Li Qiao couldn't help laughing: "Then this is tantamount to moral kidnapping. It is originally a thing that everyone is happy about. Don't be unhappy because of this little corn. Brother Zhu and I are not short of this little corn."
"But since you brought it over, I'll buy it."
"That's right, aunt, I'm going to get the coins." Tao Zhu said and turned back to the house.
Zhang Gui'e: "..."
She wanted to say that she didn't want the money.
However, when she thought of the situation in the village, she was speechless.
Yes, a piece of tender corn is worth a copper plate. If others are not willing to give Li Qiao dozens of copper plates, then she is doing bad things out of good intentions.
"Oh, I should have thanked you for nothing more than a few corns."
"Brother Zhu and I both know what my aunt is thinking, but this is not a matter between our two families, so we keep things separate. Because your family is the first household, Brother Zhu and I accepted the corn you sent. From now on, Finally, we won’t accept any gifts from anyone.”
Li Qiao said.
It's not like he didn't make money from it. Shopkeeper Wang had to give him some money for every corn-infused corn-and-pork dumpling he sold.
So there is no need to take advantage of the fellow villagers.
Zhang Gui'e was completely speechless after hearing this.
But at the same time, I admired Li Qiao even more.
Having done such a big thing for the villagers, if it were someone else, he might be so proud that his tail would be raised to the sky.
But Li Qiao was not only dissatisfied, but also became more polite to everyone.
She was uneducated and couldn't say anything unique. She could only say: "Li Qiao, aunt hopes that your family's business will get better and better. I heard that you want to study and take the imperial examination. With your character, you will definitely be able to pass the exam." Become a scholar."
Li Qiao: "..."
He is taking the imperial examination again, and he is full of confidence in him.
Suddenly the pressure is overwhelming.
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Seven thousand seven hundred words today, I hope there will be more tomorrow... QAQ
Chapter 57 Buying Books Reading is really expensive
Tao Zhu and the villagers all had high hopes for him, but Li Qiao gritted his teeth. He really couldn't let go.
The next day, he drove an ox cart to the county seat. After entering the city, he first bought a set of tables and chairs.
The table that he and Tao Zhu used to keep accounts was a small dining table, only half a meter high. Even Tao Zhu felt uncomfortable lying on it to write, let alone him.
But because he writes few words every day, he and Tao Zhu plan to wait until the new house is built before buying a big desk.
But now Li Qiao can't wait any longer.
The ancient imperial examination was definitely more difficult than the college entrance examination in his previous life. Although the original person had studied for ten years, it was as if he had not studied. He had to start over.
And he can't live in the county town and concentrate on studying like Zhuang Wen, so he has to work hard now.
He bought all the books and tools needed for the imperial examination, read and memorized them while making snacks, and filled his empty mind with the original texts of the books, so that he would feel less urgent.
So, after buying tables and chairs, Li Qiao led the ox cart to the bookstore.
There are several bookstores in the county, and Li Qiao went to the one where he bought paper and pens before.
In Li Qiao's original memory, the imperial examination was about eight-part essay, because that's how it was done in TV dramas.
But after searching the memory of the original person, he found that the imperial examination in this world was not like this. There was no eight-part essay in this world. The imperial examination tested the meaning of ink, scriptures, policy theory, and poetry.
Mo Yi, simply put, is to extract a certain sentence from the classic meaning and ask the candidates to explain the meaning of this sentence.
Tie Jing is actually a fill-in-the-blank question. A sentence is taken from the book and a few words are missing on purpose. The examinee fills in these words and is done.
Therefore, Mo Yihe Tie Jing is a test of rote memorization.
Li Qiao is not afraid of endorsements, but he can't handle the large number of books. The imperial examinations in this world not only test the Four Books and Five Classics, but also the Three Histories and Three Biography, that is, "Historical Records", "Hanshu", "Dongguan Hanji" and "Zuo Zhuan", "The Story of Gongyang" and "The Story of Huliang".
Plus some annotations specially written by everyone for these books, there are dozens of books in total.
There were so many classical Chinese texts to memorize that Li Qiao felt tired just thinking about them.
After the end of the world, he was used to only doing things but not thinking. Now that he was asked to go back to be a student and take exams, he really wanted to sigh.
But there is no other way. Since you have decided to take the imperial examination, endorsement is the most basic thing.
Because for a modern man like him, poetry, lyrics, and poetry are as difficult as climbing to the sky.
When I entered the bookstore, I was greeted by a clerk.
Li Qiao was wearing a cotton robe today. In addition, he was good-looking and had fine skin and tender flesh. It was obvious that he had never done heavy work, so the guy's attitude was quite good.
"Sir, the shop not only has all kinds of books, but also pens, inks, paper and inkstones. I wonder what you need."
"Buy a set of four books." Li Qiao had already thought about it.
There are four books and five classics, so let’s start with the four books.
When the clerk heard the word "set", he smiled even more. He was a big customer.
"Your Majesty, please come this way." He led Li Qiao to the bookshelf where the Four Books were placed: "The Four Books in the shop are available in manuscripts and journals. I wonder which one you would like to buy?"
Without waiting for Li Qiao's answer, he immediately added: "Although the handwritten manuscripts in the shop are fine copies, the handwritten manuscripts are not as good as the printed copies. If you are not sure, you can take one copy of each for comparison."
Manuscripts were copied by scholars from poor families in order to make money, and were relatively cheap.
Naturally, he hoped that Li Qiao would buy a copy of the magazine.
Li Qiao also wanted to buy the edition. He asked, "What are the prices of the two editions?"
"For the handwritten version, because the number of words in each of the four books is different, the price is also different, but if added together, a set is worth five guan. For printed copies, a set is worth 10 guan."
The guy replied with a smile.
"...I buy manuscripts."
Li Qiao touched the money bag and could only say this.
He would like to buy the journal, but his pocket doesn't allow it. Although his family now has a lot of income every day, it also has a lot of expenses.
Not to mention the house that has not yet been completed, he also wants to save money to buy land and become a landlord.
Only when he became a landlord and could collect rent, and his family had a steady income even if he didn't make snacks, could he concentrate on studying.
Anyway, it's just an endorsement now, and the manuscript is the same as the publication.
When the clerk heard this, the smile on his face did not change, and the manuscript was also worth five guan.
He took a set of four manuscripts from the bookshelf and asked Li Qiao to inspect them.
Li Qiao had never read the Four Books before, and only knew some famous sentences in them. The original person had read a little, but that little content was not enough to test whether there were any errors or omissions in the four books.
However, since it can be sold in a bookstore, it must have been verified by the bookstore.
So, he just flipped through it briefly and asked the guy to wrap it up.
"Sir, do you need pen, ink, paper and inkstone?" the clerk asked again with a smile.
"Hmm... buy three knives of straw paper, two knives of linen paper, and one knives of rice paper. And two more ink sticks, I want ordinary ones." Li Qiao said.
According to the memory of the original person, when Dasheng was first established, the population was too small, and some people often couldn't find enough local students to vouch for them when taking the exams for scholars. In this case, the imperial court's requirements for the imperial examinations were much looser.
For example, the previous dynasty clearly stipulated that people with disabilities could not take the imperial examination.
It is also clearly stipulated that when two candidates have the same level, the one with outstanding calligraphy will be selected for admission.
But the founding emperor of Dasheng was in urgent need of talents at that time, so he did not look at anything else but only true talent and practical learning.
But not in recent years.
The old emperor abdicated and the new emperor ascended the throne. It was rumored that the new emperor's calligraphy was mediocre, but he believed that calligraphy was a person's face. Although he did not regard calligraphy as a reference for the imperial examination like the previous dynasty, the world The majority of college students have begun to practice calligraphy diligently.
The original calligraphy skills he had with Tao Zhu were similar to those of Tao Zhu, a beginner. Now that Li Qiao was going to take the imperial examination, he naturally had to practice calligraphy hard.
When the clerk heard Li Qiao's words, he felt happy. He was indeed a big customer.
"One cut of straw paper is worth thirty cents, and three cuts is ninety cents. One cut of hemp paper is worth one hundred cents, and two cuts is two hundred cents. One cut of rice paper is worth one thousand cents. This adds up to a total of one thousand two hundred and ninety cents. arts."
"As for ink ingots, our locally produced ink ingots are enough for daily writing. One piece is forty yuan, and two is eighty yuan."
"In addition to the five thousand texts of the four books, guest, the total is six thousand three hundred and seventy texts."
The guy's calculation ability was quite strong and he calculated the final price without using an abacus.
Li Qiao hummed, this was the number he calculated.
He opened the money bag, took out a small silver ingot of five taels, and took out a lot of money, and finally counted out three hundred and seventy copper coins.
When the money was given out, the purse was half empty. Adding in the thirty taels of silver for the desk and chair, the day's income was gone.
Who wouldn’t say that studying is expensive?
After carrying the book and paper back to the oxcart, Li Qiao went directly back to the village.
It was just noon when he got home, and Li Chuntao had already prepared lunch. Today's lunch was still sumptuous, including braised duck neck and duck offal, fried pumpkin, corn buns, and rice wine glutinous rice balls.
The brewing method of rice wine is very simple. Li Qiao brewed some rice wine while teaching Li Liang how to make maltose.
In addition, the preparation of glutinous rice balls is also simple, so rice wine glutinous rice balls have now become a dessert in his family.
Today's glutinous rice balls were stuffed with corn and black sesame. Even after eating corn for several days, Tao Zhu still wasn't tired of it.
At the dinner table, Li Qiao talked about today's expenses.
Li Dashan clicked his tongue when he heard this: "Uncle, from now on I will follow you to learn how to read well. You spend one share of the money, and we can learn the words of three people!"
Li Qiao was speechless when he heard this. This silly boy was willing to work hard to learn literacy because he felt sorry for money.
Tao Zhu nodded fiercely: "Da Shan is right, this money cannot be spent in vain."
Make the best use of your money.
