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

The next morning, Song Zhi got up and washed up, and heard the laughter of women next door.

In order to leave a good impression on Song Zhi, the women were more active than each other and came to Old Song's house at dawn.

In addition, the old house is going to build a kang and build a yard today, so the whole yard is particularly lively early in the morning.

Song Zhi took her brother and sister-in-law to wash up, then hurriedly opened the gate and went next door.

Now the wall next door is still a mud wall. Although the side door here is open, it is not easy to go through the side door directly. You have to go around the main gate.

As soon as Song Zhi entered the door, she was surrounded by women, who all asked her when it would start.

It is obvious that everyone is very enthusiastic at this moment.

"Don't worry, aunts. You can come home at the beginning of the morning. There's no need to come so early."

The women smiled a little embarrassedly, "We just want to get started as soon as possible. Now that we have received your wages, we don't want to delay your work."

On the one hand, everyone was attracted by the bonus that Song Zhi had promised them earlier, but on the other hand, they were also worried that they would not be able to learn well. We all came here to study together, and it would be so embarrassing if we were at the bottom.

Everyone's enthusiasm was a good thing for Song Zhi. She didn't say anything more and said, "Aunts, please wait a moment. After we have breakfast, we will start again."

After leading her younger brother and sister-in-law into the kitchen, Song Zhi saw her elder brother carrying cakes and heading to the county town.

Song Zhi immediately said, "Brother, give me these cakes. I'm going to the county town to deliver some mugwort soap. Why don't you give me these cakes to take with you?"

The family just happened to be short of help to make the kang and build the courtyard wall. When Mrs. Wu heard her granddaughter say this, she agreed immediately!

"It's just right. There are people at home for dinner today. Ah Zhi, please buy two more pounds of meat." After saying that, he took out some money from his pocket to give to his granddaughter.

"Grandma, the meat you bought is for us to eat too. Give me money now. When big brother buys meat in the future, do we need to pay for it when we eat it?"

Mrs. Wu paused. She was only thinking about not letting the younger one suffer too much, but she didn't think of this.

Mrs. Wu, who had come back to her senses, put the money away again and said with a smile, "Okay, grandma got it!"

During breakfast, Song Zhi said to her younger sister, "Sister will go to the county town first. You stay home and teach the aunts how to make the simplest melon-shaped hat."

When Song Huan heard that she was to be the one to teach, she couldn't help but get a little nervous and said, "Can...Is it okay for me to teach?"

Song Zhi said with encouragement: "Why not? Just follow your usual method of hooking and demonstrate it slowly."

"Our Huanhuan is so clever and skillful. I'll let grandma stay next door with you to help you keep things under control."

The other children also looked up from their bowls and encouraged Song Huan, "Don't be afraid, Huan Huan. Second brother and Xiao An are here to accompany you. If anyone says anything harsh, I'll be the first to disagree."

With her family present, Song Huan felt less nervous. She nodded slightly and said with a shy smile, "Then I'll give it a try."

After the siblings finished their breakfast, Song Zhi led the women to the next door.

The yard was now bare and there was no big tree to provide shade, so Song Zhi led people into the west wing.

If there are not enough benches, many people can sit on the long kang. In winter, as long as the kang is heated up, you can sit at the head of the kang to do your work without worrying about your hands and feet getting cold.

Song Zhi asked Song Huan to take some wool yarn to share with them, and also distributed a dozen extra crochet hooks from home.

"I've already asked someone to make this crochet hook again. Aunts, take turns trying your hand at it today. I'll have Huanhuan show you how to crochet this wool hat later."

"Ask her if you have any questions. Aunties, don't underestimate her because she's young. All these woolen hats in our house were crocheted by Huanhuan. She's even more skillful than me!"

When the women heard this, their eyes lit up instantly when they looked at Song Huan, and words of praise came out in baskets like they were free.

Song Huan had never seen such a scene before. The little girl blushed and looked very embarrassed.

Song Zhi tried to smooth things over, saying, "Huanhuan is indeed capable, but she's just shy. Aunts, please don't tease her!"

After that, she rubbed her little sister's head and said encouragingly, "Huanhuan, teach the aunts how to crochet hats first. I'll go and get busy now. I'll let grandma come and accompany you later."

After Song Zhi's guidance, Song Huan gradually adapted to the current atmosphere. She nodded and said, "Don't worry, sister. I will do my best."

He immediately picked up the wool at hand and started talking about how to start knitting.

The women also stopped joking and listened very seriously.

Song Zhi left the west wing and went to the studio in the backyard. She put the 350 pieces of mugwort soap she had made earlier in the backpack and went to the next door to get some cakes.

Before leaving, Song Zhi worriedly warned Wu, "Grandma, Huanhuan is very shy. Facing so many people alone, I'm worried she won't be able to handle it."

"You go and help her take charge later, she'll feel more at ease."

Wu cleaned the bowl beside her and nodded, "Okay, go to the county town without worry. I'll be watching over Huanhuan and won't make things difficult for her."

Seeing that her grandmother agreed, Song Zhi did not delay any longer and rushed to the village entrance with her things.

On the way to the county town, Song Zhi could clearly feel that the number of people coming to the county town to pay taxes today began to decrease.

When we arrived at the city gate, we saw that there were fewer people queuing up to pay taxes.

It seems that the tax collection work of the county government is nearing completion, and Zhou Yu should be able to have some free time in a few days.

Song Zhi was weighing in her mind that after she was done with this busy period, she would have to remind Zhou Yu that their village, as a pilot village, must put the promotion of kangs on the agenda.

After Song Zhi entered the city, she first went to Wei Yue Fang to deliver cakes, and then went straight to the government-run shop.

As soon as Song Zhi reached the door of the government-run shop, she heard voices coming from inside.

"Oh, Mr. Xue, are you holding back on the mugwort soap and deliberately not selling it to us?"

"That's right, that's right, Mr. Xue, can't you be more flexible and give me a hundred yuan, or even fifty, so I can take it back home to comfort my wife and make her happy."

A group of middle-aged men dressed as merchants surrounded Mr. Xue behind the counter and expressed their demands in a flurry of chatter.

Song stood by the door, thinking about the only 300 or so pieces of mugwort soap in the backpack. This was not enough to share...

She stood at the doorstep of the shop, hesitating whether to leave and come back later.

Mr. Xue, who was in a state of panic, saw Song Zhi standing by the door and shouted in surprise as if he had seen a savior.

He quickly pushed through the crowd and rushed to Song Zhi like a gust of wind. "Ms. Song, you're finally here. Did you bring any mugwort soap?"