Chapter 33

Wang Daya was both excited and embarrassed: "Are you really going to give it to me?"

Gu Xinxin nodded: "Give it to me, of course, just come."

Wang Daya nodded vigorously and went home with the honey twisted dough sticks given by Gu Xinxin.

Gu Xinxin didn't need to care about how the Wang family discussed this matter. She now had to find a way to get Gu Daniu to agree.

As expected, when she brought it up, Gu Chen started to protest loudly, using the same old excuse, saying that she used to do things herself, so why did Gu Xinxin now have this problem of being a young lady and had to hire people to do the work?

The family has only made a few bucks, and they've already burned Gu Xinxin's clothes to the ground? Can't you just work harder and get it done yourself? You still want to be a young lady, so why not hire a maid to serve you?

Gu Xinxin analyzed to Gu Daniu: "If I do it myself, I can only make one basket a day at most. You can probably make three taels of silver from trading. With two people, that's three baskets, nine taels of silver. All you need to pay is eight more copper coins a day. I won't say much about my stepmother being an idiot, but you can't figure this out, right?"

Gu Daniu was silent for a moment and counted the copper coins: "I'll give you eight more copper coins every day. This is for the rest of this month."

He didn't care whether Gu Xinxin gave it all at once or every day. After all, Wang Daya was also a little girl and was friends with Gu Xinxin. As an elder, he didn't ask too much.

Gu Chen's eyes were almost red. She noticed that Gu Daniu was now listening to Gu Xinxin more and more.

If this goes on...will she still have a place in this family?

Even if there was, would the money earned by the family in the future be divided among Gu Wenshu and Gu Qiuhe? Gu Xinxin was very cruel and must still be holding a grudge against her for the way she had treated them all these years.

Anyway, these honey twists are not difficult to make. Gu Chen pursed her lips, lowered her eyes and said nothing.

The business was even better the next day. Honey fried dough twists are not eaten as a meal, but as a snack. So if I bought them before, I would keep thinking about them. If I didn’t buy them the next day, I would have to buy more today.

Besides, the town has a large population, and they need 10 to 20 of them, and 30 to 40 of them - they can be kept, fried and baked, and will be fine for three to five days.

In the afternoon, Gu Daniu came back carrying the frame, and then sat down to count the money. This time he gave Gu Xinxin 120 copper coins.

Business on the third day was not as good as on the second day, but we still sold two baskets.

Starting from the fourth day, the amount of money slowly began to stabilize, but it was still profitable, at least four taels of silver a day.

In other words, Gu Xinxin earned forty copper coins a day, just from Gu Daniu. Second Aunt's business also began to slow down, with a maximum of three taels of silver a day, and most of the time more than two taels.

However, the auntie immediately filled this gap. Potato chips were a new and rare thing. As soon as they came on the market, they became popular among all the children. Although adults also ate them, they could control themselves. But it was different for children. If they liked something, they would have to eat it to their heart's content.

In the first three days, the old lady's income was no less than eight taels of silver.

However, it was only glorious for four or five days, and it started to decline on the sixth day, with the daily income being at most three taels of silver.

Three taels here, three taels there, plus the four taels from Gu Daniu, Gu Xinxin can earn a total of one hundred and thirty copper coins a day.

Of course, she also had fixed expenses, such as the four copper coins she gave to Wang Daya and the money she spent on buying pens, ink, paper and inkstone for Gu Xiangrong.

So there wasn't much she could save. When she counted at the end of the month, she only had fifty copper coins in total, which was not even enough for her to buy a set of clothes.

At the end of the month, Gu Daniu planned to stop trading for two days because his recent business was not as prosperous as before. In addition, he always felt that hunting was his forte and he could not delay it. If he did not go up the mountain for a long time, he would become rusty and his skills would fall behind. So he took advantage of the time when Gu Wenshu and Gu Xiangrong were resting at home to take the two brothers up the mountain to teach them skills such as hunting and setting traps.

Since she wasn't doing business, Gu Chen said early in the morning, "I'm taking Qiu He back to my parents' home. It's almost July, isn't it? The weather is getting cooler, so I'll ask if they can help turn over the bedding for my parents."

Turning over means removing the original one, taking out the cotton and drying it in the sun, then banging it. If the knots are serious, it needs to be re-bounced. If the knots are not serious, wash the quilt cover and dry it in the sun before sewing it back on.

Old Lady Gu didn't dare say anything to Gu Daniu, but she didn't care about Gu Chenshi. She immediately said sarcastically, "Oh, your parents are so pitiful. They are a family with no descendants. They don't even have a son?"

Generally, this kind of disassembly and cleaning work is done by the daughter-in-law at home.

Without waiting for Gu Chen to speak, Old Lady Gu looked at Gu Daniu and said, "I am also a pitiful person. No one even thinks of turning over my bedding for me."

Gu Chen looked at Gu Xinxin, who waved her hand, "I'm busy. I finally have two days off. I want to think carefully about the bookkeeping Xiang Rong taught me and calculate our family's accounts for this period of time."

She looked at Daniu and said, "We need to know the net profit of our business."

Gu Daniu paused and nodded: "Xinxin is right, then Xinxin will settle the accounts at home. You go back today, come back tomorrow, and check our mother's bedding the day after tomorrow."

Gu Chen's eyes were red with anger, and after a while she said, "Okay, I understand."

He glared at Gu Xinxin behind her back, but Gu Xinxin didn't seem to mind. She turned to Gu Xiangrong and asked for paper and pen, intending to start settling the score the next day.

For those who do business, no matter the size of your business, or whether it is good or bad, keeping accounts is the most basic thing. Otherwise, after a long time, your mind will easily become confused, and once your mind is confused, you will not be able to tell whether you are making a loss or a profit.

If you're making money, you need to find ways to increase marketing and take advantage of this trend to make more money. If you're losing money, you must immediately cut your losses, consider where the problem is, and make adjustments.

Otherwise, if you make money in a confused way and lose money in a confused way, then you will be a complete fool.

She remembers every detail, including what she bought and how much she bought on that day.

When Gu Daniu came back from the mountain at noon, he held the account book and explained to him, "We're definitely making money now, but judging by the current trend, I'm afraid our business won't last long. We're not making that much money anymore. I heard from Xiang Rong that the snack shop in town is also selling small twisted dough sticks lately."

Gu Daniu was silent for a moment before he said, "They sell honey-coated small twisted dough sticks."

There is only one word difference, but honey twisted dough sticks are made with sugar, not honey.