Gu Qingling had a smile on the corner of her mouth, and she was obviously very satisfied with Mo Shu.
This kid not only has a good brain but also has a sweet mouth. No wonder he can handle the three masters at the same time.
"Since everything goes well, then open as planned."
"Yes, old lady."
...
The weather is getting colder.
Some scholars in Jinling accidentally discovered that a particularly large bookstore suddenly opened in a quiet alley.
Speaking of it, it is not because of how large it covers an area, but because the space inside it gives people a very large feeling. In addition to the rows of bookcases, there are tables and chairs for people to read books.
If anyone wants to copy a book, they will also provide pens and ink, but it is not for free.
The most important thing is that in such a cold day, people’s bookstores actually used carbon fire?!
"Really fake?"
When Zhou Yusheng heard this, he looked surprised.
There is not a bookstore in Jinling, but there is a charcoal fire in the bookstore, which makes the whole house warm and warm. Isn’t this a bit too exaggerated?
At most, the shopkeeper in charge of looking at the store has a fire. If you like it, you can cook it for you, right?
"Really, why am I lying to you? I went there yesterday, otherwise, why would you think I would come over and call you today?"
Zhou Yusheng didn't say anything for a moment.
He said he was a scholar, but the Zhou family was quite poor. If it weren't for the two brothers and sister-in-law working hard to support him as a scholar, he would have had no money to study long ago.
In order to save him money, after it was cold, except for using carbon fire for him alone, everyone else would not use it if they could.
Even his two half-year-old nieces, if they were so cold, would sensible in the bed to keep warm, or wait for the cooking, rush to burn the fire and warm up the body.
Perhaps, for wealthy families, a pot of carbon fire is nothing, but Zhou Yusheng knew that if he wanted to work with a winter of carbon, his two brothers would have to work less for a month or two, and they would not cover the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone he used.
If he adds his clothes now, the usual repair fee will only be higher.
"Let's go, you can read books for free there. Even if you don't buy anything, you only need to... a day..." the man said, "Anyway, it's much more saving than reading books at home. It can still be warm and not easily get sick. They have a lot of books, and maybe you can find the books you want."
Zhou Yusheng, who originally wanted to copy books at home and find a way to subsidize some flowers for his family, hesitated and decided to accompany his classmates to the bookstore before talking about it.
After leaving, Zhou Yusheng discovered that this bookstore was not far from his home?!
The door of the bookstore is not very big. There is a "business" sign hanging on the closed book. There is no street in front or store behind. If someone hadn't led the way, no one would have noticed that there was an extra bookstore here.
When you push the door open, a heater hits you.
No one needed to remind him at all, Zhou Yusheng quickly closed the door to prevent the air conditioner from floating in.
A young man stood behind the counter facing the door. He saw someone coming in and greeted them with a smile.
Zhou Yusheng then realized that the structure of this bookstore was a little different from what you usually see. Usually, the counters of the bookstores were on the side of the front door. You could see rows of bookcases, and there were many eye-catching re-promotion books on the front.
But this bookstore is not the case. The counter is placed horizontally opposite the door, which is wider than the average counter. The one behind the counter is not a book, but a space grid, with strange symbols such as "1, 2, 3" drawn on it, which makes people a little confused.
When the waiter asked Zhou Yusheng if there were any items to be stored, Zhou Yusheng realized that the "space" behind it was not beautiful, but was to help store things.
After all, not everyone comes to the bookstore empty-handed. If you want to bring something, it is not convenient to bring it in, you can place it here. At that time, the bookstore will give the person a number plate. The so-called strange symbol is not a symbol, but a "Arabic numeral" transmitted from other places.
"Number?!" Zhou Yusheng was shocked. He knew one, two, three, four, and didn't know that there was a corresponding "1,2,3,4"?!
Zhou Yusheng understood as soon as the waiter explained.
That's right, Arabic numerals are just a few words, much simpler than one, two, three, and four, especially when there are more digits, they occupy only three squares, but if they change to one, two, three, and four, the position they will occupy will be wider after being over a hundred.
In order to save space, bookstores should think of some labor-saving methods.
Zhou Yusheng asked the waiter, "Is it really only a few copper coins to study here a day?" If you don't buy books, it really doesn't matter? The bookstore burns so much carbon fire every day, and if no one buys books, wouldn't that be...
Unexpectedly, before he entered, he started to worry about the bookstore. The waiter smiled and said, "Young Master is joking. The master opened this bookstore not to make money. It doesn't matter whether it makes money or not. As long as someone is willing to come to our bookstore to read books. Is this the first time I'm here? Please look down at the rules of the bookstore first, so as to avoid misunderstandings and unhappy things in the future..."
The waiter pointed to the counter in front of him.
When Zhou Yusheng saw that someone had "written" a lot of words on the counter. The first one was "No noise in the store, please keep quiet", then "Please take care of the books, and make compensation for the price without reason", "Two copper plates are in and out at a time, and please pay when you go in and out repeatedly"...
So, it’s not what my friend said about 2 copper plates a day, but 2 copper plates a day?
Zhou Yusheng looked at his classmates, and his classmates felt a little embarrassed. When he got in with his classmates, the classmates whispered: "I came here for a full meal today and brought two steamed buns for lunch. I was going to wait until the bookstore closed before leaving..."
Zhou Yusheng immediately understood what his classmates meant, and was a little shocked, but...
But he also wants to do this, what should he do?
“Can you eat in a bookstore?!”
"Shh... whisper." The classmate looked around and made sure no one noticed them. He whispered, "Be careful when eating, don't lose debris, just let people find out. When I came yesterday, I found that someone did this. If you want to be willing to spend money, you can buy a pot of tea, but the tea is a bit expensive..."
"What if I want to go to the cottage?"
The classmate pointed in a direction and said, "There is a small door there and a thatched house there, but after use it, you must rinse it with water to ensure it is clean."
Zhou Yusheng was not able to see the strangeness of the thatched cottage for the time being, and only heard the three words "water rinse", and was a little confused.
After he went there, I realized that what his classmates said was "water-water" was really--not a large "one"-shaped groove, but it seemed to be covered with ceramics, which was the place to go on a large size.
This kind of large-sized place is divided into one room, and there are at least five of them at a glance, all of which are equipped with small doors.
On the back wall of the large size, there is also a row of "urinals" that look like large belly-shaped medium-sized pots that have been cut in half, and are loaded on the wall, and are made of ceramics like the "large pool".
There were five of them as they rolled over.
Whether it is directly opposite the small door of the large room or the urinal on the back, there is a particularly large water tank in a row. The lid on the water tank is half open, and a scoop is placed.
On the wall, there is a schematic diagram teaching you how to get into the thatched cottage, and it will also remind you to "flush it clean".
Chapter completed!