Du Jinning looked up at him and didn't make a sound.

Xu Chengyuan is seventeen or eighteen years old and is considered an adult. According to modern algorithms, the height is 1.7 meters tall, and because it is a little thin, it looks very tall. Standing in front of Du Jinning, who is only 1.23 meters, it stands to reason that he will bring a sense of oppression to Du Jinning.

But no.

Because Xu Chengyuan was clenching his fists at this time, his delicate face turned red, looking very ashamed and nervous. It was completely opposite to the calmness and calmness when he pulled his mother away just now.

"I ...... Can I please help me look at the script? It took a long time for Xu Chengyuan to squeeze out a sentence.

"Huh?" Du Jinning didn't understand what he meant.

What do you mean by helping him read the script? Didn't you say a wrong word, it should be "lend me a script", right?

Xu Chengyuan was even more ashamed: "I know that this shouldn't be, after all, you also write a script, if you teach me, it will also affect you, but I really can't help it." You also saw what happened just now. Do you think this will work? In the future, every time I sell a book, I will share half of your money, which is considered my apprenticeship. It's just that you're too young, and I'm really ...... I'm really embarrassed to recognize you as a master. ”

This time, Du Jinning understood it. Thinking about Guan Jiaze, the guy told her about writing a script in class, and Xu Chengyuan also learned that she sold two taels of silver a book, so the family was collected for debts, so he had the idea of writing a script too. Maybe she didn't know how to write, or maybe she wrote and sold it but hit the south wall, so she ran over and begged her for advice.

It is indeed quite humiliating for a person as big as him, and a student who has studied in the academy for several years, to ask for advice from such a child as her.

"Did you write it out? Show it to me, and I'll talk about it when I've seen it. Du Jinning stretched out his hand.

When Xu Chengyuan heard Du Jinning's promise, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly took out a notebook from his arms and put it in Du Jinning's hand.

"You can go to my house tomorrow at noon and ask the results. My family has just moved to the Zhuangzi behind the academy, and you can find out when you go there and ask. Du Jinning put the notebook into the cloth bag, nodded at him, raised his feet and walked forward.

"Thank you...... Uh, Du ...... "Xu Chengyuan doesn't know how to call Du Jinning."

Du Jinning waved his hand to the back: "Just call me Du Jinning." He didn't look back, but walked away.

Xu Chengyuan let out a long sigh, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and turned around to go home.

When Du Jinning returned home, he opened the book written by Xu Chengyuan and read it.

I don't know if it was influenced by her book "Bad Luck Han Happened to Meet Dongting Red", or Xu Chengyuan originally wanted to tell such a story, and he also wrote about a man's bizarre experience on the road to business. It is worthy of being a highly talented student who can read Class A of Boyue Academy, and his writing is still good. But the writing is so good, but I don't think it's good.

Moreover, although Xu Chengyuan tried his best to imitate her "Bad Luck Han Meets Dongting Hong", so that the protagonist has many adventures in the process of doing business, the whole story still seems bland.

Du Jinning shook his head, put the script aside, took out the four treasures of the study, and practiced calligraphy.

In ancient times, the character was another face of a student, and whether the character was written well or not was related to the success or failure of the imperial examination. Although Du Jinning does not plan to participate in the imperial examination, it is still necessary to practice his characters beautifully.

She is smart by nature, and she is happy and guided by such a famous teacher, and she has made rapid progress, but it is only a few days of hard work, and the words she writes are already decent, and they are no longer as miserable as they were at the beginning.

More than an hour later, Du Fangling and Du Fanghui finally came back, the sisters' faces were red from freezing, but they were in good spirits and full of smiles. As soon as she entered the door, Du Fangling took out the copper coins in her pocket and gave them to Du Jinning, and said, "Have you counted the copper coins you got back?" How much did you earn? ”

"No, there, count them." Du Jinning pointed to the cloth bag on the bed.

Because he sold dried tofu and collected a lot of copper coins, Du Jinning was worried that he would be targeted by his two sisters, so he brought it back first.

In fact, she didn't need to count her to know that a total of more than five catties of dried tofu were sold, plus two plates of tofu, about 170 wen. Excluding the cost of buying beans and spices, not counting the labor costs, they earned more than 120 copper plates, that is, one penny and two cents of silver.

But she's not that stupid, she will use her high IQ to bully her sisters and deprive them of the fun of counting money and cramping their hands. The two sisters are still so happy after standing for a long time in the cold and starvation, isn't it because they have made money?

Afraid of disturbing Du Jinning, the sisters quietly counted there for a long time, and Du Fangling couldn't help but report the good news out loud: "Brother Ning, it's one hundred and seventy-eight yuan, and after removing the cost, we have earned more than one hundred yuan." ”

For the small third room of the Du family, who is poor and white, that is, the Chen family does not have two pennies in their hands, more than 100 yuan is really a lot of money.

The most important thing is that this is only the income of the little sisters yesterday's labor - most of the day's sales work today, they do not count.

The great success and joy of hard work made the two of them go crazy, and Du Fangling put down the copper coin and wanted to run out; "I'll tell my mother."

"Come back." Du Jinning stopped her, "If there are outsiders there, don't say it." Don't you know that wealth is not exposed? If you want people to know that our family can make so much money every day, there are a lot of people who come to the door to ask for recipes for bean curd, you need to understand this. ”

Du Fangling's face turned pale: "How come?" This is our family's secret ingredient, no one is so cheeky, right? ”

Du Fanghui also looked at it nervously.

"How not? If you know that your neighbors have such a craft and can earn a hundred dollars a day, will you also want to know how they do it? Du Jinning said, "Others may not necessarily ask openly, but it is possible to knock on the side, take your words, or take a look at you when you are working, and steal some teachers." You have to be careful, don't fall for someone else's shoes. ”

When they heard this, they both nodded nervously.

"Also, the method of this dried tofu is not complicated. Let's sell it, and those who make tofu buy it back and think about it, try it a few times, and maybe they can make a similar one. So it may not be long before there will be dried tofu made by others on the market, and you have to be mentally prepared. ”

Seeing that the joy on the faces of the two sisters was swept away just now, replaced by panic and uneasiness, Du Jinning felt a little unbearable, thinking that he was too cruel, and told them this early, and did not let them dream for a few more days.

But that's what she had to do.

Although she has not done statistics, she always feels that a strong and capable mother, her children are often cowardly and lack assertiveness. Because everything about himself was decided by his mother, all he had to do was obedience. When such a person goes out into society, it will inevitably be more difficult for him to succeed than an independent and capable person.

She didn't want to be a strong and capable parent, and let her sisters become people who had no ideas of their own, only knew how to rely on and obey her. They must also grow up, and everyone will work together to make life better and better. When they get married, life will be happy.

Now she is teaching them that no matter what happens, there is a good side and a bad side, and they need to be far-sighted, anticipate and prepare early, so as to avoid things going in a bad direction.

"That'...... So what to do? Thinking of the scene described by Du Jinning, the sisters felt terrible. Du Fanghui asked with a white face.

"What to do? Think about it for yourselves, I don't have much to do. After Du Jinning finished saying this, he lowered his head and continued to practice her words, ignoring them anymore.

Du Fangling and Du Fanghui glanced at each other and walked out silently.

Walking outside the door, Du Fangling asked, "Shall we still go to find my mother?" ”

Du Fanghui shook her head: "It's better not to go, wait for my mother and eldest sister to come back." ”

Du Fangling was silent for a moment and bit her lower lip: "Let's go grind the beans first, and think about what my brother said just now while grinding." ”

Du Fanghui tugged at her sleeve: "There aren't many beans at home." ”

The beans at home were still exchanged by the Chen family when they picked tofu and walked around the village, and the quantity was not much. The amount of beans needed to make dried tofu is large, and I made a few catties of dried tofu and two plates of tofu yesterday, and there is not much left.

Du Fangling was stunned for a moment, raised her feet and wanted to go to the house: "I asked my brother for some money, and while there are still people in the market, buy some beans and come back." As he spoke, he was about to enter the house.

"Sister......" Du Fanghui grabbed her arm, "Let's ask on the Zhuangzi to see if these people have beans at home." If there is, it will definitely be cheaper than those in the market. ”