This was a number that Lin Dani could not even imagine.
In three days, she actually earned seventy cents.
Lin Dani filled the small basket with seventy copper coins in her hand. When she heard the sound of the coins being put in, she thought it was extremely pleasant.
"Thank you, Sister Qiu, thank you!"
Lin Dani's voice was choked with sobs.
She was extremely grateful in her heart, but she couldn't say anything else.
She could not read a single word. When she was at her mother's home, she had many brothers and sisters and was the least favored one.
The reason why she is good at needlework is that when she was at her mother's house, she had to take care of her younger brothers and sisters and help mend clothes.
That's how I practiced it.
After she got married, her husband treated her very well and they gave birth to three sons. She also had a mother-in-law who was not in good health. The family needed a lot of money to feed so many people.
They didn't have much land, so they lived a very frugal life and could not even get enough to eat on weekdays.
Last year, we finally harvested some crops from the fields, but after paying taxes, there wasn't much left.
Some of the grain must also be sold.
The best rice costs five cents per catty when harvested, while the worst rice costs four cents per catty.
They had to sell 14 jin of grain to earn 70 wen.
It would take a family a long time to save these 14 kilograms of food by living frugally.
Qiu Wenqin felt uncomfortable when she saw Lin Dani's expression.
She knew the situation of the villagers in Xinghua Village.
"You're welcome. This is what you earned. You worked hard for it."
Qiu Wenqin hopes Lin Dani can feel better.
In fact, if someone offered her such a job in the past when they were working hard on the ship, she would be very grateful.
Lin Dani knew in her heart that the Hua family was kind and this was to help them.
She can't be unaware of what's good and what's bad.
She wiped her tears and then sat down.
"Liu Cuicui, two school bags, a doll, fifty cents."
Liu Cuicui also excitedly stepped forward to receive the money.
Liu Cuicui's face was full of smiles.
She works slowly but meticulously. A few days ago, she came to collect forty cents, and with this fifty cents, she has ninety cents in total.
The head of her family is strong and able to work, and her eldest son is fourteen years old and can work, so the whole family earned several hundred coins from building the house before and helping to repair the mud house this time.
This was something they had never dared to think about before.
Liu Cuicui plans to go to the market to buy meat tomorrow, and also go to the Hua family store to support the Hua family and buy some braised food to take home and try.
Liu Cuicui's eyes were shining, she was excited and full of anticipation.
I can't wait to go home and share my excitement with my family.
In this way, Hua Xinuo prepared the forms, sorted out the accounts, and distributed the wages to everyone.
Everyone took their wages, expressed their gratitude and went back.
After everyone left, Hua Hanbin asked curiously, "Sister, didn't you say before that you wanted everyone to make more puppets?"
"Why don't you arrange for everyone to continue making puppets?"
Hua Xinuo said, "Let's see how popular the puppet is tomorrow!"
"Put out a few for a raffle, and then put the rest up for sale at a price of one hundred coins each. Let's see how people buy them."
“If it’s really popular and there’s a big market for it, we can ask the villagers to make these puppets.”
Hua Hanbin nodded, as if thinking of something, and said, "Sister, we bought a few more large vats. Didn't we say we could pickle salted duck eggs and bake egg yolk bread?"
Hua Hanbin remembered clearly everything his sister said.
They also built a bread kiln in the corner of their house.
It was just built and baked over a fire, but it was never used.
I don't know how the grilled food is.
Especially the bread, he couldn't imagine what it looked like.
Hua Hanmao patted his brother's shoulder and said, "Sister is too busy to handle so much. Just come little by little. Don't worry."
I have been busy making a lot of soap and doing other things these ten days, and I have never had a break.
But no matter how busy they are, the whole family will cook and eat well.
But after all these days of hard work and the money I earned, it was all worth it.
Hua Xinuo knew that her second brother was cheerful and optimistic, and would say whatever he thought.
He was just curious and confused.
Hua Xinuo patiently explained, "Second brother, I wanted to run our braised food shop well and there would be no problems, so I started pickling salted duck eggs."
"Salted duck eggs can be used to make many delicious dishes."
Hua Xinuo also wanted to eat egg yolk pastry, especially those made with salted duck eggs, and wanted her parents to try it.
There are so many things I want to do and so many delicious foods I want to make.
But they alone cannot open a restaurant to prepare all the delicious foods in this technological age.
There has to be another way.
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That night, when Hua Xinhong returned home, Qiu Wenqin and the others couldn't wait to share the happy news with him.
When they learned that the soaps had been delivered, they realized that the full payment was truly theirs.
"Dad, there are still these school bags. Take them back to your classmates."
When everyone in the academy ordered school bags, Hua Xinhong didn't ask for a deposit, but just asked everyone to write down their names.
Once the schoolbags are made, they are taken to the academy and distributed to everyone, and everyone gives him the money for the schoolbags.
According to the first-come-first-served principle, those who order first will get the backpack first.
Most people in the academy can afford the hundred coins.
What's more, it is now popular in colleges to use school bags, and everyone is following suit and wants to buy them.
No one thought of imitating it.
The main reason is that school bags are only popular in academies and are not available on the market.
So for now, no one has imitated and made such a backpack.
Just from these schoolbags, they earned a few taels of silver.
It's basically pure profit. They just spend some time teaching everyone, and then they spend almost no time at all afterwards.
Although the soap business is booming nowadays, we are not short of this little money.
But the reason I took on this job and gave it to the villagers was that I wanted to help the villagers if I could.
Hua Xinhong looked at the school bags and said happily, "I'll give them to my classmates at the academy. They'll definitely be happy."
"Everyone says backpacks are very useful, can hold a lot of things, and are convenient for traveling."
"Some of my classmates told me that they carried it back home, and their parents loved it. They said that if they go out or buy things in the future, they can just carry a big schoolbag..."
Since Hua Xinhong went back to the academy to study, he has become more confident.
Being able to go back to school is what Hua Xinhong really wants to do.
He likes reading.
Qiu Wenqin said, "You know what, these backpacks are not only popular with you scholars, but I like them too."
Hua Hanbin said, "My elder brother and I both like it, but Mom, please make two for us when you have time."
"Why don't I learn needlework too? I can do it myself."
Qiu Wenqin tapped his forehead amusedly and said, "When I asked you to do needlework, how many times did you poke yourself with your fingers? Count them yourself."
At first, Hua Hanbin really wanted to give it a try, but he really couldn't learn needlework.
Hua Xinuo's mind flashed with light, and her expression changed as she said, "Actually, women can also carry another kind of bag when going out."
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