Chapter 24 Pure Golden Abacus
The academy is closed today and the shop opens at noon.
Cheng Shuyi had been tired for most of the month and finally got the chance to stay in bed.
If she didn't get up in the morning, the two children wouldn't bother her.
They have pocket money and can go out to buy food when they are hungry.
This is the tacit understanding between the three of them, mother and children.
But today, Pei Yanli prepared breakfast for the two kids.
Pei Yanli took the two children back to the palace, introduced them to his family, and went to the palace warehouse to find an abacus and bows and arrows for them.
He remembered that there was an abacus made of pure gold in the storeroom of the mansion.
After Cheng Shuyi got up, he saw the note left by Pei Yanli and realized that he had taken the child back home.
Pei Yanli took the child back so rashly, I wonder how the people in the Regent's Palace would react...
Cheng Shuyi has concerns, but at the same time she also hopes that the two children can find their ancestral home as soon as possible.
In this alley, including in the academy, people have been speculating and spreading rumors about her and her two children's identities.
In modern times, the two kids have experienced being teased as "fatherless children".
In ancient times, Cheng Shuyi didn't want them to experience it again.
So she silently agreed to Pei Yanli coming in and out of her house and her two children hugging him and calling him dad.
Cheng Shuyi's illness came back again.
She took medicine.
Before the shop opened, she went to the Shen family first.
Shen Zhou had been waiting for her. When they heard that she was coming, the Shen couple directly welcomed her into the study.
"Sister Cheng, this is my husband, Chen Ting. You haven't met him yet, have you?"
Shen Zhou made tea for her and sat beside Shen Ting gently.
Last time, Cheng Shuyi fainted and didn’t see Shen Ting’s appearance.
When I came to visit later, Shen Ting was not there either.
She never had the chance to meet him.
Seeing it today, it fits her impression of ancient scholars passing the imperial examinations and becoming officials in the court.
Shen Ting was in his early thirties and worked in the Ministry of Revenue as a sixth-rank official.
I heard that he has been an official in the court for less than two years, but his scholarly air has not completely faded.
He appears to be a humble person.
"Shuyi thanks Lord Shen for saving me a few days ago." Cheng Shuyi still had to thank him again in person.
Shen Ting waved his hands repeatedly, "It's just a small favor, Madam Pei, don't take it to heart."
The three of them exchanged a few pleasantries.
Shen Zhou stood up and closed the study door, saying, "Sister Cheng, here are three hundred taels of silver. We want food, and we want it now!"
The Shen couple are straightforward, and Cheng Shuyi doesn't play tricks.
Holding the teacup, she made an offer: "10 cents for refined white rice, 8 cents for millet. How much do you want to pay?"
"Ten cents?"
Shen Zhou and Shen Ting exchanged a glance and said, "Sister, the price of white rice in your shop is fifteen cents."
She went to RT-Mart yesterday to show her support and took a special look at the grain area.
I also bought a few pounds of white rice.
The rice they ate last night was bought from RT-Mart.
It tastes better than those sold in other grain shops in Shengjing City!
It is sweet, soft and glutinous, each grain is plump, and the threshing is clean, not rough at all, and it tastes great!
She finally understood why the rice in Cheng Shuyi's shop was twice as expensive as the rice outside.
Cheng Shuyi smiled and said, "Sister Zhou and I have a connection, and my two children are often taken care of by Brother Chang in the academy. I have already earned ten cents."
She didn't lie.
During the Great Prosperity, one penny was the smallest unit of currency, but its purchasing power was three times that of modern times.
One penny could buy a pound of charcoal, two pounds of hemp, and three steamed buns in the prosperous era without inflation.
Cheng Shuyi has already made ten times more money.
She has never been a good person.
Even before she had children, she was a person who would not waste time or suffer losses. If something happened, she would just go crazy and do it even if it meant her life would be in jeopardy.
After having a child, she became more restrained.
Just to set a good example for the children.
In fact, he is very wild at heart.
Shen Zhou's eyes were red with emotion, she was speechless and just looked at Cheng Shuyi with emotion.
Chen Ting was very troubled. "The Ministry of Revenue has only recently raised some shriveled and moldy rice. The emperor is very worried about this."
"It would be great if I could have such fine white rice, but this weight..."
Although the food sent by other ministers was not of good quality, the quantity was large.
It is a great honor to have the record in the book.
He bought food from Cheng Shuyi. The food was good, but if the weight was not enough, he would probably not be able to make a profit.
Cheng Shuyi gave him a solution: "If Lord Shen wants to have the best of both worlds, he can buy it with other things."
Shen Ting was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Cheng Shuyi said frankly: "I still have some corn in my hand. Corn is also food, and it is easy to weigh."
"Yes, and there's corn!"
Shen Zhou excitedly pulled Shen Ting's arm and said, "Husband, let's buy some corn!"
Corn is cheaper than rice.
Chen Ting suddenly understood, "This is a good idea. I'll buy it with white rice, and the first volume will look good too."
"Mrs. Pei, when will the food be delivered?"
Cheng Shuyi calculated the time in his mind.
The goods, weighing tens of thousands of pounds, had to be packed in sacks, so she had to buy them now.
"In three days, the goods will arrive at my shop's warehouse. You can arrange a carriage to transport them away."
"Very good!"
Shen Zhou was very sentimental. She held Cheng Shuyi's hand and cried and laughed, "Thank you, sister. You are really my benefactor."
Cheng Shuyi couldn't refuse the kindness and felt a little embarrassed.
After finishing the tea in the cup, she made an excuse to leave.
After a night of publicity.
Darun Wanjia became completely known to Shengjing City.
When the store opened today, the number of customers entering doubled. The shop was so crowded that it was difficult to turn around.
There are also many more people applying for VIP cards.
After the rain last night, Shengjing City did not wait for the coolness after the rain.
Instead, it became abnormally hotter.
RT-Mart became the best place in Beijing.
People from the south, east and west of the city all came.
Today's store turnover will be several times more than yesterday's, and the store will replenish stock again and again.
Cheng Shuyi went home from the store in the afternoon.
She was a little worried about whether the two children would get used to the Regent's Palace and whether they would come back.
If he hasn't come back yet, she will have to go to his house to ask for him.
Fortunately, Pei Yanli did not force the child to stay in the palace.
After lunch, he took the two children back to Pingxi Lane.
However, Cheng Shuyi found it difficult to accept the plan he had prepared for the two children.
"Your Majesty, this is pure gold!"
"This king knows."
Cheng Shuyi brought two golden abacuses that were so bright that they almost blinded her eyes in front of Pei Yan.
Once again: "This is gold!"
Pei Yanli didn't understand what she meant, "Is there a problem?"
“This is a big problem!”
Cheng Shuyi raised his voice and acted as if he was ready to have a fight.
"Don't you think it's a bit extravagant to give this to a five-year-old as a learning tool?"
“It’s still so heavy!”
Although the two abacuses are smaller than ordinary abacuses, they are made of solid gold.
Much heavier than wooden beads.
If this thing is brought into the academy and placed on the desk, how can the teacher teach?
Pei Yanli thought it was perfectly natural. "When I was young, I used a white jade abacus to study, but I accidentally broke it later."
A jade abacus needs to be carved and polished from a whole piece of stone.
That abacus is more valuable than gold.
Cheng Shuyi was going crazy because of his extravagance.
"Your Highness, the value of things is only one of the reasons. Qiqi and Xuxu are only five years old. There are more precious things in a child's world."
"So what?"
Pei Yanli still didn't understand.
He has been brought up like this, is there anything wrong with that?
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