Seeing that Qingshu was unwilling to buy all the books, Old Mrs. Gu said with a smile, "Then see what do you like? Tell my grandmother if you like it."

Qingshu really has a book he wants to buy: "Grandma, I want to buy a full set of "Children's Enlightenment Books."

This "Children's Enlightenment Book" was found very early. At the beginning, it was just some idiom stories and fables. Because the pictures and texts are vivid and interesting, they are very popular as soon as they come out. After years of continuous improvement and addition, the book now contains celebrity anecdotes, common sense of law, medicine and other things.

This set of books is suitable for people of all ages to read. Even adults can read them, they also find them interesting.

The waiter in the book shop met Mrs. Gu and said with a smile: "Old lady, this book is a whole set of twenty-four volumes. I don't know if the old lady buys it alone or a whole set." The price is naturally different from buying a whole set.

Old Mrs. Gu looked at the waiter with disgust and said, "I didn't hear my obedient saying that I want to buy a full set. By the way, take out the best copybooks in your store." She was also not thinking about it and only bought clothes, jewelry and toys for her children, but did not buy copybooks or books for her children.

The waiter went to the inner room and when he came out, he held more than ten copybooks in his hand.

Putting the copybook in front of Qingshu, Old Mrs. Gu said, "Good, come and choose."

Old Mrs. Gu was born in a poor family. When she was a child, she couldn't even eat enough to study. After marrying Old Mr. Gu, she helped manage her business and found that she couldn't read, so she forced herself to learn. She could understand the account and write letters, so she stopped studying.

Qingshu looked at these copybooks carefully, and then picked the copybooks she thought were the best.

Old Mrs. Gu said: "Is it too little to choose only one? Be good, do you want to take a look?"

Qingshu shook his head and said, "Grandma, I think this copybook is the best." It's not enough to chew too much, just practice this copybook well.

The shopkeeper just went to the toilet. When he came back, he changed his face slightly when he saw the copybook, but he quickly returned to his original state: "The girl has a good vision. This "Huang Ting Jing" was copied by Lanzi."

Qingshu asked curiously: "Lan, everyone? Who are you?" She only recognized some words in her previous life and was not familiar with those celebrities.

After listening to the shopkeeper's explanation, Qingshu learned that Lan's full name is Lan Yanghui, who comes from the most famous Lan family of the Ming Dynasty. Lan Yanghui has been outstanding in literary talent since childhood. He passed the top scorer when he was young, and later became the Minister of Revenue. His calligraphy has always been very popular, but there are very few works that have flowed into the market.

When he heard that he wanted 160 taels of silver, Qingshu felt it was too expensive and shook his head and said he would not buy it.

The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief. He had never thought of selling this copybook, but the waiter took it out and was picked up by Qingshu. The book shop could not deceive customers, so even if he was reluctant to leave, he did not fool the two of them.

Old Mrs. Gu saw the shopkeeper's expression and immediately asked, "Is this the original work?"

"Of course it's the original." After saying that, the shopkeeper said: "Old lady, our Baiwenzhai has been established for more than 60 years and has never done anything to deceive customers." Otherwise, he would not have explained it to Qingshu in such detail. So he would rather suffer losses than smash the signboard.

Old Mrs. Gu asked again: "Is it the right way?" She would not buy things that are not the right way.

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "Don't worry, the old lady, the origin is absolutely right. If there is any problem, just come to me."

"Then wrap it up!" Since it is a good thing, how can you miss it!

The shopkeeper was in so much pain, but he still asked the waiter to take a rectangular box and put the copybook in it.

Seeing that Mrs. Gu was so willing, the shopkeeper not only recommended the four essential treasures of the study, such as pen, ink, paper and inkstone, but also recommended a complete set of study tools such as pen washing, pen and ink, and paperweight.

Old Mrs. Gu thought that all these were useful, so she bought them all with a big stroke.

Seeing that Mrs. Gu made such a big deal, the shopkeeper said again: "Old lady, we have newly added a batch of calligraphy and paintings. Do you want to buy a few paintings and hang them for the girl to hang in the study?"

Old Mrs. Gu looked at more than twenty paintings hanging and picked out a pair of rich peonies. The painting Qingshu looked at was very special, and it was a painting of an eagle soaring under the blue sky.

When Mrs. Gu saw this painting, she frowned and said, "Good, let's not buy this one, and then look at the others."

This eagle looks majestic and fierce, and it is not good to hang this in every study in a girl.

Old Mrs. Gu felt that every girl should like flowers, plants, cute cats, dogs, and birds, rather than this kind of raptor.

Qingshu shook his head and said, "Grandma, I like this painting." She wanted to be a fierce eagle that no one dared to provoke, rather than a bird locked in a cage.

Old Mrs. Gu did not object, but just made a request: "Grandma can buy this painting for you, but you are not allowed to hang it in the study."

Qingshu was preparing to hang the painting in the bedroom, but he was not going to hang it in the study, so he answered it in one go.

The things I bought cost more than 400 taels of silver. Qingshu felt a little painful when he sounded, but Old Mrs. Gu signed the bill without blinking.

The shopkeeper will pay him the account if he takes the signed bill to the Gu family.

The shopkeeper smiled and sent the grandparents and grandchildren to the door: "Old lady, girl walk slowly."

The grandparents and grandchildren were about to get on the carriage when they saw a young man wearing a bamboo green gown bowing to Mrs. Gu: "Auntie, Hongdou."

Hongdou didn't know this young man, but after listening to the name, he looked at his age. If he guessed correctly, he should be the child of his second grandfather's family.

It was probably because he was old and he liked to talk. During the days when Qingshu was recuperating at home, his mother Chen told Qingshu a lot about the Gu family.

Although the Gu family made a fortune in business, Gu Xian only had one daughter; the Gu family's second house has three sons, named Gu Heyuan, Gu Herong and Gu Hejie; the Gu family's third house has two sons, named Gu Heguang and Gu Heping respectively. As for why the second house has many sons, they finally adopted the third house, Chen's mother didn't say anything.

Hongdou muttered deliberately, "Uncle, stop calling me Hongdou again in the future. My name is Qingshu."

Old Mrs. Gu smiled and explained to Gu Hejie: ​​"Hejie, you don't know. After this girl gave her a name, she disliked Hongdou for being unlucky and didn't allow us to call her again."

Gu Hejie smiled and said, "The name Qingshu sounds very good." It sounds much better than Hongdou, a vulgar and rustic name.

Old Mrs. Gu smiled and said, "I also want to take Qingshu to buy things. You can go there with yours!"

Gu Hejie looked a little dim when he saw the things in Xinghua's hand. His aunt was really rich!

When the carriage disappeared, he turned into the book shop. At this time, the shopkeeper was scolding the waiter. If he hadn't been confused, he wouldn't have sold the copybook. Even if he didn't lose money, he still felt in pain.

Gu Hejie showed joy when he heard the shopkeeper's words. He didn't expect that he would come to the bookstore to buy books today and encounter such a good thing. However, thinking about the relationship between Mrs. Gu and his mother, he had another headache.
Chapter completed!