"In that case, I would like to trouble your younger sister to come to my house to study every day. I will teach your younger sister every morning and afternoon."

"Then thank you very much, Master Lin. I originally wanted to send my younger sister to the girls' school in town, but she is still young, and my family is worried about her. The tuition at the girls' school in town is two taels of silver per year, and with living expenses, it will cost at least five taels of silver."

Since Master Lin has become my sister's teacher, I will pay him five taels of silver every year, in accordance with the standards for girls' schools. I wonder what Master Lin thinks?

In normal times, five taels of silver could buy six hundred catties of wheat or more than five hundred catties of rice, enough for Master Lin's food for a year.

Master Lin was a virtuous man. He knew that the scholar meant well in helping him, but he was only willing to accept 100 catties of rice and not the five taels of silver.

Zhao Xian had no choice but to do as Master Lin said. It seemed that Master Lin was a stubborn person. Such a person was definitely not suitable for officialdom, but he would be an excellent teacher. He felt very at ease having Master Lin as his sister's teacher.

"Thank you very much, Master Lin." Zhao Xian bowed deeply to Master Lin.

"Then that's settled. Starting today, I will begin teaching your younger sister."

Zhao Xian took two taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to Master Lin. Fearing that he might misunderstand, he quickly explained:

"Please ask the teacher to help my younger sister buy books, writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstones."

At that time, writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones were very valuable; two taels of silver could only buy books and ordinary writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones.

Mr. Lin nodded. Now that he was Zhao Lingling's husband, it was natural for him to buy school supplies for his student.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of this. Your sister is studying here, so you can rest assured, Scholar Zhao."

The matter was settled, and Zhao Xian prepared to leave. Master Lin told Zhao Xian to take the snacks and wine he had brought back with him.

Zhao Xian was naturally unwilling to return the gifts he had brought, so he kept trying to persuade him to.

Master Lin, being stubborn, remained unmoved and refused to accept the money.

At this moment, Zhao Lingling bowed deeply to Master Lin and spoke.

"Please accept this as my apprenticeship toast, my esteemed teacher."

The two men were taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter. Master Lin looked at the two jugs of wine again and then stopped refusing.

After Zhao Xian returned, he immediately purchased 100 jin of high-quality rice from the system, packed it into a sack, and sent it to Master Lin.

It was nearly noon when Zhao Cheng and Qin Shiyu returned from delivering goods in the county town, their faces beaming with joy.

Seeing Qin Shiyu's expression, Zhao Xian knew it was good news. Just as he was about to ask, Qin Shiyu spoke up eagerly.

"The white sugar that appeared on the market last time was abandoned by some consumers due to quality problems. The sales volume of our white sugar has rebounded. Now Manager Lin has asked us to increase the supply of white sugar to 100 catties per day."

Zhao Xian hadn't really noticed this change in the market. It seems that as long as the product quality is excellent, there will always be a market. He should be able to continue producing and selling white sugar for some time.

At this moment, Zhao Xian saw Lin Ruotong and Old Mrs. Zhao come out of the house, and Yang Ruotong looked excited.

"So this is how kimchi is made. I've really learned something new today."

This was Yang Ruotong's first time making kimchi. Although it was hard work, she was very happy. She produced 300 catties of kimchi at a time, and sold it for several taels of silver.

In rural areas, even if the whole family works hard for a year, it's difficult to earn this much money.

Seeing that Zhao Xian was also there, Old Mrs. Zhao came over.

"Xian'er, we've basically harvested all the wild mustard greens in the village. The wild mustard greens we're making now are all secretly picked from neighboring villages."

I tried it, and the leaves of the Chinese water spinach are getting older and older, resulting in a poorer texture for the kimchi. We can no longer use Chinese water spinach to make kimchi; doing so will affect our business.

That's absolutely right. The old lady is very perceptive. Once the water spinach flowers, the leaves become old, so it's not suitable for making pickles at that time. We need to think of other methods.

There are many vegetables that can be used to make kimchi, such as cucumbers, cowpeas, and cabbage, which are currently in season.

"Grandma, tomorrow we'll buy some cucumbers, cowpeas, and cabbages, etc. We'll try to make kimchi with these vegetables, but buying them will cost money and increase our expenses."

“The vegetables here are now in abundance and the prices aren’t high. If we’re willing to buy them, someone will deliver them, so it won’t increase our costs much,” said Mrs. Zhao.

It seems the old lady has a knack for business; she really has a knack for producing and making kimchi. If she were in charge of the production and sales of kimchi, she could really make the kimchi business bigger and stronger.

At this moment, Grandma Zhao was also very excited. She no longer had to worry about the cauliflower getting old. There were plenty of raw materials for making kimchi, and kimchi could continue to be produced.

After lunch, Zhao Xian prepared to go to his uncle Zhao Youzhu's house to help make preserved eggs.

My uncle's family wasn't well-off; they still lived in a mud-brick and thatched house and didn't have a yard. As soon as he arrived at the door, he found the whole family waiting for him.

"Xian'er, come inside quickly." Upon seeing Zhao Xian arrive, Zhao Youzhu immediately welcomed him into the house.

Tiezhu and Tiedan were also at home. They didn't go to work in the fields in the afternoon; they wanted to see how preserved eggs were made.

Standing next to Aunt Liu was a little girl who seemed to have also gone out for dinner last night. There were so many people at home at the time that I forgot to ask.

Seeing Zhao Xian staring at her niece, Liu stepped forward to introduce her.

“This is our niece from my maternal family, her name is Liu Xuan.”

Then Liu looked at Liu Xuan and said, "Xuan'er, this is your eldest cousin, Zhao Xian."

"Hello, cousin," Liu Xuan said shyly.

Zhao Xian nodded. He looked Liu Xuan up and down and found that she was tall, fair-skinned, and pretty, and really didn't look like she came from the countryside.

"Uncle, are the ingredients for making preserved eggs ready?" Zhao Xian asked.

"Everything is ready, it's all here," Zhao Youzhu said. He had prepared these things early in the morning, hoping that Zhao Xian would come soon to help him make preserved eggs.

"Okay, let's begin."

In Zhao Xian's past life memories, in the village where he lived as a child, almost every family made preserved eggs. Because there were so many people making preserved eggs, the price of preserved eggs was very low, and it was basically impossible to make any money in this line of work.

Having traveled to this era, preserved eggs have never existed before. Making them for the first time will definitely make money.

Zhao Xian began to explain the key points of making preserved eggs to everyone. First, the duck eggs should be inspected, and any spoiled or cracked duck eggs should be removed. Then, an appropriate amount of quicklime should be taken out and put into a large ceramic basin, and cold water should be added and stirred into a paste.

Quicklime generates heat when water is added, so be careful not to get burned. Wait until the paste cools down before adding wood ash to adjust the consistency of the lime slurry.

After doing all this, let the lake-like substance sit for an hour to allow it to cool completely.