Transmigration: The Evil Mother-In-Law Is Actually Innocent!-Chapter 38 - Flower’s Secret Past_1

Zhulan also considered charcoal, but she could barely afford it.

With the household firewood supply secured, autumn harvest began.

The Zhou family had ten mu of paddy fields and ten mu of dry land, one of the largest landholders in the village, meaning a considerable amount of work.

After dinner, the family discussed how to tackle the tasks.

Zhulan felt embarrassed to stay idle at home, having spent a considerable amount of money to recover her health.

It wouldn’t do to avoid work.

“I’ll go too tomorrow.

Leave the second brother’s wife at home to cook.”

Zhou Shuren disagreed, “You haven’t fully recovered, and you’re finally showing signs of getting better.

Stay at home and rest; I have plans.”

Eldest son, “….”

Second son, “….”

They really wanted to say that their father truly favored their mother.

Mother was strong and had always been the main worker in the past years.

She really had recovered quite a bit and wasn’t that weak.

But none dared speak out, fearing a scolding for being unfilial since the old man was protective of their mother.

Zhulan panicked; staying at home would mean she had to cook, something she truly couldn’t do.

The memory of her original self was that of a poor cook, and with no usable reference from those memories, she frantically sent Zhou Shuren some eye signals.

Zhou Shuren had already thought it through, “There’s no shortage of surplus labor in the village.

Tomorrow morning, send the second brother to find four people; we’ll pay each six coins and include lunch.

Counting eldest brother and the six grown-ups, the work should be neatly done in four days.”

Zhou Changli, the eldest son, couldn’t help but interject, “Father, it would cost twenty-four coins a day for four people, which adds up to ninety-six coins in four days.

Including the cost of four meals, you’d need one hundred and twenty coins.

That’s not economical, Father.

My brother and I can do the work ourselves; there’s no need to hire help.”

Zhou Shuren raised a hand, “That’s not how you calculate it.

Recently, wild boars have been coming down from the mountains often.

Finishing the harvest early could also help reduce the losses, which if dragged out for a few days, could exceed one hundred and twenty coins.”

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That shut the eldest Zhou up, and the second Zhou was very pleased, as his father had entrusted him with finding help, showing increasing trust in him.

That evening back in their room, Zhulan pondered on their family finances with a sense of urgency, “We’ve been spending quite a bit lately, and the cost of nurturing health will only increase.

Plus, both our sons and your studies are major expenses.

We can’t keep eating into our savings.

Do you have any ideas?”

She was truly out of options.

Wang Ru had managed to improve her lot through cooking in another novel, but Zhulan didn’t dare let Lady Li cook what she had already eaten.

As for hunting, the original body indeed knew martial arts, but she wasn’t skilled enough for hunting to be a reliable source of income.

As for needlework, it wasn’t even worth considering, so they had to rely on Zhou Shuren.

Zhou Shuren hadn’t actually considered earning money before and fell into deep thought.

“Let me think about it.”

Zhulan’s eyes brightened, and she clapped her hands, “I’ve read in novels about making money by copying books.

How about you try that?”

Zhou Shuren was at a loss for words, “The entire county has a population of over ten thousand, and the proportion of scholars is very low.

Most of them are from poor families; they generally borrow books to study and seldom buy them.

Bookshops don’t hire people to copy books; this way won’t work.”

Zhulan was really clueless but now she was curious, “All the books we have at home, were they all copied from borrowed ones?”