Chapter 2487 Settlement of Accounts
Zhou Lijun's eyes lit up as he said, "I sell the ointments, whitening creams, and acne creams I make at home."
She said, "Little aunt, eat first. After dinner, I'll settle the bill for you."
Manbao couldn't help but ask: "Do we have so much money at home now?"
"There's none in the public treasury," Zhou Lijun said, "Now most of the money in the public treasury is in the hands of Fourth Uncle."
But Zhou Silang is now on the grassland. By the way, Xiang Mingxue also followed Zhou Silang to the grassland. He has only been there for a month, and he is probably still collecting various goods on the grassland.
He won't be back until at least the end of September.
So Zhou Lijun wanted each family to contribute money. If his aunt agreed, he would be halfway to success.
Manbao asked, "How much money does Gongzhong have now?"
Zhou Lijun: "More than three hundred taels."
It's a lot. After all, when Zhou Silang came to the capital some time ago, he took out the account book and divided up all the money he earned from last autumn to this summer. Now the public money still belongs to the money from the sale of ointments in the past few months and the money from the restaurant business.
Manbao thought about the money she had received this year and the money she had earned from the gemstones and spices she had brought back, and she suddenly became generous and said, "Okay, buy it."
Zhou Silang didn't even keep any reward for the gemstones and spices that Manbao gave him. He basically gave her whatever money she got from the sales.
He first sold them in the capital, then went south to Yizhou to make some money, and sold everything he had, making a lot of money.
Add to that the money Zhou Man got from the public this year, it’s even more.
But why did Zhou Lijun want to buy a shop?
You should know that they now rent a yard outside that specializes in making ointments and various creams. Old customers come directly to buy, and sometimes they bring new customers with them. They make a lot of money.
After dinner, Zhou Lijun held a cup of tea and chatted with Zhou Man in the courtyard. "Originally, Fifth Aunt and the others' business was limited, and only these people in the capital could afford these whitening creams and acne creams, so I thought we didn't need to buy a shop. But recently, because of the smallpox vaccination, many more people come to us to buy scar-lightening ointment, and we even have drug dealers from outside who come specifically for us. So I think we need a shop, and a good one at that."
Manbao pondered, "But these are the only creams we have. Aren't they too few?"
Zhou Lijun said, "I used to think it was too little, but now I don't think so anymore. In the past two years, many people have used our whitening cream, not only wives, but also some husbands. The acne cream in particular has been selling very well, so I think it would be great to be able to do well in these products. Moreover, with my aunt's current ability and age, there will be more prescriptions in the future."
Manbao thought it made sense, so he nodded and said, "Okay, how much silver should I pay?"
Zhou Lijun said, "I've calculated. These recipes were given by you, my aunt, so you take 10% of the silver. I'll count each of the other families, so excluding yours, there are seven families in total. Each family will share 13% of the cost and claim 10% of the share."
Manbao was stunned. "One room, one house?"
Zhou Lijun nodded, "That's right, one tenth for each family, that's eighty percent in total, and the remaining twenty percent is considered public. Every year, ten percent of the dividends must be kept for running the shop, and the remaining ten percent is given to grandpa and grandma."
In other words, the seven families were responsible for sharing the public share.
Manbao thought about it and didn't object. "Will the other rooms agree?"
Zhou Lijun smiled and said, "As long as you agree, the other rooms will agree."
Needless to say, my uncle and aunt will definitely follow my aunt. Her mother doesn't need to worry about it, she can convince her father. My third uncle will listen to my grandparents. My fourth uncle, fifth uncle and sixth uncle are the best friends of my aunt and will not object.
Zhou Lijun smiled and said, "When the time comes, I'll set up the rules. Fourth and Fifth Aunts can go to the back of the shop to work as managers, specifically in charge of making ointments, and they'll get paid every month."
This way everyone is busy and can still count the money.
Manbao asked: "How much do you expect to invest at the beginning?"
Zhou Lijun hesitated for a moment and then said, "Ten thousand taels."
Even a wealthy person like Manbao couldn't help but be amazed, it was really too expensive.
"It's nothing for me, but would other houses be willing to pay so much money?"
She felt that this had almost drained the savings of each family.
Although Zhou Silang made a lot of money in recent years, he could earn about a few hundred or a thousand taels after deducting all costs once a year. Manbao remembered the records in the account book. The year before last was the year he made the most money, making 2,800 taels at once. But at that time, Zhou Silang took the risk to buy pearls, but he later stopped doing this business.
Firstly, they were afraid of becoming too big and having to change their business registration;
Secondly, entering the pearl is indeed more dangerous.
Then this much money is divided into many parts, after all, everyone has a share in it.
However, this amount of money is still a lot, at least it is the amount that the Zhou family had to save for seven or eight years.
So even Old Zhou couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder people with ability want to do business instead of farming."
But doing business, especially traveling business like Zhou Silang, is indeed hard work. You can tell from Zhou Silang's face that he has aged much faster than Zhou Wulang and Zhou Liulang in recent years. Under the wind and sun, he is almost no longer Manbao's most handsome brother.
Manbao had no pressure to pay one thousand taels because she had many ways to make money, but it was difficult for other houses to pay one thousand three hundred taels.
Especially the eldest brother and the third brother.
At night, Manbao quietly slipped away to see her sister-in-law.
When Zhou Dalang saw her coming, he got up and went to the outer room, leaving the inner room to the two sisters-in-law to talk.
Manbao quietly asked Xiao Qianshi, "Sister-in-law, how much money have you and brother saved?"
Xiao Qian asked her, "Are you short of money?"
Manbao shook his head and whispered to Lijun about buying the shop. Then he said quietly, "Lijun has calculated privately that he will be able to earn back the money he spent on the shop in about a year."
Xiao Qian was shocked. "So profitable?"
Man Bao said modestly, "It's mainly because of the smallpox vaccination season. Many people have heard about acne creams and whitening creams because of the scar-lightening ointment. Some men love to buy them even more than women. Business is much better now. Li Jun has calculated privately that sales have at least doubled."
So they still have to hire someone.
Xiao Qian took a look outside and asked quietly, "How much money will our eldest wife have to pay?"
"Tell me how much you have first."
Xiao Qian said, "About eight hundred taels."
Manbao was startled and asked, "Why is it so little?"
Xiao Qian smiled and said, "You forgot, Datou just got married not long ago. At that time, we bought him 20 mu of land in the suburbs of Beijing as a betrothal gift. Adding other things, it cost a lot. Santou is not a child anymore. We are currently arranging a marriage for him."
Little Qian sighed at this point, "The capital is different from our village, and our family is different now. In the past, marrying a daughter-in-law in the village only cost five or six taels, and with the banquet, seven or eight taels at most would be enough. Now, it seems that at least a hundred taels are needed."
I'm really sorry. I indulged myself at dinner today and ate some barbecue. It might not be very clean, so I vomited and had diarrhea. I'm in a very bad state. I wanted to ask for leave, but now I'm halfway through writing this chapter. Well, I'll ask for leave for another book and won't post tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)
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