After much thought, Shen Qing decided that his family should have a legitimate business, and it shouldn't be too out of the ordinary. It would be best to start small, build it up bit by bit, and gradually let the people around him accept that his family is getting richer and richer.

People's hearts are the most unpredictable. When you are poor, everyone's sympathy and help are real, but if you suddenly become rich, envy and jealousy are inevitable, not to mention the various troubles that follow.

As for what kind of business to do, Shen Qing has been in the end times and the county town for a long time, and has gained a lot of experience and has many ideas.

First of all, food is the most important thing for people. You can do food business in any era as long as you have good skills. If you have little capital, just like what I said to Miao Xing and Miao Wang before, you can make some steamed buns and sell them on the dock. As long as you are not afraid of hard work and make small profits but quick turnover, you can earn some hard-earned money.

If you have more capital, you can set up a small stall in the city, or rent a small storefront. Even in the end of the world, there are people selling snacks. A small storefront sells tofu pudding, fried tofu, and bean curd skin. Or a small cart sells whole grain pancakes or sauce-flavored pancakes. Although life in the end of the world is hard, there are rich people everywhere. There are still many customers patronizing these stalls. It is true that even in a famine, craftsmen will not starve to death.

Secondly, first check what resources you have. There are many shops in the apocalypse, which are not classified into categories at all, but are named after the supernatural team. Just like Song Kaiji's stall, he sells whatever he picks up when he is on a mission. Although such shops often have average business, Shen Qing is not under pressure: he originally wanted to "launder money", so even if the business is not profitable, or even loses some, it doesn't matter. He just regards this business as a cover-up, an excuse to spend the money he got in the apocalypse openly. When the time comes, he will just say that he made a profit. Can others still look through his account books?

The advantage of this kind of business is that you can sell whatever you have, without having to bother looking for a source of supply. Shen Qing now has all kinds of gold and silver jewelry, hairpins and rings. But he knows nothing about these things, and doesn't know where to find a knowledgeable and reliable person to be the shopkeeper, so Shen Qing has recently been going to Ruyifang in the county town to "learn from others".

And it is difficult to explain where the goods come from, so the jewelry business can be considered in the future, but it is not convenient to be the first choice now.

And... there are things in this end of the world that are not in his world. Or in other words, they are easy to obtain in the end of the world, but are monopolized in his world.

There are actually a lot of businesses like this. In ancient times, crafts were a means of earning a living, and outsiders were not allowed to know about them easily. The more people knew about them, the more people would share in the profits. Or is there a saying that goes, "If you teach your apprentice, you may starve to death." Market resources are often limited.

Therefore, every family keeps their skills of making food a secret. From carpentry mortise and tenon joints, weaving and dyeing, to the cooking method of a dish, a paper-cutting pattern, all of them can be cashed in and passed down from generation to generation!

Even if they really want to take in apprentices and pass on the skills to outsiders, the apprentices must first work like servants for the master like a cow or a horse for a few years before they can learn anything. Working like a cow or a horse does not mean helping with professional work, but helping with the master's household chores, such as fetching water, chopping wood, taking care of children, cleaning toilets, etc. The apprentices have to help with household chores. If they do not do well, the master can beat or scold them at will, and in some trades, the master-apprentice contract can even directly state that the master will not be punished even if he is beaten to death.

If you do the odd jobs well and please the master, he will teach you some skills. If you are unlucky and meet a black-hearted master who doesn't teach you well, you will suffer in silence. There are also those who can't stand the beatings and scoldings after working for several years and give up halfway, and the sufferings before are in vain. The difficulty of learning a skill is no less than "a hard-working daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law".

But nowadays, things are different. Various tutorials, online courses, paper books, and self-media sharing of life have made the skills that were once kept secret become readily available: mainly because the outbreak of the apocalypse has paralyzed the Internet, and many electronic materials are difficult to use. But as long as you are willing, you can still find a lot.

After thinking about it, Shen Qing felt that if one and three were combined, wouldn't it be better? After they were cooked, in order to get along well with this wealthy sponsor, Song Kaiji also invited Shen Qing to eat a few apocalyptic foods - many of which Shen Qing had never seen in his own area, at least in the vicinity of Anping County, but they were very delicious!

Shen Qing listed several of them and asked Song Kaiji to help find the secret recipe. He planned to take them to the Miao family in a few days and discuss with his uncles about doing business together.

The reason why he wanted to join the Miao family was that Shen Qing wanted to help his uncle's family get rich together, and also because Shen Qing's family really didn't have the manpower: At this time, Shen Qing began to understand why everyone wanted to have a large family. Everything has its pros and cons. Although he and the Miao family were free and easy, when they were busy, there was no one to help.

Miao was in poor health, and Shen Qing didn't want her to work too hard. Shen Qing himself also needed to go to the apocalypse frequently, often staying there for a whole day. He had to choose someone he could trust to do business with, and of course the Miao family was the first choice.

There is no need to worry that the Miao family will not be willing, as they are in need of money right now! My cousin Miao Ren has already been engaged, but the wedding date is next winter. This is considered a long time for farmers. Generally speaking, it will not take more than a year from engagement to marriage: the future son-in-law and brother-in-law should give gifts to the future father-in-law's family during the New Year and help out during the busy farming season. The longer the time between engagement and marriage, the more gifts need to be given, and the heavier the burden on the man's family.

Who has so much spare money to always send gifts to the father-in-law's house? Naturally, we hope to shorten the time as much as possible.

The reason why the Miao family dragged on for so long this time was because the girl's family insisted on building a new house before they would agree to marry into the family, but the Miao family could not raise enough money for building a new house in a short time.

It's not that the girl's family is being unreasonable or deliberately making things difficult for others: the Miao family's house is a very common farmhouse with three main rooms and two side rooms on the east and west sides. Although there are not many rooms, they are made of good bricks and tiles, because the house was built when Miao's father was alive.

After Miao and her sister Miao Qiuduo got married, Miao Xing lived in the east wing, Miao Wang lived in the west wing, and the main room became the house of Old Lady Miao.

Now Miao Xing and his wife have two sons and one daughter, but they only have two rooms in the east wing. The couple lives in one room, the two sons live in one room, and their daughter Qiao Niang lives with Miao Wang's daughter Xue Niang in the west room of the main house.

The room at home is already very tight! If they can't afford a new house, they can only divide the room where the two brothers live into two halves, and use one half for Miao Ren to make a new house. But this is not only small, but also inconvenient to go in and out. It's okay for the two brothers, but the new sister-in-law is not happy to be so crowded with her brother-in-law!

Miao Xing is now very worried about building a house. Miao Wang's eldest son Miao Yu is also fifteen years old this year and is about to get married, so he has to prepare a betrothal gift.

Under such circumstances, how could the Miao family refuse the opportunity to make money that came right to their doorstep?

Shen Qing picked up a piece of braised pork elbow for Miao and said, "I have already found a shop in the city. It is in the north of the city. The location is a little remote, but very close to the city gate. It has four storefronts, a two-story building, and a three-story courtyard in the back. It only costs one hundred and eighty taels of silver. In the future, you can do business in this shop. If it is too big, divide it into two rooms, and rent out the other half, or hire a shopkeeper to do anything." He has been walking around the city recently, and his lavish spending has attracted the attention of some people. It is not safe to change clothes in the woods outside the city all the time. Buying this house can solve both problems.

Miao secretly smacked her lips in her heart, "Only" one hundred and eighty taels! A few months ago, she didn't even dare to think that she could have her own house in the village. But now is naturally different from the past, and Miao is not the kind of person who would waste time on things, so she just said: "You decide, the money that has been collected these days is all in the cabinet."

During this period, Shen Qing pretended to be a rich young man, which made it convenient for him to take some shredded silver to the silver shop every few days to make whole ingots. The shop assistants were familiar with him. However, compared with the time when he was questioned and even slandered by people in the pawnshop, the current outfit did help Shen Qing solve a lot of troubles: For such a rich man, what's the big deal about giving away some scattered silver? Even if it happened more frequently, they would even make up a good excuse for Shen Qing: This young man must be trying to save trouble and is not willing to collect broken silver, so he always takes large pieces and splits them apart. This is the style of a real rich man!

The store owner will only be happy that he makes more money.

As the mother and son were talking, they suddenly heard someone knocking on the door: "Qing'er's mother, is Qing'er back? The village chief is having a meeting at home, and asked Qing'er to come over and talk!"

The gate of the courtyard at the foot of the mountain is usually closed. Firstly, it is close to the back mountain and is afraid of being disturbed by wild animals. Secondly, as the saying goes, there is a lot of gossip around a widow. Miao is now a single woman and Qing Ge'er is unmarried. It is safer to close the door and avoid gossip.

Hearing the noise outside, Miao first took the braised meat on the table back to the kitchen, covered it with a plate, and then went to open the door: "What does the village chief want to see Qingge?"