After much thought, An Jingzhi decided to find something for his mother to do.

Being trapped in this backyard, watching those awful women scheming against each other every day, and having a scumbag father as the only support, it is hard not to take an extreme approach.

It's easy to divert your attention by finding something to occupy your time.

Even if you can't forget your scumbag father in a short period of time, your mentality should be different after a long time when you experience the joy of success and feel the sincere respect of others.

Of course, he would never admit that he was ordering his mother around!

After An Jingzhi recovered, he kept ordering the servants around him to do this and that.

After being busy for several days, he sent someone to call Dong Shuangyan to his yard.

In front of me was a long table with four cylindrical corners underneath. The table was covered with a green cloth.

In the middle of the table was a round stone egg with all sorts of strange numbers painted on it.

An Jingzhi held a pole with a pointed end and a thick end in his hand and said to Dong Shuangyan with a smile on his face, "Mom, I've been thinking about a business these days. I can have fun and make money at the same time."

Dong Shuangyan held her forehead with her hand. "Since you are not allowed to go to private school, you are devoted to studying toys? If your father finds out, he will definitely punish you."

She looked left and right, but really couldn't understand how to play with this thing in front of her.

An Jingzhi looked indifferent and said, "I don't know where my father is yet." In some brothel.

"Besides, I'm using this to make money. I can make money and have fun at the same time. Isn't that the best of both worlds?"

"How do you play this?"

An Jingzhi signaled the servant following him to also hold a stick.

He held the stick and served the ball first, using the white stone egg that was polished into a perfect round shape to hit the other stone eggs arranged in a triangle.

The white one was responsible for knocking the remaining stone loads into the six holes under the table.

An Jingzhi had each cave entrance covered with silk.

There was no elastic rubber wrapping around the billiard ball, so he had to replace it with a slightly elastic wood and cover it with animal skin. Although the elasticity was not as good, it did not affect its use. At most, the speed of replacement would be faster.

"What's so fun about this thing?" Dong Shuangyan looked around but felt really uninterested.

The little maids Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia beside them also felt that this thing didn't seem to be fun at all.

Isn’t it just a few stone eggs bumping into each other?

But the other servants standing there were watching with great interest, wishing they could take over the golf club themselves and play with Gou Zi and the young master on his behalf.

"Master, you are so awesome. You have already won before I even scored a goal." The winner was already decided, and Gou Zi praised An Jingzhi flatteringly.

The other servants could only curse the other party for being a lackey in their hearts while feeling envious.

I just regret that I didn’t speak sweetly when the young master asked them to do the work. Otherwise, wouldn’t they be the ones following the young master now?

"You are too inexperienced. Hurry up and practice your skills, otherwise I will not look for you again." An Jingzhi handed the club to the other party.

The reason for asking Dong Shuangyan to come over was to get money.

Although he was the eldest son of the family, he only had ten taels of silver every month.

What can ten taels of silver do? It's all spent on a billiard table.

"Mom." He rubbed his hands and looked at Dong Shuangyan with a smile.

As soon as Dong Shuangyan saw his appearance, she knew what was going on.

"You want money again, right?" Dong Shuangyan looked at him unhappily.

"Mom, this is not asking for money. I'm asking you to invest in me. When I make money, you will have a share." An Jingzhi defended.

"What's the difference between investing and not investing? The money you earn is yours. It's okay if you lose it." Dong Shuangyan took out a fifty-liang silver note from his sleeve.

"Take it and use it. If there's any left, you know our business hasn't been very good lately."

An Jingzhi took the banknote and said, "Thank you, mother. By the way, mother, how are the clothes I asked you to research last time?"

Making billiards was just a way to make some money out of boredom, but he asked Dong Shuangyan to find cotton because he really wanted to make a fortune.

The original owner looked around in his memory but did not find the cotton coat.

Their family lived in the north, and the rich families had enough money to wear mink fur.

Poor people really rely on their luck.

If the cotton could be found, Dong Shuangyan, who spread cotton clothes throughout the court, would at least gain the respect of many common people, not to mention anything else.

If she establishes a connection with the military on the front line, who would dare to talk about Dong Shuangyan when she goes out to do business in the future?

In the long run, Dong Shuangyan will no longer be a vassal of her scumbag father.

She can exist as an independent personality, and I believe that by then she will no longer be bound by her scumbag father's feelings for her.

"It's still being worked on. The cotton you mentioned is called white mat. Rich people grow it for ornamental purposes."

"How do you know that thing can be made into clothes?" Dong Shuangyan asked curiously.

"Hey, son, don't you often go out and make friends? I just heard it by chance, and I don't know if it's true or not. Mom, you can try it. You won't lose much money anyway. If it's true, then our family will have an extra source of income."

"Dad, you have so much coarse cloth that you can't sell. Let's use it to make cotton-padded clothes."

His family's business is not restricted to any one kind. They started out as a peddler. After his father's business grew, he sold many things and opened a grocery store.

Just sell whatever sells well.

Because I sell a lot of different things, there is often a lot of inventory piled up at home.

"Okay, Mom will try it," Dong Shuangyan never refuses her son's request.

"It's just that removing the seeds from the cotton is a bit troublesome, so we have to wait a little longer."

An Jingzhi nodded and reminded, "Mom, after removing the seeds from the cotton, you have to find a way to separate the cotton into pieces. Otherwise, when the cotton is stuffed into clothes, it will shrink into a ball after just a few wears."

He could provide the tools for all these steps, but An Jingzhi wanted Dong Shuangyan to figure it out herself.

His ultimate goal was to find something for Dong Shuangyan to do.

I believe Dong Shuangyan would feel more accomplished if she could solve the problem herself.

…

After getting the funds he had raised, An Jingzhi directly rented a relatively spacious store, which was empty and had nothing in it.

There were originally some tables and benches inside, but An Jingzhi had them all moved away and temporarily piled up in the backyard.

"Master, this shop used to be a restaurant. It has two floors. The smaller one has already been cleaned."

After An Jingzhi inspected the area under the guidance of Gou Zi, he felt satisfied.

He casually pulled out a charcoal sketch of the arrangement he had made.

"Do you understand? Arrange this place according to my drawing. If you do a good job, I will reward you handsomely."

Gouzi looked at it for a while, asked a few questions, and confirmed that it was the look he understood before nodding and assuring, "Don't worry, Master, I'll take care of it for you."