"Mom, you're exaggerating. Let me finish my account first. One-third is 52 taels and 950 coins, so the eldest brother's family and the second brother's family will each get 52 taels and 950 coins."
"More than 50 taels." Dahai almost jumped up, and Zhang waved her hands excitedly.
Both Yan Dashan and his wife were stunned. They had never thought that they could get more than 50 taels in a month.
Chun Xiao knew they were happy, but she didn't join them in the celebration. She just counted the silver on the table. After everyone's excitement died down, they sat down and stared at her counting the silver. When the silver was pushed in front of them, they really felt that they had the money.
"In just one month, not only have we made back our original capital, but we've also earned an extra 20 taels. Dad, look at us, aren't we amazing?"
Yan Bingfa laughed from ear to ear, "Awesome, you are all awesome. Watching you get paid makes your mother and I feel itchy."
Dahe took out a handful of money and said, "I'm in a good mood today, so I'll give you 4 coins and 50 copper coins as pocket money." After giving it to her, he burst into laughter, and then pushed all the money to Zhang.
"If we make back the investment, then we will make pure profit in the next few months." Dashan exclaimed in amazement. He really didn't expect such a considerable profit.
If she collected fifty taels a month, how much money she would earn in a year was something Tian couldn't even imagine.
"Okay, I've divided the money among you. Hurry up and pack it up." Seeing them standing there in a daze, Zhou said, "Chunxiao, do you have any extra cloth bags? Lend them some."
Chunxiao put the account book and the remaining money back into the room. She had distributed a little more than 70 taels today. She filled the empty box and took two cloth bags from the house and gave one to each of them.
The two couples began to pack their money. "Dad, Chunxiao wants to hire a long-term worker. Let's do it. I'll pay for it." Yan Dahe suddenly said.
When Dashan heard this, he also expressed his willingness to pay half of the money.
Perhaps it was because he saw how much money they had made, or perhaps it was because he had been thinking all night and couldn't think of any other solution, but this time Yan Bingfa nodded very readily and said, "How do we choose a long-term worker? We need someone familiar and trustworthy."
"Dad, I have two candidates, one is Dongsheng and the other is Brother Wangzu. What do you think?"
They thought about it and decided that these two people were indeed feasible. "Then I'll go ask them later. Dongsheng said yesterday that he wanted to go to town to find a job, so he should have no problem. But I need to ask Wangzu and his son for their opinions. How should we arrange the wages?"
"Isn't it said that working in town for a day is 25 copper coins?"
"That's for short-term workers. Long-term workers don't have that much."
"We in the same village can't be so stingy, Dad, let's just offer 700 coins a month." Chunxiao looked at everyone, afraid that they would have different opinions.
"I think so. A higher wage will motivate people to work more."
Yan Bingfa nodded and said, "If you are willing to pay me, I have no objection."
"Although my eldest and second brothers are willing to help share the burden, the main work from now on will still be in this cotton field, so each of you should contribute 200 coins, and I'll pay the remaining 1 tael. Dad, go talk to someone later and tell them clearly that everything you see and do while working in our house must be kept confidential. Just say I want to sign a contract with them. If they agree, you can come, but if not, don't force them."
"I must make it clear. This is related to our business. They are reliable young people, so it should be feasible."
After everyone had their share of the money, they were somewhat distracted from work, so Chunxiao sent them all home early. Today, when Yan Qi was walking back, he saw Yan Dashan and Tian Shi at the village entrance. He was wondering how his parents had time to pick him up today. When he got home, he heard from his brothers and sisters that his parents had gone out to pick him up because they were happy.
Several people began to surround him and asked him to talk about what he had learned in class today and what the teacher had taught him. Yan Qi was also helpless. He had learned everything the teacher taught him in the past few days, so he could only tell everyone about what he saw and heard in school.
Tian and the others went back and found a place to hide the money. "Dashan, today is like a dream. We will have 50 taels of silver a month in the future."
Yan Dashan looked at her and said, "From now on, when you go to town, just buy whatever you want. You don't have to save money. Go with your brother and sister-in-law. Our family will never be short of money in the future."
At night, the couple lay in bed unable to sleep, and talked like this for most of the night.
The situation of the Dahe couple next door is similar. Zhang always felt inferior in the past, thinking that she had given birth to two daughters, and that daughters were a loss in rural areas. But now it is different. They have earned so much money that if they want to, finding a live-in son-in-law will not be a problem in the future. She feels more relaxed than ever before.
Daha's excitement was on a different level from Zhang's. He turned around and hugged his wife, "Lan'er, let's have another child. A boy would be best, but a girl is not a problem either. At least we have money to buy dowries for them." Although Zhang was very shy, she nodded in agreement with a blushing face.
The next day, after Yan Bingfa and Dashan returned from picking up the goods, they pulled Chunxiao aside and started talking. "I already went to both of their homes yesterday to ask about this. Both families were very happy, but they had one request: that they be allowed to return home to work on their own land during the spring plowing and autumn harvest. I agreed to this right away."
Chunxiao nodded. "Then when will they start work?"
"They asked me the same thing yesterday. I came here to ask for your opinion."
"It's the 22nd today, why don't we have them start work this afternoon? We pay them the next day after we get paid every month, so it's easier to remember that time. We need to apply base fertilizer to our wheat fields, and transplant the cotton seedlings in a few days. Let them come and help. When their families need to farm, we can let them go back when they have time. They both have a lot of land, don't they?"
"Not much. Dongsheng's family has two acres, and your uncle Musheng's family has five acres, just like we did before. Dongsheng has his father, and Musheng has his wife, two daughters-in-law, and two little grandsons to help. At worst, we can borrow the cows from them when the time comes. It shouldn't take up much time. I'll take them to the fields this afternoon. Even with cows, it will take several days to work on our fifteen acres of land."
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