Chapter 364 - Chapter 364: Chapter 364: Picking Up a Treasure (1/2)

Chapter 364: Chapter 364: Picking Up a Treasure

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The next day, early in the morning, Di Yelei climbed up the roof to start repairing the house.

Yesterday was the Minor New Year, according to the local tradition, people start cleaning the house today to prepare for the Lunar New Year.

He removed the straw from the roof completely and replaced it entirely.

However, since he had replaced the straw in the bedroom a few days ago, today’s work was much easier for Di Yelei.

Since the Di Family didn’t have any land to grow rice, they had no straw. But luckily, he had already exchanged a piece of preserved beast meat for a haystack of straw with the villagers. While he was outside changing the straw, Liu Sisi took YingEr, Liu Zhi’er, and Da Mao with her to help out at the bookstore in the small town.

As she expected, the bookstore was packed today as usual; even those who usually didn’t go out in the village had come out of their homes.

The best-selling items in the bookstore were finished products like spring couplets, window paper-cuts, and fortune children. The other most popular items were raw materials like red paper, colored paper, rice paper, and calligraphy tools.

Today, since Di Yelei wasn’t there to help, Liu Sisi didn’t offer customized spring couplets. She directly wrote the spring couplets and sold them.

Because of everyone’s word of mouth, they all knew about Liu Sisi’s reputation as a female tutor, so many people came just for that reason.

When her written spring couplets were put on display, they were often sold before they were even hung up properly.

Everyone was busy until late afternoon when the customers gradually decreased, and they were all exhausted.

Nan Tianzong shook his wrist and threw the brush-pen far away: “This is really exhausting! Even more so than studying for a whole day!”

“I’m worn out too…”

Liu Sisi felt her right arm trembling and didn’t want to move as she leaned against the chair.

“Let’s see how much money we made today! While it’s New Year’s time, we’ll distribute the earnings daily—everyone will have peace of mind and be cheerful about using the money and doing their work!”

Nan Tianzong happily started counting, and the amount of money on the account was indeed quite a lot, several times more than usual days.

“Fortunately, we hoarded enough supplies before this period. Otherwise, we would have run out of goods to sell!” Liu Sisi said excitedly.

Nan Tianzong also laughed: “That’s the result of your excellent planning and decision-making. When I came to the shop the day before yesterday, I was shocked by the amount of goods you had squeezed in! I never thought you would have such a big appetite!”

What Nan Tianzong said was true. The original break room inside the shop was piled high with goods, leaving only a bed and a passageway. How much courage must Sisi have to stockpile so many goods?

“Does this kind of thing require courage?”

Liu Sisi asked curiously with a calm expression, “Take red paper for example. Although few people buy it on regular days, its sales during festivals are three to five times more, let alone during the Lunar New Year. My family rarely buys red paper, but don’t we still get fifty sheets for the New Year? By putting myself in their shoes, I collated the statistics for the whole year, compared them, and calculated the demand. Naturally, I came up with such a large amount.”

Liu Sisi explained it as if it were reasonable, while everyone else listened, completely confused and not understanding what she was talking about.

A flash of radiance appeared in Nan Tianzong’s eyes, followed by a smile.

It seemed that he had inadvertently picked up a treasure!