When he bought wheat seeds before, there were a few catties of wheat left, and Li Laohan grinded it into flour, and he kept it uneaten.

I have the Chinese cabbage I just bought at home, make a meal of Chinese cabbage and meat stuffed dumplings, and also give everyone a tooth sacrifice.

Ma Yue happily replied and went back.

Qin Liu hurriedly mixed noodles and chopped vegetables. Chopping meat, a job that requires strength, Li Laohan took the initiative to undertake.

By the time the Ma family of four came over, Qin Liu had already made a few dumplings.

There are many Ma families, and they all join the ranks of making dumplings, so Qin Liu went to boil water on the stove and waited for the dumplings to go to the pot.

The fragrant meat-filled dumplings, everyone ate with red faces, eyebrows and smiles, and the atmosphere was as warm as the New Year.

Sister Li Feng is young and straightforward, and while she was busy swallowing some hot dumplings in her mouth, she squinted her eyes and said, "Sister-in-law, you are a big lucky star!" Since my brother met you, our family has only had rice to eat, and now we have eaten dumplings! My eldest brother learned a few words, and went to report to another officer in the barracks, and they said, since he knows how to read, he will come to work after the New Year! ”

Sister Li Feng held the bowl, and the scholar officer spoke in a rough voice, and walked a few steps on the spot with her hands and feet crossed, and everyone laughed.

Ma Ang glared at Sister Ma Feng embarrassedly.

Qin Liu smiled instead and said, "This is a good thing, Brother Ma, if you are free, these days will be longer, I will teach a few more words, and it will be good to go to the barracks." ”

Ma Ang was stunned, a little ashamed, but nodded in response: "Hey! ”

Ma Yue said: "Sister-in-law, your craftsmanship in making dumplings is really good!" It's much better than the previous dumpling restaurant in town! If you go and open a store, you're sure to make a lot of money! ”

Qin Liu raised his eyebrows: "There is still a dumpling restaurant in the town?" ”

"Yes, it was set on fire by the Tartar soldiers, and the boss's family was all caught on the grassland, saying that they were going to make dumplings for their khans!"

Qin Liu's heart moved, but there was a wry smile on his face: "I don't have much experience in opening a store. ”

Ma Yue rolled his eyes and said excitedly: "It's okay, I was an apprentice there for a few days before, I can help you!" ”

Qin Liu asked tentatively: "In this town, can anyone afford to eat dumplings?" ”

Ma Yue said: "Our town is in the middle of the capital and Xuanfu, but it is not a big town. Generally, large troops go to the civil engineering town over there, and the road is good over there. There are also some shortcuts who pass by our sand castles. They passed by here, some went to the post station to rest, and some wanted to find a restaurant to fight. A bowl of hot dumplings, a bowl of soup, if you can still make a bun, then you can't change it as a fairy! Wealthy customers will also ask for a plate of mutton. ”

Qin Liu's eyes lit up, and the movement of scooping dumplings in the pot with a long spoon with a wooden handle slowed down, and his eyes were a little hesitant and puzzled: "But, how did the meat, vegetables, and flour come from...... And the storefront, man, it's all a thing, will anyone come and make trouble? ”

Aunt Ma took the long spoon with a wooden handle in her hand intimately, and said while smiling and scooping up a few dumplings for Da Lang: "What are these?" Aunt Ma has lived in the town for decades, and I know so many butchers, hunters, and farmers, but I can't get raw materials? Dude, Ma Yue and Sister Feng, aren't they all ready-made? It's a storefront, you have to rent a good place. The cost of opening a store is also as much as possible to save, a pot, a few tables and chairs, and buy a few bowls. ”

Qin Liu still couldn't make up his mind, and said: "Otherwise, your brothers and sisters will come to my house more often if they have nothing to do in the winter, and I will try to teach you to recognize a few words as much as possible." When it comes to opening a store, let's add it up. ”

The brothers and sisters of the Ma family all nodded violently, very excited.

Qin Liu was a little worried. She doesn't have much money left in her hand, and if she can't make a living that can make money, then she will be in trouble later.

Li Laohan sat in the corner, listening to their discussion with a kind and serious face. From time to time, I helped Erlang, who had just learned to sit, and let Da Lang drink noodle soup.

His heart was warm and bright: this day was lively and lively, running in the direction of prosperity and hope.

……

In a blink of an eye, the first month of the month passed, and it entered February.

Before the Spring Festival, Qin Liu went to buy a pen and paper, and let Ma Ang, who knew the words well, learn to write a few words.

At first, Ma Ang felt that the brush in his hand seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, and he couldn't grasp it well. But when he saw that Qin Liu wrote out the words lightly, and he was still small and beautiful, he held back his strength and practiced diligently day and night. By the time he went to the barracks after the Spring Festival, he had already known hundreds of daily characters and could write two or three hundred words.

Ma Yue and Sister Feng are young, and they learn faster and better. It's just that they are not as diligent as their eldest brother in terms of practicing calligraphy, and the writing is crooked, which is very ugly.

Maang had just been busy in the first month of his visit to the barracks and had not returned home.

In the second month, I went home every few days. However, I ran to Li's house more often, mainly to ask for advice on writing and literacy.

Qin Liu simply bought books such as thousand-character texts and hundred family names and gave them to him. Every time I come, take him to learn it first.

It turned out that the job of delivering firewood to the Li family fell to Ma Yue. Ma Yue still went once a day, but he refused to collect any more money.

Qin Liu didn't do it, and forced money into his hand, but he jumped on his neck and said, "Sister-in-law Li!" My brother went to the barracks, and he still had a salary every month, and there was one less person in the family to eat, so life was not so difficult! Sister-in-law, you teach our brothers and sisters a few words to read, you are our benefactor for life, don't give this money, give it is shameful! ”

Qin Liu was upset, so he said: "You go to the town again to see, where is suitable for opening a dumpling shop, let's see if we can really open a shop!" ”

When Qin Liu went to buy a thousand-character text, he saw that the owner of the grocery store was theorizing with people, bargaining for how much money to pay for copying a book.

When she heard that she could charge 50 yuan for 100 words, she was immediately tempted and stepped forward to recommend herself.

The grocery store owner looked at her suspiciously, and took out a pen and paper on the spot and asked her to write a few words.

The upright and beautiful fly-headed Xiaokai appeared one by one from Qin Liu's pen, with a quaint style and flowing water.

The owner of the grocery store was overjoyed and praised: "The girl's calligraphy is really not lost to everyone!" ”

Qin Liu smiled a little ashamedly. Before the crossing, her words were first-class and poor, and I didn't know how much criticism she received from childhood to adulthood. Her mother had a very pertinent assessment of her handwriting: "My daughter's handwriting is the same as that of a chicken!" ”

This good hand is obviously the result of the original body's hard work, but it cheapens her.

The owner of the grocery store immediately gave her a pen and paper and a thin sample book, and asked her to copy it and take it to settle the bill.

Qin Liu only took half a day to get the copied book to the grocery store owner, the handwriting was better than the sample book, and there was not a single typo, the paper was also very economical, and there was no waste paper.

The boss was very satisfied and gave her two hundred and sixteen yuan. She was also given some copying tasks.

……

Qin Liu excitedly went home with the two hundred and sixteen dollars.

Halfway through, she turned back to the town, bought a few catties of meat, flour and cabbage, and went home to make another meal of dumplings.

This is the happiest moment she has ever had since she came to this ancient world!

These two hundred and sixteen dollars helped her open the door to make a living in this world!

Since then, she has also had a skill that can make a living!

It is no longer a sitting mountain, no longer a bleak future!

She really didn't expect that copying books would be so profitable!

With her hand speed, copying a thousand words a day is not a problem, this is 500 yuan, ten days is 5,000 yuan, a month is 15,000 yuan, according to the exchange rate of 700 yuan for one tael of silver here, a month is 21 taels of silver, and a year, she earns 200 taels of silver!

With all this money, what land will she plant? What to cook? What kind of clothes to sew?

She just asks someone to do it, how can life be leisurely?