Started as a mute girl? I prospered in the lean years

Jiang Erlang smiled, "This uncle is worried about you using five-spice powder for silver. He will know the benefits after he tastes it."

"That's right." Jiang Huaixu nodded, remembering Fu Tuan's promise to Fu Tuan, and said, "Second brother, let's go to the restaurant later to do some sales?"

Fu Tuan's drooping tail immediately stood up, and his ears were bent to listen to the conversation between the two.

"That's fine. You've never been to a restaurant to eat. My second brother invites you."

After the agreement, the two went to the embroidery workshop and sold the embroidered handkerchiefs. The embroidery was not much, so they only got fifty coins.

After collecting the money, the two of them walked around again and asked around. To be precise, Jiang Huaixu was asking around.

She is sweet and quick-tongued, so even a little girl is willing to be talked to.

When she was tired of asking, she took a sip of water and then said to Jiang Erlang: "Second brother, if you can study in Beichuan County in the future, I would like to rent a house in the county. Not only can you live in it, but also we can do business in the future." It can be our place to stay.”

Jiang Erlang, who had heard a lot of news, hesitated and said: "Do you want to rent a house on Fuping Street?"

Fuping Street is not far from the county school. Some students with good family backgrounds rent houses on Fuping Street instead of living in dormitories, so the housing prices are not low.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s further away from the county school, and the rent will be lower.”

Jiang Huaixu asked: "Second brother, can you just see the scene on Kangping Street two streets away?"

"Very lively."

Kangping Street can be said to be the busiest street in Beichuan Street, with various shops lined up in rows and the most merchants coming and going. I just saw some students from the county school wandering around the street. At this time, they were most likely to sneak out.

If you set up a stall here, you won't have to worry about bad business.

"That's right!" Jiang Huaixu stroked his hands, "With such a good location, the higher housing prices are worth it. Moreover, the rent for a two-bedroom house does not exceed two taels of silver per month, and it only costs six or seventy taels to buy it. It is really a bargain!"

Affected by the modern housing prices, Jiang Huaixu really felt that it was a good deal. This was a 'school district room' plus 'city center'!

"Let's go back and discuss it with our parents, and it won't be too late to make a decision." Jiang Erlang was afraid that Jiang Huaixu would get mad and go buy a house directly.

Jiang Huaixu had no choice but to put the matter aside for the time being.

The two came to the county school to inquire about the admission qualifications, and found out that they had to take the county examination and the prefectural examination first, and pass both examinations to become children before they could enter the county school.

Jiang Huaixu frowned more and more as he heard this. The Jin Dynasty was really strange. The daily necessities of life were similar to those of the Tang and Song dynasties, but the imperial examination was the model of the Ming Dynasty. It was as if there was a force that specifically promoted the talent selection system.

She said that the longer she lived in this era, the more out of place Jiang Shujian's identity as a child became. She didn't know if this imperial examination system developed naturally, or if there were other time-travelers pushing it behind the scenes?

After asking around for a while, the two left.

Jiang Huaixu asked Jiang Erlang what his plan was. Jiang Erlang's eyebrows were still gentle, but his eyes were more determined than before.

"It stands to reason that the county and government examinations will be held in February and April next year. Now that the foreign enemies have not been eliminated and the internal strife has not been resolved, everything is still unclear. I can only concentrate on studying my books."

He has already read the four books by heart, and has seen many notes taken by others at the Ping'an Town bookstore. Now he only needs to study hard and wait for the county and government examinations to come.

Jiang Huaixu nodded repeatedly, "This is the best. Only through accumulation can you make thin hair."

After walking out of Fuping Street, the two of them and a cat came to the largest restaurant on Kangping Street.

Before she even got close to the door, the waiter blocked her way, "Sir, is this a cat in your house or something? It can't enter our restaurant."

Jiang Huaixu looked down at Fu Tuan, and Fu Tuan looked up at her.

Second brother, please bleed.

"Is it possible that a restaurant as big as yours doesn't have private rooms?"

The waiter looked at the two of them with a look of embarrassment on his face, "Yes, yes, but..."

These two people looked like ordinary people, except that their cotton clothes were very ordinary, and they didn't look like people who could afford restaurants.

Jiang Huaixu grabbed Jiang Erlang's money bag hanging at his waist, took out a silver coin from it and threw it to the waiter.

"I will teach you something today: don't look down on others."

When the waiter got the money, he immediately beamed with joy. He didn't mind being called a 'dog' at all. He bent down and made a 'please' gesture, "Please, sir!"

Jiang Huaixu took Jiang Erlang and walked inside, not forgetting to say, "Watch the carriage outside."

The waiter kept saying yes.

After the two of them sat in the private room, Jiang Huaixu handed the money bag to Jiang Erlang. She muttered guiltily: "Second brother, you said you wanted to treat me."

Not to mention Jiang Huaixu, Jiang Erlang had never been to a private room in a restaurant. He glanced at the interior decoration and was not angry, "Second brother has never been to a place like this. Today is thanks to Asu."

I ordered a few dishes and tried Beichuan County's specialty roast duck. Both of them thought it was delicious. Jiang Huaixu was always wary of the lucky dumplings jumping directly onto the table to eat, so he could only feed himself and the lucky dumplings at the same time.

After eating, the two strolled around the streets and bought some snacks before driving the carriage back to Jiuxi Village.

Jiang Huaixu was surrounded by a group of children as soon as he got out of the car.

"Sister Ah Xu, you said yesterday that you would buy candied haws and eat it..."

"Sweet candied haws! Sister Axu!"

Shanwa jumped directly onto Jiang Huaixu's lap and shouted: "Sister, sister! Gourd!"

When Jiang Huaixu saw the heavy snot under his nose, he subconsciously held him up with his hands to prevent him from rubbing on his clothes.

"Stand still and don't move. Sister Axu will hand out candied haws to you!"

She distributed the candied haws wrapped in oil paper to the four children one by one. When they ran away with a happy smile, she gave the rest to Jiang Wei and the other three.

After that, she went to Li Qiaoer's house and gave the fifty coins she earned from selling embroidery to the two of them.

Li Qiaoer's parents were both honest people and sympathized with Xia Shuanghua's plight. Seeing that she could not survive alone, they proposed that Xia Shuanghua be their goddaughter and sleep with Li Qiaoer.

Before leaving, she said: "If you want to sell embroidery, why not go to my sister Jiang Wei to draw patterns? You can decide after seeing it."

Xia Shuanghua thanked her repeatedly, and finally asked: "Sister Axu, you have helped me a lot along the way, and I don't know how to repay you. If I can help you, just say it, there is nothing wrong with me!"

Jiang Huaixu thought for a while and said, "I'm really busy right now and need your help, but it won't be in vain. I'll pay you. Later, you two go to my house and I'll tell you how to do it."

The two refused to ask for wages, and Jiang Huaixu had to say forcefully: "This work is not done today, but will be gone tomorrow. It is a long-term job. Sister Qiaoer and your younger siblings are still young. You only have the support of your parents at home. You If you can earn some money to support your family, keep some for yourself so that you can have a place to live in the future, not to mention Sister Shuanghua. Think carefully and come to me after dinner."

In the evening, Jiang Huaixu felt he wasn't hungry, so he didn't eat. Today, Jiang Boliang built the hay shed and tied the donkey to the stone mill. Now he was just waiting for the iron plate and five-spice powder.

After dinner, Li Qiaoer and other women in the village who wanted to do work came to find them. Jiang Huaixu showed them the spices he bought and asked them to come home early tomorrow morning to grind the spices into powder.

She is not going to mix the spices and then grind them into powder. Instead, she will grind them together and mix them by herself, so that only she knows the proportion of each spice.