Chapter 50

"Well, I'll go with you. "Uncle Liu looked at Shen Qing and saw that she came by herself. It's not good to let her son go with a big girl. It's also bad for the reputation of the girl's family. Let's go by ourselves.

After returning to the residence and measuring, it took Shen Qing less than six liang of silver for nearly 20 sets of tables, chairs and a counter. Originally, it would cost more, but uncle Liu said that in order to be light, it's not a good wood, and there are no big pieces, so it's cheap.

At noon, I made some lunch at home. After Shi Shi's lunch break, Shen Qing began to walk on the street again.

Most of the East Street is catering. Shen Qing turns around and finds nothing special. In the afternoon, the streets seem deserted. It seems that people here usually have the habit of taking a lunch break.

Walking, walking to the West Street. When I came to Daliushu alley again, I saw a bookstore beside the school. This bookstore is similar to the bookstores or stationery stores of previous generations. It sells either bound books or four treasures of the study.

Shen Qing turns around casually in front of the bookshelf, and a voice rings out behind her: "Yo, this is sister Xiaoqing. "

when I look back, I see a graceful figure coming towards me. When I look back, it turns out that it's Chen Caixia who lives not far away.

"Sister Caixia, what a coincidence! "Shen Qing said hello with a smile. For this kind of new friend, Shen Qing didn't have much enthusiasm, just a polite greeting. Maybe I belong to the type of slow heat.

For Chen Caixia, she is a self-made acquaintance. Seeing that Shen Qing recognized herself, she happily stepped forward, took her hand and said, "I said you are really at my sister's house, and you don't want to go in and see me. I don't know when I'll see you next time if I didn't come here to buy some paper for bookkeeping. "

When Shen Qinggang wanted to reply, Chen Caixia's voice continued: "ouch, it's true that people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. Look, sister Xiaoqing and I met you for the first time a few days ago. They are two people. Look at this little face. Its skin is tender and white, just like the egg.

Shen Qing heard that Chen had goose bumps. She forced herself to resist shaking. She said with a stiff smile, "look what sister Caixia said, it's not your craft that's good. Your clothes are beautiful." what the hell! How can you say this disgusting and numbing words.

Quickly closed the topic, Shen Qing asked: "Caixia sister help me see, I want to buy some books for stone at home to see, buy which good?"

Shen Qing really knows nothing about the books read by these ancient people. Just come to a ready-made person and ask. But Chen Caixia thinks that Shen Qing can't read and doesn't know what these books are about.

"You'd better ask the bookseller about that." Although she can read, she doesn't know what stone should read. With that, he quickly walked to the counter.

Behind the counter, there was a gray haired old man sitting on a chair dozing, completely unaware that two people had entered the shop.

"Cough, cough." Chen Caixia coughed two times. Seeing the old man sleeping, she was too embarrassed to disturb her, but even for Shen Qing's sake, she wanted to buy things by herself. Looking at the old man's sleeping fragrance, he had no response to the cough. Chen Caixia bent her fingers and knocked on the counter again. The sound of "Dong Dong Dong" made the old man excited and sit up straight.

"I'm sorry to disturb your nap. My little sister wants to buy some books for her brother. Please recommend them to her. " Chen Caixia is very polite to the bookseller.

"Miss Chen, you're scared. You can't speak well. You have to knock on some table!" Although the old shopkeeper complained, he didn't blame the tone, and they knew each other very well. No wonder they all live in this alley. They don't look up and look down on weekdays.

With these words, the old shopkeeper stood up, walked slowly to the bookshelf, looked back and asked, "has this girl's younger brother ever studied? How old is he now?"

Seeing that the old man was very polite to him, Shen Qing politely replied, "my brother is ten years old and has studied some books."

"Old man, her brother is Shen's beloved son, stone. She is Shen Qing, the beloved daughter of master Shen. " Chen Caixia saw that they were so polite and unfamiliar, but she introduced Shen Qing.

"Oh, it's Shen's beloved son and daughter. Stone, I know. That boy looks good. He's smart. He's a good student. " The old shopkeeper also knew about Shen Qing's family, and he knew her father and stone.

The old shopkeeper took out some books from the bookshelf, handed them to Shen Qing and said, "these books are suitable for your brother. But the books are not cheap. The paperback one should be 800. If the binding is exquisite, it should be 1251. Are you sure you want to buy it? Or you can rent it from me. It's only 20 Wen a month. But you mustn't spoil it He knew the situation of her family, not to mention buying books, but renting them. At the beginning, her father had no money, let alone her father's daughter.

Shen Qing was shocked by the price. These books are not thick. Why are they so expensive? Gently opened to see, when the face neat small regular script, not like a copy, but like a handwritten. No wonder, in ancient times, paper was expensive, let alone manuscripts.

I heard the old man say that I can rent, and the price difference is so much. If you buy these books, you'll lose several liang of silver. Besides, you haven't bought paper, ink brush and inkstone. It's estimated that those books are not cheap."I'll rent it. I won't get you dirty. If it's dirty or broken, I'll buy it at the price. In addition, I want to buy some paper and pens. I don't know how to choose them. " Shen Qing thinks that "books can't be read unless they are borrowed." sometimes it makes sense. In her previous life, she also liked to collect some books she liked, but she usually didn't read them once. On the contrary, those books borrowed from the library, but seize the time to read. Although it's free, every book has a lease term. If you don't borrow the book you like, you may not find it next time, because it may be borrowed by others.

Rent these books first. If you like any of them, it's not too late to buy them. And after reading, you can rent other books. If you read more books, how much money can you save.

"If you just practice at home, just buy the ordinary ones. Of course, I have good ones here, but the price will be much higher. " The old shopkeeper said, went back to the counter, took out a set of ordinary ink and inkstone, and took out a stack of yellow rice paper, said: "this paper sucks ink well, but it's not white, but it's cheap. A hundred only have 40 Wen. This is what students around here use to practice calligraphy. "