The sturdy peasant girl in space

Chapter 32 Going to the Market
"You are also thirteen. I think you are anxious to embroider the dowry in the future. I have to tease you. Wait for me and I will go get my things." Bai Jingwen pinched her small face and said, but Fearing that she would be angry, he quickly changed his words and walked to the back room.

The two taught one carefully and the other seriously learned Li Wenxiu, but they learned very quickly.

"I see that you have memorized the basics, and the next step is to practice. If there is anything you can't do, just come to me. We will go to the next step when the foundation is laid." Bai Jingwen looked at her very talented, but she didn't mind A lot of heart.

"Okay, then thank you sister Bai, I'll go home when it's getting late." Li Wenxiu said, sticking out her tongue embarrassingly when she saw that it was almost noon.

"Okay then, come here when you're free." Bai Jingwen said.

After Li Wenxiu left, Bai Jingwen got up, rubbed her stiff neck, stretched her waist, and then walked towards the kitchen.

"Hey, why are you in the kitchen? You didn't go out to play." Bai Jingwen asked when she saw Shuanzi.

"No, Zhu Zi and I went to collect firewood. When we came back, we saw that you were still busy, so we boiled some water first. What are you going to do for lunch?" Shuanzi turned his head and asked.

"What do you want to eat? There are not many things at home, so I will do it. You remember to teach Zhuzi more characters so that you will not be unable to keep up when you enter school.

You should also review the other one. I plan to ask you to follow along when you are not busy in winter. If you want to take the scientific examination, you can take the confession test. If you have a reputation, even if you teach like grandpa in the future, it will be good.If you don't plan to take the scientific examination, you have to read more characters. It's convenient to write a letter or manage accounts in the future, isn't it? " Bai Jingwen said.

"Okay, I understand." Shuanzi knew that Bai Jingwen was doing it for his own good, so he accepted it. As for the future, it depends on the situation at home.

Shuanzi and Zhuzi spent the next few days gathering firewood and studying, while Bai Jingwen went to the mountains from time to time to make clothes for the three siblings at home.In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the market in the town, and Bai Jingwen set off with her two younger brothers early in the morning.

"You two think carefully about what you want to buy, and don't forget it later." Bai Jingwen said looking at the happy faces of the two.

"Let's just buy some paper and pens," Shuanzi replied.

"Sister, can you buy me a bunch of candied haws? I heard they are delicious." Zhuzi looked at Bai Jingwen pitifully and whispered.

"Pillar" Shuanzi immediately shouted with a sullen face when he heard his request.

"Come on, Shuanzi, don't scare him anymore. When you were a child, your mother would sometimes buy us some snacks, but he hasn't eaten at this age. Now we don't have that little money, so don't discipline him. "Bai Jingwen said with a heartache.The three siblings counted on Xiaozhuzi who had suffered so much since childhood, and she would make it up for him no matter what.

"Sister..." Xiao Zhuzi shouted in a long voice with great aggrievedness.

"Don't cry. You are so big that people will laugh at you. We will buy it in a while." Bai Jingwen pulled him to her side and patted his thin shoulders.

Shuanzi looked at Xiaozhuzi's small body and tears began to roll in his eyes. Now that I think about it, it is really like what my sister said, Xiaozhuzi never had a good day or a good meal since he was a child. If his sister hadn't come back I am afraid that whether the two brothers can grow up is still a problem.

Bai Jingwen looked at both of them wanting to cry, and there was no way for her to kill someone, but she had never coaxed the child. In a moment of desperation, the candied haws seller just happened to come from the opposite side.

"Come here, the candied haws seller," Bai Jingwen called out.

"Hey, come here and buy a few bunches, little girl." Xiao Pao, who sells candied haws, came over and asked with a smile.

"Buy two strings of big ones." Bai Jingwen replied, it's better to buy less in the current situation.

"Okay, big strings of three Wen coins." The candied haws seller shouted loudly.

Bai Jingwen found two strings with more candies and took them down to give money to her two younger brothers, and then took them to the bookstore.

"Sister, why don't you buy yourself a bunch?" Shuanzi replied with tears in his eyes as he looked at the candied haws in his hand.

"I don't like sour food, you can eat it." Bai Jingwen replied as she walked.

"Would you like to go and see what you want to buy?" Bai Jingwen said to Shuanzi after entering the bookstore.

"Boss, how do you sell the four treasures of the study that are commonly used here?" Bai Jingwen asked when they saw the two walk away.

"Inkstone is one tael of silver, ink is fifty cents a piece, pen is one hundred cents, paper is eighty cents a knife, there is a difference of one hundred coins a knife, that is, one is slightly yellow and the other is slightly white. There is no difference in using it. "The boss looked at the outfits of the two children she brought in and knew they were beginners, so he replied according to the price of the things used in the enlightenment.

"Then two yuan for the inkstone, six pens, six yuan for ink, and six knives for eighty-character paper." Bai Jingwen said, the original owner also knew some characters when he was at home, and later went to the Sun Mansion, and even met Miss Sun. Not a lot.She also bought a set, so she can practice her calligraphy when she goes back, so that she can have some calligraphy that she can take out in the future.

"Are you sure you want this much?" the boss looked at her and asked.

"Sure, take it and buy more to save money and run back and forth." Bai Jingwen knew that he was surprised that he had bought more.

"Wait a minute." The boss smiled and went down to get the goods.

Bai Jingwen looked at the books on the bookshelf, except for the books used for the imperial examination, which were a few travel notes and a few short story books, she lost interest.

"Don't you two have anything to buy?" Bai Jingwen asked quickly when she saw that they passed by empty-handed.

"Sister who doesn't need it, grandpa said he would copy the books we use in school for us. As for the other books that we don't need for the time being, let's talk about it later." Zhuzi replied.

"Okay then, let's go to pay the bill." Bai Jingwen replied.

"Little girl, this is what you want. The total is two taels of silver and 380 Wen." The boss replied with a smile.

Bai Jingwen paid to put the things in her small backpack, thinking that no wonder she couldn't afford to go to school, which is enough for an ordinary family to spend for a year.

"Sister, why do you buy so many things? Don't you have an inkstone at home?" Shuanzi asked after leaving the door.

"Well, mother left the piece for me to use. You know that my handwriting is not as good as yours. I will practice it when I have time. Otherwise, I will write to you in the future and people will not laugh at you if they see my handwriting." Bai Jingwen replied.

After hearing this, Shuanzi nodded and felt that what she said made sense, so he lowered his head and slowly ate the candied haws.

(End of this chapter)