A man travels through time and becomes a widow, only wanting to pursue a career

"It's raining!"

Chen Changsheng rushed out of the house and looked up. The sky, which was cloudless just now, suddenly started to rain.

She suddenly woke up and reminded suddenly, "Quick! Harvest the rice quickly! Don't let the rain get wet!"

People can get wet in the rain, but the rice can't get wet at all. Rice that is exposed to rain will sprout, and it will be finished if it rots.

Several people in the yard were busy at the same time, sweeping with brooms and delivering dustpans, and everyone moved quickly and in an orderly manner.

The same goes for other families in Chenjia Village. Every household is protecting the rice they take care of.

After all the rice was safely moved indoors, Chen Changsheng was sweating all over.

She stood under the eaves and looked out in trance. This was the first rain she had experienced in this era. The raindrops fell on the ground, creating a small pit, which was filled with rainwater.

Listening to the patter of rain outside, Chen Dafu sighed inside the house, "Fortunately, we have moved to a new home. If we were still in the old house like before, it would be raining heavily outside and light rain inside. It would really make people panic. ”

When Chen Changsheng heard this, he thought that the roof of the old house had not been repaired yet, and he didn't know what was going on there.

"Erlu, Sanshou, you two go to the old house and ask if your grandma needs help. Her place is small. If there is no place to put rice, you can move to our place first."

Er Lu nodded in agreement, and just as he and his third brother were about to go out, they were stopped by Chen Changsheng, who stuffed an umbrella in his hand.

"Take an umbrella and go out. It's autumn now, with autumn rains and cold weather. If you get sick from gonorrhea, you'll suffer."

It was raining, so outdoor farm work could not be done for the time being, and it was almost time for dinner, so Dafu consciously went to work on the stove.

Chen Changsheng entered the main room. She sat at the table and took out a pen and paper to make arrangements for sugar making.

There are five processes in sugar making, including cleaning, juice filtering, boiling, sanding, and packaging.

The cleaning of sugar cane and the extraction and filtration of juice can be left to the women and men of the village. Boiling and sanding require constant stirring, which is strenuous work. You need to find someone with strong strength to do these two tasks.

The cooled whole candies need to be cut into moderately sized candies before being packaged. This process requires a skillful person. After thinking about it, Chen Changsheng decided to leave it to a young girl.

Each link must be independent and not affect each other, especially the cooking process, which must be kept confidential. In this way, her sugar factory will have to build five independent workshops.

Chen Changsheng was immersed in writing and drawing in the room when he heard someone talking outside the courtyard.

"Dafu, is your mother at home?" It was Aunt Ma's voice.

"Yes, Auntie, please wait a moment." Chen Dafu came into the room and called someone.

Chen Changsheng put down his pen and paper and went out.

Aunt Ma handed over two thin pieces of paper, "Mother Dafu, here are the brick kiln factory's income for the past two months and the workers' monthly money records. Can you take a look at it?"

Chen Changsheng flipped through the two pieces of paper, which recorded the entry and exit of the kiln factory in extremely simple notations. He couldn't help but praise, "Auntie, your records are very detailed. You are much better than before."

Aunt Ma smiled sheepishly and said, "Thanks to your Sixi, my girl Dongmei learned a few words from her and taught me when she came back."

She thought about it for a while and then said, "Dafu Niang, are you too busy these days and have forgotten something?"

Aunt Ma said it very tactfully.

Chen Changsheng suddenly slapped his head and then remembered that it had been two months now and she had not paid wages to the kiln workers.

If it were in modern times, the employees would have started to make trouble. But the people at the kiln factory still work diligently every day without any complaints.

Thinking of this, she felt a little ashamed and said, "Thankfully, aunt, you reminded me, otherwise I would have really forgotten this..."

She put away the two pieces of paper and took out a new book from the house and gave it to Aunt Ma, "You can use this book to record from now on and bind them all together, so you don't have to worry about them falling off. Please inform Aunt Ma. Kiln workers, I will pay you all tomorrow afternoon."

Aunt Ma took the notebook, turned around and went to the kiln to tell everyone the good news.

Chen Changsheng entered the main room again, took out his notebook, pencil and calculator and began to calculate the accounts. Ma Daju kept detailed records, including those who asked for leave, those who arrived late and left early, and those who were temporarily unavailable.

Based on these, she calculated the accounts in a short while. Two months' salary and Aunt Ma's commission reward totaled more than forty taels of silver.

One tael of silver is equivalent to a thousand copper coins, and more than forty taels is equivalent to more than 40,000 copper coins. No one can resist the visual impact.

Early the next morning, the sky cleared up, and Chen Changsheng drove his carriage into the city.

She found a bank and put on a disguise before going in.

She explained the purpose of her visit to the bank manager, but she just made an excuse, saying that she wanted to exchange some copper coins to give monthly payments to the servants in the house.

The bank had a large daily circulation of cash, and they still had a mere forty taels of copper coins, so they didn't ask too many questions about Chen Changsheng's requirements.

When I heard that the other party wanted to give the servants a monthly payment of more than forty taels, I knew that she must be a nun from a wealthy family, so I specially selected a clean new copper plate for her.

More than 40,000 copper plates weighed a lot, and they were enough to fill the four large baskets brought by Chen Changsheng.

The shopkeeper of the bank even asked if he would like to help deliver it to his house, thinking that if he could get in touch with this wealthy family, he would be able to do business in the future.

Chen Changsheng declined with a smile, saying only that the servant at the house had driven a carriage over and asked the bank clerk to help lift the basket onto the carriage.

Not far after leaving the bank, she drove the carriage and turned into a small alley. After making sure that no one from the bank was following, she quickly put the four baskets into the space and changed her clothes. Don't worry and go outside the city.

She must be on guard against others. She is not that bold to let her run around with so much money as a woman.

When she almost reached the entrance of Chenjiacun, she released the copper plate from the space again.

It happened to be lunch time. The four children had already returned home from school and had prepared meals.

"Dafu Erlu, you two drive the carriage into the yard first. Mom will go to the kiln factory after dinner to pay her wages. The work of threshing grain at home will be left to you and Sanshou." Chen Changsheng explained while eating.

Chen Dafu agreed.

Si Xi asked, "Mom, all three brothers have something to do, so what do I need to do?"

"You go with your mother and a pen and paper. When the time comes, whoever gets paid will write it down and have them draw a pledge to confirm it."

Although Si Xi is young, she is conscientious and literate. Chen Changsheng feels more at ease when she is asked to keep accounts and do money matters.

"After dinner, the five of us will count the copper coins together and string one hundred coins together."