Su Qingluan understood that no matter his parents, even Aunt Yang, Shouhouer and other people passing by, they actually had no ill intentions.
They are not targeting themselves, but their usual thinking and cognition, which is that for an ordinary person, "reading is useless."
They were just proposing a way to save time and effort based on their own experience.
Because too much experience tells them that reading, especially reading those "big principles" and knowing too much, has no practical benefits.
Su Qingluan also vaguely understood that it is not that simple to "change destiny with knowledge" in this era.
Not to mention that the so-called "imperial examinations" in this era are even more stringent than the modern college entrance examinations. Just "obtaining knowledge resources" itself is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
Su Qingluan had no intention of convincing everyone to accept her idea - that would be impossible, unless everyone was given a hypnotic spell or something.
However, she could choose a compromise that was neither too aggressive nor too compromising.
"Hey, how can it be related to something so far away?" Su Qingluan pretended to be nonchalant, "Then I can't get one or two candidates from all over the country, so I can still do that unrealistic white thing. Daydream?"
She waved her hand: "Zuo just bought some paper and pens for his younger brothers and sisters to use as things to pass the time. The children are noisy and learn to recognize a few words. If they come out to do some small business in the future, let them As long as you know how to keep accounts and read contracts so you won’t be fooled, that’s all.”
"As for my little sister," Su Qingluan continued, "Although she is still young, if she grows up in the future, she will be able to calculate the household expenses, right?"
As soon as Su Qingluan said these words, not to mention Su Guangfu and his wife, even Aunt Yang, Shou Hou'er and several nearby vendors who came to join in the fun nodded with sadness.
"No, at least we have to recognize copper plates and silver, right?"
"And if a young lady marries someone and heads a household, she really doesn't know how to manage accounts, and it will indeed be difficult for her to run the household."
"Hahaha... That's right. If I had known a few words, I wouldn't have been deceived into missing a batch of goods and lost more than ten dollars!"
"That is to say, if you can calculate accounts, you don't need to hire an accountant, and you save a lot of expenses..."
Everyone was chatting, and Su Qingluan secretly breathed a sigh of relief - even though her parents didn't agree with her sister's literacy, she could secretly teach her how to read, but if they were relieved, she would feel more relaxed.
After preparing a certain amount of shredded vegetables for the burrito, Su Qingluan wiped her hands and turned around to get Moxuan, planning to buy some cheap pens, inks, paper and inkstones for her younger brother and younger sister - anyway, it was just for the beginning. For practice, it would be too luxurious to buy those expensive rosin ink-sprinkled gold paper.
Thinking about it in her mind, Su Qingluan came to Nongmoxuan.
Shopkeeper Xu is not here, and there is only one clerk looking after the store.
But at this time, there was another customer in the store, who was also an acquaintance.
"Shopkeeper Liang?" Su Qingluan greeted the chubby figure wearing a scarf hat and royal blue silk robe, "What a coincidence!"
Liang Youdao turned around and showed his round, friendly-looking smile, and said with a kind expression: "Hey, isn't this Miss Su? Are you here to buy some pens and ink?"
Su Qingluan nodded and reported to the guy a list of stationery he wanted.
Shopkeeper Liang listened at the side, turned around and asked, "Miss Su, these stationery are too rough."
Su Qingluan explained with a smile: "It doesn't matter, it's just to let the younger siblings learn to read a little bit. If too high-quality utensils are used, it will be a waste."
Shopkeeper Liang thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Miss Su, wait a minute, there are some pens, inks and papers here. Although they are not of the highest quality, they are suitable for your younger brother and sister to practice calligraphy. You don't have to spend any money today."
Su Qingluan declined several times, but shopkeeper Liang's attitude was very enthusiastic.
It's hard to refuse such hospitality, and Su Qingluan also understands that this is shopkeeper Liang's intention to make good friends with him - after all, from the current point of view, the sales volume of both fish soup and "Thousand Silk Rolls" are very good.
From this perspective, if shopkeeper Liang is compared to a company boss, then she can also be regarded as a skilled worker of considerable ability.
And they are skilled workers who master certain core technologies.
So even if it was for the long-term plan of the "company", Shopkeeper Liang would want to make good friends with Su Qingluan.
After thinking about this, Su Qingluan followed suit and said: "In this case, my respect for you little lady is worse than obeying your orders!"
Shopkeeper Liang chose a brush washer and two strips of pine smoke ink, and said with a smile: "I am always worried about letting a shop assistant buy things that I am used to."
After choosing what he wanted to use, shopkeeper Liang told the clerk from Nong Mo Xuan a list of stationery items. He only said that a clerk from Hongfu Building would pick them up later and asked him to prepare them according to the list.
After he tried the chosen item, the two of them walked towards "Hongfu Tower" together.
The two of them came together to the innermost private room on the second floor near the inner courtyard. Shopkeeper Liang called a waiter and gave instructions, and the waiter trotted downstairs.
"Miss Su, please wait for a moment," Shopkeeper Liang said with a smile, "I'll send the guy over and come back."
While they were talking, someone brought tea and snacks.
Su Qingluan wanted to kill time and do something casually, so she picked up a piece of plum blossom-shaped pastry, took a bite and chewed it carefully.
After taking two bites, she put the snack on the small plate in front of her and started drinking tea.
Although this snack is delicate and honest, it is also too sweet.
Su Qingluan complained silently in her heart.
However, in this era, both sugar and honey are very expensive. Shopkeeper Liang must have specially ordered this snack to be brought, and it is usually difficult to eat it.
So she couldn't express her inner complaints, otherwise she would be a bit "unconscious".
But it was obvious that Su Qingluan was not a person who was good at hiding her thoughts. Shopkeeper Liang immediately noticed the subtle change in her expression and asked hurriedly: "What? Doesn't this snack suit Miss Su's taste?"
Su Qingluan considered it for a moment and said slowly: "This snack is delicate, soft, and so sweet. It must be loved by many sweet-loving people, but I'm afraid it will lose many guests with light tastes..."
Shopkeeper Liang nodded: "I don't like sweets very much. Although this snack is rare, I can't eat it."
Su Qingluan smiled and said: "If Shopkeeper Liang believes me, this little lady has a way to make this snack fragrant and elegant without being too sweet, how about it?"
Shopkeeper Liang's eyes lit up: "If this snack sells well, Mrs. Su will get a share of the dividends!"
This was what Su Qingluan was waiting for. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "In that case, please ask Shopkeeper Liang to get pens and ink and wait for me..."
"It's from the shopkeeper! It's from the shopkeeper!!" Suddenly, a panicked shout came from outside, interrupting Su Qingluan's words.
The footsteps getting closer and closer along the corridor made the floor "thump".
After a while, the waiter from outside broke in: "Shopkeeper, something serious has happened!!"
