Each piece sells for 600 Wen."

"Then point to the plate on the right. This plate of ink is not simple! This is the famous Tongyan Huimo. One tael of Huimo is worth one tael of gold, and one is priced at 10 taels of silver.

After that, he took out several inkstones from the shelf for Jiang Luorou to look at.

This is a stone inkstone. This kind of inkstone costs 150 yuan for an uncarved inkstone and 200 yuan for a carved one.

This is Duan Inkstone, a defective product among Duan Inkstones. The uncarved ones cost 600 Wen per piece, and the carved ones cost 700 Wen per piece.

This piece is a fine Duan inkstone, worth 20 taels of silver each.

This piece is a Laokeng pine-carved Tao inkstone worth 3 taels of silver each.

Madam, let’s take a look at this paper again. This kind of khaki-colored paper is made of hemp paper. There are 100 sheets per cut and the price is 50 cents per cut.

This kind of waxy-yellow paper is leather paper and costs 70 cents per knife.

This kind of slightly yellowish bamboo paper sells for 100 Wen per knife.

This kind of slightly white rice paper sells for one tael of silver per cut.

Also, this paperweight holds 50 cents, and the penholder next to it is made of pine wood and holds 150 cents. Redwood's 500 text.

Tell me which price range your lady wants, so that I can bring it to my lady to choose carefully.

After Jiang Luorou thought for a while, she said to the book store clerk: "Brother, we need two brushes. I am a woman who doesn't understand these things. Please pick one for me."

The book store clerk said: "Don't worry, madam, we are a big book store here and the quality is absolutely guaranteed." After saying that, he picked up two brushes, packed them in a box and put them aside.

As for the ink strips, we need oil smoke ink.

The shop clerk was in trouble and said, "Can you please pick a pattern you like, madam?"

Jiang Luorou called Ning Zicheng to her side and said to him, "Since it's what you want to use, just pick the one you like."

After Ning Zicheng stared at the plate and thought for a moment, he pointed to an ink strip with a plum blossom pattern and said to Jiang Luorou, "Mom, I like this one with a plum blossom pattern."

The book store clerk packed it up and put it together with the two pens with a wink.