Chapter 170 Raising a Child in vain
Finally, Lu Songli gave the children an annual interest rate of seven percentage points.
"Aunt Six, isn't seven o'clock too few?"
The children were very surprised. In her previous lecture, she had given eight points as an example. Why did Aunt Six only give them seven?
They knew the annual interest rate; Sixth Aunt had told them. What they remembered was that interest was paid annually. They also understood the points; one point was one percent.
The adults found themselves confused while the children seemed to understand. Shame on them.
The Qin family never expected that Lu Songli had been playing with the children all the way. It turned out that she was not only playing with them, but also taught the children so many things!
The children are unhappy.
The other members of the Qin family hesitated to speak. They really wanted to tell Lu Songli to give the children more interest. The children were so smart that they could pay the interest themselves.
Lu Songli glanced at them.
Qin Sheng shook his head at his family.
Lü Mingzhi was also nervous. His second sister often said that when parents are teaching their children, it's best for the rest of the family to remain quiet and avoid contradicting them. Otherwise, the children wouldn't know who to listen to. Then, the teaching would be a failure.
Back in Chang'an, his father thought his second sister was right, so when his father was teaching his nephew, Lu Xiao, his eldest brother and sister-in-law couldn't say anything. Of course, afterward, the eldest brother and sister-in-law could raise any opinions or suggestions, but they couldn't protect the child and sabotage him at the time.
Facing the little kids, Lu Songli smiled, but her words were extremely cold. "Actually, I only wanted to give you six points at first. I gave you one more point because I think you did a good job, so it's a reward."
When they heard the previous sentence, the children's faces fell. Were all seven points given by Gao? Woo woo——
"Think about it, you deposited the gold with Aunt Six because you wanted to make money, right?"
"But Sixth Aunt is not short of money now, and she doesn't have any better ideas to make money at the moment. All the funds in Sixth Aunt's hands are idle. Under this premise, I still have to pay you interest. Isn't Sixth Aunt at a disadvantage?" Lu Songli broke the silence and explained to them.
The three older children, Qin Jia, Qin Han, and Chen Chang'an, tried hard to digest her words, as if it was indeed what Sixth Aunt said.
The other two, Qin Yu and Qin Zhen, were still too young and looked confused.
"Under such circumstances, Sixth Aunt would certainly want to lose as little as possible, right?"
The children looked up at her and said, "I see. That's why Aunt Six doesn't want to give them an 8% interest rate."
Lu Songli suggested to them, "Otherwise, you can deposit the gold with your father or grandmother. They should be willing to pay you high interest."
Hearing this, the Qin family looked at the children.
Hearing this, Qin Heng found it quite interesting. He smiled at the children and said, "If you deposit your gold with me, I will give you eight points."
Mother Qin also quickly said, "I'll give it nine points."
Qin Zhao was unwilling to fall behind, "I'll give it ten points!"
The children looked at Qin Sheng and asked, "Uncle Six, are you unwilling to pay us high interest?"
Lu Songli pulled Qin Sheng over and said with a smile, "Your sixth uncle's gold belongs to your sixth aunt. He has no money to pay you the interest."
The children sighed in disappointment.
"So, have you decided where to store it?"
Qin Zhao's inexplicable desire to win arose in his heart. He looked at the children and said loudly, "Deposit it with me. I give the highest interest!"
Little did he know that as soon as he finished speaking, Qin Zhen and Qin Yu shook their heads like rattles, clearly rejecting the idea. They were afraid that if they kept saving, all their gold would be gone.
Qin Zhao: ...His son and daughter are really good at sabotaging their father!
Qin Han follows in the footsteps of his sister Qin Jia in everything.
Qin Jia hesitated. She thought her father was a good person and probably wouldn't embezzle her and Qin Han's gold, but her uncle and aunt might not be the same. This was why the four siblings had decided to leave the gold with their sixth aunt after discussing it.
"Sixth Aunt, can we discuss this?"
Lu Songli made a gesture to indicate that she was welcome to go ahead.
Several children put their heads together and discussed something in whispers for a while.
Lu Songli discovered that Chen Chang'an could also play with them and had a good time.
The other adults were also curious about what conclusion the children would come up with.
Soon, they had reached an agreement and told Lu Songli, "Sixth Aunt, we have decided to keep the gold with you."
Lu Songli raised an eyebrow, "Why? My interest rate is the lowest."
"We keep it with Sixth Aunt. Although the interest rate is only 7%, it's safe. Putting it elsewhere is not safe. As you said, high interest rates usually come with high risks. If we keep it somewhere else, we might end up losing even the principal."
Lu Songli touched her forehead. This was another lesson she had taught about preventing financial fraud. She had told it like a little story, so how could they remember it so clearly?
Qin Heng: ...
Qin Zhao:......
It was heartbreaking. The brothers couldn't help but question themselves. Were they such bad fathers? What happened to the trust between parents and children? Were these little brats born in vain?
The children told their father, "Sixth Aunt is the most trustworthy. She always does what she promised us. She never fools us just because we are children."
"Okay, since you trust Aunt Six so much, then Aunt Six will accept that you keep the gold with her. Shall we sign a contract?"
"Yes." Several children nodded solemnly in unison.
The Qin family now understood what the children meant by their words. Just think about it, which adult would solemnly sign a contract with a child in his eighties or nineties?
"Children, your dearest Sixth Aunt is kindly reminding you not to save all your money. Leave some gold for yourself as operating funds."
Some children were obedient and kept some, such as Qin Jia; some children did not listen to her advice and saved it all, such as Qin Yu.
When asked the reason, he said that the boy was single and said that when he had no money, he would ask his parents for it. How could they refuse to give it to him?
Qin Zhao and Nie Yunniang looked at each other. Do they still want this son?
Finally, Lu Songli put away the signed contract with a smile and said, "Little cucumbers, you still have a lot to learn, so just take your time to figure it out."
This night's camp is destined to be a night of carnival.
Everyone was very excited at the moment, their energy having nowhere to go. They decided to prepare a dinner together, so they started to get busy, cooking sheep and chickens, and catching fish...
While they were busy, they saw Lu Songli, the wife of the Sixth Young Master Qin, talking to the three young masters of the Qin family. They also noticed that the relaxed smile on the Third Young Master Qin's face disappeared for a moment, but then smiled again immediately, as if what they saw was an illusion.
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