The whole village is fleeing famine, fortunately I have a concubine system

He knocked on the door with his fingers, making a crackling sound.

Zhao Lishui woke up in a daze when she heard the sound and kicked Wang Zhuzi who was snoring.

"Zhu Zi, Zhu Zi, go and see what's going on.

It's like a rat."

Wang Zhuzi was kicked awake by Zhao Lishui, and he sat up dazedly, put on a cotton jacket, and opened the door.

In the dim shadows, through the moonlight, I saw three dark creatures standing at the door.

Wang Zhuzi, who was yawning, was suddenly startled.

"My mother."

He raised his foot and was about to kick it.

Then a little black pillar showed a mouthful of white teeth, and a very excited voice came: "Dad, you're awake!"

Wang Zhuzi then stopped kicking halfway and kicked again lightly.

"You unlucky thing, you're not sleeping at night. What the hell are you doing here?

Your father was almost scared to death by you."

Goudan fell to the ground after being kicked, but Wang Zhuzi didn't use much force, so it didn't hurt at all.

Goudan got up and patted his clothes first.

She complained, "Dad, why did you kick me? I just put on my clothes today. If I get them dirty, Mom will scold me again."

At this time, Old Mrs. Wang was also woken up.

When he saw three people standing at Wang Zhuzi's door, he immediately understood what was going on.

"Are you all awake?"

"Yeah, he's awake." Three people said at the same time.

"Aren't you sleepy then?"

"Grandma, I'm not sleepy anymore."

Seeing the three people so excited, Old Lady Wang stretched and said to them, "That's perfect, Goudan, fill the jar with water.

Tiedan, you and Gou Wa, cook the porridge. Just add a bowl of stalks of rice.

When you are done, take out your clothes and wash them."

In the past, during the busy farming season, they often helped out at home.

Jobs like cooking and fetching water are something I'm used to doing.

Therefore, Old Mrs. Wang was not worried at all. She went back to her room and continued to sleep.

Wang Zhuzi leaned against the door frame, his hands in his sleeves. He looked at the three children and said, "You guys work hard. I'm going back to sleep."

After that, he left.

The three of them were left staring at each other.

Tiedan looked at Goudan and said slowly, "Why did you insist on knocking on our parents' door? Now you have something to do."

Goudan also looked at him: "Why didn't you say so earlier? Hurry up and do it."

Because it was still dark, they had to go into the kitchen and light the fire.

As the fire grew bigger, the kitchen became brighter.

Three people cooked porridge together.

By the time the porridge was almost cooked, it was already dawn outside.

Let’s go to the well together and fill the water jar.

At this time, the Wang family also got up.

Wang Chengzi saw Goudan and the others’ faces flushed with tiredness, and said with a smile: “What’s wrong with you three? Why are your faces so red?”

Goudan chuckled and told him what happened in the morning.

This made everyone laugh.

After eating the meal cooked by Goudan and his friends, a new day begins.

Wang Chengzi returned to his room and concentrated on preparing for the examination for Tongsheng.

Old Mrs. Wang took Wang Zhuzi and the soap into the city to see how to sell it.

Old Wang took a hoe and went to the field to look for weeds.

Zhao Lishui was washing clothes in the yard.

Zhang Xing'er used the Thousand Character Classic to teach them how to read.

Each family member has his or her own duties and everyone has something to do.

Several people brought stools and sat in the yard, waiting for Zhang Xing'er to teach them.

Daya was learning to embroider nearby. Xiaomi saw Daya and asked, "Sister, do you want to study?"

When Daya heard about reading, her eyes lit up.

Then she lowered her head and stitched on the embroidery stand: "I am a girl, why should I learn this?"

Xiaomi retorted: "What's wrong with being a girl? If you want to, you can learn.

Besides, you don't have to take the imperial examination to study. My mother knows how to do it anyway, so you can learn from her.

Not only you learn, I will learn too. "

Only then did Daya put down the embroidery in her hands and sat next to Goudan with Xiaomi.

Zhang Xing'er looked at the two people approaching, her eyes full of tenderness almost overflowing.

“The sky and earth are dark and yellow, the universe is vast and boundless… Zhang Xing’er taught the children in front of her just as her father taught her.”

Gou Wa tilted his head and looked at Zhang Xing'er with admiration.

I taught a sentence first, and then repeated the meaning.

He started writing on the ground with a sand table.

A circle of little heads gathered around and laughed.

When Old Lady Wang and Wang Zhuzi came back in the afternoon, they had all learned to write two words.

After arriving home, Old Lady Wang and Wang Zhuzi each drank a large bowl of water.

Seeing this, Zhao Lishui quickly brought out the porridge that had been kept warm in the ceramic pot.

Old Mrs. Wang gulped down the whole bowl of wine, then wiped her mouth and stopped.

Wang Zhuzi was still drinking, holding two steamed buns in his hand.

Eat a bite of steamed bread and drink a mouthful of porridge.

"Mom, how is it? Can it be sold?"

Zhao Lishui is very concerned about this money-making business.

You know, this is the key to whether his children can continue to study.

Old Lady Wang sat on the chair calmly: "Why are you in such a hurry? Is there anything I can't accomplish when I come to you?

They don’t have this thing in their store. If you just sell it, it will sell very well.”

Old Lady Wang paused for a moment. Zhao Lishui heard that the product was selling well and said excitedly, "It's OK as long as it sells well, it's OK as long as it sells well."

Old Mrs. Wang still didn't say anything.

Zhao Lishui looked at Old Lady Wang as if she was thinking about something.

"Mom, do you have a better idea?"

"If we sell it to a shop, we can make money, but we can only earn a small fee.

I was thinking about whether I could open a shop of my own and then have them all buy from us.

Sell ​​it to the foot traders and peddlers. Let them sell it.”

Zhang Xing'er nodded, this is a feasible method, although the profit is lower, but the quantity is large.

Win by quantity, and as your shop gets bigger and bigger, you will earn more and more money.

But this has a prerequisite, that is, it must be possible to produce soap on a large scale.

This is something their family cannot do.

"We can find someone in the village to build the house and hire someone to be responsible for production. Then we just need to supervise the final product."

After listening to Goudan's words, Old Lady Wang slapped her thigh.

"Okay, Goudan. Go on."

Scratching his head, he continued, "Let's rent a shop in the city and put the soap we produce in the shop. We can sell it in small quantities or take a lot and sell it ourselves."

Xiaomi, who was listening nearby, exclaimed, "Wow!"

"Tuanzi, is this the earliest example of retail-to-wholesale conversion?

My brother is really smart. "

Old Lady Wang also thought it was a good idea, but it would require another large investment of money.

Zhang Xing'er also considered the issue of money, so she added to Goudan's words.

"We can make it at home first and then sell it in the city.

When I have enough money, I will start renting a shop and building a house.”

Xiaomi nodded and added, "We can also make some high-end soaps with various flower essential oils.

Or goat milk. Make it into something special and sell it to the rich.”