Sir, why is your painting style so normal?

As the end of the year approached, Zhao Miaomiao planned to go to the county town to buy, and Chen Shouxing also went with him to sell the copied books.

There were not many books this time, and they were sold out in less than half an hour, and they sold for more than five taels of silver.

Chen Shouxing also told the book sellers by the way that his family would no longer sell books in the future. If you need enlightenment books, you can go to the letter writing stand on West Street and hire him to order copy books. If there are few words, you can get the book the next day , It will take a few days if there are many words.

After selling the books, Zhao Miaomiao went to the Embroidery Pavilion to hand in the embroidery work, thinking that the New Year would be easier. This time, she only took the embroidery work for two round fans, and asked for one or two taels of silk thread of various colors.

Raw silk thread costs five hundred wen per catty, and cooked silk thread costs nine hundred wen per catty.

Mrs. Wang moved the abacus beads, deducted the colored silk thread money from her embroidery money, and finally handed her the calculated more than 500 Wen.

Zhao Miaomiao took the money and left the Xiuyi Pavilion.

Although the Xiuyi Pavilion also sells cloth, most of the products sold are silk and satin. The cotton cloth in the shop is all fine cotton, with many patterns, such as six hundred cash for a bolt of second-thread fine cotton, and seven hundred cash for a bolt of third-thread fine cotton. It's something ordinary people like them can afford.

So in a cloth shop not far from it, I picked four bolts of cotton cloth, two of which cost 150 cash, and planned to use them to make inner cotton socks and the lining of cotton clothes, which cost a total of [-] cash.

When he came out and saw a stall selling head flowers, Chen Shouxing picked up a few head flowers, looked at Zhao Miaomiao's head, and picked out a blue silk-leaf Luobo flower and a pair of velvet flowers.

A pair of velvet flowers has six characters, and a branch of blue silk-leaved Luobo flowers has seventeen characters.

Then I went to the bookstore and bought bamboo paper for [-] cash, mulberry paper for [-] cash, tissue paper for [-] cash, and inkstone for [-] cash.

I went to the miscellaneous grain shop, red beans cost 64 cents a bucket, and soybeans cost 53 cents a bucket. I ordered five liters of red beans and a bucket of soybeans.

I wandered around the streets again and spent ten cents on a catty of red dates, eighty cents on two catties of fructose, thirty cents on a catty of brown sugar, fifteen cents on three catties of salt, and three catties of hemp seed oil. Sixty Wen, melon seeds...

After shopping and returning home, Zhao Miaomiao was in a hurry to pack up his things. His legs were so sore that he didn't want to move, so he lay down on the kang, "Sir, two liters of red beans, half a catty of fructose and red dates are all in the basket. ."

Chen Shouxing cut five catties of pork into three strips, hung two outside to freeze, and put one together in a basket. He raised his head and said, "Daughter-in-law, take a rest when you're tired. I'll just go to Yu Tongsheng's place with Ruirui."

Zhao Miaomiao frowned in confusion, got up and said, "How about I go together!"

Chen Shouxing wiped his clean hands on a handkerchief, and said with a helpless smile, "Just go and say goodbye, and let my wife rest at home."

Zhao Miaomiao blinked and thought for a while. The village is not so particular about the etiquette of apprenticeship, so it should be no problem to enter school, "Okay!"

With that said, she lay back on the bed again with a plop.

Chen Shouxing smiled, picked up the basket and a chicken, went out and called Shang Ruirui.

Ruirui held his big hand, her little face was a little nervous, and she took small steps.

Yu Tongsheng is over 50 years old. He escaped famine and settled down at the end of Chenjiagou Village. His wife died of illness and did not remarry. Both daughters were married. The only son died early, leaving only one child, and the grandfather and grandson depended on each other.

Chen Shouxing raised his hand and knocked on the courtyard door.

After a while, the door was opened, and a tall and thin boy of twelve or thirteen years old, wearing a scholar's robe, appeared in front of their eyes.

Chen Shouxing looked at the boy and knew that it should be Yu Tongsheng's grandson Yu Wen.

As soon as Yu Wen saw the things in their hands, he knew what they were here for, so he politely invited them to sit in the room and poured them a cup of tea, "Sit and wait, I'll call my grandpa .”

Yu Tongsheng has a thin face without many wrinkles, and looks much younger than people of the same age in the village.

As soon as he came in, his eyes fell on Rui Rui, who was only thigh high, with a smile on his face. The people in the village are poor, and most of them send their children here to learn a few words, so that they can find a job in the county or town later. , Sending such a young child to school must be with the intention of letting the child take the imperial examination.When Chen Shouxing saw someone, he got up and introduced himself first, then pushed Ruiruidao, "Yu Tongsheng, I want to send this child here to enlighten you."

Ruirui lifted her small face and called out crisply, "Grandpa Tongsheng."

Yu Tongsheng nodded and asked, "Have you ever learned calligraphy?"

Chen Shouxing didn't speak, and left it to his son to deal with it.

Ruirui blinked, looked at his father, clenched his small fists, and said in a childish voice, "I have read the Three-Character Classic, Hundred Surnames, and Thousand-Character Classics with my parents at home, and I have also learned a few poems by thousands of families."

Yu Tongsheng's eyes flashed with surprise, and he continued, "Can you memorize it?"

Rui Rui nodded her head and started reciting it directly.

Yu Tongsheng originally thought to take a few sentences for the test, but he didn't expect the child to recite them directly, but he didn't interrupt.

Hearing Ruirui finish reciting the Three Character Classic, Chen Shouxing gave tea to his elder son lightly.

Ruirui held the small tea cup and gulped the water in it.

Yu Tongsheng nodded, and recited it word for word fluently. This child is not bad, and was about to say, I will accept this child.

Ruirui spoke first and continued to memorize the family name.

Yu Tongsheng immediately swallowed the words in his mouth. The more he heard, the more surprised his eyes became. He is a good child. He said repeatedly, "I will accept this child and send him to school here on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month next year."

After reciting hundreds of surnames, her mouth was a little dry, Rui Rui, who was drinking water, blinked, don't you need to continue reciting.

When Chen Shouxing saw this, he gave the things he had brought along with Shu Xiu, half a tael of silver, to Yu Tongsheng.

Yu Wen next to him took the basket and chicken and looked at the contents. There were chicken, meat and sugar. This gift was much thicker than other people in the village.

He turned around and took out the things and put them away, then returned the basket to Chen Shouxing.

Chen Shouxing took the basket, said goodbye to Yu Tongsheng's father and grandson, and left Yu's house with Ruirui.

After leaving Yu's house, Ruirui's eyes were twinkling and he had a happy smile on his face. He grabbed the corner of his clothes with his little hands and walked happily with small steps.

Chen Shouxing looked at the eldest son who rarely showed a childish look, and reached out and rubbed his head.

Ruirui raised the corners of her mouth and walked cheerfully, her feet paused, her small eyes suddenly stared at his father's big hand rubbing his hair, and the smile on his face froze all of a sudden.

Daddy just grabbed a chicken with this hand! ! !

Chen Shouxing also just remembered that he had grabbed a chicken with this hand, and he looked down at his eldest son's resentful eyes, coughed and said, "I'll wash your hair tonight."

Ruirui's little frown just relaxed a little, when his little head was touched by his father's big hand again.

Ruirui: "!!!"

Chen Shouxing was amused by his son's cute appearance, "Hahaha..."

Ruirui: "..."