Since then, Xuejiao has been hanging a stove in the yard and selling tea eggs.

Gradually, the word spread, and some well-to-do families in the village would come to buy a few every day. Some people who are usually thrifty, when they have guests at home, will also come to buy a few tea eggs to entertain them.

The guests of Maoshan Village are nothing more than people from the surrounding villages, who come to Maoshan Village to eat tea eggs as guests at their relatives' houses, and when they arrive in this village, they will publicize and publicize, provoking people from other villages to keep coming to taste fresh.

Some people who came back to buy tea eggs did not know where the Chen family was, and when they caught someone on the road, they would ask "where is Chen Xiucai's house", and the people of the village would give directions. Gradually, the reputation of "Chen Xiucai's tea eggs" spread.

Xue Jiao sits at the door every day to greet guests, with a smile on her face, she can sell one pot a day, and occasionally two pots when business is good. Whoever saved eggs in the village didn't go to the town to sell them, but sold them directly to Chen Xuejiao.

Zheng Huozi helps people to run the flowing water seat, and there will be red and white happy events in Sili and Eight Towns every few days, and when he encounters such a thing, Zheng Huozi directly asked Dongping to come to Xuejiao to order tea eggs. With the support of her uncle, Chen Xuejiao took over a few small businesses and made money.

Even, the shopkeeper Han of Qingfeng Village heard that Xue Jiao sold tea eggs at home, and asked the guys to order some every day. Chen Xuejiao's heart was full of gratitude, this was the indirect help of the shopkeeper Han.

Seeing that his daughter came up with such an idea to make money, Li was very happy, and got up early every day to personally take Xue Rujing to help wash eggs and make the stove.

Chen Qi'an also made a contribution, took the eggs to the private school, and secretly sold them to his classmates, but was severely criticized by Chen Xiucai. The children who can come to the private school to study are all well-off families, and they don't care about the little money, and they guessed the reason after seeing Chen Qi'an sell tea eggs twice in a row, so he often sneaked out at noon to buy a few tea eggs and bring them back.

Later, they were afraid of being discovered by Mr., so they sent a student named Zhao Yiming to buy it every day.

Zhao Yiming has thick eyebrows and big eyes, wears a coarse cloth shirt with patches, has a gentle face, likes to laugh, and smiles with a dimple on the right side of his face. Chen Xuejiao thought, how can there be such a delicate boy.

Listening to Chen Qi'an, Zhao Yiming is the youngest student among their classmates, but he is smart and studious, with a generous personality, and his classmates and gentlemen like him. I used to study in Xuzhou Mansion, but due to my father's illness, the family returned to my hometown, and now lives in Zhaojiazhuang next door, my father is lying in bed, and my mother is serving at home. The family background fell from the previous wealth to poverty, Chen Xiucai took pity on his intelligence and studiousness, and discussed with Master Qin to exempt him. Because of his young age, his classmates like to tease him and ask him to buy tea eggs, saying that Chen Xiucai likes him the most, and even if he is discovered, he will laugh it off.

Li is a kind and soft-hearted person, and he can't listen to such a thing. In terms of affection, she is also a teacher's wife, so she treats Zhao Yiming differently, becoming more and more kind and warm.

When he saw Zhao Yiming, he took out hot porridge for him to drink, knowing that he was just helping his classmates buy tea eggs and not eating them himself, so he stuffed two more tea eggs for him to eat.

Zhao Yiming thanked his wife for her kindness, and saw Chen Xuejiao smile sweetly at him every time, so he liked it here, and didn't think that it was a chore for his classmates to ask him to buy tea eggs.

came more often, and gradually became familiar with Chen Xuejiao, Chen Xueru, Jing Hao and Qi Ping.

Sometimes after school, he would come to the house to help Li carry water, chop wood, and teach Chen Qiping arithmetic and writing. Zhao Yiming's father used to be in the grain and oil business, and he learned abacus and accounting with his father, and taught Qi Ping to be handy. Chen Xiucai sighed that he taught children the Four Books and Five Classics, and the children were impatient every time they listened to it, but he didn't expect his students to have a way to teach him, although he taught arithmetic, but it was better than nothing.

Zhao Yiming returned home and told his mother about his husband's family, how his wife treated him, and how Xuejiao's brothers and sisters treated him, which caused his mother to sigh again and again.

“…… Our family has now become a broken house, your father is lying on the bed and can't move, hanging with medicine every day, and your uncle seems to be staring at our family's acres of land. It's a blessing that you can meet Chen Xiucai's family, don't go the wrong way and disappoint your husband, you go to school to help your wife do more work. Zhao Yiming's mother, Zhou, wiped her eyes and said.

Zhao Yiming nodded. Zhou thought about embroidering an insole handkerchief for Chen Xiucai's wife and a few children, but after looking for a long time, he didn't find a decent piece of cloth, and ruthlessly dismantled the clothes he had married back then.

Mrs. Chen has been coldly watching Chen Xuejiao's tea and egg sales booming these days, and her heart has begun to be unbalanced.

In order to prevent Mrs. Chen from saying anything unpleasant, Chen Xuejiao would give Mrs. Chen a tea egg at every meal. Chen Xuejiao was not afraid of him, but worried that her habitual noise would scare away the people who came to buy tea eggs.

Rao is like this, Mrs. Chen still does not miss any mean opportunities.

"You buy tea eggs every day and make a lot of money?" After a meal, Mrs. Chen sat cross-legged on the kang and asked.

"It's just a small business, and it can't be sold for a few dollars." Chen Xuejiao smiled and said, "Thinking about making money, I will honor you and my grandfather in the future." ”

Old Lady Chen's face softened.

"What do you know about a child, don't be deceived, I think you should send an adult to help you take care of this business in the future." Mrs. Chen was unexpectedly soft for a rare time.

Abnormality must be a demon, Chen Xuejiao has a loud alarm bell in her heart.

"My mother will help me watch it." Chen Xuejiao looked at him left and right.

"What does your mother know as a woman, and your father is not afraid of jokes when doing business. Since ancient times, how can there be a show to do business, I heard the people in the village say that your business belongs to Chen Xiucai's family, you are young, people will think that this business is your father's, Xiucai business is not allowed in all dynasties. Mrs. Chen tried hard to organize her language, "Don't be sued by someone with a heart, although this is a small business, you can't be careless." ”

How can she, an old woman in the countryside, understand such an official language, or Xue Yao taught her last night.

"My father didn't get involved, he taught in a private school, even if he sued the official, he also had a saying." Chen Xuejiao said disapprerovingly. There is no rule that talent cannot do business in this dynasty, and she fools her as little as possible. It is true that scholars rarely do business, but once they enter the office, their families will use his protection to open shops and do business.

Seeing that the intimidation was useless, Mrs. Chen breathed a sigh of relief and came up with a reason for not separating the family: "Who is in charge of our family, the first is your grandfather, and everything outside belongs to him." The second is me, the affairs of the family, the upbringing of daughters-in-law and grandchildren are all under my control, and you are now under my control, so you must listen to me. There are elders in our family, and your business of selling tea eggs is not yours, it belongs to the entire Chen family. I think from today onwards, the eggs at home are used to make tea eggs, you are responsible for cooking, your second uncle is responsible for selling and holding money, he often runs outside, knows the weight. ”

When Chen Xuejiao heard this, she became angry in her heart, and endured it and said: "Milk, a few days ago, in order to make a lot of money, the business only lost money, and I still owed money to people for collecting eggs in the village. ”

Chen Xuejiao said and took out the IOU from her arms and showed it to Mrs. Chen, who was illiterate and handed it to Chen Zichang on the kang to see, and Chen Zichang's face turned blue when he saw it.

This IOU is, of course, true. Chen Xuejiao guessed that Mrs. Chen would come to such a hand, and deliberately made an IOU first when collecting eggs, and said that she would repay the money in three days, and the people in the village were simple and trusted Chen Xiucai's character and gave the eggs directly to Xuejiao, or Xuejiao insisted on making an IOU. The purpose of the IOU is to block Mrs. Chen's thoughts.

"How much do you owe?" Mrs. Chen asked.

"A tael of silver." Chen Zichang said.

In this era, a tael of silver doesn't seem to be much, but it is enough for a family to chew for a month, and Mrs. Chen is an iron rooster who feels distressed when she sees the IOU.

Old Mrs. Chen's face was blue, remembering what Xue Yao said yesterday.

"Milk, Qi Lin and I will go back in two days. Qi Lin spent a lot of money in the White Horse Academy, except for me to help make up for it, he relied on his family. I think Xue Jiao's egg business is very good, and we haven't separated, and the money we make should be yours. ”

She thought that Chen Xuejiao had made a lot of money these days, but she didn't expect that she would lose a tael of silver in a busy day, and it hurts to think about her. Mrs. Chen called Li in and gave her a look.

Li Shi went out and asked worriedly, "Xuejiao, is this true?" ”

Chen Xuejiao smiled slyly: "Of course it's fake, I deliberately typed an IOU when I collected the eggs, and every time I sold the tea eggs, I returned them, so not only did I not lose money but also made money." ”

Lee's heart fell to the ground when he heard this.

The more Mrs. Chen thought about it, the more angry she became, and called Zhang in, asking her to secretly see how Xuejiao made tea eggs at night, and it was best to get the recipe in hand. She doesn't dare to take business from Xue Jiao now, she is afraid that Chen Zichang will take charge of the money, and Xue Jiao will make it bad, so she deliberately makes inauthentic tea eggs and messes up the money-making business.

The Zhang family has always been lazy and greedy, and usually the old lady Chen is the first to secretly squeeze the Li family. Recently, I saw that Chen Xuejiao made money, and I was already red-eyed, isn't it just boiling eggs with tea, why can Chen Xuejiao sell money through this recipe, and so can she. As soon as she heard Mrs. Chen say that she should stare at Chen Xuejiao to learn the formula, she immediately patted her chest and promised that she could do it.