coobybook Chapter 129 Promotion
Chapter 129 Promotion
"No one." Grandma Lin continued to add firewood to the stove. Her face flickered in the light of the fire.
Shen Xiaoye turned her gaze to her great-grandmother Qian, who quickly put the rice into the pot.
"I'll ask my cousin." She turned and left. Qian closed the pot lid and sighed, "Sister-in-law..."
Lin interrupted her and said, "Sister-in-law, this has nothing to do with you. We will spend a peaceful year in the capital this year and don't have to worry about our so-called distant relatives or neighbors."
On the other side, Shen Xiaoye came to the west wing and heard the two grandfathers playing chess with Mr. Pan. When he came in, he didn't see his cousin. "Grandpa, where is my cousin?"
Grandfather Shen Shanyou said without even looking up: "I and Sui Ge'er went to the back to escort the mules and horses."
The great grandfather wanted to say something to her, but Shen Xiaoye followed suit, turned around and left, which made Mr. Pan laugh and say, "Grandpa Shen's granddaughter is a capable one.
He also has a chivalrous heart and is willing to speak up for others and lend a helping hand to those around him.
It is quite interesting that if you are poor, you can take care of yourself, and if you are rich, you can help the world. "
"The master has praised her too much. She is in a hurry all day long and does whatever she wants." Grandpa said this, but he felt very happy in his heart. His Xiaoye is very capable. She earned in just a few months what he and his father had to work hard for two or three years.
The capable Shen Xiaoye did not go to the backyard to look for her cousin, because she saw her cousin and uncle moving two carriages from the hanging flower gate.
She walked over quickly and helped push the car into the carport behind the gatehouse in the northeast corner, then said, "Uncle, cousin, let's talk."
"What are you talking about?" Shen Changsui picked up a basket from under the shed and led the two of them through the moon-shaped gate to collect charcoal.
Soon, the three of them were sitting around the heated kang in the west wing. Little Black Cat chose the warmest seat on the kang, grabbed the small basket handed to him by Shen Changsui, and picked out the snacks from inside to eat.
Shen Xiaoye looked at Shen Cungeng very seriously: "Cousin, who made grandma angry?"
"Li Zi's grandma." In the past, Shen Cungeng always called her Grandma Xia.
Shen Changsui frowned, "Her daughter-in-law is about to give birth, and she still has time to come to our house."
"She has given birth to a boy. She has been so crazy lately.
Going around in circles, visiting people from one place to another, afraid that others would not know about it." Shen Cungeng said, and the peanuts in his hand broke.
Then he continued, "A few days before the Kitchen God Festival, several cotton farmers in the village came together and wanted to pay them 100 coins per three catties, based on the price Xiaoye gave Erzhu.
My mother didn't agree, saying that we can only make a decision after Xiaoye comes home after the New Year.
Xiao Ye, speaking of this, don't listen to my mother in the future. Just because other people are having a hard time is not a reason to deliberately buy their things at a high price.
You can get help from other places, right, Uncle Four?"
"Well, you have made progress. Xiaoye needs to pay attention. People are not worried about the lack of wealth but the inequality of wealth." Shen Changsui agreed.
Shen Cungeng accepted the compliment humbly and continued, "Li Zi's grandmother came to see us at that time. She interrupted and said that our family cannot be rich and unkind, and we must do good deeds for the child in my mother's belly.
Grandma interrupted her and asked her to go, but she wouldn't stop talking and kept saying that she was doing it for our family. The villagers dyed tens of thousands of cloth for our family, and you sold them in truckloads. You made a lot of money and had to help the villagers.
If the price of cotton can go up for Erzhu's family, and everyone can raise the price by a few cents per pound, it won't be a big loss.
I was so angry that I wanted to carry her away, but luckily those families were not stupid and they worked together to push her away. "
"Grandma, did you take it to heart?" Shen Xiaoye felt that her grandma was not so narrow-minded.
Shen Changsui asked, "What did she do after she left?"
Shen Cungeng: "I went to ask the village head grandfather to seek justice, saying that my grandmother drove her away and acted like a rich person.
The village head drove her away, but she went around visiting people and complained that you didn't distinguish between relatives and strangers, and that you paid the same price for cloth to people in the mountains as you did to people in the villages, which was not fair.
She bought a piece of cloth for 180 wen, and then sold it for 400 wen. She made so much money that she was reluctant to raise the price to 200 wen. That was because she had paid too little for the few pieces of cloth in the first place.
Not only she said that, but several other gossipers also followed suit, saying that we ignored the children halfway through the class, and as a result, the unruly kids were clamoring to go to Tangjiaji to go to school.
Our family was the last to hear the gossip.”
Shen Xiaoye slapped the table and said, "A little kindness is a debt of gratitude. Cousin, give me the list and I won't look for them when I need workers next year."
"Didn't Qian Wu come forward to take care of it?" Shen Changsui narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was planning.
Shen Cungeng sneered: "How can I manage it? He is just like Uncle Qian, he can only come to apologize later.
I immediately took three pieces of blue fine cloth and gave them to him, saying that they were in exchange for the fine white cotton cloth he had sold, and asked him to return the money.
Take the account book and ask him to settle the account for the cloth he bought on credit."
"Is it cleared?" Shen Xiaoye felt that his cousin handled it well. It would not be nice for his grandparents to get involved in such matters, and his age was just right.
Shen Cungeng nodded, "The accounts were settled before the Chinese New Year, and everyone else has paid it back, but his family held a third-day bath and a full-month baby shower, and they've been in arrears ever since."
He added: "Li Zi's grandmother said that I came to collect the debt, and also said that my family is wicked and bullies people when they have money, so we have been in trouble one after another. Even Fourth Uncle went blind, which was a warning from God."
Snap, Snap! Shen Xiaoye slapped her own hands hard: "It was unnecessary for me to save her then! Break off the relationship!"
"At that time, my great grandfather heard her quarreling and ran over to see what she said. He immediately said that his family was not allowed to visit the Shen family in the future." Shen Cungeng held her down and said, "It is our moral duty to save people.
I will just stop associating with you from now on. Why are you taking it out on yourself?"
"How does she know how much we earn?" Shen Changsui asked again.
Shen Cungeng said, "She knows nothing. It's just that Li Zi made some money at the market, and she saw that our family sent out several carts of cloth, so she got jealous."
"How much did you earn?" Shen Changsui's eyesight was still recovering, so he didn't look at Xiaoye's account book.
Speaking of this, Shen Cungeng's anger subsided by half, and he smiled and said, "One thousand five hundred and four taels.
Each of us received 135 taels and 4 cents.”
“This year’s net income is 1,524 taels, and we still have more than 3,000 bolts of cloth at home.
Basically, it can’t be sold in spring, we have to wait until summer and beyond.
By then, whether it is Lu Guan or Miao Dongjia, the situation of buying large quantities of cloth will not be in vain. "Shen Xiaoye knew that once the emperor personally led the army, the trade involving the border areas would be affected.
After the battle was won, all the cattle, sheep and horses of the northern barbarians were turned over to the imperial court.
However, the military supplies for this expedition had already been allocated, and it would be difficult to come across the opportunity to purchase cloth from the public.
"The cotton you collected from Lu Guan can be used to weave more than 2,000 pieces of cloth. You don't need to worry too much about finding cloth next year. Just focus on dyeing the cloth and looking for business opportunities." Shen Changsui thought that Xiaoye had made a lot of money, but because dyes and raw materials took up too much money, he didn't expect to make so much.
Shen Cungeng asked: "Should we buy a house in the capital while we have money?
It doesn’t need to be big, just something like this one will do, after all, Fourth Uncle will have to live in the capital for the provincial and imperial examinations in the future.”