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Beans grown in farm fields have many uses. Beans can be used for cooking and making beans and rice. Of course, most of the time they are sold to grain merchants.
Beans are a very important feed. Cattle and horses love to eat them, especially horses. Good forage should contain some beans.
Horses raised in this way have shiny hair, so in the past, most of the beans from Lao Zhou's family were sold to grain merchants.
It's just that since Xiao Qian learned how to make tofu, the beans at home have rarely been sold out. In addition, from time to time, people in the village will trade beans with them for tofu, so there is a lot of beans at home.
In the past, it was good for them to make tofu and let Zhou Erlang take it to the county seat to sell it. Now they open the shop directly to the county seat, making tofu more convenient. In addition, Xiao Qian learned several ways to make tofu from Manbao, so he
After some modifications, there are many tofu-related dishes, which can be regarded as a feature of Qianji Restaurant.
Beans are cheap, and making tofu is more cost-effective than other dishes except that it takes a lot of effort and time.
But what the old Zhou family lacks most now is strength and time.
After working for a while, Zhou Dalang discovered that the shop needed a lot of tofu and bean curd every day, so he simply spent money to buy a stone mill and put it in the backyard of the shop. Every morning, he and Zhou Dalang could take turns pushing the stone mill.
Grind the beans.
Occasionally if there is not enough tofu after lunch, they can make it again in the afternoon. It is more convenient than before when they had to carry beans to the mill at the end of the street to grind the beans and have to pay for it.
Magistrate Yang liked to eat their tofu and all kinds of tofu. Therefore, Qianji Restaurant gradually became famous in the county.
Passenger traffic gradually stabilized.
Xiao Qian and Zhou Xi also became more and more familiar with the things in the shop. When Zhou Dalang went home to farm, Xiao Qian, Zhou Xi and Liu Lang were able to hold up the shop.
In addition, the older children would occasionally help out during the holidays, so the shop was not very busy.
Seriously speaking, Mr. Zhuang and Bai Shanbao are probably the busiest people in Qili Village.
Mr. Zhuang now has to take care of new students and increase Bai Shanbao's schoolwork, so he is very busy.
Man Bao is also very busy, but her busyness is hidden. Although Mr. Zhuang still allows her to take the same classes as Bai Shanbao, he doesn't give her as many homework assignments, so on the surface she is quite relaxed.
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But Teacher Mo gave her too much homework.
In the past, when she was about to go to bed, she would take most of her time to go to the teaching room to listen to the get out of class. During the day, she could just read medical books, and she could do or not do her homework as she pleased.
But for some reason, Teacher Mo suddenly accelerated her progress. The teacher assigned homework, and she would feel guilty if she didn't do it.
Man Bao sighed and learned medical skills, and was too busy.
At the end of the year, Datou Daya and Ertou Erya officially graduated from the school. They had learned abacus and simple accounting.
Lao Zhoutou felt that what they had learned was enough, and Datou and the others also felt the same way. Mainly because their husband mentioned to them that they had finished studying the Book of Songs and would consider learning the Great Learning next year. The four of them flipped through it.
My sister-in-law's textbook, and I listened to her in a daze as she talked about what I wanted to learn in "The University". The four of them firmly expressed that grandpa was right.
So the four of them officially graduated from the school, and there were also several classmates who graduated with them. They also studied for four or five years one after another. Without taking the imperial examination, what they learned was basically enough for them.
Lao Zhou called his four grandchildren together. After watching them do their calculations, he stroked his beard with satisfaction and asked them to take turns helping in the shop, mainly responsible for collecting money and keeping accounts.
Especially Datou and Ertou, he said: "When you become proficient at working in your own shop, you will go out to find accounting work. After spending two years, you have finally learned a craft that can make a living."
Erya asked excitedly, "What about us, grandpa?"
"You guys, just help your mother sort out the accounts in your own house."
Manbao, who was learning how to make little rabbits with his second brother, immediately said, "Dad, you can ask Erya to help mother with the accounts."
Lao Zhoutou waved his hand and said, "No, no, I still have you, right?"
"But I'm going to Yizhou in the spring. I spend a lot of money at home at that time. Can Mom keep the accounts clearly when I'm not at home?"
Lao Zhoutou almost choked on his cigarette, "What, you want to go to Yizhou?"
"Yes," Man Bao said, "After spring, Mr. Shan Bao will take Shan Bao to Yizhou to take the imperial examination."
She said happily: "Sir, he said he would take Bai Er and I to see the world."
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Sir, you just told me today. I originally wanted to tell you in the evening." Man Bao brought the topic back and said to her father: "Dad, although there will be more expenses after the spring, my sister-in-law's daily expenses will be high."
Money comes in every month, so it’s better to remember the amount so big, so let Erya help Mom remember it.”
"Okay," Lao Zhoutou didn't care too much about this. What he cared about was that his daughter was going to Yizhou. He was very worried, "Yizhou is so far away. There's no need to go to Yizhou to see the world, right?"
Qian walked out of the house. She also heard it in the house. When she heard this, she glanced at Lao Zhou and asked Man Bao: "How long will it take to get there?"
"I don't know. My husband said that the college entrance examination is in April. We will set off in March to familiarize ourselves with the place early. We will also travel some more afterwards. It is not certain that it will be autumn when we come back."
"So long? I'm not worried about you going out alone."
Saturday Lang immediately raised his hand, "Dad, dad, let me go with you."
Lao Zhoutou glared at him and said: "Be calm, I asked you to come back to see each other. If you follow your sister out for half a year, will you still have a wife?"
"I'm only seventeen, so I'm not in a hurry at all."
“It’s already eighteen after the Chinese New Year!”
Saturday Lang: "...Dad, my birthday is only a few days away from Man Bao. Can we count it as one year old without turning over the year?"
Lao Zhoutou snorted and said: "Go back to the county town tomorrow to help your sister-in-law. Look at you, you don't know how you grow up. Your fifth brother knew how to do it when he was thirteen or fourteen years old."
You have saved up money to marry a wife, but you are already eighteen and almost nineteen, and you still don’t want to marry a wife..."
"Dad, you just said that I was only eighteen when I turned over the Chinese New Year. Why am I nineteen?"
"Xu Sui, do you know what Xu Sui is?"
Liu Lang, who had just turned seventeen and was less than two months old:... He hates being old the most.
Man Bao giggled with joy.
Lao Zhoutou looked at her and said earnestly: "Manbao, you are not young anymore. You can't run around like before. Otherwise, don't go to Yizhou this time."