Chapter 489

The three brothers all planned to listen to Man Bao's suggestion to send their children to school, and Lao Zhoutou would naturally not object.

Although he is the head of the family, if the children under him make the same decision, he will not be too opposed to it.

He just wasn't happy to pay for it himself.

However, although he did not pay, he agreed to Qian's idea of ​​dividing the money again.

Not only did Zhou Dalang and his wife have a meeting last night, but the old Zhoutou and his wife also spoke quietly for half the night.

How important reading is, you can see how important it is.

Did they recognize privet and yam before? Do you know how to grow ginger?

Not to mention selling wheat as wheat seeds at a high price to Master Bai.

In the past, they thought that reading could be an examiner, a teacher, and an accountant, but they never thought that reading could bring so many benefits.

So deep down, Lao Zhoutou also wanted to send his children to school.

However, there are too many children at home!

Not to mention what is already there, they will have children in the future, and he still has two unmarried sons.

If a precedent is set now, will children born in the future be sent?

If you have to send it, the family doesn't have so much money.

Don't look at the fact that the family has nearly 400 taels of silver. It's really not much money for studying.

Moreover, the number of one birth is not the same as the number of one birth. Now the children have no conflicts. When there is one in the future, they should turn over the old account.

Even the smallest things can make a fuss.

Qian Shi also felt that it was not good for the public to pay the money, so she discussed it with Lao Zhoutou and said, "In the future, there will be a lot of money for each house, so we can't keep letting them take money from us. What it means is that this time, if you share some money, the family will change the rules, and in the future, in addition to the output from the fields, each house will turn in 50% of the money earned by itself, and keep the remaining 50%."

Old Zhou Tou thought for a while, then nodded.

So the old Zhou family heard the good news the next day.

Man Bao was so excited that he asked happily, "Dad, how much can I share?"

"Why are you so happy with so much money?"

"I have more money, but I also like money. Who is not happy with more money?"

Old Zhoutou thought about it and said: "Last night, I discussed it with your mother, and we came here as last time. ."

The crowd rejoiced.

The old Zhoutou warned: "Although you have money, don't spend it indiscriminately. The children need more money to go to school, so there is no need to buy books. Let Manbao copy a few copies. , Yantai, just use one for the two of you..."

Man Bao: "...Dad, they all have to go to school, I have to copy for a long time."

"What are you afraid of, the class won't start until after the Lantern Festival. Isn't there about ten days left? Try it first and see how many copies you can copy."

Man Bao felt that what she had just thought was really incomparably wrong. How could she feel that her father was being generous, he was still so stingy.

She turned her head with a snort, and then said to Zhou Dalang and the others: "Brother, if you go to the county seat, just buy pen and ink, and I'll buy paper."

Manbao's paper has always been bought from the mall, which is cheap and easy to use, but it saves a lot of money than buying it from the bookstore.

So she has always been able to use paper as she pleases.

After thinking about it, Zhou Dalang and the others said: "Let's just give you the money, you can lead a few nephews and nieces to buy it, we don't understand this."

The old Zhoutou immediately said: "Yes, you lead them there, aren't you familiar with the shopkeeper of the bookstore? You let him be cheaper. Our family buys such things."

Except for the first time that Man Bao's school utensils were brought to the bookstore by Zhou Yilang for the first time, she bought them herself every time after that.

Either it should be led by Thursday, or by Wu and Saturday, or with Bai Shanbao. Anyway, the books, ink, paper, inkstone, etc. that she wants to buy are her own choices.

So Lao Zhou's family has confidence in her vision and bargaining power in this regard.

The main reason is that the shopkeeper of the bookstore looks like a scholar at first sight, and when they meet him, they can't help but feel weak, and they will be three points weaker in bargaining.

So it's better to read.

After reading the book, no matter who you meet, you can bargain with confidence.

Man Bao had no objection. When he took the money from his brothers and sisters, he rolled his eyes and had an idea.

The next day, she took a stack of paper and a few strings of copper coins and ran to Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang, and asked them enthusiastically, "Do you want to copy books to sell?"

The two were very interested, "What book did you copy?"

"It's the simple "Thousand Characters" and "The Analects," Man Bao said, "I brought both paper and money."

Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang are not short of money, but they are very interested in the activity of copying books to make money.

Man Bao smiled happily, put the paper on the desk, and said, "One book of twenty characters."

Bai Erlang nodded again and again, and had already dragged the paper over, but Bai Shanbao knew how much a copy of "A Thousand Characters" was sold in the bookstore.

The worst one costs 100 wen, let alone the printed ones, and the best paper costs 300 wen.

Regardless of whether it is the former or the latter, the price of Manbao is almost comparable to the price of sauerkraut.

So Bai Shanbao was not happy, "You are too little."

"A lot. I don't mind if you have ink spots in your book, or if your writing is not neat, as long as your writing is correct."

Bai Shanbao thought about it, and when he heard this, the requirements seemed to be very low.

Man Bao had asked the bookstore shopkeeper about the rules and prices for copying books, so he confidently said to the two friends, "The bookstore has strict requirements for books, no typos, no ink spots, and no more. It has to be neatly arranged, and the words have to look good..."

Man Bao once copied a lot of books for Mr. Zhuang, and wanted to take some copying jobs from the bookstore to play. Unfortunately, after reading her writing, the shopkeeper of the bookstore cruelly rejected her. .

She consciously talked about copying books. She was already on top of Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang. As a result, she didn't get the job of copying books from the shopkeeper, and it was even more impossible for them.

Only she can use the books they copied.

But she also has requirements, "This is a book for teaching and educating people. You have to copy it well, and no typos or omissions are allowed."

Bai Shanbao was persuaded by her, nodded and said, "Don't worry, if there is a typo, we will rewrite it."

Anyway, it is copied page by page, if any page has a typo, just throw it away.

Man Bao was happy, and took out the pen and ink from his bookcase, "I'll copy it with you."

Bai Shanbao was very curious, "Why do you want so many books?"

"Give it to my nephews and nieces, they will also go to school."

Bai Erlang couldn't help staring, "Isn't there a dozen more people in the school?"

"How can there be so many, and the five and six heads can't go up, so there are only seven."