After sending away the guests, the three brothers and sisters closed the door and took stock.
There were no goods in the shop, and there was no point in keeping it open. So we simply hung a sign outside the door that read "Goods sold out, shopkeeper goes home for the New Year, and will open for business on the 28th of the first lunar month."
Outside the store's accounting room, Jiang Cheng banged his abacus and finally calculated the profit for those two months.
"Excluding the principal of Jin Er, Snow Fungus, pastry, and all the expenses in the shop, the total profit was one thousand six hundred and thirty-six taels."
As soon as Jiang Cheng finished speaking, Jiang Quan screamed in disbelief: "Oh my god! So many?"
"What a fuss!"
Jiang Chenghong's younger brother took a look and said proudly: "Those profits do not include the remaining 120 red lacquer boxes and more than 200 bamboo boxes at home."
In other words, the profits are not limited to that, but also include the many boxes that have been saved.
"Why can you earn so much?" Jiang Quan couldn't understand.
Jiang Cheng: "Most of them are made from golden ear and snow ear. Apart from those two, Yu Dong's is not much."
Then he took out another account book and handed it to Ying Bao: "Is that the purchase account? Let me see if it's correct."
Yingbao opened it and looked at it.
It records the quantity and money purchased from each shop. Some indicate that the payment for the goods has been made, while others have not.
Those who didn’t pay included the golden fungus and snow fungus from my own family, the golden fungus from my uncle’s family, the second uncle’s family, and Jiang Cheng’s own.
The purchase price of high-quality gold ear fungus is calculated based on fifteen taels per catty, and that of snow fungus is fifteen taels per catty.
Jiang Cheng: "He has put the payment aside and will give it to me later. The rest he wants to send to the bank for deposit, and then take the banknotes back and distribute them to everyone."
The price for those golden and snow fungus items is quite high, so I'm afraid it's not safe to take them home with you.
Ying Bao nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, I'll figure it out."
As expected, my cousin had the business information, the accounts were clear, and there was no sloppiness at all.
Then I heard Jiang Cheng say again: "We will divide the profits when we receive Dong. If Yingbao takes 50%, that's 818 taels. He and his second brother will share the remainder equally, 409 taels each."
Jiang Quanbu exclaimed again, and then laughed loudly: "Haha! He can finally buy a house!"
During the last few months of confinement, he went to various shops to buy goods and almost visited the whole county. He saw several very beautiful houses, and he dreamed that one day he could live in such a nice house.
Now that he has money, he can finally realize his wish.
Jiang Cheng said angrily: "Now I can just buy a house with my father's name on it."
Like a basin of cold water being poured on someone else, Jiang Quan snorted, "So what, I've already divided it up, even if it's his father's name, he can inherit the family business."
Jiang Cheng ignored him and took the account book to his room to get the money.
When Ying Bao and Jiang Quan helped their eldest brother drag out several large boxes of silver and copper coins from under his bed, they were all shocked.
One box contains neatly numbered fifty taels of silver ingots, the other box contains one, two, two or half taels of silver, and there are two large boxes of copper coins.
Jiang Cheng counted out more than 1,300 two large silver ingots and handed them to Ying Bao, saying, "That's my profit and the principal of Jin'er and Snow'er."
He also counted out four hundred and ninety taels and handed them to Jiang Quan: "I didn't plant golden ears, so I made a profit."
Jiang Quan didn't care at all. He preferred running around instead of staying in the bacteria shed for several days at a time.
He smiled and hugged the silver and counted it over and over again. He quickly picked up a piece of silver and kissed it, "Haha! He is now the richest person in the village!"
Who in the village has more money than him?
Ying Bao: "He is richer than me, and my eldest brother is also richer than me."
Not to mention other things, the cousin's golden ear capital plus the profit of the shop already amounted to one thousand taels.
Jiang Quan froze and snorted: "Brother no longer belongs to our village, so I..." He glanced at his little cousin.
Is she a human being?
She is just a little weirdo... well, little fairy boy, I have no comparison with her.
After dividing the money, Jiang Cheng said again: "The money left over is from the shops in the county. I guess they will come to pay for it tomorrow."
Each of them put another 100 taels in the shop as working capital. From now on, the monthly expenses will come from the working capital, including monthly city taxes, carriage and horse taxes, money gifts for the classroom, and socializing and dining with the shopkeepers.
All the money is spent from there, and when settling the profits every month, the money there must be filled up before calculation."
Yingbao expressed understanding.
Jiang Quan also nodded in agreement. He had also gained a lot of knowledge during that time, and he knew that doing business also required dealing with different people, and it was very difficult to manage various yamen.
"Let's go to the bank to deposit money now, and when Mingyue settles the payment, we will go take the ingot home." Jiang Chengdao: "By the way, I would like to buy some New Year's gifts to take back."
If I earn so much money next year, I will definitely look for fine clothes to wash away the shame of getting married.
"Well, he also wants to buy some annual profits." In addition to buying New Year gifts, Yingbao also wants to buy more pastries, candies and trinkets from the county to take back.
The next day, several pastry shop keepers came to settle the bill, each bringing two boxes of their best pastries.
"First of all, congratulations to Shopkeeper Jiang for getting rich in the coming year. After the New Year, let's go to Tianxiang Tower to get together." A pastry shop owner said with a smile.
Jiang Cheng smiled and returned the gift: "I would also like to congratulate all the shopkeepers in advance on a prosperous business and a big fortune in the coming year. When I come back, I will definitely bring some local specialties for you to try."
"It's easy to talk about." Several people paid the money and left one after another.
One of the shopkeepers, who had a good figure, came to Jiang Cheng at the end and asked in a low voice: "Is Brother Jiang getting married?"
Jiang Cheng said truthfully: "Not really."
Shopkeeper Futai patted his fat leg and chuckled: "Very good, very good. Brother Jiang is so young and promising but he has never been married. Why don't you let Qiu give me a red line?"
Jiang Cheng smiled awkwardly: "My parents have the final say in my marriage, so I don't dare to agree to what others want outside of me."
Shopkeeper Qiu said with a smile: "What's the matter? Just hope that the two families are from the same family, and the two children have both good character and both ability and political integrity. If this is a good marriage, my parents will not make the same mistake."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but look at the young man in front of him.
We saw that he was dressed in a plain cloth robe. He was handsome, handsome, and had a great temperament. He was also knowledgeable about how to make money. He was truly a rare good man.
Looking at the younger brother next to Shopkeeper Jiang, he has handsome features and clear eyes. Even though he is wandering around the market, he has no evil look at all.
Even the little sister at that age is so clever that people will feel pity for her just by looking at her.
Judging from the looks and demeanor of those children, the Jiang family’s tutors must be right.
If my daughter marries a young man like Jiang Cheng, it will definitely be a blessing she has cultivated over several lifetimes.
Ouch, is it true that the more I think about it, the more anxious I become.
What if such a good son-in-law is chosen and he goes back to his hometown to get married? Wouldn’t his daughter miss out on a good match?
Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Qiu patted Jiang Cheng on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Jiang, it's better to hit the moon than to choose the moon. Why don't we brother...our uncle and nephew go to Tianxiang...his house for a drink?"
Seeing Jiang Chiye's refusal, he immediately said: "Take it with my brother and sister. I've never been to our house, so I just happened to touch the door. We can walk around more often in the future. Alas, his shop has been out of business recently."
It’s a new style of pastry, why don’t you let my sister learn it?”
If Xiao Nizi had taken a peek in his shop for a whole afternoon, she might have cheated on him.
My wife especially likes clever children, so I made the chestnut cake from beginning to end several times to let her watch it more carefully.
