Gu Changning carefully calculated in his heart, the current price is 18 wen per catty of salt and 30 wen per catty of vegetable oil, which adds up to less than 48 wen, which is enough for their family of three to eat for more than a month, and my brother only needs to copy a thick book to eliminate these expenses.

According to her estimate, Gu Huai'an can copy at least two thick and one thin books a month, about 130 texts, and after deducting the 50 texts for daily expenses, there can be at least 80 texts per month.

According to the current copper coin conversion ratio, one tael of silver is one thousand wen, one tael of silver is one hundred wen, one cent of silver is ten wen, and eighty wen is eight cents of silver.

Although it is not more than the restaurant, at least it does not delay her brother's studies, and she does not have to be deducted by the black-hearted shopkeeper, so thinking about it, she still feels much better than doing that kitchen guy in the restaurant!

Of course, there is more to the family than that, but the most important staple food, rice, is not to worry about.

I haven't finished eating the rice I harvested last year.

Last year's wind and rain were smooth, it was a harmonious year, Gu Shan is a well-known farmer in the village, these five acres of dry land have been manipulated by him for more than ten years is very fertile, in previous years, one acre of land could harvest 300 catties of rice, and last year there were 350 catties! Five acres of land add up to 1,750 catties!

The land belongs to his own family, and he does not have to pay rent to the landlord like other tenant farmers, and the tax is also exempted for some reasons, so the more than 1,000 catties of grain belongs to the Gu Shan family.

It's just that after Gu Shan decided to take over the carpentry work outside the neighboring town, he took most of the family's stored grain and sold it, leaving only 600 catties of new rice, and 200 catties of uneaten old rice that had not been harvested the year before last, which was enough for their family to eat for two years.

In addition to staple food, not to mention vegetables and the like, the backyard planted a vegetable garden, but the variety is less, but it does not affect, she is about to buy new seeds and come back to expand the vegetable plot, and everything will not be a problem at that time.

As for the meat, Gu Changning thought about it, her mother is pregnant, so she naturally wants to eat something good, pork is thirty wen a catty, even if you can't make it for your mother every day, it's always okay to buy two taels of meat every few days and come back to add food to your mother.

Gu Huai'an looked at his sister's incomparably bright smile, and couldn't help but laugh.

Since my sister woke up with a high fever, the whole person has changed a little, he can't say what has changed, it seems that he has grown up a lot overnight, the day before she was still a little girl who loves to talk and laugh and run around like crazy, and in a blink of an eye, she has become stable and mature, and her heart seems to be buried with some secrets, which makes him feel a little strange.

At this time, seeing her squinting and smiling happily, Gu Huaian vaguely found the shadow of the innocent, carefree, lively and smiling little girl in her, happy and at the same time he was also a little sad.

This sadness passed quickly, and Gu Huai'an, who was finally able to take on a little responsibility for his family, was very excited, and he didn't think about hiding this matter from his mother, and when the family was at the dinner table, he told Yang Huiyun about it.

Yang Huiyun was stunned for a few seconds when she first heard it, and there was no joy on her face, but in the end, she nodded slowly, and didn't say anything against it, which was regarded as acquiescing in Gu Huai'an's decision, and the matter was decided.

The family finished their meal in silence, and when it was dark, the three of them went back to the house to rest.

The next day, as soon as there was a glimmer of morning light in the house, Gu Huaian had already gotten up and started copying books.

Because writing must be calm, the heart can not be anxious and the hands can not shake, otherwise ruining a word is ruining the whole paper, to be very careful, so it takes more time, so he plans to sleep an hour earlier every night in the future, and get up an hour earlier in the morning, so that he can take advantage of the morning light to have more time to copy books.

Gu Huai'an has thought about it, it is summer now, the day is bright in the morning and the night is dark, so it is some to copy more.

If you don't copy more in the summer, the time will be greatly reduced in the winter, and if you light an oil lamp to copy the book, it will be a big expense.

Gu Huaian was anxious to save some more money to plan for his younger brother's birth, so he got up so early this morning, and he didn't stop writing until the time was almost up, and went to the school with dry food.

As soon as Gu Huai'an left, Gu Changning began to wonder whether to pick the raspberries now or wait for his brother to get out of school in the afternoon and then pull him along, before he could make a decision, a voice suddenly called outside the door.

"Changning Niang, open the door quickly, I'll ask you how you thought about it."

Gu Changning's eyes flashed when he heard the voice, like a little beast that had a premonition of danger, and his whole body instantly became vigilant.

Mrs. Cai is here!

"Sister Cai? Why did you come so early? Have you had breakfast? Why don't you come in and use some? Yang Huiyun welcomed people in and asked politely, with a soft smile on her face.

"Hey, don't be busy with this, I'm here after eating...... But I see that the shape of your steamed steamed buns is really good, and I think it must taste very good......" Mrs. Cai's eyes swept away, and there was still a plate of uncollected steamed buns on the table in Nanzheng Hall, and she unceremoniously grabbed two and stuffed them into her arms, and said with a smile.

Gu Changning saw the steamed buns on the table, his face darkened, and he scolded himself directly in his heart.

Why did you forget to accept this plate of steamed buns, and cheapen this black-hearted Cai Pozi!

She hurriedly went to get the teacup and poured water for Cai Pozi, and then smiled directly at Cai Pozi with the plate, and said quickly: "Aunt Cai, you are also thirsty all the way, drink water, I know that you have something to say to A-Niang, and it is inconvenient for me to be a child, so I will go first." ”

"Eh......" Cai Pozi just wanted to stop her and take another steamed bun, but she saw her walking fast with the plate of steamed buns, and disappeared at the door in the blink of an eye, as if there was a flood beast chasing behind her, she couldn't help but stare at her, "This!" ”

"Sister Cai came to ask for the reply that day?" Seeing this, Yang Huiyun hurriedly took over the conversation and interrupted what she originally wanted to say.

"yes, yes, that's for it." Mrs. Cai was reminded by her, remembered this, and immediately turned her head and said, "Changning Niang, don't blame my wife for urging me, it's really that people are still in a hurry to find a partner, and they can't give too much time to think about it, I can tell you, the restaurant is big, the business is good, and the guests who go there every day are really not too much!" And they are all rich and noble families, if your brother An goes, and you meet a guest officer who is bold and generous, and people will reward a piece of silver, then your brother An will make a fortune! ”

Gu Changning was lying under the wall and eavesdropping, rolled his eyes when he heard this, and sighed in his heart: "It's really so good, why didn't I see you let your son go?" ”

Mrs. Cai's words are good, there are indeed generous guests in the restaurant, but most of them are rewarded cooks or juniors who serve in front of them, and it is not their turn to reward a handyman who helps in the back kitchen.

In order to let A-Niang agree with her brother to go to the restaurant to work, Mrs. Cai is really a lotus-tongued, and she can say that she is alive if she dies!

Gu Changning rolled his eyelids and snorted softly, and continued to prick up his ears to listen carefully.

Yang Huiyun already knew the dirty things about the restaurant, and when she saw Mrs. Cai again at this moment, she felt a little uncomfortable, although she didn't show it on her face, her words were a little tough: "Sister Cai, I have received your wishes, but I will never agree to you about this matter." ”

She saw that Cai Pozi's face changed, and spoke again before she spoke: "You don't know, after you left that day, I dreamed of the child's father that night, and the child's father reprimanded me in the dream, saying that I am not the child's mother, why do you want to harm Brother An so much!" After I woke up, I was puzzled, how could it be a trick to let Brother An go to a restaurant to be a kitchen apprentice? ”

Mrs. Cai gasped in fright when she heard this, her face trembled unconsciously, she didn't dare to look at Yang Huiyun, she was a little drifting, and her heart was very empty.