Chapter 586
The three were busy, and Mr. Zhuang was of course also busy. In the early morning, he gave Man Bao a lesson first, taught her a text, and then left her to study on her own.
He has always been relatively at ease with her. Although this child occasionally gets lazy, he is still self-disciplined, so the occasional laziness can be tolerated.
The same cannot be said for Bai Erlang. If you don't look at him, he can wait until the sky falls before he even thinks about reading and doing homework.
So Man Bao memorized the text he just learned, wrote for a while, and then went to the bookstore to read.
Mr. Zhuang warned, "You have to come back for lunch."
Man Bao agreed and went out carrying his small cloth bag.
The cook is busy in the kitchen. She went to visit the morning market this morning. At this time, she is planning to tidy up the kitchen and provide them with snacks, tea, etc. in the future.
After Daji sent Bai Shanbao to school, he came back and went shopping with Zhou Lang Erya.
The coachman of the Bai family took the prepared dry food and went back early in the morning. Of course, he also took the letters from the young masters with him.
When Man Bao first arrived at the bookstore, Zhou Lang and the others had already selected two beds and were selecting bookshelves.
Generally, such large pieces of furniture are custom-made and are rarely available off-the-shelf, so new large pieces of furniture will be very expensive.
But there are old ones too.
Although Daji is a servant, he really doesn't understand this kind of thing.
So under the leadership of Zhou Lang, he bypassed two streets and took three alleys, and finally arrived at a very strange place.
Zhou Lang led them to a shop. Daji couldn't help but look up and asked in surprise, "Pawn shop?"
"Yes, the things here are cheap. Come on, let's go in and choose something."
Daji: ...He only knew that when he was short of money, he could take things to a pawn shop to exchange for money, but he didn't expect that he could also buy things from a pawn shop.
He hesitated, "Aren't the things here very expensive?"
"Except for some antiques, everything else is second-hand. How can it be expensive?" Zhou Lang explained: "Used things like pawn clothes and quilts are very cheap. There are also some tables, chairs and benches, even if they are made of good wood.
, which is also much cheaper than new custom-made ones.”
"Not to mention things like beds, which are more than half the price of those sold outside."
Of course, the price that a pawn shop collects back is also very low. Basically, if you come to a pawn shop to pawn, you can get one-third of the price, which is considered a high price.
Although it was Zhou Lang's first time here, he seemed to be very familiar with the pawn shop clerk. As soon as he entered the pawn shop, the boy came up to him with a smile and shouted: "Brother Zhou Lang, I told the shopkeeper, this is it."
Take you to the warehouse."
Zhou Lang stepped forward, put his arm on his shoulder and walked forward, and asked with a smile, "You have to choose good things for me for home use, especially the bookshelf. Those books are precious. If the bookshelf collapses, it doesn't matter if the books are smashed."
Yes, it will be bad if it hits someone who is studying."
"Brother Zhou Zhou, don't worry. Our store has always been honest with others, and with me here, the things we give you will definitely be the best."
The boy took them to the warehouse, opened the door and led them in. There were all large wooden products inside.
Beds, tables, chairs, bookshelves, and even Duobao shelves.
There are many things piled inside, which are quite neat. The boy said: "These are all collected this month, and the ones before have been given away, so if you want to choose, you can only choose from here."
Their pawn shop only deals with collections, and sells them to other shops owned by the owner.
Things like clothes and quilts are usually washed and dried before being left in the shop for people to choose from. Large items like beds, which are of good quality, can be sold at a discount after being brushed, although they are not as good as new ones.
It's custom-made, but it doesn't look bad.
If the quality is average or bad, simply repair it and sell it at a discount.
It would be cheaper to take it directly from the pawn shop.
It was precisely because Zhou Lang knew this that he brought Daji and Erya here.
The three of them began to select in the warehouse. There was a bed that Zhou Lijun slept on, so it was mainly her who was choosing.
Zhoulang and Daji mainly picked bookshelves.
There are also many good bookshelves in the warehouse, and there are even two made of very good ash. Of course, the price is also very gratifying.
So Zhoulang eliminated it directly.
Daji was a little moved, and whispered: "Such good wood, the price is very cheap."
Zhou Lang said, "We are just studying with you in Yizhou. We will leave when your young master takes the exam and goes to the capital. Why do you need such a good bookshelf?"
Daji was stunned and said: "It will take four or five years, right?"
At this time, Zhou Lang was stunned, "Will it take so long? I thought it would only take two or three years."
Daji: You are really confident in my young master. Thank you.
Zhou Lang reacted and said: "It doesn't matter if it's two to three years or four to five years. You're still young anyway, so there's no need to buy a very good bookshelf. Otherwise, you won't be able to move it back home, and it'll be difficult to sell it."
It’s better to buy a cheaper one.”
He said: "It won't be bad anyway, it looks about the same."
Zhou Lang looked back and forth at several bookshelves and found that except for the slight difference in color, they were really similar. He nodded with satisfaction and said: "Yes, they are almost the same, so we chose these two. They are cheap and strong."
, easy to use!”
Daji: ...The money was held by Zhou Lang, what could he have to say about it?
Zhou Lijun also selected two beds.
Considering that there was not much space and she was sleeping alone, the two beds she chose were not big, but they looked quite sturdy and beautiful.
Daji also chose two screens. His aesthetic taste was much better than Zhou Lang's, and he knew that these things couldn't be tolerated, especially if they were placed in the young master's room.
Otherwise, if he doesn't like it, he might not be in a good mood when he gets up.
One of the screens was placed in front of Zhou Lijun's bed, and she immediately fought for it, "Fourth uncle, my sister-in-law is picky. What if you buy an ugly one and she doesn't let her in?"
Zhou Lang could only take a step back, but he was still heartbroken, "Two screens are more expensive than a bed. If I had known, I would have asked my second brother to make them out of bamboo at home."
"Uncle Fourth, you have become stingy too."
"It's just that you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are."
After the boy saw that they had made their choice, he stepped forward to calculate the balance. Zhou Lang was quite satisfied with this calculation. Although the screen was a bit expensive, the bed and bookshelf were really much cheaper than they had budgeted.
"There's a bullock cart parked outside. I'll go get someone to move it in," the boy said.
Zhou Lang went to check out. Today's expenses were far lower than their budget, so there was a lot of money left.
If it weren't for the cook at home, Zhou Lang would have really wanted to take the money and go to the street to buy some soy meat and go back to celebrate.
However, thinking that there was a cook at home, he still restrained himself and did not dare to go too far.
After transporting the things home and placing the beds in the two rooms, Zhou Lijun fetched water to scrub the beds, and the cook also came to help.
After the bed was dry, the two of them made their own beds, and also made Bai Erlang's bed. At the same time, they also collected all his messy toys and other things for him and put them in boxes, and then pushed them to the bed.
Chapter completed!