It's hard for my elder sister. I rely on the mountains to farm and pay off my debts.

Mrs. Wu looked at her daughter-in-law soothingly, then turned around and closed the door, then took out the copper coins wrapped in cloth from the backpack.

Mrs. Wu placed the package on the wooden table in the yard, opened it, and said to her daughter-in-law:

"This is what Ah Zhi and I earned from selling medicine in the county town today. Here are 165 coins, and I have 52 coins. Two hundred coins in total, we can still get it together today!"

Yang looked at the two strings of money on the table and opened her mouth in surprise.

He was stunned for a long while, then rubbed his eyes again. After confirming that he was not dazzled, he said with trembling lips: "No... Mom, I am not dreaming, am I?"

At this time, Wu had already taken out the copper coins from the room. Seeing that her daughter-in-law was still in a daze, she couldn't help but say, "Okay, the money is right there. Count it and see if it's one hundred and sixty-five coins."

After hearing this, Yang hurriedly started counting.

Her counting method was very simple. Ten coins counted as one pile, so one hundred coins was equal to ten small piles.

The other one counted out six small piles, and the money was counted clearly.

Yang said happily, "Mother, that's right, exactly one hundred and sixty-five coins."

Mrs. Wu nodded and handed the string of money in her hand to her daughter-in-law. "Here are forty copper coins in total. Thirty-five of them will make up the capital. The other five coins are our apology for borrowing the money for so long."

"If they don't accept it, just say it's a small token of our family's appreciation. Zhuzi's father is injured, and we don't have much to offer, so let's just do our part!"

Yang took the copper coin, but there was still some hesitation on her face.

Mrs. Wu saw her daughter-in-law's worry. Now the family wanted to spend every penny carefully. So Mrs. Yang felt a little reluctant to give away five cents at once.

Wu naturally saw that her daughter-in-law was hesitant to speak, so she explained, "Last year, the war was so difficult that no one could find our home. This time, if Zhuzi's father hadn't really been in trouble, no one would have come to our house. We have to accept this favor."

Yang was not an unreasonable person. She naturally understood the truth, but she was afraid of the predicament at home.

Song Zhi stood by and listened to the conversation between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

She supported her grandmother's actions and understood her aunt's concerns, so she said, "Aunt, just take the money. I'll go up the mountain to collect herbs and exchange them for money later!"

When Yang heard this, she suddenly understood. Yes, wasn't the money today earned by the eldest girl from picking herbs in the mountains?

If the family had income, she wouldn't have to be so reluctant to spend the five cents, making her look so stingy.

Yang came to her senses and slapped her head, saying happily: "Okay, I'll send it to Second Aunt right away!" After that, she wrapped the copper coins in cloth again and was about to send it.

Mrs. Wu stopped her and said, "Don't rush. Go wash the rice and cook some porridge. Ah Zhi has been running around all morning, so she must be hungry now."

"Eat something first. When the sun isn't so scorching, I'll go into the mountains with Azhi and try to bring back more herbs."

When Yang heard that they had to go into the mountains to collect herbs, she quickly said "Oh" and went into the kitchen swiftly to wash the wild vegetables.

Mrs. Wu asked her eldest granddaughter to go back to the house to rest first, but Song Zhi took out the buns she had exchanged that morning and said, "Grandma, heat up the buns and share them with the little ones."

Song Huan, Song Cheng and Song Kang, the three little ones, were so happy when they heard that there were buns to eat that they jumped for joy.

When Song Cheng thought of the fragrant and soft white bread, he couldn't help licking his fingers.

Song An looked at his brother's greedy look and turned his face away, unable to bear to watch. However, he didn't realize that there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Wu naturally wanted to see her brothers and sisters being friendly and respectful to each other.

She took the buns handed to her by her granddaughter, went to the kitchen first, and handed the salt and buns to her daughter-in-law.

He went back to the room, scooped a bowl of millet, thought for a while and then scooped another bowl of flour, and asked his daughter-in-law to make a few pancakes.

On the third day after traveling through time, Song Zhi finally ate food with salt and had lunch.

For modern people who are used to three meals a day, this is really enough to make them want to cry!

When the children saw the white flour pancakes, they screamed with excitement.

They couldn't remember how long they had been eating wild vegetable porridge. Now, when they smelled the food with a fragrant aroma, the children were so greedy that they were almost drooling.

Since there were only three buns, Wu divided them in half and gave half to everyone except herself.

Song Zhi held the half bun she got in her hand. In her opinion, this bun was not delicious at all, but just food to fill her stomach.

But looking at the children eating with their eyes narrowed and a look of enjoyment on their faces, it seemed as if the buns in their hands were the most delicious thing in the world.

The old man opposite was kindly taking care of every family member, but he only ignored herself.

She thought of her grandmother, a kind old lady who had left all the good things to her.

Song Zhi only felt a sour taste in her nose.

From this moment on, Song Zhi sincerely wished that her family could live a life without worries about food and drink.

.....

After noon, Song Zhi took her two children back to the house to rest. She lay on the bed. Even though her body was very tired, her mind was very clear.

She simply didn't sleep, but lay in bed, analyzing the next way to make money.

Now the family not only owes debts to others, but also to my uncle and cousin.

If her aunt hadn't mentioned it today, she wouldn't have known that the Wang family had withheld the wages of her uncle and cousin.

Although he didn't know whether his cousin was at fault in this matter, Song Zhi didn't want his uncle and cousin to stay in the Wang family and be enslaved.

But now her family still rents the Wang family's land, and Song Zhi knows that no matter how anxious she is, she will have to wait until the summer harvest is over.

The most urgent thing right now is to make money!

She still needs to continue collecting herbs, and she also needs to find new sales channels as soon as possible. She can't bear the risks in the mountains alone and end up earning only a fraction of the profit.

This kind of loss-making business is only suitable to be done now when we are penniless, to change the current difficult situation.

As time goes by, the herbs near the mountains will eventually be harvested, and she can't count on this for a stable income.

So she still has to consider doing business.

So what kind of business should we do?

In addition to studying medicine in modern times, what she is best at is cooking.

Song Zhi suddenly thought of something and sat up from the bed.

Maybe make sugar?

Song Zhi thought about the conversation she had with the shopkeeper at the grocery store today. Malt sugar was so expensive, what if she made some peanut cakes or millet cakes?

Or is it dragon beard pastry?

The more Song Zhi thought about it, the more she felt that this method was feasible. Besides, she had also used this method to make malt sugar before for shooting short videos.

There is no need to worry about failure, she still has confidence in this.

However, there was one thing that troubled Song Zhi.

This method of making candy is not like what will happen tomorrow, which everyone can search on the Internet.

How could a peasant girl like her know this? And how could she explain it to her grandmother and the others?