When she straightened her face, her expression was very serious, and the children did not dare to let out the air. Whether it was punishing them for starvation or driving them away, it was a very serious punishment for them.

Hearing what Zhong Li said, they nodded quickly.

Zhong Li's expression eased, and she said with kindness: "That's right, at present your recipes are only staple food and vegetarian dishes. From now on, every five days, I will ask the master and mother-in-law to evaluate your performance, if you perform well There will be meat to eat, and the poor performers don’t have meat, you know? If everyone performs well, then everyone has meat, and whether they can eat meat or not depends on your performance.”

The children's saliva came out when they heard the words, and everyone was dizzy. Obviously, she didn't expect that she would even give them meat.

A child couldn't help but said, "How can it be considered a good performance?"

"Master will give you homework every day. I heard that today's homework is for you to memorize the first ten sentences of the Three Character Classic. The one who can complete the homework is to perform well. As for the mother-in-law, she will watch you take your lunch break, rest on time, and don't sleep with you. What others say is to behave well.”

When I thought of talking to someone last night, some of the children couldn't help but hang their heads in frustration, and some children had bad memory and couldn't remember the contents of the Three Character Classic at all, and their expressions were also very depressed.

Zhong Li saw it in his eyes, and said again: "Everyone is about the same level. As long as you work hard, you won't be too bad. Whether you can eat meat or not is all up to you, understand?"

The children nodded their heads.

This is what Zhong Li decided after thinking hard about it. If they were given meat from the beginning, they would inevitably not cherish it. It would be better to give them a reward in the form of a reward, which would also stimulate them to work hard.

Zhong Li added: "Children who are helpful and kind-hearted will also be rewarded. They will also be selected every five days. Children who perform well will have fruit to eat, understand?"

The children couldn't help but let out a "wow". The kid who hit him hesitated for a while and couldn't help but ask, "How can it be considered helpful and kind-hearted?"

Zhong Li said: "Then let me give an example. Is there anyone who doesn't remember the thousand-character script taught by the Master today?"

The children nodded hastily.

Only then did Zhong Li say, "Someone must remember it, right? You can shake your little hands if you remember it."

More than a dozen children shook their hands.

Zhong Li said: "Children who haven't learned, when I ask you for help in teaching, whoever is willing to help, whoever is willing to help others, is happy to help others. When I take over this task, I have to teach people to complete the teaching. Wait until the fifth day. Someone else's child can get one fruit, help twice, get two, and so on."

The children were even happier this time. Thinking that they can eat meat and fruit again in the future, the little faces of the children are full of happiness.

Zhong Li couldn't help bending her lips.

One of the little boys couldn't help but exclaimed sweetly: "Sister Shenxian, why are you so good? You must be the best person in the world!"

Zhong Li licked his little head and said with a smile, "There is no reward for praising people!"

He blushed, "I didn't do it for the reward."

He, he just wanted to brag.

Zhong Li smiled and said to the children, "I'm not that good either. Now you are still young, just study. After you have learned two or three years of knowledge and another two or three years of craftsmanship, you will almost be able to graduate. You will return the money you have in due time."

The children nodded their heads, and in order to urge them to study hard, Zhong Li added: "If there are children who are particularly good at reading, they can also help you to apply for household registration, let you participate in the imperial examination, and you may become an official in the future. You have to work hard. Take your chance, understand?"

Being an official or something, the children didn't even dare to think like that in a dream. After listening to each of them, they became even more dizzy. They all blushed with excitement, and said in unison, "We will work hard!"

Zhong Li was satisfied only then, and after the matter was settled, she left.

Two days later, a lot of little beggars gathered near Fuyoutang. They all came here because of their fame. Zhong Li asked Qingye to buy a house nearby and put these dozens of children in place. go in.

She no longer asked her mother-in-law to buy ready-to-wear clothes. There was a shop under her name that sold cloth, and she asked her to cut dozens of pieces of cloth. Then she asked her to transport the cloth to the house and hand it over to the servant girl in the house.

There are thirty maids in the house, and the maids are basically female. It is not a problem to make a simple dress. They are idle now, so Zhong Li asked each of them to do it first, and they can do it in two days. Well, the slow one only took three days.

This way, it saves a lot of money.

The third Fuyou Hall was established in this way. Zhongli painted a gourd and recruited the master. Everything went smoothly. Even the second wife learned about it and praised Zhongli for her good work. She also asked the maid sent two thousand taels of silver to support Fuyoutang.

Zhong Li thought for a while, and simply bought a new house with two thousand taels of silver and built a fourth Fuyou Hall. She handed over the deed of the house to the second wife, and she mentioned her to the second wife by the way. Are you interested in joining.

It's not a good thing to be too early. Zhong Li wants to bring in the second wife and the Zheng family together. The two people, one is the eldest lady of the Marquis of Wu'an, and the other is the second lady of Zhenbei's mansion. All are incomparable.

As long as they are willing to join, they don't even need to pay much money, as long as they are willing to back up. The second wife told Mrs. Zheng about the matter. It was a good thing, Mrs. Zheng was naturally willing to join in. She didn't have much money, so she sent many maids and wives to assist in the management.

What Zhong Li lacked the most was manpower. With the expansion of Fuyoutang, good managers became more and more important. There happened to be a lot of prudent nanny around the Zheng family. With them, even if there were more children, Management is also much easier.

When Zheng Feiling learned about this, she also invested 1,000 taels of silver. It was not easy for her, an unmarried little girl, to come up with so much money. Li Mingqian had no money, so she donated a lot of books. She has a lot of books since she was a child, and donated more than 200 books to Fuyoutang.