Chapter 447 Niece
In the joint business between the Wuda tribe and the Wan family and Lin Qingyuan, the amount of beef, mutton, furs, ox horns and gems is also a considerable amount.
But after deducting the huge expenses of purchasing food, tea, salt, and maintaining soldiers and civilian workers for the tribe, there was only more than 500 taels of silver left.
Excluding the surrounding vassal tribes and the four hundred Lei camps, the population of the Wuda headquarters is more than two hundred people, equivalent to a wealthy family in the Wu Dynasty.
The profit of more than 500 taels of silver was distributed to each person for less than 3 taels.
Fortunately, Lin Qingyuan had to advance the money when he picked up the goods, so Madam Wu Ya would not be short of money.
Song Liyun also received the account book that Han Ming brought over.
After the winter came, the business of the Suijin Town Ice Cellar was booming, with a turnover of 5,000 taels of silver on the books, and the net profit of several factories was more than 1,000 taels of silver.
However, the luggage, leather accessories, and cashmere fabrics sold by Wanjia in Southeast Road and Beijing are high-value luxury goods.
Song Liyun's private income instantly reached tens of thousands of taels per year, which was several times higher than the net profit of the Wuda tribe.
It seems that no matter when, hard-working farmers and herdsmen can never compete with middlemen.
What made Song Liyun happiest was a letter from Xiaoshi Village, Qingping Town.
Song Zhenping's child was born half a month ago. Both mother and daughter are safe. The baby is a big fat girl weighing 7.8 jins.
Song Liyun was happy. She didn't have the chance to give birth to her own child in her previous life, and she had only been married for two months in this life and still had no child.
Now that I can see the birth of a child who is related to me by blood, I feel incredibly excited.
In the letter, Song Zhenping said that the acorn workshop in Xiaoshi Village had made a profit, and the land that Mr. Xue had helped to acquire was going smoothly. It seemed that half of the land could be used to grow fodder grass after the spring.
Song Liyun looked at it slowly.
Everything will be easy once you get started, so she is not in a hurry!
Song Zhenping finally said that Niu Niu was going to hold a hundred-day celebration, and considering that Xiaoyun had only been married for two months and the journey was long, there was no need for her to go back.
As long as Xiao An can return to Xiaoshi Village in February, it will be fine.
Song Liyun thought about it and realized that Song Zhenping had everything he needed, and she had something important to do with Wan Youyou, so it would not be appropriate to just leave him behind.
I'll wait until spring to go back to Suijin Town. I must go and see my little niece.
Xiao An knew that he was going to be an uncle. He was so happy that he couldn't stop laughing.
"Second sister, I'll take Niuniu horseback riding when I get back!"
"Second sister, I want to give the dried meat that Brother Ashi gave me to Niuniu!"
"Second sister..."
Song Liyun's head hurt from Xiao An's yelling: "Xiao An, Niuniu is only two months old, she only drinks milk and sleeps, not rides!"
Xiao An was dumbfounded: "Then give my goat milk to Niuniu!"
In the Wuda tribe, Xiao An not only drinks milk tea every day, but the beggar lady also gives him goat milk, which is more nutritious than cow milk.
Goat milk is better than cow milk, but the output is not high, so it is impossible to make milk powder from it.
After two months of riding horses and herding sheep, eating meat and drinking goat's milk, Xiao An did not gain weight, his round face became thinner, and he grew noticeably taller.
Song Liyun thanked the Wuda tribe for their kindness to Xiao An, and thinking about the five hundred taels of silver in the Wuda tribe's deposit, she sighed in her heart: A big family means big expenses, so I have to help the tribe find more ways to make money.
In the evening, Madam Wu Ya hosted a banquet to entertain Lin Qingyuan.
The five hundred taels of silver that Song Liyun looked down upon were very important to the tribe. At least it was the profit after they separated from the Zhenbei Army, and there would be more in the future.
Lin Qingyuan stayed in the tribe for three days, and Madam Wuya entertained him for three days, while Song Liyun was busy preparing luggage for Xiao An.
Originally, Xiao An wanted to stay with Song Liyun until spring before going back, but now he can't stay any longer.
She was always thinking about Tianxianglou, Dahua, Heijin, her elder brother and sister-in-law, and her little niece Niuniu whom she had not met yet. She wanted to return to Suijin Town with Lin Qingyuan.
Song Liyun couldn't stop it even if she wanted to.
However, Lin Qingyuan said that Song Zhenping returned to Xiaoshi Village and Song Liyun married to the grassland. Now there is no real master in Baolinju except Han Ming, and as a manager, he can't do his job freely.
As time goes by, it is inevitable that someone will have evil thoughts and attack Han Ming.
People are not afraid of bad hearts, but they are afraid of knowing that someone is seducing them and still giving them opportunities.
As long as Xiao An stays in Suijin Town, others will know that the master of this house is still there and will be less worried.
Song Liyun and Song Zhenping will take turns going back. Although it cannot be foolproof, it can avoid 90% of the risks.
Song Liyun was a little worried about sending Xiao An back to Suijin alone, and said she needed to think about it.
At night, Zhao Tingduo said, "Xiao An is already a grown-up boy. How can he always be protected by his older brothers and sisters? That would make him a child who never grows up. You have to let go at some point."
Although Xiao An has an intellectual disability, he is not a fool. He just lacks a bit of brains sometimes. With more thinking and practice, he will become smarter.
Song Liyun also knew this.
Although children from poor backgrounds become independent early, sometimes children from poor families are more spoiled.
When adults feel that their children are suffering, they always feel guilty and take good care of them, raising them as spoiled children from poor families.
When Song Liyun first came, Xiao An didn't even know how to dress or eat, and Song Zhenping took care of him in every detail.
It was because of her forced training that she looked like this now.
She also made the same mistake, thinking that Xiao An was doing well, much better than before, and was very satisfied.
But in the eyes of normal and rational men like Zhao Tingduo and Lin Qingyuan, she is obviously still too spoiled and there is room for improvement.
Zhao Tingduo didn’t say much before, but now that he is his brother-in-law, he has reason to discipline his brother-in-law.
Song Liyun realized her problem and agreed after gritted her teeth.
Xiao An is not a fool. He learns cooking seriously and has contributed to several dishes of Tianxianglou.
He is now just dependent on his brothers and sisters. No matter what he says or does, they will forgive him, so he will not think twice before speaking or doing anything.
If he leaves me, maybe he will be more sensible.
Xiao An was going back and he wanted to bring gifts for his friends.
The first thing to do is to bring a cashmere scarf to Dahua.
He saw that both Madam Wuya and his second sister had them, and they were warm and beautiful.
Song Liyun changed it into two sheepskin mattresses and gave them to Dahua's father, Master Zhou.
Dahua and her mother wore woolen knee-high socks.
Dahua is a girl who works in the kitchen, so it is not appropriate to give her something too expensive for no reason.
Dazhu wears a pair of fluffy hats. He has to help buy groceries every day and goes out early because it is very cold.
In addition to Zhou Sizhu's family, Lin Tao and Zhou Xiang from Tianxianglou also received gifts.
Chuntao's family in Suijin Town, Captain Luo, and the family of Old Man Zhang and Xue Zhuang were not left out.
Xiao An left happily amidst Madam Yun's tears and countless warnings and instructions. He was going back to be an uncle.
Lin Qingyuan had five carts when he came, but only three when he left. One cart was filled with water, food and other daily necessities, and the other two were goods.
But the items inside are very valuable, including cashmere carpets, wool yarn and air-dried beef and mutton.
Song Liyun watched the three pitiful carriages go away and sighed, "We should quickly get the spinning hammers out to increase the production of wool yarn!"
Standing next to her was Wan Youyou, who gathered her sleeves and said calmly, "Young Madam, I've seen those drawings of yours and I can understand them.
It's just about teaching the child to read, can we discuss it?"
"How do we discuss this? We agreed that you would compile the teaching materials and then spend half an hour every day teaching the children literacy and arithmetic!"
After staying in Kala Mountain for a few days, Song Liyun discussed the tribal education issues with Wan Youyou.
Without Tang Qingyuan and the others, Wan Youyou was the only talented woman left.
Song Liyun learned to read and write from Han Ming, and she can barely use it.
Besides, Zhao Tingduo and Abu can also read. If you ask them to attend class, I’m afraid the children will be kicked away after a few words!
Wan Youyou said: "You also said that I am a talented woman, and it is a waste of my talent to enlighten children.
There are quite a few maids and servants who can read, so I can just find a few to teach them. I only need to do a spot check every once in a while, and I don’t have to spend time with the child every day.”
Song Liyun slapped her head and said, "Why am I so confused?"
(End of this chapter)
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