"The rent for housing is not low either; monthly rent ranges from two thousand to eight thousand coins, depending on the house's location and size," he said, "I don't mean to boast, but there aren't many scholars who can afford to rent a courtyard in Changqing Alley. Moreover, education doesn't happen overnight; it might require two, three, or even seven or eight years. Just calculate how much the rent itself costs."
Bai Erlang said, "So living in the capital city is truly challenging."
Bai Shan nodded, "Indeed, many students who come to study, as well as scholars who travel each year to take exams in the capital, crowd into small inns and guesthouses in the outer city, with five or six people sharing a room. Even in such dormitories, it costs at least six hundred coins per month. It's truly not worth it compared to renting an independent house with a courtyard in the Yongzhou area."
Wei Yu was shocked, asking, "How do you know this so well?"
