Houmen Fenghua: Meet the best evil mother-in-law

Chapter 258 Poor Scholar

Of course, what attracted Zhou Yusheng the most was not the hut of this bookstore. After all, he was a scholar, and no matter how bad his hut was, he couldn't possibly dislike it, right?

What satisfied Zhou Yusheng the most was the books in this bookstore. They directly put aside the books on the imperial examinations, and put ten books of each kind outside.Especially the key bibliography is directly placed in a row for everyone to access.

You don't have to stand there to read the book, you can find a table and sit and read it.

Because the bookstore has just opened not long ago, not many people know about this bookstore, and many seats in the bookstore are vacant, Zhou Yusheng can find a place just by looking for it.

As soon as he sat down, his classmate poked his arm and asked him to look aside.

As soon as Zhou Yusheng turned his head, he saw a patched scholar. It was none other than Ye Maosheng, the poorest scholar in their academy.

Zhou Yusheng has two older brothers to support him, and he lives in the city. Ye Maosheng is different, he is from the countryside, and it is said that their family also supports him with all their strength.

If it wasn't for the accommodation provided by the husband, Ye Maosheng would have no books to read.

Zhou Yusheng walked over and greeted him.

Ye Maosheng raised his head to see him, his face turned red instantly: "Zhou... Brother Zhou..."

"Are you here to read too?"

"Hmm! There is carbon fire here..." Ye Maosheng admitted embarrassedly that he came here purely because of the carbon fire here.

The weather is cold, his clothes are thin, and he has to complete so many homework assigned by his teacher, his hands will be frozen to death, but it is different when he comes here, there is a charcoal fire here.

Even if he is reluctant to part with the pen, ink, and money for copying the books, he can come here to "endorse the books". Anyway, the books that the master wants him to memorize are also available here. He only needs two copper coins at a time, and he can read them for a day without going out.

"It seems that our goals are the same." Zhou Yusheng smiled. He pointed to his classmates and said that they introduced him here, otherwise he would not know when Jinling opened such a bookstore that can make money.

It's just a pity, he just found out today, and he didn't bring anything to eat, so he might not last until night.

But it doesn't matter, it's already an advantage to be able to stay for most of the day, and he can...

After Zhou Yusheng finished speaking in a low voice, Ye Maosheng told him in a low voice that he had brought a lot. If Zhou Yusheng didn't mind, he could lend Zhou Yusheng two steamed buns.

"I was going to have it for dinner..."

Zhou Yusheng: "..."

No, how long are you going to stay?
No, what time does this bookstore close?
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Before Yao's Bookstore became popular, it first attracted poor scholars who lived nearby.

Speaking of this, I have to say that the location of the mansion chosen by the Yao family in Jinling for the Yao family in the capital was a coincidence. There happened to be a courtyard for sale here (the Yao mansion where Gu Qingling and the others are currently living), and Yao Deyi came to check it out. , bought it immediately.

Although this is not the bustling area of ​​Jinling, it is not far from there, just a few streets away.

Of course, this is not the point, the point is that there is an academy here, but this academy is a private academy, not very famous.

Its students are mainly local gentry, occasionally there are a few poor scholars.

As for those who have power and momentum, they will not come here to study.Because of this, in the streets and alleys not far from Yao's house, some families cleaned up their yards and rented them out to poor scholars.

In other words, the reading atmosphere here is much better than other places in Jinling. After all, there is an academy here, unlike the fireworks alley on the other side of Jinling, tsk tsk tsk...

There are many nobles over there, but most of them are dudes.

After Gu Qingling moved in, she was able to be so quiet, thanks to the location.

"So, those who come to the bookstore to study are all poor scholars?"

A few days after opening, Gu Qingling received a list of customers from Moshu.At this time, people don't have such a strong sense of privacy. She said that people who enter her bookstore need to register, and they will register honestly, where they live, what their name is, their age stage...

Gu Qingling glanced over and probably knew it in his heart.

"Yes, old lady." Mo Shu lowered his head and said respectfully, "Now that it's getting colder today, those poor scholars are reluctant to use carbon at home, and there is a Baishan Academy next to them, so when they heard that there was a nearby Carbon fire, a bookstore where reading is very cheap, just spread it to the store..."

Because the time is still very short, and not everyone can't afford carbon at home, so there are not many people who come to the bookstore now, only a dozen or so every day.

It looks like a lot of ten, but people are here to rub the charcoal fire, and they didn't buy any books, that is to say...

A dozen or so people donated 40 copper coins a day, which is not enough for a pot of charcoal fire. Gu Qingling wants to continue doing this, and he is afraid that he will die at a loss this winter.

"Is there no one who buys books?"

"Yes, relatively few." Mo Shu explained that most of the people who come to the store to study are students from Baishan Academy, and they came after word of mouth.

Since this group of people are already studying in the academy, they basically have all the books they need. Unless they get some more attractive books, it will be difficult to stimulate their consumption desire.

Zhou Yusheng and Ye Maosheng saw such a good book, don't they want to buy it?
I want to, but I have no money.

And it takes time to come to the bookstore to read books every day. At first glance, it only costs 2 copper coins a day, but after a long time of accumulation, after reading it for a month or two, the money is enough for them to buy a book.

They will come here just to save carbon and fire money, and they are really reluctant to spend extra money...

"I have visited it personally. They should have someone to end next year. It is time to save money for the county exam, and I don't have much money in my hands..." Mo Shu really wanted to remind the old lady that Yao's Bookstore It's really not a good habit to open at this time.

The real good time to open should be the county examination in February next year.

Once the county examination is over, the posting of the list of the county government will inevitably stimulate many people to work hard, and more people will buy books by then.

"It's okay, I only open the bookstore at this time to do good deeds, and I can still afford to spend that bit of charcoal money..." What Gu Qingling didn't say was that she deliberately chose to open the bookstore at this time in order to accumulate fame.

In order to deal with the scourges of the Yao family in Jinling before, Uncle Yao was severely blamed and his reputation was ruined. Although it spread to the middle of Beijing, Emperor Mingguang issued an imperial decree to praise Uncle Yao for "righteousness and extinction of relatives", "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" , but more or less left the impression of being "ruthless" and "digging one's own grave". No matter what, Gu Qingling wanted to bring back some fame for Uncle Yao.

The aristocratic family doesn't matter, it doesn't have any influence on Uncle Yao, but Uncle Yao is a scholar, he will take the imperial examination in the future, and he is about to take this path, his reputation will be bad, but it will be troublesome.

If it weren't for the imperial decree of Emperor Mingguang, Uncle Yao almost wouldn't even have a place in the county examination.

Compared to looking for people everywhere to promote Uncle Yao's reputation, or the money spent on porridge, burning incense and doing good deeds, Gu Qingling felt that the few pots of charcoal money spent in the bookstore were really nothing.

What's more, if they are all going to end next year, maybe some of them will become Uncle Yao's future colleagues. It's also good to get acquainted with each other in advance and let the other party have an impression.

(End of this chapter)