"Wait a minute, I'm almost done with my ledger."
The pen in Su Luo's hand was snatched away by Nangong Qing and put aside.
"Feed the fish first, then we'll do it, otherwise it'll rain again soon."
Su Luo was forcibly dragged onto the wooden arch bridge by Nangong Qing.
She held a bowl of fish food in her left hand, and the two of them fed the fish together.
The torrential rain washed away all the branches and vegetation.
The air became fresher, and the clouds and mist still lingered over the distant mountains. The two stood side by side on the bridge, feeding the fish.
Like a divine couple, this harmonious scene makes one want to capture it in a painting.
But not everyone thinks that way.
Yan Chuan and Brother He had just returned from the academy when they entered the door and saw this scene.
Shi Shuang pulled the carriage to the backyard, which is why she didn't come in from the front yard with the two of them.
Although Yan Chuan is young, he understands everything, his little hands clenched into fists.
He didn't immediately start hitting, scolding, or crying, because he knew that his mother and Nangong Qing had business ties.
Suppressing his displeasure, he spoke to Brother He behind him.
"Brother He, go to the backyard and find my grandma. Serve dinner right away. I'm hungry. I want to eat now."
"Yes, young master!"
He jogged down the corridor.
After feeding the fish, Su Luo turned to go back to her study.
Nangong Qing followed behind her, and heard Yan Chuan's voice before even entering the door.
"Mom, Uncle Nangong, Grandma is calling you to eat."
Yan Chuan jogged up to Su Luo, a smile on his face, and said...
"Mother, it rained heavily today, and the carts delivering vegetables to the academy overturned. I didn't eat enough at noon, and I'm so hungry now."
Seeing that her son was suddenly becoming a little clingy, Su Luo took Yan Chuan's hand.
"I'm hungry. Let's go eat together."
"Um!"
Su Luo invited Nangong Qing to go to the hall together. At the dinner table, Yan Chuan asked Yi Huan to sit next to Su Luo, while he himself sat on the other side of Su Luo.
That means they don't want Nangong Qing to get close to his mother.
"Chuan Chuan, it's raining and thundering today, the roads are slippery and difficult to walk on. Are you still going to the academy tomorrow?"
Zhao Ruyun was very worried about her grandson's safety when traveling, as the roads from the village to the county were all dirt roads.
Even traveling by horse-drawn carriage is not safe.
"Grandma, there's a landslide on the road in front of the college. Dean Fan said we should wait until the rain stops in a few days before going."
The teacher has assigned a lot of homework, and we can study at home for the next couple of days.
"Okay! It's dangerous these days, so we can't go to the river to play even if we're at home. The river is flooded."
Zhao Ruyun explained that, after all, the two children were neither too old nor too young.
If someone were to accidentally run out, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"It's Grandma. Neither my sister nor I will go out to play."
As they were finishing their meal, Yan Chuan earnestly invited Nangong Qing to join him.
"Uncle Nangong, I've heard that your calligraphy is excellent. My teacher has been saying that my handwriting is not good these past few days. Could you teach me?"
Nangong Qing lived at home doing nothing, eating and living there for free. Yan Chuan couldn't refuse this request.
Yan Chuan also thought of this.
His mother didn't have feelings for Nangong Qing, so he kept pestering Nangong Qing.
To prevent Nangong Qing from always appearing in front of his mother.
"Okay, there are certain tricks to writing. You must be practicing a technique incorrectly. I'll take a look at it for you tonight."
"Well, then I'll thank Uncle Nangong in advance."
Yan Chuan wore an excited smile on his face, but who could know the little scheme he was plotting?
Nangong Qing never imagined that one day she would fall into a child's trap.
Since he agreed to Chen Yanchuan's request, he hasn't been able to leave the East Courtyard at all.
As soon as I woke up and opened the door, Yanchuan was already waiting outside. Today he would teach me to write, and tomorrow he would teach me to draw.
He either couldn't understand the article, or he asked Nangong Qing to check his homework.
In short, whenever he went to the outhouse and came back, Yan Chuan would be waiting for him outside the door.
It is unknown what Yan Chuan said to Zhao Ruyun.
Su Zuo and Su You brought the meals to the east courtyard every day.
Now, Nangong Qing can't even go out to the main hall for a meal.
He was only freed when the sun came out, Yan Chuan went to the academy, and they returned to Yongle County.
...
A month later, the whole village gathered at the entrance of the soy sauce factory. Despite it being the busy farming season, not a single person went out to farm today.
Because today there is a very big event in the village: the soy sauce factory is going to distribute the first batch of dividends to everyone.
Gradually, a total of 20,000 jin of soy sauce were sold, and there are still more than 10,000 jin in stock.
Wang Dehou sold 18,000 jin of the product wholesale from Changping Village, and also sold 2,000 jin in his shop in Yongle County.
The village chief read the accounts to the villagers.
"Fellow villagers, today I have the account book in my hand, and I have clearly calculated all the profits from our soy sauce business."
Whose dividends are greater and whose are less will be calculated based entirely on the amount of money you initially invested.
This is the village's soy sauce factory, and everyone has the right to see the detailed accounts. I will now read the calculated accounts to you.
The village chief opened the ledger, cleared his throat, and not a single person in the village interrupted him.
"The soy sauce factory sold 18,000 catties from our village. At 30 wen per catty, they earned 540,000 wen, which is 540 taels in total."
Wang Dehou sold 2,000 catties at his shop in Yongle County. At 35 wen per catty, he earned 70,000 wen, which is equivalent to 70 taels of silver.
Five hundred and forty taels plus seventy taels, and the whole village earned six hundred and ten taels this month.
A collective gasp of amazement erupted throughout the village.
"This is way too much silver! There's so much silver..."
"That's a lot of silver."
"That's right, there are still more than 10,000 catties of this batch of soy sauce waiting to be sold. Once they're all sold, I wonder how much silver we'll have left."
"Think about how good the days ahead will be."
The village chief asked everyone to be quiet and continued, "Of the six hundred and ten taels, after deducting the fifteen taels for renting the shop in Yongle County, there are still five hundred and ninety taels left."
Chen Ping'an and Wang Dehou were paid 30 wen a day at the soy sauce factory, 900 wen a month, and 2.700 wen in three months. They lost 5.400 wen.
Including the wages of the villagers who came to keep watch later, the total came to eight taels of silver.
After deductions, we still have 587 taels of silver left, which is the dividend for our entire village.
The village chief was also very excited, his voice was trembling, and he shouted with his feet on the table.
"I will distribute the remaining silver to everyone proportionally. Those I call, please come up."
Chen Ping'an and Wang Dehou carried a large box of silver, half of which was made of silver coins, making it very heavy.
"The largest shareholder of our soy sauce factory is Su Luo, with a 30% stake. He receives a dividend of 176 taels and 10 cash. This small amount is not included in the dividends for Su Luo and the rest of us major shareholders."
After the village chief finished reading, Wang Dehou and Chen Ping'an counted out the silver and gave it to Su Luo in front of the village's elders.
Having received 176 taels, Su Luo stepped back to make room for others to enter.
"The second one is Li Niu, 1.5% share, rounded down, 88 taels of silver."
"Wow, the Li Niu family has really struck it rich."
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