Crossing the Unknown Country

The Su Feng brothers also said that they would come early tomorrow to copy the book with them. Su He's father said that it was settled, and they could just come directly tomorrow morning and have breakfast here. The two brothers said that they could go home to eat after finishing their work. Su He's father told them not to worry, knowing that he was also worried about the lack of food at home.

After dinner, Su He's father went to the village carpenter Li's house to order a table. This table is easy to make. As long as he doesn't have urgent work, he can make it in one day. Su He's father was lucky today. There happened to be a family who ordered a table and four chairs for a wedding. They would pick them up in a few days, so he could move them home first. Su He's father even bought the chairs together, which matched the table perfectly.

Before Su He and his friends went up the mountain, they saw Su He's father and Carpenter Li bringing a table with a cart. When they saw the table coming, the eldest brother helped to carry it down. The remaining three Su Hes were so happy that they helped to move the chairs. When they looked forward, they found that it was too heavy to move. This time, the desk was a little higher for Su He and his friends, so they probably had to stand on a small stool to sit on it, or their eldest brother Su Feng would have to carry her up.

The table was placed directly under the eaves so that it would be easier to move into the house. After Carpenter Li left, Su He discussed with her father that when they had money, they would build a new house first, otherwise it would be too troublesome. Then they would open a big window, put the table under the window, and write directly in the house. She was so yearning for the bright and comfortable environment.

Her father nodded in agreement. Now the children had to copy in the yard, which was very troublesome on rainy and cold days. When he saved enough money, he would build a house first and prepare a big house for the children so that they could copy and study directly in the house.

Then they all started writing on the new table. Four people were just right, and another person was on standby, checking what they had written. The five children worked well together. Su He wrote a little slower. His little hands were still not good enough and he would get tired after writing for a while. They wrote for another half an hour and then stopped writing. They were ready to go up the mountain to chop firewood, weed and dig wild vegetables. The chickens at home had to be fed, the firewood for the kitchen had to be chopped, and the straw mats had to be woven. As long as they could make money, they would not give up any of them.

Uncle asked Su Feng and his brother to cut some grass today. He also wanted to learn how to weave straw mats and cushions. Anyway, he had nothing to do when he had free time, so he might as well weave something to make money. Uncle's wife also jokingly asked Su Feng and his brother to take a letter to Su He, asking her and Su He's mother to find some work that could make money.

Su He thought about it and decided to dig wild vegetables! She would popularize a few kinds of herbs to her mother and ask her and her aunt to go up the mountain to dig them when they have time. They only need to be brought back whole. When she gets back, she will dry and sort them, and finally take them to Doctor Jin at Huiyitang when she has time.

In this way, both families started to get busy. Next time, the uncle would go to sell the straw mats and cushions first, and they would wait to sell them next time. In this way, both families didn't have to go, and it didn't waste time. Because the uncle could make money this time, he got very good at weaving straw mats. After Su He's confirmation, the straw mats and cushions were all woven very well.

So when the uncle went to the town, he took some of their straw mats and cushions to see if he could sell them all like they did. But the uncle was not as lucky as them. In the end, he only had half of them left, which he carried back. Su He was so anxious for them. Why couldn't they go to the door of a rich family and ask? Straw mats were only used by middle-class or upper-class families.

Su He could only think about them going to the town to buy more. In fact, it looked quite simple, but there were tricks to selling things. Otherwise, how could some people be millionaires, while others only had dozens or hundreds of people. This is why people's sales ability is crucial, and it can help people sell some goods better. The uncle's family, like theirs, stayed in the village for many years, did not interact with outsiders, and had never sold anything. How could they compare with her, who was a millionaire in her heart.

Su He thought that next time she would go with them and teach them how to sell goods. If she wanted to do business often in the future, she still had to learn how to sell goods.