Chapter 34 Wages
After Ye Caiping finished cleaning the things, she closed the door and started counting money.
Ye Jin'er and Ye Huan'er couldn't help but gasp when they saw the copper coins scattered all over the table.
"We'll buy one string for 20 cents."
The mother and her two daughters picked up the rope and started working.
Quarter of an hour later, all the copper coins were strung together. Ye Caiping counted them and found that there were more than 50 strings, with more than a dozen copper coins scattered around.
"One, two, three..." Ye Jin'er counted while taking a breath, and her voice trembled at the end: "Sixty, sixty-one... We have sixty-one strings of money, adding up... it's..."
"It's 1220 wen, which is one tael and two qian," said Ye Caiping.
"One tael and two cents? We earned one tael and two cents today?" Ye Huan'er almost screamed out loud, and Ye Jin'er covered her mouth with her hand.
Ye Caiping said, "We still have to deduct the cost. Today, two buckets of spicy soup cost about 400 coins. Let's just take it as 400 coins. After deducting it, plus these 16 copper coins, the total is 836 coins."
The two sisters were in disbelief.
Ye Jin'er looked wooden: "We earn more than a month's wages in one day..."
Strong laborers only earned 20 wen a day for carrying heavy bags, and 600 wen for a month. It was considered good for a waiter in a restaurant to earn 500 wen a month.
But they actually made so much money in one day.
"Is this money... so easy to make?" Ye Jin'er was stunned. "It's like it has legs and runs into our pockets by itself."
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "As long as we find the method and the way, we will have long legs."
That’s how making money works. If there’s drought, you’ll die of drought. If there’s flood, you’ll die of flood.
When she worked in a factory before, her monthly salary was only 5,000 yuan. She felt that making money was so difficult, really so difficult.
When you have achieved some success in your own business, you will realize that making money is not difficult. As long as you find the right method and way, money will come to you.
"How come these people are so rich and willing to spend so much! They spend every penny." Ye Huaner expressed her incomprehension.
Ye Caiping touched her head and said, "Don't judge other people's spending power by your own financial ability."
The two sisters were confused. What is economic consumption?
Ye Caiping took out 6 coins and gave each of them 3 coins: "Here, this is your pocket money."
The two sisters were slightly startled, and Ye Jin'er waved her hand quickly: "No need, mother. You said that we would move out in the future, and this money is for building a house."
"We don't need your six cents to build a house. We'll add another bucket tomorrow, and we'll make more than today. Take it."
The two sisters looked at each other, then smiled and replied, "Thank you, mother."
"Okay, let's go out and play!"
After the two of them left, Ye Caiping took out another 30 cents and put the rest into the space.
Although the space is small, it is enough to store money and meat.
When Ye Caiping left the house, she saw Old Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wei chatting loudly. One was sweeping the chicken coop, while the other two were sewing shoe soles. It was quite lively.
Ye Caiping walked over to Old Lady Ye and said, "Mother, take this."
As he said this, he stuffed 30 coins into her hand.
Old Lady Ye's eyes widened: "Why are you giving me money?"
"This is my wages, 30 cents a day."
Old Mrs. Ye was even more shocked, and even Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wei beside her stopped needlework.
"What are you doing? We are a family, so why do we need to give money?"
"That's different. Brothers, we should settle accounts clearly. You should accept the money, otherwise I won't dare to ask you for help again."
When Old Lady Ye heard the words "Brothers should settle accounts clearly", she suddenly came to her senses.
The family has not been divided yet, and no matter whether it is the first or second wife, all work done and income must be handed over.
But Ye Caiping's situation was a little vague.
If they were counted as one family, then every penny Ye Caiping earned would have to be handed over.
But the last time Ye Caiping started her business, everyone agreed that this was Ye Caiping's dowry money, and whether she made a profit or a loss, it was hers.
If he gets involved in his daughter's business, he's afraid that when Caiping gets married or something, her family will have ideas about Ye Caiping's money or business.
If you collect the wages yourself, it will be a different story.
Old Lady Ye understood and accepted it: "Okay, it's true that brothers should settle accounts clearly, so I'll take it. But this... 30 coins? It's too much, no, no, I only worked for a whole morning, 10 coins is enough."
As she was about to push the money back, Ye Caiping held her hand and said angrily, "Mother, just take it. This is my daughter's gift to you."
When she heard the word "filial piety", Mrs. Ye's eyes turned red. She never thought that she would receive filial piety from her daughter during her lifetime.
Only then did Old Lady Ye accept it, and her eyes were wrinkled with laughter.
Ye Caiping gave the money in front of her two sisters-in-law. In addition to the part that Old Lady Ye wanted to understand, there were other meanings behind it.
One is to tell them that she will not take advantage of her family and she will pay them the wages they deserve.
Second, when she eats meat, she always has to let others drink some soup, otherwise even the most generous and tolerant person will feel uncomfortable.
Although he doesn't show off his wealth, it's just small amounts of money at the moment. If family members start to quarrel over this little amount of money, then there's no need to keep in touch with such relatives in the future.
At this time, Ye Jiner and Ye Huaner ran in excitedly, went to the woodshed and found a backpack to carry on their backs.
Ye Caiping called them: "Where are you going?"
"The wild jujubes on the mountain are ripe. Everyone is picking them. Yinhua is there too."
Having not eaten fruit for such a long time, Ye Caiping was a little greedy: "I'll go too."
After the mother and daughter left the house, Old Lady Ye also returned to her room.
Wei then spoke in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, how much money did you say my younger sister made? She made 30 coins at once!"
Mrs. Du rolled her eyes and said, "Pfft, how much she earns is none of my business. Can she give me some to spend? She still has some conscience and remembers to pay me wages."
"If I give you 30 wen today, what about tomorrow? If I give you 30 wen every day, that would be almost one or two wen a month!"
"Oh my god! That's a lot of money! If we save it up for another year or two, Yong'er will have a chance to get married, right? Mother must be exhausted today, let me give her a massage."
Having said that, Mrs. Du could no longer sit still. She threw the shoe sole in her hand into the basket, turned around and ran away.
Wei was stunned when she saw her sister-in-law running away while talking.
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