The first step in the book is to start selling tofu

Lin Zhi gave a thumbs up.

Ambitious!

She did what she had always wanted to do but never dared to do.

Daya thought Lin Zhi was praising her and smiled with her face as bright as a crescent moon.

It would take the two brothers quite some time to check the books, so she walked over and told them to check them while she went out for a while.

When she went out, she informed the shopkeeper again, in case he thought the two boys were stealing the books and kicked them out.

After the two went out, they first went to the grain store and bought soybeans needed to make tofu.

Because it was a large quantity and needed for a long time, I bargained with the shopkeeper for a long time and finally sold it at one and a half copper coins per pound, which was half a copper coin less than the retail price.

Today, for the first time, she only ordered ten kilograms, and from then on, the store would deliver the amount she needed every day to her home.

I took the beans back home and went to a carpenter's shop not far from my home.

I ordered the molds needed for making tofu there. Before, there were no molds for making tofu, so we always had to cut the tofu when selling it, which resulted in a lot of wasted tofu and added a lot of work.

"I still have some work to do, so I can't help you until tomorrow."

After the apprentice informed the carpenter of his needs, the carpenter replied without even looking up.

Lin Zhi heard their conversation not far away and came over: "Master, are the doors you are making now the ones that my family ordered?"

Hearing the familiar voice, the carpenter looked up and said, "It's Madam Lin. We have to wait a little longer for this door. It needs to be painted before it can be installed."

He thought Lin Zhi was here to urge him to finish the work.

"This is not urgent. What I am more urgent now is making the mold. Can you help me make the mold first?"

It was at this time that the carpenter realized that the customer for the two orders was the same person: "Since the door is not urgent, I will make the mold for you first. This thing is very fast, I will ask my boy to deliver it to your house later."

"Thank you for your help, Master. I will pay you when I deliver it later." Lin Zhi said.

The carpenter waved his hand and said, "This is a small matter. It won't be too late to give it to me after it's done."

Lin Zhi took Daya and continued shopping until they arrived at a small market.

This is on the south edge of the city, in the opposite direction of their home.

There are no shops here, only small stalls set up by common people, selling all kinds of things.

Lin Zhi cooked a meal for Daya and had a bowl of wontons.

The wontons were thin in skin and large in filling, and the soup was rich and filling. The portion was generous. The two of us, who had just finished lunch, were already full.

"If I had known, I would have just ordered one bowl so we could share it." Lin Zhi touched her bulging belly and regretted not listening to the advice.

Although Daya was feeling a little full, the wontons were so delicious that she felt she could eat a little more.

Of course I didn’t eat any more in the end.

After resting for half a minute, Lin Zhi came to a child selling firewood.

"How much do you sell this firewood for?"

"Eight cents per load." The child spoke very softly. If there weren't so few people around, Lin Zhi really wouldn't have been able to hear clearly what he said.

After not hearing Lin Zhi's voice for a long time, the child took a sneak peek and started to discuss again:

"If you really want it, give me seven... no, six cents will do."

He gritted his teeth and gave the lowest price in his mind, looking at Lin Zhi with trepidation and anticipation.

He hadn't eaten for a long time, his father and mother were sick, and he was in urgent need of money.

But he had already been setting up his stall here for two days and had not sold a single piece of firewood. He was almost caught by the patrolling administrator for not paying the stall fee.

"But...is it okay?" the child asked again.

"Five cents a load, I want it." Lin Zhi said.

The child was a little disappointed when he heard this, but since he had never opened a business before, he gritted his teeth and sold the firewood.

"Where is your home? I'll deliver the firewood to you." After receiving the money, the child was still very happy.

Lin Zhi raised his eyebrows. This is free delivery? That's really great.

After Lin Zhi told him the address, the child was about to send the child over, but Lin Zhi stopped him:

"My family needs a load of firewood every day. If you can deliver it to my door every day, I will buy from you for a long time."

The child's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he nodded excitedly. He wanted to say something, but at the moment he was so excited that he couldn't utter a word.

He nervously slapped his own mouth a few times, which scared Lin Zhi.

"You don't have to get so excited, this is a normal transaction."

How could the kid not be excited after hearing this? In the end, he couldn't say a word. He knelt down and kowtowed to Lin Zhi three times.

Lin Zhi: ...

Although...But...

I always feel like this kid is offering sacrifice.

Lin Zhi asked him to deliver the firewood to the door, as she and Daya had to go pick up Dalang and Erlang and would not go home for the time being.

After confirming the address again and again, the child walked away, looking back every few steps.

Library.

Dalang and Erlang had already checked the contents of the book, and now they were choosing pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

Both of them were born into large families. Although their status in the family was not high, they enjoyed the same education because they were boys.

They know how to distinguish between pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

At first, the shopkeeper thought they didn't know anything because of their attire. Later, he found that their tastes and clothes were different, so he gave up the idea of ​​introducing anything and let them choose for themselves.

Knowing that the situation at home was not very good, the two of them did not even look at the high-quality pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and went straight to where the medium and low-quality items were placed.

After asking the boss if they could try out samples, the two of them chose something of lower-middle quality.

Because they needed to copy excerpts from books, the two bought a lot of paper.

So when I saw that the things they bought were not expensive but in large quantities, I always followed them with a smile on my face.

When Lin Zhi came over, they had just picked out everything they needed.

"Have you picked everything? Let me see."

Lin Zhi said as he went over to check.

In fact, she doesn't understand these things at all, but her original body knows them.

If the original body understands, then she understands, there is no difference.

After checking, Lin Zhi found that there was nothing missing in the cabinet, so he nodded to the display case and said, "Please buy me two more sets of pens, inkstones and inkstones."

One set for Daya and one set for myself.

Bargaining is not allowed in the library, but considering that Lin Zhi and his friends bought a lot of things, the shopkeeper took the initiative to give them a small discount.

Even after rounding off the amount, Lin Zhi's heart still bled when he paid the bill in the end.

One hundred and twenty taels!

A full one hundred and twenty taels!

Sure enough, studying is not something that ordinary people can afford.

Lin Zhi gritted his teeth and thought absentmindedly, when will a time traveler come and invent printing technology so that everyone can buy cheap books.