The first step in the book is to start selling tofu

The news that Lin Zhi's family returned to the county town soon spread to outsiders, and people came to visit them every day.

Before, their family was just a merchant, and most of the people who came and went were also merchants.

However, now that her child has become a scholar, their family's social status has suddenly risen a lot, and more people want to come and visit them.

People who were well-informed knew that in addition to Lin Zhi's child passing the imperial examination, two other employees in the store also achieved fame.

This time, the Lin family’s doorstep was almost broken down.

Every day from morning to night, there are all kinds of people visiting, including small merchants who bring generous gifts and smiles, trying to curry favor with the store; there are also neighbors who rarely interact with the store on weekdays, but are overly enthusiastic at this moment, saying all kinds of congratulations; there are also some literati who have heard that the store employees can also achieve fame, so they want to come to discuss knowledge and make friends with them.

Although Lin Zhi felt a little tired, he also understood that he had to deal with the ways of the world, so he could only cheer up and greet everyone with a smile.

She asked the three little ones to help set up tables and chairs in the yard and prepare tea and snacks to entertain the guests.

Guests are guests, and it is the end of the year, so we must not be rude.

As the number of customers increased, even those who were not well-informed knew that the shop had produced three scholars and several students.

Even more, more people came to visit.

Even if no one receives them, those people still like to come and hang out and take advantage of the Lin family's good luck.

In addition, more people went to Lin Zhi’s previous library to read books.

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As the year draws to a close, Lin Zhi becomes unusually busy.

Chen Zishu is in charge of managing the shops in the county town, but due to his disabled legs, many things are inconvenient for him to do.

Lin Zhi came back this time just to do something that was inconvenient for him.

For example, purchasing New Year gifts for employees, giving gifts to partners, and some personal relationships.

These are trivial things, but they have to be done.

Lin Zhi did not hide these things from Chen Zishu: "After the new year, I will go to the capital to develop, and the county store will still need you to take care of it. You have to learn how to do these interpersonal things."

He cannot do everything himself due to his mobility problems, so Lin Zhi plans to hire an assistant to run errands for him.

Every time at this time, Chen Zishu would study very seriously.

To the outside world, he is an employee of the shop, but deep down, he regards the shop as his home. No one wants his home to get worse and worse.

While Lin Zhi was busy, the two brothers were also saying goodbye to their classmates.

While they were taking the exam, their classmates were looking forward to the two brothers' return.

The two brothers were not in the county town, so when they wanted to eat at the shop, no one could give them a backdoor entry.

They had finally waited so long to get the person back, but who knew they would receive such a message.

The classmates burst into tears.

The two brothers felt sad to see their classmates like this. Dalang stepped forward and comforted them: "Hey, don't cry, everyone. Although we have to go to the capital after the New Year, we will not be away from home. We can still get together again when we have the chance."

Erlang also echoed, "That's right, our friendship cannot be severed just because of this distance. Besides, even if we are not in the county town, this shop is still there. You can buy whatever you want to eat as usual. The taste will still be as good as before."

It would have been fine if they hadn't mentioned the shop, but once they did, the students cried even louder.

No friendship between classmates is more important than satisfying their desire for food.

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The whole family goes out early and comes back late, but Daya has no close friends to protect, so she prepares delicious food for everyone at home every day.

The business in the store becomes increasingly busy as the New Year approaches. With Daya taking care of the family's food and drink, there is no need to trouble the store employees.

She even had time to help prepare staff meals.

The store's business remained busy until the twenty-ninth day of the lunar year.

Linzhi only opened for half a day on the 29th, and reserved the remaining half a day for employee gatherings and distributing holiday gifts.

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar year, the store was bustling all morning, with customers coming in and out and the guys busy all the time. However, everyone's face was filled with joy, after all, after a busy half day, they could get together and welcome the New Year.

At noon, Lin Zhi stood at the door of the store, smiling and shouting to the busy guys, "Thank you for your hard work. Today we will close. Everyone, hurry up and pack up and get ready for dinner."

When the guys heard this, they cheered and quickly cleaned up the things in the store. They arranged the tables and chairs neatly and formed a big circle, creating a lively and warm atmosphere for the dinner party.

Daya and several guys in the store who can cook had prepared a table full of sumptuous meals early on. There was the store's most popular signature braised dishes, which were carefully presented and looked even more tempting. There were also a variety of steaming stir-fried dishes and stews, a combination of meat and vegetables, with a fragrant aroma, full of the flavor of the New Year.

Lin Zhi looked at everyone sitting down, stood up, and said with a smile on his face: "Everyone has worked hard this year. The success of our store today is inseparable from the efforts of everyone.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so I would like to wish you all a happy new year. I hope we can continue to make this business prosperous next year.

These are holiday gifts prepared for everyone. They are all practical items. They are my little token of my appreciation. Please don’t despise them.”

Having said that, he asked the three little ones to help distribute the beautifully wrapped gifts to each of the servants.

Most of the employees in the store are disabled, and Lin Zhi did not let them come up to pick up their things themselves.

The guys took the gifts and thanked repeatedly, their eyes full of gratitude.

One of the old guys smiled and said, "Boss, you are too polite. It is our blessing to work in your shop. Following you, we feel at ease. We will definitely work harder next year."

The others nodded in agreement.

If it weren't for Lin Zhi, these people with physical problems would just be bedbugs at home and would never have thought that they could live like normal people.

The dirty words that they had used to curse at them in previous years had long since faded from their minds. Those who had once said bad things about them also changed their faces when they could make money like normal people.

Now they just feel that life is so beautiful, and the people who make their lives beautiful are Lin Zhi and the Lin family shop.

It shouldn't be Lin Zhi who thanks them. Instead, they should thank Lin Zhi.

Then, everyone started eating and chatting, sharing the fun things that happened in the store over the past year and looking forward to the coming year.