Chapter 907 The Third Wife's Wealth
Madam Liang silently calculated in her mind and said in a low voice, "Excluding the loose copper coins, our family has about forty-six taels of silver."
"How many?!" Lu Sanzhu sat up abruptly, his face full of shock. "Forty-six..."
"Are you trying to kill me by shouting so loudly?" Madam Liang quickly sat up and slapped him. "If someone hears this, our house will be burgled."
Lu Sanzhu quickly covered his mouth, but still asked in astonishment, "You said our family has forty-six taels of silver? When did we have so much money?"
"Of course, I'll save it."
Their family used to have about ten taels of silver, which they had painstakingly saved up over the years through deception, trickery, and tightening their belts. Liang Shi treasured this silver, intending it for her sons, Da Bao and Bao Ya, to use when they grew up and got married.
Later, in the peach blossom grove, A-Yu found the three young masters who had bullied Lu Sanzhu and paid them ten taels of silver in compensation. Because she wanted to thank those who had helped her and to honor her filial mother, she took out three taels, leaving her with seven taels of silver.
Then Lu Sanzhu went to work in the peach orchard. At first, he earned one tael of silver a month, but his wages were increased three times later.
It has been ten months now, and the wages have been a full twelve taels of silver.
In addition, Liang helped sew doll covers. Even after the old lady went to the southwest, the clothing shop continued to sell dolls, and business was even quite good.
For the first few months, when Liang saw that she was making money, she was like a man possessed, and only stopped when she had made four taels of silver.
Nevertheless, she has earned eight or nine taels of silver so far from sewing doll covers.
The final big prize was Lu Sanzhu's reward money.
He encountered many helpful people while working in the peach orchard. He was a quick-witted person, and whenever he saw a generous customer, he would immediately help out. The small tips they gave him were enough to cover his family's expenses for a month.
He received a bonus almost every month, which was a major reason why he was able to get a raise.
Last time, a guest from out of town lost a very important string of beads while playing by the lake, and Lu Sanzhu immediately went down to retrieve it for him.
It was the dead of winter, and there was a lot of silt at the bottom of the lake. Lu Sanzhu searched for quite a while before finding it, and his whole body turned purple from the cold.
He fell ill after returning home, but fortunately, he has always been in good health, and after resting for two days, he was back at work full of energy.
Later, the guest gave him five taels of silver as a reward and also sent him a lot of medicinal herbs.
By that calculation, it would amount to over fifty taels of silver.
However, living here requires renting a house, buying groceries and meals, and Da Bao also needs to attend a private school, so the expenses are much higher than in Shangshi Village.
Liang had considered whether Da Bao could pay for his schooling on credit, and that they could pay for it later when Da Bao became successful.
As a result, the teacher refused her without hesitation, and Liang was depressed for two days before she recovered.
It's only because Da Bao has just started his education that the expenses aren't too high, which is why the Liang family has been able to save so much money. Otherwise, the cost of a child's schooling alone would be unbearable for many people.
After listening to Liang's calculations, Lu Sanzhu also considered them in his mind, and his eyes became even brighter.
"I really didn't expect this. I thought that since our family moved to the county town, everything would cost money, and we probably wouldn't be able to save much silver. But in just ten months, we've already saved almost fifty taels. In another year, we'll probably have a hundred taels!"
Lu Sanzhu was so excited that he couldn't sleep at all. He quickly asked Liang to take out all the silver and count it.
(End of this chapter)
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