As soon as Mrs. Feng mentioned that she could exchange silk and satin for tea, she brought over four bolts of silk and satin from her room just after dinner.
She asked Zhou Lang, "The money earned from the tea leaves exchanged for this silk satin, does it belong to the father-in-law or to us?"
Zhou Lang looked at his parents.
Qian said: "Let the second boss keep the accounts. According to the old practice, 30% of the kilograms of tea that will be exchanged will go to the public house, and the rest will belong to each of your houses."
When Mrs. Feng heard this, she became happy and urged her son, "Er Tou, remember it quickly."
Zhou Liwei took a pen, wrote down the colors of the silks and damasks that his mother brought, and then wrote his name on the front.
Feng took a look. Although she didn't recognize many characters, she still remembered Sanya's name. She pointed to a line and asked, "Why did you remember it separately?"
Zhou Liwei said: "Isn't this the third sister's satin? The second sister and I chose it for the third sister."
Feng: "...we are one family, how can we keep separate records? Let's forget it's all in your father's name."
Zhou Liwei said: "I've written it all down, and it will cost me money to make corrections."
When Lao Zhou, who originally ignored their dispute, heard about it, he immediately said: "Change whatever you want. Since it has been written down, let's leave it at that."
When Feng heard this, she immediately did not dare to speak.
Other rooms immediately brought silks and satins to note down, and even Da Ya brought two pieces of colorful silks of her own.
Among all the pieces of cloth, her two pieces were considered the most valuable.
Zhou Liwei knew that this was a tribute, so he asked her in a low voice, "Sister, are you really going to change it?"
Xiao Qian also advised her, "It's better to keep it as a dowry."
Da Ya shook her head and said, "This silk is so beautiful. I will have to work in the store from now on, and I won't be able to wear it well. I might as well exchange it for tea and make money. It's more practical to keep the money."
Old Zhoutou praised: "Yes, apart from food, only money is the most real thing in this world. When you go to Guan's house, you should tell your uncle the same thing. It's best for you to keep his money, so that he won't have money to spend."
You don't know how to control your sales. Anyway, you are in charge of his food and clothing, and you should also be in charge of his money."
Xiao Qianshi:......
She handed the colorful silk to Er Du to write it down, took Daya out, and whispered to her: "Don't listen to your grandfather, you just got married and you are not familiar with my uncle yet, so you can't mention money suddenly.
"
She said: "Your family has not been divided, and your grandfather is still the head of the family. Your parents-in-law probably don't have much spare money. Anyway, your food and clothing are all from the family. You just need to take good care of your own family. The only thing is that your dowry
You have to hold it yourself, and you have to know how much money you have."
Manbao sat on a small stool nearby and listened to her elder sister-in-law teaching Daya how to get along with her husband's family in a low voice. As soon as Xiao Qian lowered her head, she saw Manbao looking at her seriously with her face raised. She didn't care either, thinking about her sister-in-law's age.
Now that you are young, you should learn these things.
Just drag her over and listen.
"Remember, your private money can only be used for you and your wife. For example, if my uncle buys books, pens, ink, paper, etc., you can give some of them, but if your parents-in-law have other uses, you can't give them to them."
Xiao Qian said in a low voice: "If their family asks you for money for other purposes, you come back and tell me and let us talk to them here. Don't refuse it yourself, you know?"
Da Ya didn't expect that they were just getting married. She could gain so much knowledge just by spending money. She couldn't help but feel worried for a moment, "Mom, didn't you say that the Guan family is similar to ours and very harmonious? Why..."
Xiao Qian nodded her forehead, but there were many people in the yard at the moment, so she couldn't elaborate on some things, so she could only say: "Mother will go to your room to look for you later, Manbao, you come too, sister-in-law."
I have something to teach you."
"Auntie, I've memorized all these tricks. Do you think it's okay?"
Xiao Qian squeezed in and took a look. The silks and satins that Man Bao gave them were all of different colors, so it was easy to record and there would be no confusion.
After that, the cloth was exchanged for tea, and there would definitely be differences. But whose cloth was exchanged for how many kilograms of tea, and what quality of tea, just write it down later, and then transport it back to the capital and sell it, and then deduct their costs on the road.
That's the profit.
Even Mr. Qian brought the silk and satin in his room and came out to write it down. Obviously, they didn't want to use this cloth to make clothes.
Man Bao always felt that something was wrong as she looked at it. She brought these cloths all the way from the capital to make clothes for them, so why did they end up being turned into money?
Perhaps knowing her depression, Qian reached out and touched her head and said with a smile: "We can't put on silk clothes yet. They get scratched easily when we go to the ground. Cotton and linen are not bad."
Man Bao scratched his head and asked, "Then I will give you cotton cloth in the future?"
Lao Zhoutou immediately said: "No, we will buy the cotton ourselves. You should give us silk and satin."
Manbao:……
When Mrs. Qian saw that everyone had written down everything, she smiled and said, "Okay, it's getting late. Let's go pack up and have a rest. Tomorrow the Guan family should come to deliver betrothal gifts, and the family will start preparing ingredients."
Only then did Lao Zhoutou remember, "By the way, where is our new cow? Boss, please be more alert at night and don't let the bullocks in the cowshed fight with it. It still has a calf in its belly."
Zhou Dalang agreed.
As soon as everyone dispersed, Xiao Qian took Manbao and Daya back to talk quietly. Sanya was also pulled by her mother to talk, and Erduo didn't escape and was also pulled into the house.
Man Bao estimated that the second sister-in-law would have to ask the second sister-in-law for some private money to collect, but it was possible that the second sister-in-law would not be able to ask anything.
Xiao Qian closed the door. Because Man Bao was still young, she only allowed her to listen, but she asked Da Ya'er to give her advice, "Mom told you, when you go to Guan's house, you have to be diligent and your hands and feet are diligent, so that your mother-in-law can like you, you know
?”
Da Ya nodded, Xiao Qian always said this.
"But you can't be blindly diligent. You can't take care of things that aren't yours. At home, you just clean up the yard and help in the kitchen. When you get to the fields, whatever your parents-in-law tell you to do is not your job.
Don't stretch your hands randomly, you know?"
Da Ya continued to nod.
Seeing that she was obedient, Xiao Qian breathed a sigh of relief and began to speak more deeply, "My family has given you a shop, and the Guan family bought you and your wife a small house in the county town. The house cost Gongzhong."
He also has a younger brother and a cousin. It’s too difficult to keep the house in check, so you have to know that this house belongs to you and your wife, not you and your wife.”
Da Ya seemed to understand, "You are living with us, but you are still living in a public house?"
Xiao Qian nodded, "That's right."
"You also know the income of the shop. Even if you exclude the 30% given to the father-in-law, the remaining 70% is still a lot for our mother and two. These money are all earned by you, so you have to keep it yourself, but you
When you work in the shop, you can't take care of the people in Dali Village and the work in the fields, so you have to find supplements from other places, such as buying paper, books, pens and ink for Guan Yong."