The three brothers all intend to listen to Man Bao's suggestion and send their children to school, so the old Zhou will naturally not object.
Although he is the head of the family, if the children under him made the same decision, he would not object too much.
He just doesn't like paying for it himself.
However, although he didn't 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 talked quietly for half the night.
How important reading is, you will know it when you read Manbao.
Did they know Ligustrum and yam before? Know how to grow ginger cubes
Not to mention selling the wheat at a high price to Master Bai.
In the past, they thought that studying could be an examiner, a teacher, and an accountant, but they didn't expect that studying could have so many benefits.
So deep down, Lao Zhou also wanted to send his children to school.
However, there are too many children in the family!
Not to mention what is already there, they will have children in the future, and he still has two sons who are not married.
If a precedent is set now, will the children born in the future be sent away
If you have to send them all, the family doesn't have so much money.
Don't look at the nearly four hundred taels of silver at home. It's really not much money to spend on studying.
Moreover, the number of children is not the same as the number of children. Now the children have no conflicts. When there are children in the future, they should turn over this old account.
No matter how small things are, they can be noisy.
Qian also felt that it was not good for the public to pay the money, so she discussed with the old Zhou and said: "In the future, there will still be a lot of room for each house to spend money. We can't let them take money from us all the time. It means that some money will be distributed this time, and the family will change the rules again. In addition to the output from the field, each house will pay 50% of the money earned by itself, and keep the other 50%.”
Old Zhou thought for a moment, then nodded.
So the old Zhou family heard the good news the next day.
Man Bao was so excited that he asked happily, "Father, how much money can I share?"
"Why are you so happy with so much money?"
"I have a lot of money, but I also like money. Who wouldn't be happy if I have a lot of money?"
Old Zhou Tou thought about it, and said: "Last night, I discussed with your mother, and I came here as last time. The eldest brother, the second child, the third family, and the family are fifteen taels, and the eldest is forty taels. You guys are five taels." .”
Everyone is happy.
Old Zhou Tou warned: "Although you have money, don't spend it recklessly. There is a lot of money for children to go to school, so you don't need to buy books. Let Manbao copy a few copies. You can make do with them, but you need pen, ink and paper." , Inkstone, just use one for the two of you..."
Man Bao: "...Father, big heads and big girls all have to go to school, I will copy for a long time."
"What are you afraid of? Sir, the class starts after the Lantern Festival. Isn't there still ten days left? Try it first and see how many copies you can copy."
Man Bao felt that what she just thought was really wrong, how could she think that her father was generous, he was still so picky.
She snorted and turned her head away, then said to Zhou Dalang and the others: "Brother, if you go to the county seat, you can just buy pens and ink, I'll buy the paper."
Manbao's paper has always been bought from the mall, which is cheap and easy to use, which is much cheaper than buying from bookstores.
So she can always use the paper as she likes.
Zhou Dalang and the others thought for a while and said, "Why don't we give you the money, and you take some nephews and nieces to buy it, we don't understand this either."
Old Zhou Tou immediately said: "Yes, you lead them there, aren't you familiar with the shopkeeper of the bookstore, you let him make it cheaper, our family buys these things."
Except for the first time that Man Bao's school utensils were carried to the bookstore by Zhou Zhoulang, she bought them by herself every time after that.
Either led by Zhou Lang, or led by Wu Lang and Liu Lang, or together with Bai Shanbao, anyway, the books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones to be bought are all her own choices.
Therefore, Lao Zhou's family is very confident in her vision and bargaining ability in this area.
The main reason was that the shopkeeper of the bookstore looked like a scholar at first glance, and when they met him, they couldn't help but feel weak, and they were even 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, and when he took the money from his brothers and sisters-in-law, 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 and sell them?"
The two were very interested, "What book are you copying?"
"It's the simple "Thousand Characters" and "The Analects of Confucius," 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 laughed happily, put the paper on the desk, and said, "Twenty texts a book."
Bai Erlang nodded repeatedly, and had already pulled the paper over, but Bai Shanbao knew how much a copy of "Thousand Characters" sold in the bookstore.
Hand-copied ones cost one hundred cash for the worst kind, not to mention printed ones, which cost three hundred cash for the best paper.
Whether it is the former or the latter, the price of Manbao is almost comparable to the price of cabbage.
So Bai Shanbao was not happy, "You are too little."
"It's quite a lot. I don't mind if there are ink dots in your book, and I don't mind if your writing is not neat, as long as the handwriting is good."
Bai Shanbao thought about it, and hearing it like this, the request seems to be very low.
Man Bao had asked the shopkeeper of the bookstore about the rules and prices of copying books, so he said to the two friends with confidence: "The requirements for books in the bookstore are very strict. There must be no typos, no ink spots, and no ink dots. It has to be arranged neatly and the words have to look good... "
Man Bao used to copy a lot of books for Mr. Zhuang, and wanted to take some copying work from the bookstore, but unfortunately, after reading her handwriting, the shopkeeper of the bookstore cruelly rejected her. .
She self-consciously talked about copying books, she was already above Bai Shanbao and Bai Erlang, but in the end she didn't even get the job of copying books from the shopkeeper, let alone them.
Only she can use the books they copied.
But she also has requirements, "This is a book for teaching and educating people, you must copy it well, 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 copy it again."
Anyway, it is copied page by page, and if there is a typo on any page, just throw it away.
Man Bao was happy, so he took out the pen and ink from his book box, "I will copy with you."
Bai Shanbao was very curious, "Why do you need so many books?"
"Give it to my nephew and niece, they are going to school too."
Bai Erlang couldn't help staring, "Then there will be ten more people in the school?"
"How can there be so many, five and six can't go up, there are only seven."