"Well, that's what I was thinking, but you'll have to make the decision on household matters. I don't understand these business matters, so you'll have to worry about them."

"By the way, Mom, I counted, today we sold milk tea for a total of 540 coins. Excluding the cost of about 162 coins, the remaining should be 378 coins. My eldest brother and second brother have put in a lot of effort this time. I plan to divide the money we earn equally among the three of us. What do you think?" While Xu was around, Shen Wanning deliberately brought up this matter at this moment.

When Xu heard this, she paused while adding almonds to the hot milk. She pricked up her ears and listened carefully.

"You rented the cow, and you bought the tea and sugar. The eldest and second sons just went to help. Why should you pay them for anything? There is absolutely no reason to ask for money when a family does things. Do you treat us as outsiders?" Aunt Zhang put her hands on her hips, looking a little angry.

"Mom, that's not what I meant. Think about it, this business will definitely continue for a long time. Do I have to ask my elder and second brothers to help me for free? Then my elder brother won't be able to farm, and my second brother won't be able to cut firewood and sell it, right? I have to make up for this money to my elder and second brothers, right?

Besides, my elder and second brothers don't have any money, so they're too embarrassed to ask me if they want to buy anything. I'm also busy with business and can't be considerate of everything. In the long run, I'll live a comfortable life, but what about my elder and second brothers? Mother, please think of it this way. Just think of it as me giving money to my elder and second brothers, so that I don't have to worry about it. I'll be happy and at ease, right?

Shen Wanning resorted to her coquettish tactics once again, and this time, Aunt Zhang had no choice but to agree. "I can give it to you, but it's a bit too much if you three split it. How about this? You take half, and the other half can be split between the two of them. Is that okay?"

"Well, paying you once a day is a bit too formal. How about paying you once a month? I'll keep a record of my daily earnings and share them with my elder and second brothers at the end of the month. What do you think, sister-in-law?" Shen Wanning deliberately asked Xu again.

Xu wiped her hands on her apron, her mouth wide open with laughter. "I don't understand any of this. Wan Ning, you make the decision."

That's what he said, but in reality it meant agreement.

"Oh, Xiaohe is learning the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art right now. He is also interested in these things. Why not let him take over the bookkeeping and let him try. I bought an abacus the day before yesterday but forgot to give it to him. This time, I'll give it to him as well." Shen Wanning suggested with a flash of inspiration.

"Okay, Wan Ning, I understand how much you care about the Lin family. But you're just a girl, and I don't want you to live such a hard life. You should have grown up pampered, but you've shouldered so much."

When she said this, Aunt Zhang's voice choked up a little. It had always been Shen Wanning who had sacrificed for this family and suffered a lot.

"Mom, I'm not tired. I make money not only to make everyone's life better, but also to make my own life better. Life is getting better and better, so how can I feel tired?"

She meant what she said. Compared to her life in modern times, when she was fighting alone without anyone caring about her, she didn't feel tired at all here with so many loving family members. Every time she saw her family happy, she felt even happier.

"Oh, my dear mother, why are you crying? Our lives are getting better and better, shouldn't you be happy? Why are you crying? Please don't cry, mother. If you cry, father will think that we are bullying you. I'm afraid that father will come out with his pipe and hit us. If he breaks the pipe, he will be heartbroken."

Xu deliberately acted exaggerated, which made Aunt Zhang laugh out loud.

"Okay, Mom, you go and rest first! My sister-in-law and I will take the milk to the three of them and then go to rest in a while."

After Aunt Zhang left, Shen Wanning knocked on Lin He's door with milk.

"Aunt, you're here?" Lin He lowered his gaze and saw the milk in her hand, his face embarrassed. "Do you want to drink milk today too? Can I not drink it?"

"Don't worry, little brat. Almonds are added to it, so it doesn't smell like mutton. If you don't believe me, just smell it." Shen Wanning scolded with a smile and handed over the milk in her hand.

Lin He took the milk and smelled it. After finding no smell of mutton, he drank it with peace of mind.

At this time, Shen Wanning took out the abacus from behind her back and said, "Here, this is the abacus I promised to buy for you. If your teacher teaches you, then learn from him. If he doesn't, I'll teach you when you come back."

Seeing the abacus, Lin He's eyes lit up and he quickly took it. "Thank you, auntie. Our teacher didn't teach us, but I think I know a little bit. I can ask you to teach me."

"Okay, when your grandfather is free, he can teach you. By the way, Auntie has one more thing for you. From now on, you will be responsible for keeping accounts of the money I earn from selling milk every day. At the end of each month, calculate the total amount of milk sales for that month. A bowl of milk tea sells for ten cents, and the cost per bowl is three cents. Let's see how much we can earn in total. How is it? Can you do it?"

Lin He nodded vigorously, "Aunt, believe me, I can definitely do it."

"Okay, then let me test you. Today, I earned a total of 540 coins. What was the cost? How much did I earn?"

Lin He scratched his head and said, "Aunt, this seems difficult! I have to calculate it slowly."

"It's okay, I'll tell you slowly. The total income was 540 wen. How many bowls did you sell?"

"54 bowls." Lin He answered quickly.

"The cost of a bowl of milk tea is 3 cents, so how much is the total cost of 54 bowls of milk tea?" Shen Wanning guided him step by step.

……

Later, it was discovered that such multiplication was too difficult for the ancients. There was no other way, so Shen Wanning had to put the bowl in the kitchen and go into the room to teach Lin He mathematics.

She is not a teacher herself and does not know how to teach students. Fortunately, netizens in the live broadcast room gave her advice one by one, telling her that she should first teach Arabic numerals and then slowly teach him addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Fortunately, Lin He was quite sensitive to numbers and was very interested in mathematics, so he learned the numbers from 1 to 100 in just one night. Shen Wanning made an agreement with him to come back tomorrow night to teach him more numbers.

Back in her room, Shen Wanning lay on her bed and sighed. She'd been so busy making money that she hadn't studied ancient Chinese characters in ages. If Sanxiao asked her about Chinese characters someday, she might not be able to answer.

Thinking of this, she took out the Three Character Classic and started to study it in front of the live broadcast room. Many netizens in the live broadcast room were inspired by her. Some followed her to learn ancient Chinese characters, while others checked in with her in the live broadcast room.

When she was off the air, some people even asked her if she could livestream her study sessions every day. Studying with her was really inspiring.

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