The first step in the book is to start selling tofu

Chen Zishu is only 25 years old this year. His home is not far from Lin Zhi's home. They both live in the same alley, but Lin Zhi's home is at the end of the alley, while his home is at the beginning of the alley.

He was once a student of this college, and in Class A.

At that time, he had already obtained the qualification of Tongsheng. At that time, he was the most popular choice and everyone had high expectations for him.

However, fate always likes to play tricks on people. Just when his future seemed bright, a sudden disaster befell him.

Someone maliciously broke his legs, and he could no longer walk freely.

Since the imperial court stipulated that officials must be in good health, he lost the opportunity to take the imperial examination.

He was very talented in studying, and his parents spent a lot of energy to cultivate him, hoping that he could pass the imperial examination and succeed, thus changing the entire family's status.

After the accident, he was unable to continue taking the imperial examinations. His parents were very disappointed and decided not to support him anymore.

They placed all their hopes on their other children and gave up on him completely.

He originally thought that his parents loved him very much, but the reality slapped him in the face.

When he is in the most difficult and helpless time, he hopes to get the love and support of his family.

But the reality was so cruel that his family not only did not give him any comfort, but chose to abandon him.

His life suddenly fell from heaven to hell and became extremely difficult.

When the teachers in the academy learned of his situation, they all expressed their willingness to help, but his parents strongly opposed it.

They believe that a physically disabled person will bring shame to the whole family if he goes out.

In this way, he was imprisoned at home by his parents, living a lonely and painful life every day.

This imprisonment lasted four years.

Now, four years later, his younger brother also passed the examination and became a student. His parents kicked him out of the house on the grounds that his physical disability would hinder his younger brother.

In order to completely prevent him from being involved with his younger brother, his parents were so cruel as to write a letter of severance.

When talking about his own situation, Chen Zishu's face was full of self-mockery.

These are his parents, but they are almost like enemies.

They are eager to change their family's fortune, but they still behave like businessmen who will not do anything without profit.

"In other words, you are homeless and penniless now?" Lin Zhi looked at him pitifully.

Chen Zishu nodded: "Yes."

He made no secret of his own experiences, nor did he need to hide them.

He was penniless and his legs were lame. If he didn't find a place to rest today, he would die within three days.

Be it face or substance, none of that matters in the face of life.

What's more, what he told Lin Zhi didn't cause him to lose face, so he didn't care even more.

"Okay." Lin Zhi stood up and said, "Congratulations on being accepted. The next three days will be your probation period. I hope your subsequent performance will be satisfactory."

Upon hearing this, Chen Zishu said firmly, "I won't let you down."

The next step is to sign a confidentiality agreement and employee contract.

After both agreements were signed, Lin Zhi called Zhao Tu and took him to the dormitory.

There are four beds and eight beds in the men's dormitory.

Zhao Tu and Zhao Mu were the first to move in and took up two beds. Later, five old scholars also moved in, leaving only one bed.

The empty bed was the upper bunk. When Zhao Mu saw him sitting in the wheelchair, he knew that his legs were not in good condition, so he took the initiative to give up the lower bunk.

He gestured with his hands several times before Chen Zishu understood what Zhao Mu wanted to say.

"Thank you." Chen Zishu expressed his sincere gratitude.

The warmth he didn't feel from his own family, he felt from a stranger he had just met.

Zhao Mu touched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

Chen Zishu had nothing except a wheelchair.

Lin Zhi asked Daya to bring him two sets of work clothes and a mat.

As the number of employees increased, she ordered a batch of work uniforms for her store.

When Chen Zishu came over, it was almost evening in the afternoon. Lin Zhi did not let him start working right away, but asked him to rest first.

At dinner time, Chen Zishu had his first working meal.

The heart is very complicated.

During the days when he was kept in captivity by his family, he had very poor food and clothing, and his originally handsome appearance was completely changed.

With one more person copying books, efficiency has improved a lot.

And because this newcomer had nowhere to go and no property, in order to earn a little more money, he worked longer hours and more focused than anyone else.

The busy time passed quickly and it was the end of the month in a flash.

As usual, Lin Zhi gave the ordinary employees in the store two days off. Only the six employees who copied books, as well as Mrs. Zhou and her children were left in the store.

The employees who copied books had to continue copying books, but Madam Zhou had nowhere to go, so she continued to help Lin Zhi with her work during the holidays.

Lin Zhi teased her: "I won't pay you more for your work today!"

Madam Zhou smiled and said, "Don't worry, Boss. Even if you give me more, I won't accept it."

This time when the wages were distributed, Lin Zhi not only gave himself an extra twenty cents, he also gave his son twenty cents, and even gave a portion to Zhou's mother who was temporarily staying here.

According to Lin Zhi, although they were not employees of the store, they also did a lot for the store and they could not get by without being paid.

This money is already enough, how could Madam Zhou dare to ask for more?

Lin Zhi smiled and shook his head, then got busy.

This month's income is much higher than last month, but the expenditure is even higher.

There are six permanent employees and five temporary employees. Their wages are not calculated on a daily basis, but according to their work, they get more pay. Their wages alone are about six taels of silver.

This does not include the cost of their three meals a day.

In addition, the biggest expense is still on pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

Even though she bought in bulk and was given the best price, she still spent a lot of money.

Not counting the money invested in the storybooks, the shop still made nearly 180 taels of silver.

After deducting the profit of 153 taels from Fumanlou (the profit promised to be shared with the three little ones) from the 180 taels, there is still about 30 taels of profit left.

After deducting taxes, there are still ten taels of silver left, which is still a lot of profit.

But if you subtract the income from copying books, it’s another month with negative income.

Lin Zhi had already prepared himself mentally for negative income, so he was not discouraged.

The initial investment is the most expensive, which was expected long ago.

After Chuliu sold the batch of books in her hands and the money from the sales came into her account, she became a rich person.