Da Niu nodded immediately, "Yes, we did distribute New Year's goods last year when you weren't here, but they were all pretty standard and nothing special, but the guys were very happy. This year our business is good, so let's make everyone happy."

"Let's keep some liquid capital on the books," Shu Yu said thoughtfully. "Well, after deducting that, the rest is what we'll split between the two of us."

Shu Yu scribbled on the paper, and after finishing, she pushed the paper in front of Da Niu, saying, "This is your share of the profits for the past two years, rounded up to five thousand."

Da Niu held his breath, staring at the numbers on the paper, unresponsive for a long time.

After a long pause, he finally said, "These are all my share?"

"certainly."

Da Niu stared at it for a long time, then grinned.

He had certainly seen large sums of silver before, but that was workshop money, merely passing through his hands. This was his own money, which he could control at will from now on; the concept was completely different.

If it were four years ago, no, even three years ago, Da Niu would never have imagined that he could have five thousand taels of silver in his lifetime.

Back in Shangshi Village, his biggest dream was to earn a hundred taels of silver in his lifetime, which would be the most amazing thing he could ever do.

How many hundred taels does he have now...?

Shu Yu counted out the silver notes and handed them to him, saying, "Keep them. Now that you have some money, you can buy a house, a shop, or do whatever you want."

Da Niu chuckled, "I haven't decided what to do with the money yet. I'll discuss it with your sister-in-law when I get back. We can save it as a dowry for Zaozao in the future."

“Zaozao is not even two years old yet.” Shu Yu’s lips twitched.

"The child will grow very quickly, so now is the perfect time to start preparing."

Shu Yu sighed, said nothing more, and put her share into another box. Then she tidied up. "Alright, the money has been divided. Tell the managers that we'll have a New Year's Eve dinner on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month and give everyone bonuses."

She paused, then added, "We didn't do much the past two years, so this time we'll do a bigger one and allow family members to come."

"Okay."

Da Niu took his silver notes and went out, where he spoke a few words to the managers.

"You can take a count later to see how many people are coming, and then you can start preparing in advance."

The managers nodded repeatedly. Although the host had said that family members could be brought, without even mentioning how many, they all understood that it couldn't be too casual. These days, some families have five, six, or even ten members. What if they heard there was a free meal and brought their entire families?

The Lu family workshop has expanded several times since then, and the number of employees has also increased. Not to mention anything else, there are now five managers in their workshop. Among so many people, it's hard to guarantee that there won't be some greedy and unscrupulous workers who have no self-control.

Therefore, after discussing it, the group indicated that they could bring family members, but only one person per family member, and one child under the age of six could also be brought along.

After they discussed it, they asked Da Niu for his opinion. Da Niu nodded and said, "Let's do it this way. You guys count the number of people."

The managers agreed and immediately went to the workshop to inform everyone, and all the workers cheered excitedly.

Hearing the cheers inside, Da Niu smiled. Since it was getting late, he simply went back to the village to find his wife's hidden silver notes.