Chapter 68 Teasing the Boy
Zhang Juexia asked the man selling peanuts to help her put the peanuts on the carriage. She saw a bookstore next to her, so she parked the carriage and went into the bookstore.
The bookshop clerk asked her what she wanted to buy.
She responded casually and started walking around the bookstore.
The boy rolled his eyes and waited behind her.
Zhang Juexia flipped through the books, but she didn't recognize most of the words.
She turned around and asked the boy, "Which book should I use to start learning to read?"
"Three Character Classic, Disciple Rules, Hundred Family Surnames are all fine."
"Are there any books on local customs and culture?"
"This "Records of the Great Zhou" will do."
Zhang Juexia took the book handed to him by the waiter and flipped through it randomly. "I want a copy of the Three Character Classic and this "Records of the Great Zhou Dynasty". How much is it?"
"Three taels of silver."
"How many?"
The clerk was getting impatient. "Didn't I just tell you, three taels of silver? Big sister, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but our bookstore isn't open to just anyone."
Zhang Juexia only lamented the high price of ancient books, but didn't say she wouldn't buy them. She glared at the waiter and said, "Don't be so mean. It's just three taels of silver. I have it. Please wrap it up for me!"
Seeing that Zhang Juexia didn't seem to be joking, the boy hurriedly and attentively wrapped it up for her.
When she saw the boy had packed it, she took out a piece of silver from her pocket and waved it in front of him deliberately, "I've thought it through. I won't buy it even if I have silver.
There are more bookstores in town than just yours. I come here to spend money, not to be bullied."
She put the silver away and walked out of the bookstore with great momentum.
After walking a few steps, I found that it was indeed a bookstore.
The young man smiled brightly and welcomed Zhang Juexia warmly.
Zhang Juexia specifically asked to buy the Three Character Classic and the Great Zhou Fengwuzhi. When he asked how much it would cost, the waiter also replied three taels of silver.
"Can it be cheaper?"
"Sir, this book is only worth this much money. However, you are lucky today. Our shopkeeper just told us that if you buy two books at a time, we can give you one book as a gift. However, this book..."
"What book did you send?"
"They're all military books. To be honest, they're all good books, but they're not suitable for people who read books."
Zhang Juexia picked up a book at random and flipped through it. Although he didn't recognize many words, he could still read it more or less smoothly. He found it quite interesting, just like Sun Tzu's Art of War, with one strategy after another. He thought it could be used to kill time when he had nothing to do.
It's free anyway.
"This is the only one."
She paid three taels of silver in exchange for three books, sighed helplessly, and drove her carriage to Li's Pharmacy to pick up Liu Mingda.
Liu Mingda had just finished his work and was talking to Li Yidong when he saw Zhang Juexia come in. He whispered to Li Yidong, "Remember what I told you."
Li Yidong nodded in response.
Liu Mingda had very few things, only a small bundle. He asked Zhang Juexia, "Do you want to drive the carriage, or should I?"
"You don't know the way, so let me do it! Doctor Liu, you must trust me. I will make sure you get home safely."
Liu Mingda smiled happily and got into the carriage.
"I bought a lot of things."
"Isn't this where you go?"
"I'm sorry to bother you."
"How could that be? We can't thank you enough for coming to our house."
Along the way, Zhang Juexia was very steady and the mule was very obedient. Zhang Juexia encouraged it from time to time.
Liu Mingda, who was in the carriage, saw Zhang Juexia's strange way of driving for the first time and couldn't help laughing. "You keep calling me a little thing. I'm already a grown mule, but you don't even give me a proper name."
"Why not call it Ah Hua?"
Liu Mingda chuckled, "Is there a better name than this?"
"Ahua is so nice and down to earth, isn't she, Ahua?"
Liu Mingda picked up the book from the carriage and asked, "Who in your family can read?"
"My husband attended a private school for two years."
"I thought you could read, too."
"They know me, but I don't know them."
Liu Mingda smiled slightly and started sitting in the car.
Zhang Juexia also drove the car attentively.
Mrs. Liu failed to get any useful information out of Zhang Juexia, so she went into Yaoji Cloth Shop.
"Manager Yao, how's the matter I asked you to inquire about?"
Shopkeeper Yao was a smart person. Seeing the displeasure on Mrs. Liu's face, she spread her hands and said, "That young lady, although she came from the mountains, was very tight-lipped and didn't tell me anything about her family situation.
However, I am certain of one thing: her husband is a cripple. I saw it with my own eyes when he accompanied her into the shop that day.
"Cripple..."
Mrs. Liu muttered softly.
"Mrs. Liu, why are you doing this? It's wrong for the Zhang family to have changed their bride, and they're definitely too embarrassed to make trouble again. Your third young master should get married when it's time, otherwise we can't afford to delay."
"That's the truth. I always feel that doing this is unfair to Li Niang."
"Hey, the person has been buried for many years, there is no point in talking about it anymore.
Besides, if that young lady is really the Zhang family's legitimate daughter, you asked so clearly, but she still refused to admit it. This shows that she doesn't want to have anything to do with you!"
Mrs. Liu pondered for a moment and felt that what Manager Yao said made sense.
"Tao'er, I feel much better now that I'm talking to you. Sanle's marriage has been a commotion lately, so why did I end up falling for the woman surnamed Tian?
It was originally a good thing, but it turned out like this.”
"Li Li Niang was powerful when she was alive, but she couldn't defeat me. Some things are beyond human control, and this is God's will."
Mrs. Liu sighed, "Let's just leave it at that! Since that girl is already married, there's no chance of her coming back to our house. My Sanle will still have to get married."
"That's the right thing to think. Have you heard that the other girl from the Zhang family, the one your family divorced, is going to marry the wealthy Mr. Li as a concubine?"
"When did it happen?"
“Just these two days.
"Everyone in my shop has been talking about this these past few days. Mr. Li has also invested heavily. I heard that he gave a hundred taels of silver as a betrothal gift. He has also been buying some land recently, and it is said that it will be registered in the girl's name."
Mrs. Liu felt a pain in her heart when she heard this. She clutched her chest and said, "What sin have we committed?"
"What does this have to do with your family? She was divorced by your family and is not allowed to marry again."
Before Shopkeeper Yao could finish his words, Mrs. Liu disappeared. She put down the ruler in her hand and placed it on the counter. "You're running fast."
The young man came forward and looked at Shopkeeper Yao with a smile, "Shopkeeper, why do I feel like you are just watching a show?"
"Little bastard, what am I watching? I just think the Liu family is hypocritical. Who doesn't want to be a good person?
Pooh........"
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