Rebirth of the Evil Stepmother and the Four Villainous Children

"How are you looking at the paper?"

Xie Wuyou is a connoisseur of good quality paper. This paper is very tough and will not rip if rubbed. It will not be stained by a drop of ink.

This quality can be considered as medium-quality paper on the market, but bamboo is cheap. Basically, as long as it is bamboo from the mountains and not planted by others, it is free.

Xie Wuyou said: "Very good, really very good. Once your bamboo paper becomes popular, even books will be much cheaper."

Zhou Rongrong said: "Books are expensive, isn't it because of printing? There are still many people who need to copy them. In fact, I have a way to print books quickly."

When Zhou Rongrong first started making paper, she thought she could also master the printing technology. However, this would make people hate her too much, because this technology is not just about printing books.

Instead, they have the power of public opinion. In the Great Zhou, no matter who you are, unless you really don't want to live.

Reputation is a very important thing. A scholar may not be able to take the imperial examinations for his entire life because of a bad reputation, a girl may not be able to get married because of a bad reputation, and a man may not be able to find a wife because of a bad reputation.

Zhou Rongrong, who knows printing skills, is afraid that she will lose control and become an angry young man, writing abusive words every day. In this case, it would be better for her to tell Xie Wuyou during the conversation.

So Zhou Rongrong started talking about movable type printing during the conversation. Xie Wuyou suppressed his excitement and remembered it clearly. He asked about what he didn't understand. Zhou Rongrong also cooperated and explained it to him clearly.

Soon, a letter was secretly sent from Zhou Rongrong's home.

The village chief naturally had no objection and said in a very generous manner that Zhou Rongrong could cut any bamboo on the mountain. He was so anxious that he wanted to drag Zhou Rongrong to cut down trees.

Zhou Rongrong pulled Uncle Zhou to sit down and said.

"Uncle, not all bamboo can be made into paper. We need young bamboo that is 1-2 years old. Old bamboo won't work, and bamboo that is too young won't work either. Also, it needs to be soaked, which is very troublesome. So I came here today to discuss with you. Can you ask everyone in the village to cut bamboo that is 1-2 years old for me?"

Uncle Zhou suddenly realized: "There is such a thing? How do you recruit your employees? Or do you recruit people from our village?"

Zhou Rongrong nodded naturally. Both the village chief and the villagers were very supportive of her career. When she encountered a few crazy people, Zhou Rongrong didn't even need to take action, she just suppressed them directly.

Bamboo is a cheap commodity, or bamboo from the mountains does not cost money. Mountains and forests can be bought and sold in the Great Zhou Dynasty, but Zhou Rongrong does not have enough money to buy mountains and forests now.

"Uncle, do you think this is okay? I'll give them twenty cents to cut bamboo from the forest in the mountains and bring it to the river. As for those families who have bamboo at home, I'll buy it, but it must be young bamboo that is 1-2 years old. I don't want old bamboo. Can I get five pieces for two cents?"

Uncle Zhou naturally thought it was a good idea and happily went out to call people.

Zhou Rongrong went to the new workshop. Liu Dazhuang and others had already dug several pits, diverted water from the river, and then put lime into the pits.

The bamboo that has been put in lime only needs to be soaked in water for three months. This step is very important and directly affects the demand for bamboo papermaking in the future.

Uncle Zhou shouted at the entrance of the village. When everyone heard that Zhou Rongrong needed bamboo, they went to the mountains in groups of three or four to cut bamboo. They said that only one or two years of bamboo would be needed, which meant that bamboo that was younger than one month or older would not be needed.

Seeing that everything was well prepared here, Zhou Rongrong waved her hand and asked Liu Dazhuang and the others to go to the mountain to cut bamboo.

The two stood by the river. The weather was getting colder and colder. Zhou Rongrong rubbed her hands and exhaled.

"If you don't return to Beijing, it will be difficult for you to go back if it snows."

Xie Wuyou couldn't understand why he kept urging him to leave.

"Humph, didn't we agree to teach Erbao martial arts first? I think Erbao's talent is not worse than yours and mine."

Zhou Rongrong said proudly: "Of course, how can the son I raised be worse than you? I heard that you are very good at leading troops in battles?"

Xie Wuyou nodded and said, "Yeah, very impressive. Anyway, I have never lost."

Zhou Rongrong didn't really believe in the idea of ​​a general who always wins. How could anyone never lose? But this man looked like a peacock showing off, so Zhou Rongrong swallowed back her words of criticism.

"My second son said that he wants to be a general in the future. You should teach him the art of war every day. Of course, I won't let you teach him in vain. I will give you a peerless military book."

When he heard that Zhou Rongrong was going to give him something, his pair of peach blossom eyes became as bright as obsidian, dazzling and charming.

This person started to have wild thoughts again. Hehe, what should I do? I am about to receive a gift from Rongrong. Where should I put it?

Zhou Rongrong didn't know what this person was thinking. In her opinion, this was just a normal exchange, an exchange of interests.

"What? No?"

Xie Wuyou said quickly.

"Okay, okay, okay, why not? Don't worry, I will teach you well. I am not good at other things, but I will definitely have no problem with military law. Do you want to come and watch me teach Erbao?"

As soon as I tell you about my superb method of deploying troops, Rongrong will definitely think that I am even more handsome, and will no longer be the handsome guy with only a good-looking appearance. She will definitely be impressed by my talent.

But Zhou Rongrong said seriously: "No, I'm very busy."

The puppy drooped his head and looked completely out of energy. Zhou Rongrong thought he was tired and patted him on the shoulder.

"Life in the countryside is like this. Once you get used to it, you won't feel tired anymore. Just think of it as you are here to inspect and experience the people's lives in the countryside."

Xie Wuyou was stunned by what he said.

Soon more and more people brought in bamboos. Zhou Rongrong and Xie Wuyou checked them and started paying them. They watched people put the bamboos into the dug pits, put in lime and a small amount of water, then filled the pits with soil and started vomiting.

They worked like this for several days, and there was still more than half of the forest on the mountain that had not been cut down. This task was very simple, so Zhou Rongrong directly handed it over to Liu Dazhuang. At the beginning, the villagers were needed to go to the mountain to cut down the trees, but now they are no longer needed. Liu Dazhuang leads the people to cut down the trees.

After all this coming and going, the Chinese New Year is approaching. Naturally, this year's Chinese New Year in the Zhou family will not be as quiet as before, with only a few children and her.

Zhou Rongrong is now very popular in Dashan Village, and she has to visit people's homes to pay New Year's greetings during this year's Spring Festival.

Zhou Rongrong planned to just hold a banquet. After all, she had to have a reunion party with her employees at the end of the year, right?

So on the 25th, Zhou Rongrong made a big deal with Boss Li and booked his Yunwei House. She also invited her employees, Jiang Laosan's family, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhuang and others to have a feast at Yunwei House.

The main consideration is that if we hold it at home, there won't be enough space and it will be troublesome. Besides, it's the New Year, so we want to take it easy.

Although it is not tiring to do it at home, it is troublesome.

People started arriving one after ten o'clock. Zhou Rongrong, her five children and Xie Wuyou stood outside the door to welcome the guests. They really looked like a young couple. Mrs. Zhao also knew that none of these children were Zhou Rongrong's biological children, so she joked.

"Now that your man is back, don't you expect to have another child?"

Before Zhou Rongrong could say anything, she heard Xie Wuyou's joyful voice.

"Oh, Mrs. Zhao is right. It depends on what Rongrong means."

Zhou Rongrong: This person is really shameless.

Dabao: Kill him.

Zhou Rongrong's face turned red. What was Xie Wuyou talking about?

He laughed and said, "Sister, you see, I can't take care of my kids at all. They are very naughty. If there is a younger one, I won't be able to take care of it."