"Husband, Uncle Wu is here." What Cao Xiangnan didn't expect was that his uncle would come so early in the morning. It seemed that he would not give up until he borrowed money. The carriage went to the town before dawn. They were still making the second batch of rice noodles in the kitchen.

Now the amount of rice noodles has gradually become stable, but the daily amount is still there, which is not small.

A lot of food has been added to the shop. Cao Xiangnan plans to open another branch on the street in the town. He is currently looking for a shop. He will open another one when he finds a suitable one. He had already bought the shop there with the landlord. The annual rent was not small. Now that he has money in hand, he still wants to buy it and make some calculations.

So now he was working hard to make money and spend money, and in the end, there was little left in his pocket.

"I'll be back soon." Sweating inside, Cao Xiangnan wiped his clothes casually, without even taking off the apron around his chest. He asked everyone to do this on purpose to avoid dirtying the clothes.

When he came out, he saw Cao Gaojin waiting outside the kitchen door. Cao Xiangnan had no intention of going into the house to talk. He sat down on a chair nearby, took the towel from his neck to wipe the sweat off his face, picked up the kettle on the table and poured two large bowls of water, and said to the person standing there, "Sit down, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Cao Gaojin was a little unhappy when he saw his fourth brother's contemptuous look. Although his mother told him not to come to see his fourth brother, he still came. He sat down, glanced at the water on the table, but did not pick it up. He asked, "Fourth brother, I came here to borrow some money from you."

"Oh, how much?" Cao Xiangnan did not expect Cao Gaojin to be so direct. He hung the towel back around his neck after wiping his sweat and asked with a smile.

Cao Gaojin really did not think about how much to borrow. The money in his hand was always given by his mother at will. Mother gave as much as she wanted, but in the past it was never less than one or two taels. Sometimes it was two taels. Cao Gaojin thought about it in his mind and reported a number that he thought was more reasonable, "Fourth brother, lend me two taels of silver."

After all, they are brothers. This is just to get some money, and it doesn't have to be paid back. It's better to ask for more.

But it is obvious that Cao Gaojin's mind is a little too naive.

"Two taels of silver?" Cao Xiangnan crossed his arms over his chest. Looking at Cao Gaojin, who asked for money as easily as picking up money from the ground, he thought that Cao Gaojin must have been stupid from reading too much. "Do you know that two taels of silver is a sum that an ordinary family cannot save in a year?" he asked.

"A vegetable vendor sells a bundle of vegetables for one copper coin, and two taels of silver means two thousand bundles of vegetables. Selling a bundle of vegetables a day only earns eleven or twenty copper coins. Two taels of silver is enough to sell vegetables for a year. The whole family has to stop eating and drinking to have two taels of silver. So, where do you think the two taels of silver come from?"

Cao Xiangnan knew that his eldest brother Chen Li also picked vegetables to sell, and his eldest brother also made some money every day from repairing roads in the village. He was afraid that all the money was deposited in the account of the compound.

According to the little memory in his mind, Cao Gaojin must have plundered the little money from his mother after his trip. Based on his understanding of his eldest brother, he was not like his family's Wanfeng who would swallow his anger, so he just waited and watched the show.

Cao Gaojin really didn't know how this happened. He had only known how to study since he was a child.

Whenever he ran out of money, he would come back to ask his mother for money. In the past, his mother would ask someone to send him some money every few months, which was enough for his expenses. Now, the money his mother gave him was less, and she no longer asked people to send him money. Thinking of his fourth brother who was now rich, he also thought about coming back to ask his fourth brother for money.

"Fifth brother, before the family was divided, I gave all the money I earned from working in the town to my mother. I'm afraid my mother gave it all to you. In the past, I received three taels of silver a month, and in a year, plus the bonus from my employer, I had four taels of silver. After all these years, I have given you a lot of money to support your studies."

"If I remember correctly, when we divided the family, Mom took two taels of silver from me to buy medicine and gave it to you. I'm afraid it's been less than half a year. Cao Gaojin, I'm very curious, where did all the money you took from home go? Didn't Mom give you any money this time when you came back?" Just because that idiot didn't know how to count doesn't mean that Cao Xiangnan doesn't know how to count. After doing the math, he was very curious about what Cao Gaojin did with the money after he took all the money from the family.

"Besides, didn't mother tell you? At the beginning, he signed a document with me for the two taels of silver. After the separation, I will live mine and you will live yours, and we will have nothing to do with each other from now on." But don't mention the two taels of silver to him. At the beginning, Chen Zhu severed the relationship between mother and son for the two taels of silver!

Now Cao Gaojin dared to ask him for two taels of silver. Cao Xiangnan was so angry that he laughed. He said very realistically, "So, fifth brother, I will no longer support your studies unconditionally like before. If you still want to borrow two taels of silver, that's fine. We will sign a document. When you borrowed the money, you can pay me back the money."

Cao Gaojin's face turned pale and blue when he listened to his fourth brother's words. He never knew that his fourth brother would calculate this number so clearly. He was immediately angry and stood up suddenly, "Fourth brother, if you don't want to lend it, forget it, don't use these words to humiliate me." "

I didn't humiliate you, I just said the truth." Cao Xiangnan found it funny to see Cao Gaojin who couldn't stand the truth.

At this time, Qi Wanfeng and Sun Bailian heard the words outside clearly in the kitchen. Sun Bailian gave Qi Wanfeng a look, "Your husband is really amazing."

Qi Wanfeng said that he didn't know that his husband could be so amazing, but he knew that all the money his husband had spent in those years was given to his fifth uncle by his mother for his studies. It was really a lot of money in a year. If these few taels of silver were used for their family of three, they could live a good life. He was now very glad that they had separated, and his husband no longer had to support such a large family.

Seeing Cao Gaojin leaving in a hurry, Cao Xiangnan picked up the untouched bowl of water on the table and drank it all in one gulp. He stood up and went into the kitchen. Seeing the two people inside, he knew that they had heard what he said. He shrugged and sighed, "A scholar who doesn't know the suffering of the people. Our children must not be so stupid when studying in the future."

Xiangzi, who was still a child and still studying, looked up at his uncle. He felt that he would definitely not be so stupid.

"Our Xiangzi is a smart child." Cao Xiangnan understood at a glance what the silly child's beautiful big eyes were saying when he looked at him. This child was not ugly, and now he had gained some weight and looked like a decent person.

But he didn't lend money to Cao Gaojin after all. He didn't plan to lend money now, and he wouldn't lend money in the future!

The sun rose slowly in the east, and this morning was full of sunshine and hope.

The boys who came to work came one after another, and the children of several families also came with their mothers. Wu Yue and Li Mei had to work here, and their children were sent here. Their children also woke up, and the number of children in the family gradually increased, making it noisy.

The hustle and bustle in the yard quieted down, and then the sound of reading aloud was heard, and a group of children were reading with their heads shaking. Knowing that his own An An was the best student among the group of children, and that he could basically recite everything the teacher had taught him in the school, Cao Xiangnan simply let his own An An lead everyone in studying.

He then selected two squad leaders, Kang Kang and Goudan, to manage this group of little radishes.

Cao Xiangnan left the children to study and went to the temporary warehouse in the back, which was used as a workshop. The first small cotton shirt was sewn. He picked it up to look at it. It was made of bright red floral fabric, with delicate workmanship and soft touch.

This small cotton shirt was first sewn by Wu Yue and Cao Yan's group, and everyone gathered around.

"This is the first time I have touched such soft clothes. If my child can wear such good clothes in the winter, he will not be cold." As soon as Cao Yan saw this dress, he wanted to give it to his own child. However, this was made by Cao Silang, but he really wanted it in his heart. He asked half jokingly, "Boss, this dress is so good, can we buy one too?"

His family is poor, and the child doesn't even have a decent piece of clothing. In winter, the child's hands and feet are covered with frostbite and he cries all night. Now he sees this white cotton, which is said to grow on trees, and the clothes made from it are so soft.

"Yes, this material is so good, I want to buy one too." A brother agreed.

They are making a lot of money working here now, so they can save enough to buy clothes for their children, right? Some people wanted to buy clothes for their children.

"Okay, this dress is also made and sold, but the price has not been decided yet. If you want to buy it for your children, wait until the clothes are made and the price is decided, then go to Wu Yue to sign up." Cao Xiangnan turned to Wu Yue and said, "Wu Yue, please write down the clothes everyone wants."

"Okay." Wu Yue nodded.

Cao Xiangnan added, "But the quantity of this dress is limited. Each person and each family cannot have more than three sets. The price for less than three sets will be calculated according to the price of the family, and the price for more than three sets will be calculated according to the selling price at that time."

Everyone cheered when they heard this. Their boss was really a good person. However, they didn't know how much each piece would sell for. They hoped that it would not be too expensive at that time. If it was too expensive, they couldn't afford it.

The success of the first dress meant that the second and third pieces would be made, and everyone's enthusiasm was aroused. After taking a look inside and seeing that everyone was concentrating on making clothes, Cao Xiangnan came out.

The group of children studying outside had already been in a mess. Their mouths were still reading, but their butts were no longer on the stools. Xiangzi and Kangkang grabbed them one by one, but they couldn't catch so many with both hands. When Nianwang saw their uncle Xiangnan coming, he shouted, "Uncle Xiangnan is here, everyone hurry up and sit down."

A group of children ran as fast as rabbits and sat back down obediently.

"..." Cao Xiangnan.