After the two recovered from their shock, Yan Qingqing smiled and said, "Our workshop has been profitable for quite some time now. I've been busy lately, and I haven't been able to fulfill my promise to give my third brother a 10% share of the profits."
It was only yesterday when Huiniang mentioned it that I remembered this matter. I was thinking of asking Huiniang to quickly calculate the accounts and give my third brother a share of the profits, but who knew that Huiniang had already done the calculations.
The third brother gets a share of everything in the workshop except for the preserved eggs.
Our net profit over the past three months is 67,670 taels, and the third brother will receive 6,767 taels.
Third brother, sister-in-law, you two count them.
Li Sanniu and Xu Shi were both shocked and their mouths dropped open when they heard the number.
Finally, Li Sanniu spoke first, saying, "My God, am I going to make a fortune?"
Have I, Li Sanniu, really become so successful? I've actually earned so much silver! This is over six thousand taels! It's more than most people couldn't earn in several lifetimes!
"How are we going to spend so much silver?"
Li San Niu was so excited that he was almost incoherent. Although he often saw Li Xiang An collecting large amounts of banknotes, he never thought that those banknotes would one day be his own.
Although Yan Qingqing had promised to give him 10% of the workshop's profits, he was already content with a few hundred taels a year. He had never received more than six thousand taels of silver in just three months.
Yan Qingqing noticed that Li Sanniu's emotions were somewhat out of control, and she was afraid that he would become obsessed with joy.
So he said, "Six thousand taels of silver is easy to spend. I recently bought an estate and it cost me more than six thousand taels."
"Even if it's not enough, third brother, if you buy a few beautiful wives, concubines, and pretty maids, I guarantee these silver notes won't last until today."
Upon hearing this, Madam Xu slammed the box shut, stuffed the silver notes back into Yan Qingqing's hand, and said, "Second sister-in-law, this is too much. We haven't done anything, how can we take so much silver?"
Li San Niu echoed this sentiment, for he had never imagined in his life that he would receive so much silver from the workshop.
Yan Qingqing looked at Xu Shi and Li San Niu with amusement. It was good that they weren't greedy, but wasn't it foolish to push away the money they had already received?
Yan Qingqing pulled Xu's hand and put the box in her hand, and said with a smile, "You can take so much only because our workshop is doing well. You should be happy."
If you stop getting your share of the profits, our workshop's business will be over.
If you feel bad about it, please ask your third brother to put more effort into entertaining business guests in the future.
Later, as our family business expanded, I was even thinking of handing over the entire workshop to my third brother for management.
The village school is already under construction. I hope my third brother won't be afraid of hard work and can learn more characters from the teachers at the school.”
The expansion of the workshop is inevitable, and Li Xiang'an cannot stay in the workshop forever, so Yan Qingqing hopes that Li San Niu can take on the management of the workshop in the future.
Li San Niu was dumbfounded. His second sister-in-law meant that she wanted him to take over the workshop. Putting everything else aside, this trust alone was enough to make Li San Niu do anything for the workshop.
Seeing that Li Sanniu was still not reacting, Xu nudged him with her elbow and said, "Your second sister-in-law trusts you so much, why don't you hurry up and thank her?"
Li Sanniu then came to his senses and said, "Second Sister-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely not let you down."
Yan Qingqing waved her hand and said, "We're all family, Third Brother, there's no need to be so polite."
My third brother has always wanted to build a new house, now we can finally start planning it properly.
Li Sanniu grinned and said, "Second sister-in-law, even if the house were gilded, it wouldn't cost this much silver."
Back then, your family only spent a few hundred taels of silver to build this three-courtyard house.
"Our family is small, so even if we build the best houses, we can only build a few."
Li Sanniu was telling the truth. Even though land prices in Canghe Village have risen and labor costs have increased, it still wouldn't cost much money.
Li San Niu, who had never handled so much silver before, suddenly felt that the silver notes were a bit too hot to handle.
Madam Xu then spoke up directly, saying, "Second sister-in-law, with so much silver, how should we spend it? I feel uneasy keeping it in my hands."
Yan Qingqing could understand Li Sanniu and Xu Shi's feelings; they were somewhat at a loss after suddenly becoming rich.
After thinking for a moment, he said, "I suggest that my third brother buy the land instead."
If Li San Niu were to buy a shop and start a business on his own, he might not be able to succeed without guidance. Moreover, Yan Qingqing genuinely intended to entrust the management of the workshop to Li San Niu later on.
Land is the foundation of survival, especially in feudal society where land ownership was highly valued. As long as no spendthrift son like the eldest son of the wealthy Ding family appeared in the family, it was an industry that could be passed down from generation to generation.
Xu Shi and Li San Niu's eyes lit up when they heard this; they both thought their second sister-in-law's suggestion was excellent.
Li Sanniu then said, "Xiang Ping is an agricultural official now, he must know which land is better, let him keep an eye out for me."
Yan Qingqing: ……
She's giving money to others and then helping them spend it.
After Li Sanniu left, Yuan Huiniang had Du Ruxiu deliver the dividends to Jia Shi.
Mrs. Jia had no choice but to come over and express her gratitude again.
Since everyone was an acquaintance, Yan Qingqing naturally couldn't refuse to see them. She chatted with Jia Shi for a while before Jia Shi got up to take her leave.
Yan Qingqing was resting when A Da walked in excitedly.
Ruyi stopped him and asked, "Has something good happened? You seem so happy."
Ah Da laughed and said, "Isn't this the task that Master gave me some time ago finally showing some progress?"
Ruyi asked, somewhat puzzled, "What kind of job is it? I don't know anything about it."
Ah Da laughed and said, "You really have a bad memory. Didn't our lady say a while ago that she wanted to buy two shops? She asked me to go and see if there were any suitable ones."
However, after visiting several shops, I felt they weren't quite right. But today, the brokerage firm sent word that they have two particularly suitable shops.
I just went to see it, and it's really nice. I was just thinking of telling Madam so she can go and have a look when she has time.
Ruyi smiled and said, "Oh, so that's what it is. You wait here, I'll go see if Madam has woken up yet."
After saying that, Ruyi quietly went into the inner room. Seeing that Yan Qingqing was sleeping soundly, she didn't dare to wake her.
So he quietly withdrew and told A-Da that Yan Qingqing was still resting and that he should go back first.
But instead of leaving, Ah Da started chatting with Ru Yi.
Both of them were unfortunate children, and they got along very well.
When Yan Qingqing woke up, this was the scene she saw: the two of them were chatting and laughing happily, their eyes sparkling as they looked at each other.
Yan Qingqing suddenly felt like she had been force-fed dog food again.
However, Yan Qingqing was happy to see them get together. She valued A-Da and Ruyi, and wanted them to stay by her side for a long time as her right-hand men. The two of them being together was the best choice.
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