Before they knew it, it was the end of the month, and Yan Qingqing's family had been doing business for over a month.
After deducting daily expenses, Yan Qingqing had saved more than forty taels of silver, which was a huge sum for her family.
Back when Yan Qingqing first transmigrated, she only had ten coins, which the original owner had secretly saved up by hiding them in a rat hole.
The fact that the family now has several dozen taels of silver is the result of everyone's joint efforts. Yan Qingqing has not forgotten her promise to give the children a monthly allowance.
Since it was the first time she had received her monthly allowance, Yan Qingqing thought it should be done in a grand way, so she specially prepared red envelopes and stuffed the money into them one by one.
It was agreed that each person would receive no less than one hundred coins per month. Since Li Xiangkang was too young to be of much help, his salary could be halved.
But now that they were making money, Yan Qingqing felt that one hundred coins was a bit too little, considering how hard they usually worked. So, except for Li Xiangkang, she put three hundred coins in each of the red envelopes.
Yan Qingqing thought for a moment, worried that Xiao Jinxiu might feel bad, so she put ten copper coins in a red envelope for her.
It wasn't that Yan Qingqing was spending money recklessly, but rather that she had contributed the most to both the business and her eldest son and his wife's family. Moreover, Jinxiu was their only granddaughter, and she didn't want to disappoint her children.
When everyone returned home in the evening, after dinner, Yuan Huiniang lit a kerosene lamp and took it to Yan Qingqing's room.
A row of people sat neatly, waiting for Yan Qingqing to teach them to read and do arithmetic.
After a month of study, the results are quite remarkable. Even Li Xiangping, who is the slowest at recognizing characters, has learned more than thirty.
If we're talking about who in the family learns the slowest, it has to be Li Xiangping.
He was truly the dumbest person Yan Qingqing had ever met. He would forget what she had just taught him and have to ask the younger students again and again.
Yuan Huiniang said that Li Xiangping was learning to read in his dream while he was asleep.
Yan Qingqing was both amused and exasperated. Some people are just not cut out for this kind of work, and it's no use forcing them. Fortunately, Yan Qingqing's original intention was not to have Li Xiangping study for the imperial examinations.
However, Li Xiangping's strength lies in his diligence and down-to-earth nature. Once such a person has a solid foundation, he will go even further.
In stark contrast to Li Xiangping was Li Xiangkang, a boy with an incredible photographic memory, a natural-born scholar. This led Yan Qingqing to decide to send him to the academy.
If their family wants to truly rise up and gain a foothold in this era, they need a truly educated person.
At this moment, Yan Qingqing somewhat understood the persistence of Grandpa Li and Grandma Li. However, while she understood, she would never do something as foolish as they did.
Yan Qingqing looked at the row of children sitting neatly and said with a smile, "We won't have a lesson today, let everyone relax."
Everyone else didn't care. Yan Qingqing had said that work and rest should be balanced, and they would relax occasionally.
Li Xiangping breathed a huge sigh of relief. He had almost forgotten everything he had learned yesterday, and sometimes he even wondered if he was his mother's biological son.
Why is it that his younger siblings can learn so quickly, while he, the eldest brother, is so slow?
Fortunately, his mother didn't teach any new material today, so he still had time to ask Yuan Hui's mother questions and review properly in the evening.
Thinking of this, his gaze towards Yuan Huiniang became exceptionally ardent. Yuan Huiniang sensed it and her face instantly turned bright red. In her heart, she thought to herself, "My husband is really something. With so many people watching, how am I supposed to face people in the future?"
Fortunately, the younger children didn't understand what the two of them meant, and Yan Qingqing turned a blind eye to this "show of affection".
Li Xiangkang spoke first, asking, "Mom, what are we going to do tonight?"
Yan Qingqing said domineeringly, "Give me the money!" After saying that, Yan Qingqing took out several large red envelopes.
Everyone was shocked. Although Yan Qingqing had said she would give them a monthly allowance, they had never really thought about such a good thing.
Yan Qingqing handed out red envelopes with names written on them one by one, even the youngest Jinxiu received one.
Yuan Huiniang quickly stopped her, saying, "Mother, Jinxiu is not even two years old yet, and she has never contributed to the family. In fact, our fourth brother has to take care of her."
"Our share of the money should have been paid by us, so how can we let Mother pay for this girl's share as well?"
Yan Qingqing glared at her and said, "What are you saying? Jinxiu is our family's eldest granddaughter, she's very precious. Besides, I can see what you two have done for this family."
I treat you all well, and I hope that you, as the eldest brother and sister-in-law, will treat your younger siblings well at all times and in all places.
Yan Qingqing's words deeply moved Li Xiangping and Yuan Huiniang, who immediately expressed that they would treat their younger siblings even better in the future.
This is exactly the result Yan Qingqing wanted. For a family to rise, it must have cohesion.
After this incident, Li Xiangkang immediately opened the red envelope and started counting. He was now the best at arithmetic in the family, second only to Yan Qingqing and his second brother.
Everyone looked at Li Xiangkang's serious expression with smiles in their eyes.
After Li Xiangkang finished counting, Li Xiang'an jokingly asked, "Fourth brother, have you counted how many there are?"
Li Xiangkang grinned and said, "I've counted them all. One hundred and fifty coins. Mother is so generous. How much did you get? It should also be one hundred and fifty coins!"
The group looked at each other, and then surprisingly remained silent.
Although they didn't count their monthly wages, they knew in their hearts that it was definitely more than 150 coins.
This is also why they remained silent; none of them expected Yan Qingqing to be so generous.
I was thinking that getting a hundred coins would be pretty good.
Looking across the entire Canghe Village, no one receives a monthly allowance for doing chores at home.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Yan Qingqing spoke up to Li Xiangkang, saying, "No need to ask anymore. Your older brothers and sisters get three hundred coins. They work very hard, so it's only right that they get more. This isn't your mother being biased."
Li Xiangkang was overjoyed to receive so much money. What child could have so much money? If they knew, they would envy him for a long time.
Besides, he wouldn't compare himself to his older siblings.
Yan Qingqing could tell what Li Xiangkang was thinking from his expression; these children were all very kind-hearted. At that moment, Yan Qingqing had no idea that Li Xiangkang was actually quite cunning.
Even if she knew Yan Qingqing, she wouldn't think it was malicious. In a mother's heart, her own child is the best. There's a saying that goes, "A dung beetle thinks its child smells good, and a hedgehog thinks its child shines bright."
Although this analogy isn't quite accurate, it does make some sense.
Yan Qingqing continued, "Let me first give you an account of the results. This is the fruit of our collective labor, and you have the right to know. In the past month and six days, after deducting costs, we made a total profit of fifty taels and four hundred and thirty-two copper coins."
During this period, the household expenses and social obligations totaled five taels and three hundred and twenty cash. Your monthly allowance was one tael and nine hundred and sixty cash. We'll disregard the change. There are currently forty-three taels of silver left in the household.
Everyone gasped in astonishment upon hearing this. Were they really that capable? They earned in a month what others couldn't earn in several years.
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