Chapter 101
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During the second class placement test, Cheng Yeran ranked last in Class A.
Now he can finally be in the same class with Yang Shiming, and he doesn't have to run back and forth between the two classes to see Yang Shiming on weekdays.
Last time, he found an online course on design for Shen Yuntang. He suddenly had an idea and wondered if he could find an online course for what he was learning. He tried to look for it, but couldn't find any. However, he found a lot of relevant information, which gave him a lot of inspiration.
In addition, Yang Shiming asked him to review before the exam, which led to his grades improving by leaps and bounds. He skipped Class B and went directly to Class A.
The teacher even talked to him specifically, saying that he had seen many students who made rapid progress like him, but there were always those who became arrogant and conceited when their grades improved so quickly, and ended up not being able to maintain their original grades. The teacher hoped that he could be stable and down-to-earth, and not be complacent with the results of a single exam.
Cheng Yeran knew that the teacher was not suppressing him intentionally, but was advising him. During his time in the academy, he had seen many students who became arrogant when their grades improved a little, students who didn't even know their own last names. Those people listened to the flattery of their classmates all day long and were complacent. If their grades didn't show obvious improvement or even regressed a little bit the next time, they would suffer a major blow and lose confidence in studying. They lived in fear of failure all day long, which delayed their studies.
He thanked the Master, and after returning, Zhao Yanlin said that he wanted to celebrate for him and they should go out for a drink in the evening.
Cheng Yeran waved his hand: "I have quit drinking and don't drink easily, but when you are admitted to high school, or when I pass the exam to become a scholar, the three of us will definitely get together for a drink."
Yang Shiming said: "You are already capable of taking the exam and can compete next year."
With Yang Shiming's affirmation, he also gained confidence. "I originally wanted to study for a few more years, so that I could get the first place in the exam and be glorious. But seeing that you will take the exam next year, if I don't work hard, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with you."
Yang Shiming patted his shoulder and said, "Don't put too much pressure on yourself. When you become an official, people will pay more attention to your achievements and will not care so much about your first few places."
Cheng Yeran knew that Yang Shiming had ranked first in the scholar examination, but he never mentioned it. However, everyone knew it and admired him.
Next year Yang Shiming will surely be the top scorer, but Yang Shiming always says that there are always people better than you. He is just the first in a small county academy and it is not worth being proud of. The imperial examination is to compete with scholars all over the world. Even if he is not the top scorer, as long as he can serve the court and let the people live a good life, and bring glory to his family, he will be satisfied.
He had just arrived at Class A when he saw Xia Xiaowu coming back.
Didn't he go to take the exam? Why are you back before the exam time?
Seeing that he looked unhappy, Cheng Yeran thought that he was unlucky, and he was happy that he was unlucky.
He didn't even need to ask. After two or three days, the whole academy was buzzing with the news. It turned out that he and Xichangyan went to take the exam together, but they encountered bandits as soon as they left the city. They were robbed and Xichangyan was injured.
The carriage of Xichangyan's family was also robbed. Xia Xiaowu sat in Xichangyan's carriage.
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The Yan family's carriage had gone there, but now it was gone and he had no money to travel with. He would come back to get it, but he was alone and had no company, so he had no intention of going.
He was also a bit superstitious, and felt that encountering such bad luck right after leaving the city was a sign from God, indicating that he would not do well in the exam, so he gave up the idea of taking the exam.
After hearing this, Cheng Yeran went back and told Shen Yuntang. Shen Yuntang had been badly harmed by Xia Xiaowu in his previous life. He was happy to hear that Xia Xiaowu was unlucky. He hoped that Xia Xiaowu would go out every year and encounter bandits and be robbed.
However, this also reminded them that there were bandits outside, and Cheng Yeran had to be careful when he went to take exams in the future.
But none of them knew martial arts, so even if they were numerous, they would not be able to defeat the bandits if they encountered them.
Shen Yuntang told Cheng Yeran about his concerns.
Cheng Yeran comforted him, "They are showing off their wealth. I heard that Xichangyan pulled several carts of boxes and luggage, and the carriage was also luxurious. Brother Yang and Brother Zhao were dressed simply. Bandits will not rob the poor. It's a waste of time. But if we go to Beijing, we must bring many carts of boxes. When that time comes, we will hire a team of bodyguards to escort us. If one team is not enough, we will hire two or three teams. Anyway, we have money, so there is no need to worry about these things."
Shen Yuntang has saved a lot of money now and has also exchanged it for silver notes.
The silver notes they use are used throughout the country, issued by the government and are very safe. On the contrary, silver is easy to lose if left at home, and is difficult to carry or store.
He couldn't help but take out the several thousand taels of silver notes he had exchanged today and showed them to Cheng Yeran, "In my previous life..."
Shen Yuntang stopped talking here. He was always too relaxed in front of Cheng Yeran and almost let the cat out of the bag. "If I hadn't done business with you, I would never have used silver notes in my lifetime. Before I left the village, I didn't know about silver notes and didn't dare to put my money in a bank. Since I started doing business, I have become much bolder."
Seeing how nervous he was after he let the cat out of the bag, Cheng Yeran couldn't help but bite him on the face, "Why are you so cute?"
Shen Yuntang wiped his face, not understanding why Cheng Yeran always liked to bite his face, "I'm showing you the banknotes, so stop doing such indecent things."
Shen Yuntang carefully put the banknote into the box and locked it. He picked up a book and read it. Since he learned more words, he always felt that time was not enough and he always wanted to know more. "I want to study. You should read too."
As soon as he opened the book, Cheng Yeran snatched the book from his hand and pressed him down on the table.
Cheng Yeran looked at the pitiful and question-filled person under him, pinched his chin, and smiled at him with an evil smile: "Teacher, you don't want other students to know what we did here last time, right?"
Shen Yuntang: “???”
Shen Yuntang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly the scene of what they did in the study last time popped up in his mind, "Why, why are you still acting in a TV series?"
In the past, whatever role-playing games they played, they would perform them once each time. Even if they repeated them next time, they would just re-enact similar plots, just like a TV series, continuing from the previous plot.
But this time it was connected to the previous plot, and it was such a shameful plot that his toes curled together in embarrassment.
"Don't you think this is more exciting?" Cheng Yeran immediately turned into a maniac and performed an enhanced version of forced love with him again.
Last time it was simply forced love, this time it was threatening. Shen Yuntang was completely brought into that scene by his powerful acting skills, as if he had really become a teacher who was threatened but dared not resist, and was weak and vulnerable.
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Originally, I wanted to make soaps with the twelve zodiac signs in their patterns, but time was too tight. Yuanbao had to work on his own, and there were so many orders that he simply couldn't finish them.
Finally, it was decided to only release a soap for the Year of the Sheep, one bar per year, and then continue until the twelfth year, making a total of twelve gift boxes.
Cheng Yeran thought it was a good idea as it would give old customers something to look forward to every year.
Shen Yuntang made new winter clothes and clothes with the Chinese zodiac of the Year of the Sheep. He also asked Yang Shiming to paint a sheep's horns on his painting to add some fun.
Yang Shiming's paintings also have a more mythological style. If the characters in other paintings had goat horns, they might be regarded as monsters, but the ingots he painted have more fairy-like air with goat horns, and have the pure and innocent temperament of fairies.
Yuanbao in the painting is holding a piece of soap and looking at the soap. It doesn't look like he is looking at the soap, but rather like a deity looking at the tiny creatures with pity.
Cheng Yeran wanted to put some gold foil in it, but the cost was too high. Besides, this was just a soap used for washing hands and face. Adding gold foil would make people afraid to use it.
When Lao Zhao heard that they were going to make zodiac and winter models, he waited for another month and only set off with the new models after they were made.
The zodiac model is packaged in a box, which also contains cards, but there is no card drawing this time, only a limited card for the Year of the Sheep. The winter model is still wrapping paper.
Old Zhao went to Uncle Zhou's house every day to urge him to work faster because he wanted to get to the capital before the New Year to sell this batch of goods.
Cheng Yeran gave him a very fair price. The zodiac model was supposed to be sold for good luck at 88 wen a piece, but he asked for 3,000 yuan, so he gave him 66 wen a piece. The winter model was still 50 wen a piece. Although many people liked the previous summer model, the price of 100 wen was too high and it didn't sell as well as the pink peach blossom soap, so he temporarily lowered the price.
He thought that when he made luxury soap in the future, he could add gold foil into it. The royal family in the capital would definitely be willing to wash their hands with gold, and it could also distinguish them from the common people, and using it could better reflect their aristocratic status.
Lao Zhao asked for three thousand yuan for the winter model and I sold it to him at 40 cents a piece.
The batch of goods he wanted was very large. Yuanbao and Ye Gou had to work on it every day and were extremely tired. Cheng Yeran had to go to school to help them. They were afraid that the design would be exposed in advance if they asked for help.
Shen Yuntang took Lin Yu and Mai Miao and temporarily stopped the work of making clothes. After all, soap was the biggest business in the shop. Every time the clothes were put on the shelves, they would be sold out, but the profit was far less than that from soap. In addition, with the order coming soon, the three of them also joined the soap-making team.
Shen Yuntang handed over the task of selling sausages to Lu Wei and Liu Ya, letting them gain some experience, and sent the new helpers he recruited to help with the sausages.
The helpers only help with areas that do not involve the secret recipe, such as drying the clothes and making fire, so there is no need to worry about the secret recipe being stolen.
The whole family worked overtime for a long time, and Lao Zhao finally went to Beijing with the soap two months before the Chinese New Year.
The shop that sells zodiac-themed items will only have new products during the Chinese New Year. They told Lao Zhao that he could buy them from them in advance, but he couldn’t sell them before the Chinese New Year and couldn’t show them to anyone, otherwise they would stop doing business with him.
Lao Zhao signed an agreement with them, promising not to sell in advance.
Lao Zhao had to pass through many cities on the way, but the prices in any city were not as high as those in Beijing. His products were launched at the same time as the soap shop, while it took others several months to transport the new models to Beijing. He was several months faster than others and could make more money.
Even if others begged him, he would not sell the soap in advance. This was related to his interests and he would not break his promise.
Soon it was time for the academy to go on holiday. The holiday started half a month before New Year’s Eve and lasted until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when classes officially started on the sixteenth day.
On the day of the holiday, they put some of the things that Future would buy at home in the cellar and locked it up. They only took some books, daily necessities and computers from Future back with them.
They don't want to bring too many things, so they can shop online after they return. They just need to temporarily change the address back to the village.
Shen Yuntang went to the noodle shop again and explained that they could have a seven-day holiday during the Chinese New Year and open for business on the eighth day.
The sausage shop was open during the Chinese New Year, and Tugen and Mai Miao were paid three times the overtime pay. If they encountered any trouble, they could
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You can ask Yuanbao for help. Although Yuanbao is the same age as Tugen, he is more capable.
They bought another donkey cart, and Xiao Shuai left it to his fourth brother to use for hauling goods. They hurried home using the newly bought donkey as a means of transportation.
In addition to their own luggage, they also brought a lot of New Year's goods, preparing to give them back to their parents and the village chief.
When they moved out of the village, they pulled a cart full of boxes. When they came back for the Chinese New Year this time, they pulled another cart full of boxes.
When they first entered the village, they were spotted by a few uncles, who asked them a few words, "Why did you move back again? Are you not studying in the city anymore?"
"The academy is on vacation, so I came back to stay for a month. These are the New Year gifts I gave to my father-in-law, mother-in-law and my cousin." Cheng Yeran explained with a smile.
The faces of those uncles changed instantly. Why did they bring back so many New Year’s goods? Upon closer inspection, I saw that they had bought a sheep, with its legs tied up and placed on the car. There were also other packages that looked like snacks, as well as fabrics and several rolls of cloth. How much did this cost?
Has the Cheng family kid really become rich?
By the time Cheng Yeran left, these uncles had not yet come to their senses. The people in their fellow villagers lived better than them, which was more painful than killing them.
One of the uncles said: "What kind of business are they in? How do they make so much money?"
"I heard that he opened a noodle shop. Last time my neighbor went to the county town, he saw him soliciting business in the noodle shop. I guess he didn't study and helped his husband run the noodle shop." One of the uncle's neighbors went to the county and didn't see Shen's Noodle Shop, let alone Cheng Yeran. These were all gossips made up by this uncle. He just didn't like Cheng Yeran.
"What's so good about being a businessman? His status is not as good as ours. I think his noodle shop is not that big."
"You have to start studying from a young age, but he didn't believe it and insisted on hitting the wall. Now that his head is broken and bleeding, he has turned back. He is just pretending to be rich. How much money can his small noodle shop make? He sells snacks and lamb. I don't know how much money he has borrowed behind the scenes."
"He is not like Xia Xiaowu. Xia Xiaowu is the one who has real ability. He just wanted to compete with Xia Xiaowu because he saw that Xia Xiaowu and Shen Yuntang were engaged. But the difference between the two of them is as wide as the Milky Way. He can't catch up."
As they were talking, they saw Xia Xiaowu coming back. Xia Xiaowu rented a car and only brought his own luggage. Every time he came back, he never bought anything for his family.
But no one in the village or his family said anything bad about him. They all thought that Xia Xiaowu was a capable person and would be able to become an official in the future, so the villagers were all polite to him.
After they saw Xia Xiaowu, they also wanted to chat with him. "I heard that the kid from the Cheng family is also studying in your academy. His grades must not be as good as yours."
"How can you compare the two of them? Was the Cheng family kid expelled from the academy?"
Xia Xiaowu became angry when he heard Cheng Yeran, and said with a cold face: "I don't know."
He didn't bother to be polite so he just ignored them and walked away.
Those uncles were not angry. After all, Xia Xiaowu would be an official in the future, and it was good enough that he could talk to them.
They also thought that Xia Xiaowu was a good person and would not say bad things about Cheng Yeran behind his back.
In fact, Xia Xiaowu was upset because Cheng Yeran was admitted to Class A. He encountered bandits and failed to pass the exam. After he came back, he was called by the teacher for a talk.
The teacher told him not to be too anxious, as with his current ability, he was not suitable for the next exam and he would have to wait at least three years. The teacher also asked him to learn from Cheng Yeran, who officially started studying after entering the academy and was admitted to Class A in less than a year. The teacher asked him to learn more from Cheng Yeran's hard work and not always indulge in play and enjoyment.
Someone told the teacher that he and Xichangyan often frequented brothels together. The teacher was very dissatisfied with him and said that he was not doing his job properly. If he behaved like this again in the future, he would not be allowed to stay in the academy to study, as he would bring bad morals to the academy.
Now that the teacher brought it up again, Xia Xiaowu was very angry. He suspected that it was Cheng Yeran who complained to the teacher and told the teacher his private affairs. He hated Cheng Yeran even more.
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