In a daze, Mr. Ye woke up from the crow of the rooster. When he saw that the sky was dark and the crow was not good, he got up in a panic to cook breakfast.

Suddenly she looked around, couldn't help but slap her forehead and giggle. It turned out that she was no longer in the Chu family compound, but in the old house. This was her new home.

Not only did Ye have this reaction, but Chu Youde and Sanlang also had the same reaction. Without Mrs. Du's annoying scoldings and endless farm work and housework, the three of them suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, the three of them were hard-working people, and soon

I just found something to keep myself busy. After all, I have moved and there are too many places waiting to be sorted out.

Fortunately, Village Chief Li brought a few people over early in the morning to help.

"Thank you, Grandpa Village Chief, please remember to come over tonight and have a few drinks with everyone!" Chu Congrong was playing with the ten buckets of potato pulp outside and hurriedly came forward to say hello.

"Okay, let's keep it simple. We just moved here and need to buy everything. Don't waste too much."

Village Chief Li happily agreed. After what happened yesterday, he began to look at the little girl differently.

Chu Congrong looked at the ten buckets in front of her and felt extremely happy. This was the first thing she had asked Chu Youde to bring. It is easy to make starch from cassava or sweet potato. You only need to grind it into pulp and soak it in water for 24 hours.

hours, the resulting precipitate is dried into starch.

Although it was not enough for twenty-four hours, it was almost the same. After one night, the slurry water still changed. The upper part turned into clear water, and a thick layer of substance settled at the bottom of the bucket. Chu Congrong grabbed some with his hands and felt

It's a bit heavy and sticky. There are relatively few brown sediments, indicating that the sweet potato starch yield is low. There are relatively many white sediments, and cassava is indeed the one with the highest starch content.

The next step is to dry the sediment in the sun, and what you get is the starch you want, commonly known as cornstarch.

Chu Congrong found a few dustpans, first drained the water from the upper layer, and then poured out the remaining sediment. He found a place outside the house to spread it out in the sun. It was summer now, and the sun was so fierce. It was estimated that a

You can do it in the afternoon.

Mrs. Ye didn't know what her daughter was doing. When she saw that she had finally finished her work, she came over and said that the villagers came to help with the work for free, but at least they had to entertain them for a meal. But there was not even a decent pot at home, what should I do?

?

Chu Congrong thought for a while and asked her to ask Aunt Niu to help her steam some steamed buns. She also ordered Sanlang to buy a bigger chicken to make soup (the chicken given to each family was too small). The soup was given to Dad and the meat was left for everyone.

Anyway, Dad can't eat. I'll just deal with it briefly at noon. I'll go to town to buy groceries for dinner and come back with some necessities.

Buying things meant spending money, and Ms. Ye suddenly had a headache, but she still took out a few taels of silver to give to her daughter, at least for a big iron pot and a water tank. She originally wanted to give it all to her daughter, but she was afraid that she was too old.

If you don't know how to save, all your money will be lost, and you will be in a dilemma.

Seeing her embarrassment, Chu Congrong didn't accept the money she handed over, leaving it to her so that she could feel at ease. She planned to bring all she earned first and buy as much as she could, even though it wasn't a fair day.

Maybe you can still find opportunities to earn a few more.

When the twins heard that she was going to the street, they stopped and watched eagerly. How could Chu Congrong be away from these two little guardians? Niu Xiaohua happened to come over and wanted to help, and when she heard that she wanted to follow, Chu Congrong didn't say much.

He took her hand and left. Anyway, shedding two sheep was herding, and so was herding three sheep.

Just as the four of them were rushing to the town, a man who looked like a servant walked into Longguwo Village and went straight to the Chu family yard.

"Excuse me, is this the Chu family?"

Everyone in the Chu family thought it was a debt collector. Chu Youwen hid in the house and did not dare to show his face. Mrs. Du said angrily to the visitor: "It's so early to collect a debt, it's like rushing to reincarnate! Bring me the IOU, there is no

We don’t recognize the IOU!”

The visitor looked confused, what kind of IOU?

"Is Chu Wuya at home?"

Mrs. Du immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that she was looking for that bitch. She suddenly said loudly: "What are you talking about? There is no such person here! Go and look for him elsewhere!"

After hearing this, the man had no choice but to walk away angrily, muttering to himself that he had clearly seen this place before, but why did he say there was no such person in just a few days? Did he see it wrong?

Chu Youwen only dared to show his head when he saw people walking away. Others also came out after hearing Xun.

Chu Youwen asked: "Mom, what did that person do just now?"

Mrs. Du sneered: "He said he was looking for that bitch, what do you think he can do?"

"It must be a debt collection, otherwise what else would happen!"

"So fast! Fortunately, my mother is not slow either, she is still smart!"

"Such a harmful spirit, this whole family was almost wiped out by her! Fortunately, my mother took action in time, otherwise the whole family would have slept on a haystack!"

"Tell me what will happen to Lao San and the others?"

"What else can I do? I haven't warmed up the things I just handed over yesterday, so I have to spit them out! I don't know what dad is thinking, it's all for nothing!"

"Yes, according to me, you shouldn't be given a single penny of money, and you shouldn't be given so much land. How can a lowly family survive?"

"They can't afford it. The whole family must have been sold off. Let's go over there later and see if we can get anything back. If the third child is gone, we might as well collect his body."

While everyone sang praises to Mrs. Du, they did not forget to take pleasure in Sanfang's misfortune.

At this time, a hearty voice came from outside the hospital: "Haha, it's true that scholars are very polite. They pay so much attention to rituals when paying off debts. The whole family was waiting for me, Old Zhou, early in the morning. It's so refreshing!"

Chu Youwen immediately trembled when he heard the words and covered his hands tightly.

Mrs. Du glared at him and shouted: "Why don't you go and ask your father to come out!"

Tomorrow is the fair day, so there are no people on the street. The originally small Taiping Town has suddenly become very spacious. There are only a few pedestrians and some children playing on the street.

The twins were still enthusiastic and looked around. Niu Xiaohua was also very excited. She was already thirteen years old, and the number of times she came to the town was less than one hand. Among the four, only Chu Congrong had a cold heart.

There are not many of them, how do you make money? There must be someone at Dong'an Academy at this time, right at the school gate. But if you meet someone named Shen, you will be in trouble. You can't protect yourself without the wealthy brother around.

It's still early, and I'm not in a hurry to buy anything, so just go shopping with Niu Xiaohua.

Niu Xiaohua girl is naturally interested in accessories and the like.

Niu Xiaohua couldn't afford gold and silver jewelry, so she didn't even dare to go in when passing by a jewelry store. The two of them knew nothing about embroidery, and had no interest in embroidery stores. Finally, they passed by a jewelry store selling silk flower hairpins, and the two of them couldn't bear to go in.

The scalp went in.

There were not many customers in the store, so there were only two young girls leading a maid each. They were dressed in bright and elegant clothes, and they looked like rich women. They were choosing hairpins and joking softly from time to time.

"Xiao'e, you dressed up so carefully today and specially brought me out to buy a hairpin. What's the happy event?"

"What good things can happen, but bad things can happen!" The woman named Xiao'e said with a sad face: "My cousin was injured yesterday, and I will go with my mother to visit him in the afternoon."

"Oh, you have so many cousins, which one deserves your attention?"

"It's...my cousin from the Shen family."

"Young Master Shen? Are you seriously injured?"

"I don't know, I heard..." Xiao'e suddenly covered her nose, glanced behind her in disgust, and said loudly to the shop owner: "Shopkeeper Chen, why did you even let some stinky beggars in? It stinks so much!"

The shop owner also felt the peculiar smell, which came from the two little girls who came in from behind. One girl was dressed up, and the other was in shabby clothes. She was obviously a poor girl from the countryside, and she also exuded a sour smell.

"Get out quickly, don't affect my business! Can you afford to pay for disturbing my distinguished guests?" The shop owner drove people away angrily.

Niu Xiaohua just took a few glances at the silk flowers, and was so frightened that she pulled Chu Congrong and wanted to run out. Chu Congrong didn't care very much, and she also knew that the appearance and image of the two of them were a bit bad at this time, but the conditions were like this, there was nothing they could do.

Not only was I unable to take a shower last night, but I was also bitten by mosquitoes. I guess there were quite a few mosquito bites on my face.

"Every visitor is a guest. Do you treat guests like this?"

Chu Congrong looked at the boss and felt a little angry. Although his appearance was not good, business was all about being friendly and making money. Why did the owner of this shop drive away customers so confidently?

"I don't want to do your business, so just get out of here! If you make the nobleman angry, I will not only chase you away, but I will also make you kneel down and beg for mercy from the nobleman!"

The store owner angrily kicked them out, and just then a man came in from outside the store and said to the girl Xiao'e: "My little sister, have you finished buying? Mom is waiting for you to see cousin Tongwang."

Chu Congrong originally wanted to argue with the store owner, but she walked out happily after hearing this, because she was 100% sure that something happened to Young Master Shen. In this way, she could go to Dong'an Academy to try her luck.

"Aren't you angry or sad?" Niu Xiao saw that she looked happy, but he was in shock and couldn't help but admire her.

"Of course I'm angry, but making money is the most important thing right now! These little shrimps, when I make a lot of money in the future, I will come back and deal with them one by one!" Chu Congrong didn't want to say too much, and led the twins through the street to find peanut sellers.

Yes, Niu Xiaohua was confused again.

It wasn't the day when almost no one picked peanuts to sell. I finally found a stall at the end of the street, weighing about twenty kilograms. It happened that the old boy who wrote the peanuts also moved his stall here.

"Little girl, what are you going to write this time?"

It's hard for Lao Tongsheng to forget Chu Congrong. She was the one who bought all the eggs in the town in one day, and her domineering couplets are enough to impress people.

Chu Congrong smiled and just wrote. At this stage, it is better to eat your brain and play with your wisdom. By the way, you can take care of Lao Tongsheng's business.

In such a poverty-stricken town, in order to survive, everyone can break a penny into two parts and spend it, so there is no extra spare money for consumption. For example, for the first time, I only earned two or three hundred pennies from a lottery. Therefore,

Chu Congrong understood very well that if you want to make money, you have to find scholars.

Only those who study have money, because poor people basically cannot afford to study.

The four of them carried more than ten kilograms of peanuts and arrived at the entrance of Dong'an Academy in a familiar way. The bookstore owner was idle at the entrance of the store, and Chu Congrong hurried forward to say hello. When the bookstore owner saw her, his face was full of sadness and dissatisfaction. This girl came up

The four treasures of the study did not help me sell it this time.

"Uncle boss, you are not the only one selling the Four Treasures of the Study, right? Is your business better than before in the past two days?"

The bookstore owner thought for a while, right? There were a lot of students just coming to see if the little girl was there, and many of them stopped by to buy something.

"Uncle boss, you are a businessman. You should know that this is the popularity I have brought to you. It will help your business. Are you still willing to give me some space today?" There are not many peanuts today, and Chu Congrong doesn't care.

Don’t worry too much, just find another place if it doesn’t work.

"Oh, little girl, you are finally here!"

Before the bookstore owner could respond, several students passed by outside and greeted Chu Congrong happily. Soon, more students came over after hearing the news.
To be continued...