Traveling through books: Traveling through time with a golden finger to become a soft rice man

Yang Yuanzu came up to the pie Dalang, put his arms around his shoulders and said with a profound expression: "Brother, have you ever thought about making this pie softer?"

Biandalang replied: "But this biscuit is too soft to keep you hungry... Please give me some advice from an expert." Biandalang changed the subject.

There is still hope. No wonder businessmen are said to be quick-thinking.

Yang Yuanzu took a look at the cake. The vegetables inside were sun-dried and not easy to chew. There were also some finely chopped wheat bran. In addition, many other things he didn't know were added.

If you want to make soft pancakes, you have to use fine white flour, but the cost of fine white flour is very high. Pancake Dalang and Yang Yuanzu expressed their worries.

Yang Yuanzu had no better way at the moment, so he could only say: "To make delicious cakes, you need good raw materials. At worst, you can make two types, one to sell to customers who only need to fill their stomachs, and the other You can sell it to customers who have different taste requirements, or you can improve the recipe and add some good ingredients to it. How to do it depends on you."

Then he returned to his stall and helped pack away the things. Pancake Dalang stayed there looking at the pancakes he had not sold today and thinking about Yang Yuanzu's suggestion.

While he was busy, Yang Yuanzu asked Lin Ting'an: "An'an, can we buy a donkey later? It's too much trouble for us to carry so many things back and forth every day."

Lin Ting'an replied without thinking: "Okay." Then he glanced at Yang Yuanzu again and saw that the other person was rubbing his shoulders. He remembered that Yang Yuanzu helped move most of their things when they came this morning, and then asked with concern. : "Would you like to buy some medicinal wine and rub it in for you?"

Yang Yuanzu shook his head, "That's not the case."

Yang Huahua asked from the side: "But do we have the money to buy donkeys? We also have donkey carts..."

Yang Yuanzu suggested: "How about spending the budget for books first."

Books are currently the most expensive household expense for their family.

Yang Huahua looked at Yang Yuanzu: "Brother, how about we lower the cost of living, eat the brown rice we had before, and eat less meat?"

Yang Yuanzu shook his head repeatedly: "We are still young now. We are growing up. If we lack nutrition, we will not grow taller. If we don't grow taller, we will regret it for the rest of our lives." Yang Yuanzu touched his younger brother's head and continued: "Brother I just thought of an idea, come with me."

After hearing this, everyone followed Yang Yuanzu to the animal market.

After wandering around the market, several people chose a donkey, and after many negotiations the price was finally reduced to three taels of silver.

This donkey is about to enter old age, so the price is much cheaper than other donkeys.

What was left was the donkey cart, and by getting the donkey cart they could pull more goods.

Yang Yuanzu said to the two of them profoundly: "I know where to get it..." and then led the two of them to the carpenter's shop.

Boss Mu came out and said, "It's not the beginning of the month yet. Why are you here? Are there new finished products?"

They distributed last month's commission earlier this month.

Yang Yuanzu replied: "There is a new product, I think it should sell well."

He sold a pass first.

When Lin Ting'an and Yang Huahua heard this, they both raised their heads and glanced at Yang Yuanzu.

I thought to myself, aren’t they here to see the donkey cart? Why are they talking about business again?

Boss Mu's eyes lit up when he heard that it was something easy to sell, and then he looked at Yang Yuanzu's hands. There was nothing, and the two brothers didn't have anything in their hands.

Upon seeing this, Yang Yuanzu said: "I went out to sell fish today. I left in a hurry without bringing any drawings. I wonder if you have paper, ink, pen and inkstone here so that I can draw them."

The shop owner heard this: "Yes, I'll get it from Mr. Accountant."

After a while, he came out with his things, followed by the accountant.

The two of them were chatting about the fish they had eaten in the morning. When they saw Yang Yuanzu, the accountant smiled and praised Yang Yuanzu's fish, saying it was delicious.

Boss Mu put the Four Treasures of the Study on the table and agreed with the accountant about how delicious they were, saying that he had also tasted the fish that the accountant bought.

Yang Yuanzu politely replied with a few business words, and after seeing the things arranged, he stepped forward to start describing them.

Everyone gathered around curiously, wanting to see what Yang Yuanzu was painting.

Yang Yuanzu was painting with his head down, and the atmosphere was a little quiet for a while. The shop owner started chatting with Lin Ting'an.

There were many compliments in his words, saying that the two brothers were great and diligent, and the accountant also agreed.

He was a little embarrassed when he first heard the praise for Yang Huahua. When Lin Ting'an saw this, he took Yang Huahua and thanked him in a neither humble nor overbearing manner.

After a while, Yang Yuanzu's design was good, but because the ink was not dry yet, he didn't pick it up, and everyone gathered around the table.

On the rice paper is a design of a wooden rocking chair.

Everyone usually sits on futons, stools, and ordinary chairs without four legs. When they first saw this wooden object, they were very curious.

Boss Mu stood on the same side as Yang Yuanzu, and Yang Yuanzu explained to Boss Mu as before.

Seeing the boss's expression of realization, Yang Yuanzu knew that the boss understood.

The two still followed the old rules of sharing. The boss said to make a small number of samples first to see how the sales go. Yang Yuanzu agreed.

After the matter was settled, Yang Yuanzu took the opportunity to propose that he wanted to buy a donkey cart.

Donkey carts are commonly used by the people, and the boss has them in stock here all year round.

Because he got the new product boss and Yang Yuanzu was a partner, he sold the donkey cart to Yang Yuanzu at cost price.

The donkey cart that originally cost one tael of silver was instantly cheaper by half, costing only five taels of copper coins.

The three of them hitched the donkey cart onto the newly purchased donkey and said goodbye to the boss.

On the way, Yang Yuanzu praised himself in his heart for being a clever little guy who could kill two birds with one stone.

Not only did he save half of the donkey cart cost, but he also added an income to himself, making his study path no longer so difficult.

After today's donkey cart price incident, Yang Yuanzu probably understood that as long as the ordinary items here are not related to the nobles, the prices are still cheap and common people can afford them.

The road to the county seat is difficult, but the road back to the village is easy.

They just need to walk beside the donkey cart.

Whoever got tired from walking would take a rest on the donkey cart. Because the donkey cart couldn't pull too heavy things, they took turns to sit on the cart and rest.

Aunt Chen greeted us when we got home and asked everyone if they had had lunch and how was business today.

Yang Huahua said with excitement that business was very good today and they even bought a donkey cart.

When she heard that there was a donkey cart, Mrs. Chen quickly asked Yang Huahua to take her to see it.

Yang Yuanzu and Lin Ting'an stayed to settle the accounts.

Lin Ting'an took a wooden stick and wrote on the ground, muttering: "I brought fifty fish and crabs each, and two hundred crayfish. In total,..."

Yang Yuanzu, who was rubbing Lin Ting'an's shoulders, blurted out: "Three twos and sevens!"

Hearing this, Lin Ting'an started to calculate on the ground.

Yang Yuanzu continued: "We should also prepare pens, inks, paper and inkstones. We need this for settling accounts."

Yang Yuanzu calculated the split expenses in his mind.

Four high beds were sold in the carpenter's shop last month, priced at one tael each, and his share was one, two, six taels.

The pottery shop sold 300 stoves at a unit price of thirty cents, and his share was three to two or six cents.

In total, he spent five or two dollars on the living expenses of his family.

I think the share he will receive at the beginning of next month should be about five taels, which is just enough for him to pay for repairs.

I think the division of rocking chairs is almost like two or three.

It was still a bit tight to share the income to cover the daily expenses of writing, ink, paper and inkstones. He was thinking about what design drawings to look for next, but his thoughts were suddenly interrupted by Lin Ting'an's voice.

"Three twos and sevens! How did you calculate it, Yuanzu? It's so fast." Lin Ting'an's face was full of curiosity.

"Let me teach you the nine-nine multiplication formula." After saying that, he started drawing on the ground.