Chapter 268: Talking about money is not vulgar at all, and settling accounts is even less vulgar
Guan Li didn't understand, but the other family members knew it very well.
Jiang Xiangxi lowered his head and explained in her ear: "Mom wants you and sister-in-law to be responsible for making soap."
Guan Li suddenly opened her eyes wide in understanding. She knew that Xiang Xi's family also had a soap business, but she, she had just married into the family. Would her mother dare to hand it over to her?
Judging from the fact that everyone in the village can do the brush business, but only family members know how to make soap, my mother must have attached great importance to the craft of soap making, or to be more precise, she has kept some skills.
But her father and brother are both in the village, isn't her mother worried that she might leak the information...
"Thank you both for your hard work." Shen Qing looked at his two daughters-in-law and said gently.
Huo Bing smiled: "It's not hard, I really like making soap."
She was very grateful to her mother for letting her take charge of this job, instead of being completely trapped by her husband and children day and night - it should have been her responsibility as a mother to take care of them, but the result of her being the only one taking care of them was that her husband did not pay attention to the two children, and her brother-in-law even thought she was lazy and enjoying herself.
Ever since her mother asked her husband to help take care of the children and her husband has been paying more and more attention to the two children, she decided to learn from her mother!
Whatever mother says is what it is, she will do whatever mother tells her to do...
Guan Li stood up in panic, her usually fluent words stumbling due to nervousness: "Mom, I, I just got married. Are you sure you want to pass on such an important craft to me?"
Shen Qing nodded seriously: "You are a member of the family, why are you not sure?"
She was very grateful for working with them, and she would never doubt someone she employed.
An inexplicable emotion surged in Guan Li's heart. She didn't know how to express it. She only knew that it felt very good to be trusted by her mother. In order to live up to her mother's trust, she would definitely be extremely careful and not leak a single word!
Shen Qing saw that all the work had been arranged and basically had no objections - Lao Liu, who had objections, had also changed his job, so he just did his job with peace of mind.
After talking about the obligations that should be fulfilled, it is time to start talking about the benefits that can be obtained.
"Xiaoyu, Xiaoshui, Third and Fourth Brothers, you are responsible for food and drink, forty coins per person per day;
The eldest and second eldest have the heaviest work, forty-five coins each per day;
Ah Bing and Ah Li, you two will be responsible for feeding the chickens and geese, and each of you will earn ten cents a day. As for making soap, the more you work, the more you earn. How about we calculate it by the piece, two cents for a successful piece of soap?"
The group of people who originally thought that Shen Qing had finished assigning the work and was about to get up and leave immediately sat back down.
Everyone looked around in disbelief, fearing that they had heard it wrong.
Jiang Yu was the first to speak: "Sister-in-law, I eat at home, spend money at home, live at home, work a day and rest a day, I'm not tired at all, why should I ask for wages? Especially forty cents a day is too much."
She is a woman, and she cannot earn this amount even if she works as a slave in a wealthy family. Not to mention a woman, even a man doing hard labor cannot earn this amount of wages!
Jiang Xiangnan was anxious, and before his mother could speak, he said to Jiang Yu: "Aunt, you deserve it! Think about it, you have to cook for 60 or 70 people, and after we finish the workshop, we have to come back and cook dinner for our family.
Is forty cents a day too much? It's not much at all. Ask my younger sister and fourth brother to talk about it and see if it's not too much at all."
Are you kidding? Who doesn't eat, drink and live at home? If my sister-in-law doesn't have to pay her wages, how can they still get wages?
So now, protecting my sister-in-law’s salary is protecting my own!
We must not give in. This is forty cents a day.
Jiang Shuijiang Xiangbei immediately followed and nodded heavily.
Jiang Xiangbei calculated with great approval: "Yes, little aunt, in fact, it sounds like forty cents a day is a lot, but think about it, we are two groups, and we only get paid for half a month, which means that a full month is six hundred cents."
"By the way, Mom, if we do extra work on our day off, can we get paid?" Jiang Shui reacted and asked her mother.
Shen Qing naturally encouraged his children to work hard. After all, if money was given to them for free, they would not cherish it. But if they earned it with their own ability, they would cherish it especially and would use their brains to think about how to earn more.
She thought about it and realized that there was no shortage of people making brushes, so there was no need to encourage them to participate. She only said, "If your sister-in-law is too busy making soap and needs your help, then you can be paid according to the principle of more work, more pay.
And if there are other ways to earn extra income, you can also participate in it according to your own free time based on the rewards."
Daily chores such as cleaning the house, washing clothes, chopping firewood and storing vegetables are not included.
"Wow, our sister-in-law is the best in the world, you must remember to choose me first!" Jiang Shui immediately came in front of Huo Bing and Guan Li, holding hands intimately.
Jiang Xiangnan and Jiang Xiangbei also wanted to step forward to show their uncle-sister-in-law affection, but after looking at their burly elder and second brothers, they silently withdrew their steps and turned to beg, "Sister-in-law, you two can't favor one over the other."
"Yes, you have to treat your sister-in-law and brother-in-law the same way~"
Huo Bing and Guan Li, who had become a hot commodity, were at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
However, Huo Bing still felt that the price was too high when he thought about the two cents a bar of soap his mother mentioned.
Ali didn't know how many bars of soap she could make in a day, but she knew that it took a long time to boil lard and mutton fat, but sesame oil could be made directly, and a pot could produce at least dozens of bars, and a pot could be made in less than half an hour.
She and Ali worked together and could easily make hundreds of coins a day. If they divided it equally, it would be 100 coins, plus 10 coins for feeding the chickens and geese, plus 40 coins for being the head of the household... She didn't feel comfortable earning so much in a day.
Amidst the laughter and joy, Jiang Xiangzhong, who had originally held the noble view of "disregarding money as dirt," could no longer resist asking, seeing his mother hesitate to mention his share, "Mom, what about mine? How much is it a day?"
In the past, his mother would buy him whatever he wanted, even if the paper, ink, brush, and inkstone were not cheap, but she would always spend money from the public treasury to buy them for him;
At that time, he always disdained to talk about money, thinking that counting a few cents was very vulgar. He also felt that his brothers and sisters should be given priority over him. After all, the Jiang family could only rely on themselves to change their fortunes, and the Jiang family could only rely on themselves to live a good life.
But everything changed later. His mother didn't give him any extra money. His brothers, sisters, and even his eldest sister-in-law could all get paid for their work. With money in hand, it was very convenient for him to ask the team leaving the city to bring back things. His younger sister brought cakes, his younger sister-in-law brought cloth, and his eldest sister-in-law brought things for the children...
He was jealous but helpless, and only then did he realize the importance of money!
There’s nothing vulgar about talking about money, and even less vulgar about settling accounts!
Shen Qing seemed to have finally remembered, and turned to look at Jiang Xiangzhong. He frowned and thought for a while before hesitating and asking, "Didn't you say before that taking care of children is just for fun, and that it's like enjoying a leisurely life at home?
Since it's just for fun, do I get paid?"
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