The little girl from a farm family has a big wish to make a fortune by farming and picking mushrooms

After tidying herself up, she crossed her legs and rested on the bed. While it was still light, she flipped through the book in her hand to learn how soap was made.

She wanted to make the soap first so that the laundry work at home would be easier.

When the family was busy, the clothes were usually washed by Old Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Feng, and occasionally Zhou Mingqin and Zhou Mingqi would go to help.

Now using a stick to hit the clothes back and forth not only makes your arms tired and slows down the washing process, but also greatly reduces the life of the fabric.

With soap, you can save a lot of time on washing clothes and it won’t be so tiring.

Soap, like these ointments, uses large amounts of animal fats.

In this era, apart from lard, other types, such as mutton fat and beef tallow are very rare, so the focus should be on lard, and more fat meat should be bought to make lard in the future.

Zhou Mingshu closed the book, pondered for a while, and planned his itinerary for the next few days.

Maybe because he slept for a while on the ox cart, Zhou Mingshu suffered from insomnia, which was very rare today.

She looked at the moonlight in the yard through the window. It was as bright as a lamp and she could see things easily, but it was still far from enough for reading.

The frogs behind the house were croaking happily. Zhou Mingshu listened quietly, resting his elbows behind his head, staring at the roof in a daze.

She didn't know when she fell asleep, but when she was woken up, it was just dawn.

"Dad, I'm getting up now."

Thinking that today was the first day to go to Baicaotang, Zhou Mingshu instantly lost his sleepiness. He put on clean clothes and braided his hair meticulously.

The three of them ate something quick, drank a few sips of hot soup, and then started on their journey.

On the way, Zhou Laoer and Zhou Laosan taught her many principles of how to behave in society. They were simply worried that she was young and would inevitably be scared when going out alone, or that she would say the wrong thing or do something wrong and make others unhappy, or that she would be bullied outside and would not dare to go home to complain.

Zhou Mingshu listened carefully and said that he would keep it in mind. Only then did the two adults feel relieved.

Although her body is that of a child, her soul has seen many kinds of right and wrong. She doesn't seek to be outstanding outside, but she can still behave herself and not bring shame to her family.

Zhou Shouhou personally sent his daughter to Baicaotang and talked to Chen Sheng for a while, just saying that he was troubled.

Mr. Chen praised Zhou Mingshu in every way. Seeing his daughter's embarrassment, Zhou Laoer did not stay long and waved goodbye, and they went home together in the evening.

After sending the two brothers away, Chen Sheng took Zhou Mingshu into the inner hall and asked her, as if she were his own daughter, whether she had had breakfast, whether she had known any characters before, and what characters she wanted to learn.

Zhou Mingshu answered one by one. Mr. Chen looked at the little girl in front of him. She had clear eyes and was full of confidence. She spoke slowly and steadily, and her voice was neither soft nor soft. It was like a clear spring that flowed straight into one's heart. The more he looked at her, the more he liked her.

"Okay, then Uncle Chen will slowly teach you to recognize words. But Uncle Chen, I have read more medical books and have not done much in terms of rhetoric and writing, so recognizing words is not a big problem. But if you ask me what it means, I will have a headache, haha."

At this point, both of them laughed.

"Uncle Chen, Mingshu is already very grateful for the opportunity to learn to read. I dare not ask for anything else. As long as I don't become a blind man when I go out, that's enough. Uncle Chen, please take the time to teach me how to read. Mingshu is already very grateful in my heart."

"Hey, hey, don't say that. I should thank you for coming to help in my shop. I was just worried about finding free labor and you came here on your own. Being a clerk in a drugstore is very hard work. Of course, the same is true for learning to read. It depends on whether you can hold on."

"Thank you, Uncle Chen. I will not cause you any trouble and will study hard..."

The two talked in the inner hall for a long time before Madam Xu and Chen Banxia got out of bed in the backyard.

Mr. Chen had already started teaching Zhou Mingshu to recognize words in the front hall, and they were only simple words at first.

Zhou Mingshu already knew these characters. Coming to Baicaotang to help was actually just a cover for her, so she learned them easily.

Mr. Chen was afraid that she would not be able to learn well, so he only taught her three words in the whole morning.

During the test at noon, it was discovered that Zhou Mingshu remembered everything and could even write it down from memory. Most importantly, she could also fully repeat the meaning of what he had said during the teaching.

When Chen Sheng discovered this, the first thought that came to his mind was not how smart Zhou Mingshu was, but why his two children were so stupid.

I originally thought that my child would be much better than other children if he learned to read from him since childhood.

Who knows that there is no harm without comparison!

Every time he taught them to recognize unfamiliar words, they would spend a whole day studying them, and every time they were asked to write them down from memory, they would write them haltingly.

When I read other people's books, I found that they not only wrote very fluently, but could also repeat the meaning completely.

So that afternoon, he took some time to teach Zhou Mingshu five more characters, intending to ask questions again early the next morning. He was wondering if what he taught was too simple.

Zhou Laoer and Zhou Laosan came to pick up Zhou Mingshu after work, and they exchanged pleasantries when they met.

But as it was getting dark, they said hello to each other and hurried home.

On the way, Zhou Mingshu talked about what she had seen and learned today, which characters she had learned, and which medicinal herbs she had recognized. Seeing her excited look, Zhou Laoer and Zhou Laosan both breathed a sigh of relief.

Ever since their family's financial situation became bad, they felt inferior to others. Many of their good friends distanced themselves from them, and many of their relatives pretended not to know them when they met them.

They have been looked down upon by many people in the past two years, so they are very conscious not to get too close to many people to avoid annoying others.

The children are young and seldom go out, so they don’t understand or know these things.

Seeing that there was no other strange expression on the child's face, the two adults stopped thinking about it and felt even more favorable towards Mr. Chen, whom they already respected.

As soon as Zhou Mingshu arrived home, she was surrounded by a group of children asking her what she had done and what she had learned that day.

Zhou Mingshu deliberately kept everyone in suspense, biting her lip and not saying anything, which made everyone want to hit her.

She first went to the toilet, then washed her hands and face, and then came out of the kitchen and broke off a small stick.

Seeing that she was finally about to start speaking, the crowd dispersed a little.

"Today I learned eight Chinese characters. We don't have a pen, ink, paper or inkstone at home, so I wrote them on the wall. Please be careful not to step on them."

Zhou Mingshu quickly wrote the few words he had learned on the ground, and then taught them one by one.

Seeing her teaching everyone to recognize words, everyone in the family gathered around to listen. Feng also brought Zhou Minghua over and asked her to listen carefully.

"This word is pronounced 'ren'. This 'ren' is what we call 'are you still a human being?' Do you understand what I mean..."

Before she could finish, everyone in the house started laughing.