The first step in the book is to start selling tofu

"People must first ensure survival, then live. I just want you to put what you have learned behind your mind, not to forget it, just because what you learned before is not suitable for now. Think about it carefully!"

They will have to live here for who knows how many years, and Lin Zhi doesn't want to be a nanny for the three of them.

The two brothers were silent for a long time, not sure whether they had figured it out or faced the reality. They took the wild vegetables into the kitchen.

When Daya saw that they really went in to cook, she looked at their backs worriedly, and then glanced at Lin Zhi nervously.

"Go ahead and teach them how to do it, or we won't be hungry at night."

Daya responded loudly and immediately ran after them.

Lin Zhi shook his head in frustration, turned around, went into the house, took a few eggs, and left the yard.

The eggs were also exchanged by the villagers when they sold tofu.

The family really had no beans and was reluctant to give up their little rice, so they finally brought eggs to exchange.

I heard from the villagers gossiping that the family had many children and there was not enough food. But because there were so many children, they also raised many chickens.

Here, after poor families have finished eating all the rice in the paddy, they may cook and eat the rice bran made from the rice husks, so chickens are usually free-range.

This chicken is so skinny that it's just a frame.

But because that family had many children, many people went out to catch insects for the chickens, so they raised many chickens, which were big and fat, and laid many eggs. Only then was they willing to exchange the eggs for tofu.

Lin Zhi took six eggs to Aunt Zhang's house and exchanged them for half a pound of rice.

In the future, my family will continue to make tofu, so we have protein; there are plenty of wild vegetables outside, so we will not be short of vegetables; the only thing is the staple food, which will be less with each meal.

Otherwise, Lin Zhi would rather exchange the eggs for copper coins.

When he got home with the rice, he saw the three little ones still tinkering with it, so Lin Zhi went out again.

In ancient times, the mountains, water and air were beautiful, but there were few ways to entertain.

Lin Zhi didn't know what to do if he didn't go out, so he might as well go outside to pick some wild vegetables and get familiar with the surrounding environment.

The memories received by the brain are not as real as those seen with the eyes.

Memory is like a movie, but after seeing the real scene, the image in the mind merges with reality.

After walking around and picking some wild vegetables, Lin Zhi went home.

Dinner had already been prepared by the two brothers, and the three little ones were sitting in the yard waiting for Lin Zhi to come back and start eating.

"You guys eat first."

Both brothers were silent. Daya couldn't stand the atmosphere here. When she saw Lin Zhi coming back, she pretended to have something to ask Lin Zhi and found an excuse to slip away.

After dinner, everyone went to bed early.

The whole family stayed up late last night and were already mentally tired. Everyone fell into sleep soundly as soon as they lay in bed.

Day two.

When Lin Zhi got up, he could faintly smell the scent of tofu.

She walked towards the kitchen and saw Daya making tofu. Not far from the stove, there were already two plates of tofu pressed there.

"Good, good, Daya is really smart!" Lin Zhi praised without reservation.

Daya had never felt such direct praise before. She was so happy that she didn't know what to do, but at the same time, she felt a little inexplicably ashamed.

"Da Lang and Er Lang are so good. They had already finished grinding the beans when I got up."

Daya changed the subject, intending to repair the relationship between them.

Dalang and Erlang just came back from outside.

The two men went out to fetch water. They had never done any heavy work, so it would be more accurate to say that they were carrying water.

Lin Zhi also praised him generously: "Yeah, Dalang and Erlang are not bad either, they are hardworking kids."

When Dalang and Erlang heard this, their ears felt hot.

In the environment they live in, people express their emotions in a subtle and restrained way. Where can they get such straightforward praise like Lin Zhi? !

Even though it sounded embarrassing, the three little ones were very happy inside.

After Lin Zhi told them to do their job well, he went out alone again, taking the only knife in the house with him.

When she returned home again, the three little ones saw their thin mother dragging a bamboo that was many times longer than her.

Today's tofu is ready and can be sold after the water is squeezed out and it is shaped.

After making the tofu, Daya saw that Lin Zhi was not at home, so she took the lead in making breakfast.

The environment she had lived in during the years she had lived in the Yang family had affected her. Whenever she saw the men in the family doing housework, she felt an indescribable sense of panic.

The two brothers lost their jobs and had nothing to do, so they squatted not far from the big tree and wrote and drew with tree branches.

They wanted to enlighten Daya.

When the three saw Lin Zhi open the yard door, they subconsciously threw away the branches in their hands and wiped off the words on the ground with their shoes.

Mother told them to put aside what they had learned before, and she didn’t know if learning to read counts.

"Go help!"

The two brothers felt a little guilty, but Daya didn't know. She only knew that when their mother was tired and out of breath, Dalang and Erlang lowered their heads and pretended not to see the scene.

The two brothers were reminded and hurriedly stood up to help drag the bamboo back.

"Mom, what are you doing cutting bamboo?"

The breakfast cooked by Daya was ready. She turned off the fire and came over.

This body was too weak. She was exhausted just by dragging a bamboo stick. Lin Zhi rested for a while before answering Daya's question:

"Get some sets of bowls and chopsticks so we can eat together."

Lin Zhi gestured with the bamboo and wanted to start working on it directly.

"Mom, let me do it." Dalang volunteered: "I studied sculpture before."

Although he didn't have anything suitable at hand, Dalang thought it was not a problem. They were just simple bowls and chopsticks, and a knife would be enough.

Lin Zhi handed him the knife readily.

As long as someone is willing to work, she won't refuse.

In less than a moment, Dalang brought out four sets of bowls and chopsticks.

It is just a simple bamboo bowl without any carvings.

"One each." Lin Zhi distributed the bowls and chopsticks to them.

Then he carved his name on his set of bowls and chopsticks.

Influenced by her lifestyle habits, she doesn't like to share her things with others, so she let it go in the first two days when conditions didn't allow it.

Seeing this, others also carved their own names.

Daya was illiterate, so she begged Dalang to help her carve her name on the bowl and chopsticks. When she got her own bowl and chopsticks, she smiled with joy from ear to ear.

"Zhi, Zhixian, Wenyang, Chengjun. These are the names of our four people, don't get them confused." Lin Zhi reminded.

Among the four people, only Daya could not read, so Lin Zhi specially asked her to memorize a few words.

Daya studied very hard and soon learned all the characters.

"What a clever child." Lin Zhi sincerely sighed: "Since she is so clever, we must not waste her intelligence. Dalang and Erlang, you have time to teach Daya how to read."

Hearing this, the three looked at Lin Zhi in surprise.

"Didn't mother tell us to forget all the useless things we learned before? I thought..."