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

The more they discussed it, the more they thought it was feasible, so after they finished talking, they started to get busy.

Old Mrs. Wang brought Zhao Lishui and Wang Zhuzi to ask Xiaomi to teach them how to make soap.

Fortunately, it is not difficult to learn and several people got the hang of it quickly.

The next thing to worry about is the large amount of lard.

Wang Zhuzi went to the butcher's house again and ordered a piece of pig fat every day.

From that day on, the air above the Wang family was filled with the aroma of meat.

Because lard is boiled every day, everyone eats the leftover lard residue every day.

In less than a month, all the members of the Wang family gained weight.

The days passed quietly in the busyness.

The Chinese New Year is getting closer and closer.

The children at the entrance of the village sing a nursery rhyme every day: "Children, don't be greedy, after Laba it will be the New Year."

On the Laba Festival, Old Lady Wang and the villagers exchanged red beans, red dates and other things with each other.

I cooked a big pot of fragrant Laba porridge.

Each person held a bowl and drank it with both hands. After one gulp, the whole body was warm and comfortable.

Xiaomi, wearing a deerskin hat on his head, took a sip of porridge and then blew a breath into the air.

White mist came out of his mouth and floated in the air.

Wang Zhuzi went into the city early today and came back.

Zhao Lishui quickly served him a bowl of porridge to warm him up. After seeing Wang Zhuzi drink a few sips, she asked:

"Why are you back so early today?"

“It’s almost Chinese New Year, and my family wants to have a clean New Year, so I buy things in small amounts.

I will be back after I sell out.”

Wang Zhuzi has been going out every day this month to sell soap, which is not expensive and is a consumable.

As long as someone starts buying it, they will bring back a lot of acquaintances in a few days.

With more and more returning customers, Wang Zhuzi’s sales are becoming faster and faster.

Wang Zhuzi handed the silver to Old Lady Wang and went about taking care of other things.

Old Mrs. Wang took the silver, walked into the main room, and took out a large jar from under the bed.

Then he sat on the bed and turned the jar upside down.

The copper coins fell down with a clatter.

Old Mrs. Wang looked at the copper coins happily, took out the rope she had twisted, and strung them together one by one.

After counting the pieces, there were more than twenty taels of silver.

Old Mrs. Wang looked at the copper coins and had an idea in her mind.

The first and most important thing is to get the tuition fees for Goudan and the other three.

Wang Chengzi has to prepare for the provincial examination in February. The examination lasts for three days, and fortunately it will be held in Fengcheng.

So don't worry about his fees.

Old Lady Wang has already found out that Master Zhang's tuition is two taels of silver a year.

Three people means six taels, and there are six rituals when enrolling in school.

It would cost about one tael of silver to prepare for three people. Old Lady Wang took out the silver she would need from the pile.

Looking at the remaining money, I wondered how to spend it.

He took out another five hundred dollars to use during the New Year.

With the remaining money, I thought about building a few houses to make soap.

I originally wanted to rent a shop in the city, but I thought that having a shop alone would not be enough if I couldn’t sell enough goods.

So we decided to build a house.

The house for making soap is simple. As long as it is airtight, it can be built by finding some villagers.

But blue bricks are still needed. Since it is not snowing now, Mrs. Wang plans to build it right away.

In this way, we can start production directly after the New Year.

If you do it a day earlier, you will have a lot more soap.

She did what she said. Old Lady Wang went out and called Wang Chengzi who was drinking porridge.

"Chengzi, go find the kiln factory and then go order some bricks. Let's build the house first."

"Dad Zhuzi, go buy the land behind our house from Chief Qian. We can build the house there.

Also, let the chieftain find a few people to help us build the house tomorrow. Twenty-five yuan a day, but no food.

Boss, Boss's wife, go make soap after you finish your meal.

During the Chinese New Year, let's see if we can earn back the apprenticeship gifts that Goudan and the others gave us."

Several people were assigned tasks by Old Lady Wang, but no one was unhappy.

The whole family is working hard for a happy life in the future.

After Zhang Xing'er finished her meal, she washed the dishes.

Then he sat in the main room and continued to teach the children to read.

In this month, Xiaomi has almost finished learning the Thousand Character Classic.

Although I am not very good at writing, I have no problem recognizing.

When Wang Chengzi saw this, he held Xiaomi and spun around twice, calling Xiaomi a child prodigy.

Daya also learned a lot of characters, and would ask Xiaomi if there were any she didn’t know.

What surprised Xiaomi the most was Tiedan, who had a photographic memory.

Thinking about how Wang Chengzi still said that he was a child prodigy, he didn’t see Tiedan.

No matter how much Zhang Xing'er taught him, he could remember it after just one reading, and he could even write it down by gesturing.

The most important thing is that he did not forget it the next day. For Tiedan, reading and learning characters is as simple as eating and drinking.

With Xiaomi and Tiedan taking the lead, Goudan and Gouwa seem a bit ordinary and unremarkable.

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When Chief Qian heard what Old Wang said, he quickly asked Qian Yougen to greet the villagers and wait for the houses to be built.

We should seize the time to lay the foundation before it snows and the ground freezes.

Otherwise, the ground will still freeze and we will have to wait until next year.

Qian Lizheng also quickly measured the land and wrote the deed.

Just wait for the official stamp.

The next morning, construction began in full swing behind Wang's house.

The house was finally completed before the New Year.

A total of several rooms were built, all of which were very simple, just built with blue bricks to create a square shape.

They were connected together, and the first room had an earthen stove with a large iron pot on it.

The second room is used for making soap.

There are two empty rooms, which are intended to be used as warehouses.

During this period, Xiaomi also ground Chinese medicinal materials such as Poria cocos, Coix seed, Angelica dahurica, and Atractylodes macrocephala to make some beauty-enhancing medicated soaps.

Mrs. Wang and her friends all said the product was very effective after using it.

Zhao Lishui in particular said that this product is very easy to use and her face became much whiter after using it.

Old Mrs. Wang asked a carpenter to order some exquisite molds to make the molds for the medicated soaps.

Not long after the house was built, the Spring Festival arrived.

Every household cut red paper, wrote Spring Festival couplets on it and pasted them on the door.

There are always people coming to Qian Yongye's house at this time.

They were all queuing at the door with red paper waiting to write Spring Festival couplets.

Qian Laitou looked at the people queuing in front of him and rolled his eyes.

Took Qian Guixiang to Wang's house.

When Old Lady Wang saw Qian Laitou and Qian Guixiang coming, she greeted them warmly.

"Laitou and Xiangxiang are here. Come and sit down. Try the melon seeds I just fried."

Qian Laitou grabbed a handful without hesitation: "Thank you, Auntie. The melon seeds you fried are so delicious. I can smell them from far away."

After hearing this, Old Lady Wang was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She gave Lai Tou some more money and grabbed a handful of melon seeds.

Qian Guixiang also grabbed a small handful and smiled shyly at Old Lady Wang.