The first step in the book is to start selling tofu

Therefore, after the Shi family father and son spared no effort to promote it, the young masters in the capital city took the lead in including the knowledge of domestic fighting in their study scope.

For a moment, the backyards of all the wealthy families in the city seemed to be cast under a spell of tranquility and were extremely quiet.

The concubines who were used to vying for favor were totally confused. They were filled with wonder as to why their masters seemed to be so obedient recently but were unwilling to set foot in their residences.

After a long time, they suddenly realized that it was the script that caused the trouble.

But at that time, almost every literate family had a copy of "Interesting Stories from the Boudoir".

This storybook eventually became a guide to domestic fighting, which was something Lin Zhi had never expected.

The second book is much more popular than the first one. After all, the first book is a novel with the theme of martial arts. Although it is unique among many novels about talented men and beautiful women, it has not won the hearts of many female readers.

The reason why so many women still buy it is mainly because of its novel subject matter, which makes it stand out from a bunch of monotonous works.

"Interesting Stories in the Boudoir" is not only fascinating in plot and delicate in writing, but more importantly, this storybook can bring peace to the family. Unexpectedly, the mortality rate of the little lives in the backyard of every family who bought the storybook has dropped significantly.

After being promoted by buyers, Lin Zhi's book spread like a spring breeze to the neighboring city.

Shi Feiyang came to Lin Zhi specially and generously threw silver bills several times, expressing his ambitious plan to sell these books all over the world.

......

A year flies by.

The two brothers had not yet returned from their study trip. When Lin Zhi was busy, he sometimes forgot that he had two adopted sons.

However, every time she looks at her adopted daughter, she will remember that she is now the adopted mother of three children.

Over the past year, Lin Zhi has been very creative and has made many new and interesting things, hoping that her two brothers will return with honors so that she can let go and realize her ambitions.

It was also during this year that Lin Zhi's net worth continued to rise. She has now made it onto the county's rich list, becoming the only woman on the list.

When Lin Zhi saw the list, his smile was very forced.

She originally wanted to get rich quietly, but the government insisted on making up a rich list based on monthly tax revenue.

Lin Zhi sighed helplessly, but later he came to terms with it. What else could he do since it had already been announced?

What she had never expected was that, because of the presence of a wealthy woman like her, the status of women in the county had unknowingly risen a little.

Whatever men can do, women can do too. She has become a role model for everyone to emulate.

People are afraid of becoming famous just like pigs are afraid of being fat. Ever since knowing that her family is financially strong, some men who want to "live a good life" always like to hang around in front of Lin Zhi.

Lin Zhi had no intention of getting married. She just thought of those people as clowns performing hard. She would take a look at them when she was in a good mood, and ignore them when she was in a bad mood.

Since they couldn't get through to Linzhi, those people immediately changed their target and ran to Daya's side. Daya was so annoyed that she didn't even want to go to the store.

Fortunately, a year later, Wang Xiaohua completely sold herself to Lin Zhi and registered with the government.

When registering, the staff of the yamen secretly told Lin Zhi not to tell anyone, after all, buying a slave for free was not in accordance with the rules.

Although many people did this, the top leader of the county turned a blind eye to it and pretended not to know.

However, if someone makes a big deal about this, it will still cause trouble.

After Wang Xiaohua became his own, Lin Zhi gave her the job of making tofu. Wang Xiaohua didn't think it was hard work to make tofu, she just felt that it was Lin Zhi's trust in her, and she was excited for a long time.

After being freed from the tedious work, Daya devoted herself to learning various skills.

Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, needlework...

Chen Zishu is the teacher of most of Daya’s courses.

As the second-in-command of the store, with the first-in-command being a hands-off manager, Chen Zishu is extremely busy on a daily basis.

Even though Lin Zhi found several helpers to share some of the trivial work, he was still overwhelmed.

But no matter how busy he is, he will always take the initiative to take time out to teach Daya.

He said he saw his own shadow in Daya.

Daya looked helpless: "...I am a woman, and I don't want to be a man's shadow."

Lin Zhi's life hasn't changed much.

Ever since he learned that there was such a thing as a rich list in the county, Lin Zhi's pace of making money has slowed down and has remained pretty much the same.

At the end of the year, the two brothers were only three months away from completing two years of studying abroad.

Last month, they wrote to say that they would come back before the New Year to celebrate the New Year.

When they came back, Lin Zhi felt that her two adopted sons were very strange.

How should I put it? The skin is still the same, but the eyes, movements and demeanor are completely different.

"Mom! It hurts." Dalang was strangled and immediately cried out in pain.

Lin Zhi took his hand back and nodded with satisfaction. After manual confirmation, his son was still the same son.

She turned to look at Jilang, and the look in his eyes told her what she wanted to do.

Thinking that there were many people around, Erlang hesitated for a moment and decisively diverted Lin Zhi's attention: "Mom, I brought you a gift, see if you like it."

Lin Zhi's attention was indeed diverted, and his eyes moved eagerly to the gift.

"Go home first!"

Looking at the cart full of gifts, Lin Zhi just wanted to go home quickly to open the gifts.

These days, opening gifts is as pleasurable as opening a package.

The two brothers breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. It was really embarrassing to be pinched on the face by their mother in front of the teacher and classmates.

After saying goodbye to the teacher and classmates, everyone rode on ox carts to head home.

When they were about to enter the house, Lin Zhi specially had someone put a brazier at the door for the two brothers to step over.

The two brothers, not knowing what was going on, did as they were told.

In fact, Lin Zhi didn't know the reason, but everyone did it, so she just followed the local customs.

After returning home, Lin Zhi did not open the gift immediately.

She asked Daya to boil water for the two brothers to take a bath, while she put on an apron and went to cook.

After the two brothers finished their bath and changed into clean clothes, Lin Zhi also prepared a sumptuous meal.

The family sat around the table, laughing and talking, and a warm atmosphere filled the whole house.

The two brothers told each other about the strange and interesting things that happened during their study tour, and Lin Zhi and Daya listened with great interest.

Dalang talked about meeting a hermit in a mountain who taught him some unique knowledge and ways of dealing with the world.

Erlang talked about how he met a group of like-minded friends in a small town and discussed poetry and songs together.

Dalang...

After dinner, Lin Zhi finally couldn't wait to start opening the gifts.

Dalang gave her an exquisite jade pendant, saying it could bring peace.

Erlang gave Lin Zhi a set of precious study treasures, hoping that Lin Zhi could create more scripts.

Lin Zhi happily collected them one by one.

Daya also returned to her room with her gift.

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"Are you all ready?" Lin Zhi walked into the dormitory with a slightly serious expression, and his eyes swept over Zhao Wen and several other employees.

Several employees looked at each other. Although they had checked it several times, Lin Zhi's question made them wonder and they couldn't help but want to check it again.

"We've checked it several times, and there's nothing wrong." Chen Zishu reluctantly stepped out of the crowd to stop them, his voice carrying a hint of fatigue, "If we keep checking, it'll be dawn."

Lin Zhi nodded slightly, her expression relaxing a little, "Now that you've finished the inspection, go to bed early. We've been preparing for so long, we can't make any mistakes at this juncture." Her eyes were full of anticipation and worry.

Tomorrow is the day of the county examination.

The employees have been preparing for the county exam for nearly two years.

Lin Zhi originally planned to let them prepare for a year and then test the waters, but she forgot that the county exam is held twice in three years, and unfortunately the previous year was not the day for the county exam.

It just so happens that these employees feel that they are not ready yet, and with more time to prepare they will have a better chance of success.

During this long period of preparation, the employees studied hard every day and prepared diligently for the exam, while Lin Zhi worked tirelessly to run around for them to prepare various certificates and documents for the exam.

In order to prevent outsiders from connecting the relationship between them, Lin Zhi found a middleman, who in turn found other people for help.

If you don't apply for these certificates yourself, you will need a lot of money and connections to get them.

When Lin Zhi gave them the certificate, the first thing she said was that if they didn't achieve fame, they would have to work to pay off their debts for several years in the future. After she said this, several men burst into tears and almost knelt down to recognize Lin Zhi as their mother.

But just as they uttered those words, Lin Zhi chased and beat them with a broom.

This body was younger than them, and she didn't want to be their mother.

Early the next morning.

Just after curfew, a horse-drawn carriage quietly arrived at the Lin family shop.

The driver was an acquaintance, the old man who drove the coach.

In order to ensure that these employees could arrive at the examination venue safely, Lin Zhi rented a horse carriage and sent them there before dawn.

Lin Zhi stood beside the carriage and reminded again: "Everyone, don't be nervous, just perform normally."

After seeing off the employees, Lin Zhi personally took the two brothers to the examination room.

The examination venue for the county exam was not very far away, but in order to help the two brothers to be in a better mental state, Lin Zhi still booked a ox cart early.

Family members were not allowed to enter, so Lin Zhi stood outside and watched them line up, her eyes closely following the brothers' figures until they disappeared in the crowd, then she turned around and rushed home.

There were quite a lot of people waiting outside the examination room.

At home, Chen Zishu was helping to look after the library in the lobby, and there were a few other assistants helping out. There were five old men and Zhao Wen in the dormitory.

They have obtained the qualification of tongsheng, so they do not need to take the county examination and the prefectural examination this time. Once this batch of tongsheng comes out, they will go to the prefectural city to take part in the academy examination.

Lin Zhi went home to wash up and came to the new shop.

During the county examination, the flow of people in the county town increased greatly, and the corresponding business also became booming.

Starting a few days ago, the store has doubled the amount of goods and the business hours have been extended accordingly.

Lin Zhi, the hands-off boss, couldn't sit idle either, so he had to run errands to move things wherever they were needed.

Sometimes she helps to greet guests, and sometimes she goes to the kitchen to help prepare ingredients. She is very busy.

Dalang and Erlang lined up together.

Before entering the examination room, the examinees were searched all over to prevent anyone from bringing in paper copies. The search was very strict, not only the body search, but also the bag search. Even the food brought in would be shredded to check if there were any papers hidden in it.

The teachers had told them that what Dalang and Erlang prepared were all classic items that their predecessors had obtained in every exam. Not surprisingly, the two entered smoothly.

The examination room was an ordinary examination tent, with seats for both the big and small. At the southernmost end there were east-west gates, surrounded by wooden fences, and a large courtyard. To the north of the courtyard there was a gate called the Dragon Gate, and behind the Dragon Gate was a large courtyard. The two brothers waited in this courtyard for their names to be called.

Before daybreak, the county magistrate came to call the roll, and the candidates entered the examination room carrying their examination baskets.

After the roll call, the candidates have to salute the examiner, and then the result papers are read out to ensure the authenticity of the candidates.

The exam begins.

This exam will last for four days.

During these four days, Lin Zhi did not have any extra time to think about how the two children performed in the exams.

During the examination period, many outsiders flocked into the county.

The nearby inns and residents' homes are almost all full of people, and the surrounding restaurants are doing booming business, no matter what they sell.

Not to mention that Linzhi is a famous food place. The out-of-town guests and old customers who come here keep the employees of Lin's shop very busy.

During this period, business owners are unwilling to take time out even for meals, as they all want to make as much money as possible.

Four days flew by.

Lin Zhi called Acai to go to the front of the examination room to pick someone up.

Lin Zhi was responsible for picking up the two children, and Acai was responsible for picking up the other employees.

In order to hide the identities of several employees, Lin Zhi specially called two cars.

There were a lot of people coming to the examination hall to pick up their own candidates. The place was crowded and noisy.

Lin Zhi stood on tiptoe, trying to find the two brothers in the crowd. Their location was agreed upon with them in advance. As long as they finished the exam and walked directly over here, they would be able to see Lin Zhi and the others.

After a long while, I finally saw Dalang and Erlang slowly approaching. They looked haggard, but their eyes showed a trace of determination, unlike those who had just come out, whose eyes were distracted.

"Let's go, let's go home and rest first." Seeing them like this, Lin Zhi didn't want to ask them how they did in the exam now.

Anyway, the exam is over, and whether you do well or poorly is a foregone conclusion.

The two brothers nodded and got on the ox cart with the help of the driver.

On the other side, Acai also picked up other employees. They all got in the car together, drove out of the city for a while and then returned to the dormitory.

When they got home, everyone was exhausted. Lin Zhi quickly ordered the kitchen to prepare a sumptuous meal so that they could eat hot meals after washing up.

For four days they ate, drank, defecated and urinated in a small cubicle, and they all stank.