"Do you need some pens, ink, paper, and inkstone?" If you buy enlightenment books, you must also buy pens, ink, paper, and inkstone.

"Madam, do you want the good one or the ordinary one?" the shopkeeper looked at Li Yun and said.

"Let's buy ordinary ones. They are just starting to learn, so there is no need to buy the best ones. Just ordinary ones will be enough." Li Yun thought that they needed to recognize words and practice rhymes, so there was no need to buy the best ones.

"I use a sheep hair brush. It has a better hardness and is most suitable for writing cursive script. For beginners who don't know how to use a brush and can't control it well, a sheep hair brush allows them to write freely.

There are two kinds of paper. One is white hemp paper, which is white on the front and smooth on the back, with a rough texture. The other is jute paper, which has the same properties as white hemp paper, but is rougher than white hemp paper.

Madam, what kind of paper do you want to use?" The shopkeeper introduced two types of paper.

"Shopkeeper, just use a sheep's wool brush and white hemp paper." Jute paper is obviously not as good as white hemp paper, so if you have to choose, choose white hemp paper.

"Madam, a roll of white linen paper has twenty-four sheets, and a roll of paper costs five hundred coins. A goat-hair brush costs one ounce. How many rolls of paper and goat-hair brushes do you want?" The shopkeeper quoted the price to Li Yun and waited for the other party to quote the quantity.

"Give me three pieces of paper and four goat-hair brushes." Erbao and Sanbao both wanted to practice calligraphy, so I bought some more paper and let them make corrections.

"There are twelve enlightenment books in total, each weighing three taels, which is thirty-six taels; one piece of paper is five hundred wen, three pieces are one thousand five hundred wen, which is one tael and five hundred wen; the sheep's bobbin is one tael each, which is four taels, so the total is forty-one taels and five hundred wen." The shopkeeper quickly calculated the total price.

Li Yun gave the shopkeeper forty-one taels of silver and five hundred copper coins.

"Madam, you bought so many things, so I'll give you a pen holder." The shopkeeper was so happy to see Li Yun bought so many things that the smile on his face never disappeared.

"Thank you, boss." After saying that, he left the study with the books, writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.