Ye Chunqiu said in a flash: "The reason why my grandson's articles are well written and favored by examiners is also a coincidence. When he went to the county exam, he happened to come across a bookstore and read a few books casually. One of them was an ancient book of eight-legged essays. His words were incisive and thought-provoking. My grandson only read the bookstore for half an hour and was greatly benefited. At that time, my grandson wanted to buy it, but the bookmaker said that this was an isolated ancient book. There was no second book in the world. The price was 100 taels of silver. My grandson was short of money and had to go back. Now that my grandson wants to prepare for the provincial exam for the next year, he must hang his beam and sting his thighs and work hard, so he wanted to buy the book, but..."

A hundred taels of silver is not a small amount, at least for the Ye family.

The Ye family did not do business, so they had food in the barn, just like the current imperial court. Because they collected physical taxes, the annual tax was only two or three million taels of silver, while the rest were physical.

However, Ye Chunqiu is now the greatest hope of the Ye family. Once he passes the imperial examination, it will be a different story compared to his current identity.

Like all the little landlords, the old lady lives a life of not being extravagant and saves money, but she never hesitates when it comes to studying and sacrificing ancestors.

One hundred taels... He hesitated for a moment and called someone: "Go and call Song'er."

After a while, Ye Song hurried over and hurriedly saluted the old man: "Dad, you call me?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Ye Chunqiu and pretended to ignore the nephew.

The old lady said justice: "He went to the account to pay 100 taels of silver to Chunqiu. He wanted to have an imperial examination next year and needed to buy books and study, which would never be delayed."

Ye Song was stunned for a moment: "What book is so expensive?"

The old lady has always disliked others asking questions: "If you ask you to pay, you will pay for it. If you ask so much, it is a matter of preparing for the exam in the spring and autumn. Not to mention using a hundred taels of silver to buy books, even if it is two hundred taels or three hundred taels, there is no need to hesitate."

Ye Song couldn't help but go to see Ye Chunqiu. Although Ye Chunqiu's face was calm, he seemed to have expectations for something.

He sneered in his heart, you, a concubine, thought it would be great if you became a scholar, so he took 100 taels of silver to buy books, but I only bought three or four taels of silver after I bought my new clothes.

Ye Song said, "Dad, it's not that my son talks too much, but now he has no money in his account. The past two years have not been a good year, and there are many people in his family... A few days ago, my son checked the accounts, and now he is only forty or fifty taels in his account. Just prepare for the festival for the next day. However, the hundreds of kilograms of oil squeezed from the small oil mill in the family can be exchanged for some money. Even if you send the oil to Zhao Dong's family now, you have to settle the accounts next month. If your father really wants it, he can raise it in the middle of next month, but now he can't do it."

The old lady seemed to know the difficulties of being a leader. Seeing Ye Song's sincere look and no intention of blame, she looked at Ye Chunqiu and said, "Chunqiu, I'm afraid I'll delay some time when buying books. It seems that I have to talk about it after the festival."

Ye Chunqiu looked worried: "I'm afraid it's too late, so the bookseller will sell it to someone else. Then I'll go to the county tomorrow and pay the bookseller a few taels of silver deposit first."

Ye Song's heart skipped a beat. It was really worth a hundred taels of silver to buy a book. What book is so expensive?

The books of this era are indeed valuable, but ordinary old books are only a few hundred coins. No matter how much they are, they are only two or three taels of silver. However, the books of one hundred taels of silver are only the lonely books and ancient books. However, ordinary lonely books and ancient books are all things for rich people, and they are kept for collection like antiques. The Ye family would not have the financial resources of collecting the lonely books. Why is this book so valuable? Ye Chunqiu spent so much money to buy a book, but he was afraid of selling it to others, and was rushing to pay the deposit tomorrow. Not only that, but the most important thing is that my father was always frugal, even if he was snatching a few taels of silver, so why did he support it and spend such a large price to buy a book for Chunqiu.

Oh, my father just mentioned the Spring and Autumn Provincial Examination. This book... must be very important.

Ye Song's eyes narrowed, and there was still a smile on his face, but the smile seemed a little stiff.

At this time, Ye Chunqiu and his old lady had already put aside the topic. Ye Chunqiu talked about some strange stories he had seen in Ningbo, and Ye Song had no intention of listening. He only thought about the booksellers in the county. The counties in this era were not very big, and there were even fewer so-called booksellers. By the way, there were only a few.

By the way, what did Chunqiu do when I went to the third brother? If I can’t do it, I have to figure it out.

Ye Song rushed to the third room, but he did not come empty-handed, but he brought a silk cloth from Songjiang, and his heart was very painful. However, he had always known that the third brother's wife, Zhao, had always liked to take advantage of him.

When he saw his second brother, Ye Bai didn't dare to neglect this time. The second brother was the decision on the family matters. If he neglected, shouldn't he be as northwest as the eldest brother in the future?

Zhao is a person who always smiles at everyone. She is like this to Ye Chunqiu and this second uncle. She poured tea herself. After Ye Song sat down, she didn't rush to drink it. Instead, she said straight to the point: "I just saw Chunqiu coming here. What are he here to do?"

Ye Bai seemed a little hesitant, and he didn't know how to answer.

Ye Song looked at it and seemed to have something to do, so he pointed to the silk cloth: "Last time I went to Hangzhou, I brought some silk, thinking of making some clothes for my younger brother and sister. I didn't have time to do it a few days ago, but today I happened to take time to send it to me. Brother and sister, this is the silk from Songjiang. Oh, Juncai is not young anymore. Since he doesn't like studying, it's okay. People in the clan are not just learning to become good. Look at the eldest brother..." Speaking of this, he smiled awkwardly and clicked on it, just saying that the boss was different from the scholar at the beginning, but so what, then continued: "I just thought, he had to do something. Our Ye family also has hundreds of acres of land in Shanggou, and seven or eight households were taking care of him, but I was worried. Juncai had to go to experience it. After the autumn harvest, let him collect the rent. Third brother and sister, what do you think?"

Speaking of this, there is nothing else to understand. Silk is nothing, it’s just a one-time transaction. But letting Juncai collect rent is equivalent to let Juncai interfere in the family affairs. Juncai is not even Tongsheng. It is difficult to take the imperial examination road. Moreover, he has to take the exam, but he still needs to prepare for the future. Zhao’s eyes lit up: “This… the second brother is really too wasteful, oh, Juncai is time to practice.” Her eyes turned: “Chunqiu just gave some money to let the third brother do something for him.”

Ye Song narrowed his eyes: "Doing things, what's the matter?"

"I'm giving gifts, saying that I've been a scholar. Thanks to everyone's help, he will be a student who receives food in the future, so... I'm also saying... Isn't it Mid-Autumn Festival the next day? Please help him say something, uh...uh..." Zhao seemed a little hesitant and said, "I shouldn't have said it, but since my second brother asked, okay, Chunqiu said, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, when everyone is there, we have to re-establish the rules of the family. We have always been orderly in the old and young, and we also said that there is no saying in this world that the small bullies the big."
Chapter completed!