Reborn as the twin sister of the male protagonist with her mortal enemy

"There are too many people placing orders now. I work day and night and can't catch up. If you are in a hurry, I can only give you 12,000 bricks at most. But these bricks can't be used to build a house, so you can decide for yourself."

Zheng Guixiang knew that this was the biggest concession the other party had given him. These bricks were not enough to build a wall, and they could only build two small rooms in the house, and it would not be convenient to add on.

Zheng Juzi stood by expectantly waiting for good news, but now felt a little regretful. "Uncle Ma, does your brick kiln have hollow bricks?"

"Hollow bricks? We make bricks for building houses, we can't make hollow ones." Ma Guoming said seriously. You must not cut corners to speed up the process. This is the basic principle as a businessman.

Zheng Juzi blinked her eyes: "So it's gone?"

Ma Guomin confirmed: "No."

Zheng Juzi: "Uncle Ma, why don't you try to bake a batch of hollow bricks? You can use my father's fence as an experiment first."

If it weren't for the title of top scholar, Zheng Guixiang would definitely scold his daughter - children should not interrupt when adults are talking.

But her daughter is the top scholar, and the top scholar must know a lot.

Coincidentally, Ma Guoming also thought so, "Then how to burn these hollow bricks?"

Zheng Juzi had worked in a brick and tile factory during one of his summer vacations and knew the specific steps involved. He quickly told Ma Guoming the drawings, ingredients, and firing methods.

"It sounds like it can save a lot of materials, but is this thing really sturdy?" Ma Guoming was a little worried. They also made hollow cement tiles, which were generally made for lighting and ventilation. He always felt that something was wrong with the ones Zheng Juzi painted.

"It's not as strong as ordinary red bricks, and it might even leak." Zheng Juzi said truthfully. The technology she came into contact with was relatively rough and primitive. It was easy to learn and operate, but the quality was definitely limited, so she didn't dare to take the risk.

Ma Guoming was a little amused, "What's the use?"

"It's useful," Zheng Juzi pointed at the wall in the house and said, "These walls can all be made of hollow bricks, which will put less pressure on the columns."

In fact, hollow bricks are very good for exterior wall insulation, sound insulation, and heat insulation, and they can also take up a certain amount of space when used as interior walls. However, there is no waterproofing technology to support the problem of water seepage, and she doesn't know how to solve it.

It’s not okay for people to build a house and it leaks, right?

There is indeed nothing wrong with her suggestion. Ma Guoming added: "That's the truth. Building a house this way can use a lot of hollow bricks."

Zheng Juzi continued, "It's no problem to build an exterior wall. It doesn't matter if the exterior wall leaks. It doesn't matter if it's just one wall and doesn't have too many load-bearing requirements and isn't that strong. It can also be used for stoves at home, pig pens, and fences."

You're right. Saving money as much as possible is a good thing. Materials are secondary. What he needs most now is to shorten the firing time. He is almost suffocated by all those orders. As long as Zheng Juzi gives him the correct steps, not only can he save materials, but the time required to burn paper will also be shorter based on the area.

Making money is fun but also hard.

"Uncle Ma, just give it a try." Zheng Juzi took advantage of his childhood and pulled at his sleeve.

Ma Guoming fell into deep thought, and after a while he asked, "Where did you learn this method?"

Zheng Juzi said: "In the book."

"what book?"

Zheng Juzi took out the book he brought with him.

When Ma Guoming opened the book, he could only understand a few Arabic numerals. The book was filled with foreign words and a few pictures of buildings that he could not understand.

Although he couldn't understand it, he believed it. There was no reason for him to doubt a book that only the top scholar could understand.

Zheng Guixiang had confidence in his daughter and said, "It's such a big deal. Why don't you try firing a few kilns first? Trust my daughter. I'll use hollow bricks for the fence."

At this point, Ma Guoming was eager to try and said, "Okay, I'll try it first."

Zheng Guixiang emphasized: "Let's not talk about the bricks for the fence first. You have to distribute the bricks for building my house more evenly. My daughter is a top scholar and she can't live in a cramped environment."

Ma Guoming: "Okay, if this hollow brick is really as she said, can I give you the bricks for building your house for free?"

There was no reason for Zheng Guixiang to refuse: "Okay!"

The school was confirmed and the brick problem seemed to be solved. Zheng Juzi planned to take a few days off before going to the farm.

"When are you planning to go to the farm?" Zheng Hanqiu asked. He felt uncomfortable all over at the thought of smelling the pig manure.

But she also knew that she couldn't avoid it.

Zheng Juzi explained the hollow bricks. "Normally, they can be fired in one day, but the brick and tile factory definitely doesn't have this kind of adobe. It will take several days to make new adobe bricks, dry them in the shade, and then fire them."

"Okay, let's do it a few days later if possible." Zheng Hanqiu was not very interested in learning about things he didn't understand. "But you still have to arrange something for Luo Cheng and Song Xing to do, otherwise I think these two people will not be able to do it because of their strong self-esteem."

Zheng Juzi offered them a monthly salary of 30 yuan, mainly to help Zheng Feizhou train his physical strength and also teach them some simple self-defense skills.

Decades later, such a coach is not cheap, but the two of them felt that the things they did as a side job did not have much value and they were embarrassed to take the money.

There is such a huge difference between people.

Some people want to get something for nothing, while others just want to feel at peace with themselves.

Thinking that he would have to bring bodyguards with him when dealing in treasury bonds next year, Zheng Juzi gave priority to keeping the two of them. 60 yuan a month, that's only 720 yuan a year, which is a low investment compared to what he wants to do.

What's more, training Zheng Feizhou is not a matter of a day or two. After the training, coupled with the aura of the male protagonist, he is a true hexagonal warrior.

It's a good deal no matter how you calculate it.

But if the other party wants to find something to do, then find something for them to do.

Zheng Juzi called the two of them to a small meeting.

"You are here to train my brother during the summer vacation, and teach us sisters self-defense at the same time. It's temporary."

There is work?! Their eyes lit up.

"It's like this. We bought a house in town, mainly so that we don't have to go so far during lunch break. Do you understand?"

I understand, but what does it have to do with life?

"We have high aspirations in life."

The two of them completely agreed. Their pursuit was unmatched by the children in the village, let alone those in the city.

"But you also know that the most feared thing in this world is people's envy, and we don't want to reduce the quality of life, so it is inevitable to ask you to protect us."

Before the two of them expressed their opinions, Zheng Juzi continued, "Sometimes it seems that raising troops for a thousand days is useless, but what we want is to use them for a while. There won't be no one when we need them, right?"

Zheng Juzi had said this before, but they just couldn't get over it. "How about you come to us when you need to do something?"

"no!"