"Fifty taels of silver, five taels of silver." Xiao Song muttered softly, "Earning five taels of silver a day, a month is..."
"One hundred and fifty taels." Xiao Mu answered for him.
"Second brother, I have an idea." Xiao Song's voice trembled.
"What do you think?" Xiao Mu asked.
"Can you teach me arithmetic? I want to learn to do business in the future, even if I make five taels of silver a month."
"What's so difficult about this!" Xiao Mu responded.
He had also persuaded his eldest brother before that instead of working as a coolie, it would be better to go to the mountains with him to collect herbs and earn more.
However, Xiao Song never let go.
Firstly, the fields cannot be separated from people. With both of them gone, there is no one to do the work at home. Secondly, he feels that he is not a business material. He just works hard to make money, which makes him feel at ease.
It wasn't until he witnessed Ye Luoxin's process of making money with his own eyes and was stimulated by so many copper coins that he was finally tempted.
"I will buy an abacus when I go to the city tomorrow and teach you arithmetic slowly."
As soon as Xiao Mu finished speaking, the little girl's voice came from the yard.
"Sister, I have made today's flowers, can you take a look?"
It's the big flower next door.
When Ye Luoxin left, she gave all the rags to Dahua and asked her to make some during the day.
She walked out and saw Dahua sitting on the wall, smiling and holding a basket filled with ready-made rag flowers.
"There are twenty-five in total. I've done everything." She held the hem of her clothes with one hand, feeling a little nervous.
"So fast?" Ye Luoxin was a little surprised. She took the basket and looked at it. The flowers inside were even more delicate than those made yesterday.
"Let me see, how long are your hands? Why are they so clever?"
She smiled and took Dahua's hand, but her smile quickly disappeared.
Dahua's thin palms were covered with dry cracks and fine lines, and the fingers were covered with calluses and felt very rough.
It didn't look like the hands of a teenage girl at all.
Before coming to Xiao's house, Ye Luoxin's own hands were like this.
But now... She looked at her palms. She didn't know where to start. The originally rough palms had become more and more delicate.
"You did a good job." Ye Luoxin recovered her thoughts and took out 5 cents from her pocket, "You did better today than yesterday. The extra two cents are your reward!"
"Is this okay?" Dahua fiddled with his clothes with both hands, hesitating and not daring to accept the money.
"Why not? You earned it with your own hands." Ye Luoxin took her hand and put the copper plate into her rough palm.
"You are very skillful with your hands. Why don't you learn to do some embroidery work? You can support yourself by doing embroidery work."
"My mother won't let me." Dahua's expression darkened: "To do embroidery work, you have to buy fabrics and colored threads. My family has no money to buy them."
"Then I'll give you the remaining rags."
Ye Luoxin thought for a while, then returned to the room, took a few bundles of thin threads from the basket, and handed them to Dahua.
"Practice your hands with these first. If you can really embroider well, I'll take you to the embroidery shop to see if you can get any work."
Ye Luoxin also knows a little about the situation of the Zhao family. Now that there is no father, the family is entirely supported by Mrs. Zhao. It is difficult for Dahua and Xiaohua to get ahead. If Dahua strives for her own success, Ye Luoxin is still willing to help. of.
"Really?" A smile bloomed on Dahua's face, like a person who fell into the water and finally grabbed a life-saving straw.
"Don't worry, sister, I will definitely embroider well."
After a while, Xu Zhengxiang and others came back.
Ye Luoxin asked Xiao Jing to send the remaining pair of pig's trotters to Mr. Kong, and then reported today's income to Xu Zhengxiang.
"A total of 7,200 Wen were sold, and we have already tied up the money."
Xu Zhengxiang was confused when he heard it, but he remembered the 7,200 coins that Ye Luoxin said.
She looked in disbelief: "Ouyou, you can make so much money selling pig's trotters. Let me see. From now on, you all should stop being busy with your family affairs and focus on making pig's trotters."
Ye Luoxin laughed: "Mom, it's not that easy. After autumn, it will be difficult to sell these pig's trotters. After selling these fifty pairs, we have to consider selling other products."
"That's the truth." Xu Zhengxiang nodded: "Don't worry, no matter what you want to sell in the future, my mother will support you!"
Ye Luoxin wanted to hand over the 7,200 coins sold that day, but Xu Zhengxiang refused.
"This year the second brother has already paid his father-in-law's money. From now on, all the money you and your wife earn will belong to you. You are now older. From now on, you only need to pay 2 taels of silver for the first and second houses every year. Your father and I are getting older. , I don’t want to worry so much anymore.”
"Now that the money belongs to me,"
Ye Luoxin reopened the worn copper coins, counted 500 coins and gave them to Xu Zhengxiang, gave another 500 coins to Yang Feng, and gave another 250 coins to Xiao Mu, and then said: "This time everyone sold pig trotters. Please treat this money as wages for everyone."
"It's our duty to help you. We're all one family, so how can we talk about wages?" Xu Zhengxiang said angrily.
"The family also needs to settle accounts clearly. The day when our family will make money will come later. We can't all help me. In the end, all the money will fall into my own pocket.
From now on, I will pay everyone according to their contribution. Mom, sister-in-law, just keep it. "
Seeing Ye Luoxin's resolute attitude, Xu Zhengxiang signaled Yang Feng and Xiao Jing to collect the money.
Ever since she married into the Xiao family, Yang Feng had never saved so much money.
When Ye Luoxin handed 500 coins to her, she quickly handed the money to Xu Zhengxiang.
"Mom, we haven't paid enough for this year's father-in-law's money, so I'll give it all to you."
Xu Zhengxiang slowly put his share into the box, and then said: "Since it is the salary Luoxin gave you, you should keep it well. My husband's money is not in a hurry. You can also buy something for yourself."
"Thank you, mother!" Yang Feng almost cried.
Her hands holding the money were trembling. With money, she could go to the market to buy fried cakes, as well as candied haws, sesame candies, osmanthus cakes...
No, she touched her belly and suddenly woke up.
She can't spend so much, she has to save the money...
After Yang Feng, Xiao Jing also handed the money to Xu Zhengxiang.
"Mom, all the food I use comes from my family, so just hand over my money."
"Okay, neither of you understood what I said, right?
When your eldest and second brothers were your age, I never asked them to pay money to the family. Just keep what your sister-in-law gave you and save it to buy the books you like to read. "
Xu Zhengxiang made the decision, and the whole family happily returned to their room to count the money.
Ye Luoxin and Xiao Mu began to prepare food boxes for tomorrow.
Xiao Mu wrote and Ye Luoxin decorated with flowers.
When Xiao Mu reached the fifth food box, he heard Ye Luoxin say: "You are good at writing this word. Have you practiced it for many years?"
