Longevity starts with learning

Chapter 5 Expensive!too expensive!
"This medicine... is really expensive!"

Knowing the price, Chu Mu looked down at the medicine in his hand again, and couldn't help but click his tongue.

Entering the medicine hall once, nearly ten silvers of money are gone.

Calculated according to this price, it is nearly fifteen shi, or [-] catties of grain!
Chu Mu remembered that when he first came here, Mr. Li gave him a diagnosis and treatment for several days in a row, and paid nearly ten silver at that time.

In just a few days, thousands of catties of grain have been thrown out. Compared with the current era, it feels like a fantasy.

Chu Mu didn't know how to feel about the cheapness of food, or the high cost of medical treatment.

As for his monthly salary, eight silver seems to be quite a lot, but obviously it is more than enough.

"Spending money is like running water..."

Chu Mu shook his head, he still had to return to the inspection department as soon as possible to take charge.

Although he is only a soldier in a small town, he is still a member of the establishment of Qinghe County, and he is an iron rice bowl eating the imperial food.

As far as the original owner's memory is concerned, inspecting the iron rice bowl is very popular. I don't know how many people are staring at the iron rice bowl. If the original owner's father died in the line of duty, he died a miserable death. Even the corpse was not found.

With the influence of decades of experience in his previous life, Chu Mu still has high expectations for the matter of weaving.

As a newcomer, he also needs this position to help him quickly and thoroughly integrate into this era.

All kinds of plans for the future flickered in his mind, and after thinking about it, it didn't take long for Chu Mu to return to his house.

When the courtyard door was closed, even though the mess outside the courtyard was still there, an inexplicable sense of tranquility surged into Chu Mu's heart in an instant.

At this moment, Chu Mu was also in an inexplicably good mood, humming a song, and casually picked up the long knife thrown on the ground. There was still morning dew on the blade, and the originally bright blade seemed to have some rust.

Chu Mu didn't care too much, just re-grind some small things later.

With the unextinguished firewood in the stove, Chu Mu put a dose of medicinal materials into the earthen pot, filled with water, and leisurely boiled the medicinal materials. In the middle, he took the time to polish the rusty matching knife, and even rubbed a little lard on it for maintenance.

About half an hour later, the hot medicinal liquid was also placed on the table with the increasingly rich medicinal fragrance.

However, at this moment Chu Mu's attention was not on the medicinal liquid, but staring at the boiled medicinal materials in the crock and muttering to himself.

"This is sealwort? This seems to be ginseng..."

Taking chopsticks to rummage around, Chu Mu recognized several kinds of medicinal materials with his limited knowledge of medicinal materials, but he didn't know whether these medicinal materials were still called by these names in this world.

Although Mr. Li's prescription stated it clearly, but Chu Mu was still illiterate, and he didn't even know how to write his own name.

"You have to read and write."

In just an instant, Chu Mu had a decision in his heart.

Even if he doesn't want to think about the future, for a person who has gone through nine years of compulsory education, even looking at a signboard is like reading a heavenly book. This alone is absolutely unbearable for Chu Mu.

Just do what you say, Chu Mu is not a procrastination person, he wiped out the liquid medicine that had cooled a little in a few gulps, cleaned up the stove, and went out again in a hurry.

From the memory of the original owner, there is naturally a school in Nanshan Town, and there is even more than one school. The school in the south of the town is the official school in the county seat. Most of the wealthy families in the town send their children to the official school.

There is a private school in Zhenbei, which is said to be run by a famous scholar, but Shu Xiu is much cheaper than the official school.

Just for the sake of literacy, Chu Mu naturally had nothing to be picky about, so he went directly to the private school in Zhenbei without even thinking about it.

This private school is not far from the place where Chu Mu lives, but it is only a few hundred meters away. However, the school is quiet and remote. Chu Mu walked around the alley for a long time before arriving at the gate of this private school.

Although it is a private school, it is obviously just an ordinary family's house for running a school, but this house is obviously much larger than where Chu Mu lives.

Among other things, this tall courtyard gate is much richer than the small family of Chu Mu's family.

Chu Mu stopped outside the door, glanced at the tall courtyard door, and then subconsciously looked at the high hanging plaque. With just one glance, Chu Mu immediately looked away.

The most important thing for a person is to have self-knowledge, they are all illiterate, what are they still looking at blindly...

Knock on the door and enter the hospital.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Chu Mu appeared outside the door again.

Turning around, Chu Mu looked at the hanging plaque again. Now he understood why the original owner's father had been in public office for many years and his family was not bad, but the original owner was still illiterate.

Reading... is really too expensive!
According to what Chang Xiucai said, if Shu Xiu pays every half a year, he needs [-] silver in half a year. This is just Shu Xiu, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone needed for reading, and even meals need to be purchased separately.

Chu Mu only made a rough calculation. If he aspires to study for fame and fame, he will have to study for several years to gain a certain foundation.

Forty silver a year, plus the consumption of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, at least fifty silver is required.

After a few years, it will cost hundreds, even hundreds of silver!
It is basically difficult for the original owner's family to afford it, let alone ordinary people, it is impossible to even think about it, it is impossible to afford it!
"I should be able to recognize all the characters in half a year..."

Chu Mu touched the banknotes in his bosom, but he had only paid half a year's training, and guessed, he could only find time to learn, after all, he still had a job in the inspection station waiting for him.

If you can't learn it in half a year, it's another twenty silver...

Although he was slandering in his heart, Chu Mu's vigorous and resolute actions did not stop. After he came out of the alley, he went straight to the bookstore on the street.

But the reality... gave Chu Mu another blow.

One of the cheapest inkstones costs three silvers, one of the cheapest inks and one writing brush costs two silvers, and two stacks of white paper, totaling sixty sheets, costs one silver.

The most outrageous thing is the four books for enlightenment that Mr. Na said... four books, asking for twelve silver!

"The sages have something to say, knowledge is priceless, money is hard to buy, and the young master is a man of merit at first glance..."

Perhaps it was because he felt that he met a big customer, and the owner of the bookstore praised him without hesitation, but Chu Mu didn't listen to a word anyway. He only thought about one question at this time...

Was he slaughtered?
Before I started reading the book, dozens of silver were thrown into it.

Knowledge is priceless, but is it too expensive?

Looking at the owner of the bookstore who talked eloquently and praised him without hesitation, Chu Mu calmly put a token on the counter.

The order is made of bronze, engraved with the words "Inspection Division".

The inspection department has a wide range of functions. As the only armed force in Qinghe County, there is almost nothing that cannot be controlled in Qinghe County except those noble people.

For a bookstore to stand up, there must be energy behind it.

But... the King of Hades is easy to see, but the little ghost is hard to deal with...

Chu Mu felt that anyone in business should understand this truth...

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(End of this chapter)