Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

She kissed me!

She kissed me!!!

Does this mean that she accepts me completely?

Chen Lang was so happy that he wanted to sing loudly, and even wanted to perform another yangge dance, but when he moved his body a little, he felt a sharp pain in his back.

Li Xiuzhi's face was as red as the morning glow. The action just now had exhausted all her courage. At this moment, her body was soft and she couldn't muster any strength.

The couple just stared at each other until Guoguo murmured in her sleep.

"Sugar man...delicious..."

Chen Lang and Li Xiuzhi chuckled silently at the same time.

"Go to sleep." Li Xiuzhi blew out the candle, climbed onto the bed carefully, and then leaned on Chen Lang's shoulder.

"No matter who you are, I will follow you for the rest of my life."

The next day.

Chen Lang felt that his back was much more painful than yesterday and he couldn't get up at all, so he had to ask Li Xiuzhi to communicate with the Tianshangju convoy.

This was the first time Li Xiuzhi had done such a thing. She was so nervous that she couldn't even count the money.

I can only go to Chen Lang with the account book.

After calculating the price, Chen Lang returned the notebook to her.

Then he asked Li Xiuzhi to tell the chef of Tianshangju that due to the recurring injuries, he was temporarily unable to research new dishes, and would start researching as soon as his injuries healed. He asked the shopkeeper Hong of Tianshangju to be understanding.

After Li Xiuzhi left, Chen Lang started thinking that the family business would become more and more in the future and he would definitely not be able to handle it all by himself.

Although Li Xiuzhi has never been to school, she is actually very smart. I can try to teach her some basic arithmetic.

Besides, it is actually time for Guoguo to learn culture. When teaching Li Xiuzhi, you can also teach Guoguo at the same time.

As for the textbooks, all the books used in the previous examinations for the Tongsheng degree were sold by Chen Lang for money. To be honest, Chen Lang felt that the children's enlightenment textbooks of this era were not suitable for educating children.

Anyway, I can only lie in bed and can't do anything else, so I might as well take this opportunity to write a set of teaching materials myself.

It doesn't have to be too complicated, something like the multiplication table, the Hundred Family Names, or 300 Tang and Song poems [choose some that you can recite in their entirety] will do.

After all, girls these days are not eligible to take exams. Even if Guoguo becomes a learned man in the future, she will only have one choice in her life.

Get married and become a wife.

Of course, you can still choose who to marry. The more educated you are, the more room you have when choosing a husband.

As he thought about it, Chen Lang suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Your own cabbages will be taken away by pigs in the future!

"Guoguo!"

Chen Lang shouted.

Guoguo ran in excitedly and said, "Daddy, you called me?"

Chen Lang said: "Come, let daddy hold you."

Guoguo thought Chen Lang was in pain from the wound, so she immediately went over, hugged her father's head, touched his hair, and said, "Touch the hair, it won't hurt."

In the past, every time she was beaten by Qin, Li Xiuzhi would comfort her like this.

Chen Lang said earnestly, "My dear daughter, Daddy is telling you, you must remember this."

Guoguo blinked her big watery eyes: "Daddy, what do you want to say?"

Chen Lang said solemnly: "Boys are disgusting, stay away from them from now on!"

At this time, Li Xiuzhi's voice came from outside the house: "Guoguo, come out and help."

Guoguo turned around and ran out.

Chen Lang lay on the bed and thought of another problem that was more important than writing textbooks.

manpower!

It is already hard work just to collect fish, shrimps and crabs every day. If we add making tofu to the mix, Xiuzhi and I will definitely not be able to handle it.

Moreover, Li Xiuzhi's health was already weak, and the doctors advised her to take care of herself. Being so busy and hard every day would only increase the burden on her body.

We make money for a better life, but how can we enjoy a good life without a good body?

So we have to increase manpower.

It seems that there are not many people in this village who are trustworthy.

Wait until Xiuzhi is done with her work and then ask her for her opinion.

Chen Lang took out a pen and paper from the cabinet and began to copy the multiplication table and the Hundred Family Names.

After writing for about an hour, Chen Lang felt less pain in his back, so he quickly got out of bed and went out to help.

Li Xiuzhi advised him to go back to the room and lie down, but Chen Lang refused. After the couple was deadlocked for a while, Li Xiuzhi still couldn't persuade Chen Lang.

We were busy like this until noon, when no villagers came to sell fish, shrimps or crabs.

While cooking, Chen Lang mentioned the matter of hiring help to Li Xiuzhi.

Li Xiuzhi frowned and said, "Why should we hire someone to do something we can do ourselves?"

Chen Lang said earnestly, "If you're just collecting fish, shrimp, and crabs, you don't need to hire anyone. But if you want to make tofu, you have to hire someone."

"You made tofu yesterday too, so you know how tiring this job is. I can't do it on your own."

"We are now a person with a little money, so there is no need to endure hardship."

"Also, I plan to teach you and Guoguo how to read and do arithmetic, which also takes time."

Li Xiuzhi was stunned for a moment, then her head shook like a rattle, "No, I'm too stupid to learn it."

Chen Lang took her hand and said, "Xiuzhi, I'm not teaching you to study, I'm not asking you to take an exam, don't be nervous."

"It's just learning some basic arithmetic so you can do your accounting."

"And think about it, learning arithmetic can effectively prevent me from hiding my private money. Otherwise, if I hide a handful of money from my income every day, you won't be able to count it."

Li Xiuzhi blushed, "Go away! You're making me sound like a jealous woman who cares about private money."

"Besides, all the money in our family is earned by you. It's all yours. If you want to hide it, I can't stop you."

Chen Lang said seriously: "Xiuzhi, you are wrong."

"We are a couple. Every penny we earn belongs to both of us, not just one person."

After saying that, he glanced at Guoguo and said, "Even Guoguo has a portion."

"So you have to take care of the family income."

Seeing Chen Lang's sincerity, Li Xiuzhi hesitated for a long time and said, "Then... I'll give it a try."

"If I can't learn it, you can't laugh at me."

Chen Lang then said to Guoguo, "My dear daughter, from today on, you will learn to read and write with your mother and your father."

Guoguo nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I like reading and writing!"

Chen Lang brought the topic back to hiring people and asked, "Xiuzhi, who in the village do you think would be best to ask for help?"

Li Xiuzhi thought for a moment and said, "If we're just grinding beans, Brother Chen Tao is a good choice. He might not be very smart, but he's got a lot of strength."

"Besides, Brother Sun is also an option. He has sold all his land and now has no land to farm. He can only fish and catch shrimp for a month or two. When the season is over, he will have no other way to make money, and father and daughter will still go hungry."

Chen Lang said, "Okay, after dinner, let's call them over and talk about it in detail."