The next day, everyone got up early.
Li Yu decided to go to town with his family to buy things today.
Last night, Li Yu counted the family's current savings, a total of 12 taels and 300 wen, of which 10 taels were Lin He's salary for the next year and could not be touched.
Now she only had 2 taels and 300 wen to spend, and she left 300 wen for Lin He to use as food and pocket money while he was studying.
Today, she planned to use the two taels of silver to buy pens, ink, paper, and inkstone for Lin He, and also to buy some cloth to make clothes for her family.
In fact, Li Yu wanted to buy ready-made clothes, but she looked at the silver in her hand.
Not enough, not enough at all.
After Lin He goes to school, he has to set up the roujiamo stall again, otherwise the family will run out of food again.
Making money is urgent.
The group went to the town in a large group, first to buy Lin He the necessities for school, such as writing brushes, inkstones, and paper.
They went to the same bookstore called "Yunshang Bookstore" where Li Yu first went to the town to buy paper.
To Li Yu's surprise, the person in the store this time was not the young clerk. It was said that he was the owner and manager of this bookstore.
If you ask Li Yu how he knew he was the boss, it was because one time the waiter came to the roujiamo stall to buy breakfast.
While buying, he complained, "You old man, you fat man, if it weren't for you being the boss, would you mind me running errands for you?"
Maybe Li Yu had eaten well while she was setting up the stall, and her complexion was very different from when she first came here, so the young man did not recognize her.
Now when Li Yu saw this middle-aged, slightly plump uncle, he guessed that this was probably the fat boss that the guys were talking about.
The boss greeted everyone with a smile, and Li Yu always felt that he was a bit like a fox.
The bookstore owner also noticed them. He walked up to Li Yu with a smile on his face and asked kindly, "Everyone, what would you like to buy? I have all kinds of books here, everything you need."
Li Yu replied in a friendly manner, "Hello, we need to buy some writing brushes, inkstones, and paper to prepare for school."
"Then you have come to the right place. The pens, inks, paper and inkstones here are all top-quality goods. Do you want to buy high-quality ones or ordinary ones?" the boss introduced enthusiastically.
"We plan to buy some ordinary and durable ones. After all, we are farmers." Li Yu replied.
"Then you can try this one from our store. This ink is dark in color, writes smoothly, and is durable. You can take a look." The boss took out a piece of ink and handed it to Li Yu.
Li Yu didn't take the ink block, but just took a look at it and said, "Then let's buy this one. We don't know much about it anyway, but I believe your recommendation will not be wrong." Li Yu said.
"Sister-in-law, you have good taste. This one is relatively affordable in our store, and the quality is good. It's very popular among students." The boss said with a smile, "Do you need anything else?"
"We also need paper and pen, just like ink. Boss, please recommend some that are affordable and of high quality," Li Yu replied.
"No problem," the boss said with a smile, and then recommended pens and paper to everyone.
Li Yu paid the money and came out feeling the pain in his heart. The cheap pens, ink and paper cost him a total of 1,100 coins.
After leaving the bookstore, everyone went to a cloth shop.
I went straight to Uncle Lin's shop and bought a piece of the cheapest blue cotton cloth for 400 coins. It can be worn by both men and women.
Now, Li Yu's family's entire fortune was only 500 coins, not counting the private money she gave to everyone.
She didn't dare to buy anything anymore.
There are only 500 Wen left. Lin He goes to school tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, the family has to start the roujiamo and leek box business.
The remaining 500 wen have to buy noodles, eggs and meat.
Everyone arrived home that afternoon, and Li Yu said to Yang: "Yang Liu, you and Mei Mei don't do anything this afternoon. Sew a new quilt for Ah He. Come to my room to get the cotton. The old quilt can be turned into a mattress and used to make the bed tomorrow. I'll take care of the child."
Yang Liu promised, "Don't worry, mother. It's just a quilt, and with my little sister's help, we can sew it in an hour. Xiaobao, go play with grandma."
The little kid agreed and ran over to hug Li Yu's legs.
"Grandma, will Xiaobao have to go to school in the future? What's the point of going to school? Can he make money?" They asked Li Yu.
Li Yu laughed heartily at his words. "Of course you must go to school. You can learn many skills there and become even more capable than your grandmother. As for whether you can make money, that's hard to say. You'll understand when you grow up. When you study hard and become an official, you can rule for the people, think for them, and help them live a good life. The emperor will surely reward you generously."
Xiaobao said happily: "I will study hard and become a high-ranking official in the future. I will make the farmers live a good life and ask the Yellow Emperor to reward me with a lot of money, which I will then give to my grandmother."
Li Yu could only smile and praise him for his ambition.
She couldn't tell Xiaobao that if he studied well and became a corrupt official, he would make a lot of money.
I dare not! In ancient times, collective punishment for crimes was not just talk. She still wants to live a good life to the end of her life.
We can only try our best to guide the children to become good people and good officials.
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