Seeing that Shui Qing had no objections, the people present began to discuss how many taels of silver each household should receive.
Is it distributed per household or per person?
Including the four households in Feng Damancang, Shanshui Village has a total of 38 households, with a population of approximately 400 people.
"If it's based on households, wouldn't families with many members be at a disadvantage? After all, some families only have three or four people, while others have more than ten or twenty. Wouldn't it be a huge loss to pay the same amount of money?"
“But it won’t work if we count by the number of people. Look at Uncle Ding’s family of three, they all work, and they do very important work!”
There are also four households, including Feng Damancang's family, each with five or six people. Everyone in each household works hard. In contrast, in our village, there are always more people working than in other households with a dozen or twenty people.
If we count them by headcount, wouldn't they be a very small number?
Aunt Zhang and Aunt Li thought the first person's words made sense, but the second person's words made even more sense. They were in a dilemma, feeling that no matter what they chose, it would be difficult!
The old village chief habitually looked at Shui Qing, who spoke first: "Old village chief, what do you think is the best way to divide it?"
They tossed the hot potato to the old village chief, not feeling embarrassed at all, as long as the water was clearer.
With his age, seniority, and prestige, this is the most appropriate time to use him!
The old village chief chuckled, "These days, everyone has been selling rabbits and medicinal herbs and working at the herbal medicine shop. Every household has saved up a lot of money, and in the future, we will mainly rely on our own hard work to make a living."
Let's calculate it by household, five taels per household, that's not a small amount. The remainder will go into the public treasury. I'm thinking it won't just be used for village banquets, but also for future needs like purchasing writing brushes, ink, paper, books for the school, or repairing roads, all of which can be allocated from the public treasury."
The children in the school can pay for their own expenses, but what about the teachers? In the past, the students were kind and righteous, and they didn't care about these things. The village didn't have much money either, but from now on, these things can be arranged.
There's also the road leading from the village to the official road. Since we need to travel frequently to sell rabbits and medicinal herbs, it will need repairs sooner or later. We can have the men work on the road, but shouldn't we provide them with a meal for their labor? For the sake of the village, it's reasonable to use the public funds for this meal.
There's also the back hill; the wall can be expanded further back...
After the water was cleared, the four households including Da Ni and Zhou Yu, totaling thirty-eight households, were given five taels of silver each, for a total of one hundred and ninety taels. One hundred and ten taels of silver were stored in the public treasury.
That's good. Instead of distributing all the money, it would be better to keep a portion in the public treasury. That way, it would be much more convenient for the village to do whatever it wants in the future.
She was the first to raise her hand in agreement, and then went on to praise him: "Great! The old village chief is indeed the old village chief; he is so thoughtful!"
With this money in the public treasury, we can do so many things we want to do!
Others who were initially puzzled realized, after hearing Shui Qing's explanation, that it was indeed true.
They're not really short of money right now; the key is to earn more money in the future!
The old village chief looked at Shui Qing with an uncontrollable smile. This child understands everything better than anyone else!
Only she understood his good intentions and painstaking efforts.
Now that we've finished discussing the distribution of the silver, let's move on to the livestock, which is of greater concern to everyone.
"One carriage, five horses, and forty-one donkeys—how should we divide them?" Shui Qing continued to throw out the question.
This time everyone was more experienced, and since livestock and silver are different, the total number is fixed, making it much easier to divide them.
"We don't need the carriages and horses. The herbal medicine shop will be transporting goods to distant places in the future, so they're perfect for you. You can have them all, Shuiqing, and we won't divide them up."
"The donkey, plus the four households including Feng Damancang, one donkey per family, and the rest belong to you, Shuiqing, how about it?"
Everyone in the study looked nervously at Shui Qing, waiting for her to answer.
That's a donkey!
A farmer can be as useful as two or three laborers when tilling the land, and he is even more effective than two or three men when pulling a cart during harvest!
Needless to say, when it comes to going out, donkeys can pull carts and walk fast. If every household has a donkey, it's like having several more laborers! How could anyone not be excited?
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