"Then why don't you eat bean dregs every day!"

"That's just because I think the taste is not good enough... So, if the taste can be improved a little, maybe we can cook a new delicacy. What do you think, Uncle Seven?"

Su Shirong also agreed, "Uncle Seven, I also think what An An said is very true. Even if we give these bean dregs to those beggars, we can try to make them more delicious."

"Haha! I didn't expect you to be such a kind-hearted little guy."

Su Shikuan suddenly had an idea and came up with a plan: "Why not let them help us do some work, and then give them some bean curd cakes after the work is done."

"Brother, this idea is good. According to what Granny Fang said, they are outside the shop every day. If one day we don't have bean dregs to give them, will they think that we no longer help them? Or will they become lazy and unwilling to work hard to find other ways to survive because they rely on us?"

Su Shian thought more deeply. He knew that doing good things was not easy, and doing good things consistently was even more difficult. As the ancients said, "It is better to teach a man how to fish than to give him a fish."

Instead of directly providing them with food assistance, it is better to find a job for them so that they can earn the necessary food through their own labor. This will benefit everyone and improve the lives of beggars and make them live with more dignity.

Deng Qiyue agreed with this proposal, so he said, "Then let's do it this way. You can plan and arrange the specific matters by yourselves. If you need my help, you can come to me."

"Thank you, Uncle Seven. Tomorrow..."

"Tomorrow...if you can recite and write out the entire Thousand Character Classic correctly, you can leave get out of class and take a rest."

"Oh, this may be a little difficult. Could Uncle Qi ask you to give me another question?"

"In that case, then learn to recite a new "Li Sao" and recite it after you have memorized it..."

Hearing this, Su Shikuan shouted in horror: "No, no, no, Uncle Seven, forget it. We haven't even mastered the Thousand Character Classic yet!" So that's why Deng Qiyue wanted to scare them with the Li Sao. It started two days ago. At that time, they felt that the Thousand Character Classic had too many words and was too difficult to remember, so Deng Qiyue brought out the Li Sao for comparison. This trick really worked. Everyone was afraid to say anything and could only go back and try to memorize the Thousand Character Classic.

The next morning, the Su family's tofu shop opened on time as usual. After a night of careful consideration, Su Yu finally came up with a good name and couldn't wait to hang it on the door of the shop - Su's Tofu. Early in the morning, Eunuch Fang carried the freshly baked tofu and tofu pudding and went to Tianfuju to deliver them. This was the first big order their shop received, so they naturally couldn't be careless.

However, not many people came to buy tofu today. The reason is that many families just learned how to make tofu yesterday, and after returning home they would definitely not be able to resist trying the fun of making tofu by themselves.

Of course, there are also many people who are too busy with business to make their own tofu. So they still choose to come to Su's Tofu Shop early to buy ready-made tofu. After all, the tofu here is cheap and affordable, and very convenient and fast.

Although they did not prepare too much supplies, there were inevitably some leftovers. As the weather gradually became hotter, the air became extremely humid. Just two days ago, the tofu had already gone moldy and spoiled by the next morning, so they had no choice but to throw it all away.

If Su Shian knew about this, she would definitely regret it. After all, if the tofu was not sold out, it could be used to make fermented bean curd or stinky tofu! In this way, another delicious tofu dish could be created!

Perhaps reciting and writing were not Su Shian's strong points. Although she had learned these subjects, her performance was only slightly better than Su Shikuan and Su Shining. Compared with Su Shirong, she was even more inferior, as if she had never learned them before, which was a big blow to her.

It was already the first day of May, and the weather was not satisfactory, with frequent rain. Seeing that Su Shining and Su Shikuan were still unable to recite the Thousand Character Classic, Su Shian decided not to wait for them anymore and decided to go alone to find the beggars to discuss matters.

At this time, only Su Shirong finished her homework earlier than her, so she accompanied Su Shian on the journey. Deng Qiyue assigned Zhao Yi to follow behind and be responsible for their personal safety.

Although the sky was covered with fine rain and the ground was wet, it did not affect Su Shian and Su Shirong's pace. They strolled along the streets with umbrellas in hand, and soon found a roof near their home to take shelter from the rain. At this time, two ragged, dirty-looking little beggars who looked about eight or nine years old came into view.

When they noticed Su Shian and Su Shirong approaching, they curled up unconsciously, as if they wanted to escape from something. Seeing that the two did not stop, the older child summoned up the courage to speak: "What do you want to do? We didn't steal anything, please don't hit us..."

Hearing this, Su Shian was extremely surprised and asked hurriedly: "Who hit you?"

When asked, the two young beggars remained silent, just staring at Su Shian and Su Shirong with wary eyes. In fact, they usually go out begging with other older beggars. However, yesterday, their leader, Mr. Hong, broke his leg, so today they had to go out begging alone.

Even more unfortunate was that the two poor fellows were beaten up by the fierce sons of the rice shop owner not long after they arrived in the city. If the owner had not come to stop his sons' evil deeds in time, they would have been beaten up again. Not only that, the kind owner even generously gave them two copper coins as compensation.

However, the two did not use the money. It was already evening, and a drizzle began to fall from the sky. The feeling of hunger and cold became more and more intense. But they still had a glimmer of hope, hoping to get some bean dregs from Deng Su's shop - that was something they could easily get to fill their stomachs recently.

After hearing these words, Su Shian felt a pang of sadness. After all, in her time, if there were children begging on the streets, the government would definitely help them. So she turned to Su Shirong and said, "Third brother, why don't you go home and get some food first!"

Su Shirong shook his head, expressing his objection: "It's not appropriate. I'm worried about leaving you here alone..."

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