Be a master through ancient times

"Oh oh oh..."

The roosters in the village scrambled to crow.

The sun hadn't fully risen yet, and she was half-hidden behind the mountain, revealing her red cheeks.

The industrious and simple farmers have already got up at this moment, ready to start a day's work.

Chu Ci lay on the bed, covering her ears with a pillow.His eyes were tightly shut, and there was a hint of impatience on his face.

These chickens are too annoying!Screaming and screaming every morning, one day I will eat them all!

Since coming to ancient times, leaving the sad job of a high school class teacher and unloading the heavy burden, Chuci has developed the habit of sleeping in.Of course, this is also relative to the simple farmers.

"Squeak-"

The old door was pushed open a crack, a small figure came to Chu Ci's bed, and called softly: "Uncle?"

Chu Ci turned over and continued to sleep soundly.

"Uncle, Uncle! Get up quickly, aren't we going to the town today? You agreed with me, get up!" Chu Xiaoyuan persevered in waking up Chu Ci.

Even if Chu Ci wanted to sleep again, he couldn't sleep now, his Chu Xiaoyuan was noisier than the chickens in the village.

"You brat, you're so annoying." Chu Ci sat up suddenly, with his long hair disheveled behind his head, with a dark face, he cursed bitterly.

"Hey," Chu Xiaoyuan wasn't afraid at all, he smiled, showing his mouth with one missing front tooth, "Uncle, just wake up, I'll fetch water for you, you must hurry up!"

After speaking, he ran out.

Chu Ci scratched his head depressingly, then stood up helplessly and began to tidy himself up.

Chu Xiaoyuan fetched water diligently, hoping that Chu Ci's movements could be faster, he had been looking forward to this day for a long time!

Chu Ci naively started to do slow motion, just to get revenge on Chu Xiaoyuan for disturbing his sleep again.Chu Xiaoyuan pouted and looked at Chu Ci, his eyes swelled up with anger, like a little frog.

The vindictive look of the uncle and nephew made the other three adults couldn't help laughing out loud. They felt that since Chu Ci's experience, they seemed to have become more cheerful, and they were no longer clouded. look like.

Children's eyes are the most powerful, and they can see people's hearts better. In the past, Chu Xiaoyuan didn't dare to mess around with his uncle like this.

After Chu Ci's waking up gas lasted for a few minutes, he finally returned to normal.He did everything neatly, then put on his back basket and took Chu Xiaoyuan's little hand, and set foot on the way out of the village.

There was a big fair in the town on this day, and there were quite a lot of people leaving the village.Everyone walked together and greeted each other a few times, having fun, which shows that their village is still very harmonious.

There were also quite a few people who greeted Chuci, but due to his reputation as a scholar, the peasant family felt a little high, so they just said hello, without further ado.

Chu Xiaoyuan held his uncle's hand with a smug expression on his face.Looking at the people who went to the market today, none of them was his size. When he came back from the town, those people must be envious of him.

Because the road to the town is still relatively far, Chu Ci is actually ready for Chu Xiaoyuan and others to play tricks and ask for a hug.

Who knew that Chu Xiaoyuan's spirit was better than his, he was so tired that he was wheezing, but Chu Xiaoyuan still poked his head to look around.

After entering the town, Chu Ci found that Chu Xiaoyuan seemed to be much quieter.His small body was tightly pressed against Chu Ci, and he held Chu Ci's hand much harder than before.

Chu Ci's heart suddenly softened. It was probably the first time for this child to go to town, and he was still a little scared after all.Especially the adults in the village, in order to prevent the children from always asking to go to the town, they always told some stories about Pai Huazi, which frightened them for a while, for fear that they would be taken away by Pai Huazi and sold to others as little slaves when they reached the street.

"Don't be afraid, uncle is here." Chu Ci knelt down and patted his head, "Let's go eat something first, what do you want?"

Chu Xiaoyuan smiled shyly, as if he felt a little embarrassed to be comforted like this.

"Uncle, you have the final say."

His mother told him to listen to his uncle when he went out, and not to act like a baby and ask him to buy things.

"It's fine, just listen to me the first time, and you have to choose yourself later on." Chu Ci didn't force it.

It's okay to be cautious when you go out on the street for the first time, just go a few more times.

Chu Ci took Chu Xiaoyuan to buy meat buns worth three renminbi first, and then took the meat buns to a stall selling tofu nao, and each of them ordered a bowl of tofu nao for two renminbi.

The tofu nao here is sweet, Chu Xiaoyuan picked up a spoon and drank it, unconsciously revealing a trace of joy in his eyes.

Sweet party no doubt.

Chu Ci thought, fortunately, he is not a sweet and salty party, but a party of fate, and he can eat whatever he has, otherwise he may have a lot of discomfort in the face of the differences between the north and the south.

He can adapt so well, in the final analysis, it is his mother.In the past, every summer vacation, his mother would send him to his grandfather's house in a small southern town for two months.There are many brothers and sisters in my grandfather's family. Chu Ci followed them and learned many naughty tricks, and making a slingshot was one of them.

After eating a particularly hearty breakfast in Chu Xiaoyuan's eyes, Chu Ci brought Chu Xiaoyuan to the Hanmo Bookstore.When they went, the man was unloading the wooden door, and when he saw Chu Ci coming, he greeted him with a smile.

"Chu Xiucai is here? Our shopkeeper's meeting is in the backyard. I'll go and call."

"Brother Lao is here."

After a while, Lu Feng came out.

"Chu Xiucai is really punctual, she arrived so early. Have you already had breakfast? Why don't we go out together and use it?"

"Thank you, shopkeeper Lu, for your kindness. Xiaosheng has already had breakfast."

The two chatted for a few words, and then got to the point.Shopkeeper Lu randomly flipped through a story book, and was very satisfied when he saw the five illustrations on it, and happily gave the money.

When he asked Chu Ci to take a few more books back to draw, Chu Ci declined.

"Oh? Chu Xiucai thinks the price..."

"No, I hope the shopkeeper will not misunderstand. Xiaosheng just has another idea, whether it is successful or not is still the shopkeeper."

"Oh? What are you thinking, Chu Xiucai, but it's okay to say."

"It's like this. After Xiaosheng took this illustration, he can produce at most two books in one day. The efficiency is really low. If things go on like this, it will definitely delay the business of shopkeeper Lu. Why don't I draw a template for each story book, and then Lu Shopkeeper, you pay for other people to copy it, so that the efficiency will be greatly improved, and it will only be better for the business of the store."

After hearing this, Lu Feng unconsciously began to calculate in his heart.The reason why other people can't do this illustration is mainly because of imagination. If Chu Ci drew the template, he can give it to others for five cents a book, which is five cents less than before, and the cost is reduced. Yes, the drawing speed has become faster, which is really good.However, Chu Xiucai's template fee...

"Shopkeeper Lu, the template fee can be paid in another way. If you sell a book, I will charge you five cents for the template fee. If you can't sell it, I won't take a penny."

Lu Feng was a little confused, that means the cost is still ten cents.But thinking about it again, this method is actually not a loss, it can be said that the three parties benefit.

In fact, he also thought about asking others to follow Chu Xiucai's picture, but after all, it was a little too immoral.The entire county has heard of Chu Xiucai's talent, and this imperial examination is just bad luck.According to him, the day when the fish jumps over the dragon's gate is not far away.

Offending him for such a petty profit would be a bit short-sighted.Now that he proposes this method, it is beneficial and harmless to the book shop, and it can also win his favor, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.On the day of his prosperity, their book shop can also get some light.

After figuring out this joint, Lu Feng smiled heartily, "Chu Xiucai's method is really wonderful! Just do as you said. However, Chu Xiucai's template is very important to our book shop, so you can come up with a picture For the template, I’ll pay an extra price of [-] yuan for a piece of paper to be included, how about it?”

Chu Ci also laughed, "Just follow what the shopkeeper Lu said." He knew that Lu Feng would agree.These templates, when he comes out in the future, can no longer be measured in gold and silver.

Seeing him nodding, Lu Feng quickly drew up the contract, and gave Chu Ci the price of the five templates this time.

Chu Ci signed the contract, took the money and the six storybooks that needed his illustrations, put them in the back basket, and left after greeting the people in the bookshop.

Chu Xiaoyuan was as quiet as a chicken the whole time, but his eyes were full of excitement.His uncle is too powerful, right?In such a short while, so much money was taken from the shopkeeper!And you can continue to take it in the future!

"Why, are you stunned by your uncle's arrogance?" Chu Ci couldn't help making a joke when he saw his eyes full of admiration.

Chu Xiaoyuan disagreed, "Uncle, how can you compare yourself with Wang Ba? That thing is so ugly, you look much better than it."

Uh, great.Chu Ci choked for a moment and had nothing to say.

"Let's go shopping."

"Ok!"

If you want to buy things for daily use, you have to go to the north of the town, where there are all food, grain and oil shops.

Chu Ci first took Chu Xiaoyuan to the salt shop. Salt is all provided by the government, and there is no price to talk about.The salt was thirty cents a catty, and it looked rough, but it was an indispensable thing in life, so Chu Ci bought two catties in one go, and packed a big bag.

Then he went to the place where the rice was sold and found that white rice cost six Wen a catty, brown rice cost four Wen a catty, and flour was sold for seven Wen a catty because it was located in the south.

Chu Ci thought about it, and then bought five catties of flour.He couldn't handle too much rice, so he just gave money and asked his elder brother to go to the village to buy it.There is no flour in the village. He is indeed a bit greedy. Even though he is used to the southern diet, he is still a true northerner.

Now that you have bought flour, let's cut some more pork.The wild boar meat at home had been smoked last time, and it was a large piece of hard black. It was barely enough to eat after steaming, but it was not enough to make dumplings.

The butcher was a man in his 40s, tall and strong, and looked very cheerful.When he heard Chu Ci say that he wanted five flowers, he cut off one with a swing of his sword.

"Forty Wen."

The pork here is 22 renminbi a catty regardless of fat or thin, and the bones are cheaper. The pork ribs with meat are [-] renminbi a catty, and the big bones with the meat removed are [-] renminbi a catty. They are usually bought in pubs and inns to make soup.The lower part of the water, the price is not the same.

Chu Ci picked up the pork tied with straw, and paid forty Wen.When he turned around, he collided with a person, and the pork in his hand almost fell to the ground.

"Hey, Chu Xiucai, why are you here? Buying meat?" Qin Zhao was still dressed as last time. He was carrying a sack on his back, and there seemed to be something moving inside.