The first step in the book is to start selling tofu

"I, I, I, I want them all..."

A man came over from a distance, panting.

His father's archenemy just came to their house to show off his son's filial piety and bought expensive tofu for his archenemy.

That cocky look immediately irritated his father.

As soon as his mortal enemy left the house, his father angrily drove him out to buy the tofu.

"Here, this is the money, count it." The man came over, panting, and took out the copper coins reluctantly.

Three pounds, that’s eighteen cents!

His prodigal father...he will complain to his mother when she comes back.

His family didn't grow beans last year, so they didn't have any beans to exchange. As for the food, it was all in his mother's hands, and his father couldn't touch it.

Lin Zhi's eyes lit up when he saw the copper coin: "Okay..."

"Wait, I want one pound."

The lady who was bargaining just now interrupted Lin Zhi.

Seeing that the tofu was about to be sold out, her plan to take advantage of the situation was dashed.

Thinking about her only grandson in the family, the aunt no longer hesitated.

"What are you doing? These are all mine."

Before Lin Zhi could refuse, the man spoke first.

He, who had just been reluctant to part with the copper coins, stuffed them into Lin Zhi's hand and rushed home with the tofu without looking back.

Just kidding, the son of his father’s arch-enemy bought two kilograms of tofu.

How can I, as my father's son, let my father embarrass me? These three pounds of tofu must be his.

"Big sister, you see, it's not that I don't want to sell it to you." Lin Zhi held the copper coin in his hand, and was very excited inside, but the expression on his face showed guilt towards the old lady.

The old lady snorted, turned around and went back to her original seat to sulk.

"Big sister, don't be angry. I'll make it again tomorrow. If you really want to buy it, I'll leave one piece for you."

The old lady ignored Lin Zhi, but Lin Zhi was not angry.

The key to doing business is to be harmonious and make money. No matter how much you resist inside, you still have to put in enough effort on the surface.

……

After returning home, Lin Zhi asked the two brothers to wash the basket, and asked Daya to take the clothes to wash, while she went back to the room to catch up on her sleep.

Three kids who stay up late: ...

The person who should catch up on sleep the most is here~

Lin Zhi, who had promised to catch up on some sleep, did not go to sleep after entering the house. Instead, he sat on the bed and counted the eighteen cents he had earned that day.

The action of counting money with my hands was repeated over and over again, but in fact my thoughts had already gone somewhere else.

“The money is still too little.”

Lin Zhi put the money away, touched the hairpin on her head, and then lay down to sleep.

……

Wake up again,

The three little ones had finished the work she assigned them and returned home.

The three of them gathered together, carefully selecting the beans they would need to make tofu next time.

"Mom, are you still going to make tofu tonight?"

Daya asked listlessly. She had never stayed up all night before, but she stayed up for a short while last night and felt as if her body and soul were separated.

If she had to continue making tofu tonight, she would have to get some sleep later.

Although Dalang and Erlang did not ask, they looked at Lin Zhi and had the same idea as Daya.

"No, I'll do it tomorrow when I wake up early. I just need to soak the beans tonight."

Yesterday the weather was freezing cold, and today it's so hot that I just want to wear a vest. Lin Zhi is worried that tomorrow will be too hot and the tofu made the night before will go bad the next day.

"Don't pick too many beans. The amount we make tomorrow will be about the same as last night." Lin Zhi gave the instructions and walked out the door.

She was hungry and had to go outside to find something delicious.

The three little ones didn't take Lin Zhi's words to heart at all.

They didn't stop until they had picked all the beans.

It doesn't matter whether they pick beans now or later. They don't have anything else to do, so picking beans can help them pass the time.

Lin Zhi went out for a while and came back.

In his hands were some wild vegetables that he had picked that morning.

There was no way. Although she was a rural person in her previous life, she had rarely worked in the fields. She was able to recognize these wild vegetables only thanks to seeing them on the supermarket shelves after she started working.

At that time, she had just entered society and didn't have much money.

Seeing that the unknown wild grass from her hometown was sold at such a high price in the city, she had an urge to go back to her hometown to pick wild vegetables to sell.

Because of this idea, she got to know many wild vegetables.

"Take some rice and make porridge." Lin Zhi said this to the two brothers.

Daya looked incredulous, thinking she had misheard. It was not until she saw the two brothers were also surprised that she realized she had not misheard.

"Mom, Dalang and Erlang are boys, how can they enter the kitchen? Let me do it!" Daya reacted immediately and took the wild vegetables from Lin Zhi's hand.

Then Lin Zhi took it back and placed it in front of the two brothers: "Housework is not divided by gender. As long as you are still a part of the family, you have to participate."

The two brothers frowned.

The saying "A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen" was taught by their Master after they were enlightened, and it has been engraved in their bones since they were growing up.

"The Master said that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen..."

"Stop." Lin Zhi made a pause gesture: "If you were still a young master, with servants taking care of your food and daily life, I would have nothing to say.

But look at our current situation. We can’t even afford food. Please put all those useless things you have learned behind you for now.”

The two boys frowned even more.

They were stranded in this small mountain village, their food and clothing expenses fell to the bottom, and even their living habits began to adapt to the ordinary villagers.

Sometimes they have the illusion that they are ordinary people, and only the knowledge they have learned in their minds makes them know that they are different from ordinary villagers.

This was something they all knew and were proud of, but now Lin Zhi actually asked them to forget about what was left.

So is there any difference between them and the villagers in Dashan Village?

"Don't look so sad, it's unlucky." Lin Zhi clapped his hands: "Now let me teach you a lesson in life."

The three looked at Lin Zhi blankly. Daya was completely motionless, while Dalang and Erlang were not in good condition.

“People have many sides, and when you are in different living environments, you have to use the appropriate side to cope with them.

If you want to achieve something when you are outside, you have to put on a suitable mask to face people or things. You must learn to hide your impulsiveness, ability, and face-saving.

The Master taught you that gentlemen should stay away from the kitchen. That is because of the environment you belong to. People of the same class stay away from the kitchen. If you don’t, it means you are not sociable and you will be isolated.

So in that case, we have to abide by the so-called invisible rule that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen. Even if some of you really like to cook, you have to do it secretly behind others.

Just because you are not strong enough to make the rules at that level."

Without strong power to make rules, one can only follow the rules or break them.

No matter which option is chosen, it is not easy. The former requires learning to be patient, understand the situation, and be patient...

The latter, then you have to give up your current living environment and live in another place

Giving up is hard sometimes.

Especially since as long as you pay attention you can always live in a wealthy place, it seems that there is nothing wrong with being patient.