The flower market owner was looking at the two men's clasped hands. He smiled and took the seeds to show Jing Li. "These are assorted flower seeds. A bag is only two cents. Although there won't be many buds, a bag of seeds is more than twice the amount of this one I had before."
One pack costs two cents, and three packs only cost six cents.
Most of these flower seeds are wild flowers. There are many different varieties in a bag, with different qualities. Occasionally, one or two rare ones can be grown, but it depends on luck.
However, because the varieties of flowers are different, planting and caring for them is definitely not as easy as those of a single species.
But Jing Li was very satisfied.
Anyway, it's just used to decorate the yard. Although it takes some time, the effect will be better if grown this way.
"Is this okay?" Jing Li asked Qin Zhao.
Qin Zhao said calmly, "I'll do as my wife says."
Jing Li: “…”
Jing Li bought three bags of flower seeds under the teasing gaze of the flower market owner, who also gave them a small bag of rose seeds, wishing them a happy marriage.
The noise made Jing Li look like he was running away when he walked out of the store.
Knowing that his little fish couldn't help but be teased, Qin Zhao said nothing. He politely thanked the boss and then pushed the door open to leave.
After buying flower seeds, they also go to the bookstore to buy books.
There were two bookstores in the town, and Qin Zhao took Jing Li directly to the one he was more familiar with.
It was still early, and the bookstore was empty. A bookshop clerk was standing at the doorway, wiping the shelves. Seeing Qin Zhao come in, he greeted him familiarly, "Hello, Qin Zhao! How are you feeling lately?"
Qin Zhao nodded: "Not bad."
"I think you look good, too. Much better than you did in the winter," the clerk said. "You're just lucky to be here. Our boss was just saying a few days ago that the city has just published a list of books for next year's imperial examinations. Some of the books are selling fast in our store, so he asked me to send some samples to you for you to copy."
Bookstores mostly sold printed books, but these were expensive, and since the number of books needed for the imperial examinations was so high, many people simply couldn't afford the high prices. Therefore, buying handwritten copies was the next best option.
However, the price for simply copying books is much lower than that for revising them. Calculated by volume, one book can only be given about fifty cents.
The advantage is that copying a book requires much less energy than revising it.
Moreover, Qin Zhao wanted to participate in next year's imperial examination, so he also needed to read those books.
Qin Zhao roughly asked which books they were and nodded: "No problem, just ask the shopkeeper to sort them out and send them directly to the village."
"You are so straightforward. By the way, this is..." The guy's eyes fell on Jing Li.
Qin Zhao said, "This is my husband. I wanted to bring him here today to buy some elementary school books."
"Husband...husband?" the clerk exclaimed, "Great, you little one! After just a few days of not seeing you, you've already married a husband?!"
Qin Zhao smiled but did not answer.
The waiter made a few more jokes and led them inside: "At the end of this road, turn right and the elementary school is at the very back."
Qin Zhao led Jing Li forward. Jing Li kept his head down and said nothing. Qin Zhao leaned forward slightly and asked, "Are you angry?"
The bookstore was very quiet and Qin Zhao spoke in a low voice.
"No, no." Jing Li looked away.
He just felt that Qin Zhao was saying "husband" more and more easily.
Even though he knew he was just pretending in front of others, Jing Li felt a little embarrassed and changed the subject: "Let's find a book first."
Jing Li has only learned a few words in the past few days, but he is still far from being able to understand the words in the book, so he can only let Qin Zhao choose.
Qin Zhao picked out two primers for learning to read, and then went to get a few books for the college entrance examination. Just as he was about to ask Jing Li to go back to the counter, he saw something else.
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