"I know, I already knew." Zhao Zifu pursed his lips and muttered a little depressedly.

These days, in order to leave this account and that account to the second brother to pay, my mother was stunned and didn't give him the money for studying.

If you don't pay the bundle of repair, you have to suspend school, and the mother is reluctant to take out the bundle of repair, fortunately their imperial examination class is to hand in the bundle once every six months, and pay it for half a year.

After all, unlike other village children who will drop out of school at any time in the last few years, they all decided to take the imperial examination, so naturally they can't let them fish for three days and dry their nets for two days, so they have to hand over the bundle in advance to ensure their study.

Otherwise, maybe he would have dropped out of school and gone fishing every day.

"It's good to know, and you have to cherish the hard-won things."

"As for next year's county exam, fight while you are young and do your best, as the saying goes, people are not arrogant teenagers, you have to believe in yourself, as long as you work hard, there is nothing you can't achieve."

Lin Xiaofu saw that Zhao Zifu understood in his heart, so he reminded again, it can be regarded as encouraging young people to be more confident, even if it is arrogant.

"It's so easy, in addition to pen and ink, you also need to read a lot, although you don't need to read more than 10,000 books, you have to read the content of some books to be tested in this imperial examination."

"But I only have a few books, and I have bought a few sets of books in a year, and the rest depends on the master's words, let's copy some and count some."

Zhao Zifu told about grievances and helplessness.

Who let him come from a peasant family, only those who have money can afford to buy books, so that they can turn the books at any time, they can only rely on the master to say, they memorize, memorize and copy.

"How did Luo Yang and Lin Yinbao get it? How many books have you spent? Seeing him like this, Lin Xiaofu's mind moved, and he hurriedly asked.

"Luo Yang's family is well-off, his father and brother have nothing to say for him, he naturally has more books than me, Lin Yinbao's family runs a grocery store, and the land is not less than ours, and he is only available for him at present, and the small one is still early."

Zhao Zifu is even more aggrieved when he says it, obviously his family is not bad, and his two brothers are not bad, why is he much poorer than his classmates?

Now he doesn't even have the money to buy pen and ink, so he was ridiculed by his classmates for a while.

"Since you have decided to take the imperial examination, there is still a long way to go, so it is better for you to discuss it with your classmates tomorrow and make a list of the books you have on hand."

"Look at what books are missing, everyone will share some of them, no matter how much they can look at their own ability, and then borrow and share with each other, won't they save a lot of money to buy books?"

"Your second brother once said that a good memory is not as good as a bad pen, when the time comes, you will copy it yourself, not only memorize the book, but also save money to buy books, this road is far and hard, you must have the psychological preparation to fight a protracted battle and move forward together."

Lin Xiaofu said his thoughts, Zhao Zifu blinked, looked at Lin Xiaofu incredulously, suddenly thought about it, and then grinned.

"What the second sister-in-law said is that I will tell them tomorrow that my paper is not enough, that is, yellow bamboo paper, you can also help me buy a knife tomorrow and come back."

"But you can't use this paper to copy books, it's too bad, and it's not easy to hide for a long time." Zhao Zifu advised.

"Got it, tomorrow you go to my house with Lu'er after school to get food, and we won't come here anymore, we're busy."

Lin Xiaofu smiled, then turned around and pulled Zhao Zicheng to leave, and reminded him again.

Zhao Zifu naturally happily agreed when he heard this, and watched the second brother and sister-in-law leave, and he also felt a little emotional in his heart.