Chapter 240 A monthly allowance of one tael of silver

"Mother, eldest brother, third brother, fourth sister, don't get excited. I think Father is right." Lin Dayou's words reminded Lin Luoxi.

"Everyone in the family contributes and strives for a better life. It's reasonable for Dad to ask for wages."

Lin Luoxi was deeply moved by her family's protection and felt she couldn't take their love for granted and ignore their sacrifices.

"Dad, Mom, you're both so busy every day that you've both visibly lost weight lately."

"They even have to worry about things more than the villagers who come to work in the village..."

"My eldest brother, third brother, and fourth sister are all contributing their labor to the family."

With labor, you need wages to motivate people to do things better…

In any era, if there's only giving and no receiving, over time, everyone will lose the motivation to strive forward...

Without the drive to strive, how can there be unity? Since there is no unity, this family is doomed.

If we want the Lin family to prosper, we must unite everyone's efforts into one force to become stronger.

"Father and Mother, as the managers, take care of everything at home and outside. How about we calculate it at one tael of silver a month?"

"What? One or two coins a month? This, this..." Lin Dayou thought he had misheard, after all, his initial expectation was twenty coins.

She stood up excitedly, looking at Lin Luoxi uncertainly, her hands trembling with nervousness and excitement as she pinched the symmetrical lines on both sides of her trouser legs.

Lin Luoxi is now paying him dozens of times more than the villagers, it would be a lie to say he's not excited.

"Daughter, isn't this too much?" The royal family was also startled by Lin Luoxi's words.

"Besides, we now have about a hundred people at home. There are so many expenses, you can't just do whatever you want!" The implication is that since they're family, the money should be spent wisely.

"It's alright, Mom, you deserve this wage." Lin Luoxi has plenty of money right now, and since Lin Dayou is asking for his wages, she can use this method to give her parents money openly and honestly.

Although she could give her family a lot of money at once, she was certain that no matter how much she gave, Lin Dayou and Lin Wangshi would never accept it.

By giving them money this way, Lin Dayou and Lin Wangshi would only feel that their labor had been recognized by Lin Luoxi, and they would be able to accept the money with a clear conscience.

"What, do you think it's too little, Father and Mother? How about two taels of silver a month..." Lin Luoxi deliberately misinterpreted her parents' meaning.

“Girl, that’s enough, that’s enough, one tael of silver is enough…” Lin Luoxi spoke up again. Even Lin Dayou, who was shouting for his wages, was getting anxious and kept saying that one tael of silver was enough.

"Yes, daughter, what I mean is that you should be more careful with the money you earn. There are so many people to support at home now, and there are many expenses. Just give me ten or twenty coins."

Lin Wangshi was so anxious that she wished she had more mouths to explain that she didn't mean it that way.

"Oh, so it's two taels of silver. Okay, from now on, Father and Mother will have two taels of silver as a monthly allowance..." Seeing her parents' anxious expressions, Lin Luoxi raised the monthly allowance even higher.

Ignoring the astonished expressions of Lin Wangshi and Lin Dayou, he looked at Lin Wenqian and Lin Wentao.

"Eldest brother, third brother, the family expenses are quite high, and we also have to support your education..."

How about this: you all need to get excellent grades every month to offset your tuition and fees, okay...?

"When you are on leave at home, you will be paid thirty coins a day, how about that?"

Although Lin Luoxi asked this question, she had already decided to proceed. She was asking to see how the two men in the family would react.

"We'll do whatever our second sister says!" Lin Wenqian never expected that Lin Luoxi would come up with such a trick in order to help them improve their studies. She truly lived up to her reputation as his clever and quick-witted sister.

If they want to avoid debt and make money, they have no choice but to study hard and be at the top of their class.

Thinking this, Lin Wenqian suddenly felt immense pressure.

"I'll do whatever my second sister says!"

"I'm going back to my room to study hard," Lin Wentao said, leaving behind the thought that as long as he got excellent grades, he could pay off his debts and make money when he came back from his break. He then ran back to his room.

"Hehehe..." Lin Luoxi couldn't help but laugh when she saw how sharp Lin Wentao was.

"Big brother, Third Brother is working so hard, don't you feel any pressure?" Seeing Lin Wenqian still standing there, Lin Luoxi immediately turned her attention to Lin Wenqian.

"I'm going back to study too!" Seeing the calculating look in Lin Luoxi's eyes, Lin Wenqian made his escape.

"Father, Mother, what are you still doing here watching me? Is it because I'm not satisfied with the wages I gave you..." After sending the two men in the family away, Lin Luoxi turned her gaze to Lin Dayou and his wife.

Lin Dayou and Lin Wangshi exchanged a glance and realized that Lin Luoxi had considered everyone's needs. They also knew that Lin Luoxi's decision was final and would not be changed. They chuckled twice and quickly slipped back into their room.

Their daughter is considerate of their hard work, which is why she is showing her respect to them in this way. They are overjoyed and would never be dissatisfied.

If you were a girl from an ordinary family, you wouldn't know how to earn money, let alone be so filial to your parents at such a young age.

"My second sister and the others have all received their wages, but what about me?" Lin Luoxi had arranged wages for everyone except her, and Lin Luoning was so aggrieved that she almost burst into tears.

"What's the rush? Even though you're a girl, you can't fall behind in reading, writing, or accounting."

"I still want to wait for you to grow up and be able to stand on your own two feet."

"How about this, we'll go for our morning exercise as usual, and after we come back, we'll start reading and learning to read and write, and learn accounting from Sister Chuxia."

"If you learn quickly and have plenty of time, then you'll be paid more for more work. I can consider paying you ten coins a day..."

"If you don't learn it well and spend too much time on it, you won't get paid that day. Do you think my calculation method is okay?" Lin Luoxi has plenty of money and doesn't want her family members to just rely on brute force and not know how to learn new things.

"Okay, I will definitely try my best to learn it in the shortest time so that I can make money in the most time." Lin Luoning was determined to make money.

"Yes, you're motivated, that's good."

"I believe Fourth Sister will soon be able to earn a lot of money."

"Of course, if you can learn those things ahead of time, there will be an extra ten coins as a reward." To boost Lin Luoning's enthusiasm for learning, Lin Luoxi offered this bait again.

"Second sister, can I not sleep tonight?" Lin Luoning was so tempted that she wished she could stay up right now and study hard.

"That won't do. You're still too young. If you don't sleep, you won't grow tall. You'll only be this short, and that would be so ugly."