Coming out of the Qi family, the three of them went directly to the state city without stopping. With the paperwork of completing the tax, He Shaoyun was successfully retrieved.

As soon as He Shaoyun entered the house, he asked He Zhiyuan angrily with a blue face: "I heard that you not only sold the land, but also made a bet with Qi Hongfu?!" ”

"yes, I'll make him lose this time."

"Fart!" He Shaoyun suddenly became furious, picked up a stick and was about to beat his son.

He Zhiyuan saw that this cheap dad was going crazy, and he was so frightened that he ran away.

"Stop. It's really a good seller, and it's not painful! How can I have such a stupid son as you! He Shaoyun shouted while chasing with a stick, and the two began to circle around the yard.

"Daddy, Daddy, you listen to me first." He Zhiyuan hurriedly explained.

"I don't listen! How did I raise such a stupid son of yours! He Shaoyun chased for a while, and he was so tired that he was panting.

At this time, Zhiyuan Niang heard movement in the house, so she ran out, quickly caught up with He Shaoyun, and snatched the stick in his hand. yelled at her husband: "As soon as I came back, I beat my son." What kind of crazy are you doing? ”

"Of the twenty acres of land, he sold them for eight taels of silver per acre!"

"It's not to save you! I also agreed to sell the land. What are you hitting him for! Zhiyuan Niang argued with reason.

"You don't know, he actually made a bet with the bully, boasted that he would redeem the land with ten times the silver before the end of the year, and if he lost, he would give him 30 acres of land for free, and if he won the bully, he gave us 50 acres of land for nothing, and made a note. Do you think he's stupid? He Shaoyun was still shouting angrily.

"This is a good thing, if you win, you can get fifty acres of land for nothing." Zhiyuan Niang didn't even notice the problem with this gambling contract.

"Ouch! You stupid! It turns out that my son is stupid and you are! He Shaoyun was angry and funny.

Then he said: "This bet, whether you win or lose, our family will lose!" If you lose 30 acres of land, you can buy 100 acres of land for 4,000 taels of silver, and 40 taels of silver for 1 acre of land! Was there such expensive land in the entire Ming Dynasty? Are you saying this son is stupid?! Also, in less than a year, where to get four thousand taels of silver! ”

"Ahh Four thousand taels of silver! Zhiyuan Niang was immediately stupefied. turned to raise the stick in his hand and hit He Zhiyuan. He Zhiyuan couldn't dodge, and he was beaten by the old lady with a stick on his shoulder.

He Zhiyuan saw that things were not good, so he hurriedly ran out. This old lady is crazy, but she is much more powerful than her father!

In the blink of an eye, a big scene of two people chasing and beating Xiucai's son was staged on the street of this small village. He Zhiyuan ran in front, He Shaoyun and his family chased after him with sticks in the back, and at the end was Yueji running and persuading the old lady, and the people standing on both sides of the street were pointing and watching the lively crowd.

Zhiyuanniang chased after her with a stick, and at the same time cried and said to the people watching the excitement: "How did I raise such a stupid son, I have been stupid in studying all these years." Other people's sons are most cheating fathers, but my son is a pit family! ”

"All back! Shouting and shouting in the streets, like something! I'm not afraid of the jokes of the villagers! In the crowd, an old man rushed out, snatched He Shaoyun's stick, and roared angrily.

He Shaoyun and his wife looked at He Sen, he was the oldest and oldest old man in the village, and he should be called grandfather according to his generation.

Seeing that the eldest grandfather was angry, Chen had no choice but to put down the stick and stop. The two respectfully called "Grandpa", and then said: "You don't know what stupid things he did, he actually made a bet with that Qi Hongfu!" ”

"I've heard that. Something to talk about going home! What kind of words are you talking like on the street! Zhiyuan is a talented man, and he is a Wenqu star, you don't want face, and you don't give him face? ”

The two of them were counted down by He Sen, and their anger was almost gone. The two dragged the sticks and took Yueji, He Zhiyuan followed far behind, and returned home.

After arriving home, He Zhi was far away from his parents and found a bench to sit down, and Yueji obediently poured water for the old lady. Seeing that they were still sulking at Zhiyuan, in order to ease the atmosphere, he asked He Zhiyuan: "Young master, you said last time that as long as you have one hundred taels of silver, you can make our whole village live a good life in less than a year." But really? ”

"Of course it's true, I haven't started to say it yet, Dad hit me as soon as he entered the door. I almost forgot about it. ”

"You've been reading books for so many years, and you haven't learned anything else, but you have learned well to brag. A few words can coax your mother around. A good life for the whole village? What are you capable of? I don't think I can even keep the 30 acres of land at home in a year! ”

"Dad, I really have a way. If you believe me, listen to me! In order to convince his parents, He Zhiyuan decided to make up a story first.

"Dad, mother. During the half day I was in a coma, I had a very strange dream, in which it seemed like a few months had passed. ”

"What a dream, tell me about it." When Chen heard this, his curiosity soared, and he was no longer angry, and hurriedly asked.

"A few days ago, I was knocked out by bandits and began to dream, in the dream I seemed to go to a mountain, in a Taoist temple on the mountain I met a Taoist priest with fairy wind bones, the Taoist priest looked at me carefully, and said to me: 'Doll, I see that you have strange bones, full of heaven, and two eyes with gods, not a short-lived person, but a rich person. There will be a big thing to do in the future, and it is possible to pay homage to the prime minister. There is a strange book here for you in this way, you must read it carefully, read this book well, you can open up the territory, stabilize the country, prosper the family, and benefit the people. And then I kept reading that book, and it felt like a long time, and when I finished reading it, I woke up. ”

"Do you remember the contents of the book now? What does the book say? Father asked excitedly and in surprise.

"I remember them all, and it's still very clear. There is a lot of knowledge in the book, all of which are methods of making various tools, as well as the knowledge of Gewu, which is very different from the Four Books and Five Classics. ”

"Child, you have met a fairy, this is called a blessing in disguise."

He Shaoyun thought for a while, and then continued: "Don't tell others about this matter. We also have to keep it a secret for him, we are ordinary people now, and it may not be a good thing to say it, and if we don't do it well, it will lead to disaster. ”

He Zhiyuan saw that the topic was about to deviate, so he quickly corrected it and said: "If we want our village to live a good life, the first is to turn the farmland in the west of the village into irrigated fields, which requires the construction of a reservoir. The second is to open a workshop and find a way to make money. ”

"How can it be so easy to repair the reservoir, I heard the old people say that from the establishment of our village to the present, there have been more than 100 years, and the reservoir has been repaired three times. Last year was not a torrential rain, the reservoir burst its banks, flooded the ground, and washed away houses. If it weren't for this, would our family still be in such a situation? In the future, this reservoir must not be repaired again. ”

"Dad, the reservoir was repaired unqualified before, of course it will burst!"

"So do you have a way to keep the new reservoir from bursting?"

"Of course there is a way."

"If there is a way, it will not work, and it will be a rainy summer in four months, and the population of our village is small, so it can't be repaired."

"Dad, it's just in time. If you want to repair the reservoir, you have to build a workshop first. ”

"What workshop? What's your idea? Zhiyuan Niang interjected and asked.

"Mother, what do we use to wash clothes?"

"Water, of course." Zhiyuanniang thought to herself, is this child stupid? It's redundant to ask.

"I know how to use water, what do you add to wash it clean?"

"Sprinkle the ashes left over from the firewood and wash them cleanly. I heard that the emperor's family and the official's family in the capital all use pig pancreas, and the one is the cleanest. But it's expensive, a tael of silver, how can the common people afford it? I can't buy it even if I want to. As soon as the old lady opened the chatterbox, she couldn't finish talking.

"I saw a way in that book, and I made something out of that way, and I could wash my clothes cleanly and save effort. The key is that the materials used are easy to find, and the production is very simple, and it must be easy to sell and make money, and the book calls this kind of thing soap. If our family opens a soap workshop, hires dozens of people, and opens a shop in the city, we can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver a year. ”

"Is there really such a good thing? What materials are used to make soap? The parents said in unison in surprise.

"You don't have to worry about what materials you use. Listen to me when the time comes, just let people buy it. This soap is simple to make, and the key is to keep it secret. Let's buy a few idle houses, it doesn't matter if they are dilapidated, we can use them if we find someone to repair them. ”

"Okay, you name it. As long as you can make money, it's all up to you. Chan said.

He Shaoyun also said: "Okay, you can say it." But we don't have a lot of money, so you can't be stupid anymore. ”

He Zhiyuan said: "Dad, mother." We sold the land and got two hundred and fifty taels of silver, so we took out twenty taels of silver to buy some grain, and saved enough to eat for half a year. Take out another twenty taels and buy three houses. The rest is enough as capital. ”

"Why buy three houses? Isn't one place enough? "Chen heard that he would have to spend twenty taels of silver to buy three houses, and he was a little reluctant.

"This is for confidentiality, in a house, the whole process of making soap is visible, how can it be kept secret?"

"Yes, yes, yes, or Zhiyuan is thoughtful." Chen came to his senses.

"Are you sure you can make soap? Do you want to buy the materials and try them first? He Shaoyun reminded.

"Of course, we have to try it first. In the afternoon, let's go to Zhu Chen's shop to buy some lime and soda, and then ask Carpenter Wang to make a simple mold, let's try it tomorrow. ”

"Let your father go to buy raw materials, and you rest at home." Chen still felt sorry for his son, and hurriedly said.

Then he stepped forward and touched Zhiyuan's shoulder, and said, "That stick hurt just now, let's see what it looks like." ”

He Zhiyuan took off his clothes and exposed his shoulders, only to see a black blue on his shoulders. Zhiyuan Niang said distressedly: "It's all green, I'll go to Dr. Dong to buy a plaster to put it on you." ”

He Zhiyuan was stunned, I haven't been beaten for an hour, and now I'm going to buy a plaster? I'm a cheap old lady who is really weird!