Lin Wanwan took out eight taels of silver and put it on the table. "Boss, if you think it's okay, please sell it to me. I really like this bowl of yours!"
The shopkeeper frowned, stared at her for a while, and sighed.
"Well, take it away..."
Lin Wanwan immediately grinned and put the bowl back into the wooden box.
"Thank you, shopkeeper!"
The shopkeeper waved his hand and said unhappily, "Take it away quickly, it makes me upset just looking at it!"
Lin Wanwan smiled at him playfully, "Hey, don't worry, boss. I will come to take care of your business regularly in the future!"
"Hmph!" The shopkeeper turned his head and went to tidy up other things.
Lin Wanwan smiled and shook her head, then moved the things onto the donkey cart. Ping An and Lin Bai also helped with some light items.
After coming out of the grocery store, he took them to the bookstore.
As soon as I walked in, a gray-haired old man came out and asked kindly, "Little girl, what do you want to buy?"
"Uncle, my two younger brothers are going to school. What do they need to prepare?"
The old man stroked his beard with a smile and nodded, "You are good at studying. Have you become my disciple?"
Lin Wanwan shook her head. "Not yet. I'll be going there in the next few days. What do I need to prepare?"
"In addition to paying the tribute, you also need to prepare six gifts, which include celery, lotus seeds, red beans, red dates, longans, and a piece of lean meat, to express your feelings."
"The Master will give you books like The Analects after you receive them. Your brothers are just beginning to learn, so they don't need too many books. Just buy some brushes and paper to practice calligraphy."
Lin Wanwan bowed to the old man.
"Thank you for clearing up my confusion, old man!"
Lin Wanwan picked out two sets of entry-level writing brushes, inkstones, and paper, and looked at the books on the bookshelf. Wow, they were all familiar books. Did they bring all the Chinese history books here? No wonder it was like a parallel world. Except for the changes in the place names and some historical events, there were no other differences.
Lin Wanwan picked up a copy of "Thousand Character Classic" and "Records of the Grand Historian" and turned to pay. When she heard that it would cost twelve taels of silver, her hands trembled a little... No wonder Shi Tou and the others wanted to make money. Who would have thought that studying would cost so much money!
Lin Wanwan handed him the silver.
The old man pointed at the Historical Records on top and said, "This book is quite expensive, it costs six taels and seven cents. You took one less copy. There is another volume, the second one. Wait a minute, I'll get it for you!"
"Huh..." She let out a long breath. It turned out to be two books. It doesn't matter if they are more expensive!
Lin Wanwan took the things and drove to the carpenter's shop.
"Manager Qian! It will take a few more days to finish it!"
When Qian Mao heard the sound, he hurried out from the back hall with a pile of sawdust on his body.
"Hey, Miss Lin, look, I've personally been busy with the work. I'll send it to you tomorrow afternoon. Is that okay with you?"
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Boss Qian! Boss Qian, don't forget that we still have to start working on the water mill!"
"My dear aunt, you never let me have a moment's rest!"
"Hehe~" Lin Wanwan couldn't help laughing, "Boss Qian, don't sit idle, you have to make up for your losses last time, right..."
"Okay! I'd better get back to work!"
"Okay, then you go ahead and do your work, I won't bother you anymore!"
Then he went to the grain store to buy some gifts for his apprenticeship, and also bought some more beans of various kinds, spending another two taels.
After this trip, her purse was deflated. The purse in her arms, which used to be enough to support her stomach, now shrank twice in an instant, leaving only a small corner exposed.
She counted the silver she had on her. She had brought more than sixty taels today, and there were still three hundred and seventy taels in the space. She only had a little over five taels left on her. Alas, she had to go get some pig offal later. This money was really hard to spend.
Passing by a snack shop, I bought some snacks for them to fill their stomachs. Lin Wanwan also tasted some. It was a bit dry and had little sugar. It tasted quite fragrant, but it was hard to swallow.
I went to the butcher's shop to get some pig offal and also bought a pair of pork bones.
"Uncle Wang, how are the meat sales lately?"
"It's autumn harvest time now. The products in the village are selling well, but mine isn't doing so well, so I give them all to them."
Lin Wanwan saw that there was still a basket of pork in it, so she pointed at the meat on the chopping board and said, "Uncle Wang, I want most of this pork. If it's hard to sell in the future, weigh more for me. I use a lot anyway."
Wang Shuigen was very happy, and while wrapping them he said, "If you can use them, I'll weigh more for you. Sometimes there's a lot left over, so we can smoke it into bacon and keep it for our family to eat!"
Lin Wanwan's eyes lit up, and she immediately said, "Uncle Wang, can you bring me some to try someday?"
"Hahaha, sure. I'll bring it to you tomorrow. It'll taste really good when you cook it!"
"Okay, don't forget it tomorrow! I'll come get it tomorrow!"
"Don't worry! I won't forget it!"
She pulled a cart of things back to the shop and moved everything inside.
"Wanwan, what else are you going to do?"
"Sister-in-law, you guys take a rest in the shop first and eat something. I have something to do at the Fu Mansion."
Li Yuying nodded and told her: "Okay, then go and come back quickly!"
"Okay! It won't take long."
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