There is a happy inn in the capital.

Chapter 25 Do your best

Heaven was kind to her.

Li Shuchen's eyes also welled up with tears: "Mother, this is what I should do to repay you."

Li Shuchen felt that since she had the ability to fulfill her filial duties, she should do so in time so as not to regret it later.

She has a beautiful mother who dotes on her, a handsome younger brother, and an unreliable father.

She felt incredibly happy, a happiness she had never experienced in her twenty-two years in the modern world.

Li Lingxiao: "Sister, I'm going to the academy tomorrow."

Li Shuchen took out a 50-tael silver note from his purse.

"This is the tuition fee."

He then took out two taels of loose silver: "You can use this for pocket money."

Li Lingxiao: "Sister, two taels is too much, two hundred coins will do, it won't cost me much."

Li Shuchen insisted on giving it to him: "Take it, you can't get by without money out there."

Master Li spoke up: "Take it, your sister just loves you."

Master Li's eyes were glued to those two taels of silver; he wanted them but they weren't there yet.

Li Shuchen called Li Lingxiao into his room, intending to have him teach him to write. Li Shuchen laid out paper and pens.

Li Lingxiao: "What does my older sister want to learn?"

Li Shuchen: "Let's learn first."

Li Lingxiao picked up her pen and wrote

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Li Lingxiao wrote one, and Li Shuchen copied it.

Li Lingxiao taught him only once, and Li Shuchen could do it; moreover, his handwriting was quite good, with elegant and bold characters.

Li Lingxiao was dumbfounded.

His older sister is a genius, and he's almost numb to it.

He learned to read characters that took him a long time, but his older sister made them so easy.

Li Lingxiao paused for a moment, then asked, "Sister, is there anything else we need to learn?"

Li Shuchen: "Just teach me some simple characters."

Li Lingxiao taught Li Shuchen a few characters here and there, and Li Shuchen could basically learn them after writing them two or three times.

Li Lingxiao is almost turning him into autistic.

After finishing her lesson, Li Lingxiao returned to her room, lit an oil lamp, opened her book, and began studying diligently, even harder than before.

Li Shuchen had no idea that she was lying in bed browsing the online store.

Seeing the profit value exceed 1000 taels, I smiled happily.

The happiness index is still 10 points short, but it should be around that level by the end of the month.

I'm so happy! Everything is moving in a positive direction.

She wanted to sleep and have a sweet dream.

Li Shuchen woke up early in the morning and sat on the bed. She had bought clothes for her parents the day before yesterday.

I should visit my grandparents today.

Li Shuchen dressed herself, but she still didn't know how to style her hair.

Grape: "Put my hair up in a bun."

Grape: "Yes, miss."

Grape combs Li Shuchen's hair

Li Shuchen: "I'll take you to the West Market this morning to eat wontons."

Grape: "Great! I love wontons the most. They have thin wrappers, lots of filling, and are incredibly tender."

Li Shuchen, dressed neatly, looked at herself in the bronze mirror and thought she looked good.

North City

After Li Shuchen and Grape finished eating and drinking...

Go to the beef stall

Li Shuchen: "Boss, two jin of braised beef, please."

mung bean cake stall

Li Shuchen: "Boss, two packs of osmanthus cake, please."

Green jujube stall

Li Shuchen: "Boss, weigh out two jin of green dates for me."

I encountered candied hawthorn again.

Li Shuchen bought two sticks and a jar of Biguang wine.

[Produced by Shilou in Bianjing (Kaifeng) during the Song Dynasty: Biguang]

After buying some delicious food, I went to the West Market and bought a large bunch of incense and four bundles of gold ingots.

Li Shuchen and Grape's hands were so full they could barely hold them all, yet Li Shuchen still managed to grab a handful of flowers.

Walking to this familiar mound

Li Shuchen put down what he was holding, lit incense, and knelt in worship.

Li Shuchen: "Grandpa and Grandma, Chen'er has come to see you."

Li Shuchen burned the gold ingots: "Grandpa and Grandma, do you have enough money over there? I brought four bundles of gold ingots with me this time, so you'll have plenty of money, more money than you can spend."

As Li Shuchen poured the wine, he said, "Grandfather, this time Chen'er bought you two whole catties of braised beef and a jar of Biguang wine. Grandfather, please try it and see if you like it."

Li Shuchen: "Grandma, I bought you some too: two packs of mung bean cakes, two jin of green dates, and two candied hawthorns."

I bought too little last time, this should be enough for my grandparents.

Li Shuchen wiped the tombstone: "Grandpa and Grandma, don't worry, the inn is making money now and can afford these things. Grandpa and Grandma, please eat without worry."

Grandmother, the inn has made so much money so quickly, did you secretly help me? I know you're good to me, but Chen'er has the ability to make the inn even better.

Grandmother, don't worry.

Chen'er is going to Jiangnan on the third day of next month. Have Grandpa and Grandma been to Jiangnan? I heard that the scenery there is very beautiful.

Chen'er is going too. If he encounters anything interesting, he'll bring it back for his grandparents.

Li Shuchen said many more words, and finally bowed to the earthen mound, saying, "Grandfather and Grandmother, Chen'er is leaving."

The weather is getting warmer, and it's the 30th—payday!

Li Shuchen is happy today and woke up very early.

Shopkeeper Xu: "Good morning, Miss."

Xiao Feng: "Good morning, Miss."

Aunt Zhang: Good morning, Miss.

Li Shuchen responded to each question and then went to the kitchen.

Aunt Wang: "Good morning, Miss."

Li Shuchen: "Good morning, Aunt Wang."

Everyone was clearly happy. Yes, how could anyone not be happy to get paid?

Li Shuchen went to the accounting office again, flipping through the old ledgers to see how much salary they had paid in the past, so he could have a general idea of ​​the situation.

After reading it, I went out to buy a purse.

purse stall

Li Shuchen picked up a red envelope: "This looks nice, a bright red New Year's gift."

Grape: "I think it looks good too. Miss, are you going to use this to pay your salary?"

Li Shuchen: Yes

Grape lowered her head and chuckled foolishly, "Hehe, that's great."

Seeing Grape's silly expression, Li Shuchen couldn't help but laugh and patted her on the shoulder.

Li Shuchen: "Let's go, there's a flower stall up ahead, let's take a look."

Grape snapped out of her daze: "Oh."

Flower stall owner: "Young lady, look at these velvet flowers! These are the most popular velvet flowers in Beijing right now. Look, they're just like real flowers!"

I don't know what material it's made of, but it looks as beautiful as a real flower.

Li Shuchen noticed that Grape only had two pink cloth strips tied to her hair bun, while she herself was wearing pearl hair ornaments.

Gao Di bought two velvet flowers for Grape to wear in her hair.

Then she picked up two pink velvet flowers and held them up to Grape's head; they matched Grape's outfit perfectly.

Li Shuchen nodded in satisfaction.

Li Shuchen: "Boss, how much are these two velvet flowers?"

Flower stall owner: "Young lady, that'll be eighty coins in total."

Li Shuchen: "Grapes, give me the money."

After Grape paid, Li Shuchen put the velvet flower on Grape's hair bun.

Two buns and two velvet flowers, just right

Grape touched the velvet flower and jumped up happily, saying, "Miss originally bought this for me!"

Li Shuchen: "Yeah, otherwise who would like pink?"

Grape: "I like pink, but Miss likes orange and green."

Upon hearing this, Li Shuchen smiled. It was thoughtful of her to know her favorite color.

Li Shuchen walked ahead: "It's time to go back to the inn."

Grape trotted to catch up.

The sun gradually disappeared behind the western mountains.