Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Chapter 65: Intelligence for the Examinations

"That money has to cover both of us in town, everything we eat and wear, plus the tuition gifts for the County School, and we need to buy ink, brushes, paper, and inkstones. Forty taels sounds like a lot, but once you really spend it, it won't last more than a few months," Su Ming said calmly.

"Pupil, this prodigal fool is exactly the negative example for you," Lin Yu activated teaching mode in Su Ming's mind, "Remember, cash flow at all times is the fundamental guarantee for surviving. Money can't do everything, but without money you can do absolutely nothing. Your father is right: this money is hot to the touch, so spend it on the sharp edge. Every single coin must serve our ultimate goal — to survive safely."

"Also, I'll warn you one more time." Lin Yu's tone grew serious. "We are new here, our foundation is not firm, and our strength is weak. Stay away from any place that might trigger uncontrolled risks! Anything that looks like a 'chance' or 'opportunity,' don't touch it! That ruined temple last time was a warning. Until you can punch a cow dead with one blow, behave yourself like an ordinary scholar. Do you understand?"

"I understand, master," Su Ming answered in his heart.

He raised his head and looked at Zhao Rui, then spoke earnestly: "Starting tomorrow, our daily expenses cannot exceed fifty wen, including rent."

"What?" Zhao Rui jumped up. "Fifty wen? Subtract thirty wen for rent and there's only twenty wen left? What can you do with that? Not even enough for two meat buns! I'm not doing it!"

"Then figure it out yourself." Su Ming finished speaking and ignored him, sitting cross-legged on the bed and closing his eyes.

He had to seize every moment to cultivate the Aura Concealment Art.

Zhao Rui glared at Su Ming's complete indifference, furious and itching to act, but helpless. He couldn't really go out alone. In the end, he could only lie down angrily and pull the blanket over his head.

Early the next morning, just as dawn began to pale the sky, Su Ming opened his eyes.He nudged the still-murmuring Zhao Rui awake.

"Get up, we're going out."

to so early..." Zhao Rui

"To buy books."

the towering ancient locust

still clung to the air, but the bookstall was already set up. The thin figure

Su Ming walked up and

saw Su Ming his calm eyes flashed

time they sold paper to his father. When they first opened a sales channel, Su Ming had come to town

Zhao Rui standing behind Su Ming. Zhao Rui wore a brand-new thin cotton long shirt; though he tried to look humble, the picky

Qing's face faded. He only nodded politely at Zhao

books to prepare for the County School's examination," Su Ming naturally

Rui stood aside, bored, looking around with no interest

he helped Su Ming find books. "Many scholars in town are nervous. Wenbao Zhai's Essays and Commentaries has

head and picked out a book explaining basic policy-essay composition, The

the price of

merchant routes that transport paper were cut off. Good xuan paper is nearly as expensive as meat now. My cost to copy

the ink on

An opportunity presented itself.

improve the quality of the paper just a bit: one purpose was to stabilize popular sentiment and avoid villagers' resentment that might lead to trouble, the other was to give the village some influence. Lin Yu had complained a lot about this, fearing Su Yang would use Su Ming's secret methods to make paper capable of bringing ruin to the whole Su Family Village. So Lin Yu had insisted that Su Ming keep the paper from Su Yang not too good, and repeatedly

suddenly looked up, a flash of sharp light in

yet high-quality paper meant higher profit and stronger competitiveness. The Su Family Village's paper was already much better than

said cautiously. "It's still a trial. If it works, you'll be the first to see