"Madam, do you want silver or silver notes?" After the shopkeeper said the total price, he asked Li Yun whether she wanted silver or silver notes.
"Shopkeeper, give me two thousand taels of silver notes, and exchange the rest for silver, right?" Li Yun thought that many shopping platforms needed to exchange silver for RMB, so it would be better to prepare more silver in the space.
"Madam, wait a moment. I'll ask the medicine boy to go to the money shop to exchange silver. We don't have that much silver in our store." After the shopkeeper said this, he went to find the medicine boy and asked him to go to the money shop to exchange silver.
The shopkeeper told the medicine boy to exchange the money for silver and then came back to the lobby to accompany Li Yun.
"Madam, what's your name? My last name is Yang, and my given name is Jiasheng. You can call me Shopkeeper Yang, or Uncle Yang." The shopkeeper thought that there might be a chance for cooperation with the village woman in front of him, so he introduced himself and wanted to make friends.
"Shopkeeper Yang, my last name is Li and my husband's last name is Chen. You can just call me Madam Li." Li Yun saw that Shopkeeper Yang was so easy to talk to, and thought that there might be a chance for cooperation in the future, so she readily introduced her family background.
"Madam Li, if you dig up more herbs and ginseng, you must take them to Huimin Pharmacy. Uncle Yang will definitely give you a reasonable price." Shopkeeper Yang stated his purpose.
After hearing this, Li Yun sneered in her heart. Ginseng is really that easy to dig. She was able to dig so much this time that she even suspected that she was possessed by a koi.
She didn't dare to expect to have such luck every day. If it was inferior ginseng, she could buy it on many shopping platforms.
"Manager Yang, you're joking. Ginseng is not that easy to find. If I really find it, I will definitely give it to you first." Li Yun was still very happy to cooperate with Manager Yang. After all, this person had good character and he didn't have to worry about being deceived.
"Okay, it's settled. Uncle Yang looks forward to our next cooperation." The shopkeeper got the result he wanted.
"Manager Yang, what academies are there in our Southeast Town? Which one is better?" Li Yun thought about sending Dabao to study, so he wanted to learn about the academy first.
"Madam Li, there are three academies in our town, namely Qingshan Academy, Fuchuan Academy and Qimeng Academy.
Qingshan Academy is the most famous academy. Located in the west of the town, it is a courtyard with three entrances and three exits. It is said that there are a thousand students in it.
Some of the teachers there were scholars, and some were students, and none of them could pass the examination to become a juren or a scholar.
Qingshan Academy was founded by a juren named Huang Zifeng. He was not only a scholar, but also a man of character. After passing the juren exam, Dean Huang was supposed to continue his studies for the imperial examination, but his wife suffered a stroke and left him without care. He resolutely decided to forgo the examination and returned to Dongnan Town with his wife to open Qingshan Academy.
Qingshan Academy's rules were very strict. Those with bad character, those who stole, cheated, or bullied others would not be accepted. Those who bullied classmates would be expelled, as would those who bribed their teachers to get good grades.
But there is one good thing, no matter you are a child from a rich family or a poor family, as long as you pass the exam, you can enter Qingshanyuan to study;
Fuchuan Academy was also located in the west of the town. The principal was a scholar who had failed the imperial examination for many years and gave up the exams. He then opened the Fuchuan Academy in the town. The academy had very loose rules and only accepted children from wealthy families. Most of the teachers there were students who were not qualified to pass the imperial examination.
The Enlightenment Academy is also located in the west of the town. The principal is a student who has failed to pass the imperial examination for many years. His family asked him to give up the imperial examination and open an academy to teach and educate people.
He opened up a secluded courtyard in his home to serve as an academy, where he taught some introductory courses. There were two teachers there, both of whom were students who, like him, had failed to pass the imperial examination.
The students enrolled in the academy were children aged three to five, often from villages. They only paid one or two taels of silver per semester, and two meals were provided.
Shopkeeper Yang introduced Li Yun to three academies in town, and then asked: "Madam Li, do you have children who need to study?"
"Yes, my eldest son is already five years old and should be sent to academy." Li Yun did not intend to hide the fact that she had a son from anyone.
"Mrs. Li, you look no more than 20 years old, but you already have a five-year-old son. Are you joking with Uncle Yang?" Shopkeeper Yang could never have imagined that a woman who looked only in her early twenties actually had a five-year-old son. He just couldn't believe it and said that Mrs. Li was joking with him.
"Shopkeeper Yang, I'm not kidding. I do have a five-year-old son and two three-year-old twin boys and girls. But they are not my biological children. They are the children of my husband and his ex-wife. Their biological mother died of complications during childbirth." Li Yun not only told Shopkeeper Gou that she had a five-year-old son, but also a pair of twin boys and girls.
"So that's how it is. I was wondering how it was possible that Madam Li, who was only twenty years old, could give birth to a five-year-old son?
It turned out that he was an adopted son, which made sense. Lady Li was so kind to her adopted son that she sent him to study at the academy.
It costs a lot of money to send a child to school, but Madam Li is willing to spend it. They are lucky to have you as their adoptive mother. "Shopkeeper Yang admired Madam Li's generosity. He also had many stepmothers around him. Their adopted children had to get up before dawn to work, and if they didn't do their job well, they wouldn't even be given food, let alone education.
"Manager Yang is wrong. It's actually my blessing. They are very filial, obedient and well-behaved. I am lucky to be their mother." Li Yun didn't think she was good. A person who occupied their mother's body should take good care of them on behalf of their mother.
What's more, they brought her a lot of happiness, and for this reason alone, it was worth her treating them wholeheartedly.
Another point is that once she came through, she was spared the pain of childbirth and became a mother.
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