Huo Nanjin tapped the teacup lightly with his fingers and took a sip of tea.

Although nothing was explained to Lin Baisu.

But the solemn and oppressive aura surrounding him made people feel chilling.

They were obviously about twelve or thirteen years old, but the young marquis had been to the battlefield, killed enemies, and made meritorious deeds, so he had that captivating aura.

Sometimes when he released his aura, Lin Baisu felt like kneeling down.

Huo Nanjin looked downstairs and said slowly, "If we're doing this, there's no need to open the store."

"I have to let this out."

Although she was young, she had extraordinary medical skills and saved his life.

Naturally, he would protect his savior.

After a pause, Huo Nanjin said with a cold expression, "Also, find out who owns this store."

The secret guard took the order and said, "Yes!"

Lin Baisu's eyes widened in shock, "No way, brother, young marquis, are you making a big fuss?"

It was obvious that the young marquis would not easily let the female shopkeeper off.

Huo Nanjin said calmly: "It's not an exaggeration!"

The female shopkeeper insulted his savior, so he naturally couldn't let it go like that.

As if thinking of something, Lin Baisu said, "By the way, they just mentioned consignment soap. What is soap?"

"Could it be that they were going to the store to do business?"

"How can you do business with others at such a young age?"

Lin Baisu shook his head, thinking that this family was a little whimsical.

There was actually nothing special about them setting up stalls before.

But it is not that easy to consign random items to someone else's store.

"But the buns they make are really delicious."

He had to admit this.

Huo Nanjin stood up and said, "Let's go!"

"Hey, we just got here. Didn't we call someone over to discuss something?"

Huo Nanjin said calmly, "You come and talk, I have something else to do."

Lin Baisu was a little confused.

He looked down from upstairs, thinking that Huo Nanjin would go to find the girl downstairs, but he didn't expect that Huo Nanjin didn't go there at all.

…

At this time, Hua Xinuo had no idea that everything that happened here was seen clearly by Huo Nanjin in the elegant room of the teahouse opposite.

She comforted her eldest brother and said, "Brother, don't tell Dad, Mom, and Second Brother about what happened just now. I'm afraid they will think too much and worry."

"Besides, Dad is going to college soon, and I don't want this little thing to affect his studies."

Hua Hanmao naturally understood the priorities of things.

He quickly suppressed his emotions and adjusted his mood, "Sister, I understand."

After a while, seeing that Hua Hanmao was fine, Hua Xinuo and Hua Hanmao went to the nearby shop selling pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

At this time, Qiu Wenqin had already bought writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone for Hua Xinhong.

But these things were too expensive, and Qiu Wenqin still felt very distressed when she took out so much silver at once.

But no matter what, we can't lack the things that the head of the family needs for studying.

It is impossible to read without pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

At the same time, she felt guilty.

If her family was better off and she had more money, she wouldn't have to buy the worst quality ink.

I even bought a very ordinary brush.

Hua Xinhong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

There is no point in saying anything now. I can only study hard and do well in the college entrance examination.

It was not enough to become a scholar by passing the academy examination. One had to take the first place in the exam, so that one could become a student on government stipend and receive food from the government office every month.

He can also make some contribution to the family.

Qiu Wenqin and Hua Xinhong were immersed in their own emotions, so they naturally didn't notice whether Hua Xinuo and Hua Hanmao were acting strangely at this time.

After coming out of the store, Hua Xinuo looked at her second brother and asked quietly, "Second brother, Dad and Mom don't look well. What's wrong?"

Hua Hanbin whispered, "Oh, I didn't expect ink and inkstones to be so expensive. The money mother has can only buy the worst ink and inkstone."

"And the pen is also a very ordinary pen."

"I only knew that studying was expensive, but I didn't expect that just buying things would cost so much, especially paper, which is really expensive. It really opened my eyes."

"Sister, you don't know. The cheapest bamboo-edged paper costs three coins a piece, and a lot of ordinary paper costs more than ten coins a piece, not to mention the very good paper. One cut costs dozens of taels of silver."

"My dear, Mom can only buy Dad a piece of ordinary paper for now..."

Hua Xinuo knew that one cut meant one hundred pieces of paper.

In fact, one hundred sheets of paper are not enough, I will have to buy some for my dad later.

"That ordinary brush costs five cents!"

Hua Xinuo nodded. One qian is one hundred coins, which is equivalent to five hundred coins.

It is indeed an ordinary pen. A set of high-quality pen, ink, paper and inkstone costs over a thousand taels of silver.

"Not to mention the ink and inkstone, which take up the bulk of the cost, more than ten taels of silver."

So, after calculating, their family built the house and bought some things when they moved in, and they had some money left over, which was almost all spent today.

Hua Xinuo understood that she had to sell the soap quickly to start her business.

This is the only way to make money quickly.

Thinking about these things, Hua Xinuo didn't say anything for the time being.

However, the family sent Hua Xinhong to the academy first.

Seeing Hua Xinhong enter Yunlu Academy, the family felt like they had accomplished a wish.

After that, Hua Xinuo did not look for another store because she did not want her mother and two brothers to be discriminated against again.

"Mom and Dad, let's go back to where we set up our stall before. Go to the boat and get basins, buckets, and dirty rags. We'll sell soap on the spot."

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