In the end, most of the villagers bought shares.
There are those who are conservative and have an income of less than ten taels of silver, those who are brave enough to invest their family capital, and those who are poor and have an income of several hundred dollars. Of course, some people are too cautious and are not willing to invest after taking a closer look.
It is worth mentioning Aunt Hu. Originally, Aunt Hu’s family and the Bai family were once impoverished twins in Shenshu Village. Later, when the Bai family took off, Aunt Hu’s family was still unable to make ends meet.
Ever since Aunt Hu started cutting threads and winding silk at Baijia Embroidery Workshop, her life has become a little better, and her son's medical expenses have also been paid.
In order to invest this time, Aunt Hu went to great lengths to not only take out all the scraps of copper she had saved in daily life, but also pawned and sold the silver hairpin on her head, the old bracelets on her wrists, and the chickens, ducks and geese at home.
The mother and son were left with half a year's worth of food, and the rest was exchanged for silver, and even the new clothes they wore during the New Year were pawned.
I collected enough twelve taels of silver.
Aunt Hu gritted her teeth and firmly believed that Bai Sanzhuang would make money during his trip to Nanyang, and she would be able to eat soup and meat along with him, so she was willing to risk everything.
Some wealthy families in the village who were originally reluctant to invest capital saw Aunt Hu's enthusiasm and increased their capital.
Because Aunt Hu and Mrs. Bai have a good relationship, and there may be some inside story that others don’t know, it would not be wrong to follow Aunt Hu’s trend.
Aunt Hu unknowingly became the investment benchmark for the villagers.
The biggest sum went to sisters You Qingya and You Hongye, who made two hundred taels together.
Let all the villagers sigh in admiration.
It’s not easy to put together these two hundred taels. Thirty taels were saved by You Qingya from raising and selling pigs over the years, 10 taels were earned by You Hongye at Baijia Embroidery Workshop, and sixty taels were earned by You Lao’s father grinding tofu. The two sisters dug out the money they had saved, and You Qingya borrowed the remaining one hundred taels from Wu Xiaoying.
Everyone's money was handed over to Village Chief Zhao. Dalang, who aspired to become a big businessman, was responsible for participating in the registration. Wu Xiaoying was dragged by Village Chief Zhao to serve as a witness and supervise.
Wu Xiaoying took the initiative again and let Xie Xiaolian, Liu Yishou and others join in the shares.
When the money was finally handed over to Bai Sanzhuang, the whole village had received a total of five hundred taels.
It's already a lot, which greatly eases Bai Sanzhuang's financial pressure on purchasing silk.
Everyone knows that there are profits and losses in doing business, but since the principal has been invested, everyone still hopes to make money.
No matter how much money they make, the Bai family is satisfied with eating meat and drinking soup.
"Xiao Yuanbao, your third brother will definitely make money on this trip, right?"
"Xiao Yuanbao, you won't lose money if you go to Nanyang, right?"
On his way to and from school every day, Xiao Fuyuan would be surrounded by people from the village who had invested money and asked questions. Naturally, she kept in mind Old Mrs. Bai's warning not to tell the villagers that she would definitely make money.
So every time the villagers asked, she would blink her big eyes and pretend to be stupid.
Finally, Bai Banpan found the village chief. Under the pressure and scolding from the village chief, Xiao Fuyuan was able to get rid of the questioning of the villagers.
"Since your sister said this trip can make money, we can't make it easier for outsiders. Can you ask your mother's family if she can get in?" Old Mrs. Bai said to Xie Chuntao.
Xie Chuntao was surprised and happy.
She had had this idea as soon as the idea of investing in the stock came up, because she was worried about being said to be thinking about her parents' family in everything, so she was too shy to mention it.
Now that the boss, Mrs. Bai, has spoken, she is naturally happy to see her family make money.
So Xie Chuntao asked someone to bring a message to her mother's brother and sister-in-law, who rushed over immediately after hearing the news about her.
Knowing that the Bai family was willing to help the Xie family to make a fortune, Xie Chuntao's brother and sister-in-law couldn't help but raise money immediately. Because she has enough trust in the Bai family, her sister-in-law even pawned the hairpin on her head.
Xie Chuntao naturally also used his own private money as capital for his brother and sister-in-law.
However, her brother-in-law and sister-in-law gave her a written note, saying that she could not let her sister-in-law subsidize her, so it was considered a loan.
Here, Mrs. Zhen also sent a message to Grandma Du’s family, and Grandma Du’s family also participated in the business.
As well as Shopkeeper Chen from Shopkeeper Xu’s Steamed Bun Shop in the town, they all participated in the shares one by one.
Xu Jiaojiao went behind Shopkeeper Xu's back and took out her own money to buy shares privately. When she learned that Wu Langzhong was not interested in doing business, she did not buy the shares. She divided her money into two without discussing it with Wu Langzhong. Invested money for him. Xu Jiaojiao had an inexplicable feeling of pity for Wu Langzhong. She thought that Wu Langzhong was a young widower who had a son. He could not make much money practicing medicine on weekdays. Often when he met someone from a poor family, he would not only refuse to accept consultation fees, but would even ask for help. Herbal money.
Xu Jiaojiao just wanted to make some money for Wu Langzhong. After all, he still had a son to raise.
Just before Bai Sanzhuang set off, the Bai family received an uninvited guest.
It was no one else but Chen Jing'er, the sister of Aunt Chen's eldest daughter Chen Xuan'er.
Since Chen Jing'er married Li Zheng's son, she has hardly interacted with the Bai family, even during holidays.
The Bai family was suspicious, and they didn't know why Chen Jing'er was so angry that she suddenly came to the Bai family.
No need to ask, it's either no good or profitable.
"Grandma, aunt, I've wanted to come to your house for a long time, but I'm really busy right now and can't spare the time." Chen Jing'er, dressed in gold and silver, sat in the upper room, completely ignoring the indifference of the Bai family and talking to herself.
Xiao Fuyuan thought to herself that this eldest cousin whom she had never met really captured the essence of Aunt Chen.
"We've been married for four or five years, and we didn't know it would take so long to find time."
On this occasion, it was naturally the Bai family's second sister-in-law, Eugene Gui, who spoke with both guns and sticks.
Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Zhen turned a deaf ear to Eugene Gui's rudeness.
Chen Jing'er's face froze, and she continued without changing her expression: "No, I have been busy these past three to five years. I heard that something happened to my third cousin, so I rushed over. Fortunately, it was a false alarm. I was so anxious when I got the news at home. I originally wanted to use the money to ask my father-in-law to ask someone from the county government. Fortunately, nothing happened."
Chen Jing'er's eyes were red, and she wiped her eyes with a handkerchief as she kept talking.
Xiao Fuyuan was stunned. This eldest cousin was as shameless as her aunt, but she was better at acting than her aunt.
Xiao Fuyuan looked at the second sister-in-law.
Eugene Gui received the look in his sister-in-law's eyes, perked up, and blurted out: "My cousin's family probably doesn't even know where the gate of the county government office faces, right?"
Chen Jing'er was ridiculed by her second cousin over and over again and became furious. Who the hell is her second cousin who dared to talk about her? If it had been back when the Bai family was poor, she would have walked away long ago.
Now
What my mother and sister said was indeed true. I didn't believe it before, but when I came to visit in person, I realized that life at my aunt's house was indeed different from before.
Besides, she still had something to ask of the Bai family, but she couldn't let her second cousin sister-in-law get messed up.
Chen Jing'er suddenly burst into tears and apologized to Mrs. Zhen: "My second cousin's words are so heartbreaking. Aunt, I did a lot of wrong things in the past, but I couldn't help myself when I became someone else's daughter-in-law. I always wanted to supplement my aunt, but the family's money But my aunt is also a daughter-in-law, and she knows the hardships of being a daughter-in-law."
Zhen's face was as dark as water, and she didn't say a word since Chen Jing'er sat down.
After hearing this, I was so angry that my mouth was full of smoke. What do you mean, her mother-in-law, Mrs. Bai, was still sitting next to her.
Is this even scolding my own mother-in-law?
