After a good night's sleep, Su Tang was not in a hurry when he went to town again. He got up calmly and made red date milk porridge. The two siblings were full. Then Su Tang carried the bamboo basket on his back and Su Nuo filled it with I picked up the basket of wild peaches and set foot on the road to the town together.
After arriving in the town, Su Tang took Su Nuo straight to the East Street. Qinghe Town was not big, but not small either. There were two streets that intersected each other. This East Street was the favorite place for wealthy people in the town.
Because this is the largest and only academy in the town, children studying in several nearby villages and the town are all sent here.
The status of scholars in Qihuang Kingdom is high, but studying is also very expensive. Basically, they start from enlightenment studies. The most common academy in this town alone costs two taels of silver for a year's study. I don't know how many villagers nearby also spend a year. If you can't earn two taels of silver, you can't afford to study at all.
What's more, studying is not just about studying. The academy does not provide accommodation or meals. All of these require additional money. In addition to these, the most important thing is the cost of books and pens. Nowadays, an ordinary Three-Character Sutra of Enlightenment is enough. It costs five hundred taels of silver. If it is an important book, it will cost at least one tael of silver or even several taels of silver, ranging from dozens of taels of silver.
The rarer the books, the more expensive they are, because some books are printed with engravings, which are cheaper, but the higher the level of reading, the fewer people can understand them, so they are basically handwritten copies, naturally. Very expensive.
Pens, inks, paper and inkstones are precious things, so farmers rarely send their children to study. They know that studying can change their destiny, but if they can't afford it, it's in vain.
Therefore, scholars could only study if they came from wealthy families. Because there was this academy on East Street in Qinghe Town, there were many students coming and going. Those who could come to study basically had good family conditions, so many shops were opened near the academy.
There are book shops and shops selling pens, inks, papers and inkstones. Fuxinglou, the largest restaurant in town, is also on East Street. Of course, there are also some relatively affordable small shops and vendors.
After all, not all students who come to study are so well-off. It is enough time to go back to the nearby village from Qinghe Town in one day, but there is definitely no way around it at noon, so spending some money to make do with a meal at noon is also the choice of many students.
This time Su Tang is planning to send the fish balls he made to Fuxing Building to see if he can reach a cooperation. The fish balls produced in the space have no thorns and taste good. Qinghe Town is close to Qingjiang, so everyone has them. As for the habit of eating fish, although fish balls are common, not many can handle them cleanly.
If the negotiation is successful, a big restaurant like Fuxing House will pay for it every day, and she will have a fixed income.
With this in mind, Su Tang took Su Nuo to Fuxing Building on East Street and entered together.
When she saw the second boy at the door, she stepped forward and said, "This boy, I..."
The waiter at the door saw that the two siblings were wearing shabby clothes. There was no pudding on the clothes. The torn clothes were only sewn with black thread, like ugly centipedes on their bodies. At first glance, they looked like poor farmers in the countryside.
Su Tang just opened her mouth, but before she could finish her words, she heard the waiter yelling, "You poor country boy from somewhere, you can come here. If you want to give something away, just go to the backyard and don't step on it." It covered the floor and made the distinguished guests unhappy."
The waiter didn't even listen to what Su Tang had to say, and just kept saying a bunch of things. Su Tang was stunned at first, and then his face turned red with anger.
If we were to encounter someone like this in modern times, Su Tang would inevitably have a fight with him. It would be best to record it all with his mobile phone, and then write a long news article when he gets back to give it a good exposure.
But this was ancient times. When the waiter saw her dressed like this, she looked down upon others, so she had no choice but to endure it.
Su Tang clenched her fists and exited Fuxing Building without saying a word. She happened to hear the people dining inside pointing at her and her brother and laughing.
Su Tang gritted her teeth, pulled Su Nuo and turned around to leave. She would remember what happened today.
When Huang Daxing, the owner of Fuxing Building, heard the excitement downstairs, he came down and asked, "What's going on?"
When the waiter saw the boss coming, he quickly came over to flatter him, "It's nothing serious. I don't know which village an ignorant country boy came from, and he didn't even look at where our Fuxing Building was, so he dared to come directly. Fortunately, It didn’t affect the distinguished guests’ meals.”
When he said this, he forgot that he was just a waiter, and his parents were just country rice farmers who worked in the village.
When Huang Daxing heard what the waiter said, he didn't take it seriously. He nodded and continued to go upstairs.
After Su Tang took Su Nuo out, he took a deep breath and suppressed his anger. Seeing her sister like this, Su Nuo also had red eyes, "He is a bad guy, bullying my sister!"
Su Tang didn't expect the little guy to say this. She turned to look at him and found that the child's eyes were red with anger. He was not an ignorant baby, so how could he not know that they were looked down upon just now.
"Xiao Nuo must study hard in the future, so that everyone will respect us and won't look down on us. Do you understand?" Never before had Su Tang been determined to send Su Nuo to study to succeed like this moment.
In this country, in this world context, only reading can prevent you from being treated so lightly.
Su Nuo also nodded firmly, "Okay, I will study hard in the future, pass the exam and become an official, and protect my sister."
Although she was so angry after being so insulted just now, Su Tang still smiled when she heard her brother's words. She reached out and touched Su Nuo's head, "Okay, Fuxinglou doesn't want it, let's find someone else."
It's not like there was only one Fuxing Building for food business. If one place didn't work, she would go to the second place.
Just after Su Tang took his younger brother and prepared to find another home to leave, not far from where they were standing just now, the young man and his servants walked out.
"It's actually them." Pengmo looked at Su Tang's sister and brother leaving with some surprise. They had only been in Qinghe Town for a few days, but they had met these siblings twice.
When the young man heard what he said, he also glanced at the direction where the Su Tang siblings were leaving. He put his hand on the sword at his waist and said with a dull expression, "This is the largest restaurant in Qinghe Town, but it's not that good either."
Pengmo was stunned when he saw this young master actually saying such a thing, and then smiled and said, "Of course it's not as good as the restaurants in the capital."
He thought that this young man was not used to this restaurant in the countryside. He glanced at Peng Mo, turned around and left. The little money man's non-smiling look was even more annoying than his smile. This shabby restaurant ruined his mood.
Peng Mo was surprised when he saw the young man leaving, "Hey, Master, aren't you going to Fuxing Building for dinner?" Why did you leave just like that
"I have no appetite, so I won't eat!" After a while, Pengmo heard the boy's answer. He shook his head helplessly and left together.
(End of chapter)