The two of them looked at their daughter suspiciously.
Well, their daughter could only eat a little. Her skin was a little firm, and she loved to jump up and down. However, looking at her chubby and cute appearance, how was she strong?
After a while.
Sun Mei said with uncertainty, "She seems to be a little fatter than when she first transmigrated."
Zhao Dong nodded in satisfaction. "It's good fortune to be fair and fat."
Zhao Zhitong was unhappy. She grabbed her waist and resisted. "I'm not fat. I'm not fat."
Zhao Dong scratched Zhao Zhitong's little nose and said dotingly, "It's good to gain weight. It's healthy to gain weight."
Zhao Zhitong shouted, "I don't want to be fat! I don't want to be fat!"
"Alright, alright, alright. You're not fat. Alright, go play alone first. Mother and Father are going to work."
Now that Zhao Zhitong's schooling had been settled, Sun Mei and her husband had to work hard for money.
Today's tofu was selling very well. After she returned home from school, the tofu and beancurd she ordered in the morning were all sold. Moreover, there were still many villagers who had not bought them. They made a reservation for them in the afternoon.
Hence, in the afternoon, he turned all the soybean milk into tofu and beancurd.
Perhaps it was because Sun Mei had sent the tofu to school that night, Squire Wei even sent someone to buy three catties of tofu and ten bowls of beancurd.
Just as Squire Wei's family left, villagers from the neighboring village came to buy tofu one after another.
Nowadays, farmers did not have much good food to eat. They only had a good meal during festive seasons. Now, this tofu was not expensive and was delicious. Everyone wanted to eat it fresh.
Therefore, the afternoon tofu was quickly sold out.
Taking this opportunity, Zhao Dong decided that it was time to sell tofu wholesale to reduce the pressure on the two of them.
Therefore, he called Shitou and the others from the village, who had good characters, and asked them if they were willing to sell tofu with him. He would sell tofu to them for two and a half copper coins, and they would sell it for three copper coins.
Zhao Dong's tofu was very easy to sell and delicious. They had witnessed it with their own eyes. When they heard this, they were tempted.
This was a good thing. They didn't have to do anything. They could just push a cart and run errands. If they sold it, they could earn money. Moreover, the wheat hadn't ripened yet, and there wasn't much farm work in the field. They could take advantage of their free time to go out and earn money. How good would that be?
Hence, they all expressed their willingness.
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At that moment, Zhao Dong was holding a black wooden stick. On a rock, he wrote in modern words to record who had reserved tofu today.
"Wife, we have to make 120 catties of tofu and more than 100 bowls of beancurd tomorrow morning."
Sun Mei, who was filtering the soy milk, nodded and said, "Sure. At most, we'll get up early. Anyway, the soy milk we brought back tonight is enough for tomorrow morning."
After confirming the shipment tomorrow morning, Zhao Dong hurriedly went forward to help Sun Mei filter the soy milk.
By the time he finished filtering the soybean milk, the sky had already turned completely dark.
The family of three sat around the table in the central room. Sun Mei lit the only kerosene lamp in the house.
The dim yellow light in the room swayed slightly, and the warm candlelight added a hint of warmth.
Zhao Dong was holding a money bag in his hand. As he shook it, the clinking of copper coins sounded. "Look, this is the money we earned from selling tofu today. Let's count how much we earned."
As he spoke, he poured out all the copper coins in the money bag.
Zhao Zhitong's eyes sparkled. "Wow, that's a lot. I'll do the counting."
Zhao Dong smiled and said, "Alright, you can count." As he spoke, he turned around to get the string of money.
Zhao Zhitong counted very seriously. Her small hand moved the copper coins as she counted them one by one. When she reached 100, she pushed the copper coins to Zhao Dong and tied them to a string. Then, she continued counting.
Soon, Zhao Zhitong counted everything.
Zhao Dong deliberately tested her and placed the copper coins on the table side by side. He asked, "Tongtong, you've also counted. How many copper coins are there in total?"
Zhao Zhitong lowered her chin and leaned her upper body on the table. She stretched out her small hand and pointed at the money skewers. "One, two, three, four, five. Here are five skewers. There are five 100 copper coins."
Then, she pointed at the un-strung copper coins and said, "There are thirty-one copper coins here."
Sun Mei said, "Yes, so how many are there in total?"
Zhao Zhitong blinked her round almond-shaped eyes and counted with her little fingers. She mumbled, "Five ones is five. That's five. That's thirty-one, thirty-one plus a zero… It's still thirty-one…"
Zhao Dong and Sun Mei looked at her quietly. They did not disturb her or help.
After a long while, Zhao Zhitong calculated. Her face was filled with excitement as she shouted, "A total of 531 copper coins."
"Not bad. Tongtong is great. Keep up the good work."
Sun Mei praised with a smile and put away all the copper coins.
They had not earned one tael of silver today, but tomorrow, the villagers would go to other villages to sell together. They should be able to earn more money.
As they were still busy the next day, the three of them quickly washed up and went to bed after counting the money.
At dawn the next day, more than a hundred catties of tofu and more than a hundred bowls of soybeans were all made. Sun Mei was so tired that her back hurt.
Due to the fact that some villagers were going to distant villages to sell tofu, Sun Mei woke up early to distribute the tofu.
At this moment, she was tired and sleepy. After pouring the last pot of tofu into the grinding tool, she went into the house and fell asleep. "Sigh, in my previous life, when our family was at its most difficult stage, we weren't this tired."
After sighing, she fell asleep.
Zhao Dong was also extremely sleepy, but there was already a knock on the door. It was the villagers who had ordered tofu yesterday.
The first time they went to sell tofu, everyone was more conservative and did not dare to ask for more. They only asked for ten catties of tofu and ten bowls of beancurd.
The price Zhao Dong gave them was ten bowls for eight copper coins.
Zhao Dong happened to make a 45% tofu grinding tool. A piece of tofu was about 500 grams. When it was cut in the middle, half was exactly 50 grams.
Sun Mei had already measured and concocted the beancurd. There would only be more and no less.
Before long, the villagers who had ordered left with tofu and beancurd.
At that time, there was still a plate of tofu and 18 bowls of beancurd left at home. Zhao Dong was not worried and just kept them to sell at home.
Thinking of this, Zhao Dong closed the door and went back to sleep.
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Sun Mei and Zhao Zhitong were woken up by the knocking on the door and Zhao Zhitong's shouting.
By then, it was already seven in the morning. The villagers who had returned from the fields had come to buy tofu. The door was slammed.
Zhao Dong hurriedly got up and opened the door for business.
"Hey, Brother Dong, who wrote the words on your signboard? It looks really good."
The villagers who came to cut the tofu noticed Zhao Dong's door and asked with a smile.
Zhao Dong handed the tofu to the villager and said with a smile, "Look, Meng Xuejiu ate my family's tofu and found it delicious. Yesterday, he asked the servants of Squire Wei's family to send it over."
The surrounding villagers could not help but look envious.
Due to the gossip of the villagers, everyone felt that Zhao Dong would not lead a good life. He would definitely lead a miserable life in the future.
However, now, not only had he found a new way out, but he had also obtained the affirmation of Squire Wei and scholar Meng!