Mrs. Wei's face turned ashen.
Ye Peng stepped forward with shame: "I'm sorry, Aunt, my mother didn't mean it that way... she just dislikes the Li family."
Ye Erquan also felt apologetic: "She speaks without thinking."
Ye Caiping sighed softly, "Mm."
"Congratulations!" At this moment, the villagers came running after hearing the news, including Ye Lizheng. Everyone surrounded Ye Xuan and Ye Daquan to congratulate them.
Ye Lizheng laughed heartily: "Our Qinghe Village has finally produced a scholar!"
Ye Xuan's heart was pounding with joy as he repeatedly returned the greetings: "Thank you, Grandpa Village Head, thank you everyone."
Mrs. Du quickly took out a box of dried fruit from the house and offered the villagers candy.
Ye Xuan said to the two constables, "Please come inside and have a seat, brothers."
"No, we still have to go to the next place," the constable waved his hand.
Grandma Ye quickly stuffed a purse into the two men's hands, smiling, "This is a tip for your trouble, gentlemen, keep it to buy some tea."
The two constables beamed and left happily.
"Everyone, my son Xuan'er has passed the imperial examination and become a scholar! We'll choose an auspicious day in a few days to hold a celebratory banquet. Everyone, please come and join us!" Madam Du announced loudly.
"Great! Great!" The villagers' eyes lit up. Was Daquan's family going to treat the whole village to a feast?
Everyone knows that Daquan family is generous, especially after they've made money; this feast is sure to be very substantial.
The villagers were even happier. After exchanging a few more words of congratulations, they went back to their homes one after another. Ye Lizheng also returned to his workshop to work.
Ye Caiping and her family entered the house.
Ye Daquan said with a smile, "Since you're so happy today, little sister, how about we invite Uncle Village Head and Uncle Wang and Second Uncle to lunch?"
Ye Caiping nodded: "Okay, that's a good time to split the profits."
What kind of revenue sharing?
"It's a furniture workshop. They're wealthy now."
Ye Caiping knew that the shareholders, apart from her, were all short of money. Now that the workshop was making money, after deducting the cost of materials, they could finally get a share of the profits.
"Okay, I'll go inform them right away." After saying that, Ye Daquan went out excitedly.
When Mr. Wei heard that their furniture workshop had recouped its investment so quickly, he felt a little uneasy.
At noon, everyone gathered at Ye Daquan's house.
Before the meal, Ye Caiping and all the shareholders held a meeting in the main room, and even Du Shi and Ye Erquan came.
As for who would cook, Ye Caiping called over Yang Ma and Gui Xiang to do it.
Inside the main room, the door was tightly shut.
Wang Shuantou laughed and said, "The money was earned this month, so why are we splitting the profits today?"
Ye Caiping said, "I see that everyone is short of money. Uncle Village Chief and Second Uncle are still in debt, so I want to pay back the principal to everyone as soon as possible so that everyone can have a happy Mid-Autumn Festival."
Ye Lizheng smiled somewhat awkwardly: "That would be great!"
Wang Shuantou was so excited that he kept rubbing his hands together.
Ye Caiping took out a notebook and opened it: "In the past 9 days, after deducting all costs, the storefront earned a total of 563 taels, orders from outside merchants earned 725 taels, and the small stools and furniture from the early stage earned 30 taels. The total is 1318 taels."
Upon hearing this number, Ye Daquan and Ye Lizheng clapped excitedly.
It's only been open for less than ten days!
Ye Daquan said, "If we calculate it this way, we can earn three or four thousand taels a month."
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Pretty much. Sales at the storefront will decrease, but orders from outside merchants will actually increase."
"Also, a large number of counterfeit products will appear on the market in about half a month, which will impact sales. We must ensure quality control."
Everyone nodded solemnly.
Then came the most exciting part: the profit-sharing!
Ye Caiping said, “According to the shareholding, I get 527 taels and 2 mace, my eldest brother and Uncle Shuantou get 263 taels and 6 mace. My second brother gets 92 taels, 2 mace and 6 wen, and Uncle Lizheng and my second uncle get 52 taels, 7 mace and 2 wen.”
Everyone who heard this laughed so hard their eyes disappeared.
It may seem like only 9 days, but it actually took a full four months from the time the workshop was built in April, which was really not easy.
Now not only have we broken even, we've made a huge profit.
Ye Caiping added, "From now on, the tenth of each month will be our accounting day. We'll only settle accounts for the previous month. This month is special, so we've settled accounts for the first nine days of this month as well."
"clear."
"Come on, take the money." Ye Caiping had already prepared it and took out a bag of silver to share with everyone.
After Ye Daquan and his wife accepted the money, Du gave Ye Caiping another 160 taels: "This is a loan from my younger sister. She has been paying back 10 taels every month. This is the final payment. Please accept it."
Ye Caiping accepted it without hesitation.
Ye Erquan stuffed the silver in his hand into Ye Caiping's hand, looking troubled: "My family doesn't know I have a stake in this business, so please keep this money for me, little sister."
"Okay, I'll give it to you later. Find a place to hide it, or deposit it in a money exchange."
Everyone took the money and happily left the main room.
The village head and Uncle Ye rushed home to put the money away.
As Mrs. Wei and Old Mrs. Ye were picking vegetables in the corridor, they saw them come out and their eyes followed them, landing on the cloth bags in their hands.
My heart aches like it's being scratched by a cat.
After putting the money away, Mrs. Du smiled and came over to help pick vegetables.
Unable to bear it any longer, Mrs. Wei couldn't help but ask, "So? Were you just dividing up the money? How much did you get?"
Mrs. Du glanced at her and smiled, "Yes, we did get a share. As for how much... I won't say, it's better to keep my wealth private."
Mrs. Wei choked, and said with a pout, "Who do you think we are? Can't I tell you how much I earn every month? My family's outhouse business, which includes delivering spicy soup, brings in about 93 taels a month."
Du hadn't wanted to say it, but since Wei had already spoken, she felt bad if she didn't, so she whispered:
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