Chapter 73 If You Can't Speak, Don't Speak
"Now beans are two cents per pound, and tofu is produced from one pound of beans. The cost of beans is two taels of silver. Can we make a net profit of five taels? If we make five taels a day, that's one hundred and fifty taels a month..."
The more Mrs. Zhou calculated, the more excited she became.
It's the middle of the night and I can't sleep at all.
Of course, she was secretly talking to Lin Shiqi and his wife in the upper room.
Only Old Man Zhou was present, so no other outsiders heard a word.
Lin Shiqi looked at it funny, but couldn't help but interrupt, "Mom, to make so much tofu every day, you still have to pay for labor. It will be exhausting to do it yourself. Some money can't be saved."
Mrs. Zhou asked, "Who should we hire? We have so many people in our family, can't we just let them do the work?"
"If our family members work, we should pay them so that they are motivated. If we can earn money together, everything will be prosperous. Besides, now we can only do 1,000 kilograms of work together. What if the amount is larger in the future? Do we have to hire more people?"
Old Man Zhou spoke up, "Well, the fourth son's wife is right. The labor costs won't be much. Our business is very profitable, so we can't be too stingy. We should spend what we should and save what we should. Let's listen to the arrangements of the fourth son and his wife. It's their own business, so we won't say too much."
He is a fairly open-minded head of the family.
Mrs. Zhou also listened to the advice and realized that it was indeed the business of the fourth brother and his wife.
No matter what, the fourth brother and his wife are reliable and they don’t need to worry too much.
They just have to wait to share the money.
The fourth brother and his wife are very filial.
It is more conscientious than the other rooms.
"Okay, it's true that the fourth child needs to study, and this business mainly depends on the fourth child's wife. She can't be exhausted alone. You two are smart and capable. If there is any work for us to do and arrange, just tell us, and we promise to cooperate with you."
"Okay, thank you, Mom and Dad."
That night, Lin Shiqi and her friends started making tofu.
The quantity has doubled, and the whole family has been busy for quite a while.
Mrs. Zhou personally went down to help Lin Shiqi, and worked with Liu, and also called Ruan to join them.
Wang had been peeking outside the kitchen and was scolded and driven away by Mrs. Zhou.
"Mom, if sister-in-law wants to see it, just let her see it. Tofu is not as simple as bean sprouts. She won't be able to make it without a recipe." Lin Shiqi laughed.
Mrs. Zhou said, "That won't work. It's better to be safe than sorry. I haven't even settled the score with her family for stealing our bean sprouts."
Si'er learned the tofu recipe from a book, and Zhou Qinan has been studying for even longer. By chance, he would have figured it out after hearing what Wang said.
This is Mrs. Zhou's pettiness, she only keeps it in her heart and never says it out loud.
She heard from Lin Shiqi that the tofu recipe can be sold for money, even if she doesn't make it herself, she can still make money. Once the recipe is leaked, the tofu of their Zhou family will be worthless, and their business will be cut off. It would be as painful as killing her with a knife!
It was midnight before the tofu was ready and I cleaned up.
Everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
Zhou Lang was still reading under the lamp. After Lin Shiqi returned to the room, they went back to the Heart-Shaped Lock Space to wash up.
It’s not that Zhou Lang was unwilling to go to the kitchen to help make tofu, it was mainly because Mrs. Zhou wouldn’t let him, saying that men should stay away from the kitchen as this was women’s work. Also, Zhou Lang knew nothing about these things and was clumsy, so if he went, he would end up making things worse.
The two entered Lin Shiqi's house, and in the living room, Lin Shiqi changed his shoes.
Zhou Lang asked casually, "Is your heel feeling better?"
Lin Shiqi took off his shoes and looked at them. "Much better. Sports shoes are still more comfortable."
Warm clothes and sports shoes will help you feel less tired after a whole day of activities.
She changed into slippers and stood up, and suddenly, she glanced.
Seeing a trace of dried blood on Zhou Lang's wrist...
"Huh? Dog Zhou Lang, are you hurt?" I didn't notice it before.
Look at Zhou Lang, he can beat ten people by himself, and it seems like it's easy.
I thought he wasn't hurt.
"It's okay, the tip of the knife just swept it."
Lin Shiqi rolled his eyes at him and said, "You're bleeding, how can it not be a problem? Let me disinfect and bandage you."
Everyone in that group of people was holding a knife, but Zhou Lang was bare-handed.
Zhou Lang glanced at her.
She herself could sense the urgency in her words. "If you don't disinfect and get infected, I have limited medicine here. With the medical conditions in ancient times, you'll just have to wait for death."
Zhou Lang said "oh".
Lin Shiqi took out the medicine box and gave Zhou Lang a simple bandage.
It felt a little funny again, "You bandaged my leg yesterday, and I bandaged your hand today. We can be considered brothers in distress."
Zhou Lang's eyes moved.
He hummed again.
The voice was deep and pleasant, coming from the nasal cavity, with an inexplicable warmth.
"Zhou Lang, to be honest, I was ready to run away today. I didn't expect you to be so strong. You can beat more than a dozen people by yourself. Can you teach me martial arts?" To be honest, Lin Shiqi was a little shocked by Zhou Lang today.
This guy is so fierce!
Zhou Lang replied calmly, "Your physique is not good, and you are old, I am afraid you can't practice it anymore."
"Can you speak? If you can't, don't speak." Lin Shiqi was devastated.
Zhou Lang added, "Mummy's martial arts skills are pretty good. She must have practiced since she was a child..."
"Yes, yes, yes, the mute girl is also very capable. Her hand is also injured. I will bring her some medicine to bandage it later." He reminded Lin Shiqi.
The mute girl protected her and she was injured, so she couldn't just ignore it.
This little girl has a weird and awkward personality, but when she encounters problems, she really helps.
A few days ago, she adopted the child out of sympathy, and was thinking that one day she would find a more reliable adoptive family for her when the right opportunity arose.
After what happened today, Lin Shiqi has become more responsible towards Ya Niang.
If the little guy treats her sincerely, she will definitely treat him sincerely in return.
As long as she was willing to follow them, she would have something to eat, and that would not be spared for the mute mother.
Zhou Lang reminded, "I'm afraid the little girl's background is not simple. It's best to let her use less Kung Fu in the future, so as not to be discovered by others."
"Okay, I'll go talk to her."
After bandaging the wound, they went to wash up separately.
As long as the two people don't get angry in their hearts and don't quarrel with each other, they will generally not be ejected from the concentric lock space.
It is a state that they can enter whenever they want and create themselves.
While washing up, Lin Shiqi grilled three large New Zealand chicken legs. After washing them, they smelled delicious.
Dipped it in some seasoning and poured it into two cups of hot milk.
My dog Zhou Lang and I each had a big chicken leg and a cup of hot milk as a midnight snack.
After getting the love lock, Zhou Lang went to bed first.
Lin Shiqi took the medicine and went to the storage room next door with Big Chicken Leg.
I knocked on the door three times gently. "It's me."
Then he pushed the door open and went in.
The room was dark and Lin Shiqi held up a lamp.
I bandaged the wound on her hand and gave her the big chicken leg.
The little girl didn't resist today. When Lin Shiqi wanted to bandage her wound, she bandaged it. When he wanted to feed her with a big chicken leg, she stuffed it directly into her mouth.
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