The snow was white, and the whole world was covered in silver. When you look out at the distant mountains, you will see a vast expanse of white, dazzling. It snowed all night, and the ground was covered with thick snow. The road they walked on left a row of deep footprints.

Wang Dahu and Liu Baishu came over there early in the morning. They walked into the village against the knife-like cold wind.

Cao Xiangnan was going to Li Mei's house to discuss the garment factory with her. Li Mei was the general manager, and the garment factory was managed by Li Mei. It just so happened that they also wanted to ask who had extra food, and whether to buy some or borrow some first, and then go to the town again when the weather was better to buy all the things they needed.

In this kind of weather, every household in the village closed their doors, people hid in their houses, and no one in the village walked outside. They found Li Mei's house along the way. It was a small courtyard surrounded by a fence, a mud house, and the door at the entrance was closed. Cao Xiangnan stood outside the door and shouted, "Is anyone home?"

"Who is shouting outside?" The door of the house was opened from the inside. Li Mei's husband Cao Shigui stretched half of his body out, took a look at the people outside the yard, and said in surprise, "Hey, boss, why are you here?" The wife

of the family worked in a garment workshop. Cao Shigui had no skills, but he had strength, so he followed Master Feng to build houses. This made a few big bucks every day, and it was not a small amount in a month, so he had to call Cao Silang the boss.

No one in the village calls Cao Silang anymore. The Cao Silang of today is not the Cao Silang of the past.

"Boss, you are here. It's windy outside. Come in quickly." Cao Shigui took a few big steps and opened the door, welcoming the person in. He had a silly smile on his honest face. He was so nervous that he didn't know what to do. Fortunately, he knew to invite the person in.

"Brother Shigui, is Li Mei at home?" Cao

Xiangnan asked. "Yes, yes, in the house." Cao Shigui replied.

Li Mei in the house heard the voice, opened the curtain and saw the person outside. She was surprised to see her husband bringing the person in. She hurriedly opened the curtain and invited the boss in.

Cao Xiangnan suddenly felt like a boss visiting an employee's home, and the employee was both happy and nervous, and scared. He did not beat around the bush and directly explained his purpose. Li Mei agreed immediately and promised, "Boss, don't worry, I will definitely take care of this for you. I will go and talk to everyone about this."

They will get paid for their work when the workshop starts, and everyone is eager to start working. Otherwise, there will be several months until the beginning of next spring. Except for the days when it doesn't snow to go to the academy to study with the teacher, the rest of the time is to eat and sleep at home. For these brothers who are used to being busy, they are not used to the days of idleness at home now.

Cao Xiangnan was relieved about Li Mei's work. He told her a few things to pay attention to and handed it over to Li Mei. If you can start work, start as soon as possible, because you still need to wear clothes.

After finishing the business, he asked Li Mei embarrassedly if there was enough food at home and if there was any extra food that could be shared. Li Mei thought that her boss had no food at home, so she quickly said, "Yes, yes, yes, boss, I have all the food here."

This year, they had money in their hands, and they didn't sell the food they worked hard to grow, but kept it for their own consumption. Therefore, there was still food left in the family until the beginning of next spring. There was plenty of food!

"You have left some food at home, how much of the rest can you give me? I'll buy it from you." Cao Xiangnan laughed when he heard this, seeing that Li Mei was ready to give him all the food at home. But he was also kind, and after a simple explanation, he only wanted the extra food that could be shared.

Li Mei understood, discussed it with her husband, and gave the extra food to their employer. As for the money their employer wanted to give, they refused to agree. How could they ask for money from the employer for a little food!

Cao Xiangnan had no choice but to say that he would pay them back when the time came. Seeing that they refused to agree, he had to say that if they didn't want me to pay them back, then I wouldn't lend it now, and the two of them agreed.

Seeing the two boys from Li Mei's family, Cao Xiangnan waved to them to come over. The two boys had stayed in his house for some time and were not unfamiliar with him. They came over with a smile and called out "Uncle Xiangnan" obediently.

"When the weather is good, you can go to my house to play with An An and the others. There are plenty of food there." Children are greedy, and the two boys from Li Mei's family are no exception. Cao Xiangnan saw that the two children were so happy when they heard that there was food that they couldn't wait to go to his house right away. "You can't go now. We have to wait until the wind outside is lower and the weather is good before we can go."

"Okay." The two boys responded and asked their father and mother when they could go to Uncle Xiangnan's house to play with An An and the others, and whether they mentioned eating delicious food. They were actually thinking about eating delicious food in their hearts.

"These two boys." Li Mei saw that the two boys were in a hurry to go to the Dong family's house, and then she smiled, "We have to wait until the weather is good before we can go." He said.

When will the weather be good? The two boys looked outside, wishing that the wind outside would stop now, so that they could go to their uncle's house to play with An An and the others. They remembered that there were a lot of food at their uncle's house, and it was delicious.

Of course, they also like An An very much. An An is the best-looking brother they have ever met. However, none of them are as good as An An in studying, but that doesn't stop them from liking An An.

"Brother Shigui, Li Mei, I won't sit down either." Cao Xiangnan stood up and he was going to leave too. I'm afraid that his father doesn't know that these two little radishes dare to covet his little brother. You know, he will definitely not invite the two boys to his house.

"Hey, boss, why don't you stay for a while. I'll prepare some dishes for you. Please stay here for lunch before you leave." Li Mei saw that the boss had just come and had a cup of tea and was about to leave, so she hurriedly stood up and tried to persuade him to stay for a quick meal before leaving.

"Yes, boss, why don't you stay for a while." Cao Shigui put away the smile on his face and stood up.

"No, no, I have something else to do."

Rejecting the kindness of the two husbands, Cao Xiangnan left Li Mei.

Nowadays, in Caojia Village, everyone will prepare more food for the winter. Who is afraid of too much food? If you can't go out on a snowy day, you will eat the stored food. If you don't have good connections, it's hard to borrow food from anyone at this time. They were also popular, and the few families they asked agreed to share their surplus food with them, so the food they could get was enough to solve their immediate needs, and they would go to the town to buy the rest when the time came. They gave money to those who were willing to take it, and they wrote down the money for those who were unwilling to take it and would pay it back when the time came.

They transported part of the borrowed food, and asked Wang Dahu to arrange people to transport the rest. "Okay, okay, I'll go and arrange for people to move it." Upon hearing that there was food, Wang Dahu smiled so hard that his mouth almost split behind his ears. His smile was as silly as it could be. Having food meant that his brothers wouldn't have to go hungry. This winter, their brothers would definitely not starve to death or freeze to death because of a lack of food.

Liu Baishu smiled helplessly when he saw how stupid Wang Dahu was.

When Cao Xiangnan went back home yesterday, he thought about how to settle these people all night. Now he has a better idea in his mind. According to the old rules, start with the basics. The most basic requirement for his subordinates is that they must first learn to read and write. How much they know and how well they learn depends on their personal cultivation. Anyway, the teacher has arranged it for you.

However, he also knew that these gentlemen were not as eager to study as the boys and children, but he also had ways to make them willing to learn.

You have all been to the battlefield and fought in battles, so I wonder if you are interested in the military tactics here. Do you want to learn? Sure, follow the teacher to learn books and characters first, and he can also arrange for these people to learn some military knowledge.

Cao Xiangnan himself used to like to read military books and watch movies. He has read a lot of ancient and modern military tactics. He can also talk about Sun Tzu's Art of War and Thirty-Six Stratagems. He will tell these people stories and talk about military tactics first.

He had an idea in his mind that Caojia Village would definitely get better and better in the future. If they could build their own guard team, then even if the world was in chaos in the future, they could live in peace in Caojia Village without worrying about the home they had built with great difficulty being destroyed.

Along the way, Cao Xiangnan also roughly told Cao Gang and others about his idea, so even if there was no work to do now, these people would not be idle. When the workshop started, these people would be assigned to work.

The academy also arranged winter classes, but compared to the previous year, after a year of study, everyone had a foundation, so the teacher would not teach many classes this winter, just tutoring some masters, and the main thing was self-study. But it seems that he has to add a class now, and he will have to talk to Zheng Xiucai about this matter later.

"Art of War? You still have the Art of War hidden? Lend it to me." When Wang Dahu heard about the Art of War, his eyes widened like bells, and he immediately became interested. He almost searched Cao Xiangnan's body to see where his Art of War was hidden. Cao Xiangnan

was embarrassed. He really couldn't borrow this thing for the time being, because it was still in his mind and had not been written down. Liu Baishu knew that Cao Xiangnan had it when he saw his expression. If he had it, they would definitely be able to get it. He pulled Wang Dahu, the rough man, and said with a smile, "Why are you in a hurry? If Xiangnan has it, he will definitely show it to us all."

"Brother Gang, you said so, right?" Liu Baishu did not forget to pull their general down as a witness.

Cao Gang heard Cao Xiangnan say that there are military strategies, Sun Tzu's Art of War and Thirty-Six Stratagems? How come he has never heard of them. But based on past experience, what Cao Xiangnan has in his hand must be good stuff, so after listening to Liu Baishu's words, he responded with a "Yeah."

This means that if you have it, you will definitely show it to us, and we just have to wait.

"..." Cao Xiangnan, this one is more thief than the other, can he still say that he doesn't have it? Can't take it out? Won't show it to you? !

Cao Gang had a smile on his lips, showing that he was in a good mood. He was also looking forward to what Cao Xiangnan could take out for them. A row of footprints on the snow, going out from Caojia Village.