With such favorable terms offered by Su Murong, Mo Zijun was not to be outdone. He gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly, "Madam Cen, Fugui Silver Shop is willing to give you half of its profits, as long as you are willing to continue advertising for Fugui Silver Shop. In addition, we do not object to you offering advice for other businesses such as the Star Gazing Tower and the Cloth Shop, but you cannot offer advice to Fugui Silver Shop's competitors."
Mo Zijun's words blocked Baofu Jewelry's path.
Manager He hadn't expected Mo Zijun to be so decisive, so readily promising to give away half a percent of the profits. If Baofu Silver Shop were to double its profits, then it would have to give up 10 percent of the profits, which was beyond Manager He's control.
Manager He said, "Madam Cen, our Baofu Silver Shop is also very sincere, but this matter is of great importance and I cannot make the decision on my own. I will go back and consult with the owner."
Manager He immediately boarded the carriage and returned home.
Seeing that Manager He had left, Mo Zijun could no longer sit still and also offered his leave: "Madam Cen, I will take my leave now."
When Mo Zijun returned home, he told Mo Linfei about wanting to give half of the profits to Yang Cui. Before Mo Linfei could say anything, Mo Yalan jumped up.
"You're willing to give up half a percent of your profits just because of this idea? Are you crazy, brother?"
Mo Zijun snapped, "Shut up! Do you even have a place to speak?"
Madam Mo gently nudged her husband, Mo Wende, and then Mo Wende said, "Zijun, your sister is too blunt, but half a percent profit is not a small amount. We can't give away so much money just because business was good yesterday. Although your grandfather entrusted Fugui Silver Shop to you to manage, it still belongs to our Mo family."
The implication is that you have harmed everyone's interests.
Mo Zijun's second uncle said, "Zijun is still too young."
Mo Zijun's third uncle: "Promising half a percent of the profit so casually, Zijun, if you keep doing this, you'll ruin our Mo family sooner or later."
Mo Linfei slammed the teacup down on the table, and everyone below immediately fell silent.
Mo Linfei raised his eyelids slightly and said, "Since the silver shop has been handed over to Zijun to manage, he has the absolute right to make decisions. Moreover, Zijun has already made his word, and we Mo family members are true to our word and absolutely cannot go back on our word!"
Mo Wende stood up: "Father..."
"Shut up!" Mo Linfei glared at him, and Mo Wende immediately cowered.
"That's settled then, and nobody can object anymore! If you're not happy about it, just keep it to yourself!"
"Grandfather, rest assured, your grandson will do his best to run the jewelry store well!"
...
At Baofu Jewelry Store, Manager He also reported the situation to Mo Linfeng.
"Half a percent profit? That little brat Mo Zijun is really willing to spend it."
"Sir, what about this side..."
"If we can't let Mo Zijun build up the Fugui Jewelry business, we have to start from within."
Mo Linfeng was unwilling to offer better terms than Mo Zijun, but he couldn't touch Yang Cui, so he could only start with the Mo family.
...
Lin Daya didn't know exactly how much a 5% profit was, but seeing everyone's expressions, she could guess that it was definitely not a small amount. She became even more excited and more determined to reconcile with Yang Cui.
Back when Yang Cui was still living in the Lin family and was still her mother, she would always make excuses when asked to do chores. But now, haha, she's more diligent than anyone else.
She ate lunch at Yang Cui's place, eating until she was stuffed, and didn't leave until Ren Donghui left.
...
When Lin Daya returned home, she reported the day's events to Lin Shikang and Madam Fan.
"That bitch is making money now." Fan felt a pang of bitterness. "God is blind! I curse her to have the life to earn it but not the life to spend it."
After a moment, Lin Shikang said to Lin Daya, "She is, after all, the elder who raised you, and she must have feelings for you. Spend more time with her, and play with Erya and Sanya as well. You are sisters. If you had some disagreements in the past, they must remember them because they are young. You need to be patient."
"I understand, Father."
...
The next day, Lin Daya went to Anjia Village to play with Erya and Sanya.
She was annoyed that Er Ya and San Ya ignored her, but she always remembered Lin Shikang's advice to be patient.
Seeing that she was like a stubborn leech and wouldn't leave, Qiuqiu gave Er Ya an idea...
“If you say you want to make up, then you should dig up twenty pounds of earthworms every day and bring them to us for a month. Then Sanya and I will forgive you, and we can still be best friends.”
Lin Daya looked embarrassed. She didn't want to touch such disgusting things! She was the daughter of a third-ranked scholar; how could she do such a lowly thing!
"If you don't agree, it means you're just pretending and have ulterior motives, or you just don't want to share my mother's burdens. Don't you want my mother to buy you jewelry? If you're not willing to share my burdens, how can I possibly buy you jewelry?"
Hearing Er Ya's words, Daya was so angry she felt like she was going to vomit blood, but she held back!
"How could that be? Of course I want to help Mother! I'll definitely dig up earthworms! I'll go right now!"
As soon as Lin Daya left, the three little ones, Er Ya, San Ya, and Yuan Qiu, covered their mouths and chuckled.
"Qiuqiu, you're always right! She really did agree!"
The things Er Ya said were actually taught to her by Yuan Qiu.
“She deliberately approached your godmother and you guys; she must have a purpose, so she won’t give up.” Yuan Qiu said with a smug smile. “Once she brings the earthworms, we’ll say there aren’t enough.”
Trying to scheme against my godmother? Dream on!
Lin Daya felt that she was a rich young lady, so she naturally couldn't do something like digging for earthworms, but she still had to take the earthworms to Yang Cui.
So she approached the girls who always followed her around.
“You dig earthworms for me every day, and I take them to Anjia Village for my aunt.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaolian's eyes lit up immediately: "Da Ya, are you going to help us sell earthworms?"
As soon as Lin Xiaolian spoke, the other three girls looked at Lin Daya with hopeful eyes.
Lin Daya: "That's right! But I can't guarantee it will work. As you all know, my aunt has always been biased. She likes Er Ya and San Ya, but not me."
"We all know that. It doesn't matter if we fail; it's just a waste of time."
As long as they can sell the products, they will have income. Lin Daya said that Yang Cui was biased, but they all knew that Yang Cui had been very good to Daya in the past, so they thought that Lin Daya would not fail.
Lin Daya added, "Also, I only need twenty jin in total, no more."
To them, this meant that whoever dug the most earthworms would earn more money, and there was competition among the children, so they immediately grabbed hoes and baskets from home and went to dig for earthworms.
However, the reality is that Yang Cui and the Zhou family both raise a lot of poultry, which creates a high demand for earthworms. As a result, the earthworms in the surrounding area have long been dug up by everyone, and if they want to dig for earthworms, they have to go to a more distant place.
Who doesn't want to make money? It's just a little further away, right? They're willing to do it!
Seeing how hard they were working, Lin Daya felt very proud of herself, thinking that she was really smart to have come up with such a solution!
Unexpectedly, something bad happened that afternoon...
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