Chapter 379 Time to Divide the Money

"Okay! I'll go with you!"

Wang Lijuan figured she had nothing to do that evening anyway, and Lao Lu would cook for her when he got back, so she gritted her teeth and thought, "That's settled!" and went home with Cen Yan.

At this moment, the area in front of Cen Yan's house was already packed with people. Some had made lipsticks before and were waiting at the door to get their share of the money, while others hadn't made lipsticks before and were just looking to see if they were really getting a share, and how much. If they got a lot, they would ask Cen Yan if she wanted anyone else to work with.

There were at least twenty-five or twenty-six people, chatting away, making it even more lively than a vegetable market.

"What's all this noise about! You're all so short-sighted. I've already told you Xiao Cen is resting, and you're still making a racket. Do you believe I'll sew your mouths shut with a needle and thread? You're all chattering away, it's giving me a headache."

Aunt Tang was a staunch supporter of Cen Yan, and the thought that Cen Yan might be disturbed from her sleep immediately made her give her comrades a cold look.

Knowing that Aunt Tang was not someone to be trifled with, everyone grumbled but ultimately said nothing. However, wherever there are people, there is a world of intrigue.

After only half a minute of quiet, people started chattering again.

However, this time the noise wasn't as loud as before, and Aunt Tang didn't condemn them outright, letting them chat as they pleased.

As long as it doesn't disturb Cen Yan's rest, it's fine.

"Aunt Tang, sisters-in-law, are you all here?" Cen Yan's voice came from outside.

Seeing that she had actually come back from outside, Aunt Tang blushed. "Xiao Cen, weren't you taking a nap? When did you go out?"

Cen Yan smiled faintly, "A little incident happened, and I didn't get to sleep."

"How about you comrades go back first, and we can share the money after you've rested?"

"No need, ladies, please go inside and wait. I'll go in and get the account books and money."

Cen Yan knew that these sisters-in-law, whether they had money to share or not, had been looking forward to it for a long time.

She wasn't used to procrastinating, and it wasn't really appropriate for her to keep the money her sisters-in-law had consigned with her.

The sooner we divide the money, the sooner we can settle one worry and then move on to the next thing.

Cen Yan went into the house, took out the ledger she used to record her side business of lipsticks, and was also holding a metal mooncake box in her hand. She opened it and found loose change inside.

Seeing so many loose change, including one or two cents, ten or fifty cents, one or five dollars, and even ten dollars, made everyone's hearts burn with excitement.

Aunt Tang was the most enthusiastic person to take on a side business, and her name was prominently listed at the top of this month's money-sharing list.

"Tang Xiangcao made a total of fifty lipsticks. We consigned them to the public at a price of five cents each, and the total sales amounted to twenty-five yuan."

Aunt Tang's heart leaped with excitement. What? She could get twenty-five yuan? That's almost a month's salary for a sales clerk at the supply and marketing cooperative!

But before Aunt Tang could be happy, Cen Yan continued.

"But here, I want to explain something to all you ladies: when you consign lipsticks to a department store, you need to pay a 5% handling fee on the selling price."

"Aunt Tang's lipstick sales totaled 25 yuan, and the handling fee was 1.25 yuan. But the beeswax and lard used to make the lipstick were all obtained from me. At that time, you received a total of 7 yuan in costs, and now you have received 16.75 yuan."

"The handling fees and selling prices I mentioned above are all publicly available and transparent data from the department store, and I welcome all of you ladies to supervise and investigate at any time."

"Aunt Tang, it's sixteen yuan and seventy-five cents. If you have no objection to this amount, sign your name on this page of the ledger. If you can't write, just put your fingerprint on it."