The boy's fate was determined from the moment he was born, as the imperial court stipulated that only men could take the imperial examinations.

If you are born into a wealthy family, with more respect from your family, and you can learn some words and see the world, you will be able to marry into a better family in the future.

If you are not valued and are born in a poor family, you will be like Shen Si, who is not even as good as a cow.

As soon as Gu Lingze entered the room, he knew that Manager Qiu was surprised, but when the other party saw that he was a boy, he did not show contempt, but instead thanked him solemnly.

He felt that he had not helped the wrong person. After thinking about it, he took out five hundred taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to Shopkeeper Qiu, "This is the compensation from the Zhen family." After saying that, he looked at the mess on the ground.

Gu Lingze felt that Mr. Zhen was a bully and coward, which was exactly as his appearance showed.

Unexpectedly, Manager Qiu waved his hand and said, "The restaurant is in this state now. I really can't give you anything valuable to thank you, little brother. You can take these five hundred taels. It's just a small token of my appreciation."

Gu Lingze didn't expect that Manager Qiu was such a kind person, so he was even more determined to give him the money.

He simply handed the banknote to Uncle Xu and asked him to take care of it, while he spread his hands and pretended nothing had happened.

Uncle Xu didn't expect Gu Lingze to handle it this way. He could only persuade Manager Qiu to accept the money. The restaurant is in need of money right now. Without this money, he doesn't know when it can open.

Business in the county town was difficult, and Shopkeeper Qiu did not have a lot of wealth, so this money was just the right amount to help him out in an emergency.

Uncle Xu persuaded for a long time before Shopkeeper Qiu accepted the five hundred taels and said to Gu Lingze, "Then I would like to thank you, Brother Gu."

After that, he said embarrassedly, "This has always been the case in the store. The chef also sent me home first, and I can't even treat you to a meal. When my restaurant reopens, Brother Gu must come over and let me show my appreciation."

Gu Lingze agreed. Now that the matter had been dealt with and he had money, he couldn't wait to start shopping.

So after saying goodbye to Manager Qiu, he asked Uncle Xu to take him to the street.

There was nothing in that thatched hut. We were so poor. Now that I had money, I must not treat myself badly.

They first went to the grain store and bought 100 kilograms of rice and flour each. Then they looked around the grain store and saw that there were seven or eight kinds of beans, including soybeans, black beans, red beans, and other beans. Gu Lingze waved his hand and indicated that he should buy another ten kilograms of each.

Then I bought various condiments, salt, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, etc., as well as dry goods such as peppercorns, aniseed, dried chilies, etc.

There are also three kinds of cooking oil: animal oil, vegetable oil, and sesame oil, one bucket of each.

When Gu Lingze first saw the wide variety of seasonings on the shelves, he was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the seasonings in this dynasty were so rich.

Then I thought about the dinner I had at Uncle Xu's house yesterday. The food was indeed delicious.

It is true that Aunt Tao’s cooking skills are involved, but if the only seasonings are salt and vinegar like in the Qin Dynasty, the food would not be very delicious no matter how skilled the cooking skills are.

Uncle Xu was completely shocked by his generosity. It was the first time he saw someone buying things in this way. If he didn't know the real situation, he would have thought that Gu Lingze was going to open a store.

After buying a lot of things, I asked the clerk in the grain store to load them all on the ox cart and let the boss count the money.

The grain store owner was so happy that his face beamed with joy, and he clattered his abacus. A customer of this size was worth half a month's business for him.

The total amount was over one hundred and eighty taels, and the boss generously rounded off the decimal and only charged one hundred and eighty taels.

Gu Lingze took out four silver ingots from his bag, each weighing fifty taels. He took the change from the boss and turned around with Uncle Xu to go back to the cloth shop.

As soon as I entered the door, a young man came up to me and said enthusiastically, "Sir, what kind of cloth would you like? Our shop has everything."

"Do you sell ready-made clothes here?" Gu Lingze asked.

The piece of clothing I was wearing was too torn to be used as a rag in modern times, so the most urgent thing for me was to buy a few ready-made clothes, and also buy clothes for my two younger brothers and sisters.

"Yes, yes, the ready-made clothes are all in the back room. Please come in and choose."

The young man did not treat Gu Lingze coldly just because he was wearing tattered clothes. Besides, he had just seen the ox cart parked at the door, which was half loaded with all kinds of things.

After saying that, he led Gu Lingze and the other person into the inner room. The owner of the cloth shop was sitting inside and stood up when he saw someone coming in.

Those who enter the inner room buy ready-made clothes directly. Ready-made clothes are more expensive than cloth. Usually, people buy the cloth and make them themselves at home.

The clerk gave the shopkeeper a look, and the shopkeeper knew what he meant. Even though Gu Lingze was wearing tattered clothes, he quickly stepped forward to talk to him.

"First, get three sets of clothes that can fit my body. There is no requirement for the style, but don't wear complicated patterns. The plainer the color, the better. Then get five sets of clothes for the little boy and the little girl. The styles should be nice, and the most important thing is the material. They should be warm and comfortable."

After saying that, he used his hand to compare the heights of Jinzi and Lingzi to the shopkeeper. After hearing what he said, the shopkeeper laughed so hard that his teeth were not visible.

He first picked out a few pieces in the house, and then asked the clerk to go to the warehouse to get out some more pieces of different styles so that Gu Lingze could choose from them.

After the shopkeeper prepared all the clothes he asked for, he placed them on the table in the inner room for Gu Lingze to choose.

Gu Lingze roughly selected three sets for himself, basically according to his previous requirements.

I was much more careful when choosing clothes for Jinzi and Lingzi. I touched the material carefully and rubbed it front and back to see if it was thick enough. I thought that the expensive clothes were justified, as the quality of the clothes was pretty good.

Gu Lingze picked out five sets of clothes for Jinzi and Lingzi respectively. The color tone of Jinzi's clothes was similar to his own, mainly light blue, moon white and stone blue.

As for boys, Gu Lingze couldn't stand wearing such fancy clothes. Girls, of course, had to be pretty, so Lingzi's clothes were all bright colors.

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