Chapter 74 If you can’t win, just run away, understand?
"Not bad, not bad, you are getting better and better. But, next time, don't catch the knife with your bare hands, you scared me to death!"
"When we encounter danger, we fight if we can, and run if we can't, understand?"
The little guy nodded while eating.
Lin Shiqi was quite satisfied, "It's getting cuter and cuter."
Pat her head.
The mute girl froze.
I subconsciously wanted to dodge, but in the end I didn't.
Lin Shiqi touched it.
Lin Shiqi was very satisfied. "Have a good rest. I'll change your medicine tomorrow when I'm free."
He reached into his pocket and took out a few candies.
Gave it to him.
After Lin Shiqi left, the utility room returned to darkness.
The little mute girl took the candy, put it under her nose, and sniffed it again and again.
The most pleasant sweet fragrance I have ever smelled.
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The next day, Lin Shiqi went to deliver tofu to Xu's Company.
Zhou Lang also followed.
Including the little follower and the little mute girl, there were three of them who went.
Old Man Zhou wanted to control Zhou Lang and ask him why he didn't go to school, but was stopped by Old Woman Zhou.
Mrs. Zhou said, my fourth son is very smart, it doesn’t matter whether he studies or not. What is the purpose of studying in the end? Isn’t it to have a meal? Now my fourth son has learned the tofu recipe, they go into business and make money, isn’t it a hundred times better than going to school!
Old man Zhou was successfully persuaded.
In addition, when Zhou Lang went to register for school, he did not go there for the purpose of taking the imperial examination.
Now he is not interested in studying but is interested in doing business, and he cannot force it.
I just feel it's a pity.
Fortunately, his eldest grandson Zhou Qinan is very hardworking and is studying wholeheartedly.
Unlike Zhou Lang, who fishes for three days and then rests his nets for two days.
Lin Shiqi and her friends were delivering goods to Xu's Company, so they had to arrive early, unlike usual times when they would arrive early and sell early, and arrive late and sell late.
Considering that Xu's Company was doing good business, a thousand kilograms of tofu was neither big nor small. The tofu was made last night and it was already midnight. If it was delivered late, the taste would be affected even if it was sold. So we set out before dawn.
Have a safe journey.
It was still early in the morning when we arrived at the county town.
Just as the city gate was opening, it was delivered to Manager Xu.
Manager Xu had the tofu weighed and then paid Lin Shiqi the money for the tofu delivered that day.
A total of seven taels of silver.
Lin Shiqi was very happy.
He said to Zhou Lang, "This Manager Xu is indeed a generous person, not pretentious at all. The fifty taels he gave me yesterday were said to be a deposit, but he also gave me the settlement silver today. Not bad, not bad."
Zhou Lang replied, "That's the reservation deposit, which is equivalent to him obtaining the exclusive sales rights of our Zhouji Tofu Shop in Jixiang County. After the cooperation ends, it will be returned to him. The amount of each transaction is settled in real time, calculated according to quantity and demand..."
Zhou Lang was fully responsible for signing the contract yesterday.
She gets a headache when she sees things like contracts.
She had suffered this kind of loss when she was making short videos before. She couldn't see the small details in the contract and was secretly tricked by the business partners several times.
Now that Zhou Lang is here, I don’t have to worry about being cheated.
Dog-headed military strategist Zhou Lang!
While the two were talking, the mute girl was listening beside them without saying anything.
She is a little mute and is quiet most of the time, like an invisible person.
Worry-free.
After delivering the tofu, Zhou Lang went back to the bookstore to read.
The bookshop also welcomes readers to read books. If there is someone who has no money to buy books but loves reading, the bookshop can also let him copy the books himself. The bookshop is very polite to readers. If there is a reader who has read books here and gets admitted to high school in the future, it will increase the reputation of his bookshop.
The books Zhou Lang read were all about understanding the customs, systems and laws of the Dayu Kingdom, and learning more about this dynasty, as well as the geography of neighboring countries.
Lin Shiqi took Xiao Ya Niang to buy some food, and then went to several major restaurants to explain the situation. She said that she would not be able to deliver Zhou Ji tofu in the future, and if the restaurant needed it, they could go directly to Xu's Business to buy it.
He also used the silver to buy some beans and took them back.
One pound of beans can only make one pound of tofu, so one thousand pounds of beans are needed every day. The cost is still very high. After delivering the goods every day, you have to buy some back.
In terms of profit, excluding labor costs and only counting the cost of beans which is two taels of silver, one can make five taels of silver.
After accounting for labor, water, tool wear and tear, kerosene lamp wear and tear, and some other expenses, the cost should be around four taels of silver.
After making tofu, there will be a lot of bean dregs. People can eat the bean dregs, but if people don’t eat them, they can also be used to feed pigs.
These days, the Zhou family eats bean dregs every day.
Lin Shiqi was a little tired of eating it.
Look, there are two big meat buns in my hands!
The big meat buns are still the most delicious!
When the three of them were returning, they passed by the place where the notice was posted. The notice of the prince's rebellion was still there, but it was old and there were not many people watching because everyone already knew about it.
A new one was posted next to the old one, also a notice, saying that the Jixiang County Government had caught the evil thief for whom a reward was offered, and how he had been given a heavy sentence, so that the people could rest assured.
Lin Shiqi took a look and saw a portrait of a person on the notice.
They were the same people who robbed them yesterday.
The leading bandit leader was sentenced to ten years in prison, and the others were sentenced to three to five years.
As for Huang's Tofu Shop, Lin Shiqi also spent two cents to let the little mute girl go into the market to take a look.
Huang's Tofu Shop has also been closed down.
Rectification is in progress.
It should be that group of robbers who gave away Huang's Tofu Shop as well.
This is perfect. Xu’s Zhouji Tofu should sell better.
The three of them drove the ox cart and slowly returned to Taohua Village.
It was already noon. Mrs. Zhou went to the town today to buy cloth for the whole family.
The last time the ancestor appeared, Mrs. Zhou said in front of everyone that she would make a new set of clothes for the whole family for the New Year this year.
Although it is still early for the Chinese New Year, it is a good idea to make the clothes first.
A family definitely can’t afford ready-made clothes, so they can only buy cloth and make them themselves, which is much cheaper.
When Lin Shiqi and the others returned, they happened to catch up with Mrs. Zhou making the distribution.
Mrs. Zhou gathered everyone together and arranged them in the yard, next to each room.
According to the population, there is just enough cloth for each person to make a new set of clothes, the only difference is the color of the material.
There were five people in the eldest house, four boys and one girl, and they were given five pieces of cloth, one piece of fine cloth and four pieces of coarse cloth.
Fine cloth is an old custom, it must be custom-made by Zhou Dalang.
The coarse cloth belongs to the other people in the big house.
The second room had four people and four pieces of coarse cloth.
There were four people in the third room, two pieces of coarse cloth and one piece of fine cloth. The two children in the third room were small and had delicate skin, so they used the fine cloth to make clothes for them. They were small and had small stature, so the cost of making a set of coarse cloth clothes was about the same as that of an adult.
It was the turn of Lin Shiqi and her four rooms, three pieces of fine cloth.
According to Mrs. Zhou's explanation, Zhou Lang could be considered half a scholar, so he wore fine cloth according to the custom of the scholars in the Zhou family.
Lin Shiqi was going out to do business. The tofu shop at home was founded by Lin Shiqi. When she went out, she represented the reputation of the Zhou family, so she had to wear fine cloth.
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