The first step in the book is to start selling tofu

"Auntie, I'm serious. Your man loves you and your child very much!"

Aunt Zhang curled her lips and didn't believe it.

"Come on, come on, I'll explain it to you."

Lin Zhi did not enter the yard, but pulled Aunt Zhang out of her yard, and the two sat down on a big rock not far from the gate.

"Tell me, your family has not been divided, so is all the money in the family in the hands of your mother-in-law?"

Aunt Zhang nodded. There was nothing to say about this. As long as the family had not split up, the right to distribute money would not be in the hands of the small family.

"It is indeed in my mother-in-law's hands, but what does this have to do with my man loving the child?"

"Auntie, don't be impatient. Just listen to me slowly." Lin Zhi changed to a more comfortable sitting position and continued: "You see, the money is all with your mother-in-law. Does that mean that everything you eat, drink, defecate and urinate in your family must be approved by your mother-in-law, right?"

Aunt Zhang nodded.

"That's it. The money is with your mother-in-law. If your husband wants to buy something delicious for you and the children, he has to get your mother-in-law's consent, right?"

Aunt Zhang continued to nod.

"But if your husband directly asks his mother for money to buy things for you and your mother, your mother-in-law will definitely not agree and will make a scene, right? If she makes a scene, will she end up blaming you for the mistake?"

Aunt Zhang imagined the scene. She didn’t know whether there would be a fuss or not, but she would definitely point at her nose and curse.

Anyway, no matter how wrong she is, her son will not be wrong, and her grandson will not be wrong. Only she, the daughter-in-law, is the root of the mistake.

However, this was also a family scandal, so Aunt Zhang would not say anything in front of Lin Zhi, so she did not directly answer Lin Zhi's question, but said vaguely:

"My mother-in-law is not that kind of person. She won't blame me for the mistake..."

If her tone wasn't so false, Lin Zhi would have really believed it. With a smile in her eyes, she praised sincerely:

"You are so lucky to have such an open-minded mother-in-law and a smart husband."

Ok?

Aunt Zhang couldn't understand why she was praising her husband again.

As if seeing her confusion, Lin Zhi explained before she could ask:

"Your husband wants to give you and the children some extra money, but he has no money, so he has no choice but to ask his mother for it. If he explains the reason directly, even if your mother-in-law is open-minded, she will feel uncomfortable.

However, if he buys it on the grounds of your mother-in-law, your mother-in-law will at most say something bad about your husband, and she will be happy in her heart. In this way, your mother-in-law will not have any bad opinions about you, and you and your children can eat some delicious food with your mother-in-law. Don’t you think your husband is very smart? !”

Aunt Zhang opened her eyes wide.

Is it really?

Seems like that, right?!

Aunt Zhang wondered uncertainly, could it be that the man in her memory who kept saying "my mother said" was actually doing it for his mother but was actually doing it for himself and his children?

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that what Lin Zhi said was right. It must be like this.

"What are you still talking about outside? Do you want to starve an old woman like me to death?"

An angry roar came from Aunt Zhang's house, and Aunt Zhang was so scared that she shuddered: "Mom, I will be back soon."

There was no more sound coming from the house. Aunt Zhang turned to Lin Zhi and said:

"I should go make dinner. What do you want me to do for you? Come back tomorrow if it's not urgent."

At the moment, she was in a good mood, so she didn't refuse to help because she had to go home.

"Urgent, urgent, urgent, of course you are in a hurry!" Lin Zhi hurriedly stopped the man and said hurriedly: "It's not a difficult matter, I just need to borrow some firewood from you. I have to start making tofu tonight, but the firewood at home is wet, so..."

"That's all?"

"Yes, yes, that's all."

Aunt Zhang didn't feel embarrassed at all about this matter: "Come with me, and take whatever you need."

Dalang and Erlang just came back at this time. The sharp-eyed Lin Zhi quickly called them to come over for help, while she continued chatting with Aunt Zhang.

After the two of them carried the firewood back and forth several times, Lin Zhi felt that it was enough for two days, so he said goodbye to Aunt Zhang and went home.

"Who was that just now?"

As soon as Lin Zhi left, an old voice was heard from Aunt Zhang's house.

"It's from Yang Laosan's family, the one who switched babies with the son of a wealthy family." Aunt Zhang answered while preparing dinner quickly.

She had just been delayed for a long time and was afraid that her mother-in-law would find an excuse to scold her.

"Oh, he's a poor man too."

Aunt Zhang's mother-in-law did not scold Aunt Zhang, but sighed and let it go.

Aunt Zhang thought that it might be because Lin Zhi was a widow like her mother-in-law, which reminded her mother-in-law of the past.

"Mom, Yang Laosan's family is making tofu and selling it tonight. Do you want to buy two pieces?" Thinking of the taste of tofu, Aunt Zhang felt a little greedy.

"Eat, eat, eat. I just think about eating every day. That thing is so expensive. Is that something you dare to think about?"

Aunt Zhang was scolded by her mother-in-law so much that she didn't dare to raise her head. She saw her husband's figure out of the corner of her eye and thought of what Lin Zhi had talked about with her about family harmony. She boldly said:

"Mom, it's not that your wife wants to eat it. I just saw that you have no appetite recently and you have lost weight, so I thought of buying some for you."

Her mother-in-law looked at Aunt Zhang suspiciously, but her tone was not so sharp anymore:

"As an old woman with one leg almost in her coffin, I dare not even think of eating such a precious thing."

"Mom, don't say unlucky words. Whether it's valuable or not depends on who eats it. As long as it goes into mom's stomach, it's worth it no matter how valuable it is."

Aunt Zhang's husband came in from outside and gave his wife an appreciative look.

His daughter-in-law finally grew up.

Aunt Zhang is so excited!

What Lin Zhi taught was indeed useful.

"Get out now, the kitchen is not a place for a grown man like you to enter."

When Aunt Zhang saw her son walk into the kitchen, she hurriedly pushed and pulled him out of the kitchen.

The mother and son talked for a while outside, and then Aunt Zhang's mother-in-law came in and said to Aunt Zhang:

"Since you are so filial, go to her place and buy her a piece of tofu tomorrow."

As she spoke, she began to take out money and handed it to her daughter-in-law.

Aunt Zhang received the money, rubbed it for a while, and then reluctantly handed it back to her mother-in-law:

"Mom, we don't need that much money. Yang Laosan's family said that three pounds of beans or half a pound of rice can be exchanged for a piece of tofu."

When the price of beans is good, it is two copper coins per pound, and when the price is bad, you can buy it for only one copper coin.

Rice is more expensive, and the price has hardly changed, about ten copper coins per pound.

"So cheap?!" Aunt Zhang said in surprise, "If it's so cheap, you can take two pounds of beans and exchange them for two yuan, and add a dish to your kid at home."

Anyway, eating too many beans will cause bloating, so it’s better to change to other foods.

"Okay, Mom!" Aunt Zhang agreed happily.

No need to sneak around and eat delicious food while cooking tomorrow.

It makes me happy just thinking about it.