After dinner, the family cleaned up the kitchen and sat in the main room for a meeting.
Ning was babbling and waving his little hands in Cheng Wu's arms. These past few days were the days when he had seen the most people. The child was so excited that he still hasn't gotten over the excitement.
Just now at the dinner table, the whole family knew that there would be a small meeting in the evening, so Shanshui and Mingzhu, who were not yet part of the Cheng family, had dinner and then went home.
Cheng Yue took the account book she had ordered and began to speak.
"We started our business in mid-February and continued until the end of March. During that time, we paid back Shanshui's debt and bought two hundred acres of wasteland, thirty acres of farmland, and ten acres of land. Together with the land we previously owned, we now have two hundred acres of wasteland, eighty acres of farmland, and thirty acres of land. We used all the money we earned in February to do this. We set up the stall for a total of twenty-six days in March. After deducting costs, we earned four hundred and sixty-five taels and two hundred and thirty-four coins. Now, we'll start distributing April's monthly allowance and everyone's wages."
Cheng Yue first briefly explained the situation at home and then began to distribute money.
The old couple each received two taels of silver, Cheng Wen and his two siblings plus Cheng Yue each received one tael of silver, and Cheng Jinyan and his brother each received three hundred wen. Although Ning Wazi was a child, he also received a share, the same as Cheng Jinyan and his brother, three hundred wen.
Then there is the wages. As long as you work, you will get one hundred coins a day.
Except for Ning Wazi who has no wages, everyone else in the family has it.
Cheng Jinxing worked for seven days last month and earned seven hundred coins.
The Cheng Shun couple each received thirty taels, the Cheng Wen couple also received thirty taels each, Cheng Yue went to the provincial capital for two days last month, so she only had twenty-eight taels, and Cheng Jinxing worked for ten days and earned one tael.
Cheng Wu and Cheng Jinyan only went up the mountain to collect firewood during the three days of the banquet, so no one had 300 coins.
Cheng Yue calculated the accounts carefully, and no one in the Cheng family was absolutely wrong.
After the silver was distributed, there was only a little more than 307 taels of money left in the house.
"Let me tell you about the plan. The skewers shop that our family is cooperating with the Xie family is going to open on April 20th. So, our skewers stall will only be open for half a month, until April 17th. During this time, we need to rent a shop to open a tavern. My eldest sister-in-law, mother, and Shanshui are planning to open an embroidery shop together, so we also need a shop. I'll have to trouble my second brother to take a closer look at the shop."
Cheng Yue said this and looked at Cheng Wu.
Cheng Wu hadn't recovered from the fact that he was the poorest adult in the family when Cheng Yue pointed it out to him and he was stunned for a moment.
"Um?"
"You little brat, I told you to have a meeting, what are you thinking about? I haven't spanked you in a few days, and you're itching for trouble again?"
Cheng Shun couldn't bear to see Cheng Wu's dejected look. If he wasn't in a good mood, he would not just say he would hit him, but actually hit him.
"Ah, I see!"
Cheng Wu nodded at Cheng Yue and said.
In fact, he didn't just get a mere four taels of silver a month working in the yamen. Many people paid him bribes.
But even so, what he earns in a month is not as much as his brother, sister-in-law and younger sister, so he is a little depressed!
Cheng Shun knew about the embroidery shop. It was not considered part of the Cheng family's assets, but was only considered the private property of Jiang Gu Xuelan and Cheng Yue.
Since Cheng Shun had no objection, naturally no one else in the family had any objection either.
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