Making money, taking exams, and raising a family in rural imperial examinations

After seeing off Li Guangcai and Guo Yuanwai, Lin Ze closed the door to laugh out the pent-up Le.

He has a lot of shortcomings, the most obvious one is that he will take revenge, and he hates whoever plots against him the most.

When Li Guangcai visited last time, although he was not calculating, but he thought he was clever and wanted to embarrass him to refuse to accept apprentices in public. Lin Ze expressed his displeasure.

If it weren't for Li Guangcai's true love for his son, and the fact that Li Sheng's child was deeply in his heart, he would never be a bird.

There is a problem, firstly, it is really to test Li Sheng's qualifications, and secondly, it is indeed to make things difficult for Li Guangcai on purpose, to show off his authority, and let people know his temper.

Fortunately, Li Guangcai is very smart and witty, so Lin Ze didn't make things difficult for others when he got angry, and gave out the tips he had prepared long ago.

The point is over, if he gives a reminder that Li Sheng still can't pass the exam, then there's no need to talk about accepting apprentices, at most he will be accepted as a student.

In this era, a disciple going out is the face of the master. If he does something wrong, the master will also be implicated. Therefore, strict assessment is necessary. Lin Ze does not want to be implicated and wronged to death in the future.

There is still half a month before the time for Li Guangcai, so Lin Ze doesn't have to worry about sending him away.

On the contrary, the good news brought by the two people's visit made Lin Ze very happy. As long as the private school can be opened, their family will soon be able to live a comfortable and well-off life.

For this reason, the current planning of their family had to be adjusted, and the opening of the private school had to be advanced.

By the way, I just took advantage of the opportunity of this rectification banquet to publicize the fact that he is going to open a private school, strike while the iron is hot!

Just do it when you think about it. For the next half a month, Lin Ze will hand over all the tasks of selling bread to He Xiangfeng and his two mothers. Lin Ze will have to watch the beet sugar production by himself, but it frees up the time for selling bread, so we still have to do it. Can handle it.

Because the matter of the banquet had been discussed, it was fine for Zhang Yu to be alone, while Lin Ze got out and quickly listed the planning regulations for opening a private school.

In short, the sooner the private school opens, the better.

Before planning the charter of the private school, Lin Ze's family welcomed another guest.

He is also an acquaintance, a classmate of the original body, the scholar Fang Shanyuan who asked him to borrow money before.

"Brother Lin, I've made it clear. I can accept the conditions and requirements you said before. You, do you still need someone now..."

After not seeing him for a while, Fang Shanyuan's complexion was worse than before, and he could see the decadent and embarrassing poverty at a glance.

He was still wearing a cotton gown before, but now it has become the kind of coarse cloth bunt worn by the men in the village. It is conceivable that the other party may be at the end of his rope, otherwise the proud literati would never agree to his salary. Although high, there is no free work.

From the memory of the original body, Lin Ze knew Fang Shanyuan quite well, his character was not bad, and his knowledge was sufficient.

Now he is short of people, and Fang Shanyuan is short of money. After thinking for so many days, Fang Shanyuan finally took the initiative to come to the door, and he naturally had no reason to refuse.

Lin Ze nodded very readily,

"Welcome Brother Fang. If Brother Fang doesn't mind, we can negotiate a contract now. Brother Fang can advance 50 taels of wages after finishing the painting."

"Brother Lin, I..."

After the words fell, Fang Shanyuan's eyes turned red immediately.

Originally, he was still worried that he would be embarrassed if he asked to pay the wages in advance, but Lin Ze took the initiative to express his opinion. He was so grateful that he didn't know what to say.

Borrowing money everywhere these days, he has seen everything in the world, and it is not that he has never tried to find a job, but many people shake their heads when they mention that they need to pay tens of taels in advance, and relatives and friends even hide away.

The last thing he found was a job as a husband for the merchant's family, but the wages were still far from enough for his family's expenses.

Now that Lin Ze is so straightforward, he really feels grateful from the bottom of his heart.

After carefully reading the contract written by Lin Ze, Fang Shanyuan made sure that there was no place where he was cheated. Fang Shanyuan pressed his fingerprints without hesitation, and completely sold himself for the sake of his wife.

From now on, he probably will work for Lin Ze for the rest of his life...

It's sad to think about it, but for Lin Ze, the incident is something to be happy about. He has solved the big problem of private school teachers. Can he be unhappy?

100 taels a year to hire a gentleman is simply too much money for other people to spend, but it is a very cost-effective deal for Lin Ze.

From the perspective of modern people, manpower is always the most valuable, and talent is even more difficult to find. He will let Fang Shanyuan create value far higher than his salary.

After putting away Fang Shanyuan's contract, Lin Ze continued to invest in the private school's planning proposal.

I was so busy during the day that I could only hug his wife before going to bed at night, kiss and adjust him. The husband and wife rubbed my feet and I rubbed my shoulders. The relationship became sweeter and deeper.

And when Lin Ze was busy, there was a heated discussion in the village because they knew about his bread business.

Yes, it is indeed intense.

Why do you want to describe it like this, it is naturally because Lin Ze, a "profiteer essence", is too extortionate, and the price of bread and cakes is too high!

In fact, according to the eyes of modern people, Lin Ze did not set the price too expensive, because the cost of making cakes and bread is high and labor-intensive.

Without the help of modern machines, it takes a lot of energy to make purely handmade bread and cakes. Even though Lin Ze has tried his best to make some simple tools to assist him, during this period of time making cakes, beating egg whites and cream, he has trained a unicorn here comes the arm...

Therefore, in Lin Ze's view, there is no problem at all for him to triple the price of bread and cakes.

But for the people in the village, manpower is the least valuable thing in everyone's eyes. Villagers never count their own labor costs when selling things. They don't have the concept of "labor costs" at all, unless they help others.

Therefore, when I learned that Lin Ze sold a piece of bread for six or seven yuan, I was already very surprised. When I learned that Lin Ze’s small piece of cream cake cost a few taels of silver, I could almost stuff my mouth with eggs.

When I heard about that kind of big cream cake with layers, at least a dozen or so taels, those with a bad heart were stunned.

God, is this selling snacks? Lin Ze is selling gold!

This is the last idea of ​​the whole village.

After the shock, everyone started a heated discussion.

Most of them are envious. People who have studied in admiration are different. They can make a fortune by doing anything. When the family saves money, they must grit their teeth and send their children to private schools for a few years.

If there is envy, there will naturally be jealousy. Some people with an unhealthy mentality look at those around them who are similar to themselves, or even less developed than themselves, so they will inevitably complain unbalanced.

There are those who are even more jealous, and their mouths are broken everywhere.

Apart from Chen Shuju, the target of this broken mouth is Lin Erbo's family, among which Lin Erbo's family is the key object of care.

The reason is very simple, that is, Lin Ze handed over the job of selling bread to the two ladies of the He family because he couldn't spare manpower. His relatives are in the village, and he still finds outsiders for the work of touching money. Isn't it obvious that he is dissatisfied with his relatives? Well.

"I said pear blossom, what on earth is Lin Ze thinking? Your man is his second uncle. Every autumn harvest and spring sowing work, your man brings a few sons to Lin Sangui's house to help. Now that Lin Ze is prosperous, he Why don't you pull me down?"

"That's right, Lihua, you don't know, but the two wives of the He family sell bread for Lin Ze for half a day every day. I heard that they only get twenty or thirty Wen for their wages. They are almost equivalent to men doing part-time jobs. Such a good thing I will give it to outsiders..."

The name of the pear blossom is Zhang Lihua, which is Lin Erbo's wife.

It's not easy for some grumpy women to stop Lin Erbo from saying that they have been gossiping around Zhang Lihua in the past few days when they have nothing to do.

In fact, it's gossip, it's better to say that it's because Lin Ze is hot-eyed and has made money, so he comes here to sow dissension and find balance in his heart.

Every word and every sentence is about turning a corner and saying that Lin Ze is close to outsiders but not relatives at home. Fortunately, Lin Erbo takes his son to help with work every year.

Zhang Lihua has no culture, but she is not stupid either. She doesn't know that these snarky women are here to sow discord.

Although I feel bad about Lin Ze helping the He family and not helping my own family, there is no reason to be ashamed in front of outsiders, so I just smiled and perfunctory, and only talked about Lin Ze's problem with my man when I got home.

Indeed, although those snarky women are annoying, they are telling the truth.

It would be fine if their family had a bad relationship with Lin Ze, but the man in his family has been kind to Lin Ze's family all these years, even though the in-laws were unfairly divided back then, they still took care of the younger brother's family all these years.

In previous years, when Lin Ze and his brothers were short of money to teach the private school Shu Xiu, Lin Sangui had borrowed all her men when she came to visit her. Now that Lin Ze sent her money, she had completely forgotten about her family. I was a little puzzled...

"Mother, people in the village love to call Tonggen, how can my cousin make so much money in that business, isn't it just for food, the most famous Xianleju dim sum in the town is so expensive, the villagers are talking nonsense, listening to the wind is rain .”

The boys in Lin Erbo's family are all simple and honest, and the men are relatively slow in this regard, so they don't believe it.

The price of bread is transparent and easy to inquire about, but because cakes are only reserved by VIP customers, people who have never bought the exact price do not know the exact price. The news is only spread from the mouths of maids and servants from some wealthy families, so you have to buy it yourself if you are sure Only then will I know.

"That's right, if you want to make so much money, why doesn't my cousin repair the house? The old house my cousin lives in is okay in summer, but it's annoyed in winter. Besides, it's really profitable. My cousin goes out every day before dawn, which is also hard work." Come on, how can there be people in the village who say it is so easy, you can get rich just by eating, how long has it been..."

In short, no matter how you say it, Lin Laoer and the boys really don't believe it, because it's too unbelievable.

"But when Luo Ge'er and He Xiangfeng got married, Lin Zeke gave them a few of those so-called "Weibi Cards". The cheapest ones cost one tael of silver each. This can't be faked."

Zhang Lihua doesn't really believe that bread and cakes are really that profitable, but Lin Ze has been taking care of the He family these days, and it is true that he has not taken care of his relatives.

"It's someone else's thing. How they want to deal with it is their business. Let's just do our best. Don't think about it all day long. Without others, we can't afford to eat?"

"Let's just do things worthy of ourselves. Although the separation of the family was unfair to the parents, the third brother gave back everything that should be given in private. We didn't follow the third brother when there was no accident in the past?"

"Our Lin family has a shallow foundation in the village, and there are only a few relatives around. Do we really want to be like the big brother and never get in touch with each other?"

"Isn't the marriage between the eldest and the second son arranged at that time? From whom did Hong Hong learn to read characters? What do those sloppy things in the village do? Eat!"

Lin Erbo is a man in charge of the family with ideas and prestige, and he can see it clearly, so he patted the table and gave the family a good training.

Although Zhang Lihua is still a little estranged, but her man is right, she thinks so, just let the little brother and girl in the family learn calligraphy from Lin Ze for a few days, it is already a big deal, and then think about other things that you don’t have. What.

Nodding his head to eat, he left behind those disturbing mouths in the village.

The few children in the family are even more naive, honest, and well-behaved. As long as they have enough food every day, they have no opinions or ideas.