"Have you had lunch? Let me make some dumplings for you to eat? Today I chopped some meat stuffing. I was going to make dumplings, but now I can make dumplings very quickly." asked Liao.

“I just ate at Su Kee.”

Ren Jianbai put his bag on the table, "Mom, you don't have to work anymore."

"Just eat it." Ms. Liao said with a smile on her face, "How many days will you stay at home when you come back this time?"

"We should be able to stay for two days."

Mrs. Liao took Ren Jianbai's hand out of the bag to change clothes and paused for a moment, "Only for two days?"

"The county schoolwork is already stressful. I passed the test this year and will have a competition next year. My teachers also take it very seriously and urge me to study hard every day."

Ren Jianbai said, "Originally I didn't want to come back while I was studying in the county. But the weather was getting colder and I was worried that you didn't have enough money here, so I came back."

"This is the Linshan silver issued by the county school. In addition to the money I get from copying books and writing poems on weekdays, I will use it for my family first."

A small bag of broken silver weighs about ten taels.

Mrs. Liao waved her hands repeatedly, "I still have money to spend at home. I'm the only one here on weekdays, so I can't eat or drink much. You'd better keep it."

Reading is a waste of money.

Although Ren Jianbai often ranked among the best in the county school because of his diligent study and talent, he not only did not have to pay the required training in the nearby academy, but also received a government subsidy of Linshan money every month, plus

The master loved him, and books and ink were often given to him.

Therefore, Ren Jianbai did not spend much money on studying.

But in the county school, in addition to studying, there are often some due social activities, drinking tea, wine, etc., and after all, you are a scholar, so you can't wear something that is too eye-catching.

In short, money is needed everywhere.

"I still have some here, which is enough for my daily needs." Ren Jianbai put the silver into Liao's hand, "Master said that the weather is getting colder this month, and he is planning to apply for more monthly dining silver from the county school."

"In addition, Mr. Lu wants to ask me to teach his grandson to read. I only need to go once every three days. I agreed. From now on, I can earn another six taels of silver every month."

"Don't be picky about what you eat and wear. Otherwise, if others see it, they might say that your son is unfilial. Mom should also take my reputation into consideration."

"I understand." Mr. Liao nodded and then took the money.

After packing up the changes of clothes in the bag, Liao carried them in the courtyard to wash them. When washing them, she put in some more soap soap that she had boiled.

In this way, clothes can be washed cleaner.

Ren Jianbai packed up his pen and ink books and placed the small square table in a well-lit area in the corridor.

He didn't read or practice calligraphy. Instead, he sat at the table and meditated on a piece of rice paper for a long time. Then he took the pen next to him, dipped enough ink in the inkstone, and put pen to paper.

In addition to studying, Ren Jianbai is also very good at chess and painting.

At this time, with just a few strokes, a delicate and graceful image appeared on the paper.

It's just that the person in the painting has a beautiful face, raised eyebrows, a sweet smile on the corners of his lips, and the movement of holding flowers is even more charming, but the only place where the eyes should be is still blank.

Ren Jianbai's hand holding the pen paused again and again, but he still didn't finish writing.

Such a pair of eyes that are as deep as a pool of water and as bright as stars, I couldn’t draw them well...

Ren Jianbai sighed and finally put the pen aside.

Mr. Liao rubbed the clothes in the basin with gentle movements.

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Su Yujin has been a little troubled these days.

Because I wandered around the county town for several days and found no suitable business opportunities.

Su Yujin felt heartbroken when she thought that the hundreds of taels of silver lying quietly in her dowry could not give birth to a baby, and that she was losing money just by leaving it empty.

As a result of the heartache, Su Yujin started retaliatory spending - going to the grocery store to buy some various seasonings suitable for cooking and handy kitchen utensils.

No, not some, many.

There were so many that Ai Cao felt very strenuous when carrying the bamboo basket in his hand.

However, she refused to show her incompetence in front of the girl. She just gritted her teeth and held the bamboo basket, and followed Su Yujin step by step.

Su Yujin suddenly stopped.

Carrying mugwort in a bamboo basket, he almost hit her.

"Girl, why did you stop?"

"There seems to be some trouble ahead."

Su Yujin looked around, and when she saw the Zhou diary hanging high above the shop, she exclaimed, "It seems to be Mrs. Zhou's herbal medicine store."

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Yujin saw Li's figure in the crowd. Through the gaps in the crowd, she could see the anxiety and forced composure on her face.

Someone is causing trouble in the medicinal materials store. Is it because the medicinal materials are of poor quality?

Su Yujin thought for a while and walked a few steps quickly, "Let's go and have a look."

"Girl, wait for me." Ai Cao picked up the things and started running hard.

The two people arrived at the door of Zhouji one after another, and saw a middle-aged woman sitting in the open space surrounded by the crowd with a teenage girl.

The little girl's face was flushed, her eyes were closed, and she was sitting slumped in the woman's arms. On such a cold day, her forehead was sweating, and her hair was sticking to her skin.

The woman was very emotional at this time, crying loudly, and shouted to Mrs. Li, "My daughter became like this because she drank the medicinal materials taken from your medicinal material shop. She is even more seriously ill than before. At this time,

Everyone fainted."

"The doctor next to this prescription has also seen it and said there is nothing wrong with it. A few days ago, I grabbed a pair of medicines from a nearby place, and I was worried that the medicinal properties of the medicines in the small pharmacy were not as good as those in Zhou Ji. The second medicine

So I caught him from Zhou Ji, but something happened after eating. Do you dare to say that it’s not the problem of your Zhou Ji medicinal materials store?”

"It must be that the quality of the medicinal materials you sell is not good, and you sell those medicinal materials that have lost their medicinal properties or become moldy to ordinary people like us. That's why you are like this!"

"Your Zhouji Medicinal Materials Store is a completely shady store!"

After the woman roared, she covered her face again and cried bitterly.

The little girl in her arms was probably awakened by the woman's roar and cry. She opened her eyes faintly, opened her chapped and pale lips, and struggled to utter a few words, "Mom, am I going to die?"

Already..."

"It won't die, it won't die, my treasure will definitely not die." The woman rested her chin on the little girl's forehead and burst into tears.

Everyone around me couldn't help but wipe away tears.

"It's really pitiful."

"The child who was ten months pregnant and gave birth to a child who had risked his life died because of a medicine..."

"If you ask me, it's really abominable to memorize medicinal materials this week. I actually used up a medicinal material. Isn't this harmful to people's lives?"

"A doctor has a parent's heart, and this is what a seller of medicinal materials should do. This weekly diary is really abominable!"

"..."

Li's face gradually turned pale amidst the indignation of the people around her.
Chapter completed!