Su Erhu grinned, "Hua'er is absolutely right. When I received these thousand-tael silver notes, my hands were shaking. I've lived to such an old age and this is the first time I've ever touched so much money. People often say that money smells good, but I think not only do the silver notes with ink smell good, but every single copper coin smells good too. They're all fragrant with the scent of sweat!"
The Su family nodded repeatedly. Whether it was ten thousand taels, a thousand taels, or a hundred taels, these were numbers they had never dared to dream of before.
As long as the restaurant remains, they will never have to worry about going hungry again.
Su Hua couldn't help but chuckle. Here, one coin had the purchasing power of one dollar, which was equivalent to one dollar before she transmigrated. One tael of silver was equivalent to one thousand dollars, and fourteen thousand taels was equivalent to fourteen million dollars in modern times.
Fourteen million is indeed more than enough for a family to live a stable life.
"You little rascal, you've been obsessed with money since you were born. How could you not love copper coins!" Madam Su scolded with a laugh, then stopped laughing and glanced at the family around the table. "Our ancestors always said that it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Although our Su family's life has gradually improved, we must never forget this principle."
Moreover, if it weren't for Hua'er's tireless efforts day and night these past few days, the Su family would never have the good life they have today.
Every time I get up in the middle of the night, I always see Hua'er busy with a lamp. After finishing her work at night, she travels between Zaozhuang and Qingshui County during the day, working herself to the bone. All she does is so that everyone in our Su family can live a good life. She even shares the restaurant's profits with you. This would be absolutely impossible in other families.
From now on, you must not be ungrateful wolves. You must always remember what Hua'er has done for you all, understand?
"Don't worry, Mother, your son will never forget." The three Su brothers patted their chests loudly.
Zhao, standing to the side, quickly replied, "Your daughter-in-law will remember it."
The two grandchildren, Su Dalang and Su Erlang, spoke in their young but loud voices, "Grandma, don't worry. No matter how good or bad things are, as long as we have food to eat, we will never let Auntie go hungry. We will take care of her in her old age and see her off when she passes away..."
Su Sui nodded, her eyes also red-rimmed.
Hua'er not only brought profits to her mother and three brothers from the restaurant, but also treated her, the older sister who had returned home after her divorce, the same way. In order to give her a livelihood, she racked her brains to draw patterns for dolls and tried to tie them to the restaurant business.
Who would be so ungrateful to such a good person?
The big white creature, lurking behind the money box, was using its tiger paws to hold a silver ingot and stuff it under its two large front teeth. Hearing these impassioned words, its azure eyes flickered, and its throat bobbed, "Meow! Meow!! Roar!!!"
While shouting, it clenched its tiger claws into fists and slapped them against its chest.
The silver ingot between the tiger's claws slammed to the ground with a clang.
It landed right on the forehead of the little black boy who was dozing off under the table, making a series of yelps.
Su Hua's lips twitched as she watched. Her mother's brainwashing skills were truly as powerful as the days—constantly improving!
It is effective not only for humans, but also for the animal kingdom.
However, she really couldn't agree with the idea that she was exhausted to the point of being skin and bones. Before the roof-raising banquet yesterday, she specially asked the three Su brothers to weigh her in a large basket used for weighing wild boars. She weighed 116 jin.
Now, she has grown one centimeter and is 1.66 meters tall, a height and weight she is quite satisfied with.
As for the share dividends, the shares of Su Ji Restaurant are now divided into four parts: Xiao Jinhan obtained 20% of the shares with the land title, Qin Yucheng obtained 20% of the shares with the naming rights, Su Baishi of the old Su family obtained 2% of the shares, and the three Su brothers and Su Sui each obtained 1%.
The restaurant business is different from the previous small-scale stall business. Qingshui County is the first step, and the next step is the prefectural city.
The effort put in by the Su family is also undeniable.
The shares distributed are both a reward and a constraint. However, people's hearts are fickle, and as each branch of the Su family grows stronger, the differences will become apparent. She cannot judge the future based on the current situation. Therefore, apart from Su Baishi, each branch holds one percent of the shares, while she holds fifty-four percent of the shares and still enjoys absolute control over the restaurant.
Seeing everyone's agreement, Madam Su nodded in satisfaction. Her gaze swept over Su Erhu's face, and after a long pause, she said, "Don't mention this matter of shares to outsiders. It's enough for us family to know. Understand?"
Hua'er insisted on distributing the profits among the various households, even though she was actually quite distressed about it.
Putting aside the membership fees collected today, even if the restaurant's daily revenue is 200 taels, after deducting costs, it can still earn 170 or 180 taels. If each room receives a share, it will accumulate into a large sum of money over time. If it is left for Hua'er as a dowry, it will definitely be quite substantial.
In any case, her share, no matter what, will all be left to Hua'er.
Especially the second wife. Given Qian's personality, once she finds out about the restaurant's profits, she might move all the money she gets to the Qian family. To her, the Qian family is now an enemy, and giving money to an enemy is like stabbing her in the chest.
Su Erhu knew she was referring to him, so he quickly nodded in agreement.
His face was slightly lowered, and he felt embarrassed. In fact, he had never planned to tell Qian Shi when he learned about the shares. Hua'er didn't hold Qian Dabao's matter against him because of their blood ties, but he couldn't pretend to be ignorant.
Although he and the Qian family had not divorced, in his mind, the Qian family was no longer his in-laws.
Seeing the atmosphere getting a bit awkward, Su Hua chuckled and changed the subject, "Judging from the customers' enthusiasm for hot pot and barbecue today, twenty waiters probably won't be enough for the restaurant in the short term. I plan to select five more from Qingshui County to help out. Has anyone noticed anything that needs improvement today?"
It's better to brainstorm than to work alone. For example, she didn't expect the private room on the second floor to be so popular today.
The target customers for the private rooms are all wealthy families. The seating fee is one tael of silver, and the prices of the hot pot dishes are also slightly higher than those in the main hall. Originally, we thought that we would be satisfied if the private rooms were half full on the day of the opening. Unexpectedly, they were completely full, and some people who arrived late were unable to get a table.
Half of the guests were young masters and ladies from the prefectural city invited by Qin Yucheng, while the other half were from Qingshui County. It takes two hours to travel from Qingshui County to Tangshan Prefecture, so the people from Tangshan Prefecture would not visit the county restaurant very often in the future, but the customers from Qingshui County were different.
Ideally, each private room should have its own waiter.
Therefore, it is urgent to add more people, and among the villagers who are spontaneously helping today, there are several who are of suitable age and clever.
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Erlang's eyes moved first. "Auntie, I noticed that many of the little ones asked us for a bowl of warm water before eating spicy hot pot and barbecue today. They would rinse their food in the hot water before eating. Could you prepare some non-spicy food for the little ones?"
He grew up eating spicy food; as far back as he can remember, there were chili peppers in his meals. He loves spicy food and can handle spicy food.
But these little kids in the county can't eat spicy food, yet they love spicy hot pot and barbecue, their little lips turning as red as if they've applied rouge.
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