Chapter 949 Promise

Bai Erlang pointed at them and said, "It's too shameless for you to say these things. Sir, don't you often tell us that there is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond people?"

Man Bao said: "That was for the two of us, not for you."

Bai Erlang: "Then what should I say?"

Bai Shan stood up, imitating his master, with his hands behind his back and a serious expression on his face, "Erlang, don't belittle yourself."

Man Bao clapped his hands and smiled, "That's right, that's it."

Bai Erlang stared at it for a while, then frowned and asked, "Why should I be different from yours?"

Man Bao sighed, "Because I'm not good with Shan Bao, I'm too proud."

Bai Erlang always felt that she was not criticizing themselves, but boasting, but seeing her shame and heavy expression, he couldn't come up with evidence.

After getting lucky, Bai Erlang snorted, turned his head to ignore them, and turned around after a while and said, "If I really get into Taixue, please invite me to the Zhuangyuan Building for another meal. If you pass the exam, it means that what you said is wrong, and you have to compensate me for a meal."

Man Bao turned his head and asked Bai Shan: "Junior brother, is he stupid? Do we look like fools?"

Bai Shan shook his head, "It's not like that."

Bai Erlang stared at them.

Man Bao said: "How can you win, the profit is yours; lose, the profit is also yours?"

After thinking for a moment, Bai Shan said: "Well, if you are admitted to Taixue, it will be a happy event. Such a happy event, why don't you invite us to have a meal? If you are only admitted to the four schools, then it is true. It's a pity, although this is your ideal, but I think you will still be sad, so how about Man Bao and I treating you to a meal?"

Bai Erlang asked: "Then what if I can't even pass the four subjects?"

Bai Shan looked at him silently.

In those two days, Man Bao was reviewing for Bai Erlang. Although she didn't know much about the abilities of other students, according to Feng Zongping's judgment, Bai Shan's ability is not bad, and there is a great possibility that he can be admitted to Guozi study.

Then use Bai Shan's ability to deduce Bai Erlang's ability...

Judging from the topics they talked about after returning home these few days, there is no major problem with their scriptures and Mo Yi. She listened to the few that Bai Erlang was not sure about. Harsh examiners may deduct points, but they should not will be deducted, so...

Man Bao said confidently: "If you don't even pass the four subjects, Bai Shan and I will treat you to two meals." And then beat you twice!

Man Bao and Bai Shan looked at each other.

Only then did Bai Erlang feel relieved.

The three of them stayed in the afternoon when it wasn't too hot, so they went out to go shopping, mainly to find a bookstore.

Looking for a bookstore near the sixth school, of course, you can't find it. The nearby mansions are too expensive, and ordinary shops can't afford to buy or rent.

So they went down the sixth school, and after shopping for half a street, they found the bookstore.

There are three neighbors in a row, and there are many stalls nearby selling calligraphy, paintings, wood carvings and other things that literati love to buy.

There are many things among them that Bai Shan and the others have never seen before. The exquisite style has really refreshed their cognition, and the prices do not seem to be very expensive.

Bai Shan dug out a pen holder with a unique shape in a small stall, and when he asked, it was only one tael of silver, and he immediately whispered to Man Bao: "No wonder he didn't look very surprised when we gave the pen holder to County Magistrate Yang. , so there are so many strange study rooms in the capital."

Man Bao nodded, looked at it with a paperweight, and said in the same low voice: "It's really unique, much more than what we saw in Yizhou City."

Bai Shan and Bai Erlang nodded repeatedly.

Therefore, the three of them decided to buy it easily without spending money, otherwise how much would it cost to buy so many good things?

How long will it take to buy it back and use it all?

The three of them suppressed their desire to shop, turned around and entered the bookstore.

After entering the bookstore, the temptation is less, because most of them are books.

Bai Erlang didn't want to buy books, but Bai Shan thought that Guozijian's collection of books must be richer than that of bookstores, and that Manbao would save money. He wanted to read Bai Shan's books, so he didn't buy them easily.

The three of them walked around the bookstore, but they didn't find any books they particularly liked, so they started to write.

This thing cannot be bought in small stalls outside, because good pens can basically only be bought in big bookstores. Outside, no matter how exquisite the surface is, they are not as good as those produced by famous artists.

Bai Shan picked out several pens in the pen container, all of them frowned and were dissatisfied.

The shopkeeper saw it, and glanced at the clothes on their bodies, and saw that although they were ordinary silk cloth, they were not old, they were very close-fitting, and there was a tall and burly guard behind the three of them.

He smiled slightly, turned around and took out a box from the shelf behind him and said, "Aren't you satisfied with these pens, why don't you take a look at this one."

The shopkeeper opened it to Bai Shan.

Bai Shan knew it was not cheap when he saw it was packed in a box alone, he reached out to take it, took it out and looked at it carefully, then handed it to Man Bao.

Man Bao also looked at it carefully, touched the tip of the pen lightly, nodded slightly and said: "It's okay."

Bai Erlang took it, turned the body of the pen to look directly, saw a familiar imprint, and said: "Isn't it the Zhai family's Hu brush? My father said that it is not as good as the Sichuan brush, and the master uses the Sichuan brush."

Man Bao insisted: "This one is okay, shopkeeper, do you have any other pens here?"

The shopkeeper knew that they were all experts, so he smiled and said, "Of course I have some, how many do you want to buy? Do you all want this kind of high-quality brushes?"

Man Bao thought for a while and nodded, "Almost, let's see how good yours is first."

The shopkeeper invited them to sit down in the small room next door, and then went to fetch two boxes of pens. When the box was opened, there were four pens in each box. A box of tea is enough.

The shopkeeper said with a smile: "This is the Chuan brush that this young master just mentioned, this box is full of Hu pens, but if you want to say that the best pens are now, it has to be Xuan pens, do you want to have a look, young masters and ladies? "

The three of them shook their heads together. Xuan pens are tributes, even if they are not as good as tribute pens in circulation, with the reputation of tributes, even one tael can be sold for three taels.

Bai Shan and the others don't need Xuan pens to decorate their appearance, so they naturally choose affordable ones.

Bai Shan likes to write very much, so he chooses brushes and inks more. Man Bao also knows this, so he chooses them carefully.

Bai Shan picked out three and put them aside, then asked, "Are there any more?"

The shopkeeper then went to fetch two more boxes and said with a smile, "Everything is here."

Man Bao asked the price and picked two. Bai Erlang thought that he was going to study in the Imperial College anyway, so he also picked two proudly.