Gu Jinan was not surprised at all when he saw Gu Dexing.

"Brother Dexing." Gu Jinan greeted him as usual, the smile on his face was just right, there was no smugness, no showing off, and no disdain.

Gu Dexing is a few years older than Gu Jin'an, and he is taller than Gu Jin'an, but at this moment, Gu Dexing looked at Gu Jin'an's smile, but he was a little embarrassed.

An'er's smile was too open, so frank that he was ashamed, and he felt that his act of stopping him was a villain's act.

Gu Dexing lowered his head.

Seeing this, Gu Jinan didn't ask why he stopped him, nor did he leave, just stood where he was, waiting.

After a long time, Gu Dexing asked Gu Jinan: "What did Shang Xiucai teach you today?" ”

Gu Jinan took out a book from the cloth bag he was carrying and handed it to Gu Dexing: "It's the Analects in the Four Books, Mr. asked me to copy the book, saying that my family is poor, and if I spend money to buy books, it is not cost-effective." If you copy the book instead, you will not only be able to familiarize yourself with the content of the book, but you will also get a new book for free. ”

"Mr. also said that I study to test my fame, and the examination of children is not difficult, as long as you memorize the four books and five classics, you can go to the examination of children, so I start from the Analects."

Gu Dexing was shocked, he didn't expect Gu Jinan to say such a thing.

He thought that with Gu Jin'an's family being looked down upon since childhood, Gu Jinan must be very taboo to say that his family was poor, but Gu Jinan didn't care at all, and said that his family was poor and couldn't afford to buy books, so he copied books.

And then there'...... Shang Xiucai knew that Gu Jin'an was studying to test his fame and fame, and the purpose was to be so snobbish, but Shang Xiucai was willing to teach him.

"Shang Xiucai, aren't you angry?" Gu Dexing asked.

This was said without beginning or end, but Gu Jinan understood, and he smiled: "Why are you angry? Why do the poor study? To put it bluntly, it is to test fame, gain power, and protect his family members. The gentleman said that there was nothing unspeakable. ”

Gu Jin'an's words shocked Gu Dexing again, he didn't expect that Shang Xiucai was so different from the gentleman he had seen in his hometown.

The gentleman in his hometown did not allow them to say that they only studied for the sake of fame, and when they did, they would scold them for being impure and defiling the sage's hand-me-down.

Gu Jinan looked at Gu Dexing and said: "Mr. is a frank and open-minded person, if you really want to study with Mr., it is better to ask Mr. openly, it is much better than being so cranky and unwilling." ”

Gu Dexing lowered his head again, and after being silent for a while, he said: "If you go and ask for it, Shang Xiu won't accept it, wouldn't it be ......?"

"Embarrassed?" The smile on Gu Jinan's face remained unchanged: "If you can't even bear this embarrassment, then why bother to apprentice?" ”

He finally said: "If you want to study with my husband, you can ask openly, even if you are rejected, you have worked hard for yourself, and you will not regret it in the future." ”

After saying this, Gu Jinan bypassed Gu Dexing and went home.

Gu Dexing stood in place for a long time, until Chen's angry shout came: "Brother Xing, where is your pestle used as wood?" Why don't you go home and grind spices! There aren't many spices left, and if you don't grind them quickly, you won't have to sell them tomorrow, and it's all money. ”

When Gu Dexing heard Chen's words, he turned around and ran home.

That night, Gu Jinli made crystal guru pork, fried crispy pork, fried bean sprouts, plus his own tofu and yesterday's fried bean skin, and the family had a beautiful dinner, which was a celebration of Gu Jinan's official entrance to school.

Seeing that his family was like this, Gu Jinan was even more determined to gain fame and protect his family's heart.

The family had just finished eating, and the dishes and chopsticks had not yet been cleaned up, and several families came, and everyone was very worried about the other food shops in the town selling fried spiced tofu.

"When I think of those shameless people selling our fried spiced tofu, I'm so angry that I can't even eat it." Chen learned today that there were also people selling fried five-spiced tofu in the town, and he was so angry that he almost smashed those people's shops with a flat shoulder.

"And that rich building, I heard Dr. Wu say that they used fried spiced tofu and fried pork slices, and made some kind of rich and precious dishes, and a plate was sold for fifty yuan, which is really infuriating."

It stands to reason that this is all their money, and the Chen family is so painful that he almost loses his breath.

Several other families were also worried about this, fearing that the town's shops would steal their business.

Gu Jinli said: "Uncles and aunts rest assured, even if fried five-spiced tofu is sold all over the street, we will not lose money, but only make a lot of money." ”

Chen Shi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Xiaoyu, what do you mean by this?" If the streets are full of pan-fried spiced tofu, then who will come to our stall to buy it? ”

Gu Jinli said: "If they want to make fried spiced tofu, they must buy our white tofu and seasoning spices, so the more they buy, the more we will earn, there is no need to be afraid at all, if they feel that the money they earn is less, we can also increase the price of white tofu and seasoning spices." ”

"In a word, as long as the tofu recipe and seasoning recipe are in our hands, we are the ones who make the money."

She was afraid that the families would not understand, so she broke it up and told them about it.

After hearing this, several families were pleasantly surprised.

Chen said: "Eh, then wouldn't they have become a way to help us sell tofu, we can work less, but we can make more money." ”

Gu Jinli nodded: "That's what it means." ”

She also talked about the villagers of Lianghe Village who came to buy white tofu.

"We can't keep a stall forever, we have to change our business model, we have to start making a lot of tofu and seasoning spices, and sell them to other people, so that they can carry the burden to help us sell tofu."

"Then we won't set up a stall in the future? That's not good, the bean dregs cake can be sold for a lot of silver a day. "Chan wants to keep setting up his stall.

Gu Jinli said: "We can set up a stall at the same time, and at the same time increase the production of tofu and sell it to people who want to sell tofu." ”

The third grandfather said at this time: "The method is good, it can make us more money, but where do we have so many manpower?" ”

"It's hard work to make tofu, and it takes a lot of people. Now we have to make tofu, we have to sell stalls, we have to grind spices, and we have to open up wasteland and farm, and we can't be busy at all. It's mid-February now, and the seeds will be planted in half a month, so there is simply not enough manpower. ”

Gu Jinli said: "The matter of manpower, the third grandfather doesn't have to worry, we can ask someone to grind beans and spices, as long as the two hardest jobs are arranged, the rest of the braised tofu and spices are trivial." ”

However, this man should be honest and have no bad intentions.

After Gu Jinli finished speaking, he calculated an account for several families, and the few families were so excited, Chen was the first to stand up and shouted: "Invite someone, let's ask someone to grind beans and spices, and make this business bigger." ”

Chen has begun to fantasize about being a rich lady and scolding the house full of people doing work.

The third grandfather looked at Qin Lao and asked him, "Brother Qin, what do you think of this?" ”

Qin Lao said: "It's an easy and profitable method, do it." In the village, please invite some villagers who are good to us and have no bad intentions to make this business bigger. ”

The third grandfather saw that Qin Lao agreed, and now that they were protected by Jiang County Lieutenant, he nodded and agreed: "Okay, just do what Xiaoyu said." But you can't be in a hurry, you have to do it one by one, and you can't be in a hurry about inviting people, so as not to be ruined by others. ”

"Third grandfather, if you don't feel at ease, let's ask someone to open up the wasteland, and stay at home to grind beans and spices." Gu Jinli said.

The families agreed with this idea, so they decided to ask someone to help clear the land tomorrow, while they stayed at home to make more tofu.

Therefore, the next day, the third grandfather released a word, saying that he would invite someone to open up the wasteland.

When the people of Dafeng Village heard the news, they immediately exploded.

"Yo, have those families fled the famine to find gold? Still ask someone to open up the wasteland? ”

"People make tofu in the town for a living, and the business is very good, but it's not gold that has been picked up." Someone said sourly.

"I don't know how the wages are? Why don't we ask? "There are poor people in the family who want to do this job.

"If you don't go, you want to go, how can there be a reason in this world for locals to do work for outsiders?"

When He Laoguo heard the words of the villagers, he scoffed: "Bah, you guys are sour, what's wrong with escaping?" and those who flee from the famine are more capable than you. ”

"You just don't see people's good. You don't like this job, but our family doesn't dislike it. Sanmiao, go, go to your Uncle Gu's house, and take over this work of clearing the wasteland. He Laoguo took his third son with his own family, walked to the Gu family with his hands behind his back, and muttered in his mouth: "This green and yellow is not accepted, there is a job and you have to pick and choose, why can't you get along with money?" ”