Chapter 65 Soul Resonance [VIP]
After Chen Yao learned about the difficulties encountered by the two elders, she immediately came up with a way to help them solve them.
You can build a rabbit house, hire people to help with breeding, skinning, and making finished products, and set wages and a reward and punishment system.
In this way, the two elders only need to divide the management work. One stays in the village to manage the rabbit house and the people under it, and the other sells the finished products everywhere.
Tanaka Zheng and Huang Songbai looked at each other and had already made up their minds.
Chen Yao went on to say that rabbit fur can not only be used to make warm things, but also can be made into cushions, blankets, and hanging ornaments. We want outsiders to know that the things we sell are not only practical but also beautiful.
These words undoubtedly opened the door to a new world for Huang Songbai and Tanaka Zheng. They looked at Chen Yao as if she were their own daughter.
"Ayao, this rabbit hutch won't be built soon. Let's raise them at home first, and then we can do as you say later. Do you think that's feasible?"
Okay, why not?
Chen Yao noticed that Yang Jizong, who was standing beside her, was looking at her with increasingly strange eyes. She said with a guilty conscience, "Uncle, Uncle, come to my house tonight and we'll talk about this rabbit house in detail. I'm going to go in and study first."
"Okay, go in and study hard." The two elders waved lovingly at Chen Yao.
The second class was taught by Zhao Xiaofu. Chen Yao looked at her shameless deskmate, Yang Jizong, feeling quite helpless.
It would have been fine if he didn't know Arabic numerals but asked to learn them along with the other kids, but he also wanted to join in the fun and learn "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names".
These past few days, ever since Yang Jizong replaced Wenying in teaching at the school, this guy has become more and more attached to her, and he always gives her the feeling that he sees through her but doesn't say anything.
Zhao Xiaofu was very angry. What did the two of them think of his classroom? But no matter how angry he was, he couldn't chase Yang Jizong away.
Who made him make a deal with Yang Jizong?
Zhao Xiaofu couldn't punish Yang Jizong, but he had a way to punish Shen Yao, which was to punish Shen Yao by making her write five large characters every day.
The reason for punishing her was also simple and crude.
Chen Yao's handwriting is ugly.
Chen Yao accepted it humbly, but when it was her turn to teach every day, she took revenge directly. "Zhao Xiaofu, didn't you think my handwriting was ugly and punished me to write five large characters?"
Then I will punish you by making you write all the Arabic numerals from one to one hundred five times. It's your fault for having a bad memory.
As for Yang Jizong?
Yang Jizong took Chen Yao's mathematics class. Logically, he should have been assigned to a small class, but he was smart and eager to learn. Chen Yao only taught him once and he had already mastered it.
But so what? He also had to copy as punishment in Shen Yao's class.
After experiencing this kind of role rotation for several days, Chen Yao finally waited until the time to go home from school.
Chen Yao dragged her tired body to open the door, and after seeing the nest of bamboo rats under the corridor, she could no longer hold back.
"Dad, are we going to eat this tonight?" Chen Yao couldn't help but take a step back when she saw her father picking up the fat bamboo rat and about to fight in the yard.
Yang Jizong put his arm around Chen Yao's shoulders and told her not to be afraid.
Shen Qingshan finally waited for the bamboo rat to give birth before slaughtering it, but he didn't expect his daughter to be afraid of it. So he threw the bamboo rat into the cage and said, "Ayao, if you don't like it, Daddy will make you something else. We even have spare ribs at home."
Chen Yao stepped forward, took a look at the bamboo rat, then turned back to look at Yang Jizong, "Dad, I'm not afraid. Let him deal with the bamboo rat?"
"Him? Can he do it?" Shen Qingshan expressed doubt.
Yang Jizong let go of Chen Yao, rolled up his sleeves, stepped forward to take the bamboo rat, and with a sharp knife, he cleanly killed the bamboo rat under the watchful eyes of the father and daughter.
Yang Wenying heard the noise from inside the house and came out to see the bamboo rat in her brother's hand. Instead of being scared, she asked the same question as Shen Yao, "Brother, are we going to eat bamboo rat tonight?"
Yang Jizong responded lightly, carried the processed bamboo rat into the kitchen, and continued to chop it into small pieces.
Chen Yao quickly walked towards Yang Wenying, took her hand and asked softly: "Wenying, have you ever eaten this before?"
Otherwise, how could Yang Jizong deal with the bamboo rat so efficiently?
"Yes, I have. The thing I ate the most during exile was bamboo rat. The meat of newly born ones is more tender. I have even seen people eat it raw." But she didn't dare.
Chen Yao couldn't help but sigh when she heard this, it really is true that you can't judge a book by its cover.
The braised bamboo rat was served on the table. Chen Yao looked at the piece of meat covered with soup. Under the encouragement of everyone, she couldn't help but mustered up the courage to taste a piece.
You know what, it’s quite delicious.
I just can't think about what kind of meat it is.
As soon as the Shen family finished dinner, Huang Songbai and Tian Zhongzheng arrived with their wives and children.
Huang Xing brought some cakes to share with everyone and listened to her daughter telling everyone about building the rabbit house and the silkworm room.
"New Year's Eve is just a few days away. If these two sites are built in the future, we won't have enough manpower in Xiahe Village. Brother-in-law, what do you think of Shanghe Village?"
Before Shen Qingshan could finish his words, Tanaka Zheng had already made up his mind: "After the New Year, I will take care of this matter."
Tanaka Masa already had several suitable candidates in mind and was unwilling to do so.
"Uncle, can you make the wooden frame and winnowing basket for raising silkworms by yourself?" Chen Yao was a little worried. Now that they had money, they could...
There are too many things to prepare, don't tire yourself out.
Tanaka was just about to say that he had children at home to help when Yang Jizong, who was sitting quietly beside him, said, "Ayao, when is the school closed? I can help."
"Don't you still want to copy the book?"
Yang Jizong looked a little aggrieved. They had lived under the same roof for many days, but A Yao hadn't paid any attention to him. "I usually copy books at night, so I can help during the day."
"Okay, then when the school is on holiday tomorrow, you can come home and teach him." Chen Yao was eager to find something for him to do so that he wouldn't bother her all day.
Yang Jizong obviously didn't expect to take a day off so soon, but since Chen Yao said so, he didn't dare to ask any more questions.
As for how to determine the wages for recruitment.
Everyone also agreed to stick to what A Yao had agreed upon before, which was 200 wen per person per month. However, if the rabbits were killed, the skins were damaged, or the finished product was bad, they would be fined. Of course, if the product was done well, there would be a bonus.
After everyone had discussed these things, Huang Dongsheng took out the account book of Huangji Supply and Marketing Cooperative.
"I have two pieces of good news to tell you all tonight. Since opening our Huangji, we have already earned nearly eight taels of silver. That's pure profit."
After Huang Dongsheng finished speaking, he gave half of the eight taels of silver to Chen Yao.
It was agreed at the beginning that if Huang Ji made money, he and his cousin would split it in half.
Naturally, Chen Yao didn't hesitate to treat him politely. Not only did she accept the dividends, she also accepted the money he owed her.
"What's the other good news?"
Seeing that her son was still keeping the secret, Miao hurriedly urged him to speak quickly, saying that it was getting late and everyone had to go back and rest.
Huang Dongsheng took out two bulging purses from his pocket and handed them to Chen Yao and the three elders.
"Cousin, this is the dividend from the milk tea that Shopkeeper Ren asked me to bring you."
"Aunt, Second Aunt, Mother, this is the deposit for next year from the three shopkeepers. They also asked me to tell you that from today until the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, when the restaurant closes, there will be no need to send food to the city anymore."
Chen Yao opened the purse in her hand, only to see fifteen taels of silver inside.
Shopkeeper Ren really made a lot of money from this milk tea business.
"Sister, sister-in-law, why don't we divide the ingredients we made these days among each family? It will be just right to have more dishes for the New Year. Let's go to the city tomorrow to buy New Year's goods. What do you think?" Huang Xing has not only recovered a lot in health during this period, but also saved a lot of money.
"Okay." Huang Mei and Miao tightened their purses, and neither of them smiled that night.
The next day, early morning.
Shen Qingshan did not go hunting, but was cutting trees and collecting wood in the mountains with Huang Songbai and Tian Zhong; their respective wives followed Huang Dongsheng into the city to buy New Year's goods.
Originally, three men wanted to go with them to help with the heavy lifting, but they were refused.
When they thought about their wives patting the money bags in their arms and saying that they had money and they didn't need to carry New Year's goods and would go home in an ox cart, they felt mixed emotions.
It’s great to have money. You don’t have to make your family suffer for a few cents.
At the same time, Yang Jizong accompanied Chen Yao to Zhao's house to discuss the school being closed from today.
Zhao Xiaofu learned from Chen Yao that he would take a day off starting today. He was stunned at first, and then agreed without saying anything.
As for assigning homework to students, he simply handed it over to Yang Jizong.
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.
"What happened to Brother Xiaofu these days?" Chen Yao asked Yang Jizong beside her after she left the Zhao family.
Yang Jizong told Chen Yao that when he went to ask Village Chief Zhao for a pass a few days ago, he happened to meet someone around Zheng Fu.
The Cui family of Qinghe and the Zheng family of Xingyang were married and had good relations. When Zheng Fu came here, Zhao Liangshun had to go and serve him.
Chen Yao stopped and turned around. Why didn't Brother Xiaofu tell her about this? Wouldn't Zheng Fu make things difficult for the Zhao family?
"Ayao, if you go there now, it will only embarrass Zhao Xiaofu. No one in the village knows where the head of the village, Zhao, and his wife have gone." Yang Jizong grabbed Chen Yao's arm and persuaded her.
He had already told Zhao Xiaofu how to escape from slavery and change his family status, so there was no need to involve Chen Yao.
Besides, Zheng Fu couldn't do evil for long.
The two put the matter aside and went into the classroom with different thoughts. They informed the children in the two classes that today was a holiday. The children in the small class shouted excitedly in the classroom.
"Then when can we go back to school?" Luo Dunzi from the senior class was a little reluctant to have a holiday.
Because he knew that many older classmates would no longer come to school next year, and there would be new people joining at that time.
When Luo Dunzi asked this question, the room instantly became quiet.
The students in the big class are all very smart, especially the older ones. Although they have only learned the basics, this little knowledge is enough for them to leave the village and go to the city to work as waiters to earn money.
"After the Lantern Festival, if you are still willing to come and study, you are always welcome here." Chen Yao clapped her hands, signaling everyone to listen carefully to what she said next.
She will not assign math homework to everyone during the entire holiday, but she hopes that everyone will not forget what they have learned and can spend half an hour every day practicing math.
The students all said hello.
Yang Jizong assigned everyone calligraphy homework. Of course, since the children were using sand tables, he couldn't check them all the time, so these homeworks depended entirely on the students' self-discipline.
The children left the classroom happily, and Chen Yao felt a sense of emptiness in her heart.
"Next year, you and Brother Xiaofu will teach the children how to count with sticks. My limited knowledge is not enough to teach them." Chen Yao took away her own sand table.
Yang Jizong looked at her deeply, "Why? Is it because of me?"
"Of course not. I just think farming suits me better. Do you see that green wheat field? I can feed the children, but I can't let them jump over the dragon gate."
Yang Jizong naturally understood what Chen Yao meant and was quite shocked. She wanted him to lead the children to change their lives.
The souls of the two people resonated at this moment.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
