Zhang Xiaoshan often follows Li Pingan, so he is not too surprised by Li Pingan's buying and selling behavior. In his opinion, Li Pingan is like this. When he has little money, he is like an iron rooster, but when he has more money, he will not penny. Treat money as money, and buy snacks like candy that poor people think are too expensive as if they are free.
Now that Fugui is a disciple of Dr. Zhu, he is now learning to read and write. It is not surprising that Li Ping'an bought Fugui a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
But I rarely see Li Dong. The last time he did a big shopping trip in Qingfeng County before the flood. Seeing that Li Ping'an spent almost half of his money just by shopping in the bookstore, he couldn't hold himself back. .
After coming out of the bookstore, he couldn't help but sigh: "Studying is a waste of money!"
"Then where can I go? Being rich is just learning calligraphy, not studying. To study, you need books. Books are a waste of money. The cheapest sage books cost two thousand dollars each."
As he said that, Li Ping'an stopped, patted Li Dong on the shoulder, and said sincerely: "When the rich and noble teach you how to read, you study seriously. When the time comes, my eldest brother will also buy you a set of pens, ink, paper and inkstones. In the past few years, Work harder and earn more money. When you get married and have children, you can also teach your children to read and then send them to school. After one or two generations, our family can also be a family of farming and reading."
"Then I can't wait for the pen, ink, paper and inkstone you gave me. I can't learn the words Fugui taught me. I get a headache just by looking at them. I finally got to know them, but I forgot them again when I woke up." Li Dong grinned. He smiled like a fool, "But I'm not afraid of hardship. Brother, just help me make money. I'll leave the education to my children in the future."
"Yo yo yo..." Zhang Xiaoshan screamed strangely, looking at Li Dong with squinting eyes, "Does Xiaodong want to marry a wife? Do you want Brother Xiaoshan to talk to his parents when he gets back, so hurry up? Say goodbye to you?"
Li Dong's face suddenly turned red and he was overwhelmed with anxiety.
"Fuck you!" Li Pingan laughed and kicked Zhang Xiaoshan on the butt, "Stop teasing Xiaodong, I think you just want to get married soon. Believe it or not, I will tell my uncle and aunt early when I get back." Zhang Luo and your marriage to Tao Hua?"
"Then I'll go tell the eldest sister that you hope she gets married as soon as possible!" Zhang Xiaoshan countered.
Li Ping'an: "I didn't mean that. I just saw your urgency. In fact, you want Sister Yue'er to get married quickly, so that you can get married as soon as possible."
"Then your eyes are really amazing!" Zhang Xiaoshan said angrily, "Why didn't I know that I was in a hurry? I remember someone told me that it would be bad for the girl's health to have children when she was too young. Who didn't? I know what the shy person said, but now he seems to have forgotten it."
Li Ping'an was speechless. Who else could he be? Three years ago, when Taohua was sold by her father to his aunt to be Zhang Xiaoshan's wife, he ran to tell Zhang Xiaoshan that it was not good for girls to have children too early.
This is the situation in this era. Girls will get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and many of them have big bellies before their body bones have grown. In his previous life, when modern medicine was relatively developed, giving birth to a child was considered a journey into hell. , not to mention this era where medical standards are relatively backward and the number of doctors is stretched thin.
He can't control others - this is the general trend of this era, like a rolling torrent. He is just an ant, not even a mantis with an arm like a car, and can't stop it at all - but he can convince the people around him that every year can count as a year.
Back then, he was teased by Zhang Xiaoshan for this. They laughed at him for being shameless and saying such things when he was only ten years old. They also teased him about whether he wanted to get a wife just like he teased Li Dong today.
However, Li Ping'an wouldn't just give up. Even if he couldn't defeat Zhang Xiaoshan in terms of force, he couldn't play with Zhang Xiaoshan's face, so he said: "It's okay if you still remember. It means that I lowered my face to you in the first place." It’s not a waste of words.”
Zhang Xiaoshan was immediately stunned and muttered depressedly: "You have said both good and bad things."
Li Pingan laughed, he could only bully Zhang Xiaoshan. Just like this, we left the main street, laughing and joking all the way, and came to a small street with a more lively atmosphere. There are stalls on both sides of the street, selling fruits, vegetables and meat. This is the real fireworks of the market.
After wandering around for a while, he stopped in front of a pork stall. Li Ping'an bought ten pounds of pork belly and five pounds of pork suet. The pork suet was taken home to make lard. Although he ate lightly, he didn't eat it for a long time. Oil is also a bit difficult to handle, but with lard, he can also stir-fry.
Ten kilograms of pork belly is for Fugui to become his disciple. He had asked about the apprenticeship gifts before when he was eager to become a disciple of Dr. Zhu. Ten kilograms of pork is the minimum. If possible, you can add cloth and wine as appropriate. Now he has it at home. Bu Bo also had money on hand, so he arranged Fugui's apprenticeship ceremony as soon as possible. After the apprenticeship ceremony, Fugui became Dr. Zhu's righteous and righteous disciple. The relationship between master and apprentice was equivalent to that of father and son.
Pork is not cheap either. The pork belly and pork suet he bought are both popular items, and together they cost him almost as much as his usual price. But that's not all, he also wants to fight two buckets of good wine.
At that time, Doctor Zhu gave him ten taels of silver on the way to escape the famine. Although it was said to be the cost of the rice he had eaten along the way, it was really not that much. Moreover, there was also cloth at home from Mr. Wang, and the fine linen cloth was used. It's not too shabby to go to the apprenticeship ceremony. Anyway, there is no need to spend extra money on the cloth, so Li Ping'an thought that the apprenticeship ceremony would be more generous, and the sedan chair would be carried by everyone. The more generous preparations on his side would show that they were more sincere, and Dr. Zhu would also have face.
I can't afford good wine anymore, so I can only buy some low-end ones like the four treasures of the study. Two buckets cost a small amount of money. Li Ping'an was a little stunned when he calculated it. Just the things he prepared for the rich were almost spent. Half of the five thousand dollars.
As for wealth, you still need to study medicine under a master. If you study, it will cost more. The apprenticeship ceremony for the master must be more exquisite, and books must be bought. Pens, ink, and paper are all consumables, and everything costs money.
Li Ping'an felt that the pressure on his shoulders was getting heavier. He also thought that in a few years when Xinglong would grow up, he would be sent to the county school to study. There was a long way to go.
Feeling in his heart, Li Ping'an no longer had the intention to continue buying. He only had two guans left of the 5 guan that he had just received and hadn't warmed up yet. What a waste of money to buy.
It was already noon, so I rushed to Juwei Pavilion to meet Dr. Zhu and prepare to go home. Before arriving at Juwei Pavilion, I saw Doctor Zhu standing at the door with his hands behind his back, and he couldn't help but speed up his steps.
When he saw what Dr. Zhu was carrying, Li Ping'an couldn't help but be startled.
Noticing the changes in Li Ping'an's eyes and expression, Dr. Zhu smiled and explained: "I passed the bookstore when I came here. I thought that Fugui still uses a sand table to practice calligraphy, so I bought him a set."
Li Ping'an blinked hard. Today's sun seemed to be more scorching. He said that people should not be active under the scorching sun for a long time. It made his eyes hot.
