"Listen, my second sister-in-law is an expert. I was actually thinking about making and selling buns, but I figured it wasn't feasible. The profit would be too little, so I gave up." Chun Xiao had really thought about it.
Zhang's eyes lit up when she heard this. "Little sister, if you want to sell buns, this second sister-in-law can help you."
"Second sister-in-law, this is just a thought. I haven't made any plans yet. If I had such a plan, I would definitely come to you." Chun Xiao smiled. "You said it yourself, two buns only make one cent. There are so many bun sellers in this town. If we can't sell in large quantities, this business won't work. Let me think about it." She looked at the others and said, "Let's go buy some buns. After that, I have to take Shuwen to the bookstore."
A group of people were walking on the street. There were many people walking on the street today, so they did not seem to be the odd ones out.
Arriving at the bun stall, Chunxiao ordered 24 meat buns at once. The stall owner had a big smile on his face. The buns were all freshly steamed. When they opened the steamer, they were steaming hot. They helped themselves to the buns. They were soft and hot in their mouths, but no one complained about the hotness.
After paying the money, Chunxiao parted ways with her brothers.
Yan Bingfa ate a bun, looked at Chunxiao and Shuwen walking beside him, and smiled at Zhou, "We haven't enjoyed much of our son's blessing yet, but we're enjoying our daughter's blessing first. In less than a month, we've already eaten meat several times."
"Don't you feel so happy while eating it?" Zhou was very proud. This daughter was no worse than her son.
"Chunxiao, are we really going to the bookstore?" Yan Bingfa was a little scared, feeling that it was not a place they could go to. "Take Shuwen in and choose something later. Your mother and I will wait for you outside."
"Dad, won't you come in with us?"
"No, if you can't read a single big word, you won't understand. Just pick one for yourselves. Just buy one with about the same amount of characters. If it's too expensive, forget it." After saying that, he looked at Shuwen and said, "Be sensible later. If it's too expensive, don't buy it. One book is worth an acre of farmland. Your aunt bought it for you because she loves you. Don't make it difficult for her, okay?"
Shuwen nodded sensibly, "Don't worry, Grandpa. My parents have already told me about it."
"Hey, Dad, why are you telling him all this?" Chunxiao pulled Shuwen in front and said, "If you don't want to go in later, forget it. We'll buy what we like and come out later." They came to the bookstore. There was only one bookstore in the town, and it was large enough to be easily recognized.
Yan Bingfa and Zhou found a corner and squatted down. "Go quickly. If there's something suitable, buy it. If not, forget it."
Chunxiao didn't say much to them and pulled Shuwen into the shop. There were not many books in the shop. There were a few young men picking books inside. When they saw someone coming in, they looked up and then lowered their heads to look at their own books.
Chunxiao was very confident when she came in, but now she seems a little weak when she sees people.
The bookstore was full of men, and she felt like an outlier with a child. Fortunately, the waiter beside them was very enthusiastic and didn't show any disdain when he saw them. "Are you two here to buy books or paper and pens? We just got some new paper and pens today. If you need any, I can show them to you."
Chun Xiao felt a little relieved when she saw the waiter's attentive greeting. "I want to buy a children's enlightenment book for my nephew. Brother Xiaoer, can you show us a book?"
"There are enlightenment books. Please follow me this way, young ladies." The waiter led them to a corner by the wall. "They are all here. Do you want me to recommend some to you, or would you like to take a look on your own?"
Chunxiao took a look at the books in the cabinet, and they were indeed some introductory books on literacy. "Brother Xiaoer, tell me the prices of these books. Once we know the prices, we can choose among them ourselves." Shuwen was already reading the books, although he could not understand anything.
"The books on the top row of this cabinet were all shipped back from the county town, and they're all priced at 2 to 3 taels of silver per book. The books on the bottom row are the same as the top ones, except they were copied by students from the town's school. The handwriting isn't as good as the top ones, but it's very neat, so they're cheaper, 1 tael and 2 qian per book. Miss, take a good look and decide which one you need."
"Thank you, brother Xiao Er." After the waiter left, Chun Xiao began to compare the book above with the book below. Indeed, although the handwriting in the book below was neat, the words were not as well-written and powerful as those in the book above. Anyway, they were also learning calligraphy and had not yet reached the level of practicing calligraphy by copying. For a half-baked person like her, the book below was more than enough. She did not expect that the difference in the handwriting was so great.
She glanced at the book still being flipped through, "Let's pick the ones in the bottom row. You pick first, and then Auntie picks, and then we pick one last time."
Shuwen curled his lips as he looked at the book and said, "Aunt, why don't you just forget it and buy the book later." One tael and two cents is too expensive.
"What did your father tell you?" Chunxiao was flipping through the book. She was now looking for a book with many words and low repetition rate, so that it would be more cost-effective.
"My father said that books are not worth buying if they are over one or two years old."
"Your father said that on purpose. Even if I don't read, I know that this book costs more than one or two wen. If you listen to your father, you will never buy books in your life. Listen to your aunt. Think about it, if you buy a book, Shufeng and the others can learn together, and your aunt can learn too. It only costs 200 wen for each of the six of us. Do you think it's a good deal? Your father hasn't done the math, but if he could, he would think it's a good deal."
"Really?" After hearing what my aunt said, I really felt that it was a good deal.
"Of course it's true. Besides, this is my aunt's money. What do you want your father to do? Hurry up and choose." The two began to choose books seriously.
Although Shuwen didn't understand, he knew that thicker books must have more words. Chunxiao compared the two books and finally picked out an enlightenment book with small but many words. After picking the enlightenment book, she looked at other bookshelves. There were many storybooks, biographies and the like in the shop. Although she wanted to buy them very much, she couldn't afford them now.
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