They were not greedy; each took only one lantern and then stopped.
De'an had a Beauty Lamp, Huang Chen a Jade Rabbit Lantern, and Chu Xun a revolving lantern, while Zhao Jing held a Lotus Lantern.
The four of them had also left behind samples of their calligraphy at Moxiang Pavilion. With that, they now had a spare set of brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones.
At that moment, De'an could truly appreciate the painstaking efforts of Moxiang Pavilion's owner.
These things were nothing to the scions of wealthy families, but for poor scholars, they were a solution to a pressing need.
There were truly many scholars struggling financially these days. The inkstones they used were cracked and their Wolf Hair brushes were worn down to a tiny tuft, yet they couldn't bear to buy new ones.
But if they didn't replace them, they might face the predicament of a broken inkstone or an unusable brush once they were in the examination hall.
