allonlinenovel Chapter 230: Escaping from Famine and Becoming a Wealthy Family
Chapter 230: Escaping from Famine and Becoming a Wealthy Family
Dabao felt embarrassed after hearing this, but Shen Mazi didn't feel embarrassed at all and continued to point at someone and fool around:
"And that one, he also fell down, and he hasn't fully recovered yet. He still walks with a limp because the ground is uneven. Look, he was pulling the bag there, and he has been injured. Oh!"
Shen Guaizi, the honest man who was pulling the bag: I fell down when I was a kid while climbing a tree to rob a bird's nest. How come anything could be affected by cutting the bark of Eucommia ulmoides?
Shen Guaizi's original name was Shen Maodan. He had three brothers: Gangdan, Tiedan and Maodan.
His two elder brothers got married, but he was still unmarried at the age of 20 because his family was poor and he was crippled by a fall.
My parents passed away two years ago. Fortunately, my two elder brothers and their wives were very nice. The three brothers did not split up even after the loss of their parents, and have been living with their younger brother.
The conversation went off topic again. The people who were bargaining quickly asked Shen Mazi to stop: "Okay, okay, stop it now. If you continue listening, I will have to give you some sympathy money."
Some people bargained and said, "I won't bargain anymore. You are so cruel. I can't argue with you. I'll set it at 500 kilograms. Hurry up and arrange for someone to weigh it for me."
Shen Mazi immediately grinned: "Okay, sir, please wait a moment, boys, what are you doing, quickly fill two bags and weigh 500 kilograms for this sir, weigh it higher."
When the person heard this, he also understood that this was really not a discount, but he could give a few more pounds.
Originally this guy was a bit stingy and liked to bargain with anyone he did business with. At other times, I could always get through him less, but today I finally met my match.
But seeing Shen Mazi say this, he felt much more comfortable and gave him an expression: You can do it, kid. I am optimistic about you.
Shen Mazi thought to himself: "How can it be cheaper? So many people have placed orders, and they bought more than you. Should I give you a discount? Then should I give them a discount?
It would be better to just give him two kilograms, at least he will buy it happily and he won’t have to give others a discount.”
Shen Youyou looked at Uncle Mazi and Uncle Fugui, who were brought up by their father. They had become very capable and no longer shrinked back, dared not speak, or approach others when they saw outsiders in the village.
They were busy until the second half of the night, and only 1,000 kilograms of Eucommia bark were left, which was specially reserved, and 300 kilograms of Pueraria powder also flowed out.
We also sold some of the dried fish they made, in small quantities, some weighing dozens of kilograms, and some weighing hundreds of kilograms.
The heads of each household held a meeting in a large bunk bed to calculate the accounts after sales.
The bark of Eucommia ulmoides was sold for a total of 1,000 taels, the kudzu root powder for 300 taels, and the dried fish for 78 taels.
It was the first time for everyone to see so much money. They earned a total of 1,378 taels of silver in one night.
I was so excited that I touched the silver bills over and over again, and there were many teeth marks on the silver ingots.
Add to that the more than 400 taels I had looted before, and some money spent on food and lodging along the way.
In addition, there are 250 taels of the 2,000 kilograms of Eucommia bark that I sold before.
The total amount of their public money was two thousand and twenty-eight taels.
Shen Zhiqiu took a small notebook that he bound himself and recorded every penny.
"While everyone from each household is here, let me tell you my plan. This is our current income situation, a total of 2,028 taels."
The only girl here, Shen Youyou, was specially approved to sit in on the class. She bumped into her father's arm and said, "Did you forget that there are still three gold cakes?"
Shen Zhiqiu was stunned. Yes, there are still three gold cakes with the grandfather.
This reminded the old master and he started to fuss with clothes to wrap it up. He really had to wrap it layer by layer before he finally got it ready.
A gold cake weighing ten taels each is equivalent to thirty taels, one tael of gold and ten taels of silver.
Shen Zhiqiu made another note: "Then we have 2,328 taels of silver."
In everyone's opinion, Emma! This is too much. From the time when it was more than a thousand taels, they all felt their ears buzzing, and there was only one voice in their heads, more than a thousand taels, more than a thousand taels.
They didn't expect that the money was not just over one thousand taels. They couldn't believe it. After escaping the famine, they not only did not become poor, but also became wealthy.
"Is it really two thousand three hundred taels?" Dahai Ye swallowed and couldn't help but confirm it again.
Master Shen: "It's two thousand three hundred and twenty-eight taels. What's wrong with you? You are not very old, but your memory is not as good as an old man like me."
Dahaiye smiled apologetically: "Uncle Qi, isn't it because I was too excited?"
He turned around and confirmed again: "Xiao Sanzi, it's 2,328 taels, right?"
The voice was spoken cautiously, for fear of being heard by passers-by.
Shen Zhiqiu: “…”
He saw that everyone was not sleepy at all at this time, and they were staring at him with bright eyes and nodded to indicate: It is true.
"According to our per capita distribution, each person should be able to get eight taels and six cents of silver. But it really can't be divided like this. After all, they are of different ages, and the kids can't get the same as the strong laborers. Let's work out a rule."
Without waiting for anyone to say anything, Master Shen quit:
"What are you going to divide? Xiao Sanzi, you keep half of the money, and the other half will be used to buy food and land, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea when we get to the place. All of these things will cost money. Besides, without you, we won't be able to earn so much money."
Everyone also said at the same time: "Xiao Sanzi, you can do whatever you want. You don't have to report to us. If you can't remember, just do it. You don't have to share. We spent a lot of money on hotel accommodation and meals every day."
Indeed, there were so many of them that one meal would cost a lot of money in food, not to mention the cost of staying in a hotel.
Shen Laoshi was also chewing on a big white steamed bun, his mouth bulging. Although he had eaten some in the evening, he was hungry again after working, and his stomach was rumbling. It happened that there were still some dry food given by the soup kitchen in the evening, so he ate a bite.
With food still in his mouth, he shouted: "If the flowers are gone, please let us know. We have plenty of strength. Even if we settle down and carry bags, we can still earn some food."
Master Shen slapped him on the back of the head:
"Just eat your food, and stop talking. You're carrying a lot of bags. Can you earn enough food for your family? From now on, you should do whatever Xiao Sanzi tells you to do. He's smart, and he will definitely not let you go hungry."
Shen Zhiqiu also saw that he was interrupting and kept talking about something else:
"Okay, big money, two thousand taels, let Grandpa and my father keep half each, in case something happens, it won't be all lost at once, and I'll take the twenty-eight taels for daily expenses.
After we settle down, we will see how the houses and land are divided over there, whether we need to pay money, and how much we need to pay. If there is any left by then, we will divide it up.
But I have to tell you my plan first. After we settle down, I plan to take care of the farming and do some small business. When I provide the prescription, I will really take the lion's share. For example, if it is 100%, I will take 40%. "
The grandfather waved his hands and said, "Xiao Sanzi, you can help them make money and just pay them some wages."
Others also said: "Yes, just give us some wages. It was not easy to find a job near home in my hometown before."
Shen Zhiqiu waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet: "It's settled. I'll take 40% and the rest will be shared among you. But I still need to figure out how to divide it."
Shen Youyou yawned: "It's too early to talk about that, Dad. What time is it now? Let's go to bed after we finish discussing it."
It was already late at night before everyone had a good rest. Shen Youyou sighed that ever since they traveled through time, their family and the people in Shenjia Village had been working like robots non-stop!