Longevity starts with learning

"This medicine... is really expensive!"

After knowing the price, Chu Mu looked down at the medicine in his hand and couldn't help but clicked his tongue.

After entering the medicine hall once, nearly ten silver coins are gone.

According to this price conversion, it is nearly fifteen stones and one thousand five hundred kilograms of grain!

Chu Mu remembered that when he first traveled through time, Mr. Li treated him for several days in a row, and he paid nearly ten silver at that time.

In just a few days, thousands of kilograms of food were thrown away. Compared with the current era, it feels like a fantasy.

Chu Mu didn't know how to lament the cheapness of food or the high cost of medical treatment.

As for his monthly salary, eight silver seems to be quite a lot, but it is obviously just more than enough.

"Spending money is like running water..."

Chu Mu shook his head and still had to return to the Inspection Department as soon as possible to receive his duties.

Although he is only a soldier in a small town, he is still a member of the Qinghe County establishment, and he is an iron rice bowl who eats the royal food.

Judging from the memory of the original owner, the inspection of this iron rice bowl was very popular. I don’t know how many people stared at this iron rice bowl eagerly. If the original owner’s father had not died in the line of duty and died miserably, even the body was not recovered. This iron rice bowl probably won’t even be available to the original owner.

Influenced by decades of experience in his previous life, Chu Mu still has great expectations for the establishment.

When he first arrived, he also needed this job to help him quickly and completely integrate into this era.

Various plans for the future flashed in his mind. During these thoughts, it didn't take long for Chu Mu to return to his house.

When the courtyard door was closed, although the chaos outside the courtyard remained the same, an inexplicable sense of peace instantly surged into Chu Mu's heart.

At this moment, Chu Mu was also in an inexplicable good mood. He hummed a song and picked up the long knife that was thrown on the ground. The morning dew was still on the blade, and the originally bright blade seemed to have a few rust spots.

Chu Mu didn't pay much attention to it. He could just polish the little things again later.

With the firewood still on the stove, Chu Mu put a dose of medicinal materials into the earthen pot, added water, and leisurely cooked the medicinal materials. In the process, he also took time to polish the rusty knife. After a while, I even rubbed a little lard on it as maintenance.

About half an hour later, the scalding medicinal liquid was placed on the table, accompanied by an increasingly rich aroma.

However, at this moment, Chu Mu's attention was not on the medicinal liquid. Instead, he was staring at the medicinal materials boiled in the earthen pot and murmuring to himself.

"Is this Huangjing? This seems to be ginseng..."

After rummaging around with chopsticks, Chu Mu relied on his limited knowledge of medicinal materials to recognize a few. He just didn't know if these medicinal materials were still called these names in this world.

Although Mr. Li's prescription stated it clearly, Chu Mu was still illiterate and didn't even know how to write his own name.

"You have to read and learn."

In just an instant, Chu Mu had a decision in his heart.

Even if he doesn't think about what the future will bring, for a person who has gone through nine years of compulsory education, even reading a sign is like reading a book from heaven. This alone is absolutely unbearable for Chu Mu.

Just do it. Chu Mu is not a procrastinator. He drank the liquid that had cooled down a few times, cleaned up the stove, and went out in a hurry again.

Judging from the memory of the original owner, there are schools in Nanshan Town, and there are even more than one. The school in the south of the town is the county government school. Most of the wealthy families in the town send their children to the government school.

There is a private school in the north of the town, which is said to be run by a distinguished scholar. It is much cheaper than the official school.

Just to eliminate illiteracy, Chu Mu naturally had nothing to be picky about, so he went directly to the private school in Zhenbei without even thinking about it.

This private school is not far from where Chu Mu lives. It is only a few hundred meters away. However, the school is quiet and remote. Chu Mu walked around in the alley for a long time before arriving at the private school. outside.

Although it is a private school, it is obviously just an ordinary family's house used for running the school, but this house is obviously much larger than the one where Chu Mu lives.

Apart from anything else, this tall courtyard gate is much more luxurious than the small door in Chu Mu's house.

Chu Mu stopped outside the door, glanced at the tall courtyard gate, and subconsciously looked at the hanging plaque. With just one glance, Chu Mu immediately withdrew his gaze.

The most important thing for people is to know and understand themselves. Even if you are illiterate, why are you still looking blindly...

Knock on door, admitted.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, Chu Mu appeared outside the door again.

Turning around, Chu Mu looked at the hanging plaque again. Now he understood why the original owner's father had been in public office for many years and his family was in a good financial situation, but the original owner was still illiterate.

Reading... is really too expensive!

According to Chang Xiucai's words, the repair work is done every six months, and twenty silver is required for half a year. This is just for repair work. The pens, inks, paper, inkstones, and even meals required for studying need to be purchased separately.

Chu Mu only made a rough calculation. If he wanted to study and become famous, he would have to study for several years to gain a certain foundation.

Forty silvers a year, plus the consumption of pens, inks, paper and inkstones, at least fifty silvers are needed.

In a few years, it will be several hundred, or even several hundred silver!

With the original owner's relatively good family background, it is basically unaffordable, let alone ordinary people. Don't even think about it, it is impossible to afford it!

"I should be able to recognize all the characters in half a year..."

Chu Mu touched the banknotes in his arms. He had only paid half a year's service, and he guessed that he could only find time to study. After all, he still had a job at the inspection station waiting for him.

If I can't learn it in half a year, it will cost another twenty silvers...

Although he was complaining in his heart, Chu Mu's vigorous and resolute actions did not stop. After walking out of the alley, he went straight to the bookstore on the street.

But reality... gave Chu Mu another blow.

The cheapest inkstone cost three silvers, the worst ink and a brush cost two silvers, and two stacks of white paper, a total of sixty sheets, cost one silver.

The most outrageous thing was the four enlightenment books mentioned by the gentleman... four books, costing twelve silvers!

"The sages said that knowledge is priceless and cannot be bought with a thousand gold coins. You can tell at a glance that you are a man of good fortune..."

Perhaps because he felt that he had met a big customer, the bookstore owner praised him generously, but Chu Mu didn't listen to a word. He only had one question in mind at this time...

Was he ripped off?

He hadn't even started reading the book, but he had already thrown in dozens of silvers.

Knowledge is priceless, but isn't this too expensive?

Looking at the bookstore owner who was talking freely and praising him generously, Chu Mu placed a token on the counter without any expression.

The token was made of bronze, with the three characters of Xunjiansi engraved on it.

The Xunjiansi had a wide range of functions. As the only armed force in Qinghe County, there was almost nothing that they could not manage in Qinghe County except for those nobles.

The bookstore could stand, and there must be a powerful force behind it.

But... it's easy to see the King of Hell, but it's hard to deal with the little devil...

Chu Mu felt that those who do business should understand this truth...

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