Chapter 238 Going up every day
When it opened, Bai Youcai, the shopkeeper of Baijiabao Zizai Bookstore, stood at the door of the bookstore: "The emergence of Zizai Bookstore is to make reading a book no longer a burden for scholars all over the world."
"We at Zizi Bookstore hope that everyone can buy books freely, read freely, and write freely..."
There is also a line of words familiar to modern people written on the wall of Zizai Bookstore: Study hard and make progress every day.
Zizai Bookstore sells a large amount of paper, including slightly cheaper felt paper, gray-white, slightly thicker and tougher tissue paper, and wide-curtain white paper made of mulberry bark as the main material, also called Jilin paper.
There are four sheets of bamboo material, square and tall paper, mounting paper, tissue paper... and even white paper that is as smooth and white as snow, which people jokingly call snow jade paper.
These papers, large and small, come in units of one hundred pieces each. The cheap ones can cost one hundred cents each, and the expensive ones can cost three taels of silver each.
Not only does Zizai Bookstore have a wide range of paper products, but the price is more than half less than before, and there are half more key papers, which immediately relieves readers of the pressure of spending a lot of money on paper.
Only three days after opening, the forces who had been cut off from their financial resources sent people to burn down the shop in anger. However, Taohua Village had a high force value and could easily kill the opponent.
Zizai Bookstore not only sells a large amount of paper, but it is said that it also has engraving and copying machines, making it extremely convenient to copy books.
Cheap paper, coupled with the convenience of copying machines, suddenly changed the price of books from an expensive one or two taels of silver to three or four hundred cents a book.
The paper of the book is clean, and the words are clear and straight, as if they were carved with a carving knife.
As a result, the cost of studying suddenly dropped sharply, and all the scholars were delighted and praised it.
The reason why Tao Jiaren knew this was because she heard the waiter at the inn tell her.
So when people were making trouble in other shops in Baijiabao, people lined up in front of Zizai Bookstore in an orderly manner to buy books and paper.
No one dares to say anything bad about Zizi Bookstore. After all, it has done great things and is well protected by scholars.
Scholars or families with scholars are even more afraid that Zizai Bookstore will be bullied. When Zizai Bookstore closes, they will have to go back and buy expensive and difficult-to-use paper and books.
With the support of scholars, the business of Zizai Bookstore is no worse than that of Sweet Sweet Dessert House.
Because of the low price, many readers always feel that they will suffer a loss if they don't buy more now when comparing the money they spent before.
Of course, it is not just scholars who contribute to sales, but also businessmen.
Merchants purchase some paper and books and transport them to other towns for sale. They can earn three to five hundred taels during this trip, and those farther away can earn even more, so Zizai Bookstore's business is surprisingly good.
Bai Xiaocao finished writing it quickly. She proofread it carefully three times. She found that the typography was correct, and she breathed a sigh of relief.
I said to myself, "Fortunately, I usually work hard at reading and writing. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing to encounter words that I can't write."
"Auntie, I have written it for you to read."
"Okay~"
Seeing this, Tao Jiaren subconsciously looked away to avoid suspicion, although she also listened and knew that it was nothing important.
But she accidentally caught a glimpse of some words, and then turned around in surprise.
"This..." As far as she knew, the people in Taohua Village seemed to be literate, young and old.
However, if the words she just glanced at were correct, she actually didn't recognize them.
Don't know anyone.
It looks like it should be words, but it's square and the strokes are a bit strange.
Could it be a special language unique to Taohua Village?
Baitao looked at it and soon understood why Tao Jiaren was surprised, and then replied casually: "This...well, it is my usual wording." Tao Jiaren nodded when she heard the words, and thought, she just said, she also He's not an illiterate person, he actually doesn't know half of the characters.
Although Baitao said it was her usual word, Tao Jiaren believed that it was used and passed down by the ancestors of Taohua Village. Otherwise, how could everyone in Taohua Village know it.
Just as Baitao thought, the villagers put the letters in the brocade box on the table in the warehouse. After a cup of tea, someone went in to check.
When I found that the letter was missing, I immediately felt happy. My aunt must have seen the letter.
Next, the person responsible for receiving the letter raised his hand to look at his watch from time to time. After waiting for half an hour, he entered the warehouse again.
Opening the brocade box, I was surprised to find that there was already a reply letter lying inside.
Taking the letter, Bai Qiao happily ran out of the warehouse and said happily to the villagers who were waiting for the news: "The letter has been answered, the letter has been answered, my aunt has replied -"
"Really?!"
"Great!"
While the villagers who had not left the village were waiting, they were in a state of confusion. When they heard Baitao's reply, most of their high-spirited feelings were instantly relieved.
Immediately everyone asked: "What did my aunt say?"
"Did my aunt mention me?"
Bai Dashan glanced at the excited and expectant villagers, and said angrily: "My aunt is so busy, how can I have time to mention you."
"How is the turnover of the shop you manage in the past two days?"
"I can tell you, although my aunt is traveling far away, you can't slack off..."
"If the turnover of the store you are responsible for is not good, don't blame the big guy for being unkind."
Bai Qiao also browsed through it quickly at this time, shaking his head at the villagers who were still waiting eagerly: "No."
"My aunt mentioned Huniu."
Hearing this, Huniu's family was overjoyed.
"Huniu, little Huniu, did you hear that my aunt is talking about you?"
"Hu Niu, everything you eat and drink is given by your aunt. You must know how difficult it is for your aunt. When you grow up, you must respect your aunt..."
At this time, Huniu, who was only half a year old with a round face and chubby hands and feet, was holding a bottle and sucking milk. She put down the bottle and grinned, revealing her two young teeth. Smile happily.
While the villagers were chattering, Bai Dashan took the letter from Bai Qiao, cleared his throat, and prepared to read it aloud to the villagers.
"I received your letter, my aunt."
"I'm fine. I just had honey barbecue for lunch. I'm going to drink honey water now."
"Can Huniu know how to call people? That's good. Are the other children in the village good?"
"I'll be back in a few days. Don't worry too much. Just do whatever you have to do. If there's anything you want to eat in particular, just leave me a note."
"I'm in good health..." Baitao felt helpless as she said it. She had only been out for a long time, and she was eating so well. There was no way she could be in bad health.
Baitao didn't know at this time that her reply to the letter made the villagers feel as if they had discovered a new world. Starting from the next day, they could write her two letters a day.
Well, there will be more in a while~~~