"Mother, didn't you say you'd only believe it if you saw it with your own eyes? Do you believe it now?"
Ah-Can held up a gold ingot and smiled smugly.
Aunt Ling snapped out of her daze and glared at him: "You talk too much. If you said less, no one would think you're mute."
However, she couldn't hide the smile on her face; it was full of joy and pride.
Xiao Chunxiu reached out and gently touched the gold ingots, her eyes sparkling: "This gold is really beautiful."
Suddenly, her expression froze, and she stared intently at Feng Ye: "You can't let this large sum of money make you revert to your old ways..."
"Well……"
Feng Ye was extremely embarrassed by his mother's sudden serious words.
Why bring up this again?
Feng Jiaqing, however, resonated with the memory and recalled his son's past misdeeds.
He couldn't help but straighten his face: "Your mother is right. Don't let a little money lead you to do reckless things again. You still have to work diligently so that no one will notice anything amiss."
Ye Qingling chuckled when she saw his embarrassed expression.
She wasn't worried at all.
If her man wanted to turn bad, he would have turned back when he made his fortune with gold bars last year, why would he wait until now?
Feng Ye scratched his head helplessly: "Father, Mother, what are you thinking? How could I possibly turn back into the way I used to be?"
"That's good. I don't want to see you being lazy and idle like before."
Aunt Ling earnestly gave him her advice.
What could Feng Ye do but nod repeatedly?
"Don't worry, I definitely won't..."
On the other hand, Ah-Can didn't get away with it either, as Feng Jialing and his wife were also giving him a long lecture.
After finally managing to appease his parents with a series of kind words, he quickly said, "Can we divide up these gold and silver ingots and ambergris now?"
Feng Ye readily agreed: "Let's split up, let's split up now."
He didn't want to keep listening to his parents' nagging.
Seeing this, Feng Jiaqing and Xiao Chunxiu had no choice but to give up their intention to continue scolding.
Let them take care of their important business first.
Feng Ye looked at Du Guilan: "Sister-in-law, there are two layers of gold ingots, a total of 108, each weighing about one jin. I'll take 54, and you and A-Can will each take 27."
"Okay, okay..."
Du Guilan nodded repeatedly, her face full of smiles.
Ah-chan already knew the quantity and how much he could get, so he had no objections.
Feng Ye took out the top layer of gold ingots, divided them into two portions, and gave one portion to A-Can and the other to Du Guilan.
Next came the silver ingots. Feng Ye took 35, and the two of them split the remaining 35.
It's not an even number, so it's a bit hard to tell.
After giving each of them 17, Feng Ye held up the last silver ingot and asked, "What do you think we should do with this? Cut it in half?"
Aunt Ling said, "Let's do it, half for each of us, that's fair."
Du Guilan waved her hand: "No need to cut it, give it to A-Can."
"Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"
Ah-chan was a little embarrassed.
Du Guilan insisted, "You've worked hard too, so just take it."
The Feng couple also chimed in with a few words, urging A-Can to accept the gift.
Feng Ye glanced at Du Guilan with some curiosity before tossing the silver ingot in his hand to A-Can: "Here you go."
Ah-Can didn't stand on ceremony anymore and happily put away the silver ingot: "Then thank you very much, sister-in-law."
Finally, there's ambergris.
"This ambergris is wet now. Do you want to divide it now, or wait until it dries before dividing it?"
"Let's break up now to avoid trouble later."
"Okay, let's weigh it first."
There are scales in the warehouse, so there's no need to go home to get them.
First, the total weight was weighed, which was 28 jin and 4 liang.
An incredibly heavy weight.
If it were kept for twenty or thirty years and then sold, its value could exceed 100 million.
Back then, the price of high-quality ambergris could reach over ten thousand yuan per gram, which was an astronomical price.
All four of their ambergris pieces were white, and their quality was impeccable.
Then, the weight of each piece was weighed.
The largest piece weighed 15.3 jin (7.9 catties), while the other three pieces weighed 0.9 jin (4.9 catties), 5.5 jin (2.25 catties), and 6.7 jin (3.3 catties) respectively.
"According to the proportions, I need 14.2 jin, so I'll cut 1 jin and 1 liang from the largest piece."
As Feng Ye spoke, he picked up the knife, estimated a rough spot, and made a cut.
They weighed it again and only cut off 7 ounces.
Seeing this, Ah-Can and Du-Gui-Lan both said it was alright, a little more or less didn't matter.
But Feng Ye insisted on making another cut to get the weight right.
It's best to divide such valuable items equally to avoid any future misunderstandings.
The rest is easy to divide, and there's no need to cut it again.
Take the 6.7-pound piece, plus the 4-ounce small piece cut off, and it will weigh exactly 7.1 pounds.
The other two pieces, plus the 7-ounce piece that was cut off, also weigh exactly 7.1 jin.
Feng Ye stood up and clapped his hands: "They're all sorted out. Take them back and hide them away."
"We're going out to sea tomorrow, so I should head back to sleep. I'll take it all back with me."
"I'll take it home first, and then come back to work later."
After the distribution, the group of people walked out of the workshop with smiles on their faces, each holding their share.
Feng Ye, carrying the suitcase, returned home with his wife.
Ye Qingling was starting to have some worries.
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