116 Jade Book Building

"This house belongs to my cousin. This is the place along the street. He used it to open this bookstore, and the back is where he lives. My cousin and aunt have nothing to do in the house on weekdays, so she sells books, paper and pens. Uncle and eldest cousin are reading books in the house behind, and if an acquaintance comes to look for uncle, the two will learn from each other here." Xiao Shengzi briefly introduced the things of this bookstore.

"Miss Gu, take a look here, I'll go back and ask my aunt to come." After Xiao Shengzi finished speaking, he ran to the back.

Gu Xiaowan nodded. Going to the bookshelf full of books, Gu Xiaowan glanced at the neatly lined bookshelves. Many of the books were poems and songs, as well as some unofficial histories, travel notes and the like. Gu Xiaowan took down a book of poems and poems from it, but these were things she had never seen or heard before, and it seemed that they belonged before this dynasty.

Gu Xiaowan chose a relatively easy-to-understand book, and planned to use this book to teach Gu Ningan and the others how to read and write. As for what this poem means, when they go to school, there will naturally be a teacher who will teach them.

"Sister, do you want to buy a book?" As soon as Gu Ning'an entered the bookstore, the whole person became even more calm and solemn, his eyes were light, and he looked at the rows of books on the bookshelf. Seeing her sister take out a book and keep it in her hand, Gu Ningan suppressed the excitement in her heart and asked.

"Well, buy a copy and go back, and my sister will teach you to read from it." Gu Xiaowan said.

"Can the little girl recognize words?" As soon as Gu Xiaowan finished speaking, a full-fledged voice came from behind the bookstore.

Xiao Shengzi followed behind a middle-aged man and came out: "My aunt went out to buy things, and she wasn't at home, just my cousin was at home."

The middle-aged man in his forties, with a beard, thick eyebrows and big eyes, exuded the scent of a scholar: "Little girl, can you recognize the words?"

"I know some." Gu Xiaowan said modestly: "When my father was alive in the early years, he read some books and knew some words. He also taught the little girl some."

"So it is!" Xu Shi listened to Xiao Shengzi's brief introduction just now, and Xu Xianlin was not surprised that Gu Xiaowan's father passed away early: "It's really rare for a little girl to know the words!"

"I heard that you want to buy a pen and paper for your brother to practice calligraphy?" Xu Xianlin came to the back of the table and took some paper from the grid at the back. This paper is very ordinary, and it is also used by ordinary people.

Gu Xiaowan saw that there was some other paper on the grid, but it looked much better than this kind of paper, but the price was definitely not cheap. Then Xu Xianlin took out some paper, took out a few brushes, and finally took out an inkstone table. After everything was collected, he put it on the table. Gu Xiaowan also took the book in his hand and put it on it. : "Uncle, please do the math, how much is the total?"

Then Xu Xianlin glanced at the book, but said, "A total of twenty pennies?"

"Twenty pennies?" Gu Xiaowan seemed to have heard it wrong and repeated: "Uncle, did you make a mistake!"

"That's right, it's twenty pennies!"

"Girl Gu, you can take twenty pennies. My cousin, it's like this on weekdays. If someone else who loves books buys books, if my cousin looks right in the eye, he won't take a penny." That Xiao Shengzi was surprised. No wonder, persuaded Gu Xiaowan to take it away.

"But..." Gu Xiaowan is a person who can't take advantage of others. She took so many things, even if the pen and paper don't count, the price of the book just now, just after she read it, it seemed to cost twenty cents. It's not obvious, are these pens, ink, paper and inkstones all given away for nothing?

This little Shengzi should also know her own situation, she has nothing to deceive people.

However, looking at this uncle's scholarly appearance, he probably wouldn't lie to her, this little girl. People in the town, there is such a big house.

"Teacher..." Just when Gu Xiaowan was planning how to give the money, a child in his teens came in from outside, holding a book in his hand, and came over eagerly.

"Li Sheng, what's the matter?" Xu Xianlin saw that it was his own students who came in, and he didn't care about talking to Gu Xiaowan and the others, and hurriedly walked out from behind the table.

The man named Li Sheng was holding a book in his hand, and his brows were twisted into a pimple: "Teacher, I don't understand what this sentence means! I came to ask the teacher on purpose."

teacher? Is this uncle a teacher?

Gu Xiaowan was overwhelmed with surprise, and quietly waited for Xu Xianlin to teach her students. Seeing that the student did not understand, Xu Xianlin repeated it several times until the student quickly said that he understood and understood. Xu Xianlin gave up and sent the students away. After that, Xu Xianlin did not expect that there were two people behind him, their eyes shining brightly at him.

One is Gu Xiaowan. Gu Xiaowan planned to send Gu Ningan and Gu Ningping to the school after the Chinese New Year, but she had been suffering from not knowing which school there was, where the school was, and which school was good. Many people in the village have never read books, so naturally they don't know. I don't know anyone in the town. It will take a while to find a school. If you find a good school, it's fine, but if you send it to a bad school and the teacher misunderstands the child, it will not be worth the loss.

The other one who was excited was Gu Ning'an. He really didn't expect that this uncle with a scholarly aura in front of him was actually a teacher. Gu Ning'an was both envious and jealous when he saw that the child was able to go to school just now. However, he just thought about it and immediately sank his mind. Now the whole family is supported by his sister alone. He is the eldest son of the family. She should help her sister to support the whole family, and she should not have any extravagant hopes.

But Gu Xiaowan didn't think so.

Now, their family

In the countryside, if you want a carp to leap over the Dragon Gate, you can only read. Reading can change a person's temperament, reading can make one stand out and no longer be bullied. Even if Gu Ning'an doesn't get a title in the future, it's all right. As long as you work hard, whether you can succeed or not is secondary.

Seeing Gu Xiaowan looking at her expectantly, Xu Xianlin felt a little embarrassed by the child's eyes: "Little baby, you..."

However, Gu Xiaowan pulled Gu Ning'an and Gu Ningping and knelt down and called, "Teacher..."

Seeing the three children bowing down to him, Xu Xianlin quickly pulled them up, a little puzzled: "You are..."