The shopkeeper glanced at the three books in Zhao Yunhui's hands. They were nothing out of the ordinary, so he smiled and said, "Miss, they're thirty-five copper coins each, a hundred and five for three. Just give me a hundred!"
Lü Ling hurriedly took out her purse, rummaged through it, and handed the shopkeeper a piece of silver weighing one tael. "Here, keep the change!"
The shopkeeper had been about to ask whether she had any copper coins. After all, one tael of silver was worth a thousand copper coins, and making change of nearly nine hundred coins was rather a lot. His shop did not have that many copper coins on hand just then.
The shopkeeper knew he had met a generous customer, but he felt that one tael was still far too much for three books, so he hurriedly said, "Miss, look, one tael is too much. Why don't you choose some more? Otherwise, this old man won't feel at ease."
"You old man, isn't making money a good thing?" Lü Ling said, rolling her eyes at him.
"Shopkeeper, you're an honest man. All right, I'll take a few more books," Zhao Yunhui said with a smile. "Little Ling, see if there are any books you want to buy."
"Miss, just buy what you like!" Lü Ling said with a smile.
Zhao Yunhui said nothing. She walked past the shelves and casually picked out another six books. This time, she also took the three works, Heaven and Earth, The Revolution of Heaven, and The Way of Heaven, and handed them to Lü Ling, who followed behind her.
"Shopkeeper, let's add these six. Will that do?" Zhao Yunhui asked.
"Yes, yes, more than enough!" the shopkeeper said, thinking, Even another six would be fine.
When Zhao Yunhui and Lü