The first step in the book is to start selling tofu

"Today's tofu sales brought in a total of 828 coins. The package that mother just brought back was 1,000 coins, so the total is 1,828 coins."

Today they got about 150 kilograms of tofu, but not all tofu transactions were traded with copper coins.

"Wow! There's so much money."

Daya didn't bother to pretend to be a mushroom and immediately ran to the bed and looked at the pile of copper coins.

少！

Too little!

The other three people's ideas were exactly the opposite of Daya's.

"There are still thirty-eight cents here." Lin Zhi went under the bed and took out the money from last time.

Last time they made a total of 118 cents, 80 of which were from the four of them, leaving only 38 cents.

"Adding the thirty-eight coins, the total is one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six coins." Dalang quickly calculated the number.

"Divide the money into five parts. Each person takes one part. The remaining part is for tomorrow's trip into the city."

Lin Zhi gave the order, and Dalang and Erlang quickly divided the copper coins into five small piles.

"Going into the city?" Daya exclaimed: "Mom, we are going into the city?"

"Yes, we'll set off before dawn tomorrow morning!"

Daya was very excited. She had never been to the city before and was looking forward to it: "Mom, what are we going to do in the city?"

"We are going to move to the city." Dalang answered first.

Jiro walked past her and said, "Stupid, you haven't reacted yet."

It is said that Daya has no small emotions. She is now immersed in the anticipation and joy of going to the city.

Lin Zhi: "Pack your things quickly and leave early tomorrow morning."

Lin Zhi: "You decide what you want and what you don't want. You can't regret it after you make a decision. We will most likely not return to this place."

"Okay!" Excited reply x3.

The four of them have no attachment to this home and only have their future home in their hearts.

Their family was extremely poor, but when they really started to move out, they realized that there were so many things in the house that they wanted to take with them.

I want this, and I don’t want to lose that.

Daya was very distressed looking at the pile of things. Her basket and her two arms could not carry so many things, but if she threw them away... it would be such a pity!

Dalang and Erlang didn't want this one because it was too rotten, and they didn't want that one because it was too old.

But I didn’t know what the new house was like, and I couldn’t just throw it away if I didn’t want it, so I had to try my best to stuff it into the basket.

They would take away anything that could be stuffed in.

Lin Zhi’s is much simpler.

At the bottom of the basket were placed the changed clothes, followed by one's share of money, and then various certificates of being a female household member.

The valuable things are at the bottom of the basket, followed by the things in the house.

"After you put it away, go to bed. Don't work too late." Lin Zhi gave the instructions and lay down to rest first.

The three little ones were still struggling with their baskets enthusiastically.

Lin Zhi: Zzzz~

The three little ones tossed and turned on the bed, as if they were frying salted fish.

Early the next morning.

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It was not yet daybreak, but the cocks were crowing.

The three little ones couldn’t sleep last night, so they are sleeping soundly now.

Thinking that they had to travel today, Lin Zhi was kind enough not to wake them up, but got up and made breakfast for them.

Cook the last bit of rice in the house into thick rice porridge, add a small pickle, and breakfast is ready.

While the fire on the stove was still going out, Lin Zhi boiled all the dozen eggs he had earned from selling tofu yesterday.

"We also have dry food for the journey. Perfect."

Looking at his masterpiece, Lin Zhi praised himself without hesitation before waking up the three little ones.

Knowing that they had to go out today, the three little ones had no intention of staying in bed. Although they were very sleepy, they finally got up quickly.

After breakfast, the three little ones carefully put away their bowls and chopsticks. They wanted to take the bowls and chopsticks engraved with their own names to their new home.

Lin Zhi divided the eggs, then went into the house, folded two thin quilts and placed them on the top of the basket.

Then they put their household registration documents in the pocket of their sleeves. Without this thing, they couldn't even enter the city gate.

Finally, pick up the last copper coin and everything is ready.

At the door, the three little ones were already waiting there. Dalang was holding a big pot, which was filled with a winnowing basket, a ladle, and other sundries.

Erlang was holding two buckets in his hands, which were also filled with things.

Daya also held two small baskets in her hands.

With the big baskets on everyone's back, it's quite shocking at first glance.

Lin Zhi carried a large backpack on his back and a large basket in his hands, which was filled with money and a dozen boiled eggs.

She touched the hairpin on her head and waved her hand: "Let's go!"

Lin Zhi, who had one hand free, took the carrying pole by the door when he went out.

The whole family must be neat and tidy, how could she leave one hand empty? This would make her look out of place.

The four of them were full of energy at first, but they ran out of energy before they had even gone halfway.

At this moment, they wished they could throw away all the Dingxi on them.

But... wouldn't it be a shame to throw it away when it's already halfway there?

You brought it all...right?!

"Take a break before going any further." Lin Zhi was also tired, so he called for a stop.

The four of them rested for a moment, then carried their things and continued on their journey.

"Hold on a little longer. When we get to town, we can ride on a bullock cart and won't have to carry it anymore."

This sentence seemed to give the three kids a shot of adrenaline, and they quickened their pace.

"finally reached."

The four of them slumped on the ground, looking completely ungraceful.

"Where are you four going?" The old man driving the coach asked after seeing Lin Zhi and the other three.

The owners of several ox carts nearby all looked over here.

"Grandpa, are we going to the county town on our way?" Lin Zhi replied after calming down.

As soon as she said this, the surrounding oxcart owners shifted their gazes away. It was obvious that the four customers' destinations were not the same as theirs.

"Hehe, it's really on the way." The car owner smiled innocently and pointed at the other two people and said, "They are also going to the county town. We will set off after waiting for two more people."

Lin Zhi looked in the direction he pointed and saw that the other two people also had bags. Together with his own four bags, they could fill up the ox cart completely. With two more bags, there would be no room left for people to sit.

I don't know if this counts as overloading.

"Grandpa, how much does it cost to go to the county town?" Lin Zhi did not say it directly, but asked about the price.

After the old man looked at Lin Zhi and his group, he slowly said, "Adults are eight cents, and children are six cents. But your child has too many things, so I have to charge eight cents as well."

Lin Zhi: "So expensive? Can it be cheaper?"

The old man shook his head like a rattle: "It's already very cheap, it has always been this price. You have too many things, I want to bring more people to sit, there is no room, the loss is already huge."

"That's not the way it should be said. We have a lot of stuff, but four people came at once, and you didn't have the time to wait for others..."

You must not show off your wealth and be too generous in public, as this will attract the attention of people with bad intentions. Most importantly, Lin Zhi is poor, so you must bargain if you can.

After some back and forth between the two, the old man ended up losing six cents.

The original price for the three little ones was eight cents, but in the end they were only charged six cents each.

Several people rested while waiting for other passengers to arrive.

Half an hour passed, and most of the ox carts around had left, but the ox cart going to the county town was still standing still.

"Are you going to leave or not? It's getting dark and I have to go to the city to do some work!"

Lin Zhi was relatively calm, but the two people who arrived earlier than her couldn't wait and started urging her.

The old man doesn't want to leave yet. If he waits for a few more people, he can earn more money.

He apologized humbly and asked everyone to wait a little longer.

After another half a quarter of an hour, still no one came, and the two passengers got angry.

The old man had no choice but to pick up the whip and ask everyone to get in the car and get ready to set off.

Lin Zhi let the three little ones go up first, and she carried the luggage up from below and asked them to put it in order. She was the last one to go up.

The car was full of luggage, and with three adults and three children, there was no extra space to move around after they sat down.

"It's a good thing there weren't two more people, otherwise they would have been squeezed like dried salted fish."

Lin Zhi muttered to herself, but because the old man was in front of her, she didn't dare speak too loudly for fear that he would hear her.