Stepmother in charge: Making a fortune through farming and raising her children to fight back

In the old house.

Yun Zhenzhen was discussing the expansion of the workshop with Old Lady Qin.

"The workshop is really too small for more than 20 people now. With all the woolen products, there's no room at all. I plan to expand the workshop a little bit."

Old Lady Qin immediately agreed: "It's indeed a little small. Often, I can't even turn it around by myself. It's very troublesome to go out. If you are too busy, just leave it to me. The old man you found last time, Zhang, is more professional. It won't cost a lot of money."

When it comes to serious matters, Old Lady Qin no longer bothers to save those two cents.

"Okay." Yun Zhenzhen nodded. "When the time comes, I'll make a rough outline based on the ideas in my head, and then draw it on a blueprint. You can show it to Old Zhang. It'd be best if it's completed within a few days so that it won't affect the progress."

"As for Old Zhang, I heard that he recently took his apprentice to the city to find work. You can help find someone from the village. In addition to those who have helped diligently in the past, you can also keep an eye out for those whose families are not well off and can't afford to eat. As long as the person is suitable, we will help him if we can."

"Okay, okay." Old Mrs. Qin nodded repeatedly. The third son's wife was thinking about the villagers while making money. It seemed that she was right.

She had to find someone reliable to build the house, so she had to go back and think about it carefully.

Yun Zhenzhen nodded. She could rest assured that Old Lady Qin was doing the job. After the design drawings came out, she would discuss the specific details with the workers.

After she finished speaking, she went to the woolen workshop again. The process inside was very smooth and the arrangements were in order. The aunts working there greeted her happily when they saw her coming.

Everything is changing for the better.

After returning home, she prepared to look at the account books of the past few days. Ever since Yun Jing went out to study, she was the only one doing the accounting, and she was often busy until the early morning.

The account book mainly records whether each aunt has come to work on time, how many blankets, cloaks, gloves, etc. she has woven, and any errors will be marked out. It also records the bonuses previously issued and the final wages.

Every time Qin Li went on a long trip to purchase goods, he would incur expenses, as well as the final payment after delivery. The account books and money were all neatly placed together.

Just then, Xu Ling'er walked in.

She took out the small notebook in her arms, which had many words written on it. Ever since Yun Zhenzhen taught her how to use a hard pen, she had gotten used to writing with it, which was much more convenient than writing with a brush.

Yun Zhenzhen smiled and said, "Your handwriting is really beautiful. Even though you've just started learning, you're almost catching up with me."

Xu Linger walked over and hugged her arm and said coquettishly: "That's all because of Sister Yun's good teaching. If I hadn't been with you, I wouldn't have learned so many useful things."

The notebook records what each aunt has knitted this month.

"Aunt Zhao, three blankets, two cloaks, and two pairs of gloves..."

"Aunt Qiang, one blanket, four cloaks, three scarves..."

This book is used to facilitate the verification of redundant accounting. Just by looking at the final settlement, you can know the output of the entire workshop. Now, basically every aunt can produce a blanket or cloak in two days.

Including some newly hired people, we can basically produce one to two hundred finished products every month.

The words on the notebook were written very neatly, in rows and rows. It didn't look like someone who had just started learning at all. Yun Zhenzhen felt a little inferior when she saw it.

"It's a bit troublesome to keep accounts this way. We can manage it now with a small team, but when we expand the factory or hire more people, two people won't be able to keep track of it all in a day. It's a waste of time and manpower."

Xu Linger pouted and thought: "But this is already the fastest way for those businessmen out there to keep accounts. If this isn't possible, how else can we keep accounts?"

"Come here." Yun Zhenzhen extended her hand to her: "Sister will teach you a convenient and quick method."

Just then, several children happily ran into the room. Yun Zhenzhen smiled and said, "Are you interested in learning this bookkeeping method I just came up with?"

Awen and Xiaonan nodded.

Wang Ze also pricked up his ears with great interest. Every time Madam Yun came up with a new method, it was always refreshing. It would not be a bad thing to read more and learn more.

He immediately sat down next to Yun Zhenzhen and listened attentively.

Erya and Daya were busy making dumplings in the yard. Seeing everyone's commotion, they cautiously poked their heads out and said, "Aunt San, can we listen in? Even though we can't read well yet, we'd like to learn some new techniques."

Yun Zhenzhen smiled and nodded. Teaching one person is teaching, and teaching a group is also teaching. It is always good to let these children get in touch with new methods and open up new thinking.

After everyone sat down, Yun Zhenzhen slowly began, "In addition to getting to know the aunts in the village, we also need to record the things they make, counting the quantities from one to ten (一至十). These numbers are complicated to write. Although official bills require this type of writing, we can actually simplify our daily accounting. For example, for the character 一, we can write it this way..."

Yun Zhenzhen wrote the Arabic numerals carefully on the paper.

"When we record our accounts, we can see them clearly just by moving the pen, which makes it easy to check the accounts later."

"Besides writing, we can also separate each part and make a table. I'll draw one for you so you can understand it at a glance. I'll divide it into time, people, and quantity..."

While Yun Zhenzhen was drawing, several children were listening with great interest. Wang Ze was worried that they couldn't see, so he put his head close to the table.

"Well, did I explain it clearly?"

"Uh-huh!"

The children all nodded. What they learned today simply opened the door to a new world for them. Why hadn't they thought of doing this before? It was convenient, simple and beautiful.

Xu Linger had learned accounting from her father before, so she couldn't change her thinking at once, but the other children in the family listened with great interest.

Especially Awen, he is sensitive to numbers and has the best academic performance. He easily remembered the ten numbers we talked about today.

After finishing the talk, Yun Zhenzhen took out a stack of papers from the house and distributed them to everyone for practice.

Even Lai Fu had a few. Although the rice paper he gave him was not the best, the quality was very good. Yun Jing usually used this kind of paper for writing, and the paper he used for drafting was even worse.

Lai Fu wanted to refuse, but when he saw everyone writing and drawing on the table with great interest, he couldn't help but took it with a smile.

Madam Yun was willing to give him paper and treated him as a family member. He could not let Madam Yun down.

He turned and walked outside to review what he had just learned.

Although he had never attended a proper school, he had learned a lot from Wang Ze since he was a child, and he could still recognize a few simple words.