Chapter 38: Flower Old Base

After the Zhou family's kang and fireplace were renovated, they received unanimous praise from the family, especially the fireplace, which conducted heat quickly and made the indoor temperature much warmer than before. Li often went to show it off, and many people came to the house to watch, which annoyed Zhulan.

Finally, Zhulan stopped letting Li go to pick mushrooms and sent her to collect firewood instead. No one showed off everywhere, and the house finally became quiet.

Zhulan strongly requested to bring back more firewood this year.

Finally, the firewood room was full, so two more piles of firewood were piled in the yard farther away from the house. Zhulan was reluctantly satisfied, but she missed coal in her heart. Unfortunately, Zhou Shuren gave her some popular science advice, and Zhulan learned that coal was discovered a long time ago. There had been coal wells and mining technologies in the Western Han Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In Zhou Shuren's memory, there were not many changes in this fictional dynasty, and coal was also regulated. Ordinary people didn't care about it, but if they discovered it privately, they would be punished.

Zhulan also thought about charcoal, but it was just a thought because she couldn't afford it.

The family had gathered enough firewood and the autumn harvest had begun. The Zhou family had ten acres of paddy fields and ten acres of dry fields, one of the most land-rich families in the village, so they had a lot of labor. After dinner, the family discussed how to do the work.

Zhulan was embarrassed to stay at home. She had spent a lot of money to keep fit, and it would be embarrassing if she didn't work. "I'll go tomorrow, too. The second wife will stay at home and cook."

Zhou Shuren disagreed, "Your health is not good. You should stay at home to recuperate now that you are finally getting better. I have my own plans."

Boss, "......."

The second one, "......."

They especially wanted to say that Dad was really worse than Mom. Mom was very strong and had always been the main force in previous years. Mom’s health had really improved a lot and she was not that weak anymore. But they didn’t dare to say it because the grandfather loved his wife so much and they didn’t dare to mention it for fear of being accused of being unfilial.

Zhulan was anxious. If she stayed at home, wouldn't she have to cook? She really couldn't do it. Her original memory was also that she couldn't cook well. The memory was not used as a reference. Zhulan winked at him.

Zhou Shuren thought for himself, "There are a lot of surplus laborers in the village. Tomorrow morning, the second brother will find four more people and give each of them six coins for a lunch. Including the eldest brother, you six adults will be able to clean up the mess in four days."

The eldest brother Zhou Changli couldn't help it, "Dad, four people need twenty-four coins a day, four days is ninety-six coins, plus four meals Dad needs one hundred and twenty coins, it's too expensive, Dad, my second brother and I can do it slowly, we don't need to hire anyone."

Zhou Shuren raised his hand, "That's not how you calculate it. Wild boars have been coming down the mountain very frequently recently. If we harvest them early, we can reduce the losses. If we delay for a few days, the losses will be more than 120 coins."

Zhou Lao Da kept silent this time. Zhou Lao Er was very happy. His father had given him the job of finding someone. His father valued him more and more.

When she returned to the house at night, Zhulan was worried about the family's financial situation and was a little panicked. "We have spent a lot of money recently. We will spend more on health care in the future. You and your two sons will spend a lot on education. We can't afford to spend all our money. Do you have any ideas?"

She really had no choice. With the counterattack of the female supporting actress Wang Ru in cooking, she didn't dare to let Li cook the food she had eaten. As for hunting, her original body knew martial arts, but she was not a good hunter. She had to go to the gluttony every now and then. She could forget about making money from hunting.

As for needlework, there is no need to think about it, so I can only rely on Zhou Shuren.

Zhou Shuren had never thought about making money, and fell into deep thought for a moment, "Let me think about it."

Zhulan's eyes lit up and she clapped her hands, "I've read about people making money by copying books in novels, why don't you try too?"

Zhou Shuren was speechless. "The entire county has a population of more than 10,000, but the percentage of educated people is very low. Most of them are from poor families. They usually borrow books to study, and few buy books. Bookstores will not hire people to copy books. This approach is not feasible."

Zhulan really didn't know, and suddenly she became curious, "We have a lot of books at home, are they all borrowed and copied?"