Chapter 135 Chapter 135 Make money alone...
Lin Qiuran smiled and said, "One hundred thousand taels, isn't that a lot?"
Xiao Xun was surprised: "Why are there so many!"
Xiao Xun had never truly inquired about the family's financial situation. His annual salary wasn't large, so he gave whatever he received to Lin Qiuran, and took the rest home as rewards from the emperor. He never inquired about matters at the mansion. He knew the family owned two houses and several shops, but he had no idea how much they were worth.
He had never seen so much money before, and couldn't help but ask, "Is this amount based on the family's land and property, or is it just that much without counting it?"
Lin Qiuran was amused by Xiao Xun's reaction. She said, "We have to take into account the three new shops our family bought this year and the money we spent. We can't count the shops we bought last year. This year's total is this much."
The family's expenses throughout the year are several thousand taels, including clothes, jewelry, food, and charcoal. There are so many people in the house, plus monthly payments and social interactions...all the miscellaneous expenses add up to a lot.
But compared to what I earn, these expenses are not much.
Lin Qiuran said, "The grain from the farm alone brought in 60,000 taels. The spice business is a bit more profitable than in previous years, around 40,000 to 50,000 taels. If we open a branch, the profits from the two Jindinglou shops will be around 10,000 taels by next year."
Including Yu An's Jinding Building, there are three shops in total, and there are other small businesses that can make some money, more or less. Adding all these together, it's not less than 100,000 taels of silver, or even more.
The money from the grain sold by the farm is with Lin Qiuran, as well as the profit that Manager Xu sent today.
The total amount is 80,000 taels of silver. Lin Qiuran has not yet decided whether to use this money to continue investing in business, buy a house or a shop, or something else, but now she wants to share her joy with Xiao Xun.
Xiao Xun saw that Lin Qiuran's eyes were sparkling, as if filled with stars, full of joy. He was so happy from the inside out that he couldn't help but change his clothes as well. "So many, that's great. I'll buy you a set of jewelry first, and some fabric. I think the cups and dishes in the house have been used for a long time, and it's time to replace them."
Xiao Xun paid attention to all these, but he had too little money. Out of the monthly salary of twenty taels, he could only have more than ten taels left, which he wanted to save to buy things for Lin Qiuran at the end of the year.
Lin Qiuran nodded. "That's fine. I've been wearing these pieces of jewelry for a long time. I bought a pair of jade bracelets for my mother a few days ago, so I'll buy a pair for myself."
Since they go out so often, these ladies from wealthy families make sure to change their clothes and jewelry every time they go out.
It's time to replace the porcelain. Lin Qiuran feels much better when she looks at the beautiful porcelain. She uses them to drink tea and eat snacks. She changes a different one every day and has a different mood every day. It's expensive and fragile, but she thinks it's worth the money.
Trying new dishes on beautiful porcelain will put you in a better mood.
Lin Qiuran: "By the way, I can also change your horse. Take some time to go to the horse market and choose a good one."
Xiao Xun was not very interested in other things. He only liked horses, swords, and food. But how much silver did he spend on food? And he mostly ate at home, so it was counted as public expenses.
That's all.
It is said that after being in the capital for so long, Lin Qiuran has met many ladies and goes out to appreciate flowers and drink tea from time to time, but Xiao Xun rarely goes out on holidays, and he doesn't go out for drinks or anything like that.
The manor was a reward from the emperor, so the money was earned by Xiao Xun. Although a pound of grain was cheap, it was more than enough to cover the family's large land. One hectare equals one hundred acres, and a thousand hectares equals one hundred thousand acres, so it was time to buy something for Xiao Xun.
Lin Qiuran looked at Xiao Xun with a smile. She was not a stingy person. She would buy the horse no matter how expensive it was.
Xiao Xun bowed slightly and said, "Then I would like to thank my wife for being here."
Lin Qiuran pointed to his shoulder and said, "Yeah."
Xiao Xun was very perceptive and tactful. He came over and rubbed her shoulders. However, after a while, his hands moved lower and lower, becoming more and more dishonest.
Lin Qiuran glanced at him and said, "What's going on? You're still dragging your feet when I rub your shoulders."
Xiao Xun said, "Madam wants to buy me a horse, so I must do it myself and repay her well."
Xiao Xun likes doing this very much.
If it weren't for the fact that Lin Qiuran was sometimes too tired to bear and needed to rest, he would have wanted to do it every day. Sometimes Lin Qiuran also had troubles, but when she thought about it, Xiao Xun was only 24 years old this year, and she was only 23, so young.
When the child grew up and went to school, she and Sun also lived in a separate courtyard. Lin Qiuran was satisfied that she could be with Xiao Xun until now.
Lin Qiuran half-heartedly fell on the bed.
The weather turned cold after the autumn, and Xiao Xun felt hot, but Lin Qiuran still wanted to stay closer to him. It started raining outside again. There was a lot of rain after the autumn this year. It started to drizzle, like needles and cow hairs, and it felt like delicate kisses when it fell on people, making people feel itchy.
Then there was a burst of thunder, and the rain became heavier. The strong wind and rain swept the yellow leaves on the branches. Some of them fell to the ground without being disturbed, floating in the puddles, and were hit by bean-sized raindrops. They enjoyed the chill and pleasure of the autumn rain wantonly, and fought with the autumn rain until the last moment of their lives.
Finally, the rain stopped falling heavily and slowed down, and I didn't know how long it had been falling.
The next day, Lin Qiuran woke to find the rain had stopped, but the ground was wet again. The slate had been stained green by the rain, and a few leaves occasionally fell to the ground. The maidservant was diligently sweeping the ground, but at this time of year, the leaves kept falling one by one, falling all day long, and it was impossible to sweep them clean.
Lin Qiuran took a look and asked Lin Xia to tell the maids to sweep the yard once early in the morning. It would be nice to have some fallen leaves in the yard in autumn. If it was always clean, people would feel cold and depressed when they looked out, and they would not be able to feel the atmosphere of autumn.
Autumn harvest, winter storage. With autumn in Zhuangzi's hands, Lin Qiuran had much less to do. He thought about how he was still on his way to the capital at this time last year, but this year he had already settled in and established a firm foothold in the capital.
Tang Yuan loved this season, and Lin Qiuran discovered that there was nothing he disliked. The cool autumn weather was a favorite, and he would go horseback riding at the farm every month during his holiday.
I caught fish and roasted sweet potatoes, and also made some good friends in Zhuangzi.
Lin Qiuran never cared what kind of friends he made, and Xiao Xun also said that he had to take care of these matters himself, and adults couldn't control everything.
Tang Yuan occasionally felt melancholy and said to Lin Qiuran, "Mom, my life is too comfortable. I can study and go to school, but Goudan and Dazhuang can only pick wheat ears and herd cattle in the fields to collect cow dung. They can't study."
"I think fishing and roasting sweet potatoes are fun, but they think it's better to study."
Tangyuan didn’t quite understand all this, but he felt inexplicably sad and uncomfortable.
Lin Qiuran sighed softly in her heart. Wasn't Xiao Xun just like that back then? She coaxed Tangyuan a few words, and Tangyuan said, "Mom, can I use my pocket money to let Goudan and Dazhuang go to school? It would be great if they could go to school."
Lin Qiuran was pleased with his kindness. Her expression softened a bit as she said, "It's your own money, so of course you make the decision yourself. If you want to help them, that's fine. But you also have to think carefully about how long you can help them. If they don't learn well, will you feel that your help was in vain? Also, there's the saying, 'A favor is a debt of gratitude, but a debt of gratitude is a debt of resentment.' You may not understand this when I tell you this, so you'll have to slowly understand it yourself."
Tang Yuan thought with a tangled look on his face, and finally said, "I have decided to help. Mom, can you help me? I'm afraid that after giving them the money, their family won't let them go to school, and the end result will be different from what I originally intended."
Lin Qiuran patted Tangyuan's head and said, "Okay, Mom will help you."
Tangyuan smiled and thought to himself that his mother was so nice, so nice.
Lin Qiuran actually thought it would be a good idea to let Tangyuan try. The family had plenty of money, so if they lost it, it would be a loss. If these children could study hard and help Tangyuan in the future, it would be great.
If it doesn't work, it can teach Tangyuan a lesson. For the family, it's a sure-win business.
Tangyuan has a good family background and can afford to try and make mistakes. Lin Qiuran couldn't help but think that it was a good thing that his family had these things, otherwise Tangyuan would be the one watching others study with envy.
Lin Qiuran asked Lin Xia to arrange it. A primary school was built near the village and students were recruited from several villages. Tuition was waived, but the money for paper and pens was not.
If they give money directly, I wonder if they will use it for their children’s education. If they want to study, their families will find ways to help them learn to write and read, even using sand and branches.
After September, the weather in Beijing became much colder. This year, the snow came early, in mid-October, and the first snow was very thick.
Tangyuan had to go to school every day in the snow. Fortunately, there was a carriage, otherwise the days would be even more difficult. Tangyuan liked playing in the snow, but he didn't like going to school in the snow because it was too cold.
Playing and being cold are two different things. He would occasionally bargain with Lin Qiuran and say that he would not go to class, "Mom, several people are not coming to school today."
But Lin Qiuran didn't agree.
I had to go even if I didn't want to, and with the promise of hot pot for dinner, I managed to hold on day after day. I had cotton shoes and gloves, and there was a charcoal basin in the carriage, so I didn't get frostbite.
Study hard in the cold window.
If you don't study in the winter, how can you say you studied hard? In comparison, he was taken to and from school in a horse-drawn carriage. The days of eating glutinous rice balls were already very good.
Otherwise, if you don’t go today, you won’t go tomorrow, and you won’t have to go every day.
In October, including the three months of winter and twelfth lunar month, the weather was not very good. It was cold and the roads were slippery. Even riding in the car was cold. It was very hard to go to school every day, especially for Tangyuan who was only five years old.
However, after studying "Encouraging Learning", he no longer complained to Lin Qiuran about the difficulties of going to school.
There were still more than two months until February. Even though Lin Qiuran always said that this exam was just a test and that it wouldn't matter if he didn't pass, Tangyuan continued to work hard, and the closer the exam got, the harder he worked. He didn't want all these days of hardship to be in vain, and naturally, he didn't want his efforts to go to waste.
On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, students of Tangyuan's age have a holiday, while older students have to wait until the 25th day to have a holiday and go back to school on the 6th day.
Tangyuan is kept until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Although he had a lot of holidays, he did not slack off at all. He went home to do his homework, and then urged Lin Qiuran to go find Mr. Huang because he still had to make up for the lessons.
Lin Qiuran asked, "How many days have you stopped playing?"
Tang Yuan said, "I can study in the morning and play in the afternoon. I can't just play all day long. The teacher has high hopes for me, and I shouldn't let him down."
Don't let yourself down either.
Lin Qiuran nodded and quickly agreed with Mr. Huang to go to class every morning until the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, and then continue from the 6th day of the first lunar month for ten consecutive days until the Lantern Festival, and then go to school at the academy.
Lin Qiuran was very pleased that the child was studying hard. It was just a matter of spending more money to hire a teacher, which was better than having fun all day after the holiday.
But occasionally, when he looked at it, Lin Qiuran still felt distressed.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Tangyuan was only four years old. At this age, Lin Qiuran didn't want him to be too tired, but he just wanted to study.
Sun was heartbroken. At this time last year, Tangyuan was still skating on the lake every day. This year, he only went to class half a day and occasionally played the piano in the afternoon.
He was still playful, as was his nature at his age, but Tang Yuan often said, "If you want to play, have fun; if you want to study, study hard."
There was still half the time left for playing, and he was having a lot of fun. He hoped his grandmother wouldn't look at him with pity.
Lin Qiuran slowly watched him transform from Tangyuan into Xiao Lian.
The family spent New Year's Eve together. A letter came from the manager of the old house saying that people had come to the old house again since Xiao Dashi was brought back. Xiao Dashi ignored them, but he had no money on him, and he wondered what he would be like if he had money.
Tangyuan hadn't been studying for a few days; it was Chinese New Year, so naturally he needed to take a few days off. But after the New Year, he had returned to studying. Lin Qiuran often worried, fearing that his hard work wouldn't yield satisfactory results.
In mid-February, the first Tongshi exam is held, called the County Exam. Those who take the exam are two or three years older than Tangyuan.
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